The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-29
THE FARIBAULT SYSTEM.
FULL DECISION AND EXPLANATION OF
1YE f,1THOLIC con TROVERSY.
The Notification to Archbishop IRELAND and
,.s 1,ircu,nr Letter to the Bishops-Con-
,ru,,op or the Oppo sition.

The Notification to Archbishop IRELAND an,
,,e tireuInr Letter to the Bishops-Con
trpt,on OF the Oppo sition.
From d. rib'a London. Nay aL
Tho following documents have been author
itatiyely issued In connection with the warn
controversy which has arisen In America
about the lawfulncss OF the arrangement en-
tered into by the Archbishop OF st. Paul with
regard to certain OF his schools
In special Congregation
Held Apr 81 1892.
In answer to tho doubt: What judgment
should be passed upon the agreem ent adopt
ed by Archbishop Ireland in regard to the two
schools Of Faribnult and saltwater the follow
ing reply has been given:
.A1lrn!atively and: Saving the, fnll authority
of the DEGREES OF the Councils OF baltimore on
parochinl schools. the ngreem cnt entered into
Nv the Right Rev. Archbishop Ireland IN son
water may be maintained tnIerdrl Do'esI. all
the attendant CIRCUMSTANCES being considnred.
In andienrs held on the same , day. Anril y.
+ iGyATIus. Archbishop Of Damietta. Sec.
The following letter was addressed to Arch
bishop Ireland: ,
Mosr ILLUSTRATORS .ASD RiGHr REV. LonD:
Your lordship was, pleased to submit to the
tn"sht GOOD pn 10 'fS maxi IKE II % thu
elementary schools of faribnu. and Stilwai, r
in your diocese. that you night rroNid" Tor tho
spiritual good of tho rising generation IN:
trusted 20 your care more efficiently tan had
previously been possible ,,.
the more prudent hcrnus" an agreement OF
this kind. although it was concerned with
tng Tac"vs I rroy f" many
bishops and "thrs of tho lesser CLERGY o.
lniy. hart: because the conditions and cir
cumsianccs ,werc not so clear to th"iA rs to
afford them duo opportunity OG PASSING rcR-
s"nnblc judgment thereon.
Hence his Holiness intrusted mattcr OF
eucn deep moment to certain most eminent
Cardinals OF the Sacred Congregation of irrn-
important reasons nicidly set forth by your
1.ordshlp in meeting. OF tho 2ist "f this
uIon the aforesaid agr"":n"nt having COZ I'D.
eied also those declarations twoIthy OF all
this scholastic question to urh"ln aud main
tain tha scholastic PRINCIPLES set t"Ith ~ tho
more. Particularly in the third. commended to
the observance OF the bishops; they came t"a
Gccisi9nn rsrr"aMcrd ia the Gnros"d one ,n
Supreme ron,ir has ratified and approved.
/ trust that your lordsnip VIII receive The
mind. for II the extraordinary provisions made
hy individual Bishops in their own diocescs.
%Gen the f,smsmnnsi ~ nm Tho EN- r%
when they defect from tho general law n any
item. yet whcnth fo 500 declares tnnt such
1t imposes silence upon in,ii rect controversy
Moreover by order of his Holiness ana with
wiling mind. must nor omit to inform ynur
lold,hip that the sense OF reverence: of iMil
obedierce. Of nyiolnole loy4ltv TO the Holy
n" not na proc" roc law Iccn M ar
ent botn! TO tho Supreme pnntiI and TO my
Sell. and have strengthened IL" tuil conl'ien".
pray God. iliustrious lord. ever to guard
and have you in his keeping
Your lOruShll, = devoted servant,
IsxAT1rs: Archbishop OF pamietta.
To the Right REV. John Ireland. Archbishop
OF st. IaIls MINI.
The following letter has also been addressed
to the members of the American hierarchy:
MOST IILusTRIOus AND REVEREND LORD:
Your lordship is well aware that the question
OF tho education of Catholic youth in tie
United States has been tho subject of warm
controversy. An agreement entered into by
tho Archbishop OF st. Paul in connection with
two parish schools in the districts oi Farbnult
and saltwater has been III" occasion Of this
dispute.
See has taken the most wntchlnI '"r, ,!at
youth should T." educated in healthy Gortriuo
and should rr kept apart from nIrtful teach
lag: ana tho Sacred tongr, cation it~cl!. de-
voting its attention to TN. district now for II
long time. caused an Instruction which con
year 1919. And in aGhcsinN t. this lno
Fathers OF tho Tnirl Ilrnary Council Of I:nIti-
t"y irht nrc s"' IL" G:h . With iii from
every STAN .: vice ana crro.' and def-nd them
from the !arGers Of an. "hurntion UNINSURED
by the principles "i auth ana good moral.
For tins reason they took tho most prudent
resolution. ,nat ia each dies. AM IN III;
be butt where. uni ~" authority and II.
rertlon OF their rnst"r, The children q Cath
edge Of letters an" III. iin"a arts tT tH"n in
religion and m0raiS Nnw here were some
who, having regard {" th"s" wise laws. and
Gedurcin the two cases mentioned could MT
be reconeii,d witt shh"m, MH not hSstat, to
contrary. maintained that Tor il; ~; t.ut r"a-
sons It SHOULD he approved and that 1t II" way
oIrnded ne authority Of the decree. Hcnco
warm y debated even IN ruhIir p,lnt--r mat.
ter mnrh I" b. regretted: nor was thee unity
And si.,ce there Was reason Tor lust tear that
the greatest I"ssIblr imlAry might wrought
the Chur. an IA" most desirable ana ncrrs-
sary harmony hc,wern pas Or. whereby p'nre
II 1fa sr' Sr =" a." w. ,n n, KNIT r" n Ms
itself for som" decision. rui tEcrrtyto in
pose sl"n," on the di~ Utnnts. Tho rAnm-
nation - this matter wa ln,.ustru to rcrtHiH
OF tho most emiuoat 'Uthers Of the Sacred
Council Of thG ti"l'san!'i: VINO. ~ u meeting
careful ihy";tiga'i'n. weighing nj all Issues
tho action taken ny the hrrnhish"p OF It. lnu!.
and allowing f% =" Hres."i rtImJtanSni Il
the arrangement Wa maar: resolved to pub;
li-h tnn following decree which was approved
o: on The samn day y thu Holy father:
Snvn. III" iui AUTHORITY o: the DEGREES -! the Con.
oil 81 baltimore Iarnclai Schools the agreement On.
tered INTO by tie iight Kew. Archbishop Ireland ~
eunu,"tnn With the schools OF Fa.sb,u; ana saltwater
may be maintained jht, 7,o,t, al ii. attendant
circumstances beng considered
Put. taking this opportunity. the Most Emf
nrnt Fai hers hav" strongly recommended tho
venern ulc bishops Of the United Stu:"r to de-
v,hc themselves as ,hcy h"v" efrgu done. to
the sn,NAtiun a. the s,ul~ urdrr their c!Hrge
aud 10 me good OF religion vita the sanro
unanimous zeal through Ehi"h 'hey have ny
Code helm nircnIy won honor Cor their namn
on SO many counts. And their strength Is SO
much the more to he sOliGiIicu and guarded
since. as now harpens. errors are widely
spread with IMMUNITY. the Ilght lies with 30
many enemies and everywhere appear mum
borloss difficulties and obstacles to 10 con.
Qucrad.
Tho Most Eminent Fathers also desire that
at tho first meeting WHICH shall take place
among the hrchhish hops Of the United States
they should most diligently inGui,o into tho
manner in which il may 10 provided for tho
large NUN bier OF boys who. according to trust
worthy calrulat ion. attend the i.uCiir instead
Vi the parish school :.
As ne pastoral solcitu de and the great zeal