Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1913-03-29
First Annual Retreat Opens at
Cathedral Wednesday
Evening.
Sermons viii BE Preached by
the Eloquent Father Benedict
HanIey, C.P.
NON.CATHOLICS ALSO WELCOME

With the approval of the Right
Rev. Bishop O'Donaghue, Louisville
Council, X. of c., will inaugurate
rev activity in its first annual re-
treat for men, which will be held at
the Cathedral, beginning next
Wednesday evening and ending on
the following Sunday evening, April
For this first retreat the preacher
win be the eloquent Father Benedict
Hanley, C. p, of the Sacred Heart
Retreat. one of the most popular OF
the local Congregation OF Passion
lists. who is widely known and ad-
mired for his learning, piety and
lovable disposition.
Preparatory to the retreat the
Knights will assemble at their home
on Fourth avenue at 1880 o'clock
Wednesday evening, from where
they will march in a body to the
Cathedral, headed by their Grand
Knight, Col. p. H. Callahan. There
they expect to find many others
gathered, as an invitation has been
extended to every Catholic society in
the city, asking the men to attend
and bring their friends with them.
Every Catholic and non-Catholic man
in the Falls Cities is extended a cor
dial and hearty invitation to be
present at all of the retreat eXer-
cises. The retreat committee, con-
sisting of Rev. Edward Boes, Chap
lain of the council; Rev. P. NJ. ].
Rock. rector of the Cathedral, and
Messrs. Leo w. Goss, have been
busily at work perfecting arrange
ments so that the slightest detail
will be cared for.
The evening services will consist
of the Rosary, sermon and benedic-
tion. and will begin at O'Clock.
Each morning at 7:15 o'clock there
will be mass and short instruction,
but Saturday afternoon and night
will be devoted to confessions. Sun
day morning the council, with the
other societies and men, will ap-
-proach holy communion in a body
at a special mass at 7:15 O'Clock, and
that evening the retreat will close
with a sermon and the bestowal of
the Papal benediction.
The sermons as announced by
Wednesday night. 1.-THE Shame of
rdlluTeS IHuTsudy moTnlnS,
"Faith;" Thursday night, "Just
Retribution;" Friday morning,
Work" Friday night. "The Social
Evil" Saturday morning, Love-"
Sunday night, every Knight a
Man" Congregational singing will
also be a feature of the services, and
no more majestic or imposing spec
tacle can be afforded than that of
thousands of Catholic men pouring
forth to Almighty God their thanks
giving in song.
Annual retreats under the aus
pices of the knights of Columbus
have become a great feature OF the
religious life of many cities through
out the country. The first such
Lenten retreat was held In 1904 in
Cleveland, and the idea was at once
taken up by councils elsewhere with
pronounced success. Retreats have
been given in Atlanta, Toledo. Mil
waukee. Chicago and other large
cities, where the interest among nom
Catholic as we'll as Catholic men
has been remarkable. In Chicago
the retreat is given at eight churches
simultaneously, so that during the
same week everybody has an op-
portunity of attending at place con-
venient TO him. This movement has
received the unqualified approval of
the hierarchy. and its members have
been only too glad TO give their time
to it's advancement. The most
brilliant orators in the ranks of the
church preach to large and repre-
sentative bodies of men upon these
occasions. and the desire OF exempli-
flying their teachings is everywhere
evident by the religious stimulus de-
rived from the spiritual and moral
benefits gained by participation in
the exercises.