LITTLE ALBANY STREET'S SUCCESSOR

The New School-Chapel Begun
A Colonial Office memorandum, on Education in Tropical Africa, contained the sentence: "Never was anything greater done in the world without the inspiration of religion." The Archbishop of Westminster described this statement as a " striking thing," when he laid the first stone of a new school chapel in Seaton Street, N.W., last Saturday afternoon. The present chapel, serving the parish of St. Anne's, Little Albany Street, was built eighty years ago, and is now to be swept away to make room for municipal improvements. It stands on Crown land. A school has to be built, for there is, at present, none in the parish. The Archbishop revealed that the building scheme, which consists of a school with a roof playground, a chapel to accommodate about 150 persons, and a presbytery, had been made possible " mainly through the large-hearted generosity of two friends, and," he added, " although they wish that their names shall remain unknown, they will, I am sure, be inscribed on the Book of Life."
The Value of Education
" We Catholics," said His Grace, " are eager to give our children a Christian education because we know they are living souls, and that they are not made for this world but for eternal life.
" It is because we know the value of the souls of children in the sight of God, that we are most anxious, and sacrifice every thing for the benefit of our children. It is for this reason that the Catholics of this country, during the past century, have given so much for the sake of the education of our children.
" We are happy to know that. for the most part, our fellow-countrymen have sympathy with us in our determination— our anxious determination—to bring up our children in the Faith which has been handed down to us from our forefathers.
"You can understand why our pastors are ready to face any sacrifices in order to save the souls of these children and to bring them up in the Faith."
Canon Dunford's Work
Referring again to the two persons who had helped in the provision of the money for the scheme—which will cost about £10,000 Mgr. Hinsley added: "To them We must express our deep gratitude for enabling us to make this great effort and great enterprise. " It has also been made possible through the energy and the self-sacrifice of Canon Dunford, your beloved pastor. You know him and love him, and you are right in loving him. We all in this diocese owe him a debt of gratitude for the great work that he has accomplished in the past few years.
A Generous L.C.C,
" We shalt not receive any grant or any money from the Government or from the local education authorities," commented His Grace.
" I know very well that the London County Council is very generous, very liberal, in dealing with our schools, and we look to them in the future, when we have proved that we are in earnest about
International Advertising Congress
The forthcoming International Advertising Congress, which will be held in Rome from the 29th to 31st October, will be full of interest, for it is the first Catholic Congress of its kind. It will be inaugurated in the Vatican Press Exhibition Hall.
Nowadays there are so many ways of advertising—wireless, cinema, posters, street lights, illustrated folders, besides the press—that it is of the greatest importance in our daily life. Advertising can be used as a means of propaganda, and herein lies its danger to Catholicism. The Pope, with his usual clear-sightedness, has seen this danger, and warned us of it. At the international Advertising Congress held in 1933, he re
ceived Catholic representatives in audience, and exhorted them to use this great power
for moral purposes, even though the function of advertising as such is actually publicity. the education of our children in this neighbourhood."
A large number of parishioners and others attended the ceremony and cheered his Grace as he drove away.
Seaton Street forms part of a street market, exceptionally busy on a Saturday afternoon, and a crowd of shoppers and costers stood in the market watching. The Catholic Herald's reporter heard the mllowing us the Archbishop's car left:
Old Man: " Who was that, the Lord Mayor?"
Young Cockney Girl: "1 dunno. All I saw was a tall old man smiling at us and waving. He looked awfiy kind."
A YOUTH RALLY Busy Days for the Junior C.W.L.
A message from the Pope, conveying the Apostolic Benediction to all participating. was received by members of the Junior Catholic Women's League, in reply to one from them, during their four-day National Rally held at Walsingharn House, and at St. Aloysius's Convent. London, from Friday to Monday last. The occasion which rallied delegates and representatives of Bradford, Birmingham, Cambridge, Croydon, Folkestone, Forest Gate, Leeds, London, Portsmouth, Ramsgate, Sheffield, Skip. ton, Southern. Slough, St. Annes-on-Sea, Upton, West Hartlepool, West Riding, and Wakefield.
The rally opened by a delegation being received by the Archbishop of Westminster, who bestowed his blessing on them, His Grace was presented with a junior-made book of illuminated or script pages from various parts of the country, on which were offered spiritual bouquets. A small cheque was also presented for the Westminster School fund.
For God and England The general theme of the rally days was " For God and England " and centred round " The Apostolate of Youth Among Youth.Each day served as a further step forward towards this goal.
By Monday it was girls in their teens who were themselves giving talks on subjects so deep as "Catholic Action in the Pontifical sense," " its aim," "it's Hierarchically Mandated Organisation ''; and ihey theritselves received and answered questions from the other young people
present. Afterwards inaccuracies were rectified by a Junior Member who holds a diploma from the Belgian School of Catholic Action.
The first day—the first step—might be summed up as receiving, from the authoritative sources, doctrines of the church. The second day—the next step—the Youth planned out their National Campaign for 1937, based on the previous day's step. The third day—yet another step forward---a Nationally co-ordinated speech made up of three-minute component parts, given by about fourteen section delegates from the North, South and Midlands. On the last day—the Rally summit step— the Youth themselves received and answered questions from others.
The Clerical Attendance
Bishops and clergy who supported and attended the Rally included the Archbishop of Westminster, the Bishop of Lamus, Canon Dunford, Fr. Angelo, 0.F.M., Fr. Vincent McNabb, 0.P., Dom Wilfrid Upson. O.S.B., the Revv. Martin Dempsey, Joseph Halsall, D.D., Ph.D., David Mathew, M.A., Litt.D., Edward Quinn (Leeds), Bernard Salt (Birmingham), and James Walters (Folkestone).
At the close a meeting was held for constructive criticisms and the need was discussed of youth being trained really to lead their own generation. A resolution was passed, in view of the necessity for youth's Apostolate among youth, by which every junior officer in every section is to shoulder her own responsibility towards the others from January of next year.
Mass was offered daily for Junior C.W.L. intentions, and Benediction and other devotions before the Blessed Sacrament were arranged on the Rally programme.
C.E.G. RETREATS.—Saturday afternoon retreats (3 to 5.45) for members of the Catholic Evidence Guild are being given in the crypt of Westminster Cathedral on November 7, by Fr. Joseph Leonard, C.M., and on December 5, by Canon William Wood.