Show THE CATHOLIC emigration BERLIN may 27 it is learned here that herr Cap ensly is the principal mover in the efforts of the european catholic emigration societies to induce the pope to follow distinct national lines in fostering church work among the catholic emigrants in america this subject was referred to in recent ditches dispatches s championship of the germans in america has borne fruit in frequent instructions to herr von german representative at the vatican tu to use his bis influence whenever he could the austro hungarian ambassador it is understood has similar instructions and Cape naly when he went to rome to present the memorial of the conference was armed with letters of approval from many prominent european and canadian catholics speaking of the nomination of kan zard as archbishop in Ame america ambassador bas mon Bohl said to capen sly This re an important act that will inte interest reet all prussia he added that be would warmly congratulate and thank the cardinal secretary of state for this choice so favorable to german interests M of quebec warmly recommended the plan to the pope saying that when he assisted at the baltimore services he be felt acute pain on finding that there were no cabadi canadians ans among the american bishops notwithstanding that there were more than a million canadians in the united states it is significant abat this whole business has been conducted so far without the knowledge or advice of the american hierarchy the campaign has been directed solely by the committee in germany which by its activity has secured the support and approbation of other european countries there will be great curiosity to know the view the american bishops take of the matter the plan proposed in the memorial seems to be peculiarly adapted for the preservation in A merica america of the languages langu gu and ram race distinctions of the emigrant it has been impossible to secure a list of the signatures to this memorial but the body of the document itself has been obtained it speaks of the lucerne congress us as a meeting to consider the best beat means of securing the spiritual and temporal welfare of their catholic fellow coun thymen who were emigrating to america at the rate of upwards of four hundred thousand a year these numerous emigrants says the memorial could constitute a great power and a mighty factor in the development of catholics Catho licy in indifferent different parts of america itchen it then goes on to detail the plans necessary to carry out the views first qt of aall it would be necessary to form into a iva spar r ate parishes or missions the diffie different rent nationalities where the numbers and resources so allow and the parishes should be confined to priests of the the same nationality in this way says the memorial cherished recollections of the fatherland would be constantly brought back to the immigrants where the limited number of the different nationalities will not permit of separate parishes the priests directing such groups should be conversant with their different languages and should be obliged to give instructions instruct luns to all the different groups in their own language where there are already christian public schools parochial schools are to be established the list of studies for these schools should always comprise the national language of the different races of emigrants as well as the language and history of their ad adopted ted country catholic associations of ONi different Terent kinds should be formed to preserve the catholics from radical societies free masonry etc the catholics of every nationality should have hare one bishop of their own race in ilia all the catholic countries from which immigration is taking place the holy see bee should favor the shelter seminaries and schools instituted for the education of missionaries for the emigrants A number of italian missionaries have already gone to america and others of other nations are waiting for the pope to guarantee them an un trammelled exercise of the ministry by decree of his infallible wisdom thus provided the holy see will ill lend its indispensable co opera tion iid marvelous results will be obtained poor emigrants will find again in america their own parishes their own schools thelt own societies their own language and they will prove the means of extending the limits of jesus christs kingdom on earth |