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Show America's Great Catholic Philanthropist The announcement made at the end of last week that lion. John A. Creighton had added to the endowment en-dowment of the Creighton University property valued at $200,000 created no surprise among those who know the great Catholic philanthropist of Omaha. His large-hearted sympathy with every Catholic charity, his .former generous donations to Catholic institutions in our city and his active support sup-port of every Catholic enterprise have long since made him 1 lie representative oi Catholic philanthropy philan-thropy in the middle west. His identification with Catholic charity won titling tit-ling acknowledgement when, in 18'Jr. the late Pontiff. Pon-tiff. Pope Leo XII L in recognition of his services to the cause of Catholicity in America, bestowed upon him the title of Count of the Holy 1 Ionian Em iire. and a few years later, when the University of Notre Dame awarded him the La eta re, medal as the Catholic layman who had most distinguished himself during 1he year. This new benefaction only adds to the lustre of a name already synonymous with generosity in every worthy cause. John A. Creighton stands as the foremost Catholic philanthropist, philan-thropist, of America. Many other Catholics there are in our land who possess greater wealth than he. but no one has made more noble use of the talent that (!od has entrusted to him. No wonder Omaha is proud of such a citizen; no wonder the Catholics of Nebraska and of the west honor the name of Creighton. May he be spared for many years to see the good work that is going on. thanks to his munificence,, grow to even greater proportions, and may his noble ex- . ample inspire others to more generous efforts. True Voice, Omaha. - ' |