The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-07-09
Educational.
PUBLIC MEETING OF THE EDUCATION CRISIS
FUND COMMITTEE.

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PUBLIC MEETING OF THE EDUCATION CRISIS a
FUND COMMITTEE. u
Tho frat anuua, meeting of the Commit ..
tee formed last year to promote Cathonc i
education in Great Britain, took place on
| Tuesday, June, Is, at Willis's Rooms, Lon, :
don. The Duke of Norfolk presided, ana
Bute. the Earl of Denbigh. Lord Herries,
Lord Petre, Sir Charles Clifford, Sir Robert
Gerard, Messrs. Allies (hon. sec), Bloune'
Burke, Cation, Booth, Deane, Garcia
Berkeley Perera, Rey ni;a ~ o Gan. astepd.d
Mr.. Allies read the following report OF
the Catholic Educational Crisis Fund Tor
the first year, ending June ID, 1871:
1.-The meeting held at Mo5's.S COMMITTEES oaousa
to carry out his intentions. These lnten-
lions may be summed up thus: 10 provlue
with as little delay as possible primary
, schools for the Catholic children IN Greae
, Britain, who, from want OF such schools
, are not vet under instruction. And spe-
cisl cause for enxiety existed III the tacs
f that such children, under the Education
, Act, would be in danger of being compeneu
f to attend schools wherein lnstiucSou nf
n the Education given, and would even be
r "The committee SO appointed held
b succession of meetings. one OF tlelr LIS
Q anneal. a plain statement of that educa-
"a tinnal destitutiop, and that danger OF
,. conn ulsary education divorced from reii
y eion. which it required the most energetlc
n efforts to meet. Many tnousan'u COPIES .h T
20 this appeal were circulated through ehe
Ia sixteen Catholic di0ceses. The next act OF
20 the committee was to meet the basnoPs
e Immediately ON their return from the ecu.
t. men,cal Council, and concert IN eiCsess
IN nnion with their lordships joint scheme
" of action. With this view, 1t was deter
ne mined to consider each diocese as wnoie,
he and to make q grant to it as q whole, suen
grant to be then appointed by Diocesan
JOINTLY p sSe S.Sop They
On also begged Of their lordshiPs to furnish
p than. as an indispensable condition OF thei'
'I laino able to fulfil their work, with as &C.
he curate q return as possible OF tnS esIaa'e !"
40 Catholic population in each Diocese, o
On the number of children for whom scnooI
s.o were not actually provided, and OF tne ioGa
's ~ efforts which would be made to meet TN
~, efforts of the central fund. These arrange
Os, antnmn' and it was not before Novembe
auSo' that the committee was enabled 20 mesC y
1: order to consider the returns received fror
rae the Bishops. A. s.,,
,sh "In the meantime his Grace, the cnaii
,od man. had sent the above mentioned aPpea
lou accompanied by a note from himself 10
US large number of the chief Catholics
Ok Great Britain. The result was that +4I
: ~ Ooo 90. Cd. have been subscribed 70 :! -
. "a fund. The contributors amount TO az. II
t,.;s Guiding all the immediate gradatlons tro
i;nS two of ETC, 600 apiece, to Protestant Al
nns a German who contribute each 5s; ho'
'r1 ever satisfactory this result may ne, IL
9 l. believed that there are many more wi
W would support this fund, could the urgen'
Snr of the need be really brought nome
I'm. them, together with the efficiency Oh u
IIs plan devised to meet it.
go "The committee considered In sever
LIZ meetings the returns presented to them
aaJt the Bishops, and, after obtaining fresh pa
On ticulars from them, made on the 2oth u
~ cember a provisional grant proportioned
, the several dioceses. This grant took IN
=. 80 Joint account the three points above Int
IL Gated : First, the whole population; 81
T.ao opdJy, the children requiring education
aaeb the recognized rate of primary scho
ia nf t,eing needed for one-slxth OF the PoPu
wed ton thirdly, the amount OF local en0i
onlv AS to the first, the returns gave a WI
MI, III population in Great Britain of l,459,
- catholics. AS to the second, it was sta
&c AZ, rhat school accommodation was suppl
"t';aI far 1875. D9I children, while it was wan
.aS, for % 926 As to the third, the commit
lnS.s laid down the rule that its grant to
IL DIOCESE should not exceed the amour
= VIZ - local efforts in the Diocese, dating from
~ ~, ~ dov of it's commencement, the IL OF ~
eS';u 1870. On these prineip9es provisio
p.'Sth grant was made as follows: 8" -
p Our , To the Diocese of Westminster 81, ess ies.
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