New-York tribune., 1903-08-13
DINNER FOR ARCHBISHOP.
Priest Says Protestants Find Mis-
take an Their Education .Sgstem.

The clergy of the diocese gave a dinner for
Archbishop Farley and the visiting prelates at
the diocesan house Immediately after the con-
ferring of the pallium yesterday The table
was set for four hundred and fifty.
The Apostolic Delegate sat at Arcbbishon
FarIey's right, while at his left was Bishop
Kelley.
The dinner had been arranged without the
Archbishop's knowledge by the Rev. Messrs D.
p O'Flynn, NJ. c. O'Farreu and Charles R.
Corley.
Father OFlynn acted as toastmaster, and pro-
posed toasts to The Pope" THE President
and THE Archbishop"
8Ionsgnor Mooney spoke on "Our Churches"
He referred to the duties which devolve on the
Church in view of the immense number of i'm
migrants. The Rev T. F. Cusack spoke on
Our Missions" and the Rev. James Dougherty
on Our Schools" He said. i'll part:
There can be ideal citizen of America with
out q knowledge Of God. Pr0testants finding
out that there is a mistake somewhere IN their
system Of education. Men are deterioratinG, law
no longer is respected, vice is showing its ugly
head. crime increases ana tastes are lltlated' as
shown by the literature our People read and the
The remedy is more knowledge as such an aq-
declares. lie demands there must be more money
fcribes heroic treatment in serious cases 1t is not
sufficient to enrich the intellect with worldly
knowledge nor to make the pody I5a5 sIfong ana %
order that man 5 shan an haze haze the 8 ThromgR aT4
their system Prostestants are finding out to-day
and complain that grown-up people no i0nGerl l g0
feet We're not made acquainted with the path
which leads from the school to the church
The Rev. Dr. y. J. Mcmahon spoke next on
Our Charities" He said in part:
In this city to-day there are 40 600 Protestants
who acknowledge no faith or religion engaged IN IN
the most charitable work. They spend Sl0,VJOUO
a year in this city on the poor and distressed many
of whom are Catholics. 1t behOoves Us TO look
closely into the question Of non-sectafan eaaeS
are now. after the slightest explanation OF or
wishes. contributing largely TO Catholic charities.
Our relations with them are most perfect
After speaking of the various charitable works
carried on by Catholics, he continued:
In the eight months Of the working of the Chill
Catholics. year, Of the 101 coo prisoners in the
OF the Z5.o00 confined in the wOrkhouse 20 per cent
from these figures 1t can be seen that there is
something radically wrong. The situation needs
IN our schools but We are not looking after children
who leave the schools when twelve or thirteen
of from thirteen to twenty in order to stop this
Of charity as we have of education and in the near
future we hope to see it better organized
At the request of the toastmaster Archbishop
Farley said few words
7 commend to you a consideration Of all the
things spoken Of. but especially the protection
of the faith of foreigners who are Catholics"
he declared. DO not imagine that because
man does not speak your language you
not his keeper. You should be his teacher. and
the rule of my life shall be that the foreigners
coming TO our shores shall be urged and assist
ed in every way in the preservation of the faith
in which they were born"