The Washington herald., 1911-03-12
MOVEMENTS AMONG
CATHOLIC CHURCHMEN
Bishop kenne,

! by Archbishop Glennon, of St Louis
among them the completion of a great
| cathedral of st. Louis, Catholics gener-
| ally believe he would be translated to
| Philadelphia in succession to the late
! Archbishop Ryan. One reason il is said
! he is favored is his identification with
! educational and missionary interests
| similar to those of the late archbishop
! and the need for him in the East on
| lines other than diocesan. Opinion seems
| to prevail, however. that Bishop Ken
! nedy, for some years at the head of the
American College in Rome, will be the
| next archbishop. He is a PhiladeIphian
and it is usual for the rector OF this COL
| lege to be promoted at the end of A GER
| tain period. That period is up. Immedi-
| ately upon the expiration of the months
! mind for the late archbishop. as is usual
! the irremOvable reCtors and diocesan
| ConSultOrs will meet and by ballot select
! three names. The senior bishop of the
province presides. These names go to
! the bishops of the province, who may
/ inGorse them. change their order. or
name three new candidates. One list or
! two, the names arc next submitted to
! the aTChbiShOpS of America now eleven
! IL number. and after that they go TO the
| COnsistOrial congregation at Rome. Here
/ tOfOre they have gone to the COngrega-
| t!Onal of the Propaganda but the United
! States being no longer a missionary
/ jurisdiction. the names tor the Phiiadel-
| phia GrchbishOpriC. for the first time in
the history OF arChbishons in America
/ will go to the ConsistOrial congregation
Memorial to Cardinal Gibbons.
committee Of Baltimore and Wash
ingtOn Catholic clergy and Iaymen. with
Auxiliary Bishop Corrigan. OF Baltimore.
at its head. and the Hon. Charles J.
BGnaparte. one of the lay members. has
been named to secure, chiefly in the
| archdiocese Of Baltimore. but among his
friends without as well as within the
Catholic Church. 100000 with which to
erect on the grounds of the Catholic
University at Brookland. this city
memorial TO Cardinal Gibbons. The car
dinal is averse. il is said, to any memoir
ial that might be thought extravagant
but haS signifed his Willingness to have
named for him hall that shall be the
home Of lay students. The university is
growing in attendance ana such a home
Is urgently needed. The occasion marks
the golden jubilee of the cardinals ordi-
nation to the priesthood On June 30. 1861.
and the twenty-fifth anniversary of his
elevation TO the sacred college, June -,
1876. The celebration OF these anniver-
Saries is planned for next autumn, when
it is hoped the fund for the memorial
may he in hand. possibly the building
well advanced toward completion.
Catholic PrisOncrs' Advocate.
Archbishop Farley. of New York, has
caused his diocese TO take a lead in the
Catholic Church in this country in pro-
viding a trained man to give his entire
time looking after Catholics who are ac-
CEsed Of crime. He has just named the
Rev. Thomas J. L!nCh. who has been
for thirteen years professor and treas
urer OF the New York seminary for the
training of priests and has authorized
him to form a probation society which
shall raise funds TO maintain and enlarge
the work. Chaplains have long been part
OF the Catholic Church work in prisons
and courts. These are not to be inter
fered with or superseded. but in New
York hereafter are TO be supervised,
T1utiplied in numbers, and the whole
work enlarged
Catholic Books in Libraries.
As announced in The Washington Herald
previously, the Catholic Convert League.
OF Washington. has taken an active part
in the preparation and issuance of cata-
lOgues OF Catholic books in public librar-
les. both that Roman Catholics may more
readily have access to them, and that
they may be informed that public Ii
braries contain authoritative works which
they ought to read. The movement to
issue lists of Catholic books was orig
inally started by organizations of Cath
OlC women. In 19OS, the Chicago Chap
ter of the knights OF Columbus pub
lshed a catalogue of bobks written in
English by Catholic authors in the Chi
Cago Public Library.
in in
lished catalogue of books in the New
Haven Public Library. Similar lists have
been issued in Buffalo. Baltimore. and
other cities. founded on the Catholic
books in the local Public Library. The
impetus given to the movement by the
Catholic Convert League has extended
il TO Pittsburg and Newark and at the
present time work is going on in prepar-
ing of lists for public libraries at Sac
ramento, New Orleans. Cleveland, and
Seattle A revision of the lists of the
Catholic books in the Pratt Library at
Baltimore is to be made. and some steps
have been taken toward revisionS for
Chicago and Milwaukee, Mr.. Stetson
Merrill. of the Newberry Public Library,
of Chicago. early gave practical sugges-
tions that started or at least widened this
effort. Catholics say now that the great
est need is a spur to Catholics them
selves to make greater use of the books
in public libraries.
In Washington small travelling libraries
of books are sent to public schools and
charitable institutions when requests are
made for them. When the public library's
resources are adequate for the purpose
it expects to send travelling libraries to
Sunday schools, private. and parochiaI
schools asking for them. There books
will be predOminantly children's books.
however, and selection would not be
are being made to increase the number
tion by Catholic authors, which is said
not yet to be large.
\ depleted treasury is the occasion for
a special charity sermon for the benefit
OF St. Peters Conference of the Society
of St Vincent DE Paul. to be preached
by the Rev. A. P. Doyle, rector of Apos-
tolic Mission House of the Catholic Uni
versity. on Wednesday evening. March Il.
at 7:3O o'clock. The sermon will be
preached at st. Peters Catholic Church.
Second and c streets southeast During
the winter demands upon the conference
treasury are said to have been unusually
heavy and in some instances because of
quately extended to those making re-
quests for IL.
In the French Chamber of Deputies
recently NJ. Maurice Barres called the
attention Of the government and the
civilized world to the pitifui fate of the