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springs up like a f,ower and fruit fr.n
the roots or Christianity How stroIg
are these words Of Leo XIII. Where u
is sa id that the church is Jealous OF modern
to!itcal systems and that she repudiates
ihe disc overies of modern research, he
charge is ridiculous and groun;ll 'Ss
calumny Wild opinions she does rcpudiare,
wicked and soditfous projects she does
coadenn, together with the habit Of mind
which points To the beginning of a wiiifuI
departure from God hut a all truth III lst
necessarily proceed from God, the church
recognizes in Gll truth that is reached by
research trace of the divine intelligence.
a nd as all truth in the natural order
is jowcrlPsS L. destroy belief in the tech
ineS OF revelation. but can do much 10 con
firmit, andaS every newly discovered truth
may serve TO further the Knowledge or
the praise or God, it fOlluws that wha $50
ever spreads the range OF knowledge WIN
always be willingly and even oyfully wei
comed hy the church. she VIII always IN
courage and promote as She daes in other
branches OF knowledge, all study ac-
conpanied with the Investigation of
nature"
The Work of the, Church,
THE Catholic Church has been the civil
izing influence nof the world for twenty
centuries She leads CIVILIZATION in the
nincteenth, as in the tenth and the first
She is the guardian of social order, the
teacher Of true morality, the protector af
wonanhood, the custodian Of family rights,
the eneIny of anarchy, bhe, defender Of
authority, the one to whom alone was
said: Go teach all nations, / am with
you She changed pa san-Rome into
Christian Rome, Shecfvilized the barbarans
and made Of them he Christian nations OF
Europe She preserved learning, eaiardiDg
the cultured thought of Greece and Rome,
she Chrstianzed pagan phil9sqpRXa and gave
to the world the sthoolmen and the uni
versities Her Augustine, her Leo Y her
Thomas Aquinas, wer1 giants of human
thought and worthy chtldten OF her sane
tuary Stone on stone in all the great
schools of the world for the ages of knowl
edge Were laid by her monks and scholars.
No matter what her enemies. may say
about the old church, we know the loves
of her heart and we realize that as true
as the needle to the pope she stands for
the whole domain Of truth and exists To
make ii known to the children of men
She presents the universe to US as a
book, on every page of which is written
the name and the wisdom of God, and
he who has read this book Most care
fully and most diligently Will he most
filled with the love of God. The pearl
OF knowledge said Pope Calixtus III,
makes men like to God. While every
thing else decreases by distribution,
knowledge gains strength in proportion
as it is distributed The apoStolate of
scholarship is the apostolate of truth,
and truth is the perfection of intellect
and heart
Referring to the function of this uni
yersity and in conclusion, he said:
Its duty Is To place the Catholic Church
before the lovers of science as the hand
maid of knowledge the mother of re
search, the guardian OF truth, bringing
to man all the blessings of invention and
discovery, reconciling truth with all the
researches of science, and proving to all
men that the Catholic church has the
only complete answer to the cravings of
the human intellect and heart. Deus
lux mea, is its noble motto, and under
that inspiration, the university must and
will succeed.
May God ever he Its light, illuminating it
In its path of study, enlightening it's pro-
fessors, guiding its students. May the
successes of the days of old in the uni
versities OF the church come TO our, uni
yersty, and may unity and true Christian
charity guide 1t in its divine mission,
as tie intellectual leader of our age, to
bring all lovers of truth within its in
fiuence, to make men love the church
winch brings such gifts to men. Our
Catholic American University, may it
prosper and add laurel on laurel TO its
wreath of glory and renown, that it may
realize the ideals OF the great Leo and the
fondeSt hopes of our episcopate, our clergy
and our people, and be the pride of our
glorious republic
DR.. Conaty's Reception.
After this address DR.. Garrigan announced
the reception to the new rector. This was
held in the rotunda of Mcmahon Hall. 1t
was late when the exercises were concluded
but as the reception had also been an
nounced by the press. the very large pro-
portion OF the audience remained. DR..
Conaty took position in front of the statue
of Pope Leo, on his right being DR.. Gar
rigan, and on his left Marshal Wilson,
who made the presentations.