The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-07-12

Bishop o'ReiIIy's Letter: In the re-
Gently published Representative Men
of North Dakota" work compiled by
the Bureau of Publicity located at
Fargo, there appears a SANDER on the
members of the Catholic Church which
they may rightly resent. The follow
ing is letter of the Right Reverend
Bishop sent to the publishers on re-
ceipt of the work:
To Bureau of Publicity:
l received from you the enclosed
bill for which l was about to send
you check when in turning over the
pages of Representative Men of
North Dakota" l found a passage in
which there is a comparison made be-
tween Protestant bodies and the Cath
Ollie, and in this passage the latter are
viciously insulted with no object in
view that l can see except to glorify
the former. Here are the words: in
the Protestant bodies the basis of
membership is belief and conduct; in
the Catholic, belief and obedience"
This is an insult to me and to the
largest body of believers in North
Dakota. Conduct does not seem to
count, in the estimation of this anony-
nous and no doubt paid traducer, with
eighty or ninety thousand of the in
habitants of the State. I consider this
an insult to me and to the twenty
priests whose image you have placed
| in your book as representative men,
and to the thousands of Catholics on
farms, in business, in law and medi-
cine, and as teachers in schools and
universities, and who even though
conduct" cuts no figure with them
seem to me to be as good citizens
as their neighbors and even as the
nameless scribe who from behind a
hedge stabs them in the back. Do
you think that l will pay twenty dol
lars (price of the work. for the pur-
pose of propagating this SANDER on
the Catholic body whose Bishop 1 am?
may as well tell you plainly that 1
will do nothing of the kind. I con-
slider that you broke the contract that
signed. Perhaps you have the means
to collect this twenty dollars. l do
not know and l care but little; but
you may rest assured that I shall not,
except under compulsion, contribute
money to SANDER a Church which is
quietly fulfilling it's destiny and inter
fering with no one.
Yours respectfully,
JAMES O'REILLY,
Bishop of Fargo
Clerical Assignments: Reverend
Andrew Flynn has been appointed
chaplain to Mercy Hospital, Devils
Lake; Reverend ]. Arsenault has been
appointed to take charge of Cavalier
and Walhalla; Reverend J. Raufast
has been transferred to Hope.
Fargo: Reverend John Dunphy of
st. Thomas College, ST. Paul, preached
in st. Mary's Cathedral last Sunday
morning, choosing as his subject
Catholic Education" Father Dunphy
expects to spend some weeks in the
state soliciting students for the ST.
Thomas College. He has the best
wishes of the Right Reverend Bishop
in the good work. 1t is hoped that
the pleasure of viewing the waving
fields of prosperous North Dakota and
of drinking in her health-giving air
will afford Father Dunphy ample per-
sonal remuneration.
On Friday, July 4th, Miss Clara
Pierce received her diploma from the
Nurses Training School of st. Johns
Hospital. Miss Pierce expects to
spend a few weeks at her old home
in Rochester. Mimi, previous to TAX
ing up her work in North Dakota.
Grand Forks: Very Reverend Hum
phrey Moynihan, rector Of st. Thomas
College, preached in st. Michaers Pro
Cathedral last Sunday morning on the
subject of Catholic Education and Vo-
cation to the Priesthood.