. 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. other bishops and priests, and aconcourse of all that was—truly—Catholc, and therepre
. 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. other bishops and priests, and aconcourse of all that was—truly—Catholc, and therepresentatives of the Catholic laity in this countrydeclared that it was the aim and the duty of the Cath-olics of America to make America Catholic. Hestruck the keynote which vibrated in every breast andhis word aroused the livliest emotion among his dis-tinguished audience. I believe I speak the the sent-iments of the Colored Catholics of America when Isay we are heartily in accord with our dear disitn-guished Archbishop on this queston. One of the lead-ing Catholic journals commentaryWe wonder if whenin Baltimores stately fame Archbishop Irelandspokeso hopefully of the future; it struck the minds of highearers that one of the best means of making Ameri- 105 ca Cathholic, is for the Catholics of America to holdtheir own. The commander whj captures large nnm>«bers of opponents, while losing an equal if not agreater number of his own followers wins butan indifferent victory, and we know wherof we. B. I. WAKTSON, OHIO. speak when we say while there are many Americans*being converted to Catholicity many are being per-verted from the faith ©f their farthers. The aboveapplies with so much force to the Afro-American thatI could not refrain from making it the preface of myunworthy remarks. 106 I am prepared to say without fear of contradic-tion that a mighty host of Colored Catholics are beingyearly lost to the Church because of the nonexistenceof Catholic schools and especially
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