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Show BISHOP CARROLL AT ALL HALLOWS Prelate Given Warm Welcome, He Is One of the Youngest Catholic Prelates in America. Talks to Tribune Upon Education; Ib Vice-PTesident National Catholic Educational Associat.on. Light Rev J P Carroll, Catholic bishop of Helena. Moat . arrived In the city yesterday yes-terday morning and was the guest of the faculty of All Hallows college The bishop vas accompanied by Rev J. J. Callahan, pastor "f Pa. red Heart church, Butte, and Very Rev. Fatner Cummlskey. vlcar-grn-erai r the diocess of Cheyenne Bishop arroll and party left at 11 41 last night fur Butte Win n the bishop's carriage reached the gate of All Hallows college tho cadets were lined up to receive him. the. college hand played two favorite airs, and three stuelents stepped lorwarl and presented bouquets to the guests The front of the main college building was decorated with American flags An Irish flag was also in evidence Over the gate, in festooned letters. let-ters. "Welcome to All Hallows College." was supplemented by the legend over the entrance donr of the college, "In Sanctl-tato Sanctl-tato et Justltla. " which Is the motto on the bishop's seal, meaning, "In sanctity and Justice 1 Following the presentation of dowers, John Dillon a Leadvflle student, stu-dent, delivered an address of welcome. Is Young Prelate. Bishop Carroll is 'ine of the youngest prelates of th.- Catholic church In this country He was consecrated at Dubuque, la , last Deo nib.-r to succeed the late Bishop Brondol of Heler.a The bishop Is a native of Iowa. His missionary life as pre st has been almost whollj confined to edticatlonal llns. Wher Rome- chose him for bishop .f Helena the elecree reached the theologl ii seminary at Dubuque, and the honor fell upon Its leading professor He is vlcepresldent of the National Catholic Educational association, declining declin-ing the ofrtc- of president at Its last meeting meet-ing in St. Louis. Talked Upon Education. In an interview with Bishop Carroll he drifted al.-i.g educational lines. He upheld up-held the 'Catholic Idea that secular education educa-tion wlthoui religion was simply the education edu-cation of the head alone, and left the conscience untrained. "The methods of Imparting secular knowledge ln the public schools, BO far as my observation extenels, ..r- admirable." said th- bishop, 'but pub-He pub-He s. hool education does not go far enough. This explains our position as Catholics, and Is an answer to the Inquiry Whj Catholics Of late years are spending so much of their money ln the erection of parochial schools, seminaries ano colleges tor the religious as well as secular education educa-tion of their children Catholic Education "Great Interest In Catholic education has recently developed ln Montana, ln the dlocer of Helena, but particularly In Butte. Before Ihe summer Is .er. five i. -w parochial seh -ols will be erected and r. ady to receive pupils Less than four eenrs ago '.lore vcre but two parochial schools ln Butte and two parishes Now there are Six parishes and churches, and all have parish schools except two. In Helena there IS O. large school for boys and i splonlld academy for girls. I am making arrangements to double the attendance at-tendance In the boys' school. Next September Sep-tember the number of teachers will be ln-creas ln-creas d and instruction given In the high school grades. Training for Priesthood. "The training of Catholic youths who give elgns of a vocation for the priesthood priest-hood ha awakened the interest of the Catholics of Montana I have reference to boys born In Montana boys In touch with the spirit of Montana and Its people peo-ple Heretofore the drawback has been that many bright hoys found with an In-cllnation In-cllnation and vocation for the priesthood were Ihe children of parents of only moderate means, at least Inadequate to prepare them for college or university. At the reception tendered me at the Broadway Broad-way theater In Butte. Judge McHatton aid there were 30,ono Catholics living in that city. Hence the Catholic school population I" large It was suggested at that reception that a fund be created to purchase scholarships for Intellectual boys without means. Accordingly live prominent Catholics of Butte-Iohn D Ryan pr-sldent of the Amalgamated companj ; Judge McHatton. D J Hen-nessy. Hen-nessy. E. A. Sherman and John Curtis pledged Hems. Ives to each contribute ?:m.i making a total of $26 '00 In the scholarship funds. The Interest on this Investment will g" a long wny to educate Montana bOys for the Montana priesthood priest-hood Six boys already presented applications appli-cations all were well recommended by their pastors, and all will start on preparatory pre-paratory studies In September Pleased With All Hallows, "I am well pleased with All Hallows college, indeed I am glad we have such an admirable institution so near Montana Mon-tana and gratified at the number of Montana students I find here." Catholic Educational Association. Explaining the objects of the National I'atholle Educational association Bishop Carroll said It comprehended the unification unifica-tion of all systems, from the parochial school to the university, but each division to retain Its autonomy. Its progenitor was one time designated the "Catholic (', .liege Conference. The new association associa-tion meets annually", and among other things compares the methods of Catholic education with the public school system and With th. sstem of higher secular education. 'Of course." said the bishop. v.. aim at perfection Were we perfect, ih.r. would be no need of comparison," ho added with n smile |
