The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-30
CATHOLICS NEXT GO ID NOTRE DAME tucharlstlc Congress Adopts Extended Resolutions CONDEMN FRANCES ACllON Most Reverend Damo FaloonIo' Apos- toIlc Delegate to the United Sta'es'
 Celebrates Solemn POntlfl-
 cal Mass.
CONDEMN RANGES ACTON

New York, September 2.-More than a thousand Roman Catholic ecclesiastics from all parts of the country attending as delegates the third general euchafls- tic congress were present today al ol' Patricks Cathedral, where the Most Rev Diamo Falconio, apostolic delegate to the United States, celebrated q solemn pohli- hcal mass. The service was impressive and the scene at the main altar was one of pomp and splendor. The religious eel- ebration marked the closing day or the eucharistic congress. The service was opened with procession and the sermon on the eucharistic apostolare was preach- ed by the Rt. Rev. William Stang olsnop of Fall River. Mass
 At the conclusion of the mass Monsig- nor Falcomo gave the papal benediction'
 At the business meeting, papers were read by the Rev. M. F, Foley of Balti- more whose theme was "Eucharistic De- votion;' and the Rt Rev. John L. Reilly of Schnectady. N r., on the "Prepara- ton of Souls for First Communion"
 Acting on the suggestion made by the Rev. Father James Dougherty, pastor of St. Gabriel church, New York, on the first day of the session, the congress without dissenting vote adopted the following:
 The third eucharistic congress of the United States. held in the city of New York on tie 27th, 18th and 2sth of Sep tember, 1904. composed of prelates and priests, representative and giving express sion to the sentiment of Catholic Amerl- ca, having in view recen; events ir France affecting religion ana liberty, de. cides before adjourning, tc put itself or record by the following resolutions: Resolutions A-e Adopted.
 I. We tender to our holy father, Pope Plus x, our reverential recognition and profound admiration of his apostolic stand in favor of true human liberty and essential human rights, as against the behests and threats of an infdel faction that has for the time being unfortunately possessed itseif of the government of a once Catholic nation and sister repub. lie.
 "2. We, the children of the church and loyal ministers and dispensers of her mys- | teries, sympathize deeply with our much tried brethren across the waters in the land whose glorious record for so long has been 'gesta dei per Francos,' and we assure her bishops, priests and people l that we are heart and soul with them in their battles for right, truth and re- | ligion.
 | "3 We condem with all the emphasis which not only the dictates of the natural law, but the instincts moreover of Catho- lie faith itself, put upon the action of 8 clique inspired by the secret societies in exiling and per5ecuting the religious or- 1 ders, and communities of men and wom- en, whose only crime was they had made a sacrifice of their whole selves, their be- l longings, their faculties and their very lives, to interests of charity, of educa- ton and of the common veal of their na- tive land. May the Divine Helmsman, whom we today in deepest adoration hall as our eucharistic king, rise up again and say as he once said to the storms and l the waves, Peace be still
 Bishop Macs at the close of the con- gress announced that the next congress would be held in 1906 In the University of Notre Dame, South Bend Indiana, and | the congress of 1907 at Pittsburg.