Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-09-13
The Catholic Congress

" ''tf""ic November ~"
aud 18th. IN connection with the celebra-
tion Of the centennial Of tho establish
ment of the American Catholic hierarchy
has becnlecided upon The advisory com
niit'ee Of bishops and laymen's commit
tee of arrangements has been in session
and marked out the lines Of work The
programme has been so carefully prepar-
ed and So thoroughly understood o.ing
to the correspondence carried on for two
months back, that there is li,ts to DO
but give it final sanction. The pro
gramme in full is as follows:
First day, Monday, November llth,
i0a. N. Calling Of Congress to order
by Mr.. 5. On1han, Of Chicago, chair
man Of committee on organization; open
ing prayer; nomination Of the temporary
president Of the Congress, et. Governor
John Lee Carroll, Of Dpughorcgan
Manor, Md address by temporary
president; nomination Of temporary sec
rc'arlcs; appointment Of the committees
on credentials, rules, permanent organi-
cation, resolutions, on future Congresses,
committee to wait upon Cardinal Glib
bons and a committee to wait upon Pres
ident Harrison. These latter two are
intended as the means of formally CON
veying the aims of the Congress to these
heads Of the church and State. Adj
journment viii then be taken to 8 o'clock
in the afternoon. On reconyening the
committee on credentials, rules and per-
manent organization will be heard The
permanent officers will then be installed,
aud the reading Of papers, followed by
discussions, begun.
The final days session will open at 10
a. III. on Tuesday, November 10Th, |
with AN address by Cardinal Gibbons. -
Papers, discussions and reports Of com
mittecs will consume the remainder of
the morning. In the afternoon the com.
mittee on future Congresses will report
at the opening, followed by the commit
tee on resolutions and the committee
sent to President Harrison. Thl Cen
gress closes with discussions, ADJOURN
ment bein; taken to participate in the
opening of the divinity school Of the
Catholic Univers ty at Washington.
The papers set for discussion are the
following: Catholic Congresses, by
John Culinary Shea editor dthe Amer
lean Catholic News of New York, and
Americas foremost Catholh Historian;
Lay action in the church BY Mayor
Henry f. Brownson, of Deroit editor
Of the works Of his father, i. Orestes
r. Brownson, and prominet ID Catho-
lie philosophical circles; bistdca paper
by Richard Clark, of NewYork, the
Catholic historian; "The paey," by
Charles j. Bouaparte, of baltimore;
The Catholic press" by Gorge De-
w olfe, editor of the Catholic tapdard,
Of Philadelphia; "Cltholic socNea," by |
Henry F. Spaunhorst, of St. Louis;
Charities" by Peter F. Toy, Of St. |
Louis; "The Catholic editor by Prof.
Maurice Hogan. of Notre Dame Uniyer-
sity, Notre Dame, Indiana; "The work
of women and children in the industrial |
world" by J. w Cummings Of Bos-
ton, Mass; ''The relations Of capital and
labor" will also be discussed. The
leading speaker on this topic has not been
selected The committee has also decided
to invite the Catholic colleges fthecoun-
try to send papers written by ;hcirpupils
such as are found striking, to be pub
Iished with the proceedings Of the Con-
gress.
The me,hol of selecting delegates has
also been considered Each bishop will be
given carte blanche to send as many del
gates to the Congress as he chooses. -
The delegations from TIE Catholic bodies
will require The approval Of the head of
ss-c'>s>- from which they are sent
This, it is expected, will secure vide
and a thoroughly Catholic representation
From the correspondence carried on by
the members of the committee it seems
certain that every diocese in the country
will be represented.