The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-05-10
Knights of Columbus Banquet.

located at Lansing, Detroit, Flint,
Ann Arbor, Saginaw, and Mt. Pleas
! ant, Owosso Council, Knights of Col
umbus, on Sunday initiated 65 can
, didates, and made good in Owosso
and county that the claim that Is be-
| ing advanced for the order-that it
is the representative fraternal socie-
| ty for progressive Catholics. The
elaborate ceremonies attendant on
initiation were successfully and i'm
pressively performed. Visitors, mem
bers of the order and candidates felt
that despite the disagreeable weather
they had passed a pleasant and prof
| liable day.
The special trains bringing the Wis
| iting Knights and ladies began to
| arrive early Sunday morning. X. c..
Hall corner of Main and Washington
streets, was designated as head
| quarters, and at 1O:45 a procession
several blocks long left the hall for
st. Paul's Catholic church.
The edifice, with the new memo
rial windows in place; the affairs
decorated with palms and otter pot
| ted plants and cut flowers; and light
ed by miriads of candles cleaning
| from handsome candelabra presented
| fine appearance. Two-thirds of the
seats in the church had been reserv-
ed for the Knights, and when they
| had been filled, the balance of the
pews were quickly occupied, while
| many stood in the aisles during the
singing of the beautiful and impress
sive high mass.
Rev. FIR. Edward Sullivan, S. j.,
| of Detroit, celebrated mass. He was
| assisted by Rev. FIR. P. ]. Slane, of
this city, and Rev. lanes OFT, c. IS.
| r., of Grand Rapids. The reverend
| gentlemen from out of the city are
| here to conduct a forty-hours devo-
| ton at the church.
F. Sullivan preached an eloquent
sermon, paying tribute to the
| Knights of Columbus, a society
| which, he declared was aiding him
self and other pastors all over the
country to lead Catholic men to a
better life, and better citizenship.
Benediction followed high mass,
during which sthe closing ode of the
knights was sung by the congrega-
| ton. 1t was one o'clock before the
services were over. After lunch, the
| work of initiation was taken up.
| Numerous candidates came from
| surrounding towns in the county.
The visitors assisted in the confer
| ring. of the degrees. 4
Degree Work Very Impressive.
The comforting of the degrees is
said by members to nave been the
finest and most impressive work
| even seen in Central Michigan.
Flint put on the first degree. Ann
Arbor the second, and George F.
Monaghan, of Detroit had charge of
the third degree.
| Rev. P. j. Slane gave the address of
welcome. His speech was enthusiast
tically received. In part he said af-
ter assuring all of hearty welcome
"A body of laymen chosen carefully
| for their faithful Christian lives, bound
by sacred obligations and following
| the high ideal Of a Catholic life,
means a mighty bulwark for the
church, and today there is great need
| of the work such a body can do and is
bound to do, if is faithful to its prom
Uses. Cardinal Newman said once in
an address, L want an intelligent, well
instructed laity. Iwant you to rouse
yourselves to what you are, to know
yourselves. / want you to dispense
on all sides the royal light of truth,
and to exert an august moral influ-
ence in the world. / want laity
not arrogant and not rash in speech,
not disputatious; but men who know
their religion, who enter into it, who
know what they hold, and what they
do not. There is a time for silence,
and a time for speech. In all times
the laity have been the measure of
Catholicity.
Gould there be better definition
of the true knight of Columbus, of the
mission of the order and of the ideal
that should be ours than the words of
the great cardinal. In all times the
laity have been the measure of Cathol-
icity. In early Christian days the laity
were truly the measure of Catholicity,
for it was by the laity in Gods grace
that the work of conversion was ac-
complished in the Roman Empire"
After Father Slane's fine address, he
INTRODUCED DR.. ID. II. Lamb, mayor OF
the city, who congratulated the Cath
olics of the city upon their institC-
lions which are dong so mucn good.
Your societies are known by their
works. he declared. Then addressing
the Knights of Columbus, he said
Practice the virtues of charity and
benevolence, always present. in the
Irish heart,the qualities that make you
the strong people of the world. ]
feel that am one of you, for my
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