The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-09-09
SECOND ANNUAL MEETING, MA
TioNAL COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC
MEN, CONVENED IN SEE CITY
LAST SUNDAY-B 4 S n o p s,
PRIESTS AND LAlTY GATHER TO
DISCUSS PRACTICAL. PROB
LEMs-HIsToRIc EVENT IN HIS
TORY OF HELENA DIOCESE.


and laymen from the sixty-one parish
es in the diocese, and with attention
given to every detail that goes to-
ward making a convention inspiring,
entertaining and instructive, the Sec
ond annual meeting of the Diocesan
Council of the National Council of
Catholic Men, in Helena, on Sunday,
September 3, was one of the most sue
cessful gatherings of Catholic men
ever held in the Capitol City, accord
ing to the enthusiastic reports of
those who attended it.
Solemn High Mass.
High Mass was celebrated by Rt.
Rev. Matthias Lenihan, of Great
Falls, at the Cathedral at 1920.
Deacons and subdeacons had been
selected by Rev. John Tracy, rec
tor of the Cathedral, from among the
visiting clergy, while special music
was rendered by mems choir, un-
der the direction of Prof. Javan Pfef-
fer. Very Rev. M. F. O'Brien, rector
| of st. AIMS Cathedral, Great Falls,
delivered an eloquent sermon taking
his subject from the text: II am the
good shepherd; and l know mine and
mine know me. And other sheep
have that are not of this fold: them
also must I bring; and they shall
hear my voice: and there shall be
| made one fold and one shepherd
Father O'Brien occupied the pulpit in
the place of Rt. Rev. John T. McNally
of Calgary, Canada, who was unable
! to come to Helena
The Bishops, priests and acolytes
| entered the Cathedral escorted by a
guard of honor, selected from the
| Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus
| wearing the full dress regalia of the
order. This guard of honor occupied
| seats just outside the sanctuary
stood at attention during the Conse
Grafton of the Mass and presented
arms during the Elevation. They
were R. r. Purcell, Carl Herfurth
James A. Walsh, William Scallon, J
T. Carroll, George J. Joyce, DR.. B. v
McCabe, DR.. T. P. Regain, Richard
Cruise, Peter Guillott, c.. F. Hawkes.
George Maggie, Arthur Sheehan, James
Derham, A. J. Clemo and Jere E. Shea
of Butte.
Dudley Wooton Speaks.
Dudley G. Wooton, one of the mos
prominent lawyers and noted orator:
| of the Pacific coast, made the address!
at the business meeting, which wa:
held at st. Helena auditorium at
o'clock. He is at present the execu
tive secretary of the Catholic Civil
Rights Association of Oregon. MI
Wooton, who is convert to CathC
licity, said that there were hundred
of non-Catholics who were intereste
i in the Church. not alone for tn
spiritual comforts it offered but be
cause it was recognized as the grea
conservative force in the world of te
day. He said that Catholics should b
well informed upon the Church's a.
titude toward social and economi
i. questions and be able to explain thei
Churchs doctrines. That there is to
much Indifference on the part of CatI
olics toward those outside the Church
many of whom have never had an OF
portunity of knowing anything abou
, the Church, is the opinion of M
Wooton. He recommended the reat
ing of Kurth's, ''The Church at tn
Turning Points of History" whic
! has recently been translated by Mg
, Victor Day, because the world is no
at another turning point in histor.
! and the Catholic Church today, as
). centuries past, is the bulwark that ca
. withstand the radical forces.
q Officers Elected.
Q Officers for the ensuing year wei
: elected as follows: Honorary Pres
e dent, Rt. Rev. John P. Carroll; pres
:, dent, Jere E. Shea of Butte; list viz
president, William Scallon of Helena
3 End vice president, Pierre Sanders
!. Anaconda; 3rd vice president, R.
Z. O'Hara of Hamilton; 4th vice pres
# dent, M. Driscoll of Kalispell; s.
q vice president, DR.. A. C. Kelly
q Townsend; treasurer, M. F. Haye
q Anaconda; financial secretary, Carl
=. Herfurth, Helena; secretary, e. 81
n Ivan, Butte; chairman of the appoil
n ment committee, E. f. Everette, Butt
- delegate to the national conventio
= Jere E. Shea of Butte.
er The Banquet.
lie Several hundred men attended t
banquet held at 6 o'clock at the Ed
Rose Room, when Judge George
Erb of Boise, Idaho, was the princil
speaker
Judge Erb spoke of the possibilit
of the work of the National Coun'
- both nationally and locally. He t,
- of what was accomplished during
war, and of the still greater opp
tunities which are presenting the
selves in the great work of rec
struction. He said that the Natiol
ne Council work was not intended
ne supersede that of other organizatit
re- but to augment that work, and
No recommended it's organization, will
ne definite program of work, in ev,
"a, parish, no matter how small.
art Judge Erb also told how be beca
Ter interested in the Catholic Church
to was converted. He said he had ne
zee been inside Catholic church, kno
Catholic priest, nor understood
DR.. Catholic doctrine until after he '
wo 40 years old, and he impressed u
in his audience the need for intellig,
m well-informed Catholic people Y
of we're not hesitant about talking
on. their religion.