The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-10-06
Max Pans Tribute
To Catholic Church
ITS CAUSE is SPIRITUALITY
AGAINST SENSUALITY - THE
CHAMPION OF THE HOME AND
FAMILY.
Reaches Into the Highways and By
Ways of the People, as no Other
Church Does.
The Preserver of Christianity Against
the Hordes of Barbarism.

The Preserver of Christianity Against
the Hordes of Barbarism.
Brilliant Non-CathoIic Lecturer Treats
Of Its Present and Past Activities.
The Chicago Catholic Women's
League recently had distinguished
speaker in the person of Mr.. Max
Pam Mr.. Pam had for his subject,
ence of the Catholic Church." In the
course of his address Mr. Pam paid
one of the greatest tributes to the
Catholic Church that has fallen from
the lips of a Non-Catholic. Extracts
from the address follow:
every church and every religious
denomination has within it every
necessary attribute for reminding in
the breast Of men the ardor and fer
vor of faith, the devotion to religion
and the influence of the Church, and
none more than the Catholic
Church. The very nature of its or
ganization gives it greater poten-
hold upon it's communicates than any
other denomination has over it's mem
bers. Taking into consideration the
peoples of Europe and of the Western
hemisphere, the Catholic Church has
more members and communicates than
any other church of the world. 1t
reaches into more byways and upon
more highways than any other reli
gious organization. Be it a hamlet or
be it a howell, the Catholic priest or
the Catholic missionary is upon the
scene to discover and save the soul.
The Catholic Church is in closer touch
and in more frequent communication
with its members than any, has the
means of searching the conscience as
has no other religious organization.
There lies within it the opportunity for
guiding wavering spirits and raising
the fallen to the point of rectitude and
honor, more intimately than any other
religious institution. There is COM
prehensiveness about the Catholic
ence felt in the most all-pervading
manner. The Church counts as it's
membership not only it's direct COM
municants, but through what is known
as the soul of the Church, it considers
every worthy human being a member,
1t recognizes not only it's duty towards
the well-being of it's own commune
cants, but recognizes that it has an
obligation towards the well-being of
all the people because of it's influence
upon the happiness of it's own men,
bers, and thus it pours forth most
universally it's beneficent influence.
The Church stanGs for things which
not only make for civilization, but
stands for the development and en-
durance of civilization itself.
Refutation of False Charges.
ct has been said that the Catholic
cants in ignorance, and that it only
holds sway through the ignorance of
it's communicates. have had associa-
ton with members of the Catholic
Church from the lowliest communi-
cant to the highest member of the
hierarchy at Rome, and caffs say with
all confidence and with great earnest
ness that no charge is more unjust
and no accusation more calumniating
than to say that the Catholic Church
keeps it communicates in ignorance
or that it thrives upon ignorance. 1t
stands for education-it stands for en-
lightenment-it stands for that which
makes the highest in man. I wonder
if it is realized that the American
citizen of the Catholic faith not only
pays for the education of the people
at large his full share of the. taxes.
but pays for the education of his own
in addition. I know that the Church
is willing, so far as secular education
is concerned, to allow the state to pre-
of education, leaving to the Church
education of it's children in matters re-
ligious. This, however, it not per-
mitted, and we have the Roman CathO
lies in this country supporting 1858
schools, with an attendance of 1,497,-
949 children in elementary grades. We
have them supporting 210 colleges for
boys and 685 academies for girls, be-
sides having now splendidly equipped
and growing universities at Washin-
ton, Notre Dame, New York, Boston,
Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, Omaha,
New Orleans and St. Louis. The aver
age cost In Chicago for the education
of student in elementary classes is
$3S per year per student, and in the
high school practically $8S per student.
Without taking into account the
amount expended by Catholics in this
country for high school and collegiate
education, at a rate of $38 per student,
the Catholics of this country alone are
spending for elementary education Of
their children $56, 1922, o62 per year, and
I dare say if we add the cost of the
higher education, the Catholics of this
country expend for education pur-
poses probably more than $SO,O00,O00
per year, and this expenditure is in no