Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-22
Mgr. COnaty's Sermon.

Mgr Coraty took for the text of his SER
mon the fifth verse of Psalms xiv, with
thy comeliness and thy beauty set out pro-
coed prosperously and reign. because of
truth and meekness and Justice, and thy
right hand shall conduct thee wonderfully"
1T is no ordinary OCCASION he said.
which could gather here the most eminent
ecClesiastics of our country, the accred-
tied representatives of many nations, men
and women from the highest ranks of life,
all to unite in begging God to bless these
walls dedicated to religion and science
under the invocation of the Holy Trinity
and the instruction of the Sisters of Notre
Lame. To establish G tholic college for
young women is Gf7the utmost Importance
to church and state, for it means not only
additional opportunities for liberal culture,
but what is of more vital import, it en-
phasizeS that liberai culture to be of value
must find its soul, its informing and vivify
ing principle liz religion as made known to
us by Jesus Christ through the church.
which He established among us. Every
school built upon the principle of right
education is a blessing to the community,
for right education is one of the greatest
gifts which God can bestow upon man.
God has given to woman great RESPONSE
bilities He has clothed her with mighty
influence. She gives tone to the whole COM
munity. she s the guardian angel of the
home. Upon her largely rests the respon-
Siblity for the spiritual conditions of the
family circle his calls for the fullest
mental and moral development compat ible
with the duties required by nature and the
law of God. Educated intelligence is not
merely for women of leisure, nor for the
higher grades of society. but it. is for all
according to their opportunities and the
special sphere of influence in which Provi-
dence has placed them. Woman Should
have the best there is in educa tiOn-indeed
she of all others needs it most, for she is
the first, the great teacher. Her faith
should be intelligent, for to her belongs the
duty of training the first years of reason.
She needs knowledge, for knowledge, rather
than ignoran. e. is the guardian of piety
and home training. Her views of life
should be broad and deep. for upon her
largely depends the future of society.
Woman's Place In Education.
In an age when intelectualsm is being
unjustly and rudely divorced from the
supernatural, when religion is asserted to
be a vague. indeterminate, unessential quail
ity in advanced knowledge. it is important
that Christian schools of higher study
should open their doors to the training of
women along the lines of intellectual de-
velopment. side by side with the piety and
simplicity of Intelligent Christian faith.
Intellect has been given to men and
women for he same purpOSe-io be cuIti-
waited; that both may acquire that knoWl-
edge which is necessary for the attainment
of perfection in ones station in life. Human
nature. whether N man or woman, demands
instruction. enlightenment and development.
Gods gifts are not to be hid in the napkin
but to be used and woman. as well as
man. has duty to cultivate them. There
can be no question to the necessity of a
cultured womanhood. St. Augustine so well
says: No creature to whom God has con-
fided the lamp of Intelligence has a right to
behave like a foolish virgin letting the oil
become exhausted. because she had neg
lected to renew it; letting that light die
out that was to have enlightened her path
and that of others, even though the latter
be her husband and child only Woman
needs culture. for she Is the mo,ding force
of characteristic educates
True. she Is the angel of the home and