The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-28
sI0W AT CAHENSLYISM,
popE ADVOCATES a NATIONAL
f~hI.rgoITC CHURCH IN AMERICA.

-,r,cntton from Rome Read by
= .N.hbi.hop CorriEan Mt the Recent Do
- sypod-u Condemns the Separation
N%stionalities Into Congregations.
80. mating Of the Diocesan Synod OF New
hoid last week in Sc. Patrick's Cathedral,
iosti.hop Corriean read to tho 500 clergy Of
AEatnos.s who we're present a communication
INV nous touching upon the development Of
rom TOE. %DstIonal Catholic Church In the United
suu .. Tho matter contained In the communi-
eN ! ! 4. deemed TO be one OF the most Inn
eL ~. announcements OF the Pope In recent
pov ,or II clearly defined the policy OF Leo
SI,I toward what ia known as oahenslyism. or
=. establishment OF churches for the use Of
different nationallues'
~ dlnerept nationalities into conErega-
W. n, their own. using only their own Ian
w. ~. Ike Bohemian. French. German. or
ny,.h Int. on the contrary. urged the assImi-
t;.,,nn NJ ali these people into n great body Of
Catholics.
Humiliation, II was set forth In the letter
~, .hlldren OF foreigners In the United States
-. had been In attendance upon the partio-
", r,rish church In which their native
,.nu,re was spoken up to the time Of reach
-. n. age OF twenty-one years, shall be free
,,,v. that parish church and select any
~s,l.b.speakin Catholic Church which they
-, ulsb TO attend. Foreigners: also. who
~. scouired knowledge ofthe English tongue
I'll +. permitted to Join my Catholic Church
M. English Ia spoken. BY the constant
srrsusnce OF the course as thus defined there
ssal GRADUALLY become. the Sovereign Pontiff
,hoxsd. the reality OF q great American Cath
Clio Church.
"A subject Of much interest TO the clergy who
ear, present at synod was the definition OF the
word "parshioner" by Archbishop Corrigan.
Ascending to the new regulation. In the
,.st there has been much confusion In the
Ilnds OF the priesthood and the laity as to
shat constitutes parish limits and as to h
constitutes a parishioner. The definition OF the
term parish limits" was settled by the
Archbishop q year or two ago. together with
ths duties Of the priest Of the parish 10 his
people. But It was not until Archbishop
Cor1ran. explained at the recent synod the
manning Of the word parishioner. that its true
definition was. clearly understood. According
70 the new order. a p%arishioner In Q, Catholic
Church & one who lives within the limits Of a
rents a pew In a given church. In either event.
he parishioner can command the services OF
ne priest OF the church for the Administration
dthe sacraments, and 30 forth. The old ,regu-
latlon was that q person was considered TO be
a parishioner Of a church IL he attended the
services regularly. even Il he lived outside the
parish limits. without renting a pew.
Archbishop Corrigan announced a new de;
parture in the government OF the parochlal
schools In the diocese. He said that a move
ment is now on foot TO secure the incorporation
Of each school apart from the church to which
Ills attached. In this way It Is expected that
Of trustees, may have a greater control Of the
schools affairs and that the institutions them
telves will not have the appearance OF being
only church schools.
On the question Of the schools Archbishop
C0rriRan said that 10000 children are In at
tendance upon the parochial schools In the
tchools. although thirty-hve new ones have
been built since the assembling OF the preced-
Ing synod In 1875. He said there, are present
opportunities in seventeen parishes for new
parochial schools.