The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-05


than an Archbishop, it has great
citizen and true and devoted man.
DR.. Kerfoot
In brilliant exposition of the COM
| parative value of religion and cul-
ture, DR.. S. F. Kerfoot.. president of
| Hamline University, told of the real
superiority of religion over every
other force for the upbuilding and the
maintenance of true citizenship and
right living. He welcomed the Arch
bishop in the name of the Methodist
| Church, because they realized that the
Archbishop stood for those values and
verities that alone make people
happy and prosperous.
DR.. Burton.
The University Of Minnesota was
worthily represented in it's distin-
guished president DR.. Burton. He
drew vivid picture of the close rela-
tions between religion and education.
| He stated that today the only real
issue was between those who stood
for law and order and those who OPP
pose our traditions and institutions.
| In glowing words he paid deserved
tribute to the great force ever welded
| by the Catholic Church in upholding
law and order throughout the world.
Mr.. c. D. o'erien.
| Mr.. C. D. O'Brien made clear the
intimate relations that exist between
the Catholic priest and the Catholic
layman, showing how the priest re-
| ceives the child into the faith and ac-
companies the last mortal remains of
the adult to their final resting place.
He declared that When the war tore
off the cover of the garbage can of
mOnarchical government in Russia,
then was revealed the rottenness be-
meath, even as in the French Revolu-
tion when the French peasant did the
same
The Archbishop.
Mr.. Severance touched friendly
chord when he introduced the Arch
bishop as Our neiehbor and fellow
citizen After prolonged applause
that was genuine and appreciative,
the Most Reverend Archbishop said:
i Gentlemen, | am deeply grateful for
| the high honor paid to the Diocese of
st. Paul in my person, by this splen-
!, did assembly. Your presence here is
, a tribute to my illustrious predeces-
, sor. Your conception of an Arch
bishop is controlled by your memory
of him. l shall try all my life to re-
| hot 4 s.,
In speaking of the country and its
wonderful institutions, no one sur
, passed the great Archbishop Ireland
in devotedness and service. 1t may be
ldifficult for me to serve the country
as Ireland served it: it is not difficult
, for me to love it as he loved it. In
my love for this country, her laws,
, government and glorious institutions,
, | 1 yield to no man.
) | do not believe in leaving the old
, moorings that have bound us to our
country. l do not believe that you
can alter things as they exist here
{ and, in the process of alteration, for
! get the fundamental principles of law
/ and order.
: You are here in memory of Arch
: bishop Ireland, the greatest force for
: Americanization that this country has
: ever produced in one individual citi-
: zen. AS he interpreted patriotism to
/ his people, as he welded his tremen-
: dous power in this cause, he stood
: alone. Hence it is a pleasure to me
/, to come here and to take up the tradi-
4 tions of Archbishop Ireland. 1t is a
. pleasure that you have greeted me
: and have challenged me to support the
v institutions of this country.
Do not think that you need worry
S about the loyalty of our Catholic peo-
f pie towards this country. Through
n out the vast expanse of our nation
J. there is stupidity and dullness of in
l. tellect and traditional stubbornness on
d the part of many who have brought
J. their old world grievances to our
l. shores: but everywhere you will find
n La deep and profound allegiance on the
It lpart of our Catholic people to the
e principles of our country. In the years
n to come Catholics will ever hold fast
4 to the true principles of law, justice
10 and equity upon which our country
"a and her institutions are founded.
In ancient times Bishop was a
man of city. That is to say, he was
lplaced in the position of a spiritual
J. guardian over the interests of the
u city. For this reason, the forces OF
W evil ever feared the influence for good
r, welded by a Bishop over his faith
sr full followers. In an old document
le recently come to light, we find these
Of significant words from a pagan: 81
IN prefer to hear of new usurper thar
It. a new Bishop of Rome"
d, Constantine incorporated the Chris
Sc tian Bishops in the judicial system o
s. the Roman empire. He realized tha
re they were the strongest and mos
powerful force for the conservation O
law and order in the empire. Ii
tevery age the Bishops held an impor
es tant part in upholding all that stoot
a for law and order. After the downfall
er of the empire, in 476, the fragment
Il of order and few remaining relics o
DIS law were supported by the Bishops
as From that time forward the only rea
TO law and order to be. found for cer
do turies was that which existed in tn
or cities where there was Bishop