The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-05
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49, 0SSAA AN@t
Branch Council of the knights of Co
lumbus was held last night at Achtel-
Stetter's, when about $50 members of
the order and their friends had four
of the supreme officers of the order as
their guests. These were Edward L..
! Hearn, of New York, supreme knight;
James A. Flaherty, of Philadelphia.
| deputy supreme knight; Daniel L. Col
well. of New Haven, supreme secre-
tary, and Joseph c. Pelletier, of Bos-
ton, supreme advocate.
Mr.. Coiwei1, during the evening, said
that the gathering of the four officers
| at the banquet was the largest num-
Der from the supreme council hat ever
sat as the guests of a single council.
| The Newarkers were properly appre-
ciative of the honor.
Other guests of distinction were Past
| State Deputy Thomas f. Fay and the
Rev. William P. Cantwell. both of
Long Branch Alexander Hamill, of
Jersey City; the Rev. Eugene P. Car
roll, of st. B~ridget's Church, and
Joseph M. Byrne.
The greatest interest was felt in the
statements of the supreme knight,
who said that If his services were of
any benefit to the Catholic laymen in
general, he felt amply repaid by thai
fact.
while in his land" he said, 1--WE
may differ in faith and fortune, there
is one broad platform on which we all
can stand, and that is charity. 1t was
this desire that gave the incentive 10
Columbus to set out for the new
world-charity for people who did not
have the light of faith, and II was
he who gave the impetus to the wheels
of progress that are turning today"
Mr.. Hearn told what a power for
good the order was in this country
both in a patriotic and a religious way,
and went on to say that its qualities
are being recognized outside OF this
country. SO that the head offices are
receiving requests to extend the order
into other parts of the world, especially
Central and South America.
1.-THE South American countries are
rapping for entrance into the order,
he said, and 1t is remarkable that this
takes place at a time when the country
Is e~ndeavoring to extend its commerce.
In his way 1t is not unlikely that the
order may be of material commercial
benefit to the people of the country as
a whole. There were members of the
1 OTueI WHO WtIGa uGiCBdbCo ~ IN ~
Janeiro conference Of Latin-American
countries, and when the South Ameri-
cans heard of the advantages of the
order they made inquiries, of their own
accord, and as a result applications
have beer made to establish councils in
Rio Janeiro and in Montevideo.
81 may rave been criticised for my
policy of carrying the benefits of the order
to all the men I could, but If we are sin
cere in our desires to advance the social
and commercial interests of people,
whether in California, or in Winnipeg, or
In Patagonia, / think we should do work
to that end.
1--WE have been asked to establish an en-
dowment fund of $500, 900 for the Catholic
University in Washington, and this is a
task to which we should set ourselves with
all the energy of our being. because our
order is essentially one for education. The
plan is to use the increment of this fund
for scholarships. To obtain the sum there
would be an average cost of about 1925 a
membe at the present time. The fund
should be handled by business men. and
we should attend to its establishment as
a matter of PRIDE"
When Father Cantwcll was called on he
first paid a high tribute to the memory of
the late Charles ]. Barrett, who was State
Deputy at the time of his death last May.
His subject was Church and State"
I'VE have both the spiritual and the
temporal orders In this country, the one
In the church and the other in the State
We receive our religion from Rome and
our politics from the red, white and. blue
flag that floats over US.
There used to exist the calumny that
q person could not be both a Catholic and
a citizen of this country, but that calumny
has been blotted out by the blood of thou
sands of Catholics who lay on the ground
after the battle was over. Comrades did
not then turn to Catholics and say. You're
not a good citizen because you are a
Catholic
But we still have some tin soldiers
left who think that because a man is a
Catholic he is not entitled to promotion, no
matter how high his abilities may be.
However, | will venture to say that no
such sentiment exists among the rank and
file OF the real men who compose our militia
nor among the intelligent officers in 1t.
ut is our privilege to belong to the old
ohurch. the church of the centuries and OF
this century, the church that was a living
force when the barbarlans OF the northeast
swept the plains of Europe only to be
nodded by that church into the beliefs Of
Christianity.
.It IS our privilege at the same time to
belong to the greatest country that was
ever seen on the 1hce Oh Tie eaith' u"N'
therefore ! propose the toast our Church
and Our Country
Mr.. Colwell, the supreme secretary, told
how negotiations are being conducted with
the head office to establish a council Of the
order In Belgium.
I'VE hesitate to enter France he said,
hut If we can find it feasible, we may
; enter Belgium. at the borders of France,
and there set an example to France among
a peonle that commands the high respect
the Catholics of Belelum do.
'FIngland and Ireland are impatiently
waiting TO have councils established, and
only In the last fortnight ! have received
4 communications from England that will
insure an extraordinary high class of
membership in that country II the council
be organized
Mr.. Colwell told Of recent investigations
nv insurance commissioners of various
states into the life 'rsurt"c workings Of
he order, and how 1t had received t
highest commentators. OAe report re-
ceived Tuesday from the Kansas commis-
sioner was most complimentary, while
that of the commissioner Of Connecticut
was one, said Mr.. Colwell, that other or
ganizations would pay 100000 to receive"
Mr.. Byrne. conveyed the regrets of the
state deputy, james ]. Hopkins, OF Jer-
sey City, AT his inability to attend on ac-
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