Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1913-04-26
Great Initiation Concludes With
Grand Banquet at Seel-
bach Hotel.
Bishop O'Donaghue and Mayor
Head Give Young Men
Advice.
ATTENDED MASS At CATHEDRAL

At the Joint initiation held last
Sunday afternoon at Mackin Coun-
ellis home on Twenty-sixth street a
class of 1O3 candidates was received
into the Young Mems Institute,
Trinity Council leading with fifty
eight, Mackin presenting twenty
seven and Unity Council of New
Albany eighteen. In the morning
the candidates attended a special
mass at the Cathedral and received
holy communion in a body. Rev.
Father Rock was the celebrant of
the mass, and preached an earnest
but brief sermon, pointing out to
the young men their duty to the
church and the Y. NJ. I. Coming SO
soon after their Easter and annual
communions many were not present
and the attendance not what 1t
otherwise would have been.
The meeting in the afternoon was
called to order by Frank Adams,
President of Mackin Council, and at
o'clock the degree team, captained
by Dan Hennessy, had all their para
phernalia in readiness for the grand
exemplification that followed. The
new members comprised a splendid
body of young men, and the fusion
of the new blood into the three
Falls Cities councils will enliven the
Y NJ. I. if they only display the in
terest which their proposers and the
older members have in past years
to build up and make the member
ship what it is today. The work OF
Capt. Hennessy and the degree team
was unsurpassed by any ever seen
here, and at its conclusion Rev.
Father Raffo was called upon and
said all preesnt felt the Importance
and solemnity of the occasion, that
It was grand thing to see so many
young men publicly profess the
principles of their order. "Pro Dec,
Pro Patria."
After the initiation was over spe-
cial cars were taken for the Seel-
bach, where $50 enjoyed an elab-
crate banquet presided over by
Supreme President Robert It. Burke
as POSTMASTER. Seated at the speak
ers' table were the following: The
Right Rev. Denis O'Donaghue; the
Very Rev. James P. Cronin, Vicar
General of the Louisville diocese;
the Rev. Father j. A. O'Grady, Chap
lain of Trinity Council; the Rev.
Father Francis Felten, Chaplain of
Mackin Council; the Rev. Father
Patrick Monahan, secretary to the
Bishop; P. H. Keefe, of Pittsburgh,
Grand President; Mayor w. o.
Head; c. A. Singer, of Indianapolis,
Grand Secretary; Frank Adams,
President of Mackin Council; V. X.
Ecker, President of Trinity Council:
John Pontrick, of New Albany,
President Of Unity Council; and also
present were Rev. Fathers O'Neill,
0. p, G. p. Raffo, Erie Willet and
George Connor. Toastmaster Burke
was happy in his introductions of
the distinguished speakers, whose
presence was a pleasing appreciation
of the work of the Y. MI
Using the motto of the organiza-
tion, PRO Deo, Pro Patria," "For
God. For Country" as his theme,
the Right Rev. Denis O'Donaghue
said the young men of the Catholic
church always had stood and always
would stand for the flag under
which they were born. The Y. NJ.
|. had no political designs upon any,
body, but was organized for mutual
encouragement, the speaker said,
and expressed the hope that the good
Influence which had been exerted
would grow in the future. II was
absolutely necessary, said the
Bishop, for the young Catholics to
stand by their church because it had
guided them spiritually. The Y. M.
|. was trying to direct the Young
men in the right way by precept and
example. and associated together for
good purpose they become a great
moral force.
Mayor Head, who had been as
signed the toast, "The Nation s
Thoroughfare," after bidding well
come to the clergymen and the other
visitors, said II was the duty OF the
members of the Y. M. /. TO work
hard and energetically TO make
Louisville, the nations thorough
fare, the brightest and best spot in
the United States. The Mayor ex-
pressed his belief that the members
all would become good citizens and
assist materially in the building up
OF the city. He declared he had no
use for the knocker and believed in
broad-gauged people in COM
munity.
P. II. Keefe. OF Pittsburgh, spoke
on "Our New Jurisdiction" and
gave IL as his opinion that, under
the new arrangement, the organiza-
tion would grow and be placed in a
position where Il could do more
good. The speaker said he was con-
vinced that the young Catholics
needed the assistance and guidance
OF such organization as the Y. M. /.
and cited an incident in his own life
when he felt the need OF such an
organization.
In speaking on the toast, Faith
and Fraternity" the Very Rev.
James p. Cronin said the two must
go together that Catholic fra.
ternity can not possibly exist with
J out the Catholic faith. The latter