The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-09-10
DIOCESE OF HELENA
Diocesan Correspondent. Rev Thoma.
B. Killila.

Butte: The Diocesan Council of
Catholic Men of the Diocese Of Hell
ena, was instituted in Butte on Sun
day, September 4. The organization
meeting was held at the Knights of
Columbus building, where delegates
from every parish in the diocese of
Helena were in attendance. Jere E.
Shea, diocesan representative of the
National Council, presided at the meet
ing which was addressed by Patrick
w. O'Grady of Washington, D. c., who
explained the purposes of the organi-
cation and directed the work of insti-
tuting the local units.
At $50 o'clock in the morning the
delegates met at the knights of Co.
lumbus building, where each was reg
istered The delegates then marched
in body to St. Patrick's Church to
attend the Solemn High Mass which
was celebrated by Very Rev. Joseph
M. Venus, assisted by the Reverends
John Meehan and John O'Connor The
sermon was delivered by the Right
Reverend John P Carroll, D. D., Bish-
op of Helena.
At the business session of the after
noon, arrangements were made for
the organization of parish councils on
next Sunday. The delegates in at
tendance at the meeting will assume
| full charge of the institution of the
local units of the diocesan organiza-
ton. These representative Catholic
| laymen, having learned the purposes
and methods of the countrywide Or
| ganization, are expected to form the
| nucleus of united body that will tell
| for future work. At the election of Of
| ficers, the following were named:
Bishop John P. Carroll was named
honorary president; Jere E. Shea of
Butte was elected president; Judge j.
V. Dwyer of Butte, vice president;
| Carl E. Herferth of Helena, financial
secretary, and M. F. Hayes of Deer
Lodge, treasurer.
| Conference vice presidents were
named for the four districts in the
diocese as follows:
Pierre Sanders of Anaconda, Butte
conference; Robert A. O'Hara, Ham
ilton, Missoula conference; H. J. Ham.
mil, Bozeman, Helena conference; Mi
chael Driscoll, Kalispell, Kalispell con-
ference.
Bishop Carroll outlined the need of
effort on the part of Catholic men in
caring for the immigrants arriving in
this country and explained the origin
of the council and the work under way
to handle the immigration problem.
The Bishop appealed to the council
to take up the pressing problem OF
the adolescent boy and cited instances
of Catholic children suffering not be
cause of bigotry, but because of the
lack of Jealous care on the part OF
adult Catholics.
In explaining the aims and the work
of the council, Mr.. O'Grady said that
the purpose of the organization is tC
re-establish as the nations standard
the fundamental principle of right and
justice within the country. He ex
planned that non-Catholic as we'll as
Catholic men are eligible for member
; ship.
Il Mr.. O'Grady explained the immigra
ton plan of the council and by ref
erence to a survey Of conditions made
by the council, alleged that the Catho
lie emigrant, upon leaving Europe, ha:
been flooded with literature violently
hostile to the Catholic Church. Thi.
propaganda, charged Mr. O'Grady, i.
an effort to break the last shred O
religious faith held by these immi
grants, and the inquiry showed tina
it is resulting in religion being los
completely by these immigrants.
Such conditions left the traveller,
, the prey of soviet and bolshevis
agents at the ports of entry, and sur
!, vey resulted in the conclusion tina
!, bolshevism in the United States is no
imported, but is developed at ports 0
, entry as the result of this propaganda
the speaker said