The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-20
CATHOLIC PRESS DAY
OBSERVED AT TIE COLLEGE or
ST, TERESA, WlN0MA,
MINNESOTA.

Press Day. The aim Of the obscry-
ance is to make better known the ex
celloncc, value and interest Of the
Catholic Press The program was ar
ranged by the English Department.
Members Of the Senior and Junior
classes taking advanced work in
English were chosen to pro are d
series Of papers dealing with tic his
tory, aim and general character OF a
few OF the leading american Catholic
periodicals and the Catholic Eneyclo-
pcdia.
These papers were OF such unusual
excellence and interest that the Cath
olic Press Club has solicited them for
publication.
The program closed with an address
by the head OF the English Depart
ment.
The reorganization Of The Messen-
ger as America" in 1909 was outlined
by Miss Dady, who emphasized the
need OF a Catholic news weekly in
order to put before the Catholic public
timely news and correct Catholic
opinion on current topics and issues.
The unquestioned excellence of the
paper and it's especial value to the
educated Catholic were also brought
out.
The interesting and scholarly char
acter of The Catholic World was well
brought cut by Miss Heating. Her
paper outlined the history OF the
founding Of the magazine just at the
close of the Civil War, the aim being
to put before the public Catholic truth
in calm, uncontroyersial spirit. The
courage needed to found at time
when Catholics were few a magazine
aiming to appeal only to the finest
Intellectual tastes; the persistence
needed to maintain such standard;
it's splendid record of achievements;
the galaxy Of great names among it's
contributors were all touched upon in
q brief, but interesting, manner
The history Of The Ave Maria, The
Month, The Rosary Magazine and The
Magnifcatl was outlined by Miss Cor
man. The most noted contributors to
special interest in this paper was the
share taken by Cardinal Newman in
the founding of The Month in England
and the fact that its first editor was
a woman, Miss Frances Taylor.
The history and general character
Of The WinCna Courier was discussed
by Miss Kifschstein, who paid high
tribute to its excellence. She pleaded
for the support Of local Catholic pub
LEGATIONS and enumerated some CT the
most important Catholic newspapers
i'll the states represented III the stu
dent body. Special mention was made
Of The Catholic Bulletin" for Mime
sofa, Our Young People" and North
western Chronicle" for Wisconsin,
The Catholic Messenger" for Iowa,
The Michigan Catholic and the
| Light OF Truth for Michigan, the
Catholic Universe" for Ohio.
The varied and interesting features
Of Church Extension work in our own
country were interestingly treated by
Miss N0onan in her discussion Of Elk
tension Magazine, the organ Of Church
| Extension Society which aims to build
and maintain churches and schools in
districts where the Catholics arc either
too few or TOO poor to be sell-5upport-
ing; and The Missionary, the organ
CT the Apostolic Mission House Of the
PauliSt Fathers whose special work is
the conversion Of non-Catholic5 in
America.
The Field Altar, the organ Of the
new Catholic Foreign Mission Semi
nary at OsSining, n. Y, was most in
teTestingly treated by Miss Whalen.
The paper was founded in Boston in
1903 by Rev James A. Walsh; it was
transferred to the seat Of the new
Foreign Mission Seminary when the
| founder and editor became Director Of
the Seminary in 1911 all the clerical
and most OF the literary work con-
nected with its publication is done
| by the Teresians, a group Of young
women soon to be organized into a
religious order whose work will be the
dissemination Of knowledge about for
eign missions The cheerful humor of
the paper, its interesting news items,
its splendid illustrations were men
toned and some poetry, serious and
amusing, was quoted
The history of the Catholic Encyclo-
pedia was briefly discussed by Miss
Sweeney, who emphasized the rare
excellence, the widely diversified ia,
tionality and the large number of its
contributors, which justify the state
ment that there has never before in
| the history Of mankind been found 50
large q body Of scholars and experts
working toward single aim.
The address on THE Apo8tolate of
| the Press by Miss V. \. l.armour,
| NJ. a., emphasized the need of Or
| ganized effort to make known the
| Catholic Press. The power of the
| printed word was illustrated from the
| stories Of conversions to the faith, the
lives OF the saints and the intrcduc-
tion OF Christianity into Corea and the
conversion of four thousand Coreans
so Christianity through books alone
some years before a priest set foot
en- Corean soil The increased power
Of the press today makes it a weapon
that Christianity cannot leave unused.
| An appeal was made to the students
as educated Catholic women to be
| leaders or at least participators in tho
growing movement toward organized
/ si1f1nof,t nj fhn CaEhnlir Press