Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-18
CATHOLICS
HOLD OUTING
THOUSANDS FLOCK TO VENICE
ON PICNIC
GREATEST EVENT IN HISTORY OF
PARISH
Baby Contests, Races for All Ages and
Sexes and other Contests Pro-
vide Amusement-Many
Addresses
speclal to The Herald.

VENICE, Aug. lion a larger and
more elaborate scale and surprising in
detail the arrangements that have con-
tributed to the success of it's previous
annual outings the Catholic diocese of
Los Angeles and Monterey today en-
toyed to the fullest the countless pleas
ure and entertainment facilities that
this resort offers. ~.
Long before the average summer
resident had taken his morning dip the
picknickers began putting in an APP
pearance. They came in pairs, squads
and delegations and for the most part
were burdened with lunch or babies, or
both, while in some instances sunshades
and excess bundles aided materially to
their holdings
At 10 o'clock when the pleasure
seekers had assembled at the plaza the
days program was formally opened
with an open air concert by the Mex
lean National band. The exercises
were called to order at IL o'clock at
the auditorium by P. J. O'Connor, presi-
dent of the day, who in few brief re-
marks expressed the sentiments of the
assemblnge at the pleasure of another
reunion gathering. An address of well
come was delivered by Chairman of the
Ocean Park Board of City Trustees
Dana Burks, to which the Rt Rev.
Bishop Thomas Conaty responded, say
ing in part:
One source of joy to all is the con-
slant increase of the church and the
utilization of the opportunities for
good which may be done by sterling
fidelity to all the obligations of Chris
tian life. California is overlooking
with memories that are sacred to all
the people and especially to the Cath
Ollie people. The story of discovery
and exploration is intertwined with
the names of distinguished Catholics
who. under the inspiration of religion
and with the encouragement of the
great Catholic nations visited these
shores, crossed it's mountains and made
known to the world the great land
washed by the western sea and peopled
by the children of the forest.
Proud of Record
The Catholic is particularly proud
of the history of the missions, and their
establishment, their development and
the successful work done by them in
the days when the padres were in
power. AS one visits the ruins of the
missions one can never forget the sac
rifces made by these miss ionaries, nor
can one fully estimate the energy and
devoteness by which 1t became possible
to revolutionizel the religious thought
of the savage and make him a simple
child of the gospel. Growth means
renewed responsibility to the highest
and best religious and social ideals.
I'm these moments of unrest, of con-
flict between classes, of increasing in
difference to religious obligations in
the social tendency toward rebellion
from the great principles that underlie
true happiness. the Catholic church
stands by the fashioned principles,
faith in God and in Christ and obedi
ence to the church established by
Christ for the teaching to man of truth
and his duty to his God and his fellow
man.
zone is appalled, at the increase of
crime. the growing Indifference to the
integrity of life, to honesty of action,
and almost to the common rules of de-
cency. Our country demands our best
manhood and womanhood and our earn
est labor in the honest and truthful
solution of the great problems that lie
before us. This great state demands
duty from us, the duty of fearless
and honest citizenship, the duty that
stands against anything that defiles or
debauches our manhood and thus
poisons the sources of the strength of
our citizenship.
Faith Best Blessing
God has blessed us with glorious
sunshine and the golden harvest of I'M
rivaled fruit, but his greatest blessing
is in the spirit of the faith in which
we believe in him and serve him. AS
we gather today as friends by the
shores of this great western sea and
our memories are revived by the sacri-
fees made by the missionaries of for
mer days and of later times, we should
II 70 ra1i0inn and
country and pledge our fidelity to both
in the earnestness of manhood that
loves God and is ready to give service
to the cause of religion and society"
Others who took part in the exer-
cises included Theodore Bussman,
treasurer, and the members of the ex-
ecutive committee. Following the
meeting the officials were banqueted at
the ship hotel by Proprietor Frank
Iawton of the local arrangements COM
mittee.
Bishop Conaty sat at the head OF the
table. His felicitous remarks were an
enjoyable feature of the occasion.
The sports program was preceded by
the annual baby show. This was a
bowling success. Fully seventy In
fants were exhibited in the two classes
and it was by some remarkable fine
sitting that the judges at last an
prize winners. Such q galaxy OF infan-
tile loneliness as they had to choose
from and such a bevy of persuasive
mammals as they had to face probably
would have caused less determined
judges to abandon the job.
The babies included representatives
of many lands and were about as a
variegated collection from the view
point of humor, looks and proportions
as one could well imagine. The prizes
were awarded as follows:
For girls one year and under, first prize
awarded to Margaret and Louise, twin
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. ] j. Burchard
of 1857 Brighton street.
For boys one year and under, first prize
awarded to David Malloy, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed. Malloy, Mott and Gleason
streets.
Babies Cosmopolitan
For girls between one and two years,
first prize awarded to Laura Kwasigrocl<,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Kwasig-
rock 1929 Hobart street.
For boys between one and two years.
first prize awarded to Raymond Haynes
of Los Angeles,
The program of games was held on
Windward avenue, the center of the street
being given over to the contestants xuhjia