The Irish standard., 1896-03-21
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Ol the sSGGe'Hc iauSuaSE aL5Ile 3CatnOllc
University guaranteed by the a. O. H.,
/ has reached the sum Of $34072.50, accord
ing to the last report Of the National
Secretary of the Order The Order has
membership Of 1880. Massachusetts
ID the largest contributor, giving 6,473.-
Is; Pennsylvania comes next with S.
Sz5.75; while Rhode island is by no
means near the last with $543.75, says
the Providence Visitor.
The Manchester, N. H. Emerald, says:
In attending meeting OF one Of our
Divisions recently, we We're somewhat
surprised to hear statement made by a
Brother, who, has ever had the welfare
and success OF the Division of which
he is member at heart.
1t is q prevalent idea according to the
statement of the Brother, that no one
but he who has been born in Ireland,
or Of Irish parents. is eligible to become
member of our Order. Now any one
reading the following taken from our
national laws can readily see the error
of such conclusion:
"No person shall become member
of this Order who is not Irish, or of Irish
descent through either parents, and a
practical Roman Catholic-and no per-
son connected with any secret society,
which Is detrimental to the Catholic
Church, shall be admitted"
According to the above it matters not
where man is born, so long as either
one of his parents are Irish by birth and
that he is a Catholic.
BY such sentiment gaining ground it
would keep out Of our ranks some of the
best material at our disposal, for there
is many a true Irish heart beating in
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born in Ireland nor that both their par
ents were Irish. III our city and also in
others, are many who would like to
join the A. O. H., but are afraid to have
their names proposed on account of this
prejudiced feeling, fearing they would
be black balled. Now it is Nighttime such
a prejudice should be dispelled, and the
sooner it is done, the better it will be for
our noble Order BY showing these men
that such feeling can not prevail in our
ranks. we encourage them to become Hi
bernians, their nationality is kept intact,
and they are taught to live faithfully to
the rules and doctrines of our holy church
In other words, they are not strangers
in foreign land, despised as it were for
not being born in Ireland, but that they
were of Irish descent from the father o.
the mother and practical Catholic is
sufficient guarantee ON their part, that
they are worthy of becoming members Of
our noble Order. The time has past, and
1t should never have existed, that such
false sentiment should receive any en-
couragement at all. and we trust that
as it has been brought by us to the at
tention of the Brothers, that they will
readily see to it that this sentiment will
cease TO exist Any Brother holding such
a sentiment is unworthy Of the name OF
Hibernian and should be considered
as detriment to the success Of his Divi-
sion.
Says the Toronto Catholic Register:
The A. o. H. is making steady progress
in Canada. In Toronto at the installa-
ticn of officers of No. 2 Brother A. T.
Hernon made brilliant address. Com
ing down to the Irish army after the
siege of Limerick he said:
This army was the last hope and stay
of their unfortunate country, and when
they surrendered Limerick and elected to
serve in the armies of France, the last
ray of hope was extinguished in poor Cd
Ireland. True, they made a sacred treaty
with the English before they consented
to give up Limerick. This treaty guar
anteed to all the people of Ireland, ir-
respective of religious belief, full protec-
ton of person and property. The Irish
army had not we'll left Limerick when
1t became manifest to the people that
the English had no intention of respect
ing or observing any part of the treaty.
The most cruel and odious laws were
enacted for the suppression of the Cath
olic religion. The only difference that we
can see between the persecution Of Cath
olics in Ireland then, and of the Chris
ders and outrages in Ireland were legal
lied by law, whilst in Turkey the govern
ment claims it is the work of a band
of Kurds. The priests and teachers of
the Irish people were hunted down like
wolves, and a great effort made to crush
out and exterminate the grand old faith
which the majority chung on to. Very
indeed, have the historians des-
ignated those times as the dark penal
days. 1t was at this time that our, noble
Order was founded, and I think you will
all agree with me that sadly it was
needed Who knows how many poor
souls it brought consolation and Chris
tian resignation to, when it aided and
enabled the faithful soggarth aroon, as
the Irish priests were called, to visit the
sick and administer the last sacrament
to the dying. Our organization teaches
lis friendship, unity and true Christian
charity. What contrast to the intol-
Grant, bigoted and fanatical doctrines of
the A. F. A. or p. p. A. that teach their
members to ostrac;Ze, undermine and
hate their neighbo,s because they wor-
ship God as their fathers did before
them. Thank God we are not 'actuated
by that spirit towards any man or set
of men Ours is brave and impulsive
race quick to avenge an insult and
quicker to forget and forgive an injury,
generous and forbearing to fallen foe.
Division No. 8, A. o. H., will celebrate
Thomas Moore's birthday as usual, on
May %. Committee in charge are J. G.
O'Keefe, ]. G. sheehan, ] j. Taajfe, F.
Rhatigan, T. j. Corbett and P. ]. Mona
CHAN.
There will be business meeting of Di-
vision No. 3, D. of E., on Monday evening
next, corner of Tenth and Washington
avenues north. This meeting, of course,
is only open to members. AS matters of
Importance will come before it a good
attendance is desired.
Harmonic tIaIl.
The principal item of interest on the
program at Harmonic hall on Tuesday
night was the eloquent and cOmprehen-