“It is only right that the state should spend millions, and even billions, as it does on the educational system. But it is not right for the state to halt at the most important point of its work and to neglect the spiritual education of the child”.
This was the statement made by Cardinal Hayes on Sunday in an address to more than 1,200 Catholic teachers at their annual breakfast in the Hotel Commodore. Cardinal Hayes pleaded for cooperation and unity among Protestants, Catholics and Jews to advance the teachings of religion in the public schools of the country.
Among the other speakers at the breakfast was Mr. I. David Cohen, president of the Jewish Teachers’ Association, who expressed the hope that cooperation between the three largest denominations in the country would enlarge the scope of religious teaching for all children.
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