The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-08-06
LAW FOR SUPPRESSION OF
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN FRANCE.

The venom of the law for the suppression of
education by religious is pretty well concentrated
III the first three articles appended Bad as these
are, they had been worse but for the appeal to
financial considerations, emphasized by the oppo-
stion through which the period of grace to the
religious was extended from five to ten years, and
for the suggestion of loss to French influence
abroad, urged by NJ Leagues in Difference TO which
his amendment acacepted, and the novitiates
for missionary teachers spared.
1. Teaching in every grade and of all kinds
Is prohibited in France to the congregations. The
congregations authorized exclusively for the work
of teaching will be suppressed within maximum
delay of ten years. The same will apply to con-
gregations and establishments which though au-
thorized for several objects, in fact occupied
only in teaching January l. 1903. The con-
gregations which have received authorization and
those which apply for it for/teaching and other
objects will only enjoy the benefit of this general
or special authorization for educational work
abroad provided for in their statutes
IL. Dating from the PRONUNCIATION of the
present law the congregations devoted exclusively
to teaching will no longer be able to receive new
members, and their novciates will be dissolved
with the exception of those which are established to
train teachers for the French schools abroad, in
the colonies and the countries of the protecorate.
The number of the noviciates and of the noyices
will be limited to the needs of the establishments
provided Tor i'll this paragraph, The noviciates
viii not be able to receive scholars below 81 years
OF age. These congregations must within month
of the present PRONUNCIATION furnish to the pre-
feet In duplicate and duly certified the lists re-
CURED by Article Is of the Law of July l. 1901.
These lists will fix ne varietur the personnel be-
longing to each congregation; they may only in
clude the elder members fully received into the
congregation before the PRONUNCIATION of the pres
ent law Every false or incorrect return and every
refusal to communicate such lists will be pun
lshed with penalties provided in paragraph 3 of
Article of the Law Of july /. 1901
Ill The following will be closed within the
delay OF ten years provided in Article [ Every
house belonging to congregation suppressed By
the application of paragraphs 9 and of Article
TO- every school or class attached to one of the
congregations provided against in paragraph of
Article 10, with the exception of educational serv-
ices intended solely for children under their care
Tor whom it would be impossible to go to public
school either from reasons of health or otherwise
The closing of the houses and the ending of edu-
cational services will be carried out on the dates
liked, by decree sent from the ministry of the
interior and published in the Journal OficieI
This decree after such publication, will be notified
by the administrative to the superior of the con
gregation and the head of the house at least fort
night before the end of the school year. It will
also be published by being posted ON the door of
the marie of the communes, where such houses
are situated.