Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-18

St Agnes, New Haven, 10. The opening services In connection with the parade and field day were held in the Immaculate Conceplon church where high mass was ceie- brated at 9:30 by the Rev Father Mc- Clean, president of the state union. The Rt Rev Bishop Tierney occupied place of honor on the gospel side or | the altar Amongs the priests present 1 in the church were the Rev Fathers Shanley of Hartford, Winters and Hart of New Britain, Frederick and Dr Martin. The church was only about | half filled with members of temper ance societies and their friends, many societies not arriving in time for the services. After the celebration of mass a few remarks were made by the Rt Rev Bishop Tierney, who spoke in part as follows:
 we congratulate you on your good appearance this morning. It is certain that the eyes of the city are c9ntered on you. Whether you have realiEed it or not, you have disported your selves very well to-day. This is only natural Who are those who are best conducted and the most orderly 2 They are the sober and the industrious. All of us have divine mission to saea souls. Let us strive, let us make ey- cry effort, therefore, to save them from the demon drink. There are other | gr1evous sins, but there is none which causes so much evil as intoxication. l "Who is the trusted man today? Is he the man who gets drunk or who drinks moderately? No, he is the so- Der man. To speak plainly 1t is the sober man who Is trusted, who is re- lied upon by his employer. We must avoid other sins and must try to keep all the commandments of God. We again congratulate you on your appear ance and hope that the day will be fun of enjoyment and of good honest pleasure for you, that God will not be displeased in any manner and that you I will receive much benefit from this day"
 He cautioned the younger men in the society not to be too anxious to l push the older men. who have had
 more experience and stood the brunt l of the battle for many years and mada J the societies what they are. And he
 advised the societies to avoid all en- dangling alliances with other organiza- tions whose objects are different than l their own
 In conclusion. Father Slocuna wished l the visitors day of pleasure ana en- l Joyment and hoped that they would return home refreshed. encouraged and
 benefited by their trip.
 After Bishop Tierney had finished speaking, an address was made bv the Rev Father Slocum After extending n hearty Welcome.to the visitors in behalf l of the Catholic people of the city. Father Slocum said that it would be proper to refer to the advice in a re- cent encyclical of the holy father In which he tells the laity. that 1t is not only the clergy which must uphold the faith, but the laity must do its share. The time has come when every con- I sistent and practical Catholic must be- come an apostolate in himself He must become fully acquainted with the doctrines of the Catholic church and must be able to explain them to people outside the church, for the speaker said 1 there is much misunderstanding in re- gard to the Catholic church by people outside the fold. Father Slucum then said how often the Catholic church is maligned and falsely spoken of on the street, in the work shop and other places in the presence of Catholics, who are unable or un- willing to set the slanderers right. The work should not be confined to the so- ciety or to community, but it should 1 branch out and take in everybody. The watchword of the Catholic church for 1 the twentieth century is Progress, on ward and upward" and the laymen must assist in the forward march ! At o'clock the judges. City Clerk Nettleton, Town Clerk Blair and Comptroller Goodrich announced the prize winners in this mornings parade to be as follows:
 Neatest appearing society, Y. M. T. A., Hartford, silver trophy.
 Most handsome decorated float La dies auxiliary, Hartford, banner. Second best float St Francis's Ladies' T. A, Winsted, banner.
 Neatest appearing drum corps Sa- cred Heart. Springfield, Mass, banner.
 Society aving largest number in the parade, New Britain r. M. T. A., ban nor