Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-26
4 CONVENTION OF CATHOLICS.
Father Lavclle Issues Call to the Young
Mems Societies.

The Rev. NJ. J. Lavelle, pastor of st.
Patricks Cathedral. New York, has sent
out the following circular TO all the Catho-
lie societies i'm the United States:
1T is NV privilege and pleasure 10 an
Douuce that the Executive Committee has
chosen tuesday and Wednesday, October
7th and 9Th. a the dates for the sixteenth
annual convention of the Catholic Young
Mems National Union, To be held IN Wash
ington this year.
The business which will come up be
fore the convention IS very extensive and
important. We hope TO establish
national lecture bureau; TO spread read
ing circles among the members OF all
the societies. 60 arrange plan whereby
fresh. practical subjects for debate can be
published every month; TO formu-
late model constitution which can be
a guide for associations 20 be cstab-
lished in the future and perhaps an aid TO
those already in existence; TO secure the
formation IN each diocese of local union
of the societies. 80 that the young men
everywhere can come together frequently
during the year in friendly contest for SUI
premacy in athletics. oratory, and English
composition; to encourage the formation
OF evening classes. Libraries, and gyInna-
Sums: and finally TO discuss the question
of how larger material means can be op-
tanned wherever the societies exist. with
view TO providing the associations with
better appliances FOR both Improvement
and pleasure.
Matters of such great consequence evil
IDENTITY require the very best brains, ana
the most pericc. representation OF those
whose interest IS concerned 10 rrlng them
to pra zeal and successful issue. Ihere-
fore we ask every one VINO loves the wei.
fare OF our golden youth. the prosperity OF
the Catholic Church, and tine trucst glory
OF our common country, TO lend hand
towards making this convention as large,
as able. and as representative as possible.
Societies formerly attached TO the Ma
tional mon are requested TO elect ther
delegates at once, and to send notice OF
their intention TO attend the convention 10
the nat onal secretary, Mr. John Z. Leathy,
No. 10 School street. Boston, Mass. Each
organization il entitled to three delegates
and three alt arnates. To every Catholic
Young Mems Society IN the United States
cordial Invitation is extended.
The circular also says that every Cathohc
Young Mems Society i as naturally men,
Der OF the National Union as man born
In the aited States Is an American citizen.
4" ANY hitherto unaffiliated society wish
inc To be represented al Washington need
only send notification OF such desire to
the katlona Secretary, VINO Will at once
forward credentigl blanks and all other
necessary information, Ia cases where
distance or any other circumstance makes
representation impossible societies can
participate IN all benefits of the union by
sicnifying 20 the Secretary their adhesion
10 and sympathy with the cause. But TINS
privilege should be used only when the
sending of delegates would be really too
difficult TO be thought OF.
The alumni associations of our colleges.
the undergraduate societies, and the
Young mems branches of temperance or
CARNATIONS, and of religious sodalities, like
the League of the Sacred Heart, are par
ticularly included in this invitation.
ITO the Most Rev. and Right Rev. Pre-
lates: TO the Rev. Clergy. especially TO the
pastors aud the spiritual directors OF
societies, to the great body OF the Catholic
laymen Of the United States who were so
gloriously represented at the Catholic
Congress of Baltimore last November, we
tender our most respectful and cordial
greetings We invite them 10 be present,
in as far as II NAV be possible. at our con-
vention, with the object i'll view that our
Catholic American youth may benent as
much by this coming assembly as did the
Church at large by the great and memora-
Bile Baltimore Catholic Congress"