Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-11-18
President Gaudin Sets Forth Stand
ing and Work Society
Is Doing.
Addresses Largely Attended Meeting
At st. Johns Church
Sunday Afternoon.
fATHE SCHUHMANN'S APPROVAL

Fruitful indeed to the Catholic
Knights of America will prove the
visit to this city of Supreme Presi-
dent Gaudin and the congregational
meeting held last Sunday afternoon
at st. Johns, Clay and Walnut. Su-
preme President Gaudin arrived here
Sunday morning from New Orleans
and was met by committee COM
posed of Gen. Michael Reichert, Col.
J. P. McGinn, State Secretary Will
Jam T. Meehan and William M.
Higgins. The guest and committee
were entertained at breakfast at the
home of Col. McGinn, and then at
tended the high mass at st. Johns.
The distinguished visitor was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. William T.
Meehan at bounteous dinner, where
he remained until escorted to the
general meeting.
st. Johns Hall was crowded when
the Rev. Father Schuhmann offered
the opening prayer, after which
President Meehan welcomed the
ladies and gentlemen present and
introduced DR.. Felix Gaudin as the
head of the safest Catholic fraternal
III lut
Supreme President Gaudin was given
a hearty greeting and made de-
cided impression upon those who
heard him. The Catholic Knights of
America, he said, was the Oldest
Catholic fraternal insurance society
in the United States and Is the
strongest of the 220 orders now do
ing business, having che largest per
capita per member of any. 1t is,
he said, strong financially and spir-
itually and ever looking after the
welfare of it's members here and
hereafter. The Catholic Knights of
America are gathering and disburs-
ing thousands of dollars annually
and strengthening for the future.
This order cares for the widow and
orphan and home, and thus helps
In the bringing up of manly men and
womenly women, a duty that rests
upon all.
President Gaudin submitted fig
ures showing the comparative cost
OF fraternal and old line insurance,
which was greatly in favor of the
former. Citing numerous instances
where the widow and children had
been kept under the home roof, the
beneficiaries were enabled to lead
lives of usefulness and hope. In
closing he stated that $17, 100000
had been paid out by this order and
that daily $4,000 was going into
Catholic homes that had been bereft.
II was the duty of the Catholic
Knight to ask all to join and share
the benefits the members enjoy, and
thus uplift and elevate our fellow
man, instilling a love of God, our
neighbor and our country.
Gen. Michael Reichert addressed
his remarks to the ladies and the re-
sponsibility that rests upon them,
and pointed out that the rates OF the
c X. OF A. were right for economy
and high enough for absolute safety.
The General made a strong appeal
for the Uniform Rank, and quoted
Archbishop Glennon and Bishop
Cotton TO prove that in every way
the military branch was a powerful
factor in the Catholic affairs OF the
day.
President Kinney, OF Jefferson
Vile, demonstrated with figures the
everywhere, and told many things
A., a society that exerts an influence
eevrywhere, and TOLD many things
not generally known to those outside
the order.
Rev. DR.. Schuhmann advised each
member to talk for the order, one OF
the great features OF which is that
II makes men stick to their religion,
and declared his intention OF at
once becoming a member In closing
President Meehan expressed the
anxiety OF many to organize a ladies'
branch, and rendered his services and
those OF the Central Committee to
assist them.