The Irish standard., 1915-08-07
The Irish American
Catholics and A. OH.

$4,000, and the endowment BY the
Ladies' Auxiliary of a scholarship for
women in Trinity College, Washington,
d. c., and by very many smaller en-
dowments made to seminaries, schools
and colleges throughout the country.
THE Ancient Order of Hibernians
is, through the very nature Of its or.
igin and its existence, intensely Cath
olic. In every crisis of the Church
In Ireland or in America-it has stood
In the van. 1t stands today where it
stood when its members shed their
blood to defend the priests. Some of
Its most renowned leaders have been
also ministers of Holy Church, and
the Order but exhibited visible evil
dence of its missionary spirit when it
voted $4,000 to the Catholic Church
Extension Society at the Portland Ma.
tional Convention in 1910. The very
foremost members of the hierarchy are
staunch friends of our Order. Car
dinal Gibbons said: Representing as
you do at least one million Catholics,
you are wonderful influence for good
In the land, and are so regarded by
the hierarchy of the United States.
where the Irish people have ever been
the chief mainstay of our Church dur.
Ing the trials and difficulties of the
past hundred years. The hierarchy of
the Catholic Church have ever found
the A. o. H. true to the highest ideals
Of Catholic morality and Christian ed
ucation. May God bless you in your
great work for Church and country
Archbishop Glennon said: 4 look with
glowing pride on the work of the An.
cient Order of Hibernians. II ia al
broad as the nationality we represent
as liberal as its best traditions. It
is Catholic to the core, and has its
face to the future, trained by the OK.
perience of the past Cardinal O'Con-
nell said: You are endeayoring to
perpetuate in America the spirit of
your Catholic ancestors-love of God
and love of country-your adopted
land and Erin. Be guided in all things
by the light of great faith which St.
Patrick enkindled in the souls of our
fathers, and your Order will stand for
something real-a living organization
with vital aim Bishop Shahan said:
Your organization is filled with hope,
encouraged by many and great sue
cesses, conscious as it never was be.
fore of the power of concord, mutual
affection and trust, mutual helpfulness
and support Such words are uttered
as the voice of the Church which was
once driven to the glens and the noun
tain-tops, and whose only defenders
were our ancestors.
THE Ancient Order of Hibernians
satisfies the social instinct so strong
in the Irish heart. Friends are made
within the Order which last until
death, and congenial spirits touch
hands and hearts in an atmosphere of
honor and confidence Our Division
meetings are made merry with song
and music, literature and oratory,
dancing and jest, and entertainments
are often held which bring forth the
talent which has ever disguised with
laughter the tears which were hidden,
and exemplifies the truth that the Irish
race is not formed of those who die
with all their music in them Wher-
ever Hibernian goes-in the United
States, Canada, Ireland, Great Britain.
Australia, New Zealand, South Africa
and 1ndia-there he will find out
stretched hands to welcome him-con-
vincing him that he is not the denizen
of lonely strand, but member of a
proud race and a brother of the most
powerful organization of one race and
faith in the world.
1.-THE Ancient Order of Hibernians
not only seeks to inculcate the fine
precepts Of Irish family life-which is
bound indissolubly in ties of mutual
affection and noble sentiments of duty
but the Order provides for the con-
tinuance of home ties in the activities
Of the work Of the world outside, for
provision is made in Hibernianism for
the father, the mother and children.
The Ladies' Auxiliary, numbering over
seventy thousand women, is recruited
in great part from the wives, sisters,
daughters and mothers of the members
of the A. o. H.-the cooperation be-
tween the two branches being main
tanned for mutual aid and encourage
ment. Every Division of the Ladies'
Auxiliary is allied to Division Of the
A. O. H. We who know that Hiberni-
anism contains the essence of much
that is finest in thought and feeling,
and that the old Irish system of living
is good road to happiness and pros
perity. should see to 1t that every one
eligible for membership is brought
within the fold.
"The Ancient Order of Hibernians
deserves to be brought to the attention
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