and hotels, distribution of leaflets on boats and trains, copies of
current activities in the newspapers, advertising in our papers and
papers abroad, listing of the Catholic Bureau with other similar work
in the city, are some of the means to keep our work before the public.
Let us not be afraid to place our name where it can be seen. We cannot
afford to hide our light under the bushel. Let it burn bright, to
attract and guide our Catholic brother as he comes to our shores and
goes through our country.
4. _Co-operation_.--Co-operation of all our bureaus with our Catholic
Societies of Emigration of England, Ireland, etc., with Canadian
Government bureaus, Federal and Provincial and various other benevolent
organizations in Canada, as Traveller's Aid, etc., will be a marked and
appreciated aid to our work. And when others will see us at "Our
Father's work," they will refer our own to us. This is the ordinary
experience of all engaged in Social Service activities.
The Catholic Emigration Society of England has been recently formed and
is preparing for the exodus that will follow the inauguration of the
Government schemes for assisting ex-Service men. This Society will
work on national lines with international co-operation. The "Universe"
of Sept. 26, 1919, gives us an account of the first meeting. The
movement is endorsed by the Hierarchy and representatives of Catholic
life in the British Isles, Canada, Australia and South-Africa.
5. _Finance_.--Naturally this work will demand funds. Catholic Charity
will come to our rescue as this is certainly a work of preservation
which should appeal to any zealous Catholic. And what others have been
able to do, why could we not find means to do?
But in this work the Canadian Government will give a helping hand. The
authorities in Ottawa will be the first to appreciate what we will do
for our new Canadians. In a recent memoir submitted to the Premiers of
our various Provinces the social welfare of the immigrants was one of
the topics to which particular attention was given. We can see that
the Government will be ready to subsidize social work in Immigration,
provided there is no over-lapping. There will be subsidies for our
work, if we are organized and ask for them. When looking over the
amounts distributed to various Immigrations Societies, we see, for
instance, in 1913-1914 the Salvation Army receiving a subsidy of over
$22,000, while all the Catholic Immigrati
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