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In the Wide World AMERICA During the Past years. said thousand.. I miBishop Morrie, grants from every Catholic country is luroPe lYave come to set' their fortune in this land of Plent . After arriving here, they have been thrown atm their own resources, and away from the influence of the Church and school they have too frequently grown indifferent to their religion and loft their faith. I sell. pose the greatest leakage the Chur' has suffered has been due to our inability to provide properly for these
strangers iii nationality, but brothers in faith. Mans heroic priests have followed them from their homes but their .nuinher was not sufficient le great to minister to the isolated Catholic colonies and families scat-
hands and hearts is very great. he has the pepper sad ginger his blood the-the captains of
dustry-want him."
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Bernard Francis O'Neil succeeded, because he was the right sort of boy. His optimistic pilosoPhy is commended to that considerable class of boys which is disposed to believe that there is a paucity of
opportunities for achievement in this great country. In the beginning of his career it looked as U there was not much chance for Bernard Francis% O'Neil, hut he made his chance and other hoes may make theirs if they have the same basic principles and the energy and Perseverance to meet and conquer obstacles.
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tered over the length and ineacith i this vast territory . They have drifted into non-Catholic communities now Positively, hostile to their re a .:aie supremely indifferent. ligion. And these tour People, out of reach shepherd's voice, throiagb of their timidity or false pride, allowed thei: Catholic consciences to he bl.:nted, and permitted themselves sometimes for the sake of social position, some times for political preferment, but mostly through the atmosphere of ha, yironment, ,to he weaned away Iron. the religion of their fathers. And while we deplore the fact that en many have lost the greatest tress ure a Catholic can possess. his faith, we must also realise that their loss has meant much to the Church in this country This lea'niee has now thank God, been stopped in ereat measure, especially. in the case of German, Polish and Englisb-sPen.- ins nationalities : but it eines on alarmingly, 1 am forced to believe, even Yet araone the Catholic peoples con lug from Southern Europe. Earneir.: effort is being made tr, all the hishoes to stem so dangerous a situation, and I have no doubt this source of I,a'-aee will be overcome in the near future.
The Right sort of a Bey Recently a wealthy man from the West visited New York city. His name is Bernard Francis O'Neil and he lives in Wallace, Idaho. incidentally he is something of a power in
the political and financial affairs of his State. He is a member of the American Ban'ter's Association and is chairman of the Republican State Central Comtrittee of Idaho. Some of the newsnaPer reporters of New
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elicited a vood stun l t V;:as .11!V eloPed that thirty y ears a.,,o va,; a end on the streets of New Vor see in; out a lit ing be selling papHe was in orphan and was ers. without relatives. The Children's Aid Swiety rounded him up with 7c other orphans and sent the entire collection West, where homes were found for them in' the great cattle ranches. Bern ird Francis O'Neil made good, and now he owns ran ches of his o,vn and is reinitcd to -
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be severe' times a millionaire. his tal with th New York re
porLrs inn O'Neil pave utterance to some reniar.:s which are reproduction. He said
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" It doesn't ma -e any difference, wheth'r a 0, is a ragged newseov cr a hi !h school graluatie with 1
monee . he will succeed if he is honest and wants to. There is nothing so scarce in the -world as a boy cf the rie'at sort. He must be right telitliful lion at, nom!, prothrifty gressive. and not ()Irani of hard ,vor . He has got to tu're hard 1;1 ave; in business life with a smile. That spirit at ta' ing a good hard diet',- in r no v and then and net whinine deeelo 's inauhood. The who can smile at hard luck is built of the material that succeeds. " More rfch iran are holding out Ont. hands in the dar'-ness to give e fellow ;.; lift than ever sefore. The iced of 'retina ON S with
Right Rev. Bishop Conaty URGES CATHOLIC PAPERS IN THE SCHOOL. At the recent institute of ('atholic teachers in the Los Angeles diocese, Bishop Conaty stronely urged the use of ( 'atholic weekly newspapers for supplementary reading in upper grades. He said there would be a double result of giving the children good reading and at the same time bringing them in touch with Catholic ac-
tivities. " There is a growing disregard for religious reading," said the Bishop, and it is necessary to cultivate in the children a taste as well as an interest in work which the Catholic Church is doing throughout the world. The Catholic Church fills the world with its work and influence and there is nothing that oc curs in Catholic circles in any part of the world but should he of great interest to every Catholic. The lyeeele ('atholic newspaper is a regular visitor, having for purpose the keeping of the people in touch with all church interests. It comes with its messages of wholesome doctrine,
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frequeete, furnishes means of
defense against the misrepresentation.; of doctrini which find their watt into the home of the people. Every Catholic home should feel the necessity of the Catholic newspaper as
the "ournal of Catholic events, acting as the tenni, instructor in the
things that
relate to the spiritual
welfare of the people. The daily newspaper furnishes the people with
the ordinary business and political haPP(nings of society, but the church rewapaper keeps alive the religious spirit and makes known to us religious events which are of interest to every Catholic home, because we are all members of the great world-wide family known as the Catholic Church and nothing can haPien for its jog cr sorrow in any part of the world which does not affect its members e :ere where. The Catholic newsPaPer brings us wee'rly the words of those charged with the authority of the Church, gives us religious instruction, the history of the saints; ani is ever in the defense of religion against all its advers tries. It has in it doctrine and devotion and is clothed in a literary eherecter which will serve to do its i art in our educational development. The method will cultivate among Catholic people not only a test, Um Catholic reading but will also make the Catholic newspaper a ital element 1n home life."
CHINA ONE HUNDRED
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FIVE YEARS. EMPIRE RECOG NISKS GOOD DONE. One and a half million souls converted to the Catholic faith, and that in the very stronghold of Pananiem sech is the record to date of the nnssioneries of the Church sent to spread the wes'el among the followi rs of Conf lents. Among the priee's who ha --e aided in br'ne snout it's selendid result is Rev. MarAccording to Father Keenelle. the
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raPidle growing Catholic population of China, is now ministered to spiritually by forty-five bishops and twenty one hundred priests, nearly halt of which number -are native Chinese. There are six thousand elementary schools conducted under Catholic auseices in the Flowery Kingdom and in which upwards of two hundred thousand pupils receive an industrial and manual training. The outlook for the Church in China is unusually bright, but even so, there is a tremendous task still ahead of her and many sacrifices and much labour are yet to he entailed. roo,000 CONVERTS YEARLY. Father Kennelly has been attached to the mission of Shanghai for a quarter of aa century. He recent', visited his home in Europe for the first time since his departure for the missionnield. He is the only Erielish-sPeaking Catholic missionary in the Province of Shanghai and one of the ten in the Chinese empire. We are frequently asked if we are making Progress with our work among the Chinese,- he said. We have averaged loo,o0o converts year I. for live ears. In my own mission at Shanghai we have 160 Jesuit priests aided by 40 native Chinese priests, and have about eoo,o00 Catholics, or as many as the total number of converts to alter denominations in the whole empire. " What may we hope for in the future as regards this great work ? We have Perceived that the gospel is tavouralle to the Chinese and that it was made for him as it was for the other nations. The truths of the Church will never disturb the Pence of mind of the Chinaman. The loo,000 annual converts are pledges of the popularity of tile Catholic frith among the Chinese. " At Present the missionaries are protected by a treaty with the goy ernment, hut I think that the time will soon come when china will fon kw the example of the other countries, and grant full peace and toleration to our faith. The work of the Catholic Church has never been cerried on tt ithotit obstacles and trielc and we expect them in China. THE ItEFORNI MOVEMENT. Dealing with olitical, social and economic cut ns in the Chinese emeire, Father Kennelly declared th It the great "reform" movement was the Paramount nettle in China at the present time. The fact that ('hina has experienced an awakening ie not to he noulited, he sand, al en -MA the readiusttrent of a nation of the tremendous population of China, wedded, as it has been, to antiquity tn. centuries. mt'st needs he a taint' that will occupy mane t ears. However, it was Father Kenrelly's belief that the next quar ter of a century would witness a revolutionising of Chinese ideas so that the People would look toward the future it -stead of the past. The establishment of a modern educational system is one of the most important of the means which the new ( employing towaiki eras in; the effects of the ancieet citilisatlor Up to the Present time, however, there has been much difli elate in introducing the technical and hi,h r forms of education, through the lac': of efficient teachers. To remedy this condition the imperial go 'ernment is sending out annually, hundreds cf yelling Chinese studenes to the schools of other countri:S. The colleges and universities of the United Status already have reeei ed a large percentage of these stechns as those familiar with the rennneciars into the port of San Francisco will -now. In in ilding her railroads China hes absolutely refused to accept foreign caeital or submit to foreign control. She wishes to build her own transportation lines and occona Wish other great enterprises all b' herself. This, is because she dreads foreien interference end the comnlicetions which she has experienced in the past.
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Two years ago China made the promise to exterminate the opium evil la ten years. She has Proceeded as far as possible, to prevent the cultivation of the opium poppy and to stoP the sale and use of the drug throughout the empire. Father Kennelly says that if the is a " Yellow Peril" it exists in commercial competition of China is the future. He predicts that in time to come China will be the strongest rival of the United States as a commercial and manufacturing netion. During his stay in California Pa,ther Kennelly visited his sisters in Sacramento, whom he had not seen for more than twenty -five years. They are both members of the Order of Mercy and have been engaged in their pious labours in and around Sacramento for nearly a quarter of a century. Another brother among a family of eleven childreff is a Priest in the Mission in Australia, while a third, also a priest, died a few 3 ears ago in New Orleans. The Kennell'.s came from Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland.
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GERMANY A central committee for the congress was instituted in 1868, but during the days of the Kulturkampf its '14 work was intrusted to Prince LowenThe selection of Lowenstein, stein. was most fortunate. His was indeed a rare genius for organisation. The delegates of one congress had herdle reached their homes, when he was in their towns to see that the resollitt ns that had been adopted were adhered to, and to prepare for the next Congress. When in 1898 Lowenstein became a Dominican, the. central committee was revived. It consists of nineteen members of whom fifteen are permanent, chosen to represent the widest possible interests of the Congress. This is why the Congress is not only always thorougnle awake, talking and acting' to the Polnt, nut even anticipates at tiles fad problems. The other four members are always the president, and vice-president of the local committee of the next congress. This local committee. won'ing through perha I s a dozen sub -committees, Ito s aft: r the speakers, publicity, attendance, accommoiations, finance. building, -decorations, and all details of the meeting. The moment the congress opens these two bodies gives way to a Managing Board. which the Congress Itself appoint.; at its first session. Besides this main committee the congress also appoints committees on the liberty of the Church, social questions. Christian charity, Christian educatir n, etc. They are direct, clear, definite, sensible, practical, they avoid sweePing generalisations, pious esaggerations, venue sentimentality That are the worn of specialists, whose eenerel lenowledge of principles has been brought down to particulars, Thus is the "social -sense" cultivated among German Catholics.
Catholic Congresses The annual congresses furnish the German Catholic with all he needs. or could wish for as a social work er. They are a combination (if background and activity of pageant. and individual effort." After I'll the best was to make a man a constant and etticitnt social worker is to give hint a certain work to do and a background to throw thae work into relief. As a winker, he learns to realise difficulties, ac attires a deeper interest, a wholehearted s., mpathy with co-workers, which es a listener to lectures and n reader of the literature on thesubjeet he never gets. The hackground the reinforcement of his own powers by others, will sustain him, when even religious motives woul I not suffice to make him persevere. It will at once show him what neede to he done and what others are doine. Therefore, the interest which should attach to a study of thi. -
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