The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-14

celebration of Catholic University
 Day in the churches throughout
 the country and the development
 of a program authorized by the
 board trustee sof the university. The three committees are com prised of the board of trustees of l the university and group of archbishops and bishops, who will serve as sponsors of the supervis- | ory organization.
 Letters and telegrams from ab- ] sent prelates and laymen com
 mending the purposes of the con-
 ference and praying for its suc- cess were read at the opening duced the Most Rev John J. Glennon, archbishop of St Louis and the chairman of the Holy
 Fathers committee for the Ad- vancement of Catholic Education through the Catholic University of America, chairman of the confer- ence. In his charge to the com mittee, Archbishop Glennon stressed the importance of the Catholic University project, which is now under consideration, to Catholic education at large.
 University Day Arranged
 The conference adopted the program of its special committee for the national celebration of Catholic University Day, which will be observed the first Sunday of Advent, November 29, in all the Catholic churches in America. On that day, the annual collection for the Catholic University will be taken up in the churches, and it is expected to realize $600.000 to $1 100000 from this source. Elm
 phasis will be placed upon the
 needs of the university on pre- ceding sundays; The Right Key Thomas C. O'Reilly. Bishop Of Scranton, is chairman of this com mittee.
 A special committee for the Bishops, Clergy and Laity Fund will undertake to raise quietly q 100000 in special gifts by commencement day, June, 1892, and this sum with the annual col lection in November will meet inn pellingly urgent needs of the uni Versity. The Most Rev John T. McNicholas, Is chairman of this committee. and the Right Rev John G. Murray, bishop of Port land, Me, is e-chairman.
 Plan to Liquidate Debt At the conclusion of Archbishop Glennons opening survey of the position of the University in Cath ollie life, the Right Rev John G. Murray. bishop of Portland, Maine, moved that the three committees sit as committee of the whole through the four sessions of the conference, which was agreed by the assembled prelates. J. Harvey Cain of Washington, D. C., assist ant treasurer of the university, was appointed the secretary to the con ference.
 Harvey J. Hill, counsel to the executive committee and the board of trustees, presented a summary of the plans of the university's executive committee for relieving it during the present year of It's indebtedness of $1,7O0,000; and plans for increasing the present diocesan collection to $1,OO0,O0O, He outlined the foundation Of permanent wide orgganiZa- ton of the clergy and laity to en- dorse the university development program, which will call for ap- proximately $20,000,0 900.
 A letter to the Holy See outlin- ing the plans of the university was endorsed by the conference and was referred to committee ol bishops.
 The first phase of the program, as adopted by the trustees, con- templates the stimulation of in- terest on the part of members or the church throughout America Tn their national Catholic University. aots p nd special committee on National Celebration of Catholic University Day, is headed by the Right Rev Thomas c. O'Reilly, bishop of Scranton, as chairman; the Right Rev Andrew J. Brennan, bishop Of
 Richmond, active vice-chairman, and the Most Rev Francis J. l.. Beckman, Archbishop of Dubuque, and the Most Rev John w. Shaw. Archbishop of New Orleans, hon. orary -chairmen.
 The bishop. clergy and laity | committee is organized under the leadership of the Most Rev John T. McNicholas, o. F., archbishop | of Cincinnati, as chairman; and the Right Rev John G. Murray,l Bishop of Portland. Maine. active vice e-chairman. The honorary | vice-chairmen of this committee are the Most Rev Matthias c. Lem ihan, retired bishop of Great Falls, | and the Most Rev s. A. Stritch, | archbishop of Milwaukee. The third committee, which will serve | as the special committee on Pre- | liminary Organization and which
 will have in its charge the per- manent development feature of the | University, is organized under the leadership of the Most Rev John | J. Glennon, archbishop of St Louis, ss chairman; with the Most Rev Edward J. Hanna. Archbishop | of San Francisco. and the Most | Rev Edward D. Howard, arch |