The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-07-02

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Most Rev. Austin Dowling, Archbish.
op of st. Paul, was the principal speak.
er at the sixth annual convention OF
the Catholic Hospital Association.
which closed in this city, June "a.
Delegates to the convention number.
ed many hundreds, including members
of the clergy, distinguished physicians
and surgeons and many laymen. st.
Thomas College was headquarters for
the convention. DR.. Nv. j. Mayo, sof
Rochester, Mimi, delivered the ad.
dress, of welcome, following the serv.
ices in ST.. Thomas Chapel ><5s s,T
Archbishop Dowlins,s Address. "
. Archbishop Dowling's address was
in part, as follows: - ~
"The wordf hospital is of Chris
tian origin. 1t is built upon the sVul
gate text in which our Lord describes
the disguises He wears on earth. The
sick, the sore, the hungry, the naked
the prisoner come and go in life and
He is one with all, His, the pinched
face of the famishing; His; the groar
OF. them that faint with pain; His, the
piteous plea of those in want who cal
the bitter bread of tears. The Chris
tian then may never turn aside from
the poor lest he may turn aside from
Christ, and Christians long ago tool
care to make provision for Him Whe-
He came. The guest, the 4hospes
should find his place prepared. Hence
the Hospitium, the hospice and Its
deri, alton, the hospital builded Of ole
and long maintained for the Guest dis
guised in the weeds of. suffering. A
Catholic hospital then has this hal
lowed origin, this challenging tFadi
tion 1t is not built for guests, bu
for, the Guest who would not be dis
guised could He be discovered by an!
eye hnt that of faft -
Hospitals for Poor.
"For centuries hospitals were bnil
flor no other guest but. Christ. The.
were the refuge Of the poor, the sane
tuary. of charity, the playground of TIL
Saints who sought their Lord hiddel
in. the. worn and weary bodies. OF, out
casts. 4r. ~, IA
!. Almost i till our day the hospita
had only ,Christ's poor for it's guests
But in the last half century, or .rathe
| in the last thirty years, the. prodigiou
development. of medical science an,
practice has quite changed the char
acter of hospitals. Surgery has com
into it's own. Marvellous operation
that were not dreamt of quarter o
a century ago are now the familia
daily achievement of every moderl
welEappointed hospital. Hospital
have become places of research Sc
entific laboratories where. skillful ply
| sicians dice with disease and dealt
and more often win than lose. Blu
schools are an expensive undertakin
and surgery comes high, To do surg
cal work we'll demands ideal cond
tions undreamt Of in the. past. ney
| and elaborately appointed buildings
the most modern and expensive instrr
ments, the most highly trained attend
/ ants. :.
''The old Catholic hospitals wer
/ not slow to accept the challenge Q
the new medical demands. They bull
their new buildings, they provide
their expensive equipment. they ur
dertook to develop as highly traine
attendants as the new work of hos
pitals required. In decade or two
they have been made over. !, They ar
| in fair way now to equal the .bes,
They enjoy the confidence of the met
ical profession and for the most par
are eminently successful. -
"How did they do It? Where hav
they found their funds? -.
Christ and croesus.
I'm the old days the Sisters begge
for the Gods poor. They rar,
ly do so now They scarcely need
do SO now. For Croesus has becom
their guest now-Croesus. who ono
loathed hospitals as pest houses
Croesus, who has money and pays hi
bills and wants the best whatever,
costs. Croesus, when he falls i'll, goe
to the hospital, frequently the Cath,
lie hospital, and is our guest, our mos
welcome guest, perhaps our only gues
Christ even as of old 1anguishes. o
fevered cot, tosses about in the ding
quarters of the poor. He has n
money to pay, His bills-to pay ou
bills and it comes high to ministe
to Him today. Is 1t any wonder ths
between the upper and the nethe
milestone OF debt and standards, swee
charity is bruised and faints and die
dies in the house that still by nam