The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-10-01
HIERARCHY MEETS IN WASHINGTON
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the Administrative Committee direct
ing the activities of the Council re-
ported number of definite and I'M
portant accomplishments on the part
of the organization since the Bishops
last meeting. This report showed that
a letter on disarmament had been is
sued by the Administrative Committee
in April; that the Catholic position
on education had been made known to
President Harding and that he had
been informed of conditions in the
Philippines; that the Council had been
officially recognized and consulted by
all departments of the government on
religious questions; that the Church's
interests had been safeguarded in reg
ulations governing the distribution of
sacramento wines, in the tariff bill,
and in the immigration legislation.
Important Services Rendered.
The Secretary of the Navy had given
his appreciation to Catholic work in
Haiti after the subject had been
Gil, Archbishop Hanna reported His
report also recounted the successful
efforts that had been made in behalf
of bringing foreign students to Amer
lean colleges, and told of the official
sanction obtained through the Coun-
ellis interposition for the conservation
" of the graves of Catholic dead over
seas. The organized effective labor
among immigrants both in this coun-
try and in the places of embarkation:
the creation of an agency to assist
Philippine students who come to this
country for higher education; the is
suance of conservative program with
respect to moving pictures, and the
resultful campaign against the circu-
lation and exploitation of indecent
films were other topics of the report.
Successful opposition had been ex-
erted by the Council, Archbishop Han
ma reported, to the repeal of the law
torbidding the transmission through
the mails of literature on birth con.
troll; the Smith owner bill, and the
move to reduce the quota of Catholic
chaplalns in the army and navy, and
had defended the Holy Fathers letter
on proselytizing in foreign countries;
continued the work of gathering his
torlcal records of Catholic participa.
ton in the war and issued the publ
cation, American Catholics in the
War;"
Press Sunday Fixed.
Among the proposals sanctioned at
the most recent meeting of the Bish.
ops was that for Press Sunday and
Press Month. 1t was voted to make
Sexagesima Sunday February 19)
Press Sunday, and February is to be
Press Month.
The Bishops also gave their appro-
patton to an octave of prayer for
church unity. This octave will be Jan.
uary 10 to 25.
The officers of the Administrative
committee of the Welfare Council
were unanimously reelected. They
are: Most Rev. Archbishop Hanna,
cha1rman; Right Rev. P. j. Muldoon,
Nlce-chairman; Most Rev. Austin
Bowling, treasurer, and Rev. DIR. John
f. Fenlon, S. S., secretary.
Some Changes in Officers.
His Eminence Cardinal Doughertv
resigned from the craftsmanship of the
Department of Laws and Legislation
of the Council and from the Admins
trative Committee. Right Rev. Louis
s. Walsh, Bishop of Portland, was
elected to succeed Cardinal Dougherty
as a member of the Committee, and
Right Rev. Edmund F. Gibbons, Bish-
OPP of Albany, becomes chairman of
the Department of Laws and Legisla-
ton.
University Trustees Meet.
The trustees of the Catholic Univer-
sity of America held their regular an
nual meeting at the University on
Tuesday, September 20, preceding the
Conference of the Hierarchy. His En-
inence Cardinal O'Connell presided
over the meeting of the trustees. In
the statement issued by His Eminence
1t was reported that the trustees found
the University in fiourishing condi-
ton and encouraging. The trustees
adopted resolutions on the death of
the Chancellor, His Eminence Cardi-
nal Gibbons.
A committee on nominations was
appointed to submit the names to the
trustees at their next meeting. This
filling of vacancies in the board was
also deferred until that time. The
trustees then adjourned subject to the
call of His Eminence the Cardinal
Archbishop Of Boston,