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The Linacre QuarterlyVolume 8 | Number 2 Article 2April 1940Announcement of Federation ConventionThomas M. BrennanFollow this and additional works at: http://epublications.marquette.edu/lnqRecommended CitationBrennan, Thomas M. (1940) "Announcement of Federation Convention," The Linacre Quarterly: Vol. 8 : No. 2 , Article 2.Available at: http://epublications.marquette.edu/lnq/vol8/iss2/211r I II -THE LINACRE QUARTERLY ANNOUNCEMENT OF FEDERATION CONVENTION BY THOMAS M. BRENN AN, M.D. President, Federation of Catholic Physicians' Guilds It has been most gratifying to the officers of the Federation to note the growth, development and progress of the Catholic Physi-cians' Guild movement in the United States, during the past year. As president of the Federation, I am very happy to announce that full affiliation with our national body has been extended to two re-cently formed Guilds, one in New-ark, New Jersey, and the other in Detroit, Michigan. Encouraging activity in Guild beginnings is re-ported from Mayor Holling olf Buffalo, N ew York; from Rev. Louis B . Preston of Caldwell, Ohio, who is endeavoring to es tab-lish a Guild in southeas t ern Ohio, and from Dr. Louis D . Cassidy of St. Louis, Mo. The Holy Father has r epeat-edly approved the aims and pur-poses of the Guild movement among Catholic physicians. He has on many occasions bestowed his blessings on Guild activities, and as the Vicar of Christ he has called insistently on Catholic phy-sicians to unite professionally in units of Catholic action, insuring for themselves grea t p ersonal spiritual advantages and, for those with whom they come in con-tact, a finer appreciation of Cath-olic Christian principles of life, and manner of living. We have always enjoyed the sympathetic interest and practical support and encouragement of in-dividual members of the Catholic hierarchy in this country . Very recently in W ashingtun, at the meeting of the bishops, the subject of Catholic Physicians' Guilds was discussed, and His Excellency, Archbishop Rummel, the chair-man of the lay organization de-partment, was charged with the duty and responsibility of afford-ing the greatest possible aid, en-couragement and support in the furtherance of this movement. The constitution and by-laws of the F eder ation call for a con-vention and election of officers every two years . In recent years it has been the feeling tha t this should be held in connection with the annua l meeting of the Ameri-can Medical Association . A simi-lar arrangement has proven most satisfactory in England, where the na tional body of Catholic Physi-cians meets at the time of the meeting of the British :Medical Association. In 1936 our meeting was held at Baltimore, in connec-tion with the Catholic Hospital meeting. Subsequent meetings took place at Atlantic City in 1937, and St. Louis, 1939, where on each oc-casion the American Medical As-sociation was in annual meeting. This year the American Medical Association meet s in New York City, June lOth to 14th, inclusive. The F ederation Convention will be held during this session. Officers of the Catholic Club of New York City have very gra-[ 32 I I ' THE L I NA C RE QUARTE RL Y ciously offered their rooms in the Waldorf-Astori a Hotel to serve as headquarters for our organiza-tion during the week. Your offi-cers have chosen W ednesday , June 12th, as F ederation day. On that day the convention will go into session at the qua rters of the Catholic Club. Arrangements are in progress for a mass at St. P at-rick's Cathedral, with Archbishop Spellman officia ting. In the eve-ning it is proposed to hold a din-ner at the Biltmore Hotel. There will be a notable list of distin -guished guest s. You will not be disappointed in the speakers . Five dollars will be the price of the din-ner ticket. During the week there will be a Feder~tion Booth. H ere will be found copies of LINA C RE , and much informative material having to do with the Catholic Physicians' Guilds. The active sup-port of ever y Guild and every indi-vidua l Guild member is earnestly invited. If you intend to come to New York, be sure to register a t our booth, visit the headqua rters in th e rooms of the Ca tholic Club, Hotel W aldorf-Astoria, 7th floor, and read the daily American Med-ical Association bu1letin for notice of our activities . Plan to assist a t Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Come to the meeting in the Catholic Club, and express your views and opinion. Complete a perfect day by attend-ing the dinner at the Biltmore Hotel at night. Splendid oppor-tunity will be afforded to meet and know one another. Great benefit can be derived from open and fr ee discussion of ways and means of a ttaining our purposes and in the furtherance of the Guild move-ment. Whether it is your intention to come to the Cou'vention or not, do not fa il to give the officers of the F ederation the benefit of any ad-vice or suggestion that you feel may be helpful in making our con-vention a success . You may address the President or Secretary or one of the follow-ing: Dr. Thomas E . Waldie, Chairman of Dinner Committee; Dr. John E . Conboy, Chairman of Committee on Mass; D r . I gna tius By rne, Chairman of Committee on Booth and Convention. Mailing address : Exec. Secretary, 477 Madison Avenue, N ew York City. SPECIAL NOTICE ALL CATHOLIC PHYSICIANS whether members of Catholic Physicians' Guilds or not, should attend our Federation Day Exercises. Guild members are requested to spread information. [ 33 J 

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