New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1921-06-04
NEW IBERIA TO HAVE NAT
i IONAL CATHOLIC
a COUNCIL.

meet in Knights of Columbus
hall, Sunday, June 9Th at ;oul
O'Clock for the organization nt
a district council of tie Nat
iOnal Council of Catholi: men
a nationwide organization
which has headquarters in
| Washington, ID. c.. and counts
among its leaders such citizens
as Admiral William S. Benson
U. S. N. retired of Washington
ID. c.; John D. Ryan of New
York and Charles |. Denechaud
of New Orleans.
Delegates from Catholic par
ishes in Jeanerette, Cypremont,
Cecilia, Abbeville, Delcambre,
|St. Martinville, Banker, Frank
lin, PalOutville, Clarendon. Bald
win, Patterson and Loreauville
as well as the Catholic men of
New Iberia will attend the meet
ing Sunday, which will be called
to order by the Very Rev. J. M.
Canon Langlois. Daniel F..
Doran of Washington, repre-
scnting the National Council of
Catholic men, and who is in
New Iberia this week making
preparations for the gathering,
will explain the work of the or
ganization.
''The National Council of
Catholic Men is already organ
lied in thirty States" declares
Mr.. Doran. 1.-Two district
councils have been formed in
Louisiana, one at Shreveport
and the other at Monroe. A
has been called at
Alexandria for Monday night
for the purpose of forming
district council and
these three will constitute the
Alexandria diocesan council UNI
der the jurisdiction of Bishop
Cornelius Van de Ven.
"The Right Rev. Jules B.
Jeanmard, Bishop of Lafayette,
who has called Sundays meet
ing in New Iberia will organize
his diocese in two districts. a
second gathering having been
jailed for Lafayette on Sunday,
June II at which Bishop jean
mard will preside. An inn
portant engagement made it
impossible to attend this Sun
lays meeting.
''The work of the National
Council of Catholic Men . is
,atriotic as well as religious.
it is working out a COM
,rchensive programme in the
ield of civic education, the case
# immigrants and in behalf of
'ctter and cleaner motion pic
ures. Newly three thousand
10y scout troops have been
rought into existence under its
uspices.
Through a Bureau of Immi-
ration established on Ellis Is
and in New York and with the
cooperation of its local and dis
rict councils throughout Amer
"a, the organization will here
fter be equipped to advise inn
Migrants of the best places to
,cate and where they may fol-
wv their vocations with the
est opportunity for success. In
lis manner the Bureau will be
to direct newcomers
way from labor markets al
eady glutted. An earnest eff
,rt will be made to establish |
immigrants in rural }
)mmunitics where thar aid i'm
pbuilding the community is $
eeded. Had such a system been !.
operation years ago, the pres.
ut immigration laws would
robably not have been ncc,s-
Try.
"The civic education cam-i
align is being carried out
trough a series of pamphlets
lblished in foreign language,
18th the English text parallel.
plans are also beng devised
develop q system whereby
lral communities may be
rought in closer contact with
1urch and government. It is
xpected within a few months
lat millions of Catholic men
III be working tremendously
carry out the programme of
le National Council of Catho-
{ men which is one of the g
)mpOnent parts Of the National 4
atholic Welfare Council, COM !
Dsed of the hierarchy Of the =
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