The Brookhaven leader., 1891-06-04
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Petition to tbs Pope-The Various Nation
aIIties In America to BE Secured with
Their Own Priests and Bishops.

Slble to secure list OF the signatures
of the memorial presented to the pope
in regard to supervision over Catholic
emigration from Europe. The docu-
ment itself, which was presented to the
pope along with all the letters and rec
concentrations in its favor that Herr
Cahonsly, of Prussia, could get, is given
herewith in full that it may be seen ex-
actly what the petitioners ask for:
February, Is9l-Most Holy Father: Tho
| presidents, general secretaries and dele
| gates of the Archangel tphael societies for
| the protection of Immigrants, encouraged
| by the blessing Will II your holiness con1e-
| sc 'nded to bestow upon them, met in Inter
| national congress at Luc"rne on December
| 8 last in order to cons der the best means OF
procuring the spiritual and temporal well
| fare OF their Catholic fellow countrymen
! who emlgrate to the Americas at the rate of
| upward OF 10000 year
| Humbly PROSTATE Mt the feet of your holi-
ness they most respectfully take the liberty
| of presenting to you that these numerous
immigrants could constitute a great power
| and a mighty factor in the development OF
| CLtholiclty In the different parts of America,
| thus contributing t. the moral greatness of
! their new country. AMI, moreoN"r by re-
| hex action. which would soon become ap-
| parent, giving life to the religious spirit OF
| old Europe The true church, Of which your
| holiness is the supreme heal, can alone
| bring about these h1p7y results, inlsmuch
| as she is the source of all progress and civt-
| lizaton.
| But in order that European Catholics in the
| country of their adoption may preserve and
may hand down to their off pring the faith
| and the benefits which it bestows the under
| signed have the honor TO submit TO your
holiness the conditions which. as i shown
| by experience and the iturc of things
| must essentially be established in cv ry
| country toward which emigration is be ng
| directed The losses which the church has
sustained in the Unit d states OF North
| America amounts to more than l000),00l
| First of all it would be necessary to form
| into separate pIrishes, congreg atoms or
missions the diff rent groups of migrants
of differCnt natiOnalitics in all cases wherein
their respective members and resources al
| low of so doing.
| Sccondly-Tne direction of these p irish cs
should be confided to priests of the sa me
| nationality as the faithful In this wise the
| sweetest and most cherished recollcctions Of
| the fathcrland would be constantly brought
| back to the immigrants, who would love the
| church all the more for procuring for them
| these benefits.
| Thirdly-In those pfrts of the country
| where immigrants of different natjonalittes
| have settled, but in too limited numbers to
| form themselves into separate parishes ac-
| cording to nationality, it is hig hly desirable
| that the priest selected for the direction Of
| such groups should be conyersant with their
| respective languages. This priest should he
| strictly obliged to teach the catechtsin and
| to give instructions to all such different
| groups of immigrants in the language pecu-
| liar to each.
Fourthy-Wherevcr there are no Christian
| public schools plrochial schools are to he
established and, as far as possible, srpar-
| ate school should b provided tor every ma
| tionality. The list of studies for these
| schools should always comprise the national
| language of the different races of immi-
| grants as we'll as the language and history
| of their adopted country
| Fifthly-The priests who devote them
| selves to the service of the immigrants
| should be given all the rights, privileges,
| favors and the Ii sc which are enjoyed by the
priests of the country. This equitable pro-
vision would have the effect of attracting to
| the immigrants priests OF every nationality,
| imbued with piety and zeal and the desire of
| sanctifying souls
| Sixthly-It would be desirable to found
and encourage Catholic associations of diff
| fercnt kinds, such as confraternties, mutu-
| al aid and protective societies, etc. By
| these means Cath nlics would be kept to-
ether and preserved from the wicked So
| cieties of Free Masonry and others of kindred
| nature.
Seventhly-It would be most desirable
| that as often as might be judged feasible the
| Catholics of every nationality should have
| in the episcopate of the country to which
| they have emigrated some bishop of their
| own race. 1t seems that such an UrganiZa-
| tion of the church would be perfect Every
| different nationality of immigrants would
| be represented and their res pcctiye interests
| and needs protected cared for at the
| meetings of the bishops in councils, etc,
| Eighthly-Finally, the undersigned set
| forth that in order to contribute to he reali-
| cation of the means they haye above enuIn-
| Grated it il very much to be desired and
| they themselves arIcntly hope that in a
| Catholic countries from which emigration is
| taking place the holy see will favor aud
| shelter under its particular goo will: First,
the special seminarics and apOs Ollie schools
| which have been instituted for the cduca-
| tion of missionaries for EN- grants. and
| 5 cond;y, the Archangel RIphael societies
| for the protection of immigrants. We do
| moreover hope that the holy see will recon-
| mend to their lordslips the bishops, the
| foundation of these societies in all emigra-
| tion countries where they do not as yet
| exist, and the placing OF the said societies
under the guardianship of a cardinal pro-
| tector.
| From this organization and these meas
| ures the undersigned hope for most for
| tunate and most speedy results, number
| of missionaries trained under the guidance
| of an eminent Italian bishop have already
| gone TO America oCneTS, Oh ndltOnS "HlCu
| are neighbors of Italy, before setting out to
| undertake their important and sanity min
| is;ry are waiting for the supreme pastor of
| the universal church to guarantee them the
| untrammeled exercise of that ministry by
| decree OF his infallib.e wis iom. Thus, pro-
| vided the holy will lend its indispen-
| sible cooperation. marve'ous results
| will be obtained. In this wise the peo-
| pie will find again upon the soil of Amer
| lea their own parishes. their own schools,
| their own societies, their own language, and
| they will prove the means of extending tho
| limits of Jesus Christ's kingdom upon earth.
| For the greater good of souls and for the
| gloridcation OF our holy mother the church
| among the diff rent nations of America, the
undersigned. protesting their faithful at
| tachment to the holy apostolic see, do sup
plicate your holiness TO bestow your paternal
| approval upon the measure which they have
herein proposed With the most profound
| and the most respectful veneration. they
| profess themselves, most holy father. your
| submissive. humble and obedient sons.
1t is significant that this whole move
ment has been conducted so far without
the knowledge or advice of the Ameri-
can hierarchy. The campaign has been
directed solely by the committee in
Germany, which by its activity has Sc
cured the support and appreciation of
other European countries
TEN BURNED TO DEATH.