The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-07
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The story is told that certain Cath
Ollie father suddenly withdrew his son
from a. Catholic high, school, says
America, He had expressed no dis
Satisfaction with the institution, and
the boy himself was exceedingly loath
to leave his Catholic surroundings for
the atmosphere Of a non-Catholic pri-
waite school: But the. experience had
+ taught the father to put the Catholic
school in his black books. He had dis
covered, quite by accident, he protest
ed, that his son was sitting cheek by
jDwl in that Catholic classroom with
the son of a coachman! In assigning
the desks, the unfortunate teacher, a
Catholic and an American, had given
no recognition whatever to the social
values so highly priced in this demo
cratic country. ..,re
/ This man was.the son of an honest,
! hard-Working, God-fearing Irishman,
who began his career i'll the United
States as a day aborer. The immi-
grant Was a valuable citizen his son
was a parasitic snob. The: son, unfor-
! tNnate9ly,: has many. followers. ASK
any Catholic father or mother why
their child is in a non-Catholic school,
and whatever the answer. it is, as a
ltule, easy to see that un-Catholic, un-
American sflobbery and servilty have
dictated. the choice. To people of this
class. an appeal is rarely possible.
t Like Demas, they have left Christ's
representative, loving this world
But to Catholics who in good faith ask
what consideration may: be given
fashion and social position, in the
selection Of arschool, no better answer
can be given than that made by the
/. late Archbishop Of St. Paul:
II am not unaware that now and
then inl quarters otherwise sincerely
Catholic, the notion is entertained that
. fashion and social ambitions advise
certain non Catholic schools, public or
priva ,s.rather than Catholic. What
the dictates Of fashion or social ambi-
uon2are, do not know, nor do | care
to inquire For this know, that fash
/ ion and social ambition running coun-
ter the dictates Of religion, are as
Kingdoms offered from the mountain
tops,to the. Savior, as the reward of
/ alteration given Satan; and that the an
sWer to fashion and social ambition
must be none other. than the answer of
| the SAVIOR to the tempter: 'Begone
Satan, sfoS it. is written: The Lord thy
God thou shalt adore, and Him only
shaltthou serve, :
! There is no other: answer. The law
! Of the Church is plain The duty of
the Catholic. father is plain And let
| this bet noted, now that the children
are going. back: to school,: no Catholic
! may take upon himself. the responsible
| ity of entering his child at non Cath.
! oIc school, without violation OLA sol
| emn law of the Church The Bisi,on
alone can authorize that act. But not
| even he: can give the permission I'm.
less: indu5itable guarantees are offer
1 ed, first, that the child will suffer nc
harnltin faith or morals, and next, that
/ the religious training of which atten
dance lat non Catholic school de-
/ pfiyes him.. will be fully given under
other auspices. The easiest, as wei
as the best; way out of the difficulty
is to send the child to the Catholic
school from! the beginning!