The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-05-21
BISHOP CARROLL DELEGATES
SCROLL FOR VALIANT WAR
RIoRs-cEREMoNY IN BUTTE
CHURCH HoNoRs SERVICE MEN
FROM ST. PATRIck's PARISH.

AS stated last week, the memorial
tablet, bearing the names of ten men
who paid the supreme sacrifice and
about 300 other service men from st.
Patrick's Church, Butte, Mont. was
unveiled by Bishop John P. Carroll
Sunday evening at the church.
In his address Bishop Carroll smoke
as follows:
Bishop CAROLS Address.
You have just witnessed the bless
ing of the tablet erected in memory of
the boys of this parish who joined the
colors during the world war. The tab
let is given to the mothers of these
boys by Mr.. Cornelius F. Kelley in
honor Of his own mother. I thank
Father Venus for asking me to pre-
side at this simple, but beautiful GER
emony. For to me it is full of mean
ing.
ut calls to my mind the two classes
of persons who contributed most to
our country during the great war-the
boys and their mothers.
First of all, the boys. Who shall
declare their patriotism? Others
preached patriotism. They praeticed
it. Others gave time or money to
the great cause in which we had en-
listed. They gave themselves. 1t
matters not that the fortunes of war
did not exact from all the supreme
sacrifice. All had willingly placed
their lives on the altar of country, and
therefore, all are entitled to the un-
dying gratitude of their fellow citi-
zens. Whether they believed with
their hearts blood the fields of France
and Flanders, or whether they re-
turned to celebrate the glorious vic
tory their bravery had achieved-all
are our heroes. To victims and sur
vivors we pay today the tribute of
loving, grateful hearts.
| 'St. Patrick's is proud of the boys
whose names are inscribed on yonder
tablet. They are her boys. The les
sons of patriotism she taught them
] from this pulpit and in the halls of
her parish school were not forgotten
in the days of our country's stress
and trial. Faithfully did they render
| tribute to Caesar, as well as to God.
Loyalty were they subject to the high
er civil powers, remembering that all
/ authority is from above. With them
patriotism was a religious virtue, and
| love of country next to God. AS she
blesses their names, now inscribed on
| enduring bronze, st. Patrick's writes
| them upon the tablet of her hearts to
i hold them in fond and everlasting re-
+, membrane.
/ Mothers of Men,
! "And what shall I say of the moth
ers of our heroes? The sacrifice they
made can be measured only by the
depth of Ntheir love. And who can
| sound the depth of the love of moth.
er for her son? 1t is the strongest and
hottest human love- 1t is surpassed
only by the divine love itself. Can
a woman forget her infant, so as not
to have pity on the son of her womb?
says the Lord through the mouth OF
the prophet Isaias (xlix, 15), and il
she should forget, yet will not forget
thee Sublime, therefore, must be
forth her son to face the cannon's
mouth or, like the Spartan mother
bids him return with his shield OF
upon it. Sublime the patriotism which
can command such sacrifice.
catholic mothers draw their inspir
alton from the sorrowful mother OF
Our Redeemer, who stood at the foot
of Calvary's cross and offered up the
life of her son for the salvation of the
world. The Mother of Sorrows is
their model, as they sacrifice the
lives of their sons for the safety OF
their country. Vice President Mar
. shall in an address to American wal
mothers said: I have thought of the
Blessed Virgin, the Queen of heaven
and the mother of God fncarnate upon
earth, as typical of the mothers of all
the ages, who have been compelled
to stand and see their sons suffer in
the cause of justice and humanity
have been compelled to see their lit
tie prattling babes grow up to stalwart
manhood and face the hour of duty OF
service and of sacrifice; who, sad-eyed
and broken hearted, have watched
them as they marched to martial
strains along the highways of duty
to the Calvary of supreme sacrifice in
the cause in which they believed. The
typical mother of all time, she has
4 glorified and beautified and made sa
cred motherhood in all the ages and
in all times. But particularly has she
made sacred that motherhood, which
for cause in which the son believes
has been ready and willing that the
! son should give up his life, his for
tune and his sacred honor to the &C
complishment of his noble ideal
"She is also the consolation of moth
erhood in the dark hour of suffering
and death. For as Mary's bitter grie1
was softened by the thought Of the
resurrection, so the mothers of orr de
parted heroes are consoled by the hope
I of clasping them once again to theil
bosoms in the land of eternal peace
Together with the boys, therefore, ST
: Patrick's will ever cherish the mem
DRY of their mothers.
'sThe donor of the tablet appreciates
{, the mother love that issued in the eX