Evening star., 1926-11-16
CHURCH GUIDANCE
|NCHAR|T|ES URGED
Archbishop Cur|ey and Rabbi
Simon Advocate Plan Be-
fore Catholic Body.

A plea for the return Of philan'
thrOpical and charity enterprises to
the guidance of the church and re-
ligion. was made by Archbishop Cur.
ley Of Baltimore and DR.. Abram
Simon. the principal speakers at the
annual Catholic Charities banquet at
the Mayflower Hotel last night.
Il am proud To know that your
charity comes from your faith and
your loyalty. for | see greater work
and greater mercy out of the con-
troll Of charities by the church or
the synagogue" declared DIR. Simon.
4 would like to lift the scheme
Of charity TO higher level through
its control by religion" declared the
speaker. who said that society has
been effective in forming every known
service except the elimination of pow
erty.
Poverty represents the inability OF
intellectual man to do wisely by him
who has fallen by the way" said DR..
Simon, making a plea for tolerance
and cooperation among people Of all
nations, races and creeds in charity.
Archbishop Makes Report.
Archbishop Curley made report
on the educational system and de-
clared that Catholics in this arch
diocese have spent $l5,00O,000 on
schools in the past six years. and
that attendance at Catholic schools
has increased 10000 in that period.
Archbishop Curley deplored new
form Of intolerance" Of the enemies
Of the Catholic Church in charging
an "overburdeninc" OF the school sys'
ten, by taxation.
"Catholics cheerfully pay their taxes
10 support the public schools and re-
lieve the tax burden by building their
own schools and educating their own
Children he said.
He also made a plea for the carry
ing out of social and charity work by
the church and pointed out that Cath
olic education not merely trains the
fntelligence. but also makes the stu
dent responsible to God for his morals,
his care Of his fellow man and his
loyalty to his country.
What Children Are Taught.
we teach Catholic children that
Jew and Protestant. not only Cath
olics. are his brothers: that every
man Of whatever faith. color, ma
tionalify or state of life is his brother:
that they are bound TO their fellow
men in the fatherhood Of God and
the brotherhood of man." declared
Archbishop Curley.
Following a plea by Charles w.
Darr. head of the campaign for $4O.-
600 to carry out the work of the
Catholic Charities central office. $l5..
600 was subscribed within few mln-
utes at the banquet.
Archbishop CurleN opened the sub
scriptions with a 81 900 contribution.
This was quickly followed by similar
contribution from Frank Hogan, Peter
Drury. Francis Weller, Frank l.. HeW-
1T and j. +. Mckaig. ir.
Contributions of $500 were received
from Arthur J. May. president of the
rganization and John |. Haas. Con-
tributions of $3.50 were made by Ray
Semmes, Katie Dunn and Leo c. May.
Among those contributing 500 were
Mgr. p. {. Gavan. pastor Of the Sa-
cred Heart Church, Mgr. c. F.
Thomas, pastor of st. Patrick's
Church, and Judge William H. De
Lacy.
In his annual report DR.. John
O'Grady, director of the Catholic Char
tiles, declared that in the family de-
partment 2.164 cases were handled
during the year. besides many hun.
dreds of cases in the juvenile depart.
ment. The Catholic Charities Is an
organization designed to take care of
charity work which cannot be handled
by the various parishes. and $44.232
was spent by the organization last
wear. he said.
Miss Mary Mattingly. president of
the Washington Sodality Union. out
lined the activities of her organza-
tion in connection with the local Catho.
lie Charities. DR.. II. ]. Crosson was
POSTMASTER. George O'Connor, Matt
Horne, Miss Hazel Arth and Miss
Louise Sullivan entertained the gath
ering.
Michael J. Heister was chairman of
the dinner committee and Mr.. Darr Is
chairman of the campaign committee.
1t is expected that the total $4,000
will be reached before the end of the
week