The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-10-02
MEETING OF THE HIERARCHY

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ARcHBisHoPs AND BISHOPS Az
s THORPE A SURVEY FOR PER
MANENT ENDOWMENT FUND
BUDGETS OF FIVE DEPART.
MENTs FOR COMING YEAR AP.
PRovED-REPoRTs READ ON
ACTIVITIES OF THE COUNCIL
DECISION TO UNIFY FOREIGN
AND DOMESTIC MISSION INTER.
EsTs-PRoMoTIoN OF THE
CAUSE OF MOTHER SETON.
The Archbishops and Bishops of the
catholic Church in the United States
brought their second annual meeting
TO a close on September % at the
Catholic University after taking &C.
ton In regard to a number of matters
OF the highest Importance both to the
Church and to the country.
First and foremost, they authorized
the Administrative Committee of the
National Catholic Welfare Council to
proceed Immediately with the forma
ton OF plan for nationwide appeal
to the Catholic clergy and laity to CO
operate in raising a fund for the per
manent support or endowment of the
work OF the Welfare Council. All the
committees and the officials of the
Welfare Council were reelected as
were also all the officers of the Board
Of Foreign Missions. Most Rev. Arch
bishop D. J. Dougherty of Philadelphia
was added to the latter.
Secondly, the budgets of the five de
partments of the Council for the com
ing year were approved, and it was
decided that the necessary funds fol
the coming year will be provided di
rectly by the Hierarchy, as was done
during the past year.
Thirdly, the recommendation con
tanned in the reports of the chairmer
of the five departments of the Nationa
Catholic Welfare Council for the ex
pansion and development of their va
rious lines of work were approved
and action will be taken at once tt
proceed with these most importan
measures.
Fourthly, in addition to the steps
taken by the Hierarchy affecting thu
National Catholic Welfare Council,
large number of important measure!
of high general interest and value tt
the Catholic people, both clergy ant
laity, were taken up by the Archbish
ops and Bishops in the course of thei
two days meeting, measures affectlns
the spiritual, intellectual, and materia
well-being not only of Catholics, bu
OF citizens generally.
Forward Movement Of cathoIicity.
This meeting of the Hierarchy, tn,
Shepherds of the Fold of the Faith
was then the index and the outpost o
that tremendous forward movement O
Catholicity which constitutes one O
the major signs of the times. And tn,
laying of the foundation stone Of tn,
National Shrine of the Immaculat.
Conception by His Eminence Carolina
Gibbons, surrounded by more thar
sixty members of the Hierarchy, il
the presence of His Excellency Arch
bishop Bonzano, the Apostolic Dele
gate, in the midst of thousands O
people, which took place on the camp
us of the Catholic University, seemed
to crown the epochal gathering of the
Hierarchy with all the beauty and thu
spiritual symbols of the ancient Faith
which, as Bishop McNicholas, o. P.
of Duluth, said in his sermon, points
the one safe road to the reconstruc
ton of society, even as it did nineteen
hundred years ago.
The Sessions.
Cardinal Gibbons presided at this
gathering. Cardinal O'Connell was
present, and there were sixty-twc
other Archbishops and Bishops in at
tendance.
Chief among the decisions reached
during the first day was one to unity
all foreign and domestic mission in
terests and enterprises of the Catholic
Church in the United States under the
direction of the Catholic Board of For
eign Missions, of which Archbishop
Henry Moeller, d. D., of Cincinnati, il
chairman.
The promotion of the cause of al
American for the honor of canoniza
ton was considered at the meeting
At the last general conference, hell
a year ago, Cardinal Gibbons was re
quested to convey to the ecclesiastical
authorities at Rome the unanimou:
desire of the American Hierarchy fol
the canonization of Mother Elizabetl
Seton. foundress of the Sisters of Char
ity in the United States. Carolina
Gibbons announced he had placed tht
matter in the hands of Cardinal Vico
secretary of the Congregation of Rites
Another important announcement wa
that all archbishops and bishops hat
authority to grant permission to thei
priests to celebrate midnight mas
and administer holy communion OF
Christmas eve.
The abstinence days in Lent are nov
changed from Friday and Saturday tt
Wednesday and Friday.
OF great interest to hundreds o
thousands Of members of the rapid.
growing Holy Name Society will b.
the announcement that Bishop Nc