The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-03-11
of Louisville on, Catholic Ideals in
Charity Tn tha third session state

of Louisville on, Catholic Ideals in
Charity" In the third session state
ments were received from cities, states
and dioceses, showing the conditions
of lay Catholic charities. Digests OF
these statements appear in the report.
The main feature of the fourth ses-
sion was the exhaustive paper by Mr..
Robert Biggs of Baltimore on, The
Dependent Family" the reading OF
which was followed by thorough
going discussion. The next session
took up the problem of Delinquency :
under the direction of the Hon. Mi
chael F. Girten of Chicago, who read
a very searching paper on that sub
ject. The reading was followed. by
discussion.
In two other general sessions de-
voted to an exposition of principles ex-
clusively, papers were read by Mr..
David F. Tilley of Boston on, "The
State and Private Institutions" and by
Mr.. Paul Fuller of New York on, THE
Recognition of the Religion of Depen-
dents by the State" At the second OF
these sessions papers were read by
Monsignor White of Brooklyn on, "The
Reform Problems Which the Church
Should Meet" by Very Rev Joseph
McSorley, G. S. P, of New York on,
"The Catholic Layman and Social Re-
FORM" and by Mr.. Thomas Woodlock
of New York on, "The Church and the
Social Conscience
The third part includes the record
of the section meetings of which the
chief were those on The Protection OF
Young Girls in our Large Cities, Tuber-
culosis among the Poor, the Care. OF
Dependent Children, the Juvenile
Court, Day Nurseries and Social Settle
ments. Scattered throughout the
volume, but arranged in logical rela-
ton to the general topics, we find
some rs papers on subjects vitally re-
lated. tc the work of relief.
The Appendix contains the Consti-
tuition of the Conference; the Financial
Statement; and the reprint of two
papers from the Catholic World writ
ten by Rev. DR.. Kerby in reference
to the organization and Interpretation
of the work of the First National Con.
ference of Catholic Charities The
value of the report for purposes Of
reference is greatly enhanced by in.
dexes of names and of contents.
One is glad to learn from the report
as was announced in the press at the
time, that the Conference effected per.
manent organization and adopted a
Constitution, which calls for national
meetings every two years. The
officers represent many sections of the
country and every department of the
great field of Catholic lay charity.
The report conveys an immense
amount of information as to Catholic
activity in relief, and it ought to serve
as a source of splendid direction in
the further development of such work
The papers throughout show highly
commendable combination of pro
foundly Catholic spirit which is worthy
of the finest traditions of the Church's
charity, and wide-awake eagerness
| to adopt every method which com
mends itself as improving the effci
ency of relief work without robbing il
of it's original spiritual character. The
touch of the master is found in the
papers for in every case the authors
brought to their labors great wealth
of experience in personal service o1
the poor.
I Nho orf 0Ix@ Ior1i
spiritual reading for all Catholics. II
is volume which ought to be foun6
among the books in Catholic homes
generally. It's wide distribution ought
to be encouraged by charitable organi
cations, for no better handbook ir
Catholic charities has come to oul
notice in the United States Those
among our readers who feel that the
love and service of the poor has beer
and must remain the pride and glory
of the Catholic Church, will undoubt
edly look forward to the day wher
we may possess a dozen equally
worthy reports of as many inspiring
National Conferences. We read with
pleasure that there is promise of or
ganization of committees in all o
our large cities to study the problem
of the Protection of Young Girls and
that the work of perfecting the fedora
tion of Women's Catholic charitable
organizations will be pushed as rapidly
as circumstances permit.
The mechanical features of the re
port give evidence of commendable
care throughout It sells for $500 {
copy and is published from the Catho
lie University.
/ THE CATHOLIC EPIscoPATE.