St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-09-21
fARIDAULT PLAN LIVES.
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND SAYS 1T T..
STRONGER THAN EVER.
FgEE FAILURE AT FARIBAULF

Due Simply to Local Conditions
The archbishop Says 1t Is in
Full Operation in Hundreds
OF Places in the United
States-Policy OF the Catholic
Church.
The impression having gone abroad
that the So-called 'fariDaut school
plan" had proven failure and been
wholly abandoned, Archbishop Ireland
made plain statement of the facts.
saying that, while the plan had been
temporarily put aside at Faribault, it
was still in successful operation at
other points in Minnesota aud at various
points i'll other states The archbishop's
statement follows:
Inc Faribault plan lives, and is
stronger today i'll PROMISE OF futlre
health than it has been at any preceding
time. 1t is true that in the city OF fari-
Dault itself there has been what L trust
L may term temporary suspension OF
the conditions of friendliuess under
which it was possible to institute the
plan. and, this being the case, the
pastor Of the church, Rev. j. j.
Conry. under advice from myself. has
decided not to place his parish school
for the coming year under the manage
inent of the public school board. But
this is mere local incident III the his
tory and the life of the plan. In fact. it
illustrates one of the features of the
plan, which is that local conditions
changing, it lies in the power of the
parish or the public school board, to re-
cede from any eXiStin g alliance. While
the plan has ceased to work in Fari-
bault. it has been introduced very sue
cesstally in other places of the
state of Minnesota. and is in full
other states. The 'Faribault PLAN is
all honest effort at reconciliation
between parish schools and state
schools, a thing to be fondly desired by
all fair-minded and patriotic citizens.
Americans deal with conditions rather
than with mere theories. 1t is fact
whether people like it or not-that a
large number of citizens maintain for
their children schools independent of
state control. This imposes upon them
heavy burden, and is not what the
best Interests of the state call for. A
plan uniting those separate schools
fee of the rights and privileges of
the state, would be welcome
boon to the commonwealth. The
'Faribault plan was proposed as a
possible aud advisable compromise for
many caSeS-itS promoters not Offering
it as universal or final. The acceptance
of the plan i'll several places indicates
hopeful growth of mutual good will
and necessary fOrbearanee among diff
fereht classes of citizens. The plan
has met with opposition among eXtrem-
lists, Catholics and non-Catholics. This
was to be expected. The decisions i'll
Rome and the declarations of Mgr.
SatOlli have put an end 10 overt opDOsi-
established that the Catholic church is
not at war with the claims of the state
TO direct the secular instruction of the
children, and only desires that this be
done III some manner that WOnld not
impair the religious faith of children.
The Catholic church has made long
stride in bidding for peace and
general understanding. Tine rumor
spread around III some quarters
that L advised the abandonment
of the plan in Faribault in obedience
to instructions from Rome, is utterly
and absurdly false. 1t is, think, my
privilege to know well the mind of
Rome on the school question in Amer
lea and | have never misrepreSented it,
and never will mSrepresent it, to my
| fellow citizens of America. And so,
! whatever happens i'll the one locality of
| Faribault, the Faribault PLAN survives,
| and, in as much as it is all augury of an
| era of general peace and Cancellation, its
march shall ever be followed. 1t is but
| one part in the decided and official
| policy of the Catholic church in Amer
| lea to go onward, bearing in one hand
| the book of Christian truth, and in the
! other the constitution of the United
| States.'''