The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-07-03
CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL
CONVENTION.

:
The most important event of the
week in Catholic circles is the
Educational Convention which is
holding its sessions in this city.
This is the twelfth annual meet
ing of the Association and the
first west of Chicago. The con
vention brought to st. Paul the
leading Catholic educators
priests, Sisters and lay teachers
from all parts of the country.
from the Atlantic seaboard to the
Pacific slope and from the Gulf OF
Mexico to the Great Lakes. Tt is
a notable gathering of earnest
men and women who are devoting
themselves and their energies tC
the furtherance Of cause which
is most dear to the heart of every
true Catholic and which means SC
much for the present and future
welfare of the Church in this
country. To meet the! delegates
and to listen to the addresses and
discussions OH the many problems
of pressing Importance in the
Catholic educational world is q
liberal education in itself.
The presence of so many dele.
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gates and visitors at all the
sessions Of the convention ane
their unfeigned enthusiasm for the
noble work In which they are en-
gagged, are indicative of the inter
est which intelligent Catholics
everywhere take in the educa
tional program of. the Church. II
view of what has been accom-
plished during the past decade q
years, it may be said with truth
that the cause of Catholic educaf
ton is triumphant, the: battle SC
long waged in behalf ,of it is won
1t is won before our Catholic
people who are thoroughly con
WINGED of the value and necessity
of Catholic schools to keep alive
an intelligent faith IN the minds
and hearts of their children, ano
won before the bar Of public
opinion in America. The prin
ciple underlying Catholic educa
tion, namely, that religion should
permeate and Yivify the educa
ton of childhood and youth, is
now conceded by all intelligent
citizens, irrespective of creed
and the attempts made in many
quarters to Introduce Bible read
ing and prayer in the public
schools is an open confession thai
non-C Catholics are alive to the
necessity of adopting some
method, however insufficient il
may be for the purpose, to redeem
the secularized school from the
charge of godlessness so otter
brought against it. Nearly al
citizens agree that an education
which fails to take cognizance Of
man s dual nature, which tends tC
fit him for the life on earth with
out giving thought to the needs
of the supernatural, falls fan
short of what is required for the
welfare of the individual as well
as of society. We have every
reason to rejoice, therefore, be
cause of the fact that Catholic
educational ideals are becoming
more and more the accepted
standards of every system of edu
cation worthy of the name; and
it rests largely with Catholics
themselves to bring about the uni
versal acceptance of these ideals
in the educational world by doing
all they can to second the efforts
of the Church to realize her ambi
ton to provide a Catholic schoo,
for every Catholic child.
The Catholic Educational Asso
citation is doing yeoman service t.
the cause by keeping the claims
of true education before the PEG.
pie, thus emphasizing the value o.
a training which produces The
highest type of American citizen
ship. For this reason we welcome
to st. Paul the representative
Catholic educators of the, country
and express the hope that Their
deliberations may rebound to thu
advancement of the cause fol
which they stand and to which
they are devoting their lives will
an unselfishness begotten of The
knowledge that they are striving
to promote the best interest Of The
Church and of American citizen
ship.