Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-11-27
COLLECTION FOR
UNIVERSITY TO Be
MADE TOMORROW
Cardinal Gibbons, in Letter to
Bishop, Thanks Newark for
Last Donation.

Bishop O'Connor has received a letter
from Cardinal Gibbons in reference to
the annual collection ordered by the
Pope for the maintenance Of the Cath
olic University at Washington. the most
important Roman Catholic educational
institution in the United States. The
collection for this year will be taken
in ST. Patrick's Cathedral toUaorrow.
In his letter Cardinal Gibbons ex-
presses the thanks of the trustees of
the university to Bishop OConnor and
the priests and people of the diocese
of Newark for their contributions last
year, when the total amount collected
in this countr was $91, $685.. The car
dinal also states that in sso last six
years the finances of pc university
have been thoroughly .es5rganized, h
in the twenty ea| since the institu-
ton was opened j. had to contend with
many difficulties, but it is doing a work
no other institution could accomplish.
The letter continues:
ct has helped us to realize not only
the importance of Catholic education,
but also the urgent need of consolidat-
inu ali o1r schools and of uniting all
our efforts so that the Christian train
ing which is given our children IN the
elementary school may be provided like
wise for those who pursue higher
studies in the college and university.
,sFrom my observation of educational
movements during these w decades,
and from a careful study of the actual
situation, l am convinced that now
more thai ever it is necessary that
our schools should be permeated by q
spirit that Is truly religious and be
directed in accordance with deals II
methods that are thoroughly Catholic.
It is. therefore, gratifying to note that
our teachers eagerly profit by every
opportunity of studying educatlonal
problems. and that many of them de-
rive benefit from the work that is done
in the university. To extend this whole
some influence and thus provide our
teachers with the requisite training,
under Catholic auspices, the university,
in all its departments, must be fully
developed and the principles which 1t
upholds must be applied in all our
schools.
'In appealing. therefore. for a more
complete endowment of the university
I have chiefly in mind those schools
which lay the foundation of Christian
character and those teachers who are
charged with the delicate task of first
leading our children into the path of
knowledge and of religious truth And
] am further concerned for those Cath
olic parents who in sending their chill
aren to our schools have a right to ex-
pect that these schools shall combine
with the highest efficiency of teaching
the advantage of developing the sense
Of duty, and the reverence for law,
both human and divine, which are es-
sential qualifications of the Christian
and of the worthy citizen.
II am certain, right reverend bishop,
that 7 have but expressed the hopes
and the aspirations which In the course
of your experience and as the results
Of your labors for religion. have taken
shape in your mind, and l am confident
that your more thorough knowledge of
the needs of Catholic education in your
diocese and Immediate environment will
add directness to this appeal and con-
vince the faithful that the bishops are
determined to build UP the university
to the highest possible point of
efficiency"