The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-08-18
ST. PAUL.
AN INTERESTING ESSAY


Read Before the St. Paul Crusaders, by
A W. GutAridge.
Mr.. A.. ". Guthridge, professor at st.
Thomas Seminary, Merriam Park: read
the following paper at the last meeting
Of the st. Paul Crusaders. 1t was
ordered published in the Catholic papers
of the Twin Cities, and is to be dis
eussed at Crusaders hail on Sunday
afternoon next. The public are cordj-
ally invited to be present:
HOMES FOR YOUNG MEN.
The homes Of the people are the ulti-
mate items OF a nation, for community
without homes can scarcely be called
natiou-lather tribe. Our first ideas
Of patriotism spring from our love tor
home. Tt has been Wittily remarked
that mo man would shoulder a nusket
and risk his life in the defence Of a
boarding house." And since in che
physical world the character of the
Whole is marked by that Of each Of the
individual parts, the character Of ma
ton is derived from that Of its homes.
a country Of happy homes is. almost
necessarily lit left TO ITSELF, country
with Just laws; and it would be difficult
or impossible to find q nation wisely
governed in which domestic inhlicity is
common.
While the memory Of the lonely home
Of every man is fondly cherished, and
the determination sacredly hxed-to
possess another more suitable TO his
present state generally enus in this
country ia reality. yet many and many
a man finds himself at some time OF
life, for q variety Of reasons, without
any such spot to call his own, The
houses in which he must spend this time
are generally so very different from
what he considers home ought to be,
that | ayn sure any effort to make these
places d little more Lomelike should
meet with Christian approval. We can
do very much in this direction it We
work il. the right way.
Sixty years ago in the city OF Go ogno
in Germany, q poor young MAI. by name
Of knlping worked aC his trade--that Of
q shoemaker. For many years his only
home was the ordinary boarding house.
Having 2 heart filed with charity. he
was much panied to notice the number
Of young men who graduated xEem Che
respectable boarding house to the one
CT questionable reputation, and thence
lower. Moved by ali he saw, he resolved
TO make al effort 60 aid his companions,
and having no particular plan Of action
yet laid OUT no concluded that the best
thing ile could do would be to study for
the Church. What he had already done
had drawn upon him the attention Of
persons Of standing and wealth, and so,
ml5ans were at once cheer auily granted
hipa to make n cause. Lis own partic-
ular subject received much attention.
from him while pursuing his ecclesiasti-
Cal studies, alsd he at length came TO the
conclusion that the thing required was
the organization Of q society under the
direction of the Church, having tor its
object the providing Of Christian homes
and resorts for young men. He was
ordained priest in 1915. In 1sa6 III the
city CT Ellersfaldt the frst society was
organized. Our priest WAS soon at it's
bead and, altering ii somewhat to suit
tbs above plan, he placed it under the
patronage Of St. Joseph. The first So
eiety consisted Of hut sevea men; and it
is worthy Of remark that one Of that
now celes,rated--seven lives in this city
Of St. Pau, al exemplary Christian and
citizen. The little band held together
and soon began TO grow. D. house was
before long in use and proved q great
suocess The Bishop seeing the great
ness OF the work sent Father Kolpipg
to Cologne. Here was just his ground
One Of the largest Catholic cities in
She world. He pushed the work Tor
ward with q zeal born Of the spirit Of
charity and soon the society was to be
found in every parish III the city. It
quickly spread throughout Germany.
then through Austria and Switzerland.
There are also many branches in ITALY.
France, Belgium, Holland and large
one has lately been opened in London,
England. In all over 400 organizations
exist, with amembership Of over 100. 600
persons, and to give the value of the
property belonging to the society we
must count III the millions.
The name taken is the Catholic
JouzneYEnen's Society," Without
t'grips'' or ''sig ns'' the members know
one another. They greet each other
with the:a Christian salution of "God
bless honest handwork." All their re-
ception rooms bear the beautiful mot
toes: Religion and Virtue, ""Industry
and Diligence "Union and Love-"
''Mirth and .'Jest' In passing from
one city to another-eyen from one
country to another, the traveller has
only 20 obtain the address of the So