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Show HONOR IS BESTOWED UPON R. C. KERENS NOTRE DAME, Ind., March 16. The Laetare medal, highest expression of esteem es-teem in the gift of Notre Dame university univer-sity and annually bestowed on some American lay Catholic for moral excellence, excel-lence, civic worth and dfstingulshed service to humanity. Is this year conferred con-ferred on Richard , C. Kerens of St. Louis. The Catholic public of America Is pretty well acquainted with the Institution Insti-tution and significance of the Laetare medal. Its inception two decades ago may be traced to "the Golden Rose," a gift blessed by the Pope on the mid-Sunday mid-Sunday of Lent, or Laetare Sunday, and usually presented to a member of royalty In recognition of the recipient's extraordinary virtue, piety and philanthropy. philan-thropy. The medal Itself Is of solid gold, of exquisite ex-quisite workmanship and bears on one side the Inscription, "Magna est Veritas et praevaleblt," and on the other , side the recipient's name and that of the university. In an accompanying address, ad-dress, artistically framed and printed on Pi lk, the reasons are set forth for the presentation. Mr. Kerens has given large contributions contribu-tions to the Catholic churches, hospitals and schools in St. Louis and elsewhere, to the Catholic university and the St Louis university. In all he has donated for charitable and religious purposes princely sums. |