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OUBITIES VARIED
AXD FAR REACHING
IffUJMS. HOMES, HOS
PITALS AXD JIISSIOXS.
Orphans and the Friendless Beared
erA Educated — The Sick and
Poverty Stricken Helped.
Catholic charity, c.s far reaching as the
Catholic Church itself. is to be found probably
•a more varied {Tins -within the bounds of the
jcese of New York than in any other diocese
Itse United Mats*, and possibly in the world.
'pir.s pace with the rapidly changing condl
c vithin the diocese, new plans for aid for
seedy have taken shape from tim« to time,
nec <=ss-;ty presented, until now there are
» hospitals sad relief societies for almost
r race represented and every condition of
tto be --."-■. in th«» diocese. To enumerate
it the=e various relief bodies and to re
*e in detail the grood work they are doing
(d require a largre sized volume. Each in
— own particular field is doing a splendid
. -.
NUMEROUS INSTITUTIONS
DTT.e idea, of the power of the great body
Catholic charitable workers within the
ilocesa is to be had from the statement that
iJiere re under their supervision and care
twenty-two hospitals, nineteen homes, missions
Eid protectories for the young:, twelve homes
fcr the eel and for immigrrants, eleven day
curseries, seven orphan asylums and three in-
Ftirjt!cr.s for deaf mutes. There are also six
trainir.gr schools in the diocese, all more or less
doseh- Identified with charitable work.
Dunne the year 1007 the orphan asylums
cared for 2.32S orphans, the day nurseries had
a ... average attendance of 912. and over 400
pupi's received instruction in the institutions
for deaf rr.utes.
About fifteen thousand received care in the
hcrr.es. missions and protectories for the young.
The biz New York Catholic Protectory alone
cares for about five thousand children in a year,
*ad on December 31, 1007, actually had 2.49G
children in ■- buildings. In the last nine years
the Protectory has received 16,798 children. Of
the horr.es for the aged and the immigrants, eight
had t*>J7 inmates. The welJ known mission of
PLAYS OF THE HOUR IN NEW YORK.
Of Interest to a!i Theatre-Loving
Catholics
On Wednesday, April Bth,
MriSOTHERN
I at the Lyric Theatre,
fn the first time. Paul Kester's
■tion o!
DON QUIXOTE
B-' g the story of Cervantes* cele
brated hero in Spain — the country
where Catholicism is still supreme.
AC tn D ™^l?it.
VACESHjIXS and KEEPER Managers
O n SUCCESSFUL
O ** MONTH
WAG EN HALS & KEMPER cTer
THE BEST PLAY SINCE
"JIM THE PENMAN"
PUD E " s
«s ■ mm weeks
I || AHEAD
■■ WED'Y
Fill § MATINEES
*| 5 1 POPULAR
y j L 50c to 1.50
"Success"-- -- "Triumph" ? " - wolf.
' B»tt f.n(J r,f th» *?aFon ■ — Alan 7" a:».
"TTfeoe'ser e«»» it. wfU not escape its grip"
— Loa:t <J» Fo». World.
• n *,-„..,..» a -r. i^t-*-.. f;<"C*'Si. ou' of •":• sen
*aiier.ai tucies»t* (I tr.e season. "
— Acton Davi«*. Eve. fun
'Absorb :r.r cra:na. tb> anri rr.t^rtainmff, rffec
'•'■f " — A-lo'.ph B3aaber. Jf. Y. Time*
SAVOY THEATRE. 1
l£ t# MS W •>* *•-"-«•
F.AMC SIcKEE Manager.]
HENRY iri a powerful and
milled reverent presentation
ICCATIATC > 1n dramatic form of
rvCX^UL,! A It the principles of unl-
P LAYERS \ ■•*■■ ' brotherhood &
THE • |
SERVANT
IN THE
HOUSE I
fey CHAPJ.ES KASN KESNEDT.
.feURKD BT TlfH PRES? or new TORK.i
jnSSS?2S ANP WASHIWOTO» A.-. AN UP
r.*^ 1^ Exposrrrga oi' the most ueiuti-'
-.j^worjAr, '"Til.
L.i. it. 'Ihf Bit ■*! IU:
RELIEF WORK FOR THE POOR AND SICK.
BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE NEW YORK CATHOLIC PROTECTORY.
There are, at pr*««nt, 1,765 boys in th« male department, 565 gir's and 276 boys under tha ag« of eight years in the female department. The Chrlt
tian Brothers are in charge of the former and tha Sisters of Charity of th© latter.
Our Lady of the Rosary, in STat« street, as
sisted in on« way or another last year 26,4-£>
Irish immigrants. At Leo House, No. 6 State
street, 4.5«i!7 German Immigrants were cared
for during: the year, and at St. Joseph's Homo
for Polish and Lithuanian immigrants, Xo. 117
Broad etreet. 16,000 received assistance during
the y»ar.
Twenty of the hospitals under Catholic man
agement treated over 30.000 patients in wards
during the year. At the main dispensary of
St. Vincenfs Hospital. 21.436 received aid, and
at the branch in Richmond Borough. 1.473 were
helped. Seventeen thousand received treatment
at the dispensary of the Italian Columbus Hos
pital. No. -J-*i East 20th streer, Manhattan. In
addition. M.T«»I2 foundlings were cared for in the
year at the Foundling Hospital, in East <>Bth
street, and *>< C> needy and homeless mothers
also received care.
THE ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY.
Conspicuous among the Catholic charitable
working forces in the New York diocese stands
the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
An adequate idea of the great -work the St.
Vincent de Paul Society Is doing at the present
time in this diocese is best obtained from the
following statement of the membership, finances
and -work, contained in a summary of the re
ports of the New York conferences for the year
from September 30. 1900. to September 30. 1907:
M«nb«T< or. roll Bc**Msbar 30, ISO'S 1.195
Members on roll September 30. 1007 - Lag
Average attendance £66
Families relieved during the year - fi.hM
Persons In families relieved 25.441
Number of visit* ma<V — - »>-. «1<
Families on roll September 3f>. 1007: 480
Situations procured — 738
Receipts - $«2.347
Expenditures - 62.541
Within recent years this powerful organiza
tion for good within the diocese has included in
its field of endeavor several new and special
works. Of these the Fresh Air House for Poor
Children and Convalescents at Spring Valley, X.
V . Is one of Che most important. During 1907,
1.93S children had a two weeks' outing at
Spring Valley, and at St. Elizabeth's Con
valescent Home 162 married and IS4 unmarried
women were accommodated during the year. 72
of tile married women being accompanied by
their young children.
HOMES FOE IHE FRIENDLESS.
The Catholic Home Bureau for dependent chil
dren, which is closely affiliated with the St.
Vincent de Paul Society, accomplishes great
good by obtaining good homes for friendless
children. During the year ended September 30,
I'Jk/7, 246 chili ren were provided with free fam
ily tomes by this organization, which on that
date had 1.14S c' ildren under its active super
vision.
The Association of Catholic Charities is an or
ganization of Catholic women banded together
for charitable endeavor among needy Catholic
women and for prison and hospital visitations.
A manner of girls' clubs and settlements have
also been established by this organization as
safe centres for the amusement and advance
ment of young Catholic working women.
CONDUCT OF HOSPITALS.
In the conduct of the various hospitals of the
diocese the brotherhoods and sisterhoods have
been especially successful. St. Vincent's Hos
pital, one of the largest in New York, Is, with
its branch in Statin Island, under the manage
ment of the Sisters of Charity. Columbus Hos
pital, the big Italian institution, is conducted by
the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, and
St. Francis's Hospital, owning a fine new build
ing in The Bronx, is managed by the. Sisters of
the Poor of St. Francis, who also have charge of
the St. Francis Home for Chronic Incurables.in
Manhattan. Of the, other Catholic hospitals in
Hew York. St. Ann's Maternity Hospital is con
nected with the New York Foundling Hospital.
which Is under the management of the Sisters of
Charity. The Sisters of St. Francis manage St.
Elisabeth's Hospital and the Women of Cal
vary the House of Calvary. Th» French Hos
pital of St. Vincent de Paul is in charge of
Sister Mary of St. Julian, Mariannes of the
Holy Cross. The Sister* of the Poor of St.
Francis have St. Joseph's Hospital, in The
Bronx.
WOKK TOGETHER FOR
THE OOMMOH GOOD
« onfin-tfvl from wronii pare.
Episcopalian, rwo Un'v-rsalist. thirty-six Meth
odist, forty-two Presbyterian, twenty-three
j Lutheran, nineteen Congregational, nineteen
1 Dutch Reformed, three German Reformed,
, twenty- two Baptist, one Christian, five Mora
vian, three Disciple?, three Unitarian, one S'.ve
'Ji iiimnlsn one Union Protestant and ten
i Roman Catholic churches, besides fceveral
i branches of the Young- Men's Christian Associa
i tion ami a number of missions and societies.
Among the different phases ■■■ work performed
; by the federation la that of making investiga
! tions of districts of the city and preparing
! church censuses of them. Its representatives
' go to a given division of territory and make a
I house to house canvass of those living within
| it to learn their present or past church aftilia-
I ti.ir.s. if any. and <>the-- details of value In per-
I; ; ___ ,
The proceedings of the Catholic Centenary
Celebration during the week of April 26 will
be comprehensively reported in The Tribune
from day ts day.
XEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SrXDAtf APRIL 5, 1008.
forming- asgrressive rellplous -work. In this way
the churohf>s of the different denominations lo
cated in that neighborhood get detailed informa
tion regarding 1 th^ persons living -within a short
distance of their houses of worship who should
be reached by them. If there Is no church In
the neighborhood of a given denomination for
which it is evident from the census there Is
need, owing- to the number of that faith found,
the fact is made known to the denomination
which should be Interested. Among the new
churches which have resulted from the federa
tion's work are two of the Roman Catholic com
munion
WOHKING HAND IN HAND.
Tic <*-g-amzation o? neighborhood forces? for
obtaining- lc>cal improvements is another object
of the federation. It was through the co-opera
tion of Protestant and Roman Catholic forces,
organized by the federation, that De Witt Clin
ton Park was obtained. The federation has had
a hand in the anti-racetrack, gambling fight.
The representative of Archbishop Farley Is also
the representative of the federation. It was
this representative who, when he made his ap
pearance at one of tha hearings at Albany and
stated that he was the representative of the
Archbishop, turned the tables on Senator lie-
Carren. Senator McCarren had doubted his as
sertion. He produced hia credentials, which
fully substantiated his declaration, to the sur-
WILLIAM WINTER.
prise of "Long Pat." Along 1 these lines th«
principle of co-operation has fostered th© work
of th» churches of all denominations In this city.
CATHOLICS IN Y. M. C. A.
Th<i Youngr Me i's Christian Association in
cludes among its members many Roman Catho
lics and Jews. Tt is said that of those who
use the big parish house of St. Bartholomew's
Church, in East 41M street, one-third are Jews
and another third Roman Catholics. Th^se have
the privileges of the gymnasium, the social
The Ancient Glories of the Catholic Church.
BY WILLIAM WINTER.
To think of the Roman Catholic Church is to think of the oldest, the most vener
able, and the most powerful religious institution existing among men. I am not a
churchman, of any kind: that, possibly, is my misfortune: but I am conscious of a
profound obligation of gratitude to that wise, august, austere, yet tenderly human
ecclesiastical power which, self-centred amid the vicissitudes of human affairs, and
provident for men of learning, imagination, and sensibility throughout the world, has
preserved the literature and art of all the centuries, has made architecture the living
symbol of celestial aspiration, and, in poetry and in music, has heard, and has trans
mitted, the authentic voice of God.
I say that I am not a churchman; but I would also say that the best hours of
my life have been hours of meditation passed in the glorious cathedrals and among
sublime ecclesiastical ruins of England. I have worshipped in Canterbury and
York; in Winchester and Salisbury; in Lincoln and Durham; in Ely, and in Wells.
I have stood in Tintern, when the green grass and the white daisies were waving in
the summer wind, and have looked upon those gray and russet walls and upon those
lovely arched casements ; — among the most graceful ever devised by human art, — round
which the sheeted ivy droops, and through which the winds of heaven sing a perpetual
requiem.
I have seen the shadows of evening slowly gather and softly fall, over the gaunt
tower, the roofless nave, the giant pillars, and the shattered arcades of Fountains Abbey,
in its sequestered and melancholy solitude, where ancient Ripon dreams, in the spacious
and verdant valley of the Skell. I have mused upon Netley, and Kirkstall, and Newstead,
and Bolton, and Melrose and Dryburgn: and, at a midnight hour, I have stood in the
grim and gloomy chancel of St. Columba's Cathedra}, remote in the storm-swept
Hebrides, and looked upward to the cold stars, and heard the voices of the birds of
night, mingled with the desolate moaning of the sea.
With awe, with reverence, with many strange and wild thoughts, I have lingered
and pondered in those haunted, holy places; but one remembrance was always
present,— the remembrance that it was the Roman Catholic Church that created those
forms of beauty, and breathed into them the breath of a divine life, and hallowed
them forever; and, thus thinking, I have felt the unspeakable pathos of her long exile
from the temples thai her passionate devotion prompted and her loviug labor raised.
clubs, the baths and the Industrial clubs with
out restriction. It being understood that there
shall be no proselytizing. The fact that It is
accepted by all concerned that there will be no
violation of this understanding Is in itself a tes
timony of the degree to which the gap in de
nominational lines has been opened in this In
stani c-
Many children of other than Roman Catholic
faith are committed to the Catholic Protectory
in The Bronx. Xo effort Is made to interfere
with their religious belief by those in charge of
the institution. And creed Is no bar to admis
sion to many Roman Catholic, Jewish and Chris
tian hospitals. "Tnc joy of doing good." as
Whittier put it. apparently is overcoming tl.e
prejudices created by differences in creed and
religion.
CELEBRATIOX BOTH
CIVIC AXD RELIGIOUS
Contlnnrd from flr*t page.
livan. Conde B. Fallen. Lorenzo Semple. Edward
P. Slevin, M. J. Scanlan, Charles W. Sloane, C.
J. Sullivan, Andrew J. Shipman, Dr. James J.
Walsh, Thomas F. Woodlock and Schuyler War
ren.
Finance^ — Herman Ridder, chairman; Louis
H. Amy, Michael E. Bannin, James Butler,
Lawrence J. Callannn, John D. Crimmins, Cor
nelius Callahan, Peter Doelger, M. J. Drum
mond, James Devlin, Andrew Davoy, George
Ehret. John J. Friel, James A. Farley. Thomas
A. Gardiner, Hugh J. Grant. Henri Gourd, C
Gensraegan, Henry Heide, Adrian IseTin. Hugh
Kelly, Thomas Kelly, George YV. Luft, Thomas
McCarthy, Auguste P. Montant, Jules A. Mon
tant, Henry Maiilard, Clarence Sfackay, JM;n
B. Manning; William A. Mac.M:.. in, Hi ..vy ifc-
Aleenan, John F. O'Rourke, M. J. O'Brien, Ed
ward Rafter, Thomas F. Ryan, John J. Radley,
William F. Sh.-ehan, Bfylea Tiernry, Juies Vat
able, Patrick Ward and John Whalen.
DEBT FEEE CATHEDRAL.
While in aftor years those who share in these
ceremonies and those who> see them, will find
pleasure in reflecting on the centennial of
Catholicity, it is planned that there shall be
a more concrete memorial of the occasion than
the splendor of masses and the pomp of pro
cessions. It has been suggested that a monu
ment be erected in one of the principal thor
oughfares, but this is yet to be definitely agreed
upon. But the cl?r?y and laity have bound
themselves to make St. Patrick.-* Cathedra] a
lasting memento of the centennial by freeing it
of debt within two years. When that is done, it
will be consecrated.
This was made known several weeks ago at
the close of the first meeting of the clergy in
vited by the Archbishop to begin preparations
for the centenary, and it was embodied in the
minutes of that gathering.
PILGRIMAGE TO ROME.
Preparations are on foot for a great pilgrimage
of German-Americans to Rome. It has beer pro
posed that elaborate albums descriptive of the
G-erman Catholic churches, schools, benevolent in
stitutions, etc., be. Issued and presented to His
Holiness and the ecclesiastical dignitaries in the
Eternal City.
TEX THOUSAND THEN"
THREE MILUOV \O\Y
Continued from third pace.
from flight to the West and of preparing them
in schools and colleges for their new importance.
He fixed the tenure of Church property, alter a
fight with State Senator Brooks, so that the
question never came up again to plague the
people and the politicians. He prevented Know
Nothingisrr. from setting: a footing in New York.
He presented his case In every dispute to the
American people and won their sympathy from
the start. He was invincible in a fight, and he
held a firm, enthusiasm faith in the Republic.
Already the political leaders had turned to
him for counsel and help In critical moments.
President Polk offered him the position of ar
bitrator with Mexico before the Mexican War.
Pre3ideat Buchanan had a high opinion 0' him.
He admired Henry Clay In the extreme and
visited him once at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
where the great Kentuckian. who had never met
him before, promptly turned out all his visitor*
to talk with the Archbishop alone. When the
Civil War began he was horrified at the danger
which threatened the existence of the Union
and the future development of the Republic He
became almost Immediately the confidential ad
viser' of Secretary Seward, and threw his in
fluence, public and private, for the prosecution
of the war. Lincoln sent him to Europe to help
In the work of preventing any coalition of the
powers in behalf of the Confederacy, and Dr.
Hughes had a hartl time of it. It would make
most instructive reading to-day and a striking
commentary on Washington's warning* against
European alliances, the account of that trip.
He talked the matter over with Irish and Eng
lish churchmen, warning them against sympathy
for the South. He had innumerable Interviews
with the Pope and cardinals. In Fiance and
other places he lost nor chance to impress his
views upon strangers.
The American Embassy in Paris did not l!ke
his mission and showed itself in no hurry to in
troduce nim to the Emperor. Having waited
lons enough to assure himself that diplomacy
was interfering he wrote direct to the Emperor.
An interview was at once granted him; he saw
Napoleon, Eugenic and the prince imperial, laid
before them his information and withdrew after
leaving the usual fine impression. On his re
turn he evoked no end of criticism by a sermon
in bis cathedral advocating the strongest meas
ures to put an end to the war. He warned Lin
coln and Seward that ail Europe was against
th<^rn and that they must speedily show their
ability to crush rebellion if they hoped to avoid
European intervention. Hia last service was to
aid Governor Seymour in putting down the
draft riots of 1563. which for a time threatened
dire disaster to the city. He died on January 3,
1861, before the country had escaped from its
danger. President Lincoln and Secretary Sew
ard publicly expressed their sympathy and the'.r
regret at the loss of a patriotic citizen, who
had done the state good service. Lincoln had
previously notitied the Pope, in the guarded
fashion of the day. that the federal govern
ment, having no way to reward the Archbishop
properly for his conspicuous labors, would b«
pleased to s^e him receive the highest honors of
the Church; but the intimation was not acted
upon, chiefly because the opposition to Dr.
H ighes*a methods among the timid American
bishops had male itself felt in Rome. Had the
great man lived another year, till tha shock of
Lee's surrender upset Europe and the attitude
of Dr. Hughes had been Justified by events, he
would have been made cardinal. At present
little more than his existence is remembered.
and it was with great difficulty that a bronze
statue was erected to his memory at Pordham.
This la the fate of the great everywhere, until
posterity begins its study of past ages.
AECHBISHOP M'CLOSKEY S ELEVATION.
In 1573 the Catholic body o' New York City
and state came prominently before their fellow
citizens in the ceremonies attending Archbishop
McCloskey's elevation to the Sacred College. H«
rpaped where Archbishop Hughes had sown.
Pius IX remembered the recommendations of
President Lincoln, but the man of merit had
gone and his successor received the reward.
Cardinal McCloskey was a gentleman of refine
ment and taste, a good administrator and a
faithful priest, but he had none of the elements
or" greatness, and hia delicate physique kept him
iar from the public arena. He remained as ob
sedre as Dr. H".?hes had been prominent, and
it only by such events as the confemng of
the red hat and the dedication of the cathedral
that he became known to his fellow citizens.
The press reported the ceremonies of tha in
vestiture minutely and splendidly, chiefly be
cause the people wanted to read of them, and
perhaps because the leaders saw a significance
for Europe in the incident. The statesmen and
diplomats of Europe, In spite of Napoleon's f*O
. - warnings about the Republic, despised
America as a political mushroom destined to be
snuffed out of existence by the first political
frost.
The result of the Civil War had not taught
even Gladstone and Napoleon 111 a great deal.
The entrance of an American Into the Sacred
College, however, caused Europe to look for a
few weeks in our direction. The opening of the
cathedral which Dr. Hushes had begun and
Cardinal BJcCloefcey completed had also its sig
nificance for architecture and art. Dr. Orestes
Brownson scored Archbishop Hughes for at
tempting what Europe had not attempted until
it had existed a thousand years. It was a just
and proper criticism, bus, nevertheless the great
ediSce had power to make people on both aides
The Xovel that every one in England avrt
France is reading and talking about.
4- THE NUN +
By RENE BAZIN
53th Edition in France' Airtady 3 Editions in England
"A book which no on? who read" it will ever fHget"— Wi If? Gazette.
"\ master work of fiction." — Lon,'.
\ pobk an<l ennobling study in human i<lcah>m." — Lone
"'An exquisite story, beautifully translate.!." — Xjtwim Daily Tel^^rafK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
J of the water understand that nothing; common
place lived in th* American mind, and It gave
a wonderful impulse to American art. More-
I over, It had" been designed and erected after
! th« plans and under sns st2p*rvt?ios of James
j Renwick. a sound and orthodox Protestant; citi
j zens without regard to creed had contributed to
| its erection, and at its dedication th« v whole city
turned out to the ceremony, a» to the dedication
j of a public monument. A good deal of amass
[ ment and indignation was aroused by one &•*
< tail of Cardinal McCloskey*s career. After his
j elevation some of his friends presented him with
' a coach and horse?, all prepared, as In Rome,
j where the members of the Sacred College had
i to deport themselves In public as princes of th«
! blood. In the sober streets of New V- it ls>
| sembled the approach of a circus parade. A,
! noted Catholic Journalist denounced It as an In-
I vasion of republican simplicity by monarchical
luxury. In 'deference to hi» friends the Cardinal
used it a few time*, although ha preferred to
walk, but in a short time It was laid gaits. with
out comment and has not since been seen.
In 1885. the year of the Cardinal's death. the
Catholic body In the states of New Tor* and
New Jersey, which constituted the ecclesiastical
province, numbered close on two millions. They
had become notable in four or five way?, pro
voking considerable discussion and Interest.
Their hearty Indorsement of the temperance
cause led to Important modifications m the legis
lation affectirjr the manufacture and sale nt
alcoholic drinks. Their strong Interest In va
rious farms of charity and their support of
orphanages, hospitals, protectories for children
and care of deaf mutes really ronsed the city
j to the beginning: of that worts of charity which
| has made New York the most notable city in
the world. Their rapport and maintenance of
church schools, which have resulted In the
founding of a strong educational system from the
kindergarten to the university, have kept alive
the tradition of religions training for the young;
which has now become one of the momentous
questions of the hour. The building of splendid
churches and tha carrying out of the Catholic
ritual have so stimulated the departments of.
church art and decorative art la general that It
may safely be said the Catholic tody has given
the Republic Its religious art. lloreov-r. the
voluntary system of church support has been
proved a great success, with all its disadvan
tages, and the financial integrity of the church
men generally has made the works of the Church
a popular form of Investment for shrewd finan
ciers.
Archbishop Corrigan. the successor c? the Car
dinal, reaped the benefits of Mi happy condi
tion. He had the financial world In close touch,
' and Its leaders sought him. Bis men always
j stood near his council table men Ilk- Eugene
Kelly and John D. Crimmlns and Thomas F.
Ryan. He never sought them, for he, too, cul
tivated obscurity like his predecessor and pre
ferred routine work for his people to the public
arena, but he represented an institution the
financial credit of which wa3 something to ad
mire, and he could not escape the consequences.
He found little difficulty In building his great
seminary at Dunwoodle. which cost him perhaps
a million and a half and In obtaining the aid of
the Eugene Kelly family for the completion of
the cathedral apse. His administration of tlv»
affairs of the archdiocese was made conspicuous
by the dispute with Hr. McGlynn. a dispute
which included elements so many and diverse —
the labor question, the Henry George theories,
the Irish Land L«»aari:- the English lobby at th«»
Vatican, the education problem and the author
ity of the bishops that the future historian will
flnd a large volume necessary to describe tts
ramifications. It had one distinct merit: the
people woke up to the fact that religion consists
of several things besides merely a -renting
church on Sunday?. The acrimonious and pas
sionate debate of all classes on the merits of the
McGlynn trouble arose from the simple fact that
not even the leading parties to the dispute knew
all the ramifications of the question, and the ma
jority knew nothing at all. except the fact that
the Archbishop had dismissed from his parish
and suspended the popular priest.
The affair ended in due time, and death closed
the chapter for Dr. McGlynn In 1000 and for
Archbishop Corrtgan in 1902. Dr. Corrisa.3 was
I an administrator of no mean ability, besides be
ing a charming man. He had the problem of
looking; after the spiritual welfare of the Inrush
ing immigrant."! — Italians, Hungarians, Bohem
ians. Ruthenians, Syrians and Greeks poured
out on our shores destitute of all things, very
often of religion itself. He had to find pastors.
chapels, schools, teachers for a hundred thou
sand In the space of a few years, and he suc
ceeded admirably. His position and his enter
prise enabled him. in co-operation with the .
bishops of Brooklyn. Albany. Syracuse, Ogdens
burg. Rochester, Buffalo, Newark and Trenton.
to do all that was possible for the multitude.
His successor, Archblsh-p Farley, has con
tinued his work on nearly the same lines, mak
ing a new departure in opening a college for tin*
special training of boys Intended for the Church
and by starting the enterprise of. % Catholic
encyclopedia in fifteen volumes. To sum up
the history of the Church in this province a com
parison of the figures in ISO* with figures to
day will illustrate the progress. A century ag"
there were in the two states one bishop, seven
priests, four or five churches and about tea
thousand Catholics. At this moment in the- same
territory there are nine bishops. 2.»i01> priests,
1,50»> churches and 3.soo.€'<Y> people. The stu
pendous advance in America is due not alone
to the Immigrants, bit also to the freedom of
action allowed by our government and the ab
scence of persecution and prejudice. In conse
quence, while the Republic Is teaching the na
tions something new in government the Church
in America Is teaching European churchmen
something new In religious development.
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