Evening star., 1924-09-20
,ly Name Convention Solemn Procession Here Tomorrow
From the $50 Edition Star. rkt
TRIBUTE TO NATIONS DEAD
BY HOLY NAME DELEG G4TES
Wreofh Placed With Impressive Ceremonies on
Craze OF UnknO,Un Soldier in arlington Gene.
tery, Cardinal O'ConneH OFFICIATING.

the service, even though it's members
dld more than their share of this
work. We were as we are now. a
distinctly spiritual society and we
dld not professedly assume this phase
OF our national war work because
this work was alien to our purpose.
because it was well done by other or
CARNATIONS who accepted the task
ana because the exclusive spiritual
held open to us was greater than any
human organization could hope TO
cover 1t became the problem Of the
national organization of the Holy
Name Society to tunnel beneath ever>
form Of superficial and spasnodiG
patriotism and to build beneath the
foundations solid supports of religious
ferVor and conscientious enthusiasm
and in this difficult and most sacred
of tasks We know that we were sue
cessful.
Immediately upon the declaration
of war and the mobilization of 'ouH
forces every local unit Of the Hol>
Name Society in the United Stateia
became handspring of solid patrio!
tic activity. We were under no d~i
lusions as 10 the seriousness Of thu
war, we were undivided in our servA
ice to the country. And We knew
that our service in the preparation "a
our men would have to be distinctive
for men who are accustomed to th-.'
profession of their Catholic religions
They knew what we taught them.
that the war was not an adventure, that
patriotism was not a spaSm, that to-
serve America meant the readiness to
die for America And to make them
ready 10 die. clean before God and loyal
to country was what we had in mind
when our Holy Name Societies during
the war sent away its members only
after they had made retreats, missions,
and after thousands in the parishes had
united with them in the holy hour in
asking God TO consecrate their patriotic
impulses in the permanent love and Serv-
ice OF the holy name of Jesus. The
Holy Name Society at this period found
inspiration in the example set by their
spiritual directors of the organization
who as chaplains blazed the trail in the
uniform of the United States forces for
the men whom they directed in the
spiritual battles of peace and for whom
and with whom they would die, as they
did die in the battles of war.
''It may be that the tomb of the Cn-
known Soldier incases the body of
Catholic chaplain who died with the
Holy Name of Jesus on his lips and
the cause of the Holy Name eternaIly
fresh in his heart With all of them
patriotism and service became acts
TN the preparation of our fighting
forces at camps and cantonments. the
Holy Name Society became an inevi-
table force The bishops of the United
States recommended that a branch of
the Holy Name Society be established
in every camp and on every battle
ship. In obedience to this suggestion,
monster missions and spiritual re-
vivals were held at the camps through
out the country. and il was no un-
usual sight at these demonstrations
sponsored by the Holy Name Society
TO receive ten, fifteen and even TWEEN
ty-five thousand at one time into the
ranks of the organization. Not sim
ply because of its numbers, but be-
cause of principles that make for
discipline, the Holy Name Society
became a spiritual force that was
recognized by Army authorities.
These principles taught by the pro-
fession and the practice of our HolyI
Name soldiers became the principles
of American success Their obedi-
ence, their purity, their adaptahility,
their fearlessness showed that their
patriotism was a vital part of their
religion and as permanent as the
Catholic Church itself
I'm battle our Holy Name bodies
showed that they had no fear of death.
ny Snou4u lueS 1eai ue'ti No.i
meant that they were to be joined IN
eternal friendship to the Jesus of the,
Holy Name whom they had loved and
served in life. Real Catholics are not
afraid to die. and these Holy Name
warriors of the United States were
real Catholics. Their heroism and
courage was a source of mysterious
admiration to their officers, but not
to us of the Holy Name Society who
had been preaching the doctrine that
to prepare to die for our country in
such a good cause was to die at peace
with God,
Arrangements for the ceremonies
were made under the supervision of
Very Rev. NJ. ]. Ripple, o. P, p. Ga
national director of the Holy Name
Society, by committee composed OF
d. j. Ryan, John =. Harris. l.. NJ. Nc
Donnen and Rev. B. F. McGeary.