The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-16

Gracy Daly; tnstitutionai visiting committee. Catherine V. Burns: i'm migration committee, Julie McGrath. Executive committee: Mrs Frank J. Daly, Miss Mollie Collins, Miss Marian Dougherty, Mrs Joseph Ste- vens. Mrs Joseph Hosey, Mrs Charles l.. Woodlock, Mrs Helen R. Phelan Miss Mary Campion, Miss Helen Hartnett, Mrs Thomas Driscoll. Miss Margaret Riley, Mrs George Lowney Mrs Frank Doyle, Mrs Alfred Wolff
 Miss Mary Dwyer, Mrs Henry Kast Mrs Arthur Merriman, Miss Mary Mrs Donate Pope, Miss Helen Mo. Donald, Mrs Fred E. Stephen, Mrs Frank P. McEvoy, Miss Josephine Menotti, Miss Frances DeZinno. Miss Anna Orlando and Miss Marie Clan ciola.
 Miss Clarkin introduced the vari. ous speakers and read a brief report of the activities of the Diocesan Blu. reau during the year. Miss Kathryn Hayes, recording secretary, read g report of the minutes of the meeting in 1890. Father Cryne delivered ar address of welcome to those present spoke briefly of the work done
 thanked all who participated in the events of the past year and who co. l operated in the active work of bu.
 erau and council, and called atten.
 tion to the fact that in June the bu.
 reau would be completing it's firs
 de ade in the social service field. IT | her report Miss Clarkin sketched
 briefly the activities of the Child | Welfare department, Miss Edna M
 Maloney an investigator in same, the
 Family Welfare department, (Mis.
 Agnes Fitzpatrick, visitor), the garment committee, the institutiona
 visiting committee, and the immigra- tion committee.
 | Bishop McAuliffe in his short ad.
 dress congratulated the council ant
 bureau on their activities and re.
 called his last appearance in this city
 as guest at an annual meeting. Ht was warm in his praise of the part
 the women in this city were playing
 in the work of Catholic social ser.
 vice. Mrs McGowan, the gues1 | speaker, spoke for nearly one houl
 and impressed her listeners with g
 serious discussion of the part played | by women of the past and present ir
 the social and political problems o1 the day. She said in her opening
 remarks: Tt is always very inspiring
 to have an opportunity to meet q
 splendid group of earnest, enthusi-
 astic women like you who are stand.
 ing for thoughtful Catholic action in
 the busy neo-pagan world of to-day
 In commenting on the permanency and strength of the Catholic religion she cited an example of "the won- ders that can be wrought by faith and devotion in every age," by giv- | ing an excellent description of the famous Guelph Treasure which was exhibited in the Cleveland Museum of Art. She said that from the standpoint of the church the me- diaeval treasures "bear witness to her unchanging ideals and to the inn petus she has always given to art.' Mrs McGowan continued with a statement concerning the Holy Fath- er's expectations for the laity of this generation, in recent and in all of his encyclicals. She also mentioned the recent outstanding event in the church and its undeniable effect all over the world, the broadcast of Pope Plus XI. She spoke of this as an "age of frankness and freedom of discussion of many subjects-it is an age, too, which has brought great changes into the lives of wo- men. This busy, restless era of au- tomobile and radios and talkies, of prohibition and inhibitions, this modern world of newfangled 'isms' has created Q new set of responsibil- ities to be added to the old and in- ] herent duties of womankind." She
 spoke of the changing position oi woman with the times, with womer ! now trading q domestic life for 6 1 career in business. To better under. stand the position of the Catholic woman in the modern world, Mrs McGowan gave a resume of the story of womankind through the ages This was ably done, and from the days of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, to the time of the christian era, on and through the middle ages to the present time the speaker cited woman's participation in events of religious, social and political import She mentioned also the work of the pioneers in the early days of woman suffrage.
 Regarding the "metamorphosis" of womankind, Mrs McGowan said: We don't believe that the mere passing of the 18th amendment to the Constitution was entirely respon- sible for this sudden metamorphosis of womankind. The World war must take the credit for the blame according to our point of view, for it afforded women their greatest op- portunity to demonstrate their tall ents and abilities outside of their own four walls. We women, like the men, have come, Babbitt-like, to be- lieve that we must have club to resent every possible phase of .hu- man activity"
 In urging women to do their full civic duty Mrs McGowan said that she feels that the most important task of women, along with participa- ton in women's activities, ''is the preservation of the true Catholic home and the building of such firm foundation of faith and right prin- ciples for her children that the Cath olics of the next generation may be the bulwark against the ever-en- belief which are spreading over the face of the earth to-day. "All we need to-day and tomorrow" Mrs McGowan said in conclusion" is g simple child-like faith that trusts ir God, the will to know and to do, hu. mility for our own works and pride in those of our church, a willingness to let our light shine before men and to give to God and to country the best there is in us, initiating in our own poor way her who is the model for us all-Mary, the Homemaker of Nazareth" All present were very much impressed with the splendid address by Mrs McGowan in her mes- sage to Catholic women.
 A pleasing musical entertainment was offered during the course of the afternoon by students and alumnae of Notre Dame and the Catholic Hirh school H,l,n ,,,.oer..... .,A ol..a :. .