The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-09-30
CHARITIES CONFERENCE.
1900, CATHOLIC CHARITY WORK
ERS ATTACK PRoBLEMs-FIvE-
DAY CONFERENCE AT WASH
iNGToN REVEALS MARKED
ESS-OFFICERS ELECTED
l-vINcENTlANS ALSO MEET.


Upward of 1900 Catholic social and
charitable workers, mainly from the
East and Middle West, focused their
attention upon social problems of ma
tional import at the eighth annual
meeting of the National Conference of
Catholic Charities, held at the Catho-
lie University, Washington, September
II to p.
Steady progress in the organization
and development of Catholic charities
was reflected in reports submitted at
the conference, one of the most sue
cessful that has been held, and plans
were laid for an even more impressive
gathering at Philadelphia which, upon
invitation Of His Eminence, Cardinal
Dougherty, was selected as the meet
ing place of the organization in 1928.
Officers Elected.
In addition to the Rt. Rev. Thomas
j. Shahan, who was reelected presr.
dent, and the Rev. John O'Grady
reelected executive secretary, the
executive committee elected for the
ensuing year will make the arrange.
ments for the Philadelphia meeting.
The members of the committee,
chosen by the conference at it's con.
Guiding session, are the Hon. Robert
Biggs, Baltimore; John Spalding, At.
lanta, Ga; J. F. McKenna, Pittsburgh;
Rev. Francis Gressle, Cincinnati; the
Hon. w. l.. Igoe, St. Louis; Rev. DIR.
William J. Kerby, Washington; Rev.
Moses Kiley, Chicago; James Murphy
Detroit; E. C. McQueeny, Akron; Rev.
Robert Keegan, New York; Rev.
George O'Conor, Boston; Rev. F. x.
Wastl, Philadelphia, and Charles w.
Knoernschild, Milwaukee.
In conjunction with the national con-
ference, meetings of the national
councils of various Catholic charitable
and social organizations were held.
Among these were the Society of st.
Vincent de Paul, the Association of
Diocesan Directors of Charities, the
Catholic Big Brothers and Big Sisters,
the Catholic Ladies of Charity.
80 Sisterhoods Represented.
The. treatment Of delinquents and
criminals, the establishment Of fed
eral courts for the trial of Juvenile
offenders against federal statutes, the
housing and treatment of women
wage earners, the enactment of legis.
lation establishing a. minimum wage
for women in industry, mental tests
for delinquents and detectives and
many other social questions of the
moment were discussed by dis
tinguished array of speakers. Ad
mlnlstrative questions relating to the
work of Catholic institutions were con
sidered by the representatives oil
Catholic sisterhoods, thirty-two OF
which were represented at a separate
| meeting. ........
The conference was opened with
| Pontifical High Mass celebrated by
the Rt. Rev. Thomas j. Shahan. The
Right Rev. Philip J. McDevitt, BishoI
OF Harrisburg, preached the sermon
St. Vincent De Paul Growth.
Marked growth in the Society o.
st. Vincent de Paul was shown in re
ports submitted at the meeting of the
National Council. During the pas
year the receipts of the 1000 parish
councils were $1,O25,O 900 and the ex
penditures for purely charitable pur
poses $1,026,000. The national coun
Gil decided, in response to the re
quest of the central European council
to repeat it's collection for the relic
Of the needy in the care of the Euro
pean society.
Technical questions were considered
by the Association of Diocesan Direc
tors Of Charities which decided ais,
to recommend to the Bishops the ap
| pointment of a committee, consistin.
of one lay and one clerical delegate
in each state to observe the trend O
legislation and report upon measure
hostile to Catholic interests.