New-York tribune., 1921-04-24
Catl1olics Start
Campaign in
Aid of Charity
gyery Wage-Earning Mem
her of Faith To BE Asked
During Week to Renew
Pledge Made to the Fund
$3.50, 900 Raised in Year
archdiocese Is Divided Into
Six Regions; Speakers
Bureau Of $50 Organized

/, arahhishop Patrick d. HAyeS An
.mnecs ,sss to-day as the beginning OF
sssSolfc Charities Renewal and Exten-
':sn Week in the 302- parishes, of the
ssh sssshdiocesc OF New York. The Arch
Hn,esa includes 100000 Catholics in
MANHATTAN, the Bronx, Staten Island
"a Westchester, Duchess. Rocklarid,
prtnara, Orange, Ulster and Sullivan
,aunties.
;,r member of the Roman Catholic
i.iith will be canvassed and asked to
,s' ,snew the pledge of support made last
sssr to the Catholic charities, fund,
ssen more than S960.000 was raised.
/. that time Archbishop Hayes an
.aunced that the campaign must not be
regarded as drive" or temporary ex-
.adient, because the Catholic charities
slb ySss be- permanent in Character. There
snre every subscriber of last year will
10 ssked to repeat his contribution.
However. in many instances the pledges
cara made as for three-year period.
h fact S930,000 Of the amount raised
rss pledged in this way.
The united effort for funds is the
snseouenee of survey undertaken BY
archbishop Hayes three years ago. The
saryey required six months and dis
,Iosed such an amount Of charitable
enterprise that no one, according to
.sose engaged in it, could expect 10
understand fully all the problems pre-
serscd.
Six Regions in Archdiocese
Archbishop Hayes felt that the va
seus charitable agencies; were overlap
,isg, so to provide general supervision
i. organized about 125 Catholic hos
,itals, chldren's homes, day nurseries,
statements and homes for the aged
sndsr one head, entitled The Catholic
Charities Of the Archdiocese Of New
York. Offices were opened at ia East
Forty-seventh Street, and a campaign
vas started to obtain 100000 subscrib-
srs who would endow the project with
an annual income of at least S500,000.
e The response to the campaign plea
vas almost twice as generous as had
seen anticipated. and amounted to ap-
proximatsly 1868, 900, contributed by
$4,000 individuals. The present cam
paign organization is more comprehen-
sye Archbishop Hayes is honorary
president, George j. Gillespie is active
lay chairman of the Archbishop's Com
nittee Of the Laity. and the campaign
staff consists Of Monsignor John j.
Dunn, Chancellor Of the Archdiocese,
Tho is campaign director; the Rev Rob-
1T F. Keegan, secretary of charities to
he Archbishop and assistant campaign
srector, and the Rev Edward A.
Hayes, organization director.
The Archdiocese has been divided into
six regions, with the following as direc-
DTS: The Rev. John S. Snyder, the. Rev.
lsseph Breslin, the Rev. Eugene Gala
Ian, the Rev. Joseph Ryan, the Rev.
lahn J. Duffy and the Rev. John A..
Langton. A speakers bureau OF 150
men and women has been organized, and
0r three weeks these speakers have
been visiting the different parishes.
Film Aids Campaign
To show Catholics the results of
Catholic charities bulletin has been
aublished. and distributed to 100000
jamilies and q four-reel motion picture
las been exhibited throughout the Arch
aiocese. This film cost $4,000 and
vas paid for by a Catholic layman. The
film was directed by TeFt Johnson, who
directed the Red Cross film. The first
vo reels portray sermon on charity,
picturing Christ as ministering chiefly
70 the afflicted in His vineyard. The
othcr two films are ''news pictures" of
the charitable activities of the present.
: A poster urging the Importance of
Charity has been distributed through
,ut the city. Archbishop Hayes wrote
he caption for it as follows: "God is
charity. Comfort the poor, Roof the
Aomeless. Heal the sick. Save the boy.
Protect the girl. Charity is kind"
AS proof of the efficacy of Catholic
charities the campaign organization
calls attention to the 1920 report Of
ihe New York State Board of Charities,
which designates Catholic charities as
perhaps the most significant and i'm
portant undertaking during the year
n the field of charitable work"