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The Catholic Federation 1906–1929

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2016

Peter Doyle
Peter Doyle*
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Bedford College of Higher Education
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Bishop Casartelli of Salford wrote in his diary for 13 October 1906, ‘Deo Grattas! The magnificent Catholic Demonstration … organised by our new Catholic Federation, has been a wonderful success … 40,000 or more from every part of the Diocese. Extraordinary enthusiasm.’ His joy was understandable, for the Catholic Federation had been founded only a few months before. The aim had been to start something altogether different from the many specific Catholic societies already in existence. It was to be a

powerful Catholic organisation knit together in unity and solidarity, with the spirit of the Maccabees and the spirit of faith sending an electric current of living and vital Catholicity into the soul of every unit, and calling them to action against the growing hosts of enemies of God, Religion and Social Democracy.

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Research Article
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Studies in Church History , Volume 23: Voluntary Religion , 1986 , pp. 461 - 476
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Copyright © Ecclesiastical History Society 1986

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References

1 Bishop’s House, Salford, Diocesan Archives, Bishop Casartelli’s diaries. On Casartelli, see DNBand The Catholic Who’s Who and Year Book 1923 (London 1923) p. 411. I would like to thank the 27 Foundation for a grant towards the cost of this research.

2 The Federationist Feb. 1910 p. 3.

3 T. Sharrock and T. Burns, ‘The Salford Diocesan Catholic Federation’, The Month 113 pp. 465-76.

4 It soon became The Catholic Federationist. Sets in BL, Colindale, and Bishop’s House, Salford.

5 Federationist Nov. 1910 p. 2.

6 For example, see ‘L’Organisation Des Catholiques Anglais’, Bulletin Religieux du Diocèese de Beauvais (1910) pp. 408-12.

7 Federationist Nov. 1912 p. 2; see also June 1910 p. 2.

8 Bishop’s House, Federation papers, letter from J.P. Dunne to Bishop, 26 Jan. 1906. Later references to Fed. papers will be to this largely unsorted material.

9 Federationist June 1910 p. 2.

10 Ibid. Nov. 1912 p. 2.

11 Fed. papers, ‘Proposals for the Diocesan Executive Council’ (1906) p. 3.

12 Charles, Louis, Bishop of Salford, The Signs of the Times (Salford 1903) pp. 9–11 Google Scholar.

13 Diaries, 5 Mar. 1906.

14 Lane, P., The Catenian Association 1908-1983 (London 1982)Google Scholar.

15 Federationist Jan. 1910 p. 3.

16 Signs of the Times p. 10.

17 Fed. papers, letter from Mgr. Boulaye VG to Bishop, 28 Jan. 1906.

18 Ibid. letter from The Presbytery, Alexandra Rd, to Bishop, 3 July 1906.

19 Ibid. letter from Rev. T. Sharrock to Bishop, 17 June 1906.

20 Federationist Aug. 1913 p. 4.

21 Fed. papers, membership list in Sharrock’s hand; there are some discrepancies in the original.

22 Sharrock to Bishop, 17 June 1906.

23 Ibid.

24 Fed. papers, Memo from T. Burns, ‘On the condition of the Federation’, 4 Jan. 1917.

25 Federationist July 1912 p. 8.

26 Ibid. Feb. 1912 p. 8.

27 Ibid.

28 Ibid. May 1910 p. 2.

29 Ibid. Mar.-April 1910 p. 3.

30 Ibid. Mar. 1913 p. 3.

31 See G.P. Connolly, ‘The Transubstantiation of Myth: towards a New Popular History of Nineteenth-Century Catholicism in England’ JEH 35 (1984) pp. 78-108.

32 Hughes, P., ‘The Coming Century’ in Beck, G.A. ed The English Catholics 1850-1950 (London 1950) pp. 1–41 Google Scholar, at p.38

33 Federationist May 1910 p. 4.

34 Ibid. p. 5.

35 SirRussell, Charles, The Catholic Federation: Principles upon which it Should Act (London 1909, rev ed 1922) p. 12 Google Scholar.

36 Lane, Catenians p. 14.

37 Federationist May 1910 p. 2.

38 Ibid. p. 5.

39 Fed. papers, 1910 (?) membership list.

40 Articles appeared regularly in The Month, The Tablet and other periodicals. For a useful summary, G.P. McEntee, The Social Catholic Movement in Great Britain (New York 1927).

41 McEntee pp. 109-110.

42 Ibid. p. 99.

43 Sharrock to Bishop, 17 June 1906.

44 Federationist Feb. 1910 p. 5.

45 Ibid. Mar.-April 1910 p. 6.

46 Ibid. Nov. 1912 p. 2.

47 Ibid. Oct. 1913 p. 2.

48 Ibid. Feb. 1914 p.3; Mar. 1914 p. 3. The controversy first appeared in The Tablet.

49 Ibid. Dec. 1915 p. 2.

50 Fed. papers, letter from Burns to Bishop, 23 Sept. 1918.

51 Federationist Mar. 1912 p. 2.

52 P.J. Doyle, ‘Religion, Politics and the Catholic Working Class’, New Blackfriars 54 (1973) pp. 218-25.

53 McEntee p. 132. See also Federationist May 1914 p. 1.

54 Federationist April 1918 pp. 2–3, ‘The Extinction of the Labour Party’.

55 Fed. papers, Burns to Bishop, 23 Sept. 1918.

56 Federationist Nov. 1921 carries a full report of the meeting in Sheffield.

57 Fed. papers, Burns to Bishop, 31 Mar. 1922.

58 For example, Federationist Jan. 1921 p. 7.

59 Fed. papers, Burns to Bishop, 15 May 1919.

60 Ibid. Cardinal Bourne to Bishop, 20 May 1919.

61 McEntee p. 133.

62 The Catholic Times 23 Nov. 1918 p. 6.

63 Universe 1 Mar 1918, Editorial.

64 Fed. papers, Burns to Bishop, 23 Sept. 1918; also, printed prospectus, The Centre Labour Party. The Party organised three or four branches around Manchester, and put up a candidate for the municipal elections; it folded about a year later.

65 Federationist Feb. 1921 p. 7.

66 McEntee p. 136.

67 Fed. papers, Bishop to Sharrock, 22 and 23 Aug. 1924.

68 See the interesting discussion in A.C. Jemolo, Church and State in Italy, 1850-1950 (Oxford 1960) pp. 143-5.

69 Federationist June 1921 p. 6.

70 Ibid. April 1926 p. 4.

71 Ibid. Nov. 1910 p. I, and Jan. 1912 p. 3.

72 Ibid. issues of 1914-15, passim, and Jan. 1917 p. 7; April 1918 pp. 6-7.

73 Ibid. issues of Feb., Mar., May, 1916.

74 Ibid. June 1921 p. 5; Archives of the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Bourne papers, 5/43d, 1922.

75 Fed. papers, Bishop to Sharrock, 22 Aug. 1924.