The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-09-29
THE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
ArchDIsilop Ireland Talks of Th,
GdrIbaIiIf Blap

Sl' iAUL, sept. 20. The abandon
hent o. me -o-called Faribault parochis
/, school plan At Faribault, MINI. has =,
c lractei - wide comment ,hat A,cb
oishop Ireland has AZ last consen,eJ !,
? tiik about il, and in an interv;aw nil
an Associated Press reporter TO-DAY r
said The Faribault plan lives and
stronger to-day in promise OF futur
neai'h than u has been at any precedin,
tshne. lt Is true that in TIE city OF Fari
oauit there has been that NAV term
eniporaiy suspension OF the condition,
oi irienfiiDess under which il was NOS
sible TO institute the plan. and this beino
the case, the pastor OF the church Eav
-. >. Conroy, under advice from mvsalf
nas necided not TO place his parish school
lot me coming year under the manage.
inent OF The public-chool board. But hi.
i mere local incident in the history
ana illustrates one of the features of the
plan, which is that local condition n
changing u II lies in the power of our
puDlic school DO .rd 10 recede from anv
existing alliance While the plan has
ceased 70 work IN Faribault il has been
introduced very successfully in other
places Of The stlte OF MINI ,.ot,. and Il
IN lull operation in hundred nla.es
throughout other states.
Inc rarloiult plan j. an honest effort
~ reconciliation between parish schools
tnn me state schools a thing to be fondlv
iesirei ~ ali ftir-minled aad p,trioti.
clu1ens Americans deal with condi.l
Iion- rather than mere theories. Ii is n
'act : whether people like II or not : thetE
! large number # citizens maintain for
'helr children schools Independent 2
'tste control. This impose. upon them
heavy burden aud i not what the best
interests OF the state call for. A "planv
initing those sepa ate schools with state
chools without sacrifice OF the rjyhts
Ind privileges ~ The state wouId be a
welcome boon 10 The cOmmmonweal,b
the faribault plan was D opposed a. a
'ossible and advisable compromise f,r
many cases. is promoters not OFFERING II
: universal or final. The acceptance of /,
ne plan in several places indicates a /,
opefnl growth OF mutual ooo5.
~ and necessarily iorbearancc amono !,
iilerent classes of citiz,n.. The Rim !.
as met With oppo-ilion among ex- !
emists. catholic aud noncstholic. This !,
as 10 be expected. The decisions in '
ONE and the declarations OF Ngr n.
iii have put an end to covert opposi. G
on among catholics. The fact IA nov G
itablishcd that the catholic church i. D
Dt At war with the claims OF The STATE Q
direct the secular instruction OF the I,
'iiiren, aud only desires that this be |,
me IN some manner that would NOT 4
lpair The religious faith Of children c.
"The catholic church has male lono Il
ride IN bidding for Teace and general
idersianding. The rumor spread
onnd ~ some quarters that | advised Y
= Abandonment OF the plan In Fari J
Init ~ obedience 70 instructions from v
ONE i utterly. absnrdly false. Itis I ls
INK. my privilege 10 know well the 81
ind of Rome on The scIoOl question in D
ncrica. and have never mi-repre- u
ntcd u and never will 10 nv fellow. :
tizens OF America And 80 whatever q
'ppcn- 10 the one locality of Farib,uIt q
'c "farihault plan" survives. and mss. =
uch a. 1t l. an sugurv OF an era OF gen. q
~ peace ani c0ncililtion, its march y
AL. ever be followed II is but one \
~ 10 the decided aud official policy of Je
. catholic church in America 10 20 q
ward, bearing in one hand the book IN
Christian truth and in the other tho G
OF the United Ststos.p =