. Three Catholic Afro-American congresses [electronic resource]: a short resume of the work that has been done since the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, letters of the hierarchy, clergy and prominent laymen to the congresses, the sermons of Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop Elder, Archbishop Ryan and Father Mackey, speeches and portraits of prominent colored Catholics, their friends and institutions, the public addresses of the three most remarkable gatherings of Negroes in America : all nicely bound in cloth. Anderson,Dr. Alexander, T. Augusta, Mr. W,n, D. Montague,Aaron Russell, Henry Johnson
. Three Catholic Afro-American congresses [electronic resource]: a short resume of the work that has been done since the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, letters of the hierarchy, clergy and prominent laymen to the congresses, the sermons of Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop Elder, Archbishop Ryan and Father Mackey, speeches and portraits of prominent colored Catholics, their friends and institutions, the public addresses of the three most remarkable gatherings of Negroes in America : all nicely bound in cloth. Anderson,Dr. Alexander, T. Augusta, Mr. W,n, D. Montague,Aaron Russell, Henry Johnson, John F Cook. Immediately after ma*s the delegates repaired tothe Church Hall, when Mr. C. H. Butler ascendedthe platform and stated that a pleasant duty haddevolved upon him, it was that he should call theFirst Colored Catholic Congress of America tj orderand proceeded to read the call as follows: A CALL. In view ol the zeal of the Holy Catholic andApostolic Church, to convert and educate our race inthis country, and of the facts that we as Catholics cando much in bringing about a consummation of thegreat work; and that we have not as much infor-mation as we should have of the number, locationand progress of the race in Catholicity; and that it is 13 ««r duty as Catholics to do all in our power to aid isthe conversion and education of our ^^ We, the undersigned, earnestly request that rep-resentatives of all the Colored Catholic Organiza-*tions meet with us in Washington, D. C . on A. E. ROBINSON, GEORGIA. day, January 1, 1889, for the purpose of taking thestatus of the race in their relation to the church;and if found advisable, to submit a basis of a per-manent organization as an auxiliary ta co-operate?with the venerable clergy in the conversion and ed>•oation of our race in the United States. 14 BASIS OF REPRESENTATION. r~ Each Colored Catholic organization will be en-titled to one delegate for every 500 members orfraction thereof. In localities whe
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