CATHOLIC EDUCATION BOARD

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3141, 20 July 1917, Page 8

CATHOLIC EDUCATION BOARD

QUARTERLY MEETING,

Tho quarterly meeting of ilie tnn Catholic Education Hoard was held at f!t. Patrick's .flail lust night. His Grace Archbishop O'Shon, presided, and. I hero were also present the Pev. .t'athera 51'ahouj, H.urle,' and Stn.vlh, awl .Messrs. Burko, Davis, MTheo, Kwjin, iitcatlord, (tiles. O'liricu, and Hoskins. A suggestion to acquiro more land lor tho Murist Brolhers' School at Newtown was referred to a, committee consisting of representatives' from the Unco parishes served by this school. Accounts totalling «Cl5O were passed for payment. Tho early call of the Second Division reservists and the eil'eet; it will have on the financial part of the Catholic education system through tho breadwinner <>t the family being on military service, thereby reducing the amount ior tho support of his dependants and consequently preventing him from being ablo, to keep his payments necessary for the' Catholic education of his children, was discussed, and it whs resolved to advise all Catholic, reservists of |Mia» Second Division to see that tho necessary clai.iil is mado on 'the Government to enable iheni to continue tho education of theiv children in the samo manner as they were doing prior 'to enlistment, tho opinion being expressed that no Catholic's children should be denied the education their father was prepared to givo them in his civilian occupation. Strong exception was taken to the reported utterances, of Mr. Nosworthy from his placo. in the House in relerence to tho conscription of the Marisfc Brothers and tho part the Catholics took in tho war, and unanimously passed a resolution protesting against tho.statement and calling upon him either to withdraw his words or prove them. His Grace Archbishop O'Sliea, in speaking to fthe motion, said it was simply monstrous that a man sliould shelter behind his privilegis~as a member of Parliament and make such it ehargo against tho Catholics of New /.calami. From every part of the Dominion Catholic 'young men had gone and voluntarily fought for King and country. From Catholic, societies officials and prominent' members had gone in their .hundreds, and from tTie casualty, lists it could be seen liow large a percentage of them had mado tho supreme sacrifice courageously and cheerfully. Many of these men had been prominent cliurch workers, and would be classed as clergy by some of the other denominations. Two of the priests who had gone to minister to the spiritual needs of tlie Catholic soldiers had been struck down, ono fatally and the other so severely wounded that lie might never again bo fit for duty. Yet because Catholics would not tnke away their priests froui spiritual ministrations to the bereaved ones at home and to soldiers oil the battlefield, where they are .of far greater service to King and country than their insignificant numbers would allow them to be as soldiers, and tiecause Catli.olfcs. did not wish to deprive Catholic boys of their teachers, and thus inflict a positive injury on the'coming generation, 'this man.had the.effrontery, to say that they .were not doing their, duty. It was true that lie did,not seem to. have been taken seriously by the House.'nor would lie by the country. But Catholics wero not going to allow such a falso charge, the outcome of an organised attempt to stir up sectarianism, to pass without the strongest protest'. ,

Other speakers followed His' Grace, and expressed themselves very forcibly on tho injustice inflicted on Catholics by 11 r. Nosworthy in the statement reported to be made.by him. \