BTl), J ~L:ETIN It... SEPTEMBER THE STERILIZATION FALLACY By H. H. McClelland, M.D. THE WORLD POPULATION CONFERENCE By Patrick J. Ward INSTITUTE OF PACIFIC RELATIONS CONFERENCE By Rev. John A. Ryan, D.D. FEDERAL EDUCATION AND THE CONSTITUTION By Willialll F. Montavon CINCINNATI'S NEW HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM. By Francis M. Crowley THE PUEBLO SOCIAL SERVICE SURVEY By Charlotte W,iCOX ADDITIONAL FEATURES Plans for Seventh Annual Conventions of the N. C. C. M. and N. C. C. W.-Growing Interest in National Catholic School of Social Service-Reports of Quarterly Meetings of Diocesan Councils of N. C. C. W. in Denver and Berkeley-Opening of Study Club Season-Growing Influence of Rural Life Conference-Detroit Catholics Proud of Diocesan Institutions- Latest Figures on Catholic School Attendance-Tabloid Facts About the N. C. W. C. CATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS OF mGHER EDUCATION SERIES: LIII. St. Thomas College, St. Paul, Minn.; LIV. College of Manhattanville, Manhattanville, N. Y. PRONOUNCEMENTS OF CHURCH WITH REGARD TO EDUCATION 2 N.C.W.C. BULLETIN September, 1927 Official Pronouncements of the Church With Regard to Education N VIEW OF THE BEGINNING of the new scholastic year, when our Catholic schools will again welcome their annual I quota of nearly two and a half million pupils, it is well to keep before our minds the pronouncements of the Church with re­ gard to the obligations of parents to provide for the religious and N .. C. W. C. moral training of their children in schools approved by the local authorities of the Church. The following statements will not only BULLETIN remind our Catholic people of their duty in this matter but serve also to explain to those outside the Church her unchanging position toward this most vital question. Published Monthly by the UTIES OF PARENTS.-"Parents are bound by a most grave obligation NATIONAL CATHOLIC WELFARE D to provide to the best of their ability for the religious and moral as well as CONFERENCE for the physical and civil education of their children, and for their temporal well­ being."-Canon 1113, New Code of Canon Law. PUBLICATION OFFICE · '* * * All parents who neglect to give their children this necessary training Industrial Bldg., Baltimore, Md. and education, or who permit their children to frequent sch{)ols in which the ruin of souls cannot be avoided, or, finally, who, having in their locality a good Entered as second-class matter October :6, 1921, at Catholic school, properly appointed to teach their children, or having the oppor­ the post office at Baltimore, Md., under the Act of tunity of educating their offspring in another place nevertheless send them to March 3, 1879. Accepted for mailing at special rate public schools, without sufficient reason and without the necessary precautions of postage provided for in section 1103, Act of Octo­ by which the approximate danger may be made remote-these, as is evident ber 3, 1917, authorized October 27, 1921. Subscrip­ from Catholic moral teaching, if they are contumacious, cannot be absolved in tion Price: One dollar per year in advance; outside the Sacrament of Penance."-Instruction of Pope Pius IX, issued 1864. the United States, $1.25 per year. EUTRAL OR MIXED SCHOOLS.-ccCatholic children must not attend N non-Catholic, neutral, or mixed schools, that is, such as are also open to N. c. w. C. Administrative Committee non-Catholics. It is for the Bishop of the place alone to decide, according to MOST REV. EDWARD J. HANNA, D.D. the instructions of the Apostolic See, in what circumstances and with what pre­ cautions attendance at such schools may be tolerated, without danger of per­ Archbishop of San Francisco version to the pupils."-Ganon 1374, New Code of Canon Law. Chairman MOST REV. AUSTIN DOWLING, D.D. UTY OF BI HOPS.-"We exhort the bishops that they take steps to es­ D tablish a parish school in connection with every church of their diocese."­ Archbishop of St. Paul First Plenary Council of Baltimore, 1853. Chairman Department of Education EASONS FOR THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.-"Because the Cath­ RT. REV. THOMA F. LILLIS, D.D. R olic Church is the divinely appointed custodian of the whole body of revealed Bishop of Kansas City religious truth and is charged with the duty of teaching it to all men and to all Chairman Department of Social Action nations. 'Going, therefore, teach all nations.' To do this adequately, a separate RT. REV. JOSEPH CHREMBS, D.D. system of schools in our country is necessary. ccBecause the child is a morlil-1 agent, and his education must therefore be Bishop of Cleveland moral in the sense that it must recognize the fact that the child is endowed with Chairman Departmt,"Y/,t of Lay an immortal soul and is answerable to God for all his actions. Organizations "Because will-training is looked upon by the Church as no less important in RT. REV. EDl\HJND F. GIBBONS, D.D. the educative process than physical or intellectual training. "Because religious knowledge is itself intrinsically valuable in the process of Bishop of Albany education. Chairman Legal Department "Becaus~ religious training is the best training for a citizen. RT. REV. PHILIP R. McDEVITT, D.D. "Because the Church has, by positive law, made the establishment of schools a matter of religious policy."-Catechism of Catholic Education, N. C. W. C. Bishop of Harrisburg Chairman Department of Publicity, Press PIRIT OF THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL.-ccOur Catholic schools are not es­ and Literature S tablished and maintained with any idea of holding our children apart from the general body and spirit of American citizenship. They are simply the con­ RT. REV. P. J. MULDOON, D.D. crete form in which we exercise our rights as free citizens in conformity with the Bishop of Rockford dictates of conscience. Their very existence is a great moral fact in American life. For, while they aim, openly and avowedly, to preserve our Catholic faith, they offer to all our people an example of the use of freedom for the advancement REV. JOHN J. BURKE, C.S.P. of morality and religion."-1919 Pastoral Letter of the Archbishops and Bishops General Secretary of the Catholic Church in the United States. 'I' EGAL RIGHT OF THE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS TO EXIST.-ccThe CHARLES A. McMAHON, Editor L fundamental theory of liberty upon which all governments in this union repose excludes any general power of the State to standardize its children by forcing them to accept instruction from public teachers only. The child is not Editorial and Business Offices the mere creature of the State' those who nurture him and direct his destiny 1312 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W. have the right, coupled with the high duty, to recognize and prepare him for Washington, D. C. additional obligations."-From the Decision rendered by the U. S. Supreme Court Invalidating the Oregon anti-private school law. (Oregon School Cases, N. C. W. C.) September, 1927 N.C.W.C. BULLETIN 3 TABLOID FACTS ABOUT THE N.C~W.C. This page explains the Welfare Conference-What it is; What it does HE FOLLOWING facts promoting the social, civic, and economic T will serve to refresh welfare of Catholics and others. the minds of BULLETIN Dept. of Laws and Legislation readers with regard to the Chairman, Bishop Gibbons of Albany; organization and varied Director, William F. Montavon. activities of the N. C. W. C., This department maintains a nation­ as well as to enlighten those wide scrutiny of legislation affecting who may not now be familiar with the Catholic interests. Information concern­ work of the Conference. ing same is disseminated through the various departments of the Conference Organized to interested persons and organizations, At the general meeting of the Cardi­ enabling them to sponsor or oppose legisla­ nals, Archbishops and Bishops of the tive proposals of state or federal character United States, held at the Catholic Uni­ with a clear understanding of the moral, versity of America in September, 1919. economic and ethical principles involved. N.C. W.C. HEADQUARTERS Dept. of Lay Organizations Papal Blessing Washington, D. C. Chairman, Bishop Schrembs of Cleveland. Since its organization, the N. C. W. C. The department consists of two coor­ has been blessed by two supreme Pontiffs Dept. of Education dinate branches-the National Council of -the present gloriously reigning Pius XI Catholic Men and the National Council and his predecessor of blessed memory, Chm'rman, Archbishop Dowling of St. Paul; Executive Secretary, Rev. James H. of Catholic Women. Walter T. Johnson, Benedict XV-for the manner in which Kenton, Ohio, is national president of it is serving the cause of Church and Ryan, D.D. Organized to serve as a clearing house the N. C. C. M., and Charles F. Dolle, Country. national executive secretary. Mrs. Arthur Departments of information concerning Catholic educa­ tion; an advisory agency in the develop­ T. Mullen of Omaba). Nebr., is national Executive, Education, Press and Pub­ ment of Catholic schools and the Catholic president of the N. v. C. W., and Miss licity, Legal, Social Action and Lay school system; a connecting agency be­ Agnes G. Regan, national executive secre­ Organizations. tween Catholic education activities and tary. These executives act for their national executive boards at N. C. W. C. Administered government education activities; an active organization to safeguard the interests of headquarters. By an Administrative Committee of the Catholic schools. Both the N. C. C. M. and the N. C. seven, composed of Archbishops and Divisions: Statistics and Information, C. W. have their local units or organiza­ Bishops elected by all the members of the Teachers Registration, Health Education, tipn contacts in almost all of the 102 American Hierarchy in annual meeting.