The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-23
CATHOLIC CHARITY
WORKERS CONVENE
Every Safe in Union Represented
= at Meeting Held at Catholic
University.
M0NsIGN0R SHAHAN
PRESIDENT OF BODY
Betterment of Humanity and Gen.
eral Uplift Is Theme of All
the Talks.

the Catholic University and who repre-
sent every State and Territory in the
Union, at the White House this after
noon at 2:30 o'clock. There are about
SO members present at the conference.
of which Cardinal Gibbons is the hon.
orary president and Right Rev. Mgr.
I. J. Shahan, rector Of the Catholic Uni
versity. president.
Gen. John A. Johnston. District Com
missioner. at last nights meeting. ex-
te nded to the members the welcome of
the city. saying that Washington was
their city. the nations city. The meet
ing took place in Mcmahon Hall, which
was decorated with the American flag
and the papal coat-of-arms. Commis-
on the problem to provide homes for the
outcast woman.
Mgr. Shahan Speaks.
Mgr Shahan's address was on The
Church in Charity" in which he re-
viewed the great work accomplished by
the church ever since its foundation in
behalf Of the poor. suffering. and
wretched. Speaking of the church's
work in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries. DR.. Shahan said: In the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
the hospitals of Catholic countries grew
in number and efficiency. The Hotel de
Dieu Of Paris was long famous as the
chief medical center OF Europe. and We
can point with pride to the Hotel de
Dieu Of Montreal as the oldest institu-
ton of its kind in North America
In Mediterranean countries loan
banks to the poor were opened that
permitted them to obtain small sums
by pledging their modest belongings
at very low rate OF interest and
proved an efficient Offset to the raw
ages OF usury. Prison reform, the sep
aration of the youthful criminal from
the aged and improved prison architec-
ture art owing to the popes OF the
eighteenth century" Monsignor Sha-
han said. in conclusion. that Catholic
charity strongly differentiates itself
from all other forms OF mutual serv-
ice in that Il Is founded on the tenets
of Christian love and the Catholic
faith, and is therefore successful. He
said that were 1t not for Catholic char
ity universal brotherhood would soon
disappear and that the world would
soon relapse into a state of moral de-
generacy and universal poverty and
want
Thomas NJ. Mulry, of New York. the
leading authority on Catholic charity
in the United States and a member of
the State Board of Charities of New
York. made an address on The Gov
IN 1udIly. anu NJ Ne'.
Monsignor Mcmahon spoke on "Cul-
ture in Charity"
Mass was celebrated yesterday morn
ing by Ri. Rev. Monsignor Russell. rec
tor of st. Patrick's Church, and the
conference sermon was preached by Rt.
Rev. ]. F. Regis Canevin. Bishop of
Pittsburg who preached on Christian
Charity" and who said 1T is not we'll
organized schemes of millionaires. but
the efforts Of those who labor for God
which soften hearts hardened by suf-
fering and the bitterness of the in
humanity of man to man. Poverty
will battle the science of the economist
and philanthropist until the end of
time"
should BE Leaders in Charity.
Again Bishop Canevin said strong
Christian organizations are needed to
counteract the spirit of agnosticism. We
must not leave the study and the solu-
ton of social questions to those who
have no religion. but should be leaders
in the field of charity. Only Christian
ity can change love Of self into love for
others.
After the sermon Mgr. Shahan deliver
ed an address of welcome. The execu-
tive committee met at noon and appoint
ed the following committees to conduct
the business of the conference. COM
mittee on organization-Mr. John ].
Fitzgerald. of New York. chairman:
Mrs J. n. Molamphy, of Pittsburg Pa:
Rev. Joseph F. Ruesing. or Nebraska:
Mr. James F. Kennedy, OF Chicago, Ill.
DIR. Helen NJ. Nolan. of Toledo, Ohio;
Richard Crane. of Cincinnati. Ohio: Dr.
John A. Horgan, Of Boston, Mass:
Richard M. Reilly. of Lancaster, Pa:
Mrs. P. J. Toomey. of st. Louis, Mo.
Committee on resolutions-Dr. James
E. Hagerty. of Columbus. chairman;
Brother Barnabas. Lincolndale, n. Y;
Mrs. Thomas J. Burns, of Chicago
needy families will meet. The chairman
Robert Biggs, member of the committee
for reorganizing the housing code OF
Baltimore. Md. will deliver his address
Other addresses will be by Patrick NAL
Ion, probation officer of the Brooklyn
Children's Court on "Desertion and Nom
support" and Miss Mary E. Shinnick.
probation officer of Cincinnati, on The
Pensioning of Widows and Their Fam
ilies," and DIR. Thomas c. Carrigan, act
ing dean of the law faculty Of the Cath
olic University, on Family Income and
Child Labor"
At the meeting Of the committee onl
dependent children, which will meet atl
$3.50. addresses will be made by Thomas
Kelly. Of New York City; Rev.
Michael Mccarthy. S. J., New York
City, and DR.. Mary O'Brien Porter, OIL
The committee on delinquent children
will meet at $50 this morning Edwin |
OF Boston. will make the chair
mans address; J. ]. Mclaughlin, of New
will speak on Prevention Of
Mrs. Thaddeus ]. Moder,
OF Chicago. will make an address on |
Necessary Legislation" and the discus
sion will be opened by Justice Charles
A. De Courcy. of the Massachusetts, Su-
preme Judicial Court.
Meetings of the st. Vincent de Paul
Society. the Christ Child Society, the
Federation OF Catholic Women's Organi-
cations. the organizations engaged in the
work Of protection of young girls will
take place this afternoon at O'clock
DIR. Lawrence r. Flick. OF PHILADELPHIA.
will speak at to-night's meeting on The
Poor Victims of Their Material En-
vironment." and will be followed by Miss
Katherine r. Williams, OF Milwaukee,
Wis, who will speak on The Poor asI
Victims of Their Moral and Social En-
yironment." and James F. Kennedy. of
Chicago, who will deliver an address on
The Legal and Social Protection of the
Poor"