The Catholic bulletin., 1922-03-11

patron saint will be given Thursday
evening, March 16, at S15, in the parv
ish auditorium. Some of the best
talent in the city will take part in the
program. The orchestra from St.
Thomas College, a children's chorus
and st. Mary's choir will render spe-
cial musical numbers. Among those
who will lend their assistance on this
occasion will be Mrs. Ambrose c.
Whaley, Mrs. Jane Holland Cameron,
Miss Abbie Miner, Miss McDevitt and
Mr.. D. Lavelle. Rev. John Dunpby
will deliver a discourse with Ireland,
Past and Present, as the theme.
Church of st. Agnes: Rev. Father
Stephen. O. Nj. Cap, spoke in this
church last week on the work for
| colored people in the United States.
He said that there are only 100000
| colored people, of the 100000 here,
in the Church today, and this is not
so much through any fault of theirs
During slavery nothing could be done
for them, for the slave took the re-
ligion of the master There were
comparatively few Catholic slavehold-
ers, and so also few Catholic colored
people when slavery was abolished
Conditions having changed, the Holy
Father asked the bishops of the Unit
ed States to send priests and sisters
amongst them. The reply was, I'VE
have none" An appeal was made to
Europe, and England sent some JOS
ephite Fathers with seme Franciscan
Sisters. These were the only ones
that labOred for years amongst the
colored people of the south.
The bishops are alive to the fact
that this field has been neglected.
and that if much more be not done
soon, the conversion of the colored
people will quickly be lost to the
Church. The Church is the only in
stitution that can make the colored
people good Christians and citizens.
The first thing to be done to bring
the negro into the Church in the
north is to welcome him to the Church
and the child to school. Let each
pastor take care of those living in
the district of his parish. TO estab-
lish churches and schools exclusively
for the negroes is a failure unless
there are many living within a ra-
dius of fifteen minutes walk.
The objection often made that the
white Catholics resent sending their
children to school attended by color
| ed children is unfounded, as experience
proves. If they do it is due to igno-
| rance which can be removed.
We must also have homes or board
| ing schools. for many children need
| institutional care, and then, too, we
must have such schools to give some
a thorough Catholic training and to
| foster thereby higher vocations. We
need many colored priests and sisters,
| for the white man alone will never
| reach the colored people as whole
their number is too great. The Ca.
puchin Fathers of the Province of ST
Joseph, upon the request of Arch
bishop MessmeT, opened a mission fol
colored people of Milwaukee eleven
years ago. Soon then they opened g
day school: and, realizing that many
children needed institutional care, g
home or boarding school for boys
and girls was opened.
| MINNEAPOLIS.
Il -CathedraI: two weeks mis-
sion will open next Sunday. The frs
week will be for the women of tht
parish and the second for the men
) Rev. R. S. Cartwright, c. S. P, Rev
j, Peter J. Moran, c. S. P, and Rev
w. B. Pipp, c. S. P, will conduct th'
: exercises.
, St. Patrick's Day, March II, viii
be observed in special name
this year by members of tn
pro-cathedral parish with a program
of varied entertainment in the audi
/ torium. Nine Louise Bailey-Apfe
beck, pianist, will give piano selec
tions Another artist Of note to al
pear on the program is Louis Wolf
; violinist, who is assistant concel
n master of the symphony orchestr5
Vocalists will include Mare klebb;
: tenor, who has appeared in gran
I opera in Chicago. Irish songs apropo
}. of the day will be given by Mrs. Fran
+ Mulcahy. Rev. J. NJ Reardon of tn
I pro-cathedral will deliver a panegyr
c on Ireland's patron saint Miss Maud
= Moore is directing an Irish playlt
r which will be presented as a secon
e part of the program. A group
young women will give Irish songs ar
4 feature numbers. Miss Genevie,
Is Ward is directing this act. The fin
l. number will be a saxophone ente
tainment to be given by Thorn;
rs Sclechta. A special orchestra
r. twelve members of the symphony {
le chestra will play popular and Iri:
le airs.
~ ST. Benedict College Alumnae: {
Is last Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Har
u Lindquist of 5110 Emerson Aven
ie South, Minneapolis, was hostess to
. group of Twin City ladies, all of who
III were former students of Saint Ber
nc diets College at Saint Joseph. Minr
:" sofa At this delightful gathering
ne Twin City Chapter was formally
ganized and social and education
:, program outlined. The following
- ficers We're elected for the ensui
- year: President. Mrs. Edward H
- berger Minneapolis; vice preside
- Miss Kathryn Bremen, st. Paul: S
- retary, Miss Clare +. Prinz, Min
~ apolis; treasurer, Mrs. Fred Ere
=, ST Paul.
All former students of Saint Be