. 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. er s-pent—a red letter day. Headvised the Congress to be prudent and cautious, andtru
. 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. er s-pent—a red letter day. Headvised the Congress to be prudent and cautious, andtrusted that harmony would characterize itsproceeding. In essential things unity, in non-essential things liberty and in all things charity,said the Cardinal. As His Emminence was about toretire a delegate moved that he be requested to keephis seat and that all members of the Congress beoffered an opportunity to show their respect. Theresolution was addopted and business suspended, andthe delegates passed before the platform, where theywere heartily greeted by His Emminence. The Very Rev. A. B. Leeson, provincial of theOrder of St. Joseph, was requested to address theCongress and made a few remarks. He referred tothe great pleasure it afforded him to be present atthe opening of the Congress and to the interest whichthe Fathers of St. Joseph felt in the Colored race ofAmerica among whom they had labored forseventeen years. The Congress then adjourned until Wednesdaymorning at 10 oclock. •J H 50 c x OU. 21 WEDNESDAYS JOURNAL. January, 2. 1889. The Congress was called to order 10 a. by thetemporary Chairman, W H. Smith. Prayer was of-fered by the Rev. Augustas Tolton. The minutes ofthe previous session read and approved. The commit-tee en credentials reported that the following nameddelegates having produced properly certified credentialwere entitled to set in the Congress as delegates. DISTRICT OP COLUMBIA. A. Heathman, Willis J, Smith, James Davis,L. B. Brown, Jno. Cole, Le
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