New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1922-12-11
father SULLIVANON
PAR0CHIAL SCHOOLS
Timely Subject Discussed in Ser
mon at st. JOseph's Church

In stirring sermon during which
ne pointed out what he believed te
be advantages of an education secur.
ed In parochial schools, Rev. ]. Lee
Sullivan, at the masses in st. Joseph's
church yesterday, quoted number OF
word-famous laymen to support his
contention that the teaching of sound
morals and religion is as essential as
teaching the three RS In the develop
ment of youth Father Sullivan re-
peated statements by President EN-
5eritus Eliot of Harvard, Roger Babson
and Sir Arthur Balfour, the British
statesman, all of whom, on several oc-
casions, have stated that sincere reli-
gious convictions are part OF well
balanced individual, or nation. AS
examples of men who gained their
education in schools where the value
OF God, as well as the value of the
dollar, is taught. Father Sullivan
pointed to the late Chief Justice
White of the United States supreme
court.
Father Sullivan's sermon was as
follows:
las American Education Week is
drawing to a close and we have heard
much concerning education and the
-rhaol. it might prove timely
In view Of the opposition recently
$50. in the state election of
Oregon toward parochial schools to
say word about this great American
institutions which has served so long
and SO loyalty both God and country.
THE raison d'etre,' the reason why
the church has established a separate
system of schools is because the COM
nand of her Divine Founder deliver
, cred to her first bishops and pBiests,
the twelve apostles, to go and teach
all nations is just as vital, just as
compelling today as when it first fell
from the lips of the Divine Master.
I'VE Catholics have established
separate system Of schools because we
..eve that real broad, complete
education consists in training all the
faculties of the child, not only the
body and the mind, but the soul and
heart.
Train the body alone and you have
perfect, beautifully moulded brute;
train the mind, and you may develop
clever scoundrel. a consummate vii
lain. To balance a sane mind in a
healthy body, to bring about harmony
in the child, all his faculties must be
developed side by side, all trained
gradually, for after all, the end and
the object of education is not to pro-
duce strong man or clever man,
but good man.
No Quarrel With Public System.
I'VE Catholics ara NOT opnoSsd IN /
education. We are taxpayers, and our
fathers before us helped to build the
public schools and pay the salaries of
those entrusted with the direction of
public education. Furthermore a big
per cent of our public school leaders
are Catholic. Priests have been and
are members of boards of education,
and in many cases chairmen Of these
boards have gone into the public
schools and helped to instruct the
children in the higher things of life,
them that they have a soul
as well, as a body, and Creator to
serve eat we'll as men.
mo, we have no quarrel with our
public school system; it is good as far
as it goes but we hold that it does
not go far enough. it neglects the
most important thing in the training
If the child.
''As Christians, we hold that the
parent has the primary duty in the
of the child, not the state.