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THE RECORD, SATURDAY.. JANUARY 27, 1923.

NO. 2113.

Conference of Catholic Schools important Congress of Catholic Teachers

ARCHBISHOP'S ADDRESS AT THE CONFERENCE MASS. "Nisi donsinus aedilicat dumum. in %enis lisborant, qui aedificant

cam." Selecting this text, his Grace the Archbishop delivered an inspiring and Aimulating address to the Sister: a. Lembled at. the Cooterence Mass on Following the ca Monday morning. ample of the Rutu in Rome. who assembled before their deliberations, and assisted at the Mass of the Holy Ghost, that the Divine Spirit might guide and enlighten them in their work, you are gathered here this morning to implore Almighty God through the intercession of Holy Mass, to bless the work you are about to enter upon this Such is the custom of all Caweek. tholic peoples before beginning any important work for God. Even England implores the aid of Divine Providence at the beginning of its judiciary term when the Judges in their ermine, the lawyers in their wigs. assemble to assist at the Red Mass of intercession. The work of an Educational Conference of Catholic teachers is an import 11 i one, and God will surely answer your prayers this morning by blessing you with success during the coming lectures. You are the teachers in our CathoYour cause is that of lic Schools. God, and not to the priestly ministraThere is no work so respontions. sible, so serious, and so holy. In your hands is the moulding of the plastic years of childhood. In vain are the ministrations of the priest in later years unless the beginning, the foundation, is well laid during the seeding time of childhood, when the young and tender hearts of the children are so ready for the planting. Look, then. on the duties of your office as teachers, as a God-given task which will demand Be not from you your best efforts. satisfied with anything inferior, but can do you that strive that nothing will hinder the advancement of God's the reais That Kingdom on earth. son for this series of lectures which the into Enter are about to begin. spirit of them seriously determined to and learn and store up the suggestions ideals that may be placed before you. Come to them in the spirit of responsiveness, eager and anxious to co-opcrate by your willingness to accept the ideals. to digest home 'with you for use in the daily routine of your teaching life. There is none of us but can learn something His Grace more about our work. told a story of a distinguished Irish Judge. It was his custom to attend the lectures given by the Redernptor ist Fathers during retreats at Westland Row Church, Dublin. On being remonstrated with, he replied: "That he never listened to those simple, childlike explanations of God's law to the children assembled, but he learned something more about his religion." If that be the spirit in which you attend the lectures, then,sindeed they He appealed will be very successful. to all of them to enter into the spirit and to approach the work in serious mood, realising the responsibility of your office as teachers of Catholic To see such a number preSchools. sent here at Holy Mass this morning sight. It shows gratifying is a very your willingness to co-operate and your anxiety to give of your best to the sacred cause of Catholic Education, which you have assumed. May God's blessing descend upon you all, and by His grace enable you to heap to the full the fruits and advantages of this week's Conference. The Conference was attended by 153 delegates from the various Catho The tic schools of the Archdiocese. representation was as follows: -Convent of Mercy, Victoria Square, 45 delegates; St. Joseph's, Fremantle, 16: Highgate Hill Convent. 10; Convent of Mercy, West Perth, 8; Loreto, Osborne, 8; Loreto, Adelaide Terrace, 8; Convent of Mercy, Victoria Park, 6: Presentation Convent, Iona, 11; South Perth. 3; Kalamunda, 2. The country districts were represented by: 7 from St. John of God. Kalgoorlie; 4 from St. Joseph's, Boulder; 8 from Convent of Mercy, Bunbury; 4 from Convent of Mercy, York: 2 from Kellerberrin; 2 from New liorcia; 2 from 'l'oudyay; 1 from Northam; 1 from Albany; 1 from Moore: 1 from Wagin; I from Narrogin. Father McMahon, the Diocesan Inspector of Religious Doctrine. presented the General Report to his Grace the Archbishop. who was accompanied by the following priests: Monsignor Verling, V.G., Very Rev. Father Fagan, V.F., Very Rev. Father Callan, O.M.I.. Very Rev. Prior Rios, O.S.B., Rev. Fathers Moloney. Lynch. Donogher, and Dunne. GENERAL REPORT ON RELIGIOUS DOCTRINE. In submitting to your Grace the first report on the teaching and knowledge of Religious Doctrine as displayed in the exanjinations which have heels conducted in the schools of your Archdiocese I am influenced by the following considerations: -This is the beginning year, and of its nature it must necessarily he experi-

mental and new. The obligation of an external examination in Religious Instruction is a new experience to the school children. The shortage of texts made the work more difficult for the teachers. The idea of a systematic course. as outlined in the programme. was not

sufficiently grasped. The time of preparation was short. Children did not have an expedite knowledge of the beginning matter. and consequently were compelled to go

Addressed by His Grace the Archbishop Ilituudh the whole ma tier pteseribeil. The loins the examination would as mune was also a mystery. Making due and adequate allowance for these modifying considerations, my verdict is that the work of both teachers and pupils has been really good. My first duty then is to congratulate them. The pupils have much to be proud of, and the teachers much to be In all the branches of grateful for. the subject there is evidence of great What work. persevering effort and has been accomplished this year gives its Catechetics things promise of great While there within the Archdiocese. arc circumstances which have influenced the work of the initial year, there arc certainly indications so gratifying to an examiner, so buoyantly hopeful, and they may be summed up in one First response. phrase generous among these comes the active co-opfeeling The the priests. of eration that each priest in the Archdiocese, in country and in town, is interested and eager to help, is the greatest asset imNot a single priest treated aginable. the matter casually. If the first year has been a success here is the main cause, the priests are with the movement. The teachers deserve perhaps the chief place in the academic sphere was they who produced the goods. Yet I am sure that even they will agree with me that, were it not for the anxious interest of the priests in their classes they would never have had The enthusiasm of the same results. the teachers in this subject deserve I feel quite conunstinted praise. scious that no inspector can give any adequate return in the way of appreciative thanks for what the teachers have accomplished. No examination can bring to light the daily trials. the

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labour spent, the disappointment of effort, which seemingly is fruitless in its results, the lack of response on the part of the children, the night-mares which follow the monthly tests -all these. the common lot of you teachers, cannot be adequately eetionsseed appreciably by an inspector on a flying trip through your schools. But then you do not seek nor expect your reward here, your mead of praise and recompense aawits you hereafter. Finally come the children themselIf one could ves, the real victims. safely argue from the interest evinced by the children during this examination to what they should become as grown-up men and women, then the 4ay of religious indifference and Catholics-in -name were at an end. Of the 54 schools inspected I found but two classes whose eagerness to answer and intent to make a hit, was not of the gushing quality. In fact they are so keen that a new localised edition of Bible History might be compiled from the suggested alterations by the Addichildren of the Archdiocese. tions such as the following prove that their minds have been working on catechetical lines, and that the accepted versions of Bible History have been enriched by local figures: "What happened to those who were in the Ark?" "Please. Father, they were left un the jetty." "Where did Adam and Eve go when banished from the garden?" "Please, Father, they were sent in to the hush for work." "Why did God command them not

to eat the forbidden fruit?" "Please. Father, because it was not yet ripe." "What 'did the Israelites do after crossing the Red Sea?" "Please, Father, they dried themsel ves." It may also be new to some of you that the three wise Kings brought "Gold and insects with them," and that Queen Elizabeth was the wife of Zachary, and made the Hail Mary. Statistics. I have examined 54 schools, the only one omitted was the Convent of Mercy Of the 54, 12 School. at Norseman. are Superior or High Schools, and 42 statistics the From ones. parochial which I have received from the SupI find schools, various eriors of the that there are 3.273 cleldren attending Of Archdiocese. of the the schools that number 7.009 ate Catholics. The for expresented of children number amination was 6,412, leaving a balance of 597 absentees, i.e., about 9 per cent. This is a matter for consideration. The responsibility of having the Catholic children in our schools examined in Christian Doctrine rests on the parish priest and the teachers of the eerie us

This year sufficient notiee of the inspection will be given to enable those primarily responsible for the attendance, to organise a thorough whip Of cow, in of the likely absentees. there will be a certain percentage un avoidably absent through sickness That is the only excusing cause. The examination is designed to include every Catholic child in our schools, no matter what course they are attending-those in Commercial Classes are Some schools assumed not exempt. that right last year. The schools at Dardanup and Donnybrook were the only ones last year which had 101) per cent. present at the examination. 1. In the Cathedral Parish there rue 1.103 pupils of whom 901 are CathoThe suburban parishes, includlics. classes.

revert.l c el attitude was lacking esare Secured Grade Schools. A school More that shows an average of 50 per cent. pecially in the lower grades. attention is necessary to this deficiis a Third Grade In the Claremont to just passes, and 32 arc Catholics. was prayers of the tone The examined ency. schools the Of Cottesloe parishes there are 280 pupa::, School. generally too fast, and in some places in the metopolitan area, 17 qualify for Fremanof whom 261 are Catholics. intonation peculiar with -song a sing 15 are Second and Grade, tle has 1.274 pupils. of whom 1.081 ..re the First that often approached "agtime. A Of the 10 schools examined Grade. Catholics, making the grand tettal t, 6 prayerful tone is hard to define, but the metropolitan area 5,537, of whom in the Northam and Fieldsaredistrict, Second more easily detected when heard. The are First Grade, and 4 4.682 are Catholics. in phrasing was fair. but the Pace was Grade. Of the /4 schools examined 2. Front Northam to the Fields th,rThe too hot fur the phrase usually. South-West are First Grade and are 1.436 children in our schools. of the was imperfectly learner!. The Confiteer Of the 5 schools 4 are Second Grade. wheels 1.327 are Catholic. short Acts of Faith. Hope and Charity in the Great Southern. 2 are examined 3. In the South-West. Bunbury to were nett well done. First Grade and 3 are Secured Grade. Busselton The and 10-idgetown, Collie total result gives the very creditThe Rosary, our prayer par excelthere are 782 children in our schools, of able retorts of 29 First Grade and 26 lessee, has not yet come into its own. whom 622 are Catholic. Second Grade out of the 54 schools Very little emphasis is given to its 4. The Great Southern, York to Alexamined. meditative aspect: the mysteries arc a bany, has 515 its our schools, of whom series -of names with little significance. The following returns hays been re:178 are Catholic. I have suggested the use of pictorial berrin. Keller 229: :---Dwellingup. complete ceived I have nut been able to representations as aids to a fuller and Greenbushes and Bridgetown, 120. the figures of those attending the 150: richer concept of the persons who figNlassNortham, 108: 129: Fremantle, State schools as the various districts jimup use and the action which takes place 100: Guildford. 85; Wagin. 73: have not yet supplied them. The practice of the its the mysteries. 67: LeePark, Toudyay. 70: Queen's Rosary is not a universal feature (Ape Classification. derville and Osborne Park, 40; says percentage of our The schools. q'lpur 12. Claremont, This year an order of merit would water, 40: Albany, 32: Maylands Children who say the Rosary in their not be advisable as the conditions Bunbury, 11: Boulder, it is negligible that small is so homes 5. It must be understood that the were not uniform for all schools. It an educative influence. The prase may be possible next year. I have a names given include the various dis- as with the mysa daily decade. tice of general classification however. which tricts surrounding them. tery explained beforehand. would da shows a very encouraging result. Any SUBJECT MATTER. habit of the to inculcate someth:ng school receiving an average of 70 per Prayers. this devotion vent. for all its classes is a First Grade Catechism. The wording of the ordinief prayers School in Christian Doctrine. Those receiving an average of 60 per cent. was woad thretedieut. though a fitting The Catechism text was well memorised, but it was Isot well known. A great need for explanation exists. The explanation of the word and the sense or doctrine of the text is not comIt is not difficult to detect the mon. class where the text is first explained and then memorised. The reverse is the usual procedure arid undoubtedly the wrong one. The Explanatory Catechism end other works on the Catechism are supplementary in function. Their aim is to explain. net to supplant. the Green I recommend Immortal Catechism. most strongly to all teachers of Religious Instruction the necessity of reading extra matter for a thorough grasp Unforof the ordinary Catechism: tunately or it may be rather fortunately. the teachers of Religious Doctrine have not had a theological training. and therefore the works explanatory of the Catechism are essential to CLOTHING. SUMMER FAIR BARGAINS IN them as teachers of Christian Doctrine. B'oy's Fair, Men's Striped 'I ussure Poplin 'Three-Grinent SCI Bible History. 25s. Men's All Wool Australian Tweed SUITS, smart cut, in shades of The subject of Bible History is the The obvious explanation grey; at Foy's Fair. 52s 6d. weak spot. Men's All Wool Australian Tweed TROUSERS, good quality; at of this is that in most places it is a Foy's Fair, 12s 6d. new subject. with little to go on. 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Again, the fear of secular subjects? irreverence exists only in the minds of what I may call blase adults, but the allotted parts are most seri,usly assumed by these young children General Remarks. The final observations I should like to add to this report arc suit many. it has been my experience that the schools, where the priests lend a helpThe Life of be Benedict, to explain hand, in taking a class, in giving munasticism, the story of St. Frasicis ing short instructions on the Catechism and St. Dominic, the f -sunders of the and its explanation. give fruitful evifriars-men who breathe .the- etines- dence of that assistance. Children phere of their times, and through them will learn the Catechism Text from the we teach the characteristics ;:f the sexbut the Priest's Sister or Brother. 2riod. It is teaching history in tab- pla tion is something different. They loid form. in sweetmeats. iyhich the d eagerly they listen in this; how children love to chew and swallow. to ither, how they quote him after Then the most important phase of 'wards, even though frequently they modern very Church IHistory-the They seem to feel misquote him. period -gets but scanty treatment in..se that the Priest is especially the real I have suggested already , expounder of the Catechism-it :,s his elacCaffrey. that the reading of passages from the real work and they accept it as such. Biographies of Modern Churchmen and a .On the whole, the smaller tethoon, Statesmen is the best method. did better than the big ones. There Biographies are means of bringing seems to be more concentratioi en home to children the fact that some The children's, the work in them. .ten have practised great virtues in response varied with the locality and their lives - men who prove to them depended generally on the home in by their lives that Faith does not con- fluenee. The best resp-iissa I expere stet in merely believing but ielleing. arced was in the Goldfield;. I fount William James. the American Pi'ychothere that a bigger pens:Attlee ef the logist, explains this idea what he pupils said the Rosary ..t hame than "The highest spring. of action writes: in any other part of the Archdiocese. . . in us is the sight of action in another. From queries on hone life, criestiens Example is powerful, but we must re their morning and evening prapers. make them realise that the example of Sunday Mass. Fridaa Abstinence. the these men, contemporaries of their ,et,the:....leadbdressed to pupils its all schools. Biogra- the only conclusion one ntay draw is own, can he copied by them. phies are proofs we can. point to. they no Reeser rely on are goals to spur on our efforts. e in matter,. On this question of a mid text in The won_ e to make Church History e sch, this suggestion. If some o you teach- and it ma ef Religious ers will volunteer to assist, 'I think it id more Instruction would not be too difficult to have our serious ,,. Selectour Text in Church History. The price of the Penny ,7.atechisin is ing the central figures of each period 2d. -never 4d. You are nit to pay .--four periods would be sufficient. the nor charge more than 2,1. Early Ages of the Church; the Middle The question of a prize in lkeligatus Ages; the 18th. Century and Modern instruction demands careful c etsidera. Times-make those persons and their tion, and I hope to have the opinion peaks of the delegates attending the :'.inter` mountain active lives the around which the history of the period A series of simple should cluster. Finally. there is the serious ques lives, from which the events of the tion of the large slumber of Catholic times should radiate, could be written children attending the State Schools. and thus our History Text would be Those who deliberately go to the State complete. School. where a Catholic school is pro Apologetics. tided, is a matter for the parish priest. I would rather direct your attention Dr. Sheehan's Book on Apologetics to the large number who have no alhas met with universal approval. Witere attempted ttre- etereke ter- -been-- Ternativtes-anrt- of neeeesity attend the Anything like a sys Yet the proper line of State School. satisfactory. attack is not common. Apologetics is tematic teaching of Religious Doctrine The priest has many is impossible. not a matter for mere memorising. The idea comes from the word, apologia, other parochial duties, and the disto make a weekly great are too from the tances significance its acquiring early champions of our Faith, the Apo. visit feasible. Its some places an obIn one_ The fixing Catechist does a little. iogists. Athanasius, Cyril, etc. aim is to attain a reasoned grasp of place I found that little a great deal Kanownain children of 40 class a an than rather doctrine the Catholic but they had an exceptional Cate appeal to memory. We seek to give My proposal to remedy this them a reason for the faith that is in chist. great avenue of leakage is to inste them, and at the same time to equip of correspondence teach form a Apostcr Lute lay of the them as members In some districts ing of Catechism. late. We seek to send them out firmdo not permit of a numbers the where fully and faith ly established in their competent to help others by their school. the State has supplied these I met a knowledge. Let them go through the courses of correspondence. father of three children recently who course of Apologetics with a mental area. H" -less a school to moved had openbut picture of a questioning was so pleased with the result of these minded adversary before them. Stimuwould he Fiat classes correspondence essaydebate, lwaoterkt.hem by discussion, not take a school as an alternative. writing, extra reading. etc. -in fact. do -scheme of this working practical The interested in the anything to get them would depend on the number of appliSomeone would have to vulcants. Hymns. to do the work. A small fee unteer , by i.e. Musk. lhe Sacred charged to cover expenses be might Benediction Service, etc., is nut yet in and allow some slight remuneration to Attention a satisfactory condition. the cours.e.". These conducts whoever should be paid its teaching Use proper children are its a different plant: from phrasing of the hymns. to the mean- those who de iherately ignore the 1'aing of the words which are sung, and tholic school. and they certainly deto the character of the singing (e.g., serve some consideration from us. whether joyful or grater. which is de ClopethasiOn. word termined by the meaning. One sums up all the qualities which are to Once again I should like to empha be expected from hymns in our Casise our aim in Catechetical Instructholic schools; they must be prayerful. tion. Our end is to produce enlightThe In some schools the tone is more in ened and virtuous Christians. keeping with the Salvation Army renmain result we seek is virtue, but it is dering. a virtue resting on the reasoned grasp Next year a prescribed number of of the essentials of our Faith. To athymns will be expected from each tain that result, we want to make ReThe idea behind this is to school. ligioue Instruction as thorough an initiate our children into the contineducational instrument as it can be. singcongregational ental practice of Knowledge is the sub -structure on The school, as a whole, must which the ideal Christian is to be built. ing. and hymns, the know the words of Our object is to harness the natural 1Ve want to each child snake some effort to join to the supernatural. of solochoir in the singing-a picked make the knowledge of Faith a stepIf we ists defeats the end in view. ping stone to the practke of Faith. are to succeed at all in educating our We seek a living faith, and we want our pupils to have a reason for that people to grow accustomed to congregational singing, we must begin with Faith. We aim at fitting out the minds the be must schools The and hearts of our people with such the schools. Let us begin with the power of knowledge that they may go seed ground. some introduce gradually and forth to struggle bravely and victorihymns ously against the false theoriee That simple Mass. as the Missa de Angelis. year next time this by beset them on all sides. The Cateand perhaps we may have the pleasure of hearing chism must come into its own- to a beau that singing children tender place in the hearts of our peoour school tiful yet very simple Gregorian prayer ple. Piety, without knowledge. turas churches. to ignorant superstition. Faith within their own out knowledge is a mere passing eenti Charts and Drawings. A great prelate has re vilely mese. Before concluding these ientarks on declared that we should et esiee It the subject matter, I should like and take up the Catechism. pulpit add one word of commendation on the There is no power that can eunfound constructive work that has been (lobe the man who possesses a thorough and in siirsplifying the explanation of the fundamental knowledge ef hit Fm.ith. The charts, which you Such Catechism. a one alone is trustworthy in may observe on the walls. are a credit time of trial. He alone can be countto the teachers and evidence of their ed on to suffer and sacrifice for his interest to help as much as :possible. Faith. He alone is always proud There is another feature. which is his Faith, whether he be in the tnidst not so commonly seen as the charts. s of scoffers or admirers. but which, when presented, is very Our Religious Instructieis must rust creditable. i.e.. the clrainatisatims of the demands. great Hirscher. the As the Gospel Stories among the lower German Catechist, rightly says: "To classes. There are yet some who need teach only what was taught a hundred conversion to this idea, but i can only Years ago or more. and in the manner point to the spirit of the Middle Ages. it was then taught. would be to a,,ss the age of Faith and Enlightenment hitting the mark. and the v. i thout when the Guild Play was the people's children of this world would pas, by Bible, and which survives still in us in contempt. We must keep paee Oberammergau. Why eliminate Cate- with our times if we are to exert any chetics from the principles and meton Page 2.) (Continued its hods which are accepted as sound .

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