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Volume 5
ADDRESS DELIVERED BY REV.
Sometimes we are very unlucky
about our terminology—the use of
terms. We connect with one and the
&me word several ideas, which,
though more or less related to each
other, are by no means identical.
Speaking about church music, people
in general, and but too often,, also
musical people dispute without under
standing each other. After listening
to a "Lauda Sion" by Mendelssohn, or
some such composition, one will say:
"That is perfectly beautiful that is
true church music." Another begs to
differ: "That is not church music,
not by any means." Both are sub
jectively correct. But if a third one
would venture to say: "Both of you
cannot be correct, one of you is
wrong," he would certainly be correct.
A good many people imagine that
church music is that class of compo
sitions, which by their text and char
acter are expressive of religious
thought and provoking religious senti
ment. A sacred song, e. g., "The Holy
City," or "Nearer My God To Thee,"
many would at once declare good
church music, and in the minds of
many there is not the least doubt,
that the sacred Oratorios, such
as the "Messias" by Haendel belong
to that class of music.
Not to distinguish between religious
and ecclesiastical or church music, is
the fundamental error in the question
before us. The songs and composi
tions before mentioned may be relig
ious. music, but they are far from be
ing church music—liturgical music.
There is a vast difference between
the two. All church music is, feligious
music, but not vice versa.
The Role of Church Music.
What then is church music? The
church whose mission it is to raise
fallen man, te draw hi
2.-w*.y
vom
the unstable things of tim^, and lead
him to the contemplation of the spirit
ual, supernatural, and eternal, uses all
that is beautiful in art, and renders it
conducive to this end. This is the
reason for the external grandeur of
her worship her magnificent Cathe
drals and Churches, the elevated
dome, the beautiful arch, the master
pieces of painting and sculpture, the
lights of the altar, and the smoke of
incense, the vestments of the priests
and levites all these are intended by
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ECCLESIASTICAL MUSIC
VALERIUS NELLES, O. F. M., UN
DER THE AUSPICES OF THE
CECILIAN SOCIETY OF MINNE
APOLIS INTERESTING PRO
GRAM CARRIED OUT AT THE
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING.
CATHOLIC BAN ON BELOIT COLLEGE
ARCHBISHOP MESSMER OF MIL
WAUKEE FORBIDS CATHOLIC
STUDENTS TO ATTEND BELOIT
COLLEGE UNLESS THEY ARE
EXCUSED FROM CHAPEL SERV
ICES FACULTY HIFUSET TO
EXEMPT THEM.
A letter from the Most Spsverend
Archbishop Messmer of Milwaukee,
prohibiting Catholic students from at
tending Beloit College, Beloit, Wis., un
til the rule making it compulsory for
them to attend religious services in the
College chapel is changed, was read in
the Catholic Churches of Beloit last
Sunday. The Most. Reverend Arch
bishop said in part:
"I have been credibly informed that
all students in the college are bound
to attend services in the college chapel,
in
which
there is recitation of prayers
and singing of hymns, and further that
wmm
her as means whereby to reach the
soul and heart of her children and lead
them heavenward. Knowing the great
influence and power of music, she has
in a special manner engaged this
heavenly art to enhance the solemn
ity of divine service, and to raise the
minds of the faithful to God. Of all
the fine arts which the church em
ploys as accessories to her solemn
liturgy, there is not one so well cal
culated to give glory to God, and to
edify and sanctify the faithful as the
sublime because spiritual art of
music.
The Test of Fitness.
Ecclesiastical or church music may
be defined as that class and style of
song and music, which the Catholic
Church admits into the-- sanctuary,
sanctions for her liturgy, and enlists
for divine service. In deciding what
is true church music, the question Is
not, whether a given composition is
suited to the taste of the individual,
the choir or the community, whether
it fosters the private devotion of
any individual, whether it is pleas
ing or displeasing to one or to
many but the question is simply and
solely: CAN AND DOES THE CATH
OLIC CHURCH ADOPT IT FOR HER
PURPOSES? Is it approved of by the
Church? Has it passed her censorship?
Does it agree with her laws and regu
lations? Not the tabte of the individu
al, not the taste of a country or nation,
but the taste of holy Mother Church
alone is paramount and final. Nothing
within her proper sphere and domain
can withdraw itself from her authority,
not even church music. He who does
not hear the church is a heathen and a
publican, even if it were the fairest
daughter of Paradise, the heavenly art
of music. As all ceremonies, even the
smallest details of her liturgy, are reg
ulated by the rubrics and must be in
strict accordance with the laws of the
sanctuary so must singing and music,
so intimately connected with the litur
gy, obey the laws of the Church. This
obedience is all the more self-evident
and obligatory, because music is not
admitted for its own sake, but only as
an aid and support of the liturgy. In
the Catholic Church singing does not
necessarily and essentially belong to
divW service, as it does withj&ll other
religious denominations. The sun and
center of all liturgy is the holy sacri
fice of the Mass, which is the same,
whether it is said amid the silence of a
missionary chapel, or whether it is cel
ebrated in the great Cathedral Church
by the Bishop, while the organ, the
queen of instruments, is pealing forth
her majestic strains, and the choristers
render Palestrina's exquisite anthems.
What the Catholic Church justly de
mands is that sacred music, i. 6., music
(Continued on page 4.)
they must attend Bible classes and
chapel services on Sunday afternoon.
"While I readily admit many Catho
lics do not understand this part of
church discipline, and possibly in good
faith allow their children to attend
these services, they must be informed
regarding their sacred duty before God.
"It is evident that no Catholic boy
or girl can possibly attend such sec
tarian exercises and Bible classes, and
no Catholic parents can allow their
children to attend, without committing
a grievous sin against their religion."
About twenty-five of the most prom
inent students at Beloit College are
Catholics and the priests of Beloit have
made every effort to have the faculty
modify the rule obliging all students
to attend chapel exercises in so far as
it applies to Catholic students, but the
faculty refused to grant the request, the
President of the College declaring that
the services were non-sectarian and
that there was no reason why Catho
lics should not attend them.
H. Q. HAAS PASSES AWAY
A LOYAL CATHOLIC AND A
DEVOTED PUBLIC OFFICIAL
SUCCUMBS TO LONG ILLNESS-
FUNERAL AT THE CATHEDRAL
A TRIBUTE TO HIS PERSONAL
WORTH.
When Henry G. Haas, a pioneer citi
zen of St. Paul, died suddenly at the
home of his daughter on Friday, Sep
tember 17, the community lost an
upright and conscientious citizen of
the highest probity, the city a public
official of spotless integrity and un
selfish devotion to duty, and the
Church a loyal and devoted member
whose unostentatious piety was the
natural flowering of deep-rooted faith.
•He was respected by his fellow citi
zens as a man of sterling character
who never allowed selfish considera
tion to swerve him from the path of
duty, who placed principle above
f6licy and exemplified in his own life,
^both private and public, the highest
ideals of American citizenship. He
was a practical Catholic who could
fdways be relied, upon to do his frill
jtuty towards the church.
For more than a year Mr. Haas had
been ailing, although he continued to
attend to his official duties. The day
before he died he participated in a
meeting .of the CUy and County
Board of Control of which he was a
member.
The funeral services were held to
the Cathedral last Monday. The Mass
of Requiem was celebrated by Father
Finley, who also preached the sermon,
paying a tribute to the deceased as a
man, a citizen and a Catholic. A
large number of friends and former
associates in public life attested by
their presence on that occasion their
appreciation of the sterling worth of
the deceased.
Mr. Haas was a native of Pennsyl
vania wh* came to Minnesota in 1855,
when eleven years old. In 1876 he
established the packing firm of Haas
Brothers, with which he was associat
ed until 1907. He took an interest in
politics and was a member of the
City Council for many years, during
which he served as President of the
General Assembly for three terms
He was an enthusiastic advocate of
every movement fqfr social welfare
and civic betterment.
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CARDINAL LORENZELLI DEAD
PREFECT OF THE CONGREGATION
OF STUDIES PASSES AWAY IN
ROME AFTER A DISTINGUISHED
DIPLOMATIC CAREER—CREATED
A CARDINAL IN 1907.
His Eminence Cardinal Benedetto
Lorenzelli, Prefect of the Congrega
tion of Studies, died in Rome on Sep
tember 16. He was a native of Badi
in the Archdiocese of Bologna and
was born on May 11, 1853. On the
completion of his special sudies in
Canon and Civil Law in Rome he was
appointed Professor of Philosophy in
the Propaganda College by Pope Leo
XIII, and when the Bohemian College
was founded he was appointed rector.
In 1893 he was sent as Internuncio to
the court of Holland. Three years later
he was consecrated Titular Arch
bishop of Sardi and appointed Aposto
lic Nuncio to Bavaria, and in 1899 he
was sent in a similar capacity to
Paris, where he remained until the
breaking off of diplomatic relations
between the Holy See and France in
1904. On his return to Rome he was
appointed Archbishop of Lucca and
in the consistory of April 15, 1907,
His Holiness Pope Pius created and
proclaimed him a member of the Sa
cred College of Cardinals. He was
the author of a text-book in philos
ophy.
The death of Cardinal Lorenzelli re
duces the membership of the Sacred
College to fifty-five. He is the third
Cardinal who died during the past
month, the others being Cardinals
Vannutelli and Vaszary.
FIIEICI UISSUI SQGIETf
HAS BEEN PLACED DIRECTLY
UNDER THE PROPAGANDA—OF
FICIAL DOCUMENTS RECEIVED
FROM ROME.
The Catholic Foreign Mission So
ciety at Maryknoll, Ossining, N. Y.,
has received from Rome its Decretum
Laudis (Decree of Praise), and will
henceforward be directly under the
Sacred Congregation of Propaganda.
jffce documents were forwarded to
His Eminence Cardinal Farley, In
whose Archdiocese the Society has
established its centre, and delivered
personally to the superior of the
seminary.
Accompanying the documents, which
included the approved rule of this
young Society of secular priests, was
a letter from Cardinal Gotti to Car
dinal Farley, remarking the gratifica
tion of His Holiness and of the Con
gregation at the progress already
made by the American Society, which
"seems to Jiave been providentially
instituted to meet the existing needs."
The Catholic Foreign Mission So
ciety was approved by the Arch
bishops of the United States four
years ago last April, and two months
later, at Rome, the organizers were
authorized by Pope Pius to open a
seminary for the training of priests
destined for the heathen missions. The
Society purchased land near Ossining,
N. Y., in August, 1912, and received
six students the following month.
Maryknoll now registers thirty
eight students, eighteen of whom are
in the departments of Theology and
Philosophy. Within a year four of
its aspirants will be priests.
MEMDHIM.STITOE
"CHRIST THE LIGHT OF THE
WORLD" PRESENTED TO DUN
WOODIE SEMINARY BY CAR­
DINAL FARLEY IN MEMORY OF
ARCHBISHOP CORRIGAN.
Cardinal Farley has purchased the
famous heroic bronze statue, "Christ
the Light of the World," the sculptor
of which was the late Samuel J. Kit
son, and presented it to St. Joseph's
Seminary, Dunwoodie, the theological
training school for priests of the Arch
diocese of New York.
The statue has been erected in the
center of the campus in front of the
seminary as a memorial to Arch
bishop Corrigan, the predecessor of
the Cardinal as head of the See of
New York, and will be unveiled on
September 28.
This is a personal gilt of the Car
dinal to the seminary, and he is
making it for two reasons.. He wants
the young levites to receive in
spiration from the statue, which has
already won admiration on two con
tinents, and he desires to honor the
memory of Archbishop Corrigan, who
founded the seminary.
The statue is seven and one-half
feet high and stands on a pedestal
of dark, polished Vermont granite six
aijd one-half feet high.
The unveilirlfe was to have taken
place |ay 5 last, the thirteenth anni
versary of the death of Archbishop
Corrigan, but a strike of the granite
workers caused a delay. September
29 is the Feast of St Michael, the
patron saint of the late Archbishop.
Cardinal Farley will preside at the
ceremony, and it is expected that sev
eral Bishj$p8 and many priests im
attena.
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FiTHEH PHELUfl DIES
VENERABLE EDITOR OF "THE
WATCHMAN" OF ST. LOUIS SUC
CUMBS AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS—
A NOTED FIGURE IN CATHOLIC
JOURNALISM FOR HALF A 'CEN
TURY.
The Reverend David S.Phelan, pas
tor of the Church of Our Lady of Mt.
Carmel, St. Louis, Mo., founder and edi
tor of "The Western Watchman," died
in St. John's Hospital in that city on
Tuesday, September 21, after a few
weeks' illness. His death was due to
acute kidney trouble. The funeral
took place Friday morning.
Father Phelan was born at Sydney,
Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1841 and was
ordained to the priesthood in 1863. He
was appointed pastor of the Church of
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, St. Louis, Mo.,
five years later and retained the pas
torate until his death. In 1865 he found
ed "The Western Watchman" and re
tained the editorial management of the
paper ever since. He was the author of
several volumes of sermons and the
compiler of three ascetical works from
the French in addition to his editorial
work.
Father Phelan was the dean of Cath
olic journalism in the United States
and enjoyed the unique distinction of
founding and editing a Catholic paper
for half a century. He wielded a facile
pen and was uneqiialled as a writer of
short paragraphs.
BIGBTJITJEFEITED
MEASURES DESIGNED TO HARASS
THE CHURCH EXCLUDED FROM
THE NEW CONSTITUTION OF
NEW YORK STATE.
Five months' labor on the part of
the New York State Constitutional
Convention came to a close last week,
and the weighty document on which
the delegates have been laboring
since early in April is now ready for
submission to the voters on next elec
tion day. The closing of the Con
stitutional Convention also marks the
close of one of the greatest battles
between the bigotwiihd the Catholics
that New York lias ever witnessed,
says "The Tablet," of Brooklyn. The
battle was conducted quietly, and, in
large part, under cover. The com
munity is fortunate that it ended as
well as it did.
The forces of bigotry in the State,
in addition to the delegates whose
election they had obtained for the
purpose of having them introduce
measures that were designed to harass
the Church in her work, maintained
a powerful lobby during the whole
time of the convention. When public
hearings were held, they always had
strong advocates of their position.
But in every case they found that
their efforts were unsuccessful. The
Constitution as it will be offered to
the voters on*November 2, contains
not a single item on which the forces
of bigotry may claim to have made
an advance into the domain of the
Church. For the next twenty years
at least the present harmonious rela
tions of Church and State in New
York are assured.
BISHOP DIP GIFT
DIOCESE OF NEWARK CANNOT
USE PRBPERTY OFFERED
BY MRS. VERNAM.
The Right Reverend Bishop O'Con
nor of Newark, N. J-, has declined the
offer of Mrs. Florence G. Vernam,
widow of Remington Vernam, a one
time prominent lawyer of New York
and a sister of the late Governor
Black to present to the Diocese of
Newark, her handsome country estate
"The Lilacs" at Oakland, near Pater
son. Explaining his declination,
Bishop O'Connor commended Mrs.
Vernam for her generous offer, but
stated that he believed the various
charities, orphanages, etc., of his
diocese to be well equipped with suit
able buildings or so thoroughly estab
lished in their respective locations
that a transfer to Oakland would be
impracticable that he had not imme
diately in mind any charitable work
to which it could be devoted to advan
tage. Consequently, if he took the
property he would not kno.w .what dis
position to make of it. i'
PIPE OBEipSiTED
NON-CATHOLIC GIVES $6,500 PIPE
ORGAN TO DENVER CHURCH.
Samuel L. Baxter of Denver, Colo.,
proprietor of the Isis theatre, a non
Catholic, has presented the Holy
Ghost Church, of which the Rev. Gar
rett J. Burke is rector, with a pipe
organ valued at more than $6,500.
The organ, which is one of the finest
instruments of its kind in Denver, had
been used in the large moving picture
house owned by Mr. Baxter but was
not needed after he installed the
largest
Hope-Jones
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ST. PAUL, MINN., SEPTEMBER 25, 1915.
unit organ in the
world at an outlay of 150,000.
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CANADIAN CATHOLIC DONATE8
$46,000 FOR ITS ERECTION
JAHP MAINTENANCE.
The Dalton Sanitarium for con
sumptiveis, erected at North Wiltshire,
P. E. Island, Canada, will be ready
for occupancy next month. It is in
tended for the treatment of tuber
culosis in its incipient stages. Its
opening is the first step in an organ
ized campaign to fight the ravages of
the great white plague.
The institution was made possible
through the generosity of the Honor
able Charles Dalton of Tignish, P. E.
a member of the local government
who gave $46,000 for the purpose. Mr.
Dalton, who is popularly known as the
"Fox King" on account of his success
in domesticating silver foxes, is a
prominent Catholic. About a year ago
he gave a generous donation to St.
Dunstan's College, Charlottetown.
INVALID PRIEST DIES
FATHER BYRNE OF ROCKFORD,
ILL., WAS AN INVALID FOR
MANY YEARS.
The Ret. Patrick F. A* Byrne
passed away Saturday, September 11,
at St. Anthony Hospital, Rockford,
111., where he had been a patient for
four years, suffered from a spinal
ailment with which he had been
afflicted for about six years.
The Right Reverend Bishop Mul
doon of Rockford celebrated the
Requiem Mass and preached the ser
mon at the funeral in St. James Pro
Cathedral on September 14, after
which the remains were,, borne to St
James cemetery were burial took
place.
Father Byrne was born 4n Winne
bago township, 111., April 1,1865. His
studies for the priesthood were made
at St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee,
and St. John's Seminary, Boston. He
was ordained in 1891 by Archbishop
Williams of Boston for the Archdio
cese of Chicago.
He was engaged ill pastoral
work In several parishes in the Arch
diocese of Chicago and in the Diocese
of Rockford prior to 1911 when ill
health forced him to retire to St.
Anthony's where he remained until
his death.
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FRENCH MONK NUMBERS SAINTS
AND STATESMEN AMON0
HIS ANCESTORS.
A solemn novena to St. Francis de
Sales and St. Jane Frances de Chantal
was held this month at Annecy,
France. It was offered in the famous
shrine for France and her Allies and
for a speedy peace. A descendant of
St. Jane Frances, a young French
marquis, recently joined a religious
order in a British monastery. Imme
diately after taking his vows in the
Capuchin convent at Pantasaph,
Wales, he was recalled to take his
place in the French army. This is the
young Marquis de Sommery, head of
the old Norman house of De Mesniel,
and descended not only from St. Jane
Frances on the female side but also
from the family of St. Jean Baptiste
de la Salle, whilst another ancestor,
£he Marquis de Vaudreuil, wa&^kha last
French Viceroy of Canada.
HIlllllt FOR BB0T1ERS
IRISH^ CHRISTIAN BROTHERS
OPEN NOVITIATE IN NEW YORK.
In order to aid him in meeting the
urgent appeal for Brothers, the Super
ior-General of the Christian Brothers
of Ireland has decided to establish a
novitiate in this country. With the
sanction of tht Holy See and the ap
probation of His Eminence Cardinal
Farley, the novitiate will be located in
the Archdiocese of New York. A
house has been secured for the pur
pose at 167 Winyah avenue, New Ro
chelle, and the novitiate will be open
ed on September 8, the feast of Our
Lady'sNativity.
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CATHOLIC COLONIZATION. COM
PANY WILL BRING BELGIAN
CHILDREN TO AMERICA.
Rev. Julias Devos, secretary of the
Catholic Colonization Company, Chi
cago, has sailed for Belgium. He is
on a special mission and is making
the trip under the auspices of the Bel
gium American Alliance and the Chi
cago Tribune. Father Devos has been
furnished with a.list of 250 names of
children in Belgium, whose relatives
in this country have arranged to care
for them. The devoted priest will re
turn with them to the United States.
Some of the little ones will he «ccom
panied by their mothers.
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niEIEUS SHITIHIUH DEATH OF BISHOP CONATY
SUDDEN DEATH AFTER A FEW
WEEKS' ILLNESS—A FORMER
RECTOR OF THE CATHOLIC UNI­
VERSITY—CONSECRATED IN 1901
AND TRANSFERRED TO LOS AN
GELES IN 1903—FUNERAL FROM
ST. VIBIAAT& CATHEDRiCL ON
FRIDAY.
The1 Right Reverend Thomas J.
Conaty, Bishop of Monterey and Los
Angeles, California, died suddenly on
September 18 in Coronado, near San
Diego, whither he had gone to recuper
ate after .an illness of some weeks'
duration. The funeral services took
place from St. Vibian's Cathedral on
Friday of this week and were attended
y a large number of prelates, priests
and people.
The late Bishop Conaty was a na
tive of County Cavin, Ireland, where
he was born on August 1,1847. At an
early age he came to the United
States and after graduation from
Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass.,
in 1869, entered the Grand Seminary
in Montreal, where he was ordained
FATHER
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APPOINTED PROFESSOR AT THE
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, WASH
INGTON—AN AUTHORITY ON SO­
CIOLOGY—A NATIVE OF MINNE
SOTA AND A MEMBER OF THE
ST. PAUL SEMINARY STAFF
SINCE 180*.
Last Saturday evening the Rever
end John A. Ryan, D. D., for the
past thirteen years Professor of Moral
Theology and Political Economy in
St. Paul Seminary, left for Washing
ton, D. C., where he will begin his
duties as Professor of Social Science
in the Catholic University next week.
His place at St. Paul Seminary has
been taken by the Reverend Father
Waldron, a graduate of the Dunboyne,
GROWTH OF PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS
§HE STORY OF THE FOUNDING
AND DEVELOPMENT OF PARO
CHIAL SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED
STATES—HONOR TO OUR CATH
OLIC PEOPLE AND TEACHING
COMMUNITIES.
One of the most Interesting stories
of achievement in the United States
is that of the growth and development
of the Catholic parochial school—the
Flower of the Church, writes Rev. F.
A. Purcell, in "Extension."
From an humble beginning it has
assumed the dimensions of a wonder
ful system whose influence for good is
felt throughout the length and breadth
of this our land.- Not only have Cath
olics themselves been benefited by the
Catholic school system, but also the
nation, for assuredly to develop the
youth of the land into Christian men
and women is no small contribution to
the country's welfare and integrity.
The first traces of an endeavor to
establish Catholic schools can be found
in the efforts of the early Franciscan
and Jesuit missionaries, who recog
nized the need and usefulness of
schools in their missions. New Mex
ico seems to have been the first terri
tory in which were established Cath
olic schools for the natives (A. D.
16*98). The Catholic educational work
in the Thirteen Colonies dates from
the arrival of Calvert in Maryland,
the first Catholic school being found
ed there in 1640. From that time for
ward history shows energetic attempts
in various sections of the country to
establish Catholic schools.
But it was not until the beginning
of the nineteenth century that the
Catholic school began to take aggres
sive root in American soil. The first
authoritative declaration of the
Church in the United States on the
subject of parochial schools emanated
from the First Provincial Council of
Baltimore in 1829, which declared it
jto be "absolutely necessary that
schools should be established in which
the young may be taught the principles
of faith and morality, while being in
structed in letters." By 1840 there is
record of two hundred parish schools
in the United States. During the fol
lowing two decades this number had
multiplied several times, the greatest
growth, of course, being in the more
densely populated sections of the coun
try, particularly the East.
The growth can best he judged by
comparative figures. In 1860 there
were probably less than elghf hundred
parish schools in the United States
in 1915, or within a period of fifty
four years, the number of schools, to
taled 4,895.
There are, according to the Catholic
Directory for 1915, a total of 14,961
Catholic churches in the United
States and 5,488 schools. Consequently
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on December 21, 1S72.
pastor of the Church
He served as
of the Sacred
Heart in Worcester from 1880 to 1836,
when he was appointed rector of the
Catholic University, Washington, D.
C., where he remained for seven
years. He was consecrated Titular
Bishop of Samos on November 24,
1901, and on March 27, 1903, was ap
pointed Bishop of Monterey and Los
Angeles in succession to the late
Bishop Montgomery, who had been
appointed coadjutor to the Archbishop
of San Francisco. During his resi
dence in Los Angeles, Bifeliop Conaty
labored indefatigably for the advance
ment of the religious and temporal
welfare of his people. Many new
parishes were opened and diocesan in
stitutions established under his direc
tion.
A few weeks ago he suffered an
acute atmcn of ulceration of the
stomach, from which he apparently re
covered in as much as he felt able
to take part in the celebration of
"Catholic Day" last Sunday at the
San Diego Exposition. His death oh
the preceding day caused a post
ponement of this celebration until
Sunday, October 24.
DEPARTURE
Maynooth College, Ireland, and a
priest of the Diocese of Tuam.
Father Ryan was born in Vermil
lion, Dakota County, Minnesota, May
25, 1869. He was educated at Cretin
High School, the College of St.
Thomas and St. Paul Seminary, where
he was ordained on June 4, 1898. H*
made a postgraduate course at the
Catholic- University, Washington, and
was appointed a member of the facul
ty of St. Paul Seminary in 1902. Duf»
ing these years Dr. Ryan has taken
great interest in social movements anfl
has made a special study of ethica
in connection with industrial profc*
lems. He is the author of a number
of works on sociology, the best known
of which, "A Living Wage," written for
the doctorate at the Catholic Univeir
sity, is regarded as an authority on
the question with which it deals.
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there are over 9,000 parishes in whicft
there are no Catholic schools. Most
of the 5,488 Catholic parochial school*
are located in the large cities and
towns. There are thousands of small
towns were the Catholic population !fs
insufficient to build and maintain a
parochial school. It is estimated that
as a consequence from twenty-five to
thirty per cent Of Catholic children in
the United States attend the district
or public schools and here we have
one reason—and a very potent one—
why Catholics manifest so deep an In
terest in the public schools it ex
plains their insistence that the public
schools stay within certain limits and
that they remain strictly secular.
This, in fact, has been the inspira
tion for the building-up of a parochial
school system in the United States.
Catholic parents realize the impor
tance of a religious training for thai*
children. To giv° them the benefit of'
a Catholic education they have cheer
fully made whatever sacrifices wer$
necessary. In addition to helping to
maintain the public schools, they
have voluntarily taxed themselves to
build and maintain the Catholic
schools. While we may smart under
the inequality of double taxation, we
feel that the burden we have as
sumed in addition to that which the
State imposes, is at the same t}me a
labor of love.
If all the Catholic schools In the
United States were abolished tomor
row, the State would be put to the
necessity Of expending over $100,000,
000 for buildings alone, while the
salaries to additional teachers would
exceed $30,000,000 a year. Just by so
much do the Catholics of the United
States lighten the burden of the tax
payers in the country and if the
sacrifices they have made and a ft
making for conscience sake have not
earned for them the respect of those
who dissent from their views, at least
the non-Catholic public should he
grateful to them for the double burdpn
of public debt which they have car
ried unflinchingly.
The establishment and maintenance
of parochial schools does not imply
the condemnation of public schools or
opposition of any kind, to the purpose
for which they were established, hut
Catholics insist upon teaching, to
gether with the branches taught in
the public schools, religion and re
ligious morality. Consequently, re
garding the spiritual interests of the
child supreme, they have been willing
to make sacrifices to maintain their
separate schools. They are convinced
that, next to religion, morality is the
most Important matter in the life of
a child, and that morality is best
taught when based on religion. Ttyey
know from experience that the curri
culum of the school is best presented
when it is organized and unified, and
religion, appealing as it does to t^he
hfiftrt as well as to the head, offfff
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