The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-10-22
.REAU OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES

REAU OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES
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rted that there was not a single
of truancy during the month. An
school reported that under the
system it's attendance was in
sed over twenty per cent. The
eau intends to do more intensive
in this field during the coming
and it is believed that the num-
of cases coming into Juvenile
IT can be considerably diminished
eby.
Community Work Department.
y A further study of the court
rds shows that sometimes the
munity is at fault; that certain
ions of the city furnish more Juve-
curt cases in the aggregate than
An investigation shows that
&dren in these delinquent areas
much in need of religious
nd proper recreational facil-
remedy this defect the Blu
y established Community Cen
yhich these children might be
igious instruction and whole
creation. Two of these Gen.
re already in operation and a
is to be opened in short time
summary of the activities of one
lese Centers comprises the follow
three part-time and Kindergarten
kers; Seminarians and Nuns
hit Catechism during the year; 10
Catherine College students cared
girls club, choir work, athletics,
:ial programs, etc.; three pupils
1 st. Agatha's Conservatory direct
dramatics, music and choir work;
)ung men and women took care of
;chism lessons, club work, enter
ments, etc.; The John Ireland club,
list Child Society, K. of c. and st.
mas College orchestra also assist
in various ways. The Guild of
holic Women and the st. Vincent
""ul Society furnished milk, furni-
sewing materials.
astimony of Pastor.
of of the value of Commune
Of this kind we give here the
the priest in whose parish
rhncn 0nnrofnI.
Catholic societies have been
sed at the Club and meet there
ly. These societies were or
ID under the direction of the
st, but they owe their energy
i activity very largely to the work
the Community Center. The priest
lid do little with the societies were
not for the cordial and homelike
nosphere surrounding at all times
, Community Center. The Apostle
ip of Prayer meeting at the Club
S, through it's eight or ten pro-
tiers, reached out into practically
cry home, Catholic and partially
tholic. By the activities of this
;iety a few Catholics were discover
and some invalid marriages were
ede known to the priest. The Girls
bib was originally composed of Cath
C girls with a few non-Catholics.
ON it's work the senior Girls Sodal-
of the Assumption was evolved in
lgust, 1920.
The Altar Society for the married
men and the Holy Name Society,
wing on it's roster the names of
enty-two men, both meet regularly
the Community Center. These two
cieties in addition to their own pecu-
r aims generally deal with the COM
unity problems that require atten-
IN. At one time it is the financial
oblems of the boys baseball club
another time the formation of a
ndergarten class, or again the best
ethods of dealing with the menace of
public dance hall or gam bling place.
hese and many other problems are
enerally discussed in genuine spirit
Catholic charity and neighborly
Child Placing Department.
The court worker, in his investi.
alton of the home, sometimes finds
nat it is not a fit place for the child
hose character in it's plastic period
an be so easily made or marred
;ither immortality or absolute neglect
n the Part of the parents sometimes
ecessitate the removal of the child
nto a more wholesome surrounding
there it will receive proper care and
,ttention. Other parents, again, be
ause of petty grievances or basel
'assions, will break up their homes
nd desert their children, leaving them
O shift for themselves. To adjust
UGH children as these in the proper
environment the Bureau has recently
Established Child Placing Agency. Il
!, the aim of this department to secure
'Dster homes, free homes, or board
.lg homes where these neglected little
mes may receive the individual at
ention and sympathy so much craveC
Or in the heart of the child.
During the year regular visits are
made to the County Jail and the City
Workhouse, where instructions are
iven and Catholic literature is dis
ributeG to the Catholic inmates.
With the assistance of the Catechet
cal Staff, instructions were given ,tc
he Catholic children in the State
hospital for Crippled Children. Or
uly 10Th, thirteen of these received
heir First Holy Communion. Every
fort was made to make this day an
ventful one for the little cripples