Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-01-12
CATHOLICS TO WAR
ON THE SLANDERER
Knights of Columbus VIII
Spend $4,000 to Put
End to Attacks
BISHOP TELLS OF
FOES OF CHURCH

NEW YORK, Jan. 12-New volun-
teers have enlisted in the campaign Of
the Catholics to prevent the use IF
Islander by those who are fighting the
Catholic Church. The knights of Co
lumbus have appropriated $4,000 to
aid in the effort to force those who
circulate untruthful charges TO end
such attacks, and other Catholic or
ganizations are expected to give sub
stantial aid.
The Right Rev. Thomas f. Cusack,
Auxiliary Bishop of New York, spoke
Of the problem presented by the foes
of the Catholic Church when he ad-
dressed a Bowcry gathering on Sun
day afternoon in the Holy Name Mis-
sion, 319 Bowery.
Profess your faith and stand by it,"
he said "As Catholics you have
enemies. Can a Catholic hold the
highest offices in this State? mol"
lie stood before the altar on the top
floor of one of those incredibly old
and worn structures that line the
Bowery. Three hundred men, many
Of them aged and Scared with many
struggles, listened earnestly as the
Bishop told them of Cardinal Farley's
gratitude at the success of the weeks
work Of Dominican Fathers, who have
been holding special services at the
mission.
There are four floors. Four masses
have been said daily and the last
two Sundays. with extra services,
there was hardly enough room in the
chapels to hold the men who went IN
from the street though LOO at a time
can be packed into the chapels. The
weeks work has resulted in 1.45O
men coming to communion. OF these
Father William j. Rafter. who runs
the missions year-round relief work,
estimates 60 per cent. to be men out
of work.
81 don't deal in statistics" said
Father Rafter Sunday. "but I know
this has been an unusually hard win
ter, for back in November we had as
many men TO help as ordinarily we
we should get in January.
When a man comes to us for help
we make no distinction of faith. If he
asks for clothes he gets them without
question unless he says he is a Cath
Ollie Then / try to find out if he
/ deserves aid. But I never refuse aid
TO a non-Catholic. If I did il might be
said that that was the reason"
The first thing is to preserve a
mans self-respect. Father Rafter add
ed. He dispenses lodging and meal
tickets in such a way that the whole
world isn't appraised of the mans ac-
cepting charity Nor even in such a
winter as this does the priest find it
( impossible to get men. work. Where
he gets a man job he often lends him
money to carry him until his first pay
day Ninety-seven men in a hundred
pay back in full, Father Rafter said
Bishop Cusack took the Cardinals
/ special thanks on Monday to Faith
or Rafter and Father John J. A. Muir
! ply, his assistant. He confirmed
twenty-five men and gave a solemn
benediction in each of the chapels.
The $4,000 appropriated by the SUI
preme Council of the Knights of Co
lumbus will be used in the nation
wide movement of the Catholics to
protest against the alleged Sian
derOus and indecent publications and
I the organization Of societies pledged
TO drive Catholics out of public life
The actual campaign will be carried
along by the Commission on Religious
/ Prejudice, authorized by the Supreme
Council of the knights of Columbus
and which has been in session at the
Waldorf with Supreme Knight James
A. Flaherty and Supreme Secretary
w. J. Mckinley for the past two days
The members of the commission arc
Col. p. II. Callahan. Of Louisville, KY
chairman: Joseph Scott, president OF
/ the Board of Education and the Cham
Der of Commerce of Los Angeles. Cal.
Joseph c. Pelletier district Attorney
of Boston, Mass; Albert G. Bagley