Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1920-09-18
CHARITIES CONFERENCE.

The annual National Conference Of
Catholic Charities convened in
Washington last Sunday and was in
session until Thursday. More than
1000 Catholic leaders, representing
the clergy, the Catholic sisterhoods
and clay organizations are attending
the conference which will continue
through the week. The Superior
Council of the st. Vincent de Paul
Society will hold it's annual meeting
In conjunction with the conference.
The Most Rev. Archbishop Bon
zano, Apostolic Delegate, officiated at
the opening mass, while at the first
general session Sunday night the
speakers included Secretary of State
Colby, Thomas X. Duffy. Chairman
of the Ohio Industrial Commission;
Charles j. Brown, Presiding Judge
Of the Municipal Court of Phila-
delphia, and Helen P. Mccormick,
Assistant District Attorney, Brook
lyn.
Problems in the organization of
relief work were discussed Monday
by the national conference with rep
resentatives of the clergy, the sis
terhood and lay organizations attend
ing the sessions. Secretary of State
Colby in an address at the close of
the first day of the biennial confer
ence declared there was pressing
need for American relief organiza-
lions to carry on their work in for
eign countries. He praised Catholics
for the effectiveness of their relief
activities abroad as we'll as at home.
The part women voters are to
play in civic affairs, especially with
relation to social problems, as a re-
suit OF the adoption of the suffrage
amendment, and the cost OF living
were among the SUBJECTS outlined
for discussion at the later sessions.
The remainder of the conference
was devoted largely to sectional
sessions concerning social and civic
activities, care of children, delin-
quency and related subjects. ways of
improving and co-ordinating char
table activities embracing 557 hos
pitfalls and $50 homes in which are
cared for nearly 100000 delinquent
and dependent children, and the
part women voters are to play In
civic affairs. Every type of Catholic
charitable and philanthropic activity
was represented, including hospitals,
childrens' homes, homes for the
aged, women's clubs, community
houses and legal aid societies The
official proceedings will be compiled
and then published.
Those who went from this city
to attend the sessions were the Rev.
George w. Schuhmann, pastor of
St. Johns church; John A. Doyle.
President Of the Particular Council
of the St. Vincent de Paul Society:
Col. p. H. Callahan, Edward ]. Bos-
Ter, j. Keeper, Miss Edith Callahan
and Miss Margaret Malone, the lat
ter associated with the Welfare
League here. The first convention
of this association was in 1910,
when the opening address was de-
livered by Judge Matt O'Doherty,
OF Louisville.
The National Conference of Cath
Ollie Charities hereafter will meet
So ~ah....s. -
cision to hold meetings every year
/ alternating between Washington
and cities in the Middle West, was
reached by delegates to the confer
ence on Wednesday. Immoral and
uncensored motion pictures were at
tackled as one OF the <.sprincipal
causes of Juvenile delinquency by
Miss Teresa r.. Donohue, President
of the League of Catholic Women Of
New York City in an address Mon
day night.