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National Carholic Welfare Conference and Catholic Action\n\nOfficial Center for Catholic Action in the United States  \nticipation which have been accorded theprograms of the National Council ofCatholic Men and Women by theiraffiliated organizations and their in-dividual members.”  \nAn article“explaining the signifi-cance of Catholic Action here andabroad,its special meaning and purpose,and the function of the National Cath-olic Welfare Conference as its officiallyestablished center in the United States”by the late Mr.Charles A.McMahon,editor of CATHOLIC ACTION,theoffcial publication of the NationalCatholic Welfare Conference,appearedin the January 1932 issue of the maga-zine.The occasion was the very specialone of changing the name of the  \n\"The Archbishops and Bishops of theUnited States invite every Catholic lay-man and laywoman,and every Catholicorganization of laymen and laywomen,to participate more fully and more effec-tively in their heirarchial apostolatethrough affiliating with the lay organi-zations branch of the Conference,there-by lending aid and support to this officialcenter of Catholic activity and profitingthrough the advice and assistance whichthe Conference is in a position tosupply,”  \nN.C.W.C.REVIEW”after thirteenyears to “CATHOLIC ACTION.”  \nHaving given the well-known defini-tion of Catholic Action by Pius XI,the participation of the laity in theapostolate of the Hierarchy”,Mr.Mc-Mahon goes on to say that in the spiritof Catholic Action there should be anexchange of ideas among various groupsthroughout the country to make a defi-nite and representative contribution tothe unification and coordination of allCatholic thought and action.Theformer editor says:\"The NationalCatholic Welfare Conference is the off-cially established agency of the Bishopsof the United States through whichsuch unity and coordination are effected.The highest aims of Catholic Actionin the United States may be achievedonly through the affliation with thisofficial center of all Catholic organiza-tions—parish,diocesan,state and na-tional.”  \nMr.McMahon concludes by stating:\"Only through organization and,fol-lowing organization,the fullest federa-tion and closest cooperation with theofficial center of Catholic Action sup-plied by the Bishops of the UnitedStates for the help and guidance ofclergy and laity alike,can the trueapostolate of the laity,as described bythe Holy Father,be attained.”  \nAt the 1935 general meeting of theCardinals,Archbishops and Bishops ofthe United States,the following state-ment calling attention to the distinc-tion between “Catholic Action”and\"Catholic activity\"was issued:  \n\"The bishops of the National Cath-olic Welfare Conference in the generalmeeting at Washington,November 14,1935,call attention of all Catholicgroups in the United States to the dis-tinction between Catholic activity andCatholic Action.The bishops remindall groups according to the instructionof our Holy Father,Pope Pius XI,thatthere is no such thing as Catholic Ac-tion until there is an episcopal com-mission.For a diocese there must bea commission from the bishop of adiocese,for a province from the bishops  \n.After noting that the laity is broughtinto united thought and action withthe Hierarchy in the Department of LayOrganizations the writer states:  \n\"The progress which the N.C.W.C.Lay Organizations Department has madethus far toward unifying the Catholiclaity in those varied activities which ourHoly Father has called Catholic Action'is indeed commendable.So also are theinterested cooperation and practical par-  \nWELFARE CONFERENCE  \nWASHINGTON 5.D.C.  \nNO.4  \nof a province,and for the country fromthe bishops of the United States.TheHoly Father only can give a commissionfor the universal Church on CatholicAction.When His Holiness does so hecommunicates with the bishops.”  \nThe following year at the generalmeeting of the Bishops of 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