New Britain herald., 1930-05-06
Bishop Hafey Attacks Modernism At 18th Anniversary Banquet of
 Catholic Daughters of America
Southern Prelate Strikes at 1rreligious Attitude of Generation Mother and Sisters Attend Func- tion-Gifts Presented to Charter Members.


 More than 900 members and friends of Court Columba, Catholic daughters of America, gathered at the Burritt hotel last evening to nt- tend the silver anniversary banquet of the court and heard Rt. Rev. William J. Hafcy of Raleigh. x. c. in an address in winch he urged the Catholic daughters to fight hard 10 bring Catholicism to the 6o,oOn.n0 in this country that have no re- liglon at all.
 The bishop discussed the work of Catholic women. stated that the fight against religion is through an appeal 10 the senses, claimed that there are as many good things in the world today as in the old days. de nounced a certain Alabama senator and said that the slow spread of Catholicism in the South was moi due to southern bigotry so much as tn northern misguided opinion.
 Attacks Modernism
 Before starting his main address. Bishop Hafey attacked the modern type of banquet and after dinner speakers who spread the belief in q loud and dramatic manner that the world of today is on the brink of dihaster and pcrdtion.
 Bishop Hafey stated that speak CTS and writers who spread that be- lief are raising He'll among the listeners and by Hell I mean that very word, the absence Of heaven. There are as many good things in the world of today as in former centuries. There are goth century saints and martyrs as well as the i 6th century saints" He continued 10 say that there are those who advo cate the doctrine Of birth control, the murder Of child life
 CasheS in on Peoples Ignorance
 Speaking Of the Alabama senator, the southern bishop stated that the man did not believe or mean what he said but that he had brains enough to know that he can make money and votes working on the ig norance of the people.
 Bishop Hafay spoke as follows:
 Triumph and failure are terms 'ncxtricably linked with conflict, with battle, with warfare. Jesus Christ. the God Man was born amid the angelic salutations Of Peace on earth to men ot good will; ct tho King of Peace proclaimed in cryptic language ! came not 10 send peace, hut q sword tMat-. 5:9) and H. said Blessed are the peaCemakers tMatt. 1o;S4 and Peace I leave with YOU John 1420 would seem 10 have uttered q contradiction un- t,l we have comprehcnded the meaning of Peace and the necessity O. conflict in the mind of Him who vas the Wisdom Of God revealed to mankind Peace connotes good will and good will is but harmony with Gods will. Evil will is discord with Gods will; 1t seeks what God for bids; it opposes what God con- nands. The forces of evil are as real. as persistent. as the diabolical spirits of hell who marshal and di-
 
 may be thwarted and that souls may be damned. The assurance Of the peace of Christ is found only in Unyielding conflict with the com mon enemy of God and souls.
 The conflict of good and evil is not battle of recent days. It began IT, the garden of Eden; the crisis ~ ,l, hr,ry hsF Christ wrestled with the unleashei furies of hell and conquered by dy- ing the death of a malefactor. lt vas the triumph of failure, an1 when Christ was crucified He Was also enthroned. Above His head Tn three languages was the inscription ol His kingship. in Aramaic, Il Greek. and in Latin. Greek was the language of philosophy, Aramaic vas the language of religion, and Latin the language of world power. Christ would henCcforth be king of the hearts, the minds, and even the earthly energies Of men. He estah- Ilshed His kingdom which woul'l b. the projection of His hfo 10 the
  would wage the battle of Christ against the World and its srirlt Of vorldliness The world IS not maI- kind. 1t is tne league of ComblnG- ton Of all the tendencies leading away from God, Gods will and Gods commandments. Thus We clearly recognize the contestants; h.. cf hf than the Catholic church and tho vorlC-the enemy for which Chris could not pray, for 1t was and IS tn snorn enemy of peace. Of virtue, o' truth, of the supernatural, of God Himself.
 Tactics Of the Enemy
 "The tactics of the enemy deserve consideration. They may be easily classified under three headings: it's maxims, its seductions, its threats. The attractive maxims and the al turing seductions prove weak in struments of the world in q land where Catholic faith has been well rooted. Then threats and force ar" called into play as witness Ireland. France, and in our own day, Mexico, so recently somewhat relieved from the heel of one of the most horrible prosecutions in the history of tn, Catholic church. In America, in our own country, sensual allurements and false yet pride provoking phii- osophies. are the more successful means Of ensnaring souls, lreeding crime, begetting family, social and national disorder, the accumulation Of evil which is the antithesis ot the Peace which Christ would bring 10 men of good will.
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