The Irish standard., 1913-11-22

An audience made up OF more than
1000 persons greeted Mr.. Bird s..
Coler last Sunday night when he de.
Mvered the third in series of civic
addressed which are marking the
opening OF the new Pro-Cathedral.
His subject was "The Hour and Its
Opportunities" and he drew his
material from his position of oppo-
sition to socialism and his belief in
the support Of religious schools by
the state. He showed no patience
with q school system that shuts out
God and he declared that some of the
principles Of socialism were offeni
sive to the nostrils Of good citizen.
ship. In relation to religion in the
schools he voiced much the same
sentiments which Archbishop Ireland
expressed In the first of this series
Of lectures when he deplored the
exclusion Of God and the Bible from
the curriculum.
The thing that seemed to impress
the audience last Sunday night was
the tact that Mr.. Coler as a business
man and nom Catholic should have
Fiesns - IN harponyawith tho cathe
ole beliefs. His plea for God-like
honesty In every day affairs met with
sympathetic response in the hearts
Of his Nstenera The address is prin.
ted in full 10 this issue of the Irish
Standard.
Archbishop James ]. Keane is to
be the speaker next Sunday and he
has chosen as his subject "The So.
cial Problem. It is believed by those
who know him that this lecture will
be the very positive affirmation OF
Catholic beliefs along the social
lines Of that this address will be to
the statement Of the Catholic position
on many Of the subjects taken up in
the purity federation.
His coming to Minneapolis for this
lecture will be in the nature of a
home coming for he gave twenty
years Of his life to ministering to
Pensioners in the Twin Cities. One
peculiar circumstance, and one that
came about accidentally, is that the
date of this lecture is the anniver-
sary of the day Of his leaving Min
neapolis to take up his work as
bishop Of Wyoming. The men of his
old parish, that of the Immaculate
conception, have arranged that this
shall be time Of reunion for all
!. the Pensioners who are living in
Minneapolis with the four priests that
the parish has had. Bishop James
McGolrick has been invited to come
from Duluth, Rev. j. G. Byrne will
be here from st. Paul, and with Arch
bishop Keane here and Rev. T. E.
Cullen at home there will be taken
the representative priesthood of the
immaculate Conception parish cover
ing a period Of nearly fifty years, for
it was in 1867 that Father McGolrick
arrived in Minneapolis and a year
later obtained permission to found
new parish. in Minneapolis proper,
this was the parish of the Immaculate
Conception.
An interesting feature of the musi.
zeal program which will be part Of the
evenings entertainment, will be the
singing of Mrs. Francis Vincent Gov.
eny. When she was little grid going
to school Archbishop Keane discov-
cred her wonderful voice and it was
partly through his influence that she
made music her profession. Now at
his home coming after an absence Of
eleven years she will be the principle
soloist on the program. The great
Pro-Cathedral choir will be lead again
on this occasion as on the other
three Of this notable series Of enter
tainments by Bertram M. O'Bryan.
Following is the address Of Mr..
Coler:
In the past, the far past l mean,
the present complicated system of
social organization was not neces-
sary, nor was 1t possible. Man had
plenty Of elbow room upon this earth.
The wilderness were vast, tn ecultiv-
sted areas were widely separated and
of short diameter. Man took his nee.
essaries and his comforts from his
immediate envirement. The ancient
Jew got food. meat and milk from,
his heards. clothing from them too -
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