The Catholic bulletin., 1920-10-09
THE WARD CATHOLIC.

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telling world struggle which
America played the decisive role nationaze the
s s a s se pb sns s
from metropolis the from the western plains caught the
plainsmen knit closely the bonds
of national brotherhood by being equally broadened
Jonese the Pike that his hamlet the boundaries
Of the a N b the the @
tene loyal he The result of the gathering together of
types forth united impregnab
There are certain men to be found large cities
pey wrapped the affairs their local ward Connng their
interests little spot their ward nothing outside
bound with the Civic reforms measures state
national problems all fail alike to awaken them from their
ward lethrgy long the ward the nation
yet the but minute
particle the great scheme government let the nation be in dan
and the ward will be helpless
Church Catholic AS rule
manss considerable interest his local ward that his parish
part parocha affairs he represented the donors
helps in the collections fuel and other local needs In
word he good practical Catholic according to his lights
man. however rarely stops consider that his parish but
mite in the vast number throughout the world The
Church God spread the immense of this country
She here all the machinery Of spiritual The
clergy religion schools and the reaction
rates later down to the last parocha unit
Catholic by the confines of his parish
and its interests precisely like the who persists in the
city the state he is bound to isolated fossil
lied and He loses grasp his religion powerful work
machine and enters all thought the little called his parish
the blast of persecution state and the lack
united strong Cahy will leave last parish in that state
helpless and crushed.
Every Catholic citizen the
Church large not merely of local parish the interests religion
whole should appeal him with the stronger force
nationality blood times of widespread peril the
country citizen who would ignore the of the nation and
disregard his Church support
the welfare defense of that Church would be
worthy Of the of Catholic, which means universal
Thirty largest denominations this country
recently They
phaszed morality in this country the
nation itself fall back into paganisn absolutely
that the Churches build and maintain religious schools
they all recognize the fact that moral code that has not the
sanction religion best but another convention
prety etiquette it make thoroughly
opinion and itbut echoes the principles
Catholic Church preaching and out in
this land for the past hundred years
Now the call gone that
school system has reached point where either must be
gd urgent needs admit itself unable with the
education Catholics sacrificed much the
bring this system to its present high efficiency Will they
refuse further perpeuae that system which the
salvation of their children and the life of their Church? When the
religious organization tell them that increased facilities
essentially imperative institutions to last at ALL will
they because their schools have been grand
enlargement When the called for help
loyal bought bonds worked and assisted by day and by night
Catholic to blind himself the truth
his help? Whatever
you by God you before the last long will
having small portion of those the
work of God? Think it
Don't be Catholic be citizen of the universal Church
ton campaign for better citizen ing the month of the Rosary the