The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-05-28
Efforts Being Made to Secure Priests
and Bishops Of Different Ma
tionalities.
Not n Single Canadian Bishop to
Moro Than Million
Countrymen.
-Four Hundred Thousand Euronean Cathe
lies Yearly Coming to This Country
To Keep Them Faithful. w


Herr Cahensly is principal mover in the ef-
forts OF European Catholic emigration SO
cleties to induce the pope to follow distinct
national lines in fostering church work
among Catholic emigrants in America.
This subject was referred to- in recent dis
patches. Cahensly's championship Of the
interest of Germans in America has borne
fruit in frequent instructions to Herr Won
Schloszer, German representative at the
Vatican, to use his influence whenever he
could. The Austro Hungarian ambassador,
1T IL understood, has similar instructions
and Cahensly, when he went to Rome to
present the memorial of the Lucerne con-
ference, was armed with letters of
approval from many prominent European
and Canadian Catholics. Speaking of the
nomination of Kanzow as archbishop in
America, Ambassador Won Schloezer said to
Cahensly: ''This is an important act that
will interest all Prussia He added that
he would warmly congratulate and thank
the cardinal secretary of state for this
choice. SO favorable to German interests
M. Mercier, of Quebec, warmly recon-
mended the plan to the pope, saying that
when he assisted at tho Baltimore centen-
nary he felt acute regret on finding that
there were no Canadians among American
bishops, Notwithstanding there ate moro
than million Canadians in the United
States. 1t is significant that this
whole business has been conducted so far
without the knowledge or advice of the
American hierarchy. The campaign has
been directed solely by the committee in
1xyl,t t0l, &o
cured the support and appreciation of other
European countries. There will be great
curiosity to know the view American bish-
ops take of the matter.
The plan proposed in the memorial
seems to be peculiarly adapted for the
preservation in America of the languages
and race distinctions of emigrants. II has
been impossible to secure IA list of sigma
lures to this memorial. but the body of the
document itself has been obtained. 1t
speaks OF the Lucerne congress as meet
ing to consider the best means of procuring
the. spiritual and temporal welfare of
their Catholic fellow countryrnen, who are
emigrating to the America at the rate of
| upwards of 100000 year. These primer
| Gus emlgrants, says tne memorial, coui.i
constitute great power and mighty
factor III the development of Catholicity in
different parts of America. It then goes on
TO detell tho plans necessary to carry out
the views. First of all it would be neces-
sarY to form INTO separate parishes or mis-
slons different groups of emigrants of diff
ferent nntionalities where numbers and
resources DO allow. and parishes should be
confined to priests of The same nationality.
In this way" says the memorial, Cher
isheu recollections of fatherland would be
constantly brought back to the immigrants
Where the limited number of different
nationalities will not permit of separate
parishes, the priests directing such groups
should be conversant with their different
instructions to all different groups in their
own language. Where there are no
christian public schools. parochial schools
are to be established. The list of studies
for these schools should always comprise
the national languages of the different
races of emigrants, as we'll as the
language and history of their adopted
country. Catholic associations of different
kinds should be formed to preserve Catho-
lies from the wicked societies of Free
Masonry, etc. AS often as feasible Catho-
lies OF every nationality should have one
bishop of their own race. In all Catholic
countries from which emigration is taking
place the holy see should favor and shelter
seminaries and schools instituted for the
oducation of missionaries for emigrants.
A number of Italian missionaries havea
reldy goneto America, and others of other
nations are waiting for the pope to guaran-
tee them ''untrammeled exercise of minis
try by decree OF his infallihle wisdom"
thus, provided the holy see will lend its in
dispensable corporation, marvellous re
suits will be obtained, Poor emigrants
will find again in America their own par
ishee. their own schools, their own socie-
ties, their own language. and they will
prove the means of extending the extent of
Jesus Christ's kingdom on earth.