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America And The Catholic Church

Rev. John J. Walde, Pastor

Corpus Christi Church, Oklahoma City

Four addresses delivered in the nationwide Catholic Hour

(produced by the National Council of Catholic Men, in

cooperation with the National Broadcasting Company),

on Sundays from August 4 through August 25, 1940

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The March of the Cross

The Torch of Liberty

The Torch of Learning and Charity

The Bulwark of the Nation

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THE MARCH OF THE CROSS

Address delivered on August 4, 1940.

The story of the Catholic Church and the story

of the Cross are inseparable. From the day when

Christ bore His heavy cross to the summit of Cal-

vary and, by dying on it, changed it from a symbol

of shame to a symbol of exaltation, the Cross has

been the inspiration for those men and women

whose deeds make brilliant chapters in the annals

of the human race. Followers of Christ have ever

gloried in the Cross. From the earliest days of

Christianity the Cross has been the one outstanding

symbol of the Christian.

As Christian met Christian during those terri-

fying days of persecution which for three long cen-

turies characterized the early Church, the sign of

the blessed Cross was traced in the sand, as a mark

of recognition and as the embodiment of the whole

of Christian thought and practice.

Christian after Christian, from St. Peter on,

was spiked to a Cross until death drew the pain

from their racked bodies, and they were so streng-

thened by the mere sight of the Cross that they

deemed it an honor and a joy to die as did their

glorious Leader, Christ.

When the persecutions finally came to an end,

the Cross became the glorious standard of the

Christian world. Proudly and triumphantly it was

displayed, particularly after heaven itself vouch-

safed a vision of it and made known its power and

eflficacy. To Constantine the Roman Emperor there

appeared in the heavens the impressive sign of a



6 AMERICA AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

however, obtained for him the help of Father Juan

Perez, the guardian of a Franciscan Monastery and

the Confessor to the Queen, Isabella of Spain. The

monk's belief in Columbus brought the necessary

help to arrange the voyage which led to the discov-

ery of our land, 448 years ago.

True, footsteps had appeared on American

shores in years that had gone before. Bold Norse-

men, under the leadership of Leif Ericson, had rov-

ed the sea to Greenland. But that was some five

hundred years before and so far as any practical

and enduring value was concerned, it was but an

incident in history
;
moreover, an incident unknown

to Columbus or the people of his day.

To Christopher Columbus belongs the undying

fame of discovering America. Everything about

the preparation for the voyage, the voyage itself,

and the final landing, had about it the earmarks of

a missionary expedition rather than an exploratory

trip for the discovery of new lands. His last acts

before sailing were consistent with his lofty pur-

poses. Together with his men he received the Sac-

rament of Penance at the Monastery of Santa Maria

La Rabida. Early the next morning he and his men

received Holy Communion and placed themselves

under the protection of Almighty God. The flag-

ship which had been the Maria Galenta was renam-

ed the Santa Maria in honor of the Blessed Virgin.

Befort sailing, the Santa Maria, as well as the Pinta

and the Nina, were blessed by Father Juan Perez

and then the banners of the Holy Cross and of the

King and Queen were hoisted to the mastheads.

While the crowds shouted their good wishes and

the women sobbed their last farewells, Columbus

weighed anchor in the name of the Most Holy Trin-



THE MARCH OF THE CROSS 7

ity, in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

united with the sign of the Cross, and put to sea.

It was a voyage whose days seemed unending.

When we think of modern steamers spanning the

ocean in five days, or our still more modern Clipper

Ships crossing the air lanes in a little more than a

a day, the voyage of Columbus that lasted from

August 3 to October 12, appears painfully long and

exhausting. Nor was it altogether peaceful, for

sailing constantly farther west it is not surprising

that mutiny threatened among the men. But when

the outlook was darkest Columbus would resort to

prayer and hymns, especially the “Hail, Holy

Queen.”

Finally land was sighted. It was in the early

hours of the morning when the look-out shouted

the thrilling cry, “Land.” With joyful hearts

Columbus and his men awaited the dawn and then

as the first official act on reaching land, Columbus

planted the Cross on the new continent and called

the place San Salvador, Holy Saviour. In the ac-

count given us by Ferdinand Columbus we are told,

“The whole company kneeled on the shore and kiss-

ed the ground for joy, returning God thanks for the

great mercy they had received.”

Thus was our country discovered and destined

to become the queen in the galaxy of the nations.

The onward March of the Cross which began on

Pentecost in the year 33 now reached our shores

and the first official act which was a harbinger of

our future greatness was the planting of the Cross.

And here, too, may I be permitted to repeat the

prayer of Columbus when he set foot on America

and dedicated this hemisphere to God. “Almighty

and eternal God, who by the energy of the creative



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word, hast made the firmament, the earth and sea,

blessed and glorified be Thy Name in all places!

May Thy Majesty and dominion be exalted forever

and ever, as Thou hast permitted Thy Holy Name

to be made known and spread by the most humble of

Thy servants in this hitherto unknown portion of

Thy Empire.”

How significant is the very name of him who

discovered our country. Christopher means Christ-

bearer. Since the one great aim of Columbus was

to make known the faith of Christ to the inhabi-

tants of other lands and thus make possible the

bringing of Christ to them, he fulfilled literally the

meaning of his given name. As for the name of

Columbus, which means a dove, and which in turn

is the emblem of peace, may we not look upon this

as an indication of the part our country must play

in bringing peace to a war-torn world through the

power of the Holy Ghost who is also pictured to

us under the figure of the dove of peace.

As Catholics we have a special interest in

Columbus as the discoverer of America, for as Pope

Leo XIII pointed out, on the occasion of the Colum-

bian Exposition in 1892, which marked the quadri-

centennial of America’s discovery, “Columbus is

one of us. The discoverer brought everlasting glory

to the Catholic name and made all mankind the

Church’s debtor.” “For,” he continues, “when one

considers with what motive above all he undertook

the plan of exploring the dark sea, and with what

object he endeavored to realize this plan, one can-

not doubt that the Catholic faith superlatively in-

spired the enterprise and its execution, so that by

this title all humanity is not a little indebted to the

Church
!”



THE MARCH OF THE CROSS 9

Not long after the finding of America, Cath-

olic missionaries were sent by the Church to spread

the Gospel from one end of the country to the other.

How extensive was their work is evident from the

Catholic names which our mountains, rivers, and

cities still bear as eloquent testimony to Catholic

discovery and exploration.

In this the great religious orders, the Francis-

cans, Jesuits and Dominicans, played the major

role. Theirs was the task to Christianize the na-

tives and, by Christianizing them, civilize them in

harmony with the true culture which comes only

from Him who died upon the Cross. In doing this

many gave their lives as martyrs, thus imitating

Christ their Master. But how infinitely more heroic

and praiseworthy were their efforts to civilize by

giving, if need be, their own lives, rather than by

exterminating the Indian as did so many whose

expeditons toward the West were not under the

standard of the Cross. The same ideal which spur-

red Columbus on was the ideal of those loyal sons

of the Catholic Church who came after him. To

plant the cross on an ever-widening front and draw

souls to its sweet embrace, rather than the idea of

exploration, urged them to set out for the new-

found America. Those who came to explore and

colonize hailed from three different countries. Two

of them, Spain and France, were Catholic nations,

while even the third, England, which claimed the

far-flung American colonies, was at that time Cath-

olic and based its claim upon the Catholic discover-

ers, John Cabot and his son, Sebastian. The long

stretches of our Eastern Coast were first seen by

Cabot. What is now Long Island was once called

the Isle of Apostles. The river discovered by Car-



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tier is still called the St. Lawrence; Lake George

was first called the Lake of the Blessed Sacrament.

The Great Lakes, though they bear no Catholic

names, yet were discovered by the Jesuit LaSalle.

The eyes of DeSoto were first to view the Mississ-

ippi and the great city on its bank was named after

the sainted King of France, St. Louis,

Among the missionaries of the Northeast spec-

ial recognition is due those fearless men who came

from France because they gave their lives as mar-

tyrs to extend the March of the Cross. Brother

Rene Goupil was martyred after most frightful tor-

tures because he had made the sign of the Cross

over an Indian child. Isaac Jogues, most famous of

the eight Jesuit Martyrs who were canonized on

June 29, 1930, and are thus the first canonized saints

of the North American continent, also showed his

love for the Cross by carving this blessed sign on

the trunks of trees as he made his missionary jour-

neys.

Florida also bears a Catholic name. Being

discovered on Easter Sunday, the pascua florida, it

received its name from the feast of the day on which

its fields of flowers were first seen by Europeans.

The oldest of all our cities, St. Augustine, further

shows the Catholic beginnings of the southeastern

section of our country. Then as our eyes travel to

the far West the evidence of its discovery and ex-

ploration is simply overwhelming. The Pacific was

first sighted by Balboa, a Catholic. Those who

established the cities and towns left little undone to

show their Catholic origin. Truly these common-

wealths form a veritable litany of Saints as all

know who have but glanced at the names; San

Diego, San Bernardino, San Juan Capistrano, Santa



THE MARCH OF THE CROSS 11

Monica, Nuestra Senora de los Angelos (now sim-

ply Los Angeles), Santa Barbara, and San Fran-

cisco.

The task of colonizing and founding the various

missions along the California Coast was not easy.

The imperishable name linked with this feat was

Junipero Serra, a Franciscan monk, who between

1769 and 1784 founded nine missions, beginning

with San Diego in 1769 and ending with San Buena-

ventura in 1782. To few men is it given to live so

full and varied a life. With prospects before him

of fame as a great University professor, he none-

theless sought the obscure life of a missionary in

an unknown country amid the greatest hardships

and among a hostile people. It was his limitless

endurance together with his great zeal for souls and

an enduring love for the Indians which made him

succeed where one less gifted and less holy would

have failed utterly. Truly is he called the Apostle

of California. His memory is preserved by a mag-

nificent statue in the Nation’s Capitol but it is en-

shrined even more enduringly in the hearts of those

who follow his footsteps.

In various communities of the Southwest there

are pageants and celebrations this year marking

the quadricentennial of the coming of Coronado.

Not long after the door to the West had been open-

ed by Columbus, Coronado followed, treking after

gold. Through the Southwest he came, through

what is now New Mexico and Oklahoma, his eager

eyes searching for the seven lost cities of Cibola.

Each evening brought the dream’s demise, for the

fabled riches faded into the horizon as he marched

onward. But while the Spanish leader rode on

horses trapped in gold and silver, beside him walk-



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ed the spiritual leader of the expedition, Juan de

Padiila, a Franciscan priest. His eyes were not

gold-struck, nor his heart, for both were set on souls

to win to God. He was the first Christian minister

to explore and Christianize the Indians of the South-

west. Because of his love for the souls of the Red

men he ventured forth to bring the Cross to a hostile

people and gave his life, kneeling in prayer—the
first martyr in a new and lonely land.

From the day when Columbus planted the

Cross and faithful missionaries picked it up to

bring its message to others, the Cross has been

marching on. From East to West and from North

to South, there is felt today its inspiring influence.

On thousands upon thousands of churches, schools,

hospitals, and orphanages, this blessed sign points

heavenward, a welcome beacon of hope to mankind

sick in soul and body and groping its way in a

world that unfortunately has lost its bearings and

followed a standard other than that of the Cross.

The Cross is the eternal magnet drawing all things

to itself even as Christ foretold when He said, “And

I, if I be lifted up from the earth, shall draw all

things to myself” (John 12:32).

Yes, the Cross marches on! From that sad

noon hour on Golgotha when the lightning flashed

upon the bloodless body of Our Saviour, the Cross

has radiated its message down through the centur-

ies, giving strength to the weak, courage to the

oppressed, and hope to all the world. Planted be-

side the flag of empire, it lives long after the em-

blem is torn to tatters or moulders into dust. In

long, white rows in poppy fields, it tells its story,

that men were born for peace beyond the grave.

Let nations pull down its crossarms from the sky,



THE MARCH OF THE CROSS 13

let atheistic rulers blot it out from hall and class-

rooms, let savage conquerors uproot its tree from

Christian soil, still the Cross marches on forever

and forever, emblematic of Christ, of His life and

our redemption. As of old, so today : “In this sign

thou shalt conquer.”



THE TORCH OF LIBERTY

Address delivered on August 11, 1940.

During this hour last Sunday we stressed the

part played by Catholics in the discovery and ex-

ploration of America. Inspired by the Cross, val-

iant explorers and zealous missionaries have ever

dared to extend the frontiers of the Kingdom of

Christ. Across the wide expanses of this land they

have left their imprint, as Catholic names of moun-

tains, rivers, and towns so gloriously testify. Be

it said to the everlasting credit of those who dis-

covered and explored our land, as well as to our

Founding Fathers, that their religious faith played

a prominent part in their lives. It gave them the

courage to hew a new civilization out of a virgin

country. In the face of opposition they enacted

legislation which guaranteed freedom and equality

and thus laid the foundation for a great nation

which has been the pride of its citizens and the envy

of other people.

Perhaps at times we have fared too well.

America has prospered as no other nation on the

face of the earth. It has been the haven of the

oppressed, the melting pot of various nationalities.

Its tremendous opportunities for material advan-

tage have made many forget that “sufficient for

the day is the evil thereof.” In their frenzied eager-

ness to amass material goods many have failed to

remember that all things come from God and that

we are but the stewards of this world's goods.

But the Christian heritage of America, cast

aside by some, has been chiseled on the cornerstone

of our nation. Liberty, religious liberty in partic-



THE TORCH OF LIBERTY 15

ular, the Declaration of Independence, and our glor-

ious Constitution, all these have a religious back-

ground which historians have too often omitted or

to which they have failed to give proper proportion.

Much has been said of the foundation of relig-

ious liberty in the United States, but not all the

claims are true. Maryland is truly the cradle of

religious liberty in the United States. From its

very foundation in 1634, toleration of all religions

was an accomplished fact. This was brought about

through George Calvert and his two sons, Cecil and

Leonard. George Calvert was knighted by James I

of England in 1617 and created Lord Baltimore, of

Baltimore in Ireland. Following his conversion to

the Catholic Church he resigned his position as

Secretary of State but the King through friendship

retained him in his cabinet. His interest now turn-

ed to the new world. In 1629 he obtained a tract

of land near the Potomac but died before he could

be granted a charter from the King.

Cecil devoted himself to the project started by

his father, and obtained a Charter for the “Land

of Mary.” Two ships were prepared for the jour-

ney, the Ark and the Dove. Leonard Calvert, the

brother of Cecil, was placed in charge of the ex-

pedition which landed March 25, 1634, on what is

now Blackiston’s Island, but which was then named

St. Clements. Here a stirring scene took place.

Father Andrew White, one of the members of the

expedition, after celebrating the first Mass on land,

tells in his diary of the thrilling moment. He says,

“Having hewn a great cross out of a tree., we took

it on our shoulders and going in procession to the

place selected, the Governor, the Commissioners and

the other Catholics all assisting, we erected it as a



16 AMERICA AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

trophy to Christ our Saviour, after reciting humbly

on our knees, with feelings of profound emotion,

the Litany of the Holy Cross.”

Lord Baltimore took the greatest care that no

one be offended because of his religious convictions.

The Ark and the Dove had a special significance;

the Ark wTas symbolic of the ideal that this new land

was to be a veritable Ark of religious freedom, and

the Dove was symbolic of the hope that religious

peace would be the very cornerstone of the new

colony.

Thus under these auspices religious freedom

was first heralded in America. It was fitting that

the day coincided with the ancient Lady Day, known

now as the Feast of the Annunciation, so that Mary-

land, named after Queen Mary, was also dedicated

in a very special way to Mary, Queen of Heaven.

The permanent settlement was made at St. Mary’s

City which, under the gracious patronage of Heav-

en’s gentle Queen and the tolerant government of

Catholic settlers, became the first community in the

United States where true religious freedom fully

blossomed. Lord Baltimore had instructed those

who sailed on the Ark and Dove that toleration must

be extended to those of other faiths and that neither

in word nor in act should anything be done which

would later reflect upon them either in Virginia or

in England.

In 1649 the settlers who came on the Ark and

Dove enacted the famous “Act Concerning Relig-

ion,” whereby freedom of religion for all was made

a law. It was a proud moment for those who had

left home and country to escape the oppression

which prevented them from serving their God ac-

cording to the dictates of conscience. It was a mem-



THE TORCH OF LIBERTY 17

orable landmark also for the Catholic Church in

America, and to this day it is a great reminder that

through all these years, back to 1649, Catholics and

the Catholic Church have championed the cause of

religious liberty for alk

It is a sad fact in American history that for a

time this glorious law of religious freedom was

obscured. By reason of the liberality and justice of

those who settled and ruled Maryland, the oppressed

in other colonies were welcomed with open arms.

Instead of gratitude for their generosity, the new-

comers turned against their friends and actually

succeeded in repealing the “Act Concerning Relig-

ion,” that granted religious freedom, and then pass-

ed laws which refused protection to those who pro-

fessed the Roman Catholic faith. As a result vio-

lent persecution for a time blotted out the peace of

Maryland. However, most of this intolerance had

ceased by the time of the Revolutionary War. To

safeguard religious liberty for the future there was

written into our glorious Constitution that radiant

gem of religious toleration known as the first

Amendment which reads, “Congress shall make no

law respecting an establishment of religion, or

prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

The year 1776 is another important landmark

in the history of the United States. It is the year

when the American colonies declared themselves

free and independent. The preamble to the Decla-

ration, written by Thomas Jefferson, enunciates a

series of self-evident truths which form the basis

of all lawfully constituted authority, and the basis

of true democracy. Two principles stand out above
the rest, namely, the doctrine of human equality

expressed in the words, “We hold these truths to



18 AMERICA AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that

they are endowed by their Creator with certain

unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Lib-

erty and the pursuit of Happiness,” and the other

that the right of government is derived from the

consent of the governed. These constitute the very

foundation of our American republic. So long as

these principles are safeguarded we will be forever

free from the doctrines which upset nations in the

past, namely, “That the King can do no wrong,” or

the counterpart in some of the present dictators who

are strutting across the pages of history.

It is but natural to suppose that controversy

should arise as regards the origin of such glorious

principles. Too frequently they are traced back to

the Bill of Rights given in England in 1689; yet

neither of these two doctrines, which are the very

foundation stones of American democracy, are con-

tained in the English Bill of Rights. Rather do we

discover them in the Virginia Bill of Rights also

written by Thomas Jefferson. Next we trace these

principles to Algernon Sidney who was executed in

1683 for his democratic teachings, and to John

Locke whose Two Treatises on Government appear-

ed in 1679. Going back even farther we find the

same principles enunciated by St. Robert Bellarmine

in the same century, by St. Thomas Aquinas, the

greatest theologian of all times, in the 13th century,

and even in the manuscripts of the early Fathers

of the Church who recorded the beginnings of Chris-

tianity. Hence, contrary to what so often appears

in history, the principles of our American Declara-

tion of Independence are Christian and Catholic,

for the principles which constitute the foundation

of American democracy were taught by Qajholic



THE TORCH OF LIBERTY 1§

theologians as far back as the third century. In a

hundred ways the Church’s scholars, foremost

among them St. Robert Bellarmine and St. Thomas

Aquinas, fought for the preservation of the demo-

cratic ideal of government, for civil and religious

liberty, and had it not been for such great thinkers

these sublime doctrines might never have been en-

shrined in the document which gave birth to our

nation.

Merely declaring our independence did not

make our freedom an accomplished fact. There

followed the bitter days of the Revolutionary War

which taxed to the utmost the resources of Wash-

ington and his supporters. What made it so difficult

was the fact that the colonists were sharply divided

;

there were the Tories who remained loyal to Great

Britain, the Whigs who were the revolutionaries,

and the middle class which despised the Tories but

at the same time feared the Whigs as radicals and

agitators. The result was that while Washington

should have been able to call upon 200,000 men,

there was a time in the Spring of 1777 when he

had a mere 4000 regular soldiers under his com-

mand. This is when he needed help and he received

that aid from countless Catholics residing in the

colonies, from the Catholic Indians of Maine and

the Old Northwest, from Catholic Canadian volun-

teers, and from the then two most outstanding Cath-

olic countries, France and Spain. Besides, an out-

standing group of individuals helped, among them

first and foremost Charles Carroll, the wealthiest

maa in the colonies, who put his vast fortune at

the disposal of Washington and the Revolution.

Then there was the gallant general Pulaski, who

was killed at the siege of Savannah, and General



20 AMERICA AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Kosciusko, Commodore de Grasse, and a host of

others who stand out as Catholic heroes of the Revo-

lution. Finally there was Commodore John Barry,

the Father of the American Navy, who in his good

ship Alliance fought the last battle of the Revolu-

tion and thus brought an end to the war.

In view of all this it is not surprising that

Washington should have written to a group of out-

standing American Catholics who had extended a

congratulatory message to him. To them he said:

“As mankind becomes more liberal, they will be

more apt to allow that all those who conduct them-

selves worthy members of the Community, are

equally entitled to the protection of civil govern-

ment. I hope ever to see America the foremost

nation in examples of Justice and Liberality. And

I presume that your fellow-citizens will not forget

the patriotic part which you took in the accomplish-

ment of their revolution, and the establishment of

their government, or the important assistance which

they received from a nation, in which the Roman

Catholic Faith is professed.”

Besides our Declaration of Independence there

are two other institutions of which we as Americans

are justly proud. They are the Constitution of the

United States and our Supreme Court. The Con-

stitution has been described, and justly so, as the

greatest document which ever came from the mind

of man. Eleven years after the Declaration of In-

dependence, the Constitution was made the law of

the land. It contains the fundamental legislation

which makes the people’s rights secure and directs

and governs those who exercise the powers of the

National Government. The framers of the Con-

stitution knew well the religious jealousies which



THE TORCH OF LIBERTY 21

had caused so much discontent among the colonies

and even though at the time there prevailed a heal-

thy state of liberality, still our founding fathers

scanned the future and wisely inserted this precious

jewel of religious liberty, namely, “No religious

test shall ever be required as a qualification to any

office or public trust under the authority of the

United States.”

Eminent in character and far-reaching though

it was, yet the Constitution did not explain or in-

terpret itself. Something over and above was need-

ed. The builders were face to face with two plans

:

Private interpretation by individuals with all their

private virtues and vices, emotions and sentiments,

coloring and shaping their final judgments; or, on

the other hand, the plan laid down by Christ in the

establishment of His Church. This latter meant

the institution of a supreme teaching body lawfully

constituted to render final judgments through a

supreme justice. It was this plan that the American

patriots of 1776 followed in establishing a Supreme

Court which is the final word when there is ques-

tion of the law of the land. Much does our Country

owe to such a wise plan, for without it we would be

but the tattered and torn fragment of a nation with

some 130 million opinions instead of one nation,

indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

America has been great because it is founded

on great principles. We pride ourselves that we
are a Christian nation with a civilization and culture

which is Christian. These principles are not of

yesterday but came down to us from the day when

Christ commissioned His disciples to go and teach

“whatsoever I have commanded you;” and it is

through the Church founded upon the Apostles, with



22 AMERICA AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

St. Peter at the head, that these principles of Chris-

tianity have been preserved. If at times these prin-

ciples do not produce their proper effects, as is all

too evident in many nations, including our own, it

is not the fault of the principles but rather because

human perversity, pride, and selfishnes, have been

permitted to gain the upperhand. Liberty and

security can be preserved only at the cost of eternal

vigilance, and if America is to ramain great among

the nations those who guide her destinies must ever

remember that we are founded on Christian laws

and principles and that we should go humbly to

Christ for aid in preserving what we value even

more than our lives.

May I add one final thought. This coming

Thursday we celebrate a great feast in honor of our

Heavenly Queen, the feast of her Assumption into

Heaven. It is significant that our country is dedi-

cated to the Blessed Virgin, not under the title of

her Assumption but rather under the title by which

she made herself known to St. Bernadette Subirous

when she appeared to her at Lourdes and said, “I

am the Immaculate Conception.” Thus is she known

as Mary the Patroness of the United States. We
do well, therefore, if we appeal to her

;
for as Christ

came to us through Mary so there is no safer ap-

proach to Christ than through His Blessed Mother.

Prayers to her will bring us many blessings and an

appeal to her to safeguard our country at this cru-

cial moment will not go unheeded. As our heavenly

Patroness may she ever watch over us, and over this

our beloved country.



THE TORCH OF LEARNING AND
CHARITY

Address delivered on August 18, 1940.

When Pilate asked the tremendusly significant

question, ‘‘What is truth?”, he did not realize that

he was standing face to face with Truth. Christ is

the Truth for He Himself has told us, “I am the

way, and the truth, and the life” (John 14:6). For

this purpose He came to' “give testimony to the

truth” (John 18:37). Unfortunately there are still

ton many Pilates who either do not recognize truth

when they see it or, seeing it, sacrifice truth for ex-

pediency.

Of all truths, those of religion are the most vital.

They form and fashion character
;
they equip us for

the struggles we must face in this life and prepare

us for the next. In order that the truths brought

down from heaven might be continued through the

ages, Christ commissioned His Apostles to “teach

ye all nations . . . teaching them to observe . . .

whatsoever I have commanded you” (Matt. 28:19-

20). Upon their shoulders was placed the responsi-

bility of teaching, upon the shoulders of their hear-

ers the obligation to hear and do. “He that believ-

eth . . . shall be saved: but he that believeth not

shall be condemned” (Mark 16:16).

No further reason need be stated for the exis-

tence of our Catholic schools than the command giv-

en by Christ to teach. After the persecutions the

Church lost no time in establishing her schools. The

pages of history are emblazoned with names of the

schools, colleges, and universities erected under her

care, so that she merits the title of the mother of



24 AMERICA AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

education who has held aloft the torch of learning

down through the centuries.

The earliest schools in our country had a relig-

ious origin. Even as the faith was brought by those

who discovered and explored our land, so the first

schools were opened by the Spanish and French set-

tlers and by the English colonists in Maryland. Even

before the 16th Century came to a close, Catholic

schools had been established in Florida and by 1604

a classical school had been opened in St. Augustine.

At about the same time Franciscan Missionaries

started schools in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

Before 1640 French Capuchin monks were teaching

the Indians of Maine, and in Maryland the Jesuits

were building their first grammar school. Follow-

ing the pioneering work in education carried on by

the monks in the North, East, South, and West, the

greatest boon conferred upon education came from

the religious orders of women. As early as 1727 the

Ursulines from France established the first Convent

School in New Orleans. In 1799 the Visitation Nuns

offered courses at Georgetown Convent in Washing-

ton, and by 1833 had schools as far away as Illinois

and Alabama. The Sisters of Charity, founded in

1808 in Emmitsburg, Maryland, spread rapidly so

that by 1850 they had 58 schools in various parts of

the country. To Mother Duchesne, recently beati-

fied, we owe the first free schools west of the Miss-

issippi.

Time does not permit narration of the outstand-

ing part played by these devoted women in the glor-

ious cause of education. Women came after the

soil had been broken but in most instances they

pioneered among the Indians and the first settlers

and not only taught early Americans the art of



THE TORCH OF LEARNING AND CHARITY 25

learning, to equip them for a useful life here, but

what is more important, lifted their minds and

hearts heavenward to the goal for which all of us

must strive. And today the nuns are teaching more

than 2,000,000 American boys and girls and train-

ing them to be useful citizens as they instill into

their hearts a love of God.

Education today is facing a serious problem.

We realize only too well the exceeding difficulties in

having religious courses of study for our state-

supported schools which would satisfy the diver-

gent religious opinions of our American people
;
and

yet, religious education is of the utmost importance.

President after President, from the Father of

Our Country on down through Coolidge and Roose-

velt, have expressed the need of religion as a basis

for democracy and as a necessary condition if

democracy is to survive. To say, “Let the home and

the Sunday School take care of the religious train-

ing,” simply does not solve the problem, for the

fact remains that three out of five in the United

States are not connected with any church; three

out of five have never attended Sunday schools and

have no Christian education
;
three out of five never

have worshipped, never have read the Bible and,

the assumption is, have seldom prayed.

The strange fact which we are forced to face

here in the United States is that on the one hand

religion is considered essential for our well-being

and our very continuation as a democracy, yet in

our educational set-up religion is generally ignored.

And what is more, those schools which teach relig-

ion are penalized for doing so. Education without

religion is admittedly detrimental to the welfare of

our country, yet every dollar of state aid is shower-



26 AMERICA AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

ed upon schools where religion is omitted. On the

other hand, those who, from conscientious motives,

set up schools where religion is a definite part of the

curriculum, must not only bear the whole burden

of these schools but must contribute equally with

other citizens to the support of the state-maintain-

ed schools. One would expect at least a word of

gratitude for doing what presidents, statesmen, and

educators deem is of paramount importance for the

welfare of our country. While regulations have

been adopted providing free, time for religious in-

struction in some places, which is proof that the

need of religious training in the schools is recog-

nized, yet this is but a beginning compared to the

solution of the problem in Canada where religious

schools are supported by the government and grant-

ed allocations in proportion to the Catholic or Pro-

testant population, respectively. Why should this

not be feasible in our Country dedicated as it is to

the principle of equality and justice for all?

Not only are we as Catholics alarmed at the

godlessness of our day, resulting in a great measure

from our godless education, but Protestant minis-

ters are also becoming duly alarmed. Not long ago

the pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian

Church in Washington, D. C., Dr. Peter Marshall,

speaking before the Laymen's League of New Or-

leans, had this to say: “Church people don’t have

any idea of the situation. They are in the habit of

thinking of America as a Christian nation. But

what about our social customs, our gambling, the

divorce situation, the slum problems, the race ques-

tion? Are these Christian? We the Church people

are a minority of the population. There are 60,-

000,000 of us but there ar& 70,000,000 others. Young



THE TORCH OF LEARNING AND CHARITY 27

people are being brought up in a pagan way. Na-

ture abhors a vacuum and unless Christian education

is inserted then pagan education will seep in.”

It is true that parents have the first responsi-

bility in training the child and seeing to it that the

child is brought up with proper guidance, reverence

for religion, and due respect for the true principles

of Liberty and Democracy. But should not religion

be a part and parcel also of daily education? With-

out religion, education is too often just a training

in the art of beating the other fellow.

The principles embodied in our Catholic schools

are that the spiritual interest of the child, while not

exclusive of other interests, is supreme
;
that moral-

ity, next to religion, is the most important matter

in the life of the child and that it is best taught

when based on religion; that despite the fact that

enemies of the Church have at times considered

them un-American, our schools teach patriotism of

a high order and the results show they teach it

effectively. They teach morality and the lives of

her children prove the result. They teach religion,

thus constituting, in an age that questions every-

thing, a great institutional force on the side of

belief in God, in religious obligation, and in definite

moral responsibility. Finally it should not be for-

gotten that the hundreds upon hundreds of Cath-

olic schools with almost two and a half million pupils,

save many millions of dollars annually which the

non-Catholic population would otherwise have to

pay in providing public schools and teachers for

these two and a half million pupils.

In teaching religious truths not only to adults

but also to the children in her own schools, the Cath-

olic Church is scrupulously carrying out the com-



28 AMERICA AND THE, CATHOLIC CHURCH

mission given by Christ to teach His truths to all

mankind. But Our Divine Saviour stressed another

work both by word and by deed. He Himself went

about “doing good,” healing the sick, and He defi-

nitely commanded the obligation of charity to those

who are in need. In this matter, as in education,

the Church has no choice. To neglect the helpless

poor or those who cannot help themselves would be

a real lack of true Christianity. In this the Catholic

Church has not failed, for nothing has been more

characteristic of her down through the ages to the

present time. From the beginning Bishops were

commanded to be hospitable and to care for the

needy. Through the Middle Ages monasteries were

always centers of charity and in times of famine or

need the people would go to the doors of these in-

stitutions, knowing that the religious practiced

charity out of love of God.

In America this same spirit of charity has been

characteristic of the Catholic Church. Hospitals

were founded at an early date, the first on the Amer-

ican Continent being the one established in Mexico

by Cortez in 1532. The earliest Catholic hospital

in the United States was established in New Orleans

in 1720. At the present time there are approxi-

mately 709 Catholic hospitals in this country and

179 in Canada. Besides, more than 300 allied agen-

cies in the United States and Canada render medi-

cal aid in one form or another. Almost without ex-

ception these hospitals are staffed by religious Sis-

ters and Brothers who devote their lives to the care

of those who are sick in body and often, too, in mind

and soul.

No task seems to be too difficult, no danger too

great, no disease too loathsome, but our religious



THE TORCH OF LEARNING AND CHARITY 29

Sisterhoods are in the vanguard to take care of

the need. Of all diseases that of leprosy is the

most abhorrent. The world still rings with the

praise of a Father Damien who ministered to the

lepers of Molokai and gave his life for them; for a

Brother Joseph Dutton, an American citizen, who

worked with him and who, because of his unselfish

charity, was honored by President Roosevelt, then

Assistant Secretary of the Navy, who ordered the

Atlantic fleet, on its cruise around the world, to

make a detour from Honolulu and pass by the leper

institution because he considered Brother Joseph

Dutton one of the world’s greatest heroes.

Sisters are now in charge at Molokai as they

are in nearly every leper colony in the world. They

staff the one leper colony in the United States which

is located at Carville, a short distance from New

Orleans. Where many with hearts less stout would

dread to enter, even for a moment, through fear

that the shunned disease mark them for a victim,

these noble souls dedicate their very lives to min-

istering unto those, the least among God’s children.

In our National Capital there is a monument

erected to the Nuns of the Battlefields. It is a glow-

ing tribute, but faint in comparison with the trib-

ute of love which their kindly, gentle hands evoked

in the hearts of those to whom they ministered. To

those who gave their services in the Civil War,

Abraham Lincoln paid this tribute: “Of all the

forms of charity and benevolence seen in the crowd-

ed wards of the hospitals, those of some Catholic

Sisters were among the most efficient. I never

knew whence they came or what was the name of

their order. More lovely than anything I have ever

seen in art so long devoted to illustrations of love,



30 AMERICA AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

mercy and charity, are the pictures that remain of

those modest Sisters going on their errands of

mercy among the suffering and the dying.”

Catholic charities embrace practically every

type of organized service to meet human needs. This

service is directed and shared both by religious and

by laity. The wide extent to which the religious

communities take part in this work of caring for

orphans, delinquent girls, for the sick in homes and

institutions, is evident from the fact that there are

over 24,000 religious women engaged in social and

charitable work. At present there are in the United

States seventy-two Catholic child-caring institu-

tions with over 15,000 children under foster care

and 375 Catholic orphanages with over 45,000 orph-

ans.

Among the laity, outstanding work has been

accomplished by many societies both for men and

women. Outstanding among them is the Society of

St. Vincent de Paul which offers relief to the poor

and the unfortunate. Members of this society or-

ganize themselves voluntarily and without remun-

eration, in conferences, and there are at present

over 2,700 such groups in the United States with a

membership of over 30,000 active and 7,500 honor-

ary members. Going about quietly, seeking out the

suffering members, these zealous and charitably in-

clined men have written a glorious page in the an-

nals of Catholic charity in our land.

To facilitate the work of Catholic charity and

coordinate the efforts aimed at helping those in

need, we have today a Bureau of Catholic Charities

in practically every diocese throughout the land.

These in turn come under the National Conference



THE TORCH OF LEARNING AND CHARITY 31

of Catholic Charities in Washington, D. C., which

has a membership of approximately 2,500 individ-

uals and 130 constituent organizations.

The primary work of the Church is to lead souls

to God. This is done chiefly through the Sacra-

ments which Christ instituted as so many channels

through which the life of God flows into individual

souls. Over and above caring for the purely spirit-

ual interests of mankind the Church has ever con-

cerned herself with the mental and physical well-

being of her children. Hence her vital interest in

education and her constant care for the needy and

those who cannot care for themselves. Christ Him-

self gave the example and the Church can not well

neglect following His example if she is to remain

true to the commission which He entrusted to her.

In reality the attitude which the Church has

ever manifested and which individuals as well must

foster, becomes clear from the words of scripture

which describe the scene of the final judgment. Not

the more serious crimes, condemned so strongly in

other passages, but how we have treated our fellow-

man, will be the basis of our judgment. “I was

hungry, and you gave me to eat : I was thirsty, and

you gave me to drink: I was a stranger, and you

took me in : Naked, and you covered me : Sick and

you visited me: I was in prison, and you came to

me” (Matt. 25:35-36). To the great surprise of

those on the right side who will ask when this

service was rendered to Christ, He will say : “Amen

I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these

my least brethren, you did it to me” (Matt. 25:40).
And likewise, for those who will hear the terrible

sentence, “Depart from me, you cursed, into ever-

lasting fire” (Matt 25:41), it will be because they



32 AMERICA AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

had failed in charity, because selfishness blinded

them to the needs of their fellowmen.

Never before, either at home or abroad, has

the appeal for help been more heartbreaking than

now. What an opportunity it affords for Christ-

like charity and imitation of the Master who “went

about doing good.” Through the plaintive voices

of those in need, Christ appeals to you and me. He

gave His life for us, He expects us to carry on His

work. From the hill of Calvary, charity for man-

kind casts its shadow across the world. May it

find lodging within our hearts so that love shown

for others now may reap for us the eternal love of

God in heaven.



THE BULWARK OF THE NATION

Address delivered on August 25, 1940.

What a wonderful institution is the home.

Round about it cluster those virtues which bring

peace and security to individuals as well as to na-

tions. The magic word “HOME” ! How it quickens

the heartbeat wherever we may be. For it the sol-

dier gives his life in battle; the pilgrim envisions

it on all his journeys; it lights our life from child-

hood days and calls to us through all the years. Our

most sacred memories are entwined around the

home, the sanctuary of happiness. The world may

hem us in with its trials, its sadness and despair,

but the home gives comfort, softening the blows,

shutting out a world of strife, shutting in a world

of love. It’s man’s castle by day and night with an

altar of peace built in every heart. Here lies the

father’s kingdom; here the mother’s domain; here

the children’s paradise!

In song and story the sacred character of the

home has ever been extolled. Other songs may have

their vogue, rise to popularity for a day and are

then forgotten. But songs about the home and

songs about mothers who make the home, touch the

heart as do no other subjects, and thus last for-

ever.

Christ Himself, our model in every virtue,

sanctified the home, and made it something to be

cherished by all peoples. He spent thirty out of the

thirty three years of His earthly sojourn within the

confines of a little home in Nazareth. He came to

teach mankind the truths of heaven and called Him-

self the Way which leads to peace and happiness.



34 AMERICA AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Christ taught us both by word and by example. His

living thirty years within a home clearly reveals

the importance of this institution. If then we are

looking for peace and security in a world which has

lost its moorings, we need to go back to Nazareth

and there learn the virtues which make for strength

to preserve the home, the bulwark of the nation.

The family and the home is The foundation of

society and the nation. Before there were nations

and governments there were homes and families;

but as they increased it became necessary for heads

of families to relinquish some of their authority

and vest it in one man, or group of men, for the

sake of protection against an enemy, either from

within or from without. This is the true principle

of democracy, namely, that civil authority resides

within the governed, for it is by their authority that

certain ones are placed in power. The leaders of the

State have the solemn obligation to safeguard the

rights of individuals under them and to procure

their temporal welfare. And even though we see the

exact opposite today in what we call the totalitarian

states, which usurp the right of individuals and

claim absolute authority, it is still the dictate of

right reason that government derives its authority

from the consent of the governed.

We are facing troubled days. We cannot help

but wonder whether or not it is God’s visitation

upon the nations for permitting evils which have

all but ruined homes. Greed, love of ease and pleas-

ure, and, above all, blinding selfishness, have mili-

tated against the sanctity of the home and permit-

ted such evils as divorce, birth prevention, and

filthy literature, to wreak havoc with what should

be a nation of Christian homes.



THE BULWARK OF THE NATION 35

Our hearts bleed at the thought of the hundreds

of thousands of homes which have been ruthlessly

destroyed during the past year. We talk of broken
pledges and with justice we rise in anger against

those who have failed in their plighted word. But

somehow we are inclined to close our eyes to the

broken pledges on the part of one out of every six

couples in our country who either before priest,

minister, or judge, made a solemn vow before God

to remain husband and wife, “until death do them

part.” More homes have been destroyed by divorce,

and with far more harmful effects, than by all the

bombs and shells of terrible wars. The marriage

vow is not just an ordinary contract but a solemn

vow made to God to found a home and safeguard it

to the end. Yet selfishness is permitted to enter and

break even so solemn a promise.

We pride ourselves on being a Christian na-
tion, a nation based on Christian laws and prin-

ciples. Above all things these laws and principles

regard the sanctity of the home, and therefore, ap-

ply in all their vigor to the question of divorce. Read

again the words of Christ as recorded in St. Mark’s

Gospel, Chapter 10, beginning with the tenth verse.

Our Lord was explaining this question to those who

came to ask Him concerning it. He was in the home

with His disciples and to them He gave the final

instruction on marriage and divorce when He said

:

“Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry

another, committeth adultery against her. And if

the wife shall put away her husband, and be mar-

ried to another, she committeth adultery” (Mark

10:11-12). These are plain words and they are the

words not of the Church but of Christ; and yet di-

vorce continues to wreck one out of every six mar-



36 AMERICA AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

riages, leaving, according to a, recent estimate,

1,800,000 divorced men and women at the present

time in the United States.

Against this evil of divorce the Catholic

Church has ever lifted her voice, not only here in

America but at all times and among all nations.

Thus she has championed the cause of our greatest

institution, the home.

For this America owes her a debt of undying

gratitude. Never throughout her long history of

nineteen hundred years has the Church ever sanc-

tioned a divorce. She has upon careful examination

found that some supposed marriages were clearly

no marriages from the beginning, and has rightly

declared them null and void; but never has she

permitted divorce from the bond of a marriage

which was lawfully entered. Well did the great Car-

dinal Gibbons state the doctrine of the Church in

regard to marriage and divorce when he said,

“Marriage is the most inviolable and irrevocable of

all contracts that were ever formed. Every human

compact may be lawfully dissolved but this. Na-

tions may be justified in abrogating treaties with

each other; merchants may dissolve partnerships;

brothers will eventually leave the paternal roof and

like Jacob and Esau, separate from one another.

Friends like Abraham and Lot may be obliged to

part company, but by the law of God the bond

uniting husband and wife can be dissolved only by

death. No earthly sword can sever the nuptial knot

which the Lord has tied, for 'what God hath joined

together, let no man put asunder’

In marriage and the home the child holds first

place. So it was from the beginning among the

Chosen People where parenthood was the great



THE BULWARK OF THE NATION 37

ideal for the Jewish husband and wife. To them a

large family was looked upon as a distinct bless-

ing from Almighty God, while childless homes, even

when unavoidable, were considered a curse and a

visitation from God. That same ideal of mother-

hood has been extolled through the centuries in

imitation of the Motherhood of Mary who is honor-

ed and loved chiefly because she is the Mother of

Christ the Lord.

Motherhood should ever be the great ideal for

every maiden who enters the sacred state of matri-

mony, for no greater honor can come to her than

that of bringing new life into the world and then

forming and fashioning the lives of the little ones

entrusted to her care. What greater honor than to

have children born into the world to be reborn

through baptism for an eternity of bliss? This is

an exalted mission which husband and wife under-

take before God when they are united in holy matri-

mony; and on the manner in which they acquit

themselves of this mission will depend to a greater

or lesser degree their happiness in their old age, and

also their reward or punishment in the life to come.

Much has been said these days of national

dangers that bore from within. They are a challenge

to any nation. But the most destructive forces

within any country are those which a former presi-

dent, Theodore Roosevelt, called the “Apostles of

race suicide”.

About fifty years ago, before these “apostles”

formed such a huge army within our borders, there

was an average of one divorce for every eighteen

marriages. Now the average is one divorce for every
six marriages, and with the momentum the move-

ment has attained there is every chance for an even



38 AMERICA AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

lower ratio. Compared with Canada, where there

is only one divorce in every 186 marriages, our rec-

ord is indeed deplorable.

God loves families. That is why in the begin-

ning, as Christ tells us, “God made them male and

female . . . [wherefore] a man shall leave his father

and mother, and shall cleave to his wife. And they

two shall be in one flesh . . . What therefore God

hath joined together, let no man put asunder”

(Mark 10:6-9). He further commanded that they

“increase and multiply” (Gen. 1:28) and care for

the children which complete the family. Every

safeguard was placed by God around the home, to

protect and preserve it against every danger.

The whole plan given us by Christ for our sal-

vation is a family matter. He wanted all of us to be

united in one great family, or one great body, of

which He is the head and we are the members.

When Christ came down on earth He united His di-

vine nature with a human nature and thus raised

up a human nature unto participation with the di-

vine. That all of us might share in this glorious par-

ticipation in the very nature of God, Christ insti-

tuted a sacrament whereby we are reborn and thus

receive the Life of God which makes us children of

God and heirs of heaven. What a glorious concept

this is of being united with Christ and thus consti-

tuting His Mystical Body which is the Church.

According to this plan of Christ we are to be mem-

bers one of another and brothers in Christ. He is

the Head, we the members
;
He is the Vine, we the

branches. From Him we have Life and in Him we

have our being. United with God we are to love God

above all things, and our neighbor, our fellow-

beings, our brothers in Christ, even as ourselves.



THE BULWARK OF THE NATION 39

What a magnificent plan it is, this banding of

all mankind into union with Christ and forming

thus the family of God on earth. What a paradise it

would make if selfishness and human pride and per-

versity did not constantly step in to prevent it from

flowering into full bloom. The plan is perfect and

workable if only the old, old sin, the sin of the

fallen angels, the sin of our first parents, the sin

which has wrought havoc so often among the na-

tions, the sin of man wanting to be even like unto

God, did not worm its way in to destroy God’s plan.

Some day the fulfillment will come, for we have

Christ’s promise that “there shall be one fold and

one shepherd” (John 10:16).

In the meantime let us just take a glance at

what would happen if we made a sincere effort to

understand God’s plan of His Mystical Body. Would

there be today the hatred and the destruction and

the bloodshed which have made our generation the

most cruel and bloodthirsty in the annals of all his-

tory? Would men not realize that to kill one an-

other is a sort of suicide, for to kill another united

with us in the very Life of Christ is more than

murder—it is a destruction of a member of the body
of which we ourselves are an integral part. And

what is more, the bomb and shell and sword-thrust

aimed against a brother in Christ is in reality

pointed against Christ Himself, for it is Christ’s

plan that we form one body in Him. When St. Paul

of old was on his way to Damascus and Christ struck

him down from his horse, St. Paul asked in fear-

some wonderment “Who art thou Lord?” Christ

answered, “I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou

persecutest” (Acts 22:8). St. Paul had no idea of

persecuting Christ Himself but was concerned only



40 AMERICA AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

in bringing the Christians in chains to Jerusalem.

But Christ made it evident that what Paul planned

to do against the Christians, he was doing against

Him; for so intimately is the Christian made one

with Christ that what is done to the Christian,

united with Christ, is done to Christ Himself. Here

St. Paul learned the meaning of Christ; here he

learned what constitutes the very heart and soul of

Christianity. From that moment he was on fire to

make known this wondrous revelation to all the

world. By word and example he preached this doc-

trine the while he himself was so imbued with its

transcending beauty that he could say, “For to me,

to live is Christ” (Phil. 1:21). Or again, “I live,

now not I, but Christ liveth in me” (Gal. 2:20).

This, my dear friends, is the plan which we

must learn if we would have peace and happiness

reign once more in this war-torn world. This is the

plan of Christ, the Prince of Peace, who came on

earth to teach us how we all can be brothers one

with another in Christ and thus form the family of

God on earth. Until that day arrives, when all man-

kind shall accept the sweet yoke of Christ, there

may be difficult times ahead; but let us face them

with unshaken faith.

No matter how dark the cloud which may over-

shadow us, we may rest assured that Christ is ever

near and that He will not fail to hear us if we call

upon Him with trust and confidence. Often let us

call upon Him to guide our faltering footsteps along

the paths of peace and justiae, as in the words of

Adelaide Procter

—



THE BULWARK OF THE NATION 41

“For one thing only,

Lord, dear Lord I plead

—

Lead me aright,
Though strength should falter and though heart

should bleed,

Through peace to light.

I do not ask my cross to understand,
My way to see;
Better in darkness just to feel thy hand

And follow Thee.”

My dear friends, it has been a great pleasure
to meet with you over the air waves during the past

four weeks. To the National Council of Catholic

Men and to the National Broadcasting Company, I

wish to express my sincere gratitude as well as to

you the listening audience. If anything I have said

has helped to give you deeper faith or renewed con-

fidence in God and in your country I would humbly

ask a prayer in return. May God be with you dur-

ing the trying days ahead; and, in the words of

Cardinal Newman

—

“May the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Support us all the day long,

Till the shades lengthen,

And the evening comes,
And the busy world is hushed,
And the fever of Life is over,
And our work is done.

“Then in His Mercy

May He give us a safe lodging
And a Holy Rest
And Peace at the last.”



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Albuquerque „ KOB,
Buffalo WBEN,
New York WEAF,
Schenectady WGY,

North Carolina Asheville WISE,
Charlotte WSOC,
Raleigh WPTF,

North Dakota Bismarck KFYR,
Fargo WDAY,

Ohio Cincinnati WSAI,
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In 41 States, the District of Columbia, and Hawaii

Pennsylvania Allentown WSAN, 1440 kc
Altoona WFBG, 1310 kc
Erie WTiEU, 1420 kc
Johnstown WJAC, 1310 kc
Philadelphia KYW, 1020 kc
Pittsburgh WCAE, 1220 kc

Rhode Island Providence WJAR, 890 kc
South Carolina Charleston WTMA, 1210 kc

Columbia WIS, 560 kc
Florence WOLS, 1200 kc
Greenville ., WFBC, 1300 kc

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Tennessee Chattanooga WAPO, 1420 kc

Nashville WSM, 650 kc
Texas Amarillo KGNC, 1410 kc

Beaumont KFDM, 560 kc
El Paso KTSM, 1310 kc
Fort Worth KGKO, 570 kc
Houston KPRC, 920 kc
San Antonio WOAI, 1190 kc

Utah Salt Lake City KDYL, 1290 kc
Virginia Norfolk WTAR, 780 kc

Richmond WMBG, 1350 kc
Washington Seattle KOMO, 920 kc

Spokane KHQ, 590 kc
Wisconsin Madison WIBA, 1280 kc
HAWAII Honolulu KGU, 750 kc
SHORT WAVE Schenectady, N. Y WGEO, 9.53 meg

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