Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-29
0'BRIEN TELLS
OF CATHOLICS
PRIDE in CITY
Church EndeavOrs to Serve
Community, ROtarians
Hear.

The Very Rev. NJ. T. O'Brien, V.
G., of st. AIMS cathedral. was the
speaker at the Rotary luncheon in
! the Palm room of Hotel Rainbow
Wednesday. He praised the work of
Rotary and urged the highest loyalty
to the constitution and the avs that
Father O'Brien spoke for some time
in a pleasant vein which was much
enjoyed by the Rotarians, and fur
Their as follows:
In an organization such as is the
Rotary club, the membership of which
is made up Of men from every vOca-
ton in life. and all banded together
for a common cause, a great deal of
effective work can be accomplished.
Your aim. | believe, is similar to that
of all other kindred organizations,
namely. the upbuilding of a greater,
!, a better and a broader community in
its every phase of usefulness-com-
), mercially. industrially, socially, finan-
cially, morally and r%eligiously.
= Founded Upon Laws of God
!. Il believe we all admit. that Al
mighty God, the Author of all good,
; must be served and that His laws must
be obeyed. l am convinced we all re-
cognize that all order and law, such
as we find here or in any other land,
is founded upon the order and the
laws of God. / am likewise confident,
and we are not unconscious of the
fact. that when we fail to fulfill our
duties to, or to comply with the re-
quirements Of those laws which
, emanate from Supreme Wisdom and
: Authority. that there is a possibility
that we will fail to respect the rights
of our fellow man, and the laws that
I govern our country.
Hence, gentlemen. l say, that re-
:, ligion must enter into our works and
, into our lives if we wish to bring them
, both to a successful issue. By this
| do not wish to imply that you must
adopt any particular form of religion
! or that | am advocating any. In your
organization you have a representa-
ton of virtually every church in the
city. and you are working harmonl-
ously together, not from any selfish
motive. but for the common good and
well being of the entire community.
Catholic institutions in City
The church to which | belong. and
with which some of your members are
affiliated. is striving to do all in her
power to spread the name and the
fame of our common city throughout
the land. Our Sisters hospital has
been placed by the national board of
disqualification work, as you perhaps
already know, upon the list of ma
tional hospitals that fulfil all the re-
y quircments of q standard hospital. Our
orphans home. in which we house re-
gularly about 40 orphans. the vast
majority of whom are objects of abso-
lutte charity. is second to no other in
stitution of its kind in the state.
Our Academy on the hill has been
o recognized as the finest specimen of
|. architecture to be found among the
private educational institutions be-
tween st. Paul and the coast. The
: new Sisters convent which Is being
n erected at the corner of Fourth ave-
6 nue. north and Tenth street. when
Z ment in the upbuilding of our city.
"Our parochial school. which has
2 been erected, and in a very great mea-
! sure is being paid for by the hard
earnings of the members of our church.
u with its enrolment of over 300 child
rem. is not only an ornament among
the school buildings of our city. but
il is doing its share in saving to the
D city thousands upon thousands of dol
= lars annually WDlt0 WOHlu ne ftHulEfu
e in the payment of salaries to teachers
for that number of children.
High Standard Maintained
"In patriotism as well as in all
n other branches usually taught in any
n school. our children are taught as eff
S ficiently and as thoroughly and the
! other school in the city, and ! make
e this statement without fear of con
tradiction by the superintendent of the
J. schools of Great Falls. In addition,
n we give our children something more.
4 We endeavOr to inculcate reverence
d and respect for Almighty God and for
His d%ivinely given laws. We teach
r our children to respect themselves and
h the right of their fellow man. We
teach our children to obey the laws
q of the land, that they may be loyal
n daughters in the home. staunch de-
o Tenders of the constitution of the
i United States and valiant children of
our great nation.
q "As n church. therefore. We are en-
a deavOring to render the best service
y possible to the community in which we
live and our works are extended along
/ all lines for all the people. for there
: is no distinction made between the
nOn-(athOlc ana Ihe tdtIloHc rs we
find them interpersed in our schools,
our hospital and in our orphans home.
Tampering With Constitution
Il listened with a great deal Of
o satisfaction a few days ago to an
4 address given before the members of
the Kiwanis club. on the duty which Is
:. ours to respect the laws that are en-
h acted for the well-being Of the people,
whatever may be our individual opln-
ions. What we say with regard to
the present late enactments, we may
say with still stronger emphasis with
! regard to that most magnificent and
comprehensive Of all laws, the consti-
), tuition of the United States.
When we find men, placing them
= selves on a higher plane than the con-
stitution of the United States would
have them reach, when We find men
who think that they are wiser and
better than what that constitution
would have them be. when we find
men with dwarfed minds and unbai-
g anced intellects, when we find men
n with ignoble purposes and narrowed
b principles, endeavoring to tamper with
s that sacred do>lment, gentlemen, it
e is time to cry halt. We have seen in
: the very recent past, the dlrefui ct