The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-14
CATHOLIC CONVENTION

LII W IVY ENllUN
Church. He implored Gods blessing
upon them and impaired to all the
Apostolic Benediction The Most
Reverend Archbishop Messmer of Mil
waukee then ascended the pulpit and
preached forceful sermon in German.
After Mass the Apostolic Delegate
and the visiting prelates were enter
tanned at dinner by the Right Rever-
end Bishop Lawler.
Parade and Mass Meeting.
The spectacular feature of the con-
Vention took place in the afternoon
when grand parade Of 1000 men
formed at the Old Capitol and
marched through the principal busi-
ness streets to the Auditorium. The
different sections of the parade repre-
sented the German parishes of the
Twin Cities and of many other parts
of the state as well as localities be-
4 yond its borders. Each carried it's
distinctive banners and regalia and
many of them were headed by their
own bands. The parade was reviewed
by His Excellency, the Archbishops
and Bishops and large number Of
priests as well as the officers of the
association and members of the local
/ committee from stand erected in
/ front of the Chuch of the Assumption.
The route of the parade was lined by
thousands of people who cheered the
different societies as they passed by.
A feature of the parade which attract.
ed much attention was the presence of
large contingent from the A. o. H.
Of st. Paul
Message From Rome.
After the parade meeting attended
i by nearly ten thousand people was
held In the Auditorium and addresses
were delivered by George N. Gerlach
of st. Paul, chairman of the local COM
mittee, Reverend H. Schumacher of
the Catholic University at Washing
ton, D. c., the Most Reverend Arch
bishop Ireland, ellis Excellency the
Apostolic Delegate, and President
Frey of New York. At the close of
his address the Apostolic Delegate
read the following message which he
had received from the Cardinal Secre-
tary of State:
ITO His Excellency, Monsignor Bon
zaFo, Apostolic Delegate, Arch
bishops House, st. Paul, Mime
sota
"On the occasion of the Sixtieth
Convention of the Catholic German
Central Verein of the United States,
the Holy Father is pleased to take
cognizance of its far reaching achieve
ments, and expressing his wishes for
a happy issue of this Convention, and
for accomplishments ever new and
greater in the religious and social
field, imparts from his heart the Apos-
tolic Blessing to the members of it's
governing board, to all its associates,
and to all the members of this Con-
vention.
Cardinal Gasparri.'
General Sessions.
The business sessions of the con-
vention were held in the st. Paul
Hotel on Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday. The reports of the different
officers showed that the organization
is in prosperous condition Presi-
dent Frey, in his annual address, an
nounced that the Federation had
grown from membership of $1,000 at
the convention held in St. Paul in
1899, to $4,000 at the present time
This represents a gain of $500 since
the Pittsburgh convention a year ago.
During the past year $55,000 was rails
ed by the Federation for the relief of
the war sufferers in Germany and
Austro-Hungary The general secre-
tary of the association, Mr.. J. @. Juen-
emann, of ST. Paul, gave detailed re-
port OF the present condition of the
society which proved very interesting
to the delegates.
At the general session on Monday,
Joseph Stockhausen, of Pittsburgh,
who was chairman of the arrangement
4 committee for last years meeting,
presented to George N. Gerlach, chair
man of the st. Paul committee, the Of
HCidI HdS VI Inc SOCI6Iy WHICH Will De
kept in st. Paul until next convention.
The flag is orange and white, the col
ors OF the Verein, and was presented
to the organization by Mrs. John
Swaska of Pittsburgh in 1882 at the
time of the Silver Jubilee celebration
in Milwaukee.
| 1t was at st. Paul during the con-
vention Of 1889 that the union of the
state and local societies was formed
into the present national body and at
the present convention the different
societies of German Catholic women
we're organized into Frauenbund
with Mrs. A. Bosack OF Pittsburgh as
chairman and Mrs. b. Refs Of st. Louis
las secretary. "A mass meeting Of
/ Catholic women was held in ST. Agnes
Hall on Tuesday evening at which the
work planned by the Frauenbund was
loutlined by Rev. Valerius Nelles, o.
II f. NJ, of the Sacred Heart Church,
ST. Paul, Professor Bruhl, Of Philadel-
phia, and Henry A. Schmitz, of Apple
Iton, Wis.
i During the convention there was
injecting of the Gonzaga Union, the
Junior Section Of the Central-Verein.
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