2THE PROGRESS (Sec--ond Section}Friday, Sep'-t. 24, 1965
Father Gerald Moffat
Archdiocesan CYO Director
Chaplain, Carroll Club
'Carroll Club
men pass
acid test'
t is amazing that a relatively small club, the Car-
roll Club, does so much for the youth of this
Archdiocese. Commissioned by His Excellency,
Archbishop Connolly, in 1960 to support and pro-
mote the CYO, the men of Carroll never stop.
They know that the 75,000 youth of the
Archdiocese will either form the dynamic Church
of the future or they will be inert members slip-
ping away with their interests scattered in a hun-
dred different directions. Therefore, these men are
dedicated to the parish-centered Youth Apostolate.
They themselves are good examples of what
they expect of youth. Each is a loyal parishioner,
active in parish service, and yet willing to unite
with men of other parishes in this cause for youth,
a genuine concern of the whole Church.
And Carroll Club men pass the acid test.
They inspire youth by leading the way with youth-
ful spirit and vigor. They meet every Monday to
pursue their year-round activities. Their gigantic
Seattle Invitational Indoor Track Meet in itself
is an adventure which has captured the imagination
of youth. Yet it involves a long grueling process
of hard labor and sacrifice, the fruits of which
glitter in dollars and cents aid to the youth
program.
At the annual CYO Dinner sponsored by the
Carroll Club, these men gather together adult lead-
ers of all nine CYO programs: Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, Junior CDA, athletics,
grade school activities, teen-ager programs, sum-
mer camping and the youth adult program, and
on that occasion the extensive influence of their
work is unmistakably displayed as the leaders*alone
crowd into the Seattle Exhibition Hall.
But Catholic youth work is scarcely started.
Thousands are not being reached. The men of Car-
roll need more cohorts, Catholic men dedicated to
youth as active or associate members. Please con-
sider their cause. The Church tomorrow will de-
pend on the Catholic youth we develop today.
We salute the men of Carroll and express
the admiration and gratitude of youth and their
leaders in the Archdiocese of Seattle.
Mrs. Stephen ,I. Wood
President. Cmroll Club Auxiliary
'Lo k"
o ,ng
ahead to
busy year'
he Carroll Club Auxiliary is looking ahead
to a busy and prosperous year. Our first
project is assisting the Carroll Club in promot-
ing the Invitational Indoor Track Meet to be
held February 5, 1966.
Another project is the Auto License
Tabs Sales during the month of January,
which netted our organization a sizeable
amount this past year. With this money we
were able to supply a few of the necessary
items needed for the CYO.
We also have members who volunteer
their time in helping to prepare the summer
camps for their annual opening. Such efforts
have provided many youngsters with an en-
joyable session of camping.
The members of the Carroll Club Aux-
iliary are to be commended for their efforts
and work in promoting and aiding the CYO.
The Auxiliary welcomes the wives of the
Carroll Club members and other Catholic
women who are interested in joining the
membership.
Your help is greatly appreciated by our
Catholic youth.
Harry Ashmore
President, Carroll Club
'One of rich
rewarding
work'
his year for our Carroll Club has been one
of rich, rewarding work.
We have been so ably assisted at all
times by our beloved chaplain, Father Gerald
Moffat, and to single out anyone else we
would have to name everyone of our own in
the Carroll Club,
Our aim i to further the cause of the
Catholic Youth Organization in the Archdio-
cese of Seattle. Much of our success We owe
to His Excellency, the Most Reverend Thomas
A. Connolly, Archbishop of Seattle, and to the
priests of the Archdiocese. We pray that we
may continue to merit their help and their
prayers.
With the assistance of every member of
the Carroll Club and of countless of hundred
other good folk, we were able to sponsor.an
invitational indoor track meet before a sellout
crowd of 9,000 and an outstanding CYO Din-
ner with 1,500 wonderful boys and girls and
proud parents, all eagerly awaiting the pre-
sentation of the various awards. This banquet
was culminated by the awarding of scholar-
ships to very deserving and very happy CYO
Teen-Agers of the Year.
Our thanks go to all who by their work
and sacrifices have made this such an out-
standing year. Likewise, we hope to merit your
continued support in the years to come for the
betterment and development of C a t h o 1 i c
youth.
