The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-10-26
The Holy Father ON Popular Education.

The Holy Father ON Popular Education.
The Bishop of Stafford, in speech de- \
livered at Bolton, England, quoted the fol-
lowing words Of Pope Plus TX, to the q
Archbishop of Friburg, which are reported q
verbatim in the Manchester papers OF
the 26th ult. Though they may not be
new to our readers, they are so pregnant
and important at the present time that we
cannot hesitate in printing them - liz
SIT assuredly happens that when truths
revealed by God are impndsn'siyt ,o denied, oni
Judgment Of human reason, the legitimate
addiction of natural things to the super
natural order entirely disappears. Ana as
J men are withdrawn from seeking after the
eternal end of their creation, their thonghts
and acts become circumscribed by the II.
mits of the material and passing things OF
| ahis world. The Church has been consti-
tuted by her Divine Founder as the column
and foundation Of the truth, that she may
keep whole and invioiate the deposit con-
mould men, according to the rule Of re-
vealed dogma, in their mutual relations,
in their moral conduct, and In their whole |
system of life. Hence it 10 that the a6et-
: tors and propagators OF false ,S doctrines
? her authority over human society. Where
+ fore thew leave nothing untried whereby
I they may diminish the entire power aud
2 salntary influence which the Church has
Il ever exercised since its divine institution,
- and which it ought to exercise over human
= Society. THEY DO all that in them lies to
l. remove the influence of the Church from
the institutions of human society, and 20
N subject these institutions entirely TO the
70 political and civil authority, to the good
m pleasure of those who are in government,
n and to the law Of the fckle opinions of the
se aye. 1t is not, therefore, matter Of aston
o. ishment if these unhappy efforts are prin-
i'd cipally directed against the public instruc-
and education Of youth Il csn ann sn Se
fer crave ipiury when the moderating aut'
st hority of the Church and her salutary
Influence are expelled from the public ane
IT, private education OF youth, on which Tn,
happiness of Church and State 90 mncl
anl SOCIETY it, by little and little stripped @
ry's tbst christian spirit which can alone pre-
ted serve mistaken the foundations of publ
;os. order and peace, and Is alone able TO creat
aes and carry out true and useful progress In CT.
Nils are provided which are necessary In ordt
and that man may attain his last end--that l
and his eternal salvation-after the course
lgh- this mortal life. Most certainly the II
is struction which has not only for Its o,
ns only end the knowledge OF nature anu y y
Which also abandons the truths that Q
revealed by God, must ~ necessity 7
,ula into the spirit of error and falsehood. l
d be edncation which undertakes to form Z
rents tnaar winds and hearts, malleable as "
the in their inclination to vice, of childr'
f nau rithout the aid of Christian doctrine
and the discipline of the moral code, can OF
eport hring up generation which, excited
aimed impelled by its own passions and by 81
ming, interest, will bring. down upon PRIV
that m;sfortunes. If this pernieious mode
q on .S Oh instruction, separated from the Cath
o.Sar faith and from the authority OF the Cnui
oder- ia a cause Of the greatest evil to the Inc
egacy dual and to society when IL 10 insrouu J
Kelly, into the public institutions that are
y, the secrated to the education and higher
n the S;es of the upper classes, who can IA
Harris sae that the evil and loss will be fer or
edsai, ar when such method is applied 20
yahoS. schools Of the poor For, IN ense''
,1 and nr;ncipaliy in euch schools that the
=, ,sd nv fran Of the lower classes ought to be
,chooi. structed from their tenderest intanc
er the tha mvsteries aud principals OF our
Mercy, rsiieion. and diligently formed to piet
the OF, a moral life, to religion ana t 70 OoC
ademy good cit,zens: :t,a n,aee' and 40 to pr,
20 t Gaes IN these schools, both in instr
A~'''A adncation. that the other branches OF XXI
on the ledge should appear as secondary.
aiy unless religious teaching Is SiosS,S in IoN
"Oulo ed with inc lubLku 9A'.,
% in it. schools vouth ia exposed to the gre
nat the dangers. Popular schools have been
e S.sa. ablished for the religions education
s'S'e' people. for their training IN piesy o.
the la ws of Christian morality, ano
Mirror. fore it is that they have always with
vs.: reaaon. beyond other houses OF eo9cs
r Domi- engaged the especiAi caso, rSLa
.dral of WntcRfulness Of the Church. !ne
ety aud and efforts, therefore, which tend 90
!, in the rate the authority Of the Church ITO!
,ontact, ponular schools proceed from cpl
generous kostility to the Church, and from =
remain si to exiting uish in the people the light
> o IomIS divine faith. Wherefore the Churcn,
= voune founded these schools, has always 7
reSatior them with the greatest care, iookinS
nder the them as occupying a hiefpsrtin hsr = r
$ Society sibility and government; and enc not;
ng with whatever separates them from her
gress mp a serious wrong upon the Church an,
heir per the schools themselves. Those me
M oo gre we enormously maintain that tue
,r NOW oneht to aSdicate her salutary ana
religious Inc influence, or to Withhold It IRON
ng is one nonular schools, ask for nothing