The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-08-09
Catholic federation to Wage Cam
paign Of Literature Against
Divorce and Socialism
ARCHBISHOP MESSMER TALKS
Declares That Church is Ready to Take
Strong Stand Against Socialism
and Divorce and Campaign
Will be Hard Fought One

Plans for a stricter observance of
Sunday and of taking a frmer and
more decided stand against the evils
of socialism and divorce by a wide
distribution of Catholic literature
throughout the country, were the
principal features of the meeting of
the American Federation of Catholic
Societies held at Buffalo last week.
Archbishop Messner returned to Mil
waukee Thursday morning after
spending an active week at Cleveland
and Buffalo. At the former place he
attended the meetings of the Inni-
bruck Alumni association and the
Catholic Educational association,
where Catholic schools and sennina-
ries, method of Improving them, and
plans for educating the Catholic stu
dent to higher religious and moral
standpoint were discussed. At the
close of the meeting the delegates
unanimously voted Milwaukee as the
next meeting place and both societies
will come some time next July. At
the meeting of the Catholic fedora
ton at Buffalo it was voted to hold the
next meeting in Milwaukee, but on
account of there being no auditorium
in that city, it was decided to meet at
Indianapolis.
II think that the discussions of
divorce and socialism and the best
methods to check discussions
that were taken part in by the most
prominent Catholics in America
were the important features of the
convention at Buffalo, said the arch
bishop. "Strictly speaking, the meet
ing was held simply as convention
for the Catholic societies, but these
problems have become so important
IN the last few years that the fedora
ton realized that some radical steps
must be taken to check the spread of
the great evils. Consequently much
of the meeting was taken up discuss
ing these problems and the method of
best checking them.
IA wider distribution of Cathoiic
literature throughout the country was
looked upon by the convention as the
best means of accomplishing this pur-
pose and steps were taken to print
literature opposed to divorce and So
cia1ism, SO that the people at large
may become better acquainted with
the effects and evils of both. The fed
over 1,5000 600 members, and through
their cooperation, think, much
work can be accomplished. During
the next few months the Catholic So
cieties throughout the nation will dis
tribute much of this literature and I
hope by the next convention that its
good work will be readily felt Some
thing must be done to check the rap
idly growing evils of both divorce and
socialism, and the federation could see
no other means but this to oppose it.
The convention opened last Sunday at
Buffalo with large mass meeting
Later another mass meeting was held,
and at both the principal discussion
was that of finding means to combat
these two evils. It is hoped that many
| of the schools and seminaries through
out the nation will help this good
work by instituting in the schools
magazines and other literature that
will tend to check the evils.
Eve would have liked to have held
the next meeting at Milwaukee, but
there being no place adequate to ac-
commodate the delegates, it was
thought best to wait until Milwaukee
builds its auditorium or has some
place large enough to accommodate
the crowd. I advised the delegates
to defer their visit to Milwaukee until
some later date
Archbishop Messmer was chosen
honorary president of the federation
for life.