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Description: Catholic Charities Conference Meets
Date: September 24 1910Newspaper published in: Tuscaloosa, AL
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CATHOLIC CHARITIES CONFERENCE MEETS
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Washington, D. C., Sept. 24. – Many prominent representatives of the Catholic church, both lay and clerical, arrived in Washington today from various parts of the country to take part in the first national conference of Catholic charities. The conference will be formally opened tomorrow morning with a solemn high mass in the chapel of the Catholic University of America. Mgr. Diomede Falconio, apostolic delegate to the United States, will attend and Archbishop Blenk of New Orleans will preach the sermon.
At the close of the religious service the delegates to the conference will be received by the apostolic delegate and Rt. Rev. Mgr. Shahan, rector of the university. In the afternoon there will be a meeting for organization and appointment of committees, and in the evening a public meeting will be held with Cardinal Gibbons presiding. Mgr. Shahan will speak on “The Practical Mission of the Conference,” and Judge M. O’Doherty of Louisville will read a paper on “Catholic ideals in Charity.”
Monday and Tuesday will be occupied with the presentation of reports and discussion of the conditions of Catholic charities in cities, dioceses and states. Among those who will present papers or addresses are Mgr. White of Brooklyn, Judge Michael F. Girten of Chicago, David Tilley of Boston, Paul Fuller of New York, Joseph W. Brooks of Baltimore, and Rev. T. Mueller-Simoni of Strassburg, Germany.