The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-08-26
CATHOLIC PRESS CONVENTION
HELD IN NEW YORK LAST WEEK
PAPERS READ-OFFICERS
ELECTED.

The Catholic Press Association of
the United States and Canada pried
the lid off Catholic Week. in New
York when the sessions of it's sixth
annual convention we're held at the
Catholic Club on Friday and Saturday
of last week. The convention proved
the most successful in the history of
the C. P. A., sixty-five delegates being
in attendance, and six additional pa
pers being admitted to membership.
His Eminence Cardinal Farley, WIS.,
tied the convention on Saturday morn
ing to welcome the delegates to New
York and extend his blessing to them
and their work. In the course of a
spirited address he reviewed the his
tory of Catholic journalism.
The formal papers read at the con-
vention we're all of high standard of
excellence. Rev. John l. Whelan, Phi.
D., editor of the Brooklyn Tablet, read
a paper on Priests and the Catholic
Press" Mr.. F. A. Wilson-Lawrenson,
of the Associated Advertising Clubs of
the World, read paper on the advan-
tage of belonging to the religious de-
partment of the A. A. c. w. Stuart P.
West, editor of ''The Catholic Con-
vert" and Arthur Bennington, of Brook
lyn, of the editorial staff of the New
York World read papers on differ
ent phases of the subject, "The Presen-
tation of the News"
In his paper on "The Presentation
of the News" Arthur Bennington of the
New York World" made the state
ment that the present-day Catholic pa
per must be sensational, owing to the
pace at which the world is travelling.
"a well-edited Catholic paper today
ought to be sensational" he said. so
many sensational events are taking
place about us; the Church Is being
attacked from SO many quarters, with
the heavy guns of honest enmity and
the poisongase of treacherous calum-
ny; indecency has come out from its
dark hiding places and is not only set
ting gilded lures for the unwary in the
form of books and plays and movies
and general relaxation of public and
private morals, but it's prophets and
prophetesses are shouting in our halls
and highways and even daring to raise
the cry of persecution; the greatest
war the world ever knew has divided
the human race into two hostile camps
and raised social problems that will
tax the wisest statesmen and philoso-
pliers to solve worldwide revival of
religion has begun, and everywhere
men are turning again to the Catholic
Church for hope and consolation.
These are a few of the more striking
phases of the life of today. The
chronic1er of them must be sensation
al; if he is not he shows that he is not
realizing their import and is not fit to
be their chronicler."
Mr.. Bennington made many interest
ing suggestions for the better presen-
tation of the news. A spirited discus
sion followed his paper.
An interesting paper, prepared by
James F. Donnelly, was read by Father
O'Flannagan, NJ. S., of Hartford, Conn.
Mr.. Donnelly made an appeal to the
editors to bend their efforts towards
checking the proselytism so common
| in State schools, where Catholic deaf
mutes are subjected to influences that
destroy their faith.
The reports of the officers, and the
chairmen Of the advertising, news and