The Irish standard., 1895-07-20
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Separate Schools Compared With
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The Catholic Church End the
/, Present system of Edu-
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.Archbis shop Ireland's Intelligent
Views Upon Fhis Important \.
Question. ss..s

Question.
d An editorial in recent Issue OF your
paper, dealing with the attitude OF the tl1
archbishop Of st. Paul, Mimi, towards ar l
state education, based upon his address
at the golden jubilee. cell ebration Of Notre: e:
Dame University, Indiana, would lead l17 !. !:
one to believe that this great American a ! 4
jprelate Of the Catholic Church ooked.
with more favor upon the state school
and the state college than upon pn any
strictly Catholic school4or college, writes " leg
Thomas O'IIagan to the Toronto Globe:
Let me say that this is entirely mtslead- B = +
Ing, and at the present moment, when
q Catholic minority in q sister province
are struggling to win for themselves
freedom Of conscience, which is but an
other name for parental rights, IN the
great work Of giving their children 2.
Christian education, 7 regard your, edi-
3torial as doub'y harmful and mislead-
Ing. Let me say at the outset that, as
TAI as have ever been abe to learn, the
Catholic hierarchy Of the United States
,are not divided upon the necessity and
wisdom Of supper ting Catholic schools y
and Catholic universities nor are they
at war with state institutions. a sym M
postum Of opinions upon this question
from leading bishops Of the Catholic
Church in the United States, contributed
to the New York Independent some time
ago, should dispose forever this ground
less charge Quite recently Arch bishop
Katzer, Of Milwaukee, Wis, a very con-
Sservative man, said: Eve concede the
necessity Of public schools and the right
iof taxation for such purposes while
Bishop Phalen, .of Pittsburg, Pa, de-
Ear Il would be very sorry to see the
public school system destroyed. j think
1T would be. a great misfortune" Bishop
Hortslnan, OF Cleveland, o., adds: ut Is
simply calumny to assert that any bish-
iof or priest in the United States desires
the overthrow Of the public school sys-
tenn. ., I make no doubt that if the opin-
Ions Of Archbishops Langevin, Dubamel,
.Cleary and Walsh were obtained they
would not differ materially upon this
question from that Of their episcopal
brethren Of the United States. No, the
Catholic episcopate are a unit upon the
question Of the necessity, nay, the bind
Ing obligation and duty, Of supporting
Catholic schools and colleges. The coun-
ell of Baltimore declared itself upon this
point; SO has Pope Leo XIII. in q recent
5encyclical. But the ideal school Of the
church, primary, intermediate and adj
vanced, is one where religion and knowl-
edge 90 hand in hand where the super
natural is not lost sight Of in an eager
ness to- reach perfection in the natural.
1. AS Iswrtte have the address Of Arch
bishop ireland, delivered at Notre Dame
University. before me Here is what he
says: s.sThe question is put why does not
the church leave the work OF education to
the state, which commands for the pur-
pose wealth and power that the former
cannot hope to possess? The question
calls for a brief answer. have no quar-
|rels,5 with the educational work Of the
state } / admire, am proud of, my
country In this matter as in 50 many
others America unde the I'M
port rtanoe OF education. She always priced
primary education, and today she aims
ait being the peer OF all other nations 4
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