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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05
MILITARY MASS
FORT MYER, VA, HAS GREAT
EMONSTRATlON

Among the celebrations on Memo
rial Day in Washington was an open
air Mass, celebrated on the parade
grounds at Fort Myer, Va, within
sight of historic Arlington Cemetery
in honor Of departed soldiers, sailors
and marines of the American service
Mgr. Thomas, of st. Patrick S
Church, was celebrant; Rev. J. c.
Moore, of the Church of the Holy
Name, formerly chaplain 313th Infan,
try. delivered the sermon
Distinguished guests, including sen,
ators, representatives, Army and
Navy officers were present, and the
service was under the direction of
Post Chaplain Fealy.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05
HAIL AND FAREWELL!

The time has come around once
more when the seedlings planted
in early life have begun to rear
their heads above the ground, to
stand by themselves, and to face
the storms and changes of
weather. With their faces turned
towards the sun of life, they now
begin to develop the qualities that
will mark them as rugged, sturdy
plants, tender, fra grant flowers, or
just plain weeds in the garden Of
the world.
This hail-and-farewell stage in a
child's career is called his Com
mencement. He has completed
the first milestone, and he now
starts out on a new road. 1t may
lead to loftier heights in the in
tellectual field, or it may simply
place him in the valley of
mediocrity where he is forced to
climb or plod along on the dusty
highway of Life.
1t is to be hoped by all that the
sweet girl graduate will lose none
Of her sweetness in the bitterness
of jostling humanity, and that the
laundering boy orator will retain
at least little of the confidence
that animates him as he delivers,
to waiting and breathless world
the message that tells the panacea
for all human ills and woe.
A Commencement always strikes
us as being both sad and funny
1t is funny to behold the staid
solemn visages of young people
who are doing their level best to
look stern and serious, when al
the world knows that they are
yearning to throw off the stiff
mask. It is especially sad, wher
one thinks Of the unknown perils
into which these boys and girls
pure and good and sweet, are
about to enter. One can only
hope that their training has fitteG
them successfully to cope with thu
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05

breakers that will threaten to en-
gulf them.
1t is precisely at this time that
Catholics can look with com
placency and well-defined hope
towards the future Of their chill
dren who have been contided to
the care of religious teachers.
Such preceptors are by no means
infallible: neither is their doctrine
and teaching an infallible preser-
vative, since it may be ruined
through improper use. But this
training has one quality that is
unsurpassed elsewhere: it is
founded upon the life of divine
grace; it has based it's arguments
upon the existence and nature of
God; it has made its appeal not
through the imagination but in the
deepest recesses of soul and con-
science. 1t is the strongest and
most abiding appeal that can en-
ter the human heart, an appeal
that will sustain and encourage
when all else fails to evoke a
response.
Truly. therefore, is Commence
ment for Catholic children who
have been educated in a Catholic
atmosphere, source Of hope and
confidence for life of real
genuine success. OF such is the
solid body of the faithful and the
upright citizenry of the republic
destined to be composed.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05
A MODEL CHARITIES BUREAU

with other conVeniences to aid the Ia
dies in their work
The other building is the Catholic
Charities Diagnostic Clinic. The
headquarters of the Salvage Depart
ment are at 62S w. Court street.
Care of Children.
The Children's Department handles
the cases of all children referred to
the bureau for admission into homes
or institutions. Each case is thor
oughly investigated before being
passed upon. Whenever possible, the
children are placed in private homes.
A special effort is being made just
now to find suitable Catholic families
willing to adopt, or to shelter children
for while, or to board them. This
policy of the department is thus COM
mented upon by it's director, Rev. R.
Marcellus Wagner: 1--WE feel that the
! childs natural place is within the con-
fines OF the private home, where the
environment of home life will give it
the same outlook on life that the child
OF more fortunate circumstances eXpe-
|
a greater amount of personal attention
and care; where opportunities will
reach out to it that would not come
it's way while living in an institution
In other words, we are trying to give
the orphaned or deserted child the
same advantages that we wish any
child to have, in whose welfare We
are personally interested.
eve would welcome the names of
good people who might feel inclined,
and who are able, to take an orphaned
child into their homes to keep for a
while, if not to adopt. They would
not only relieve our crowded institu-
tons, but do a real act of charity,
| which can not go unreWarded.'
This department was inaugurated
last July. It's function is to buy for
the Catholic institutions of the city,
and to handle the finances of the bu-
reau, and also the accounts of children
in institutions, whose parents are pay
ing something for their board.
Purchasing Division.
Speaking of the Purchasing Divi-
sion of the department, Mr.. H. w.
| KOerner, it's head, said: 'The insti-
tutions make known, in advance, the
kind and amount of goods they need;
the orders Of all are then combined,
and bids asked on them. In this way,
a very good price is secured, and a
saving Of from to 25 per cent effect
ed. A small charge of two per cent
for handling is made.
1--WE are now buying for forty-eight
!. institutions; and we expect to develop
! so that, in a short time, we will be
, buying for all the Catholic institutions
| in Greater CINCINNATI"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05
HONOR JOAN OF ARC
PHILADELPHIA HOLDS GREAT
DEMONSTRATION BEFORE
10000 PERSONS.

Harrowgate Park, Philadelphia, was
the center on Sunday, May 90, for the
gathering of many thousands of Cath
olics from all parts of the city, eager
to attend the public demonstration in
honor of st. Joan of Arc This took
the form of a Solemn Military Mass
and parade of war veterans, French,
Canadian and British as we'll as
American, and civilians from all walks
of life.
The celebration was held under the
auspices of st. Joan of Arcs parish,
the first parish in that diocese, per
haps in the world, to be named after
the recently canonized saint.
The scene presented at the park was
an inspiring one, as the immense
throng, estimated at more than 10000,
stood in respectful silence during the
solemn celebration of the Mass or
raiseds their voices in glad occlaim to
sing the praises of the Maid of Or
leans"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05
THE YOUNG PRIEST.

Tomorrow morning in St. Paul
will be enacted a ceremony that
in many parts of the civilized
world is being duplicated on the
same day. A class of young men
will be called to the highest dig
nifty within the grasp Of created
beings. Through the rites of re-
ligious ritual and the real, sub
stantial power of the Bishop Or
binary mOrtals are consecrated
and set aside as the special mes
sengers and representatives extra
ordinary of the Most High.
Ordination reminds one Of grace
itself. 1t induces no material or
physical change in the recipient;
and yet within his soul is accom-
plished a transformation that
causes the very Angels to pause
and ponder. A priest of God!
How little we realize or fathom
the significance Of the expression.
If the priest himself is solemnly
bound to act as the vice-regent of
God and not as the selfish. am
bilious promoter Of his own petty
interests, so are we charged to look
up to that priest as the very ambas-
sador of Christ. Were a priest to
make use Of his station to further
his own despicable scheme for pref
erment, he would be seriously gull
tv before heaven for having subor-
dinated his ministry to personal
ambition. In like manner if we
look upon the priest as a mere
professional man, if we fail to ac-
cord to him that reverence which
is our duty towards his station, if
not his personal character, it is an
evident indication Of weak faith
and unappreciative regard for the
only one, who is to be our great
mainstay when we are preparing
to 60 before the great and dread
Tribunal.
Every new priest is a distinct
pledge of the divine mercy
towards the world. Every true
priest is the first to admit his per.
sonal unworthiness; but the words
of God, II have chosen you, you
have not chosen Me-" leave nc
room for argument or discussion
God Himself has settled the mat
ter, even though He deigns tc
help mankind through the instru
mentality of poor, weak and de
fective minister.
The young priest is a blessing
renewed to his diocese: he is {
palpable benediction in the bosom
of his family, the divine seal OF
the parental love that has brough
him forth; before his power thu
forces of earth are as but til,
crumbling remains of last season !
roses, the echo Of a long stilleo
voice, the image Of real power. X
| him alone is granted the right, t
/ summon God to the altar with tn,
4 assurance that Goodwill implicit,
| obey; to absolve the most h'einon
crimes, with the knowledge tina
x i ! ~ . y 3
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05
NOTRE DAME c. A. R,
UNIQUE POST HOLDS SPECIAL
SERVICE ON MEMORIAL
DAY.

Civil and World war veterans at the
year in making the observance of Ne
mortal Day unique in the celebration
of national holidays. For years the
NOtre Dame Post No. 500 G. A. R. has
been most faithful in paying tribute to
the memory of Civil war veterans who
had died and who are now at rest in
the little community cemetery Only
two members of the original G.. A. R.
Post of thirty are still alive. All
thirty of the members were brothers
and priests in the Congregation of
the Holy Cross. All had fought in the
Civil War. This year almost four
hundred students and six priests who
served as army chaplains, all vet
Grams Of the World War, took up the
celebration, paid tribute to the Civil
and SpanishAmerican War dead of
Notre Dame and attended a memorial
Mass which was celebrated in the
University chapel for the forty-five
Notre Dame men who gave up their
lives in the late World War APPROX
mately 2,400 Notre Dame men served
in the army 4Or navy.
Most prominent of the Civil War
veterans who enjoyed membership in
the local G. A. R. post was Rev. Will
liam Olmstead who as brigadier-gen-
eral in command of the LIST brigade,
Second Division of the Army of the
Potomac, cut off Lee from his supplies
and made the Southern Commanders
surrender to Grant inevitable.
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heaven itself will ratify the remis-
sion; to strike off the letters OF
original sin, to tie the bond that
only death can sever, to send the
huttering soul through the portals
of death with safety and joy: in
a word, the young priest acquires
powers that simply stagger the
mind. Legislatures and govern
ments are but puny toys compared
to his authority. With divine as
surance he opens and closes the
very gates of heaven to mankind.
No greater love hath God than to
thus honor his servants. May He
bless and protect, guide and guard
our young priests.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05
THE HEART THAT HAS
LOVED.

In order to express the depth OF
admiring affection we entertain
toward one another. we eXclalm,
! love him. Love is the last word
in the supreme test of human de-
votion: it is the origin Of more
heroism, the handspring Of more
telling deeds Of fine spirit than
any other motive in the gamut of
human emotions. Men suffer for
material gain and honor; they die
for love in worthy cause. Even
the tawdry imitation that some
times passes current for real love
has a certain amount Of faScina-
ton in its own way: it is faint
reflection of the original, and the
strength Of it's appeal lies entirely
in it's being a reflection Of noble
eXemplar, even though it be but
an infintesimal miniature.
The original lover, Almighty
God. is the fOunt and source of
this nobleSt of all affections in
heaven or on earth. An mex
haustible spring in itself, the love
which God extends towards His
creatures is the purest and the
most intense within the realm of
created things. No Interior mo-
tive of divine selfshness turks be-
hind that love which God pours
out in copious streams upon the
hearts Of men.
The Sacred Heart Of Jesus
Man is wont to point with pride in
the race to the. greatest master
pieces of human genius. A Muril-
los Madonna, an Angeles Last
Judgment, TRANSPORTATION
works of Dante, Homer and
Shakespeare: all such standards
are set up by man as the criterion
of supremacy in human art. In
like manner, but infinitely more
so, is the heart of Jesus the most
unassailable masterpiece Of God 5
world. In vain will men strive tC
equal the depth, the strength OF
the intensity Of that love: for il
is limitless, being divine.
Love demands a return Of love
and in this alone does it appear
selfish. Ono greater love than
this" is the way Christ describes
His own attitude towards man
kind. "Depart We into everlast
ing torments,' is His stanC
towards those who dare to spur
His love. No middle ground here
no dallying with the world and
with God: "Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with thy whole
heart
The month of June is set aside
in a particular manner that we
may study in the school Of divine
love. This is the highest art tC
love our Redeemer, and in the low
ing to pattern our affection after
the divine model, inasmuch as
human imperfection will permit
Not every instrument is a Strad
ivarius, but one may draw ricl
melodies from an ordinary violin
if sufficient dizziness and artistry
be employed.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05
INSTITUTION CO-OR-
DINATES WORKS OF CHARITY
IN WHOLE ARCHDIOCESE -
BUYS ON COOPERATIVE PLAN
FOR FORTY-ElGHT lNSTITU-
TONS.

Recently Archbishop MOeller blessed
the new home of the Bureau of Cath
Ollie Charities in Cincinnati. This Blu
reau is looked upon as one Of the best
in the nation. Students from the Cath
Ole University in Washington are
sent to study it's methods.
Five Departments.
The Cincinnati bureau occupies two
buildings at the new location. Both
structures are of brick, one of four
stories, the other of two. Both have
been taken over by the bureau.
The activities of the bureau, which
is the official center of Catholic char
liable work in the Archdiocese of
Cincinnati, are divided into five de-
partments: the Children's Depart
ment, the Relief Department, the Cen
trail Purchasing and Bookkeeping De-
partment, the Catholic Charities Di-
agnostic Clinic, and the Salvage De-
partment.
The headquarters of the Children s
Department and of the Relief Depart
ment and the offices of the director
of the bureau, Rev. Francis A. Gress,
lie, and the assistant director, Rev. r
Marcellus Wagner. are situated in one
building which has been remOdelet
and refinished so as to be ideally
suited to it's present use. The cen
trial office of the St Vincent de Paul
Society, which is affiliated with tho
Relief Department, is maintained in
connection with this department.
The headquarters of the Catholic
Charities League, which is also affili
ated with the bureau, and under whose
auspices the bureaus periodical is
published, are likewise on this floor
as are the offices of the stenographer
and of the registrar. In the stenOg
raphers room are kept the records OF
the bureau
The Offices of the Central Purchas
ing and Bookkeeping Department, anC
of the Catholic Big Brothers an(
Catholic Big Sisters Leagues, which
are affiliated with the Children's De
| partment, are on the third floor. Or
this floor also is a big, lightsome
room for the use of the Visitation SO
ciety and the Sewing Guild of the
| Catholic Charities League. Here thu
! ladies meet and sew for the poor. The
room is equipped with a large sewins
table, with three sewing machines, ant
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05

In vain they build unless the Lord
be with them. No doubt they will
succeed in winning a certain num-
Der of pagans to the different
forms of misbelief. These may in
part make up for the millions Of
pagans in this and other civilized
countries, but it will not add one
iota to the general cause of Chris
tianity, the religion founded by
Christ for the salvation of man
kind.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05

A vicious play was being per-
formed in a certain Roman theater
and the Brethren of the Oratory,
much distressed, ran to st. Philip
Neri inquiring if he would not
preach against it, recalls the Cath
Ollie Columbian. But instead the
Saint started the Oratorio in his
church and the playhouse re-
manned empty. So, instead of
railing continually against this
and that, let us take a lesson from
dear st. Philip Neri and provide
something good to take the place
of that which is evil. s.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05

At a reception rendered within
the past fortnight TO prominent
churchman in one of our larger
cities. tributes were paid by sun
dry admiring friends, one of whom
deemed himself the more capable
of touching on the good qualities
of the honored guest, from the
fact that he had lived beneath the
same roof with him. says the Cath
Ollie Transcript. He had thereby
become qualified to pass Judgment,
feeling that "though the public
appreciation of man may be
high, vet the most accurate eStl-
mate of any individual is always
found in the judgment Of those
who live with him. Very true.
And it is no less true that the es,
Inmates which might be furnished
of one by the members of his own
household would be at sad vari-
ance with the impressions he
makes on those less intimately
acquainted with him.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05
CATHOLIC MOVIES
CATHOLICS FLOAT GIANT MOTION
PICTURE CONCERN.

An 100000 motion picture corpora
ton is being launched, with James
Slevin as president and general man
ager, James A. Flaherty (supreme K.
of CO. as vice president, John H. Raj
terry as treasurer and John B. Ken
nedy OK. of C. national publicity di-
rector as secretary, to be known as
the Slevin Pictureplay corporation.
The first picture planned is "A Ma
tons Freedom" an epic story of Ire
lard, and the second Christianity !"
The Office is in New York.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05

Poor Mary, laments Valerian.
Just to show how sensitive the
Catholic mind is on the subject Of
Christian marriage we recall a
meeting recently held amongst the
married women of a nearby
parish. The question was as to
the choice Of film to be presented
as a star attraction for church
benefit in a local movie house.
One good woman, not a newspaper
reader, suggested Pickford pic
ture, and Immediately every other
woman present shouted, 1.-The
idea! The storm was eloquent.
It means that there is q limit to
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05

Right now is the proper time
for Catholic parents to begin to
select the school for their children
for the coming year. Once in a
while there may be a lawful excep-
ton: usually, however. the par
ents who confde their offspring to
an environment where God is I'M
known are the people for whom
the Church is often obliged to
make an apology: they are the
poor relations Of religion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05

The wages Of British Workmen
have been increased by s., 900, OOO,-
600 annually during the past two
years, according to G. A. McCurdy,
British Food Controller. Wages
have been one Of the dominant
factors in the ever-increasing cost
of living, he says, rising costs Of
raw materials being the other. The
general cost Of all commodities, he
states, has risen 50 per cent in
the past two years. High prices
soon will begin to fall, he believes,
but high wages will remain.
AS regards food, there has been
less profiteering in that necessity
in Great Britain than in any other
commodity, owing to strict Gov
eminent control Of essentials.
This control he says, cost the aver
age household about three cents a
week. but was well worth it, for
the Food Ministry has maintained
lower food prices in England than
those prevailing in any other part
of Europe.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05
AID Boys HOME
NEBRASKA X. OF c. SHOWS LARGE
INCREASE.

AT the state convention of the
Knights of Columbus of Nebraska it
was decided to launch a campaign in
behalf of Father Flanagan's Home for
Boys at Omaha. The convention in
Norfolk also endorsed the Catholic
Boy Scout movement.
The report of State Secretary Fran
els P. Matthews showed that the or
der has membership of II 900, gain
OF over 5000 members since the last
convention.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05

A community house, to cost ap-
proximately $4,000, will be
erected near the University Of
Minnesota to accommodate Epis-
cOpalian students attending that
institution. according to decision
reached last week at the closing
session Of the Diocesan Council
held in st. Mark s Episcopal
Church, Minneapolis.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05
CATHOLIC EDITOR DEAD

Mrs. Josephine Sullivan Conlon-
Byrne, editor of the Michigan Catholic
and author of several books, died at
her home in Detroit, Mich, May 20,
after a short illness. She was 50 years
old, and had been connected with the
Michigan Catholic for more than
twenty-five years.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05

During the past few years pro-
ductiOn has not greatly increased.
On the other hand, dividends and
profits have mounted enormously.
as the reports Of corporations and
even ordinary dealers testify. Is
all this justly acquired wealth, or
is it possibly the accumulated
treasure Wrrmg from an unwilling
but helpless people.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05

I'm the museum of the world the
old PhariSee bears a tag marked,
" Antique, common" He may be
the only genuine model Of his
kind, but he has many modern
limitations that are equally as COM
mon, and it may be added, equally
as despicable and morally fetid.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05

Willard Carpenter, chairman of
the board of directors of the IN
land Daily Press Association, is
authority for the statement that in
the last six months 300 daily pa
pcrs and 1,2OO Weeklies had been
compelled to suspend publication
principally ON account of the
shortage and high prices of paper.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05

Probably the most important ac-
tion taken in the Missouri State
convention of the X. Of c. was the
voting to raise $25O,00O within
five years toward the $3,000,0O0
centenary endowment fund of st.
Louis University IN st. Louis. This
would amount to a per capita tax
Of about So a year.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05

This year we are to celebrate
the Booth anniversary of the
landing at Plymouth Rock of the
Pilgrim Fathers, notes the Catho-
lie Citizen. They came here to wor-
ship God according to the dictates
Of their own conscience and make
others do likewise. First they fell
upon their knees and then they
fell upon the aborigines.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-05

Government that does not deal
justly and fairly towards all the
rights of all the people, is but a
farce and the eXcrescence Of
hypocrisy on the body polite: it
is boil disguised under rouge.