Evening star., 1909-08-27
BOSTON, next MONTH
Catholic Young Mems National
Union to Meet.
THE DISTRICT DELEGATION
Three Local Organizations Entitled
to Representation.
PURPOSES OF THE ASSOCIATION.
Organizes Parochial Clubs for Pro-
motion Of Literary, Athletic
and Social Interests.
PURPOSES OF THE ASSOCIATION

| The Catholic Young Mems National
| Union will hold its thrty-fifth annual con-
vention in Boston, Mass, September 81,
and large Washington contingent will
participate in the deliberations. The Car
| roll Institute. the Aloysius Club and the
| Immaculate Social Club are all mer .uers
of the National Union, and each Is en-
| titled to send five delegates and five al
ternates to the convention. Among those
! who are expected to attend from these
| organizations are Rev. j. d. Mari, Gen.
! George G. Reid, J. Wise Byrnes, Joseph
| d. Sullivan, William Henry Dennis, James
y. Dunn, William F. Columbus, Joseph
2. Roth, James 3. Horrigan, Henry I.
Quinn. 6. Conrad Reid. r. NJ Power,
| Edwin P. Goodwin, NJ K. Bostick,
Thomas Harlow, William II. Roberts, A.
| c. Wholihan and W. C. Sullivan.
The Washington delegation will go to
Philadelphia over the Pennsylvania rail-
road, meeting delegates from Baltimore
! and Wilmington en- route. At Philadel-
| phia they will meet the delegates from
that city and Trenton, and all will en-
| bark on specially chartered steamer
| tatiou Company, making the sea trip
to Boston by way Of the Delaware river.
Organized in 1878.
| The Catholic Young Mems National
Union was organized in 1875 by the late
Mgr. George H. Doane. It is regarded
| as a near approach to the Y. NJ. c. A.
| IN the Catholic Church. The National
| Union organizes parochial Catholic clubs
for young men, for the promotion OF lit.
erary, educational athletic, social and
kindred interests.
| The affiliation OF the Carroll Institute
| of this city with the National Union is
Of long standing, dating from the year
1876. The union has within short time
greatly increased its field OF activity and
has established new connections not only
IN this city, but In Baltimore, Whining.
| ION, Philadelphia, Toledo. Ohio; Tren-
ton, n. j.: Pawtucket, r. l., and Lowell,
Mass. Plans are under way for the es-
! tablishment of branches of the union In
Pittsburg and Buffalo.
| The Catholic Amateur Athletic League
OF the United States is q branch OF the
II is allied with the Amateur Athletic
Union, and exercises complete jurisdic.
tion and control over the athletic affairs
OF all organizations affiliated with the
National Union. This league conducts,
annually. parochial school boys field
meets In Philadelphia and Newark. and,
| it is expected, Will inaugurate this fea-
| ture in. Washington and Baltimore DUR
ing the coming season.
Allied With Young Mems Institute.
At the approaching convention articles
OF alliance will be completed with the
Young Mems Institute, a western body
somewhat similar to the National Union.
BY the amalgamation OF these two or
ganizations single body will be estab-
lished with a membership in excess Of
that Of any organization of Its Kind In
this country, with branches In nearly
every city In the land. 1t is more than
likely that the first convention Of the
Washington next fall. The last conyen-
ton of the National Union held in this
city was at the Carroll Institute, in 1898,
and the Young Mems Institute has never
met here.
The executive board of the National
Union, which meets monthly In different
cities, and, during the past year, has
met several times in Newark. Whining
ton. Trenton, Brooklyn and Philadelphia,
Will report. to the coming convention
plan for the establishment OF branches
throughout the south. with Washington
as the headquarters of the southern divf-
sion. This board is composed of Rev:
Edward +. Quirk. Newark, N. j., spiritual
director: Michael J. Slattery. Philadelphia,
Pa, president; Bernard J. Owens, Harris
burg. Pa, first vice president; John F.
Davis. Brooklyn, n. Y, second vice presi-
dent; j. Conner French. Trenton. n. j.,
third vice president; John n. Malker'
Smith, Providence, r. l., treasurer: W. c.
Sullivan. Washington, D. c.; William r.
Foley, Albany n. Y; Joseph B. Reilly,
New raven, Conn.,. and John III. Flanni-
gam st. Louis, Mo.
Sunday School Cooperation.
William Henry Dennis Of this city will
present to the convention plan for the
formation of Sunday school associations
to cooperate with the different branches
of the union in the various localities.
The membership OF the National Union
has reached point where the number Of
delegates attending is 50 large that 1t
has been found necessary to hold con-
ventions less frequently than annually,
| filling in the interim with annual special
conventions for various localities. It Is
not yet assured whether this plan will
rbe put into effect at the Boston con-
vention or will be deferred for action
| until the following year. sbut the proba-
bilities are that during the year 1910 sew
eraI special conventions will be held-one
at Old Point Comfort for Catholic clubs
of Maryland. Virginia, West Virginia,
North and South Carolina and Georgia.
] The session OF the Boston convention
will be held at the Hotel Brunswick.
mass at the Cathedral Of the Holy Cross.
celebrated by the Most Rev. william H.
O'conneN, D. D.. Archbishop OF Boston.
The convention program will include pa
ipers and addresses by prominent clergy
men and iaymen. including Prof. James
c. Monaghan OF Brooklyn, N. r, for
merly of this city; Rt Rev. Michael ].
Lavelle of New York, Rt. Rev. Thomas F.
DoIan of Providence, r. l.; Rev. August
NJ. Hackert, s. J., of Toledo, Ohio; James
L. Conner Of Philadelphia Pa: Joseph
A. Keany of New York city and Bernard
Lynch of New Haven, Conn.
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