Evening star., 1926-09-15
Church LEADERS.
MEET FOR PARLEY
Catholic Hierarchy, Including
Cardinals and Archbishops,
Opens 2-Day Session.

With several important matters
awaiting discussion and decision
notably the Mexican church question
the hierarchy of the Catholic Church
| Of the United States, representing
millions of Catholics of this country
entered the first meeting Of two-day
session at Catholic University today
Cardinals, trchbishops and bishops
are attending the sessions. At the
meetings courses Of procedure will
be mapped out as the general policy
of the church for the coming year.
Outstanding among the items com
manding attention is consideration of
the conditions existing in Mexico
since the strict enforcement Of Mex
lean constitutional provisions resulted
in priests being withdrawn from
churches and in cessation of cere-
monies requiring a priest as the Of
fciating participant.
Other Issues in Schedule.
y general folloW-up of the matters
set on foot at the Eucharistic Con
gress is also scheduled for discussion
and matters incident to the operation
and continuation OF the National
Catholic Welfare Council will form an
important part of the agenda.
The four cardinals arrived in Wash
ington last night. Dennis Cardinal
Dousherty of Philadelphia, is staying
at Caldwell Hall, Catholic University
Patrick Cardinal Hayes of New York
at st. Paul's College. George Cardinal
Mundelein, of Chicago. at the apostolic
delegation house, and William Car
dinal O'Connell of Boston at the
Oblate House of Studies.
Archbishops who were expected tc
participate in the sessions opened
this morning included Curley of Bal
timore; DAGGER of Santa Fe, n. Mex
Bowling of ST. Paul, Mimi; Dros-
saerts of San Antonio, Tex; Glennon
of ST. Louis. Mo: Hanna Of San
Francisco. Calf; Harty of Omaha
Nebr; McNicholas of Cincinnati;
Ohio, and Messmer of Milwaukee
Wis.
Many Bishops Listed.
Bishops scheduled to attend are:
Allen OF Mobile, Ala. :; Althoff of Belle
vile, H.; Beckman of Lincoln, Nebr. :
Boyle of Pittsburgh. Pa; Brennan OF
Richmond, Va; Busch of St. Cloud
Mimi; Cantwell of Los Angeles
Calf; Chartrand of Indianapolis,
Ind: Crane OF Philadelphia; Crimont
cuse. y. Y: Drumm of Des Moines,
Iowa: Dunn of New York: Freehan
of Fall River. Mass: Fitzmaurice OF
Wilmington, Del; Floersh OF Louis
vile. Ky: Cannon of Erie. Pa: Gerow
of Natchez. Miss; Gibbons of Albany,
y. Y: German of Boise. Idaho; Grit
fin of Springfield, ILL.,; Hafey of Raj
eigh. y. G.; Heelan of Sioux City,
Iowa; Hickey of Providence. r. l.;
Hoban of Scranton. Pa: Howard OF
Covington, Ky: Jeanmard of Lafay-
cite, La: Kelly of Wiona, Mimi; ;
Kelley Of Oklahoma City, Okla. !:
Lawlor of Lead, S. Oak: Lillis OF
Kansas City, Mo: Lynch of Dallas
Tex: McAuliffe of Hartford. Conn. /;
McDevitt of Harrisburg. Pa: Nc
Govern of Cheyenne,> Wyo.: NIFTY OF
Salt Lake City, Utah; Noll of Fort
Wayne, Ind; Nussbaum Of Marquette
Mich: O'Reilly of Fargo, \. Oak f;
Russell of Charleston, S. c.: Schrembs
of Cleveland. Ohio; Schuler. or III
Paso, Tex: Schwertner of W1chlta,
Kans.; Stritch of Toledo, Ohio; Swlnt
Of Wheeling, w. Va; Taylor of Bel
mont. n. c.; Tief of Concordia, kans. |;
Tihen of Denver, Colo; Van de Ven
of Alexandria. La; Walsh of Trenton'
n. j., and Welch of Duluth, Mimi =