The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-11
TEACHERS IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS.
A Few Question Concerning the Dinereno
Brotherhoods

N 80" Guo9hhou t"V hheEth
Brotherhood.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SCS-Sir. A subject
of no small importance which will in the near
future engage the attention of diGnitaries of
hiRh station in the Roman Catholic Church Is
the composition of the teaching staff of the
higher grade parochial schools, the boys acadc-
mics. and tho colleges, which are, wholly or
partly. under the jurisdiction of tho Roman
Catholic episcopacy.
Some of these institutions are entirely under
the management Of religious orders whose
members are priests. These are governed by
local superiors who owe allegiance and pay
obedience 20 a General residing at Rome, and
who Is consequently in close proximity and con-
slant touch with tho centre of authority, the
Holy See.
But there is quito a respectable number Of
colleges and secondary schools taught by relis-
ious bodies whose members are not in holy or
ders. Most prominent among these are the
Marists. the Christian Brothers. and the Nave
ing college in Dayton. Q. the Christian Brothers
have colleges and high schools in Sew York.
and San Francisco: the Xaverian Brothers con.
duct colleges in Louisville, Ky. Baltimore, and
who may be correctly called religious orders OF
laymen. are governed by their own Generals.
Those of the Marists ana Christian Brothers
majority Of members of each OF these orders IS
found in France, the government is. of course,
primarily suited to French customs and require
| ments. Laws are enacted and regulations are
made not in consonance with American GUS
toms; curricula are devised and prescribed not
in accordance with the entrance requirements
Of our American universities and professional
schools.
This mode of government has reused much
latent dissatisfaction in recent years, and the
more so now that the Catholic University at
Washington has long since passed the expert
mental stage of its existence and is looking for
well-equipped students from these secondary
schools. 1t is q well-krown fact that the coll
leges conducted by the Jesuits are not, and
never will become, feeders of tho Catholic Uni
yersity.- Their university is that Of George
town. 1t Ia also suspected. on this side of the
Atlantic. that the Jesuit chaplains and advisers
Of these religious orders OF laymen. are not alb
all averse to RELOCATING them TO the ordinary
! psrochial schools.
America for Americans" is the sentiment
which is deeply rooted in the hearts OF many of
the members of these teaching orders.
Archbishop Hughes will live longest in tho
memory OF men as the founder of the branch OF
most of the girls schools and academies in the
State Of New York.
Father Hecker's memory will not die as long
as the Paulist Fathers, the distinctively Ameri-
can religious order, continues to exist
Who will take the initiative in consolidating
the divers orders of Law religious teachers. and
forming an efficient teaching body. whose stu
dents will flock to the halls Of the Catholic Uni
versityi viii 1t be Cardinal Gibbons Or. per.
haps. one of the other distinguished prelates Of
the Roman Catholic hierarchyl Or, may NOT
the Board of Trustees of the Catholic Cniver-
sity, which is mainly composed OF the Archbish-
ops of the country. undertake this gigantic
schemei These are questions which interest
many thinking minds in the CATHOLIC Church OF
this country. MAGIsTER.
OCT. g.