New Britain herald., 1923-05-29
communion Of saints,
 Responsibility of E,efy0ne


 There is an obligation for every one of Us 10 cooperate in providing for the spiritual and temporal well fare Of those not as fortunate as our- selves, IL stands to reason that the discharge Of tIat obligation may be effected either by our own personal service or by asking somebody else as our delegate 10 undertake 10 dis charge it for us, There are many duties that We AS individuals. could not undertake 10 discharge ourselves, For example. if little child were run over and crushed by an automobile and you were alone at the time. There was no hospital near and no physician available, There was abs solutely no human being within reach at the time. What would be your obligation? You should leave every other duty and give all your atten- ton to preserving the life of that un- fortunate victim, Men know from experience, that such task would be almost impossible for every indi- yidual and therefore they come to- gether and develop the profession of surgery, develop the great institutions Of medicine where the work may be carried on in a more efficient wty. Those institutions depend upon us for support. We have already recognized our duty to society when we con- tribute to those institutions to take care of the particular cases that we personally would be obliged to care for but which are cared for by those who are skilled in such work. What is true in that obligation is true in regard to others.
 In regard to the religious educa- ton of children. It is the duty of every father and mother to take care ot the religious education of his or her child and yet it often happens that parents cannot discharge that duty and they turn to some other organi- zation for it and what do we find? Thousands and thousands of parochial schools esta blished all over the United States. Thousands of women sacrific- 1 ing their lives without Compensation ! to do the task that is the task of in- 1 dividual parents.
 There are those people in such |
  tual position and so we have in our day that extensive work known as so- cial service in which individuals who are really sincere have an opportunity to safeguard the interests of their neighbors.
 "Inasmuch as we cannot take the time from our duties at home or em- ployment to SCOUT the city of New Britain to find those who are in dan- ger, it becomes necessary for us to in order to designate some ,ne who will give all their time, at- ention, intelligence, training, experi- .nce and fine noble motives to doing or these dependents precisely what ve, as individuals, should do if the ; natter were brought to our individual ( Lttention. Someone will be maintain d by funds that you contribute either ( IS members of a diocesan organiza- 1 ion or voluntary contributions in any yay. You will provide the amount necessary to maintain one worker. One yorker will find a task that seems al- most impossible and if she tries to over the entire field she will be dis ( outraged. Inasmuch as all the people $ f this city are organized into a large ] ,arish organization, the problems can } asily be brought from the individual ( ,arishioner to the pastor and as the l 'astor has several other duties to per ( orm and it sometimes is hard for , i'm to get on the inside of the case f should be called to the attention of , me who will be able to get the infor- I nation desired. z
 This program which you started , onight to care for individually, is one apable of the greatest possible devel- pment so that it will not only take are of the broken homes, the helpless