The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-12-17
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settling the school Troubles-He Answ wers
the Question at the Arohbishops' Confcre
encc.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. s.--The address de-
livered by Mgr. Satolli at the recent
meeting of archbishops in New York
on the subject, For the Settling of the
School Question and the Giving of Re-
ligious Teachings" was made public
Wednesday. 1t says:
absolutely and universally speaking
there is no repugnance in the youth
learning the first elements and the
higher branches of the arts and the
natural sciences in public schools COM
trolled.by the state, whose Office it is
to provide, maintain and protect every
| thing by which its citizens are formed
to moral goodness, while they live
peaceably together with sufficiency of
temporal goods, under laws pro-
mulgated by civil authority.
For the rest, the provisions Of the
council of Baltimore are yet in force,
and, in general way, will remain So"
These provisions command Catholic
parents to procure truly Christian
and Catholic education for their off
of merely worldly education, and there-
fore to send them to parochial or other
truly Catholic schools.
Omitted with this duty are the rights
of parents, which no civil law or au-
thority can violate or weaken. The
Catholic church in general, and espe-
cially the Holy see, far from condemn
ing or treating with Indifference the
public schools, desires rather that,
| by the joint action of civil and eccle-
siastical authorities, there should
be public schools in every state,
according as the circumstances of
ton of the useful arts and natural
science; but the Catholic church shrinl1s
from those features of the public
schools which are opposed to the truth
of Christianity and morality, and since,
| in the interest of society itself, these
objectionable features are removable,
therefore, not only the bishops, but tho
citizens at large should labor to remove
them, in virtue of their own rights in
the cause of morality"
1t refers to the dangers in public
schools from purely secular education.
The choosing of teachers indiscrimi.
nately from every sect and the bringing
together of children of both sexes. II
such dangers to the faith and morals
disappear it is lawful for Catholic par.
ents to send their children to these
schools, provided they do not neglect to
train the children in all that pertains
to Catholic worship and life.
'It is greatly to be desired, and will
be a most happy arrangement, if the
bishop agrees with the civil authori ties
or the members of the school board, to
conduct the school with mutual atten
ton and due consideration for their re
spective rights"
Three plans are recommended; First,
an experiment to allow Catholic chill
dren to be taught the catechism during
free time. Second, to have catechism
class outside the public school building.
Third, let the pastors have classes.
Teachers in Catholic schools should
prove themselves qualified by exam
ination before the diocesan board, and
also by having diploma from the
school board of the state.
All the above was read and considered
in the meeting of the archbishops, the
difficulties answered and the requisite
| alterations made November H.