The Irish standard., 1910-11-19
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Archbishop Bruchesi of Montreal IL
taking active measures to oppose the
propaganda that is being carried on
by the Emancipation Lodge in that
city and to check the abuses wrought
by yellow journals. Deprecating those
two sources OF evil he says!
mo one. think, can deny the
fact that Free Masonry is taking ad-
vantage Of all means placed at it's
disposition to Garry on a propaganda
amongst our people. The Emancipa-
ton Lodge has already been de-
nouuoed, but several other lodges
have been established in Montreal,
and am aware of the zeal which Its
promoters employ, as it were in the.
dark, 70 create adopts. Les Occurs
Unis numbers unfortunately hundreds
Of members. Their agents penetrate
everywhere; in manufacturing estab-
lishmsnts whore certain persons have
become their aocomplices. In busi-
ness houses, In absolutely Christian
families, In the country as In the
city, they make dupes and victims.
and amongst these victims are many
young men. This is, say, a dan
gerous enemy. Against It we. must
join together. There are men at
taohed to these prohibited sects who
have succeeded. although do not
know By what means, to have them
selves appointed teachers in our pri-
mary schools. Their identity being
discovered, they have been sum-
moned before the school commission
and being questioned they answered
in most cases that they did not be-
long to free masonry. When, how
ever, they were asked If they had
formerly belonged to the organiza-
tion they refused to answer the Ques-
ton. The refusal certainly renders
them objects of suspicion. When we
have to do with men charged with
the instruction of our children we
are certainly justified in ascertaining
with whom we have to deal. We
also have the right to exact from
them a profession of faith. Acting
upon information which they pos
sessed, the School Commission by
majority of it's members and exercis-
Ing it's right in the most lenient man.
ner possible, deprived those teachers
of their positions, giving them, how
ever, one years salary. The School
Commission did what was right. 1t
took upon itself the safeguarding of
the spiritual and intellectual inter-
est of the children, and It Interpreted
without fear the wishes OF all truly
Catholic parents. All the actions tax
en- will remain in vain against the
accomplishment of conscientious
duty. Whoever has Affiliations with
Masonic lodges is not at home in our
schools and has no right there.
There are those who find this &C.
ton a severe one, and even went so
far as to qualify 1t as unjust, threat
ening to invoke the law, when as =
matter Of fact one of the most dis
tinguished Of our jurists had affirmed
the perfect legality OF the dismissals
in question. It seems to me that
these people forget that there is one
law which dominates all others, and
that IL the law of nature. Therefore
the natural law assigns to the father
of the family the education Of his
child. When that father OF a family
is a Catholic that natural law con-
fers upon him the undeniable right
to provide teachers for his children
whom he knows to possess religious
principles and to be beyond all sus-
picion.
AT the same time, my brethren,
and in the name OF every Christian
family in the city OF Montreal, wish
today to make request to the news
paper men Of the city. address my
self to all, without exception, nom
Catholics al well az Catholics, be-
cause quite recently 1 had the pleas
ure Of meeting them all at my table.
One and all assured me on that hap
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