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 PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH 
 
 THE CATHOLIC MISSIONS 
 
 AN HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith 
 
 A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION 
 of its organization and administration, and 
 
 AN OFFICIAL REPORT 
 of what it has done for the Missions since its 
 foundation in 1822 to 1912 
 
 RIGHT REV. JOSEPH FRERI, D.CL. 
 
 PRESS OF THE SOCIETY 
 FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH 
 
 AND 
 
 BY THE 
 
 Missionary Apostolic and National Director 
 
 NEW YORK CITY 
 
CONTENTS 
 
 I 
 
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 To the Reader 3 
 
 Origin of the Society 5 
 
 Its Progress from 1822 9 
 
 Aim, Organization and Administration 11 
 
 Spiritual Favors Granted to Members 17 
 
 Spiritual Privileges Granted to Ecclesiastical Benefactors, 18 
 
 Conditional Gifts left in Trust to the Society 19 
 
 Approval of Popes, Councils and Bishops 20 
 
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 What the Catholic World has given to the Society and the 
 
 Missionary World received, 1822-1912 24 
 
 What the Church in the United States has received from 
 the Society and what it has contributed, 1822-1912. . . 25 
 
 Missions Assisted by the Society in 1912 29 
 
 Personnel of the Missions 36 
 
 Conclusion 40 
 
THE SOCIETY 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH 
 
 AND 
 
 THE CATHOLIC MISSIONS 
 
 AN HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith 
 
 A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION 
 
 of its organization and administration, and 
 
 AN OFFICIAL REPORT 
 of what it has done for the Missions since its 
 foundation in 1822 to 1912 
 
 BY THE 
 
 RIGHT REV. JOSEPH FRERI, D.C.L. 
 
 Missionary Apostolic and National Director 
 
 PRESS OF THE SOCIETY 
 FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH 
 627 Lexington Avenue 
 NEW YORK CITY 
 
NIHIL OBSTAT 
 
 Keb. Kemp Eafort, 2D. 2D. 
 
 Censor Librorum 
 
 IMPRIMATUR 
 
 lofjn Cardinal Jfatlep 
 
 Archbishop of New York 
 
 New York, July J, J912 
 
 COPYRIGHT, 1912 
 
 BY THE RIGHT REV. JOSEPH FRERI 
 
THE SOCIETY FOR THE 
 PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH. 
 
 The work of the propagation of the faith is as old as the 
 Church itself; its foundation dates back to the day when Jesus 
 Christ said to His apostles : “ Go ye into the whole world and 
 preach the Gospel to every creature.” On that day, a new idea 
 was ushered into the world, and a new institution of which 
 ancient peoples had not dreamed was called into existence; the 
 idea that all races are called to one faith, and the institution of 
 the Catholic apostolate to accomplish that end; both destined 
 to exist until no one remains outside the fold. 
 
 The work of supporting the missionary propaganda which 
 began with the apostles and is being continued every day com- 
 prises three historic periods: 
 
 The first was the period, properly apostolic, the age of special 
 divine manifestation in behalf of the propagation of the faith. 
 During this period the apostles and their first successors 
 preached throughout the world; their missionary needs were 
 supplied by divine assistance, by miracles and by the responsive 
 devotion inspired in their early converts. 
 
 The second period was that of union and protectorship; that 
 is to say, the temporal powers of the world united to establish 
 the kingdom of Jesus Christ. The era of bloody persecution 
 had closed, the Church was victorious and the Caesars bowed 
 their heads in submission to receive the yoke of the cross; em- 
 perors, kings and republics co-operated with the church in 
 preaching the Christian faith. 
 
 The popular period of the work of the propagation of the faith 
 is the one in which we are living. It began with the XIX 
 century. The impiety of the XVIII century had already dealt 
 a mortal blow to a number of flourishing missions, when the 
 terrible revolutions which marked the end of this sad epoch 
 effected a radical change in the religious attitude even of Euro- 
 pean nations that had remained faithful to the Catholic religion. 
 
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4 The Society for the Propagation of the Faith. 
 
 From this moment their action was distinct from that of the 
 Church, which they henceforth considered an outside and some- 
 times rival power. They were no longer to be depended upon 
 for the extension of the kingdom of God on earth. The period 
 of union and protectorship was over. Then Providence substi- 
 tuted the people for kings. Catholic missions no longer directly 
 supported by sovereigns were maintained by the people. Rich 
 and poor were called to the honor of supporting missionaries of 
 the Gospel and contributing to the development of the Catholic 
 religion in all climes. 
 
 Several societies were founded during the course of the last 
 century to give form and organization to the charity of the 
 faithful in behalf of missions. Beside the Society for the Pro- 
 pagation of the Faith, the principal others are: The Association 
 of the Holy Childhood; the Association of Oriental Schools 
 in France; the Society of St. Francis Xavier in Aix-la-Chapelle; 
 The Association of St. Peter Claver in Salzburg; The Leopolds- 
 verein in Austria; the Ludwigsmissionverein in Bavaria. All 
 these societies, not to mention several “ anti-slavery,” “ Holy 
 Land” Associations, and societies for home missions have either 
 a limited aim or assist missionaries of a certain nationality alone. 
 The only one truly universal, is the Society for the Propagation 
 of the Faith which furnishes the principal support for the Cath- 
 olic apostolate. 
 
 In this sketch, we purpose to give, in the first part, the origin 
 and history of this association, its organization and present 
 form, the enumeration of spiritual favors with which it has been 
 richly endowed by the Sovereign Pontiffs and some of the marks 
 of approbation accorded to it by the highest ecclesiastical 
 authorities. 
 
 The second part will contain a list of the Societies and Relig- 
 ious Orders engaged in mission work, an account of what our 
 Society has done since its foundation for the missions of the 
 whole world, particularly those of the United States and an 
 enumeration of the dioceses and missions now assisted by it. 
 
Origin of the Society. 
 
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 I. 
 
 Origin and Development of the Society. 
 
 I. Origin. 
 
 More than half a century ago, Frederick Ozanam, the illustri- 
 ous founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, published 
 an account of the origin of our Society, based on the report 
 of the first reunion of the founders, several of whom were still 
 living. We can not do better than quote the words of the 
 distinguished writer: 1 
 
 “ The beginnings of the Society were feeble and obscure; such 
 is the destiny of many Christian institutions. God often so pre- 
 pares everything that no one has a claim to authorship and no 
 human name receives the glory. He conceals and distributes 
 their sources like those of large rivers of which it can not be 
 told from what stream they flow. Cries of distress from the 
 east and from the west reached the ears of two pious women 
 in a provincial city and inspired them with the idea which, hap- 
 pily realized, gives help to- the missions of two hemispheres. 
 
 “ In the year 1815, Bishop Dubourg, of New Orleans, stopped 
 in Lyons, on his return from Rome, where he had been con- 
 secrated. Full of anxiety on account of the extreme poverty 
 of his diocese in which he had everything to organize, he earn- 
 estly recommended it to the charity of the citizens of Lyons. 
 In particular, he spoke of his desires to a truly Christian woman, 
 a widow, Mrs. Petit, whom he had formerly known in the United 
 States; and to her he made known his idea of founding a chari- 
 table association for the spiritual needs of Louisiana, fixing the 
 contribution at twenty-five cents a, year. The charitable widow 
 at once entered into the bishop’s views and spoke to several 
 other persons on the subject. But numerous difficulties pre- 
 sented themselves. She had to wait for the hour appointed by 
 Fleaven and content herself, in the meantime, with collecting 
 modest alms for the Christian settlements in America, which 
 now became the objects of her maternal care. 
 
 “ About the same time came the cry of distress from the east. 
 In the year 1816 the directors of the Seminary of Foreign 
 Missions, of Paris, sought to revive the union of prayer founded 
 
 1 Frederick Ozanam, Miscellanea. 
 
6 The Society for the Propagation of the Faith. 
 
 in the preceding century for the conversion of infidels, but 
 disbanded by the French Revolution. To the prayers provided 
 for this purpose indulgences were granted by the Holy See; 
 and an account of the needs of the Eastern missions was 
 published. 
 
 “ These attempts began to awaken favorable dispositions of 
 mind. Three years later a young woman, Miss Jaricot, who 
 was living in Lyons and whose life of active charity recalls the 
 Christian virgins of primitive times, received a touching letter 
 from her brother, a student at the seminary of St. Sulpice, in 
 which he gave a sad account of the extreme poverty of the 
 House of Foreign Missions, and proposed to obtain regular 
 resources for it through the establishment of a charitable asso- 
 ciation. The pious woman responded to this inspiration, and 
 during the year 1820 formed a society whose members contrib- 
 uted a cent a week toward the support of the Seminary of the 
 Foreign Missions. The Association began among the pious 
 working women who honor the rich and popular trade of Lyons 
 by their virtues as they sustained it by their labor. During the 
 last six months of that year the foundress bore the whole burden 
 of her weighty undertaking alone. There was no union of 
 prayer, no festival, no periodical publication. The membership 
 soon rose to one thousand which, though a considerable num- 
 ber, was not likely to increase owing to the narrow scope of 
 influence of the first associates. The offerings collected were 
 sent as a pious memento from the church of Lyons to that old 
 Asia from which she had received the Faith. The amount was 
 four hundred dollars. It is a pleasure to count the first drops 
 of the dew which was to fall later in greater abundance on a 
 field of unlimited extent. 
 
 “ Meanwhile, the correspondents of Bishop Dubourg, seeing 
 what had been done by Miss Jaricot, continued to cherish the 
 hope of establishing a similar society for the diocese of New 
 Orleans, when, at the commencement of the year 1822, they 
 received a visit from the vicar general of that see. His presence 
 inspired the benefactors of Louisiana with even greater fervor 
 of zeal. One condition, however, they constantly repeated: 
 To secure the best foundation an association for the missions 
 should be Catholic, that is to say, intended to assist the aposto- 
 late throughout the world, and not confined to any one country. 
 This idea finally prevailed. A meeting was called, at which 
 
Origin of the Society. 
 
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 twelve persons were present; and after being opened by the in- 
 vocation of the Holy Ghost, a priest gave a short account of the 
 progress and sufferings of religion in North America and pro- 
 posed the founding of a large association for the benefit of 
 Catholic missions in the two hemispheres. The resolution was 
 unanimously adopted; and before the meeting was adjourned, 
 a president was elected and a committee of three appointed to 
 prepare a plan of organization. The new enterprise was thus 
 distinguished from all former undertakings by the adoption of 
 the principle of universality; then it was that the Society for the 
 Propagation of the Faith was founded. 
 
 “ In the designs of Providence who seemed henceforth to con- 
 duct the government of the Society without the aid of man, the 
 first meeting was held, without premeditation, on Friday, May 
 the third, the feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross. It was 
 only when, a short time afterwards, the day of foundation was 
 made one of the two annual feasts of the society that it was 
 noticed that one of our future anniversaries was consecrated to 
 the veneration of the Cross of Redemption whose conquests the 
 humble contributions of the members of the Society are de- 
 signed to extend. The approbation of ecclesiastical authority, 
 without which no new institution, however charitable its pur- 
 pose, can be introduced among a Christian people was solicited. 
 This was obtained without loss of time and so the labors of the 
 founders were consecrated. The receipts were one hundred 
 and four dollars and two cents; the total for the first year 
 amounted to about four thousand. 
 
 “ Shortly afterwards one of the founders went to Paris, and 
 through his efforts another central council was established; 
 from that time the Society has included the whole kingdom. 
 
 “The following year, 1823, a delegate from the council of 
 Lyons obtained from Pius VII of blessed memory, the indul- 
 gences which permanently enrich the Society. Words of en- 
 couragement were soon received from all the bishops of France, 
 followed by the prelates of other countries. Belgium, Switzer- 
 land, the different states of Germany, Italy, the United States, 
 Great Britain, Spain and Portugal, joined the crusade of charity. 
 Nearly three hundred bishops raised their voices in its favor. 
 Finally, His Holiness Pope Gregory XVI, by an encyclical pub- 
 lished in the year 1840, in which he recommended the Society 
 
8 The Society for the Propagation of the Faith. 
 
 for the Propagation of the Faith to all churches, placed it in 
 the rank of universal Christian institutions. 
 
 “ So a few meetings conducted without opposition and, so to 
 speak, without debate defined the principles of an association 
 the results of which affect the whole world. In the easy work- 
 ing of this organization which has always been as simple in its 
 development as in its origin, we discern the action of eternal 
 Wisdom whose means are ever simple amid the infinite variety 
 of His works. The same Wisdom has been pleased to manifest 
 Itself in a more striking manner still through the repeated 
 marks of approval pronounced by its mouth piece, the Church. 
 A mysterious power has been given to us, and the Spirit of our 
 Saviour has descended on our unworthy offerings, by the bless- 
 ings of the Pontiffs, the Holy Sacrifices offered wherever an 
 altar is raised, and the prayers of martyrs who never die without 
 remembering their benefactors. Such is the providential char- 
 acter of the work; the part which God has taken and the one 
 which Pie has left to us. In the beginning there were only the 
 pious desires of two humble Christian women; but these two 
 servants of God became the interpreters of two quarters of the 
 globe. What can surpass in power so great a faith and so great 
 a hope? And yet, these would have been of little avail with- 
 out the charity which united them with the two interests of 
 which they were the expression and which prompted them to a 
 repeated sacrifice of self for the common good. The contact of 
 these two sparks enkindled the flame. The Society was thus 
 brought into existence and thus it grew: such were its origin, 
 its power and the condition of its future progress. It continues 
 to exist only by forgetfulness of personal predilection and 
 national susceptibilities, by union in the collection and catholi- 
 city in the distribution of its resources.” 
 
 Such, then, is the true narrative of the origin of the work 
 known as the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. 
 Its prominent features, as summarized by one of its first presi- 
 dents, were its universality as regards both its benefactors and 
 its beneficiaries, its daily prayer for missions, its periodical 
 publication of missionary news, and its weekly cent collection. 
 Its patron St. Francis Xavier, its two solemn feasts and its or- 
 ganization of two central councils, were instituted almost from 
 the beginning. And the description of its origin applies to the 
 Society to-day or to any point in its history, for by merely 
 
" Co ye into the whole world and preach the Gospel to every 
 creature.'' — Mark, XVI, ij. 
 
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 The Mission of the Apostles. 
 
 Native Seminarians in Tongking. 
 
" Thou wilt be a helper to the orphan."- — Ps. X, 14. 
 
 Japanese Orphans and Nurses. 
 
 A Dictation Class at Nellore (India). 
 
Progress of the Society. 
 
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 altering the amount of its labors, as new requirements arose, 
 it has continued in the same harmonious spirit and missionary 
 zeal which brought about its institution at the hands of Mine. 
 Petit, Miss Jaricot, and the little band of helpers who most pro- 
 videntially founded this world-wide and divinely guided society. 
 
 II. Progress of the Society from 1822. 
 
 The seed planted in such soil could not help growing. Cath- 
 olics of every country were invited to unite in the forward 
 movement for missions, and naturally the old Catholic countries 
 of Europe were the first to respond. At first there was hesita- 
 tion among them here and there; but once the unpartisan 
 spirit of the Society was understood, they ended by acknowl- 
 edging that the interests of the Catholic missions in new lands 
 and countries, required the co-operation of the faithful in the 
 old. National prejudices were set aside, and the fusion of many 
 local works into the general society gradually followed. 
 
 Even missionary countries gave the society a good number 
 of associates. To implant a fruitful missionary spirit in its bene- 
 ficiaries, it has been the constant practice of the Society to ask 
 help, even from those who are receiving it. Little by little, as 
 the need for assistance diminishes, the country in which the 
 faith has been established and preserved increases its support 
 to the continued extension of the missions of the Church. The 
 readiness to train and send out missionaries so that others may 
 enjoy their spiritual blessings, is perhaps the best guarantee of 
 the genuine establishment of the faith in any locality. How 
 far the purpose of the Society in this direction is effective may 
 be seen by the report published each year in the June number 
 of the “ Annals ” of the help contributed even by countries in 
 which the Church is as yet scarcely settled. As early as 1833 
 some of the faithful in the United States sent their first contri- 
 bution which amounted to the modest sum of six dollars to the 
 Society. Ten years later the contributions gathered among 
 American Catholics, reached the sum of about one thousand 
 dollars. The figures we give below show the development the 
 work of the Society has experienced in this country since its 
 first settlement. 
 
 In 18 22 the Society collected from all sources a little more 
 than four thousand dollars. The sum was divided in three parts, 
 of which one was assigned to the Eastern missions, the other 
 
io The Society for the Propagation of the Faith. 
 
 two to Louisiana and Kentucky. The following year the dio- 
 ceses of Baltimore and Cincinnati also received help; and as 
 fast as new dioceses were erected they were added to the 
 list, and withdrawn only when fairly self-supporting. From 
 1822 to 1912 the Society has spent exactly $6,309,214.40 in mis- 
 sionary work in the United States. The tables below will show 
 how it has been distributed. 
 
 In 1827 we find Africa included in the apportionment of mis- 
 sionary funds, and Oceanica represented by the Sandwich 
 Islands mission. Only five years after its beginning the Society 
 had fulfilled the Catholic character its founders gave it from the 
 first ; and to-day it aids more than 300 dioceses, vicariates and 
 prefectures in every part of the world. A most valuable record 
 of its progress may be found at the headquarters of the Society 
 in Lyons ; not in their books, but in the thousands of mementos 
 of missionary activity and endurance gathered from every quar- 
 ter of the globe. Instruments of war and peace, instruments of 
 torture, and relics of the martyrs make a collection that repre- 
 sents heroic achievements worthy to rank with the first ages of 
 Christianity. 1 
 
 Among the thousands of missionaries assisted by the Propa- 
 gation of the Faith, many have already won the palm of mar- 
 tyrdom, both men and women. Two were placed on our altars 
 by the zealous Pontiff, Leo XIII, in 1890; the Blessed Perboyre, 
 C. M., martyred in China in 1840, and Blessed Chanel, S. M., 
 who suffered at the hands of the savages of the island of Futuna, 
 Oceanica, in 1844. Again in 1900, 13 of our missionaries were 
 beatified by Leo XIII and 4 by Pius X in 1909. 
 
 From 1822-1912 the Society has distributed $80,349,653.66. 
 We record below the part each country has taken in furnishing 
 this sum, and in what year the Society was established there; 
 which with other statistics will give a compact and suggestive 
 idea of its development. 
 
 We also give below, the list of missions with approximate 
 number of missionaries the Society is assisting at present. It 
 is impossible to reckon the number of those who have received 
 help from the Society since its foundation. 
 
 1 Any of our readers who pass through the city of Lyons should by all 
 means visit this most precious and sacred collection, No. 12, rue Sala. 
 
 A collection of the same nature may be visited at Paris, in the Seminary 
 for Foreign Missions, No. 128, rue du Bac. 
 
Aim of the Society. 
 
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 Aim, Organization and Administration of the 
 Society — Spiritual Favors Granted to 
 Members. 
 
 L The Aim. 
 
 The Society for the Propagation of the Faith must not be con- 
 founded with the “ Roman Congregation for the Propagation 
 of the Faith,” 1 whose name it bears, but of which it is merely 
 an humble auxiliary. 
 
 The Congregation of the “ Propaganda,” as it is called, is a 
 department of the general administration of the Church, estab- 
 lished by Gregory XV, in 1622, to direct, supervise and assist 
 the missionaries who preach the faith in countries where pagan- 
 ism, schism and heresy prevail. This congregation sends out 
 missionaries either directly or indidectly, establishes dioceses, 
 vicariates and prefectures apostolic 1 and directs the affairs which 
 they may have with the head of the Church. 
 
 The Congregation of the Propaganda has been richly en- 
 dowed during the several centuries of its existence, but has 
 been deprived of its resources, little by little, especially since 
 the Italian government has seized its funds without regarding 
 their international character, origin and aim. The revenues of 
 the Propaganda which amount to about $135,000.00 hardly suf- 
 fice to support its numerous personnel, its college for the edu- 
 cation of young men of all nationalities and its university where 
 they learn ecclesiastical science, its printing establishment where 
 religious works in nearly all languages are printed, etc. Cath- 
 olic missionaries who cannot gain their support among the 
 people whom they are evangelizing are therefore supported by 
 
 1 The name of Roman Congregation is given to each of the various 
 departments of the Ecclesiastical Administration at Rome which attends 
 to the affairs of the Church. 
 
 1 Vicariates and prefectures apostolic are countries or parts of countries 
 in which an episcopal see has not yet been established and which, con- 
 sequently, do not form a diocese. A vicariate apostolic is governed by 
 a bishop; a prefecture apostolic, by a simple priest, who may be author- 
 ized to administer the sacrament of Confirmation. 
 
12 The Society for the Propagation of the Faith. 
 
 charitable associations founded for this purpose; and the prin- 
 cipal of these is the one the history of whose origin has just 
 been given. 
 
 Widely different from the numerous Protestant societies, the 
 Society for the Propagation of the Faith takes no part in select- 
 ing missionaries nor in appointing them their field of work, nor 
 in training them for it, and it does not concern itself with the 
 interior administration of missions. The aim of our Society 
 therefore is to support missionaries who are chosen, trained and 
 sent forth on their mission by the usual authorities of the 
 Church. 
 
 II. Organization. 
 
 The Members. — To be a member of the Society for the Propa- 
 gation of the Faith, it is necessary to make an offering of prayer 
 and alms, as follows: 
 
 I. To recite daily for the intentions of the Society an “ Our 
 Father ” and “ Hail Mary,” with the invocation “St. Francis 
 Xavier, pray for us.” Once for all, the Our Father and Hail 
 Mary recited during morning or evening prayers may be applied 
 for this intention. 
 
 II. To give five cents a month or sixty cents a year in alms 
 for the missions. 
 
 Membership is always individual and voluntary. It exists as 
 long as the above requirements are complied with, and does 
 not depend upon association in bands or otherwise. But the 
 usual method for gathering the contributions of the faithful is 
 to form the members into Bands of ten, of whom one acts as 
 Promoter, in order to incorporate it with the parish work and 
 to obtain as far as possible the co-operation of the clergy and 
 the most zealous of the laity; and it relies principally upon the 
 Promoters to make this great charity known to the faithful. 
 
 The duties of the Promoter having charge of a 
 
 Promoters and g AND OF TEJf are to collect their offerings, and to cir- 
 
 Bands of ten. cu j ate anlG ng them the Annals of the Propagation 
 of the Faith, which is sent every two months. The offerings are turned 
 over by the Promoter to the Parochial Director, if the Society is 
 established in the parish. Otherwise they are sent to the General Di- 
 rector in New York (627 Lexington Avenue). 
 
 Promoters are provided with membership certificates to be given to 
 new members, and cards, on which to record collections. On the faith- 
 ful diligence of Promoters rests the success of the work. 
 
Organization of the Society. 
 
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 In some parishes, the Society has been connected with some 
 other society already existing; in others, it has an organization 
 of its own having its monthly or bi-monthly meetings, when 
 dues are paid, Annals are distributed, appropriate instructions 
 are given and prayers recited, and means are devised to further 
 the work of the Society. 
 
 In those places where a branch of the Society is not thus 
 established the faithful may become members by saying the re- 
 quired prayers and forwarding their offerings to general head- 
 quarters . 1 
 
 Beside the benefactors who contribute only sixty cents a year, 
 there are two other classes: 
 
 The Special Members are those who contribute the 
 sum of six dollars ($6.00) a year, representing the 
 amount collected in a Band of ten. Special Members 
 receive a copy of the Annals every two months. 
 
 Special 
 
 Members 
 
 Life Members are all such persons as contribute at one 
 time a sum of money not less than forty dollars ($40.00) 
 to the Society. Life Members also receive a copy of the 
 Annals every two months. 
 
 Perpetual 
 
 Members. 
 
 Catholics of any age and of both sexes may join the 
 All Catholics Society, and deceased persons may also be enrolled. 
 
 may be members. g 0 th living and dead associates share in the merits 
 and prayers of missionaries, and in Masses said by them. 
 
 Special Donations and Mass Intentions 
 
 The Society gladly receives sums of money intended by the 
 donors for any particular mission or missionary and forwards 
 the same at once to its destination in any part of the world. 
 Nevertheless, knowing the relative needs of the different mis- 
 sions and being thus able to dispense the alms in proportion to 
 its wants it prefers to control their distribution. 
 
 Furthermore it must be kept in mind that such offerings, how- 
 ever large, do not secure membership in the Society nor obtain 
 for the donors the spiritual privileges granted to members. To 
 obtain such, no destination must be assigned by the benefactor, 
 whose offering is then placed in the general fund, out of which 
 the missions receive their yearly allocation. Such is the decision of 
 the officials of the Society after consulting with the Sacred Congre- 
 gation of Propaganda. 
 
14 The Society for the Propagation of the Faith. 
 
 Legal Form of Bequest. 
 
 The Society is incorporated under the name of The Society 
 for the Propagation of the Faith and any person intending to 
 leave a gift may use the following form of bequest: 
 
 I hereby give, devise and bequeath unto Thf. Society for the Propagation 
 of the Faith (Central Office, 627 Lexington Ave., New York City) the sum 
 of dollars. (If real estate, describe the property and its location.) 
 
 ID. The Administration. 
 
 Founded by the laity, the administration of the Society for 
 the Propagation of the Faith is almost entirely in their hands; 
 but a few priests have an active part in its councils. 
 
 There are two central councils; one in Lyons where the 
 Society was founded and one in Paris, the seat of so many 
 charitable and apostolic works. These councils are self-recruit- 
 ing and the services of their members are entirely gratuitous. 
 The laity who compose them are men known for their position 
 in business and society, their experience in administration, their 
 talents and their piety. 
 
 The duties of the councils are to centralize the offerings and 
 distribute them among the different missions after comparative 
 examination of the petitions made every year. Only the re- 
 quests of bishops, vicars apostolic and superiors of religious 
 orders in charge of missions are considered by the councils, 
 and such petitions, whether acted on favorably or unfavorably, 
 must be renewed every year. The division of funds is made by 
 common consent of the two councils; but, for the transaction 
 of ordinary business, the two central councils have divided the 
 missions of the world between them. It is needless to state 
 that the desires of the Ploly Father as well as the data furnished 
 by the Congregation of the Propaganda are considered in the 
 distribution of alms. 
 
 The Society for the Propagation of the Faith, unlike other 
 societies of the same nature, does not deal in investments and 
 has, therefore, no permanent fund; Catholic missions are always 
 at the mercy of the faithful and at the beginning of each 
 year the total sum of money collected during the past year is 
 distributed. 
 
 It is a law of the Society to make its affairs public. In con- 
 
Administration of the Society. 15 
 
 sequence, it has never aroused the suspicion of civil authorities, 
 of missionaries or of the faithful. The Society for the Propa- 
 gation of the Faith has always been, to the full extent of its 
 power, ready to assist all Catholic missions in whatever part 
 of the world they may be situated or to whatever nationality the 
 missionaries evangelizing them may belong . 1 However, as 
 soon as missions are in the least degree able to help themselves, 
 though they may be barely able to exist by their own efforts, it 
 withdraws its aid, because demands are many and resources are 
 inadequate. It is not the aim of the Society to assist what are 
 generally known as Catholic countries, however great their 
 needs may be; for that reason, France, Italy, Austria, Spain, 
 etc., have never received any help from it. 
 
 The Annals. — Members of the Society are acquainted with the 
 news of missions through a periodical called the “ Annals of 
 the Propagation of the Faith.” 
 
 In the beginning of the Church, the Apostles also published 
 “ Annals ” under the form of Epistles in which the narrative is 
 interspersed with lessons on dogma, morality and discipline. 
 
 The Annals of the Propagation of the Faith is also a proper 
 name for the Acts of the Apostles, which relate the first events 
 in the history of the Church, its struggles and its triumphs; 
 and give a picture of the birth of Christian communities and 
 the persecution directed against the Cross and its intrepid 
 pioneers. The successors of the Apostles followed their ex- 
 ample and their solicitude never diminished in recording the 
 works and sufferings of missionaries. At all times, under one 
 form or another, the Annals of the Catholic apostolate have 
 related the details of the often bloody progress of the Faith. 
 
 About the close of the XVIII century, a collection of “ Lettres 
 cdifiantcs et curicuscs ecrites des Missions Etrangeres” (Edifying and 
 entertaining Letters from the Foreign Missions) was published. 
 These letters, nearly all of which have been written by Jesuit 
 missionaries, met with great success; a new edition had just 
 appeared when the Society for the Propagation of the Faith 
 was founded. The example given was followed, and the 
 “ Annals ” of the new society formed a continuation of the 
 Lettres Edifiantes. 
 
 1 The list given below, p. 29, is clear evidence that the nationality of 
 missionaries is not considered when apportioning funds. 
 
16 The Society for the Propagation of the Faith. 
 
 In the beginning, they were merely an epistolary intercourse 
 between missionaries and their friends, superiors, relatives or 
 benefactors, giving an account of their situation, their labors, 
 their success and whatever they considered worthy of any atten- 
 tion. These letters seemed to encourage the zeal of priests for 
 the missions and sustained or awakened the charity of the faith- 
 ful. The first number appeared in 1822 in the form of a modest 
 pamphlet circulated among the members of the newly founded 
 association. It contained a long letter about the missions of 
 Louisiana and another about those of Kentucky. Since then, 
 the “ Annals ” have appeared regularly; they have preserved the 
 same character and very nearly the same modest form without 
 any pretence to literary or scientific achievement. Neverthe- 
 less, the humble publication renders an important service to the 
 work of missions, not to speak of the valuable information con- 
 tained therein concerning the religious history of the country 
 whose evangelizing it narrates. Indirectly, it wins apostles 
 who, upon reading it, are inflamed with zeal for the kingdom 
 of God: and men and women are moved to go forth to carry 
 the good tidings of salvation to distant lands. 
 
 Undoubtedly, no one becomes an apostle without a divine 
 call; but that call is manifested by exterior signs of which the 
 most usual are example, in the first place, seconded by a knowl- 
 edge of the needs of souls. 
 
 Example awakens generous emulation. How many levites, 
 how many priests and how many virgins have felt their souls 
 moved at the recital of the work of missionaries, and abasing 
 themselves in humility and prayer have arisen, saying: “ I, too, 
 wish to be an apostle!” Where are the needs of souls por- 
 trayed in livelier and more pleading colors than in the letters 
 which fill the “Annals.” As an eloquent orator has said: “An 
 astonishing and glorious fact marks the close of the century. 
 Speculators and economists laud the resources, salubrity and 
 charms of a country to attract colonists; and they do not always 
 succeed. The publications of the Propagation of the Faith 
 speak of nothing but privations, peril and struggles; the more 
 they darken the picture, the more they kindle the zeal for mis- 
 sions, especially if they open the sombre perspective of martyr- 
 dom.” 
 
 The “ Annals of the Propagation of the Faith ” first published 
 
“ Teach ye all nations.” — Matt. XXV 11 1, ip. 
 
 A Catechism Class in China. 
 
 A Missionary and His Pupils in India. 
 
“ Mary of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ.” — Matt. I, 16. 
 
 Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in Japan. 
 
 Missionaries and Christians in the Gilrert Islands 
 (Oceanica). 
 
Spiritual Favors granted to Members. 
 
 17 
 
 in French soon appeared in the languages of the countries 
 where the Society was established. The first English edition 
 dates from 1840. At present, 300,000 copies of this publication 
 are printed bi-monthly in several languages: English, French, 
 Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish, Flemish, Basque, 
 Maltese, German and Briton. An American edition is published 
 by the National Office of the Society in New York. 
 
 IV. Spiritual Favors Granted to the Members of the Society. 
 
 In pursuance of the paternal solicitude of the Sovereign Pon- 
 tiffs, the Society has been enriched with many spiritual favors. 
 Some are common to all benefactors; others are special favors 
 granted to ecclesiastics. 
 
 A. Spiritual Favors Granted to all Benefactors. 
 
 Those who comply with the two conditions mentioned above, 
 daily prayers and yearly offering of sixty cents, may gain the 
 following indulgences : 
 
 I. — Plenary Indulgences. 
 
 On 3D May — The Feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross (the day on 
 which the Society was established); On 3D December — The Feast of 
 St. Francis Xavier, the patron of the Society; On 25TH March — The 
 Feast of the Annunciation; On 15TH August — The Feast of the Assump- 
 tion, or any day within the Octaves of these Festivals. On 6th January 
 — The Feast of the Epiphany; On 29TH September — The Feast of St. 
 Michael. On all Feasts of the Apostles. Every Month — On any 
 two days chosen by the Associates. Once a Year — On the day of the 
 general commemoration of all the deceased Members of the Society, and 
 on the day of special commemoration of the deceased Members of the 
 Committee or the Band to which he belongs. On the Day of Admit- 
 tance into the Society. At the Hour of Death, by invoking, at 
 least in their heart, the sacred name of Jesus. Members gain the favor 
 of the privileged Altar for every Mass said in the name of an Associate 
 for a deceased Member. 
 
 In order to gain these Plenary Indulgences, it is necessary to go to 
 confession and receive communion, to visit the parish church and there 
 recite some prayers for the intentions of the Sovereign Pontiff. Children 
 who have not made their first communion can gain these indulgences 
 by performing some pious work appointed by their confessor. 
 
 Persons who for any lawful reason are unable to visit the church, can 
 substitute for this visit any other pious work, or prayers appointed by 
 their confessor. Members of religious houses, colleges etc., can gain 
 the same indulgences by visiting the private chapel of the establishment, 
 provided the other conditions are fulfilled. 
 
18 The Society for the Propagation of the Faith. 
 
 II. — Partial Indulgences. 
 
 Seven Years and Seven Quarantines every time an Associate performs, 
 in aid of the Society, any work of devotion or charity. 300 Days every 
 time an Associate assists at the Triduum on the 3rd of May and the 3rd of 
 December. 100 Days every time an Associate recites Our Father, Hail 
 Mary and St. Francis Xavier, pray for us. 
 
 All these indulgences, both plenary and partial, are applicable to the souls 
 in Purgatory. 
 
 III. — Prayers and Masses. 
 
 All the Missionaries assisted by the Society give to their benefactors a 
 share of the merits of their apostolic labors. The missionary Priests are also 
 asked to offer occasionally (at least once a year) the Holy Sacrifice of the 
 Mass for them. This means that innumerable prayers are said and over 
 10,000 Masses offered every year for the intentions of the living and the 
 repose of the souls of the deceased members of the Society. 
 
 B. Special Favors Granted to Ecclesiastical Benefactors . 1 
 
 I. — To every Priest who shall be charged in any parish or establishment to 
 collect alms for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, or who, either 
 from his own resources, or otherwise, shall contribute to the funds of the 
 Society a sum equal to the subscription of an entire band of ten : 
 
 1st. The favor of the privileged Altar three times a week. 
 
 2d. The power to apply the following Indulgences: — To the faithful at 
 the hour of death, a Plenary Indulgence; to Beads or Rosaries, Crosses 
 Crucifixes, Pictures, Statues and Medals, the Apostolic Indulgences; to 
 Beads, the Brigitine Indulgences. 
 
 3d. The faculty of attaching to Crucifixes the Indulgences of the Way of 
 the Cross. 
 
 II. — (a) To every Priest who is a Diocesan Director, or a Member of a 
 Committee, appointed to watch over the interests of the Work: 
 
 ( b ) To every other Priest who in the course of the year shall pay to the 
 account of the Society a sum equal at least to the amount of one thousand 
 subscriptions ($600.00), from whatever source derived: 
 
 1st. The same favors enjoyed by Priests in the preceding category. 
 
 2d. The favor of the privileged Altar five times a week personally. (Brief 
 of Pius IX, December 31, 1853.) 
 
 3d. The power to bless Crosses with the Indulgences of the Way of the 
 Cross, and, moreover, the power to invest with the Seraphic Cord and 
 Scapular, and to impart all the Indulgences and privileges granted to such 
 investiture by the Sovereign Pontiffs. 
 
 4th. The power to bless, and invest the faithful with, the Scapular of Mt- 
 Carmel, the Immaculate Conception, and the Passion of Our Lord. 
 
 In case the collection of the special subscriptions should be for the 
 moment incomplete, His Holiness prolongs the privileges of the Priest who 
 shall have brought in the entire amount the preceding year, up to the 
 current account. (Rescript of Leo XIII, June 16, 1878.) 
 
 ’These favors are fully explained in a pamphlet issued by the Society, 
 which will be mailed free to Priests on demand. 
 
Conditional Gifts. 
 
 19 
 
 HI. — Every Priest who shall contribute once for all out of his private 
 resources, a sum representing the amount of one thousand subscriptions 
 ($600.00) shall enjoy, during his life, the favors granted to the Priests who 
 are Members of a Committee. 
 
 IV. — On February 1, 1908, Pope Pius X has granted to all Priests who 
 are Diocesan or Parochial Directors, Perpetual or Special members of the 
 Society, the faculty of applying ( unico crucis signo) the Croisier Indul- 
 gences to Rosaries (an Indulgence of 500 days for each “Our Father" and 
 "Hail Mary"). 
 
 Feast Days of the Society. 
 
 In order to bring down the blessing of God on the Work and on the 
 Missions, the Society has selected, as times of special prayer and Thanks- 
 giving: 
 
 I. The third of May, feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross, the anni- 
 versary of the foundation of the Society in 18 22. 
 
 II. The third of December, feast of St. Francis Xavier, patron of the 
 Society. 
 
 Conditional Gifts. 
 
 Trust Deed Offered by the Society to Prospective Benefactors. 
 
 It is a well-known fact that in many instances wills are not 
 executed according to the intentions of their makers. This is due 
 to a number of causes ; opposition of natural heirs, adverse decision 
 of courts, lack of care on the part of executors, etc. The Propaga- 
 tion of the Faith, having thus lost many bequests, has established a 
 Conditional Gift Fund to which several thousands of dollars have 
 been contributed already by persons who had intended to leave 
 legacies for the missions. 
 
 The plan is very simple. The Society receives gifts, large or 
 small, at the same time entering into a written agreement with the 
 donor not to spend these gifts, but to invest them in well-deter- 
 mined and absolutely safe securities, and to pay to the donors so 
 long as they shall live a yearly amount equivalent to a fair rate of 
 interest. After the donor’s death the money is placed in the general 
 fund to be distributed among the missions. 
 
 If the money left in care of the Propagation of the Faith is 
 intended for other purposes besides its own work, the Society 
 assumes the responsibility of seeing that the intentions of the 
 donors are implicitly followed and the various bequests distributed 
 as directed. Mass intentions will be forwarded to needy mission- 
 arv priests immediately after the death of the benefactor and 
 acquitted at once, thus obviating the long delays which necessarily 
 accompany the execution of a will. 
 
20 The Society for the Propagation of the Faith. 
 
 Pontifical Acts, and T estimonials of Archbishops 
 and Bishops in Favor of the Work* 
 
 Pontifical Acts. — This short sketch of the Society for the Pro- 
 pagation of the Faith would be incomplete without the testi- 
 monies of approval which the highest and most venerable 
 authorities of the Catholic Church have bestowed upon it at all 
 times since its origin. 
 
 The Society was canonically established by Pope Pius VII, 
 in 1823, the year following its foundation ; all the popes without 
 exception who have succeeded him in the see of Peter have con- 
 firmed this judgment by giving the most sincere evidence of 
 their approbation and appreciation to its great work of helping 
 missions. 
 
 Pope Leo XIII wrote two letters to recommend the work to the 
 clergy and laity. In the encyclical “ Christi Nomen ” of December 
 24, 1894, he says : 
 
 “We are pleased to exalt by our commendations, a Society of 
 which the humble beginnings have been succeeded by a rapid and 
 marvelous development ; a Society upon which our illustrious 
 predecessors, Pius VII, Leo XII, Pius VIII, Gregory XVI, and 
 Pius IX bestowed praise and spiritual favors : a Society which 
 has given such efficacious aid to the missions throughout the en- 
 tire world and which promises them still more abundant as- 
 sistance for the future.” 
 
 In the first year of His Pontificate, Our Holy Father Pope Pius 
 X addressed to the Catholic world a letter from which we quote 
 the following: 
 
 “ The Society for the Propagation of the Faith appears to have 
 originated and arisen among men by an inspiration quite Divine. 
 
 “ If the messengers of the Catholic doctrine are able to reach 
 out to the most distant lands and the most barbarous peoples, it 
 is to the generosity of the Society for the Propagation of the 
 Faith that credit must be given. 
 
 “ Through this Society, salvation began for numberless people, 
 through it there has been gathered a harvest of souls. . . . We 
 have always been greatly interested in it, and have helped it as far 
 as our humble resources would permit. 
 
Pontifical Acts in Favor of the Society. 
 
 21 
 
 “ We are filled with hope that this most noble association will 
 grow in strength day by day, .... and may Christ protect it, 
 
 . . . . since it is its aim to spread His most Holy Name.” 
 
 National Councils. — A large number of provincial and national 
 councils have likewise published decrees in favor of the devel- 
 opment of the Society. We quote those of the Plenary Councils 
 of the United States. 
 
 The First Plenary Council of the United States held in Bal- 
 timore, in 1852, wrote 1 * 3 to the central councils of the Society: 
 “ The six Archbishops and twenty-six Bishops assembled by the 
 authority of the venerable successor of St. Peter have decreed 
 by unanimous consent that the Society for the Propagation of 
 the Faith shall be established in all their dioceses. ...” 
 
 The Second Plenary Council held in the same city, in 18 66, 
 decreed 1 that : “ We must, by all means, further the organiza- 
 tion of societies which promote piety and religion and the ex- 
 tension of the church. Among these we mention first of all 
 that for the Propagation of the Faith which is truly Catholic 
 and from which the church in America has received so many 
 and so great benefits.” 
 
 At the same time, the fathers of this council wrote to the 
 headquarters of the Society as follows : “ The Bishops assembled 
 in Plenary Council have a lively sense of the debt of gratitude 
 imposed on them by the liberalities of Catholic charity concen- 
 trated in your hands We openly acknowledge that your 
 
 offerings have had a considerable share in the development of our 
 church. . . . Henceforth, the church of the United States will 
 endeavor to occupy in your reports a place more worthy of the 
 rank assigned to it by the extent of its territory, the abundance 
 of its resources and the wonderful increase given it by the 
 Almighty.” 
 
 Finally, the Third Council of Baltimore’ held in 1884 recom- 
 mended the Society in still stronger terms to the charity of the 
 faithful, obeying in this the orders given to the bishops by His 
 Holiness Leo XIII. Following the example of their predeces- 
 sors, the fathers of the council again decreed the establishment 
 
 1 Annals, 1852. 
 
 1 Cone. Plen. Balt. II, Tit. X, Cap. Ill, 8. 
 
 3 Cone. Plen. Balt. Ill, Tit. VIII, Cap. III. p. 259. 
 
22 The Society for the Propagation of the Faith. 
 
 of the Society in all dioceses in which it did not already exist. 
 His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons, in the name of the council, 
 wrote a long letter to the directors of the Society. We extract 
 the following passage: “ Gratitude imposes on us the pious duty 
 of publicly recognizing the signal services the beneficent Society 
 for the Propagation of the Faith has rendered to the young 
 Church of the United States. If the grain of mustard seed 
 planted in the virgin soil of America has struck deep roots and 
 grown into a gigantic tree, with branches stretching from the 
 shores of the Atlantic ocean to the coasts of the Pacific, it is 
 mainly to the assistance rendered by your admirable Society, 
 Gentlemen, that we are indebted for this blessing. 
 
 “ Assembled for the third time in Plenary Council, the Arch- 
 bishops and Bishops of the Republic of the United States feel 
 a justifiable joy in thinking of the co-operation which you have 
 never ceased to extend to the apostles of the Catholic faith in 
 the New World, from the year 1822 to the present day; and the 
 sums which during that time you have allotted to the different 
 dioceses and missions of this vast country, are a striking proof 
 of the zeal and charity with which you never cease to aid us.” 
 Other Councils. — In 1895, the archbishops and bishops of Aus- 
 tralia assembled in plenary council, after having issued a decree 
 similar to those of the American councils, wrote to the head- 
 quarters of the Society as follows: 
 
 “ Assembled in Council, we consider it our duty to express our 
 admiration for the great work which you direct with as much 
 -zeal as prudence. This work is, indeed, so important for ex- 
 tending the benefits of our holy religion and bearing the truth 
 to peoples that are still buried in the shadow of death, that it 
 can not remain indifferent to those who have the salvation of 
 souls and the glory of our Divine Master at heart; may God 
 continue to bless your efforts, Gentlemen, and make your noble 
 enterprise prosper more and more. 
 
 “ Permit us also to express our gratitude for the help which, 
 in the past, you have given to our faithful in this distant country. 
 We are not ignorant of it and we can never forget it.” 
 
 Collective letters from Bishops of Various Countries.— After 
 the Popes and Councils, the heads of missions and bishops from 
 different countries have repeatedly expressed their deep sym- 
 pathy and appreciation for the Society for the Propagation of 
 the Faith. 
 
Pastoral Letters in Favor of the Society. 23 
 
 The Bishops of Canada, the East Indies, Japan, Corea, China, 
 Southern Africa, etc., have on different occasions, given their 
 blessing and manifested their profound gratitude. 
 
 Pastoral Letters. — What shall we say of the pastoral letters of 
 bishops in favor of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, 
 that “ marvel of the XIX century,” in the words of a venerable 
 American prelate, “ the most eminent which the religion of 
 Jesus Christ has inspired in recent times,” that work “ eminently 
 Catholic,” as it has so often been qualified by the chief pastors? 
 Not only from missions but from all quarters of the Christian 
 world, from France, Ireland, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Germany, 
 the United States, Mexico, the Argentine Republic and other 
 South American republics the central councils are continually 
 rewarded by the most gratifying letters. Unable to quote all 
 the testimonies of the episcopate which are numbered by hun- 
 dreds and form the Golden Book of the Society, as it were, 
 we shall conclude with the eloquent words of an illustrious prel- 
 ate, Bishop Freppel: “ May God’s kingdom come! May it come 
 for those infidel peoples still living in darkness and in the shadow 
 of death! May it come for those idolatrous races who know 
 not Jesus Christ, who are deprived of the light and the con- 
 solations of the Faith; who have not, like us, those divine rem- 
 edies against sin that the Church offers to her children! May 
 it come also for those countries in the east which are being 
 moved at this moment by the life-giving breath of God; may it 
 come for those perishing branches which for centuries have been 
 detached by schism from the trunk of Catholic unity! And, 
 finally, may it come for our separated brethren in both the old 
 and new world who have retained but a few shreds of doctrine 
 and some semblance of Christian life! Advcniat regnuni tuum! 
 Then, when that glorious day shall have dawned upon the world, 
 that day of spiritual birth for some and of resurrection for 
 others, if we would wish to know the source of these divine 
 blessings, we shall find, I say, as the principal instrument in 
 God’s right hand, the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. 
 This kingdom of God on earth will be its terrestrial crown, whilst 
 awaiting the time when it shall please God to grant its active 
 and zealous members their eternal reward.” 
 
II. 
 
 What the Catholic world has given to the 
 Society and the Missionary world 
 received, 1822-1912. 
 
 Received by the Society. 
 
 Established. 
 
 1822 France 
 
 ,$49,403,046.50 
 
 1825 
 
 Belgium 
 
 4,490,866.31 
 
 1827 
 
 Germany and Austria 
 
 , 7,592,431.66 
 
 1827 
 
 Italy 
 
 5,868,928.01 
 
 1827 
 
 Switzerland . . . . 
 
 989,482.68 
 
 1827 
 
 Balkan States 
 
 367,508.25 
 
 1833 
 
 Canada, Mexico, West Indies. 
 
 1,422,888.79 
 
 1833 
 
 Great Britain and Ireland. . . . 
 
 2,642,141.73 
 
 1837 
 
 Holland 
 
 1,337,688.31 
 
 1837 
 
 Portugal 
 
 5°7,377-53 
 
 1837 
 
 Russia, Poland 
 
 73,41446 
 
 1839 
 
 Spain 
 
 907,542.37 
 
 1840 
 
 United States 
 
 3,031,129.57 
 
 1840 
 
 Central and South America. . . 
 
 1,070,548.76 
 
 1843 
 
 Oceanica 
 
 105,486.19 
 
 1848 
 
 Asia 
 
 89,960.49 
 
 1857 
 
 Africa 
 
 315,07931 
 
 
 Countries not named 
 
 134,114.74 
 
 
 Total 
 
 $80,349,653.66 
 
 
 Distributed to the Missions. 
 
 
 America 
 
 $10,874,003.85 
 
 
 Europe 
 
 11,180,727.84 
 
 
 Asia 
 
 32,719,183.31 
 
 
 Africa 
 
 11,876,908.43 
 
 
 Oceanica 
 
 Special Gifts sent to the mis- 
 sions as directed by the 
 
 7,469,562.87 
 
 
 donors, Transportation, and 
 Traveling Expenses of Mis- 
 sionaries, Publications, and 
 
 
 
 Management of the Society. 
 
 6,229,267.36 
 
 
 Total 
 
 24 
 
 $80,349,653.66 
 
“I was hungry and you gave me to eat." — Matt. XXV, 35. 
 
 Famine Sufferers in Zanzibar (E. Africa). 
 
 The Nuns Minister to the Old and the Young (China). 
 
Praise ye the Lord with sound of trumpet .... with strings and 
 organ.” — Ps. CL, 4. 
 
 The Band of the Mission at Tauris (Persia). 
 
 Young Musicians in Somaliland (E. Africa) 
 
Received and Contributed in the United States. 
 
 25 
 
 I. What the United States has received from the 
 Society, and what it has contributed, 
 1822 - 1912 , Arranged by Dioceses. 
 
 In the following list we give the amount of help received by 
 the dioceses of the United States from the Society, together 
 with the amount each diocese has contributed to the work. 
 Several dioceses which were self-supporting when created, appear 
 to have received nothing ; but it must be borne in mind that the help 
 assigned to the diocese of which they were originally a part, was 
 shared by them. It may be safely asserted that there is not a single 
 portion of the Church in the United States which at one time or 
 another has not been helped by the Society. 
 
 In this table of sums given to the United States the figures in- 
 clude only the money given to diocesan authorities, and to Religious 
 Orders, for use in specified dioceses. 
 
 Money received from the 
 Society. 
 
 From to 
 
 1893 1913.. $70,322.34 . . . 
 
 1847 1866.. 43,884.00... 
 
 1854 1912.. 170,115.65... 
 
 1857 1869.. 41,600.00... 
 
 Diocese. 
 
 . . . Alaska 
 
 . . . Alton 
 
 Money contributed 
 for the Propagation 
 of the Faith, 1833-1912 
 
 8,742.35 
 
 10,727.03 
 
 1905 
 
 1912. . 
 
 9,041.00. . . 
 
 
 
 1823 
 
 1865. . 
 
 56,757.80. . . 
 
 . . .Baltimore 
 
 90,502.64 
 
 .... 
 
 
 
 
 9,984.38 
 
 
 
 
 . . . Bismarck 
 
 75.00 
 
 1870 
 
 1902.. 
 
 37,117.00. . . 
 
 . . . Boise 
 
 
 1829 
 
 1864. . 
 
 52,839.20. . . 
 
 . . . Boston 
 
 
 1856 
 
 1867.. 
 
 4,800.00. . . 
 
 
 
 1847 
 
 1866. . 
 
 110,214.20. . . 
 
 
 41,719.95 
 
 1853 
 
 1884. . 
 
 40,200.00. . . 
 
 . . . Burlington 
 
 
 1828 
 
 1912. . 
 
 207,993.29. . . 
 
 
 5,970.42 
 
 1897 
 
 1912. . 
 
 7,915.00. . . 
 
 . . .Cheyenne 
 
 718.47 
 
 1844 
 
 1866. . 
 
 99,655.80... 
 
 .. Chicago 
 
 65,868.49 
 
 1823 
 
 1869. . 
 
 118,569.00. . . 
 
 .. . Cincinnati 
 
 55,011.64 
 
 1847 
 
 1876. . 
 
 62,644.00. . . 
 
 . . . Cleveland 
 
 
 1868 
 
 1869. . 
 
 3,200.00. . . 
 
 . . .Columbus 
 
 5,581.07 
 
 1887 
 
 1901. . 
 
 37,160.00. . . 
 
 ...Concordia 
 
 8,362.10 
 
 1874 
 
 1912. . 
 
 45.956.18. . . 
 
 
 4,745.40 
 
 1854 
 
 1887. . 
 
 37,000.00. . . 
 
 
 5,348.18 
 
 1911 
 
 1912. . 
 
 1,500 00. . . 
 
 
 75.00 
 
 1891 
 
 1902. . 
 
 4,050.50. . . 
 
 ...Dallas 
 
 1,474.22 
 
 
 
 
 . . Davenport 
 
 21,216.24 
 
 1868 
 
 1888.. 
 
 47,040.00... 
 
 . . Denver 
 
 7,789.31 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1828 
 
 1887. . 
 
 113,453.20... 
 
 . . . Detroit 
 
 24,769.63 
 
 1838 
 
 1866. . 
 
 119,398.20. . . 
 
 
 44,882.61 
 
 1890 
 
 1892. . 
 
 15,700.00. . . 
 
 .. Duluth 
 
 3,406.72 
 
 1854 
 
 1869. . 
 
 30,600.00. . . 
 
 
 21,153.43 
 
 
 
 
 
 8,748.94 
 
26 The Society for the Propagation of the Faith, 
 
 Money received from the 
 Society. 
 
 From To 
 
 1890 1894.. $13,140.00... 
 
 1858 1809.. 34,400.00... 
 
 1846 1901.. 249,370.90... 
 
 Diocese. 
 
 Money contributed 
 for the Propagation 
 of the Faith, 1833-1912 
 
 10,448.55 
 
 1909 
 
 1912. . 
 
 2,254.00... 
 
 
 
 1868 
 
 1888. . 
 
 25,656.00. . . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2,157.53 
 
 1845 
 
 1806.. 
 
 51,028.00... 
 
 ...Hartford 
 
 
 1883 
 
 1900.. 
 
 19,200.00. . . 
 
 
 
 1834 
 
 1869.. 
 
 237,978.40. . . 
 
 
 
 1880 
 
 1881.. 
 
 2,000.00... 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1868 
 
 1887.. 
 
 15,720.00... 
 
 ...La Crosse 
 
 
 1904 
 
 1912. . 
 
 10,933.96... 
 
 
 949.88 
 
 1856 
 
 1883. . 
 
 118,490.00. . . 
 
 . . .Leavenworth 
 
 
 1889 
 
 1890. . 
 
 800.00 .. 
 
 
 95.20 
 
 1844 
 
 1892. . 
 
 105,120.40... 
 
 
 
 1849 
 
 1877.. 
 
 99,800.00... 
 
 
 13,314.11 
 
 1822 
 
 1867. . 
 
 159,816.40 .. 
 
 
 34,289.31 
 
 
 
 
 
 37,144.26 
 
 1854 
 
 1885. . 
 
 61,380.00. . . 
 
 . . . Marquette 
 
 
 1844 
 
 1866. . 
 
 56,432.80. . . 
 
 . . .Milwaukee 
 
 46,356.65 
 
 1838 
 
 1907. . 
 
 109,913.60 .. 
 
 .. . Mobile 
 
 11,984.58 
 
 1839 
 
 1887. . 
 
 100,767.80. .. 
 
 
 
 1839 
 
 1 906 . . 
 
 196,085.31 . . 
 
 . . . Natchez 
 
 
 1854 
 
 1866. . 
 
 23,600.00. . . 
 
 
 
 1823 
 
 1872. . 
 
 124,160.60. . . 
 
 . . .New Orleans 
 
 54,827.95 
 
 1827 
 
 1866. . 
 
 112,345.00. . . 
 
 . . . New York 
 
 
 1868 
 
 1912.. 
 
 58,953.94. . 
 
 . . No. Carolina and Belmont Abbey 431.99 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1876 
 
 1912. . 
 
 95,464.00. . . 
 
 
 
 1859 
 
 1883. . 
 
 60,360.00 .. 
 
 ...Omaha 
 
 
 1844 
 
 1891. . 
 
 171,294.00. . . 
 
 . . .Oregon City 
 
 
 1877 
 
 1877. . 
 
 1,000.00. .. 
 
 . . . Peoria 
 
 5,071.48 
 
 1829 
 
 1859.. 
 
 51,161.40. . . 
 
 . . . Philadelphia 
 
 
 1843 
 
 1868. . 
 
 85,600.00 . . 
 
 Pittsburg 
 
 46,915.67 
 
 1856 
 
 1867. . 
 
 18,900.00. . 
 
 .. .Portland 
 
 33,563.25 
 
 
 
 
 . . . Providence 
 
 
 1841 
 
 1891. . 
 
 126,863.20. . . 
 
 . . . Richmond 
 
 6, 344.53 
 
 1868 
 
 1869. . 
 
 4,000.00. . . 
 
 . . . Rochester 
 
 27,824.53 
 
 
 
 
 
 1,136.80 
 
 1860 
 
 1876. . 
 
 36,200.00 .. 
 
 .. .Sacramento 
 
 
 1836 
 
 1908. . 
 
 118,347.00. . . 
 
 ...St.. Augustine 
 
 
 1889 
 
 1890. . 
 
 13,140.00 . . 
 
 ...St. Cloud 
 
 10,010.16 
 
 1868 
 
 1872. . 
 
 6,600.00. . . 
 
 . . .St. Joseph 
 
 3,423.56 
 
 1837 
 
 1872. . 
 
 196, 155.60 . 
 
 , . .St. Lopis 
 
 44,982.92 
 
 1850 
 
 1873. . 
 
 95,785.00 .. 
 
 . . . St. Paul 
 
 42,687.67 
 
 1873 
 
 1887. . 
 
 16,400.00. . . 
 
 . . .Salt Lake 
 
 59.20 
 
 1874 
 
 1897. . 
 
 33,284.00. . . 
 
 . . . San Antonio '. . 
 
 
 1853 
 
 1 884 . . 
 
 45,600.00. . . 
 
 ...San Francisco 
 
 40,696.40 
 
 1851 
 
 1912. . 
 
 187,463.63 . 
 
 , . . Santa Fe 
 
 17,753 44 
 
 1850 
 
 1913. . 
 
 110,315.10 .. 
 
 ...Savannah 
 
 10,024.59 
 
 
 
 
 
 9,906.79 
 
 1847 
 
 1893.. 
 
 120,842.00. . . 
 
 ...Seattle 
 
 7,247.07 
 
 
 
 
 .. .Sioux City 
 
 6,607.70 
 
 1889 
 
 1894. . 
 
 13,900.00 . .. 
 
 .. .Sioux Falls 
 
 3,261.26 
 
 • • • • 
 
 • ••••• 
 
 
 
 38,948.57 
 
 .... 
 
 
 
 
 1,175.22 
 
Received and Contributed in the United States. 27 
 
 Money received from the 
 Society. 
 
 From to 
 
 Diocese. 
 
 Money contributed 
 for the Propagation 
 of the Faith, 1833-1912 
 
 $43,313.66 
 
 8,617.54 
 
 
 
 
 . . .Trenton 
 
 13,969.08 
 
 1869 
 
 1912. . 
 
 $109,900.40. . . 
 
 
 
 1850 
 
 1879. . 
 
 58,205.00. . . 
 
 . . .Wheeling 
 
 8,267.17 
 
 1887 
 
 1895. . 
 
 7,640.00. . . 
 
 . . . Wichita 
 
 4,964.01 
 
 1868 
 
 1892. . 
 
 16,920.00. . . 
 
 ...Wilmington 
 
 3,753.38 
 
 
 
 
 9,691.66 
 
 1906 
 
 1912. . 
 
 22,286.19. . . 
 
 . . .Porto Rico 
 
 23.60 
 
 1905 
 
 1912. . 
 
 84,352.00 . . . 
 
 ...Philippine Islands,... 
 
 5.25 
 
 1899 
 
 1912.. 
 
 125,877.40*. . 
 
 
 6,525.34 
 
 1833 
 
 1900 
 
 1900. . 
 
 1912.. 
 
 516 592.04-f-^ 
 
 Some Religious Orders 
 
 
 180^793.67 . . . 
 
 Missions 
 
 and other 
 
 Totals $6,309,314.40 $3,030,439.41 
 
 Total given to the United States (1822-1912), .... $6,309,214.40 
 Total received from the United States (1822-1912), 3,030,429.41 
 
 What the United States has received from the Society, and what 
 it has contributed, 1822-1912. Arranged by Years. 
 
 Received. Tear. 
 
 $ 2,757.20 1822. 
 
 5.200.00 1823, 
 
 6.940.00 1824, 
 
 10.340.00 1825 
 
 8.740.00 1826 
 
 20.700.00 1827 
 
 22,000.00 1828, 
 
 24.268.00 1829, 
 
 23.394.00 1830, 
 
 25.294.00 1831 
 
 22.960.00 1832, 
 
 19.604.00 1833 
 
 20.564.00 1834, 
 
 29.053.60 1835, 
 
 44.133.60 1836 
 
 37,916.20 1837. 
 
 53.501.60 1838, 
 
 68.025.00 1839, 
 
 125.572.80 1840, 
 
 122.261.00 1841, 
 
 127,360.40 1842, 
 
 126,259.60 1843. 
 
 131.432.80 1844 
 
 107.400.00 1845. 
 
 116,328.20 1846. 
 
 Contributed. 
 
 $ 
 
 6.00 
 
 1,023.10 
 
 824.00 
 
 875.49 
 
 816.99 
 
 15.30 
 
 1,655.30 
 
 886.40 
 
 * This sum represents what Hawaii has received, only since it became an 
 American possession. 
 
 (•These sums without being assigned to any particular diocese, were given 
 to Religious Orders for use in the United States, beside what they may have 
 received through the Bishop in whose Diocese they were working. Since 
 1900 the allocations made to missionaries, members of Religious Orders, as 
 well as the offerings they may contribute to the work, are included in the 
 Report with those of the Dioceses in which they reside. 
 
28 The Society for the Propagation of the Faith 
 
 Received. 
 
 Year. 
 
 Contributed. 
 
 $ 87 , 980 . 00 ..... 1847 $ 810.67 
 
 72 . 762.00 1848 807.00 
 
 95 . 316.00 1849 709.12 
 
 80 . 735.00 1850 765.00 
 
 78 . 287.00 1851 600.00 
 
 103 . 101.00 1852 16 , 026.41 
 
 126 . 452.00 1853 7 , 842.13 
 
 127 . 439.20 1854 11 , 337.32 
 
 101 , 084.60 1855 7 , 235.91 
 
 105 , 761.40 1856 10 , 328.65 
 
 99 , 404.60 1857 13 , 713.12 
 
 115 . 288.20 1858 30 , 612.18 
 
 173 , 623.80 1859 37 , 730.81 
 
 152 . 342.20 1860 12 , 303.68 
 
 8 , 529.02 
 
 130 , 802.00 
 
 
 8 , 644.31 
 
 119 , 800.00 
 
 
 8 , 255.13 
 
 117 ’ 600.00 
 
 1864 
 
 8 , 291.22 
 
 124 ! 450.00 
 
 
 
 115 , 660.00 1866 . 
 
 97 , 260.00 1867 . 
 
 10 , 361.17 
 
 9 , 341.73 
 
 99 ^ 975.00 
 
 41 , 000.00 
 
 
 13 , 162.89 
 
 8 , 053.69 
 
 87 , ' 200. 00 
 
 1871 
 
 13 , 265.43 
 
 93,20000 
 
 1872 
 
 16 , 684.97 
 
 75 ’ 600.00 
 
 1873 
 
 9 , 713.53 
 
 74 , ' 000. 00 
 
 1874 
 
 10 , 274.14 
 
 73 , 040.00 
 
 1875 
 
 
 82 , 200.00 
 
 1876 
 
 13 , 173.60 
 
 67 ^ 440.00 
 
 1877 
 
 
 60 ! 600.00 
 
 
 10 , 853.64 
 
 57 . 080.00 1879 7 , 128.66 
 
 52 . 200.00 1880 11 , 686.85 
 
 56 . 600.00 1881 20 , 845.67 
 
 51 . 600.00 1882 41 , 601.36 
 
 59 . 360.00 1883 26 , 731.69 
 
 66 . 000 . 00 1884 15 , 609.33 
 
 60 . 840.00 1885 17 , 456.84 
 
 56 . 000 . 00 1886 14 , 786.54 
 
 51 . 400.00 1887 42 , 964.18 
 
 42 . 440.00 1888 52 , 759.22 
 
 40 . 080.00 1889 41 , 687.82 
 
 42 . 740.00 1890 39 , 092.76 
 
 33 . 920.00 1891 40 , 303.85 
 
 23 . 000 . 00 1892 35 , 907.58 
 
 16 . 700.00 1893 44 , 753.58 
 
 13 . 300.00 1894 25 , 065.68 
 
 10 . 800.00 1895 84 , 707.89 
 
 8 , 500.00 1896 32 , 855.54 
 
 11 , 312.50 1897 34 , 196.31 
 
 10 . 900.00 1898 55 , 511.79 
 
 10 , 292.86 1899 69 , 402.49 
 
 11 . 022.00 1900 71 , 229.35 
 
 28 . 226.00 1901 77 , 000.00 
 
 27 . 649.00 1902 85 , 408.44 
 
 26 . 524.00 1903 92 , 503.48 
 
 32 . 909.00 1904 156 , 942.93 
 
 41 , 571.82 1905 157 , 057.98 
 
 46 , 228.96 1906 185 , 287.71 
 
Missions Assisted by the Society in 1912. 
 
 29 
 
 Received. 
 
 Year. 
 
 $51,645.42 
 
 
 47 226.51 
 
 
 55] 83 0.1 8 
 
 
 70,493.84 
 
 1910 
 
 73,716.27 
 
 1911 
 
 516,592.04 Additional to some Religious Orders, 
 
 Previous to 1900. 
 
 $6,309,214.40 
 
 Contributed. 
 
 $193,054.44 
 
 193,122.36 
 
 220,082.78 
 
 268,314.08 
 
 281,234.38 
 
 $3,030,429.41 
 
 II. Missions Assisted by the Propagation of the Faith 
 
 in 1912. 
 
 Together with the enumeration of the Dioceses, Vicariates and 
 Prefectures Apostolic receiving an yearly allocation from the 
 Society, we give herebelow the number of Bishops and Priests at 
 work in each mission, also the number of Catholics and the total 
 population. 
 
 For the compilation of these statistics, the following works were 
 consulted: Missiones Catholicae — Romae, 1907; The Official 
 Catholic Directory, Kenedy, 1912; Annuaire Pontifical Catholique, 
 Battandier, 1912; Calendrier-Annuaire pour la Chine, 1912; The 
 Madras Catholic Directory, 1912; The Catholic Encyclopedia; 
 Atlas des Missions Catholiques, Streit, 1906; also a number of re- 
 ports issued by various missionary Societies and the publications 
 of the Propagation of the Faith. Despite the great care with which 
 these figures were prepared there may be some errors, and in a 
 few cases they are approximative only. It was especially difficult 
 to give an accurate account of the missions in the Turkish Empire 
 where ecclesiastical jurisdiction is personal instead of being terri- 
 torial. 
 
 This list which comprises the missions now assisted by our 
 Society includes the greater part of the mission field of the 
 Catholic Church. 
 
 AMERICA. 
 
 Dioceses. Vicariates, Prefectures. 
 
 United States and Colonial Possessions : 
 
 Alaska 
 
 Alexandria 
 
 Baker City 
 
 Charleston 
 
 Cheyenne 
 
 Corpus Christi 
 
 Crookston 
 
 Great Falls 
 
 Lead 
 
 No. of 
 Bishops 
 and 
 
 Priests. 
 
 No. of 
 Catholics. 
 
 Total 
 
 Population. 
 
 19 
 
 14,500 
 
 72,000 
 
 37 
 
 33,000 
 
 300,000 
 
 27 
 
 6,500 
 
 75,000 
 
 19 
 
 9,650 
 
 1,400,000 
 
 20 
 
 12,000 
 
 70,000 
 
 34 
 
 81,900 
 
 115,000 
 
 36 
 
 20,700 
 
 244,661 
 
 40 
 
 24,000 
 
 146,153 
 
 37 
 
 18,000 
 
 105,000 
 
30 The Society for the Propagation of the Faith. 
 
 AMERICA — Continued. 
 
 Dioceses, Vicariates, Prefectures. 
 
 United States, etc. — Continued : 
 
 North Carolina and Belmont Abbey. . 
 
 Oklahoma 
 
 Santa Fe 
 
 Savannah 
 
 Tucson 
 
 Indian Missions in the U. S 
 
 Hawaii 
 
 Porto Rico 
 
 Philippine Islands Missions 
 
 Canada : 
 
 Athabasca 
 
 Gulf of St. Lawrence 
 
 Keewatin 
 
 Mackenzie 
 
 Prince Albert 
 
 Saint Albert 
 
 Saint Boniface 
 
 Vancouver 
 
 Victoria 
 
 Yukon 
 
 Indian Missions 
 
 West Indies : 
 
 Port of Spain 
 
 Roseau 
 
 Jamaica 
 
 Curasao 
 
 Missions in Cuba 
 
 Central America : 
 
 British Honduras 
 
 South America : 
 
 British Guiana 
 
 Dutch Guiana 
 
 French Guiana 
 
 Mendez y Gualaquiza 
 
 Goadjira 
 
 Missions for the Indians in- 
 
 Argentina 
 
 Brazil 
 
 Chili 
 
 Equador 
 
 Peru 
 
 No. of 
 
 Bishops 
 
 No. of 
 
 Total 
 
 and 
 
 Catholics. 
 
 Population. 
 
 Priests. 
 
 36 
 
 6,5C0 
 
 1,900,000 
 
 104 
 
 87,000 
 
 300,000 
 
 73 
 
 140,500 
 
 215,000 
 
 69 
 
 17,240 
 
 2,000,000 
 
 50 
 
 48,500 
 
 190,000 
 
 145 
 
 61,456 
 
 322,715 
 
 38 
 
 37,000 
 
 191,000 
 
 133 
 
 1,000,000 
 
 1,118,012 
 
 1236 
 
 7,257,940 
 
 7,635,426 
 
 23 
 
 5,000 
 
 7,000 
 
 20 
 
 7,000 
 
 11,000 
 
 14 
 
 5,000 
 
 10,000 
 
 19 
 
 11,000 
 
 62 
 
 43,500 
 
 
 125 
 
 54,000 
 
 168,000 
 
 162 
 
 123,000 
 
 420,000 
 
 50 
 
 35,000 
 
 200,000 
 
 19 
 
 10,000 
 
 75,000 
 
 10 
 
 5,000 
 
 48 
 
 155,000 
 
 320,000 
 
 20 
 
 40,000 
 
 135,000 
 
 17 
 
 14,000 
 
 766,000 
 
 37 
 
 46,000 
 
 53,000 
 
 18 
 
 23,500 
 
 39,000 
 
 12 
 
 17,000 
 
 250,000 
 
 28 
 
 20,000 
 
 70,000 
 
 21 
 
 36,000 
 
 46,500 
 
 17 
 
 50,000 
 
 80,000 
 
 EUROPE. 
 
 Balkan States : 
 
 Antivari 
 
 Athens 
 
 Banialuku 
 
 Bukharest 
 
 Bulgarian Missions 
 
 Candia 
 
 Corfu 
 
 Durazzo 
 
 Jassy 
 
 Nicopolis 
 
 Phillppopolis 
 
 25 
 
 7,241 
 
 300,000 
 
 21 
 
 20,000 
 
 2,433,000 
 
 58 
 
 69,000 
 
 583,000 
 
 50 
 
 70,000 
 
 5,500,000 
 
 51 
 
 9,000 
 
 
 7 
 
 800 
 
 260 000 
 
 10 
 
 6,000 
 
 85,000 
 
 18 
 
 12,500 
 
 200,000 
 
 95 
 
 73,300 
 
 2,500,000 
 
 21 
 
 12,000 
 
 1,500,000 
 
 27 
 
 15,000 
 
 1,500,000 
 
Missions Assisted by the Society in 1912. 
 
 3i 
 
 EUROPE — Continued. 
 
 
 No. of 
 
 
 
 Dioceses, Vicariates, Prefectures. ^'and* 8 
 
 No. of 
 Catholics. 
 
 Total 
 
 Population. 
 
 
 Priests. 
 
 
 Balkan States— Continued : 
 
 
 
 
 Santorin 
 
 
 600 
 
 16,000 
 
 Scopia (Uskup) 
 
 
 15,400 
 
 1,000,000 
 
 Scutari 
 
 64 
 
 35,000 
 
 167,000 
 
 8,200 
 
 80,000 
 
 Serajevo 
 
 
 858,000 
 
 Svra 
 
 
 28,000 
 
 Tyne 
 
 
 4,200 
 
 30,000 
 
 Zante 
 
 
 1,100 
 
 160,000 
 
 Denmark : 
 
 
 
 
 Copenhagen 
 
 
 7,110 
 
 2,300,000 
 
 Finland : 
 
 
 
 
 Helsingfors 
 
 
 400 
 
 2,592,000 
 
 German Empire : 
 
 
 
 
 N. German Mission 
 
 
 65,000 
 
 2,000,000 
 
 Saxony 
 
 
 187,080 
 
 5,049,800 
 
 Norway : 
 
 
 
 
 Christiania 
 
 
 2,600 
 
 4,225,000 
 
 Sweden : 
 
 
 Stockholm 
 
 
 2,500 
 
 5,200,000 
 
 
 AFRICA. 
 
 
 
 Northern A f rica : 
 
 
 
 
 Algiers 
 
 
 183,300 
 
 1,500,000 
 
 Constantine 
 
 
 90,000 
 
 270,000 
 
 1,872,000 
 
 959,000 
 
 Oran 
 
 
 Abyssinia 
 
 
 10,000 
 
 3,135,000 
 
 Benin 
 
 
 9,000 
 
 2,000,000 
 
 Cameroons 
 
 
 5,000 
 
 3,000,000 
 
 Dahomey 
 
 
 11,000 
 
 1,500,000 
 
 Delta of the Nile 
 
 
 15,000 
 
 4,000,000 
 
 Egypt (Latin) 
 
 
 61,117 
 
 10,000,000 
 
 Erythrtea 
 
 
 15,000 
 
 330,000 
 
 Galla and Somali 
 
 
 18,000 
 
 8,017,600 
 
 Ghardaia 
 
 
 1,500 
 
 300,000 
 
 Gold Coast 
 
 
 10,000 
 
 3,000,000 
 
 Guinea (French) 
 
 
 2,000 
 
 2,500,000 
 
 Ivory Coast 
 
 
 2,700 
 
 3,000,000 
 
 Kabyles Mission 
 
 55 
 
 1,200 
 
 4,000,000 
 
 Liberia 
 
 
 50 
 
 2,000,000 
 
 Morocco 
 
 
 10,000 
 
 6,000,000 
 
 Niger (Lower) 
 
 
 3,000 
 
 3,000,000 
 
 Niger (Upper) 
 
 
 2,600 
 
 3,500,000 
 
 Sahara 
 
 
 1,600 
 
 5,000,000 
 
 Senegambia — Senegal 
 
 39 
 
 19,000 
 
 5,000,000 
 
 Sierra Leone 
 
 
 3,000 
 
 3,060,000 
 
 Soudan (Central Africa) 
 
 
 1,100 
 
 5,000,000 
 
 Soudan (French) 
 
 
 3,000 
 
 10,000,000 
 
 Togoland 
 
 
 3,000 
 
 2,500,000 
 
 Tripoli 
 
 
 5,600 
 
 1,260,000 
 
 •atorial Africa : 
 
 Benadir 
 
 
 500 
 
 500,000 
 
 Congo— 
 
 Lower French 
 
 
 5,200 
 
 1,500,000 
 
 Upper French 
 
 
 3,500 
 
 5,000,000 
 
 Free State 
 
 
 12,000 
 
 10,000,000 
 
 Upper 
 
 
 5,600 
 
 300,000 
 
 Falls 
 
 23 
 
 6,000 
 
 7,800 
 
 
 Portuguese 
 
 
 3,500,000 
 
32 The Society for the Propagation of the Faith 
 
 AFRICA — Continued. 
 
 Dioceses, Vicariates, Prefectures 
 
 Equatorial Africa — Continued: 
 
 Cunene 
 
 Gaboon 
 
 Kassa'i (Upper) 
 
 Kenia 
 
 Kilima-Ndjaro. 
 
 Koango 
 
 Nile (Upper) 
 
 Nyassa 
 
 Shird 
 
 Tanganyika 
 
 Ubaughi-Chari 
 
 Uell6 
 
 Unyanyembe 
 
 Victoria Nyanza (North) 
 
 Victoria Nyanza (South) 
 
 Zambesi 
 
 Zanzibar- 
 
 North 
 
 Central, Bagamoyo 
 
 South, Dar-es-Salam 
 
 South Africa : 
 
 Basutoland 
 
 Cape- 
 
 Central 
 
 East 
 
 West 
 
 Cimbebasia (Upper) 21 
 
 Cimbebasia (Lower) 20 
 
 Namaqualand 7 
 
 Natal 65 
 
 Orange State (Kimberley) 26 
 
 Orange River 10 
 
 Transvaal (North) 20 
 
 Transvaal (South) 12 
 
 African Islands : 
 
 Fernando Po 42 
 
 Madagascar- 
 
 Central 89 
 
 North 25 
 
 South 24 
 
 Mayotta 4 
 
 Seychelles 21 
 
 St. Denis (Reunion) 70 
 
 No. of 
 Bishops 
 and 
 
 Priests. 
 
 25 
 
 20 
 
 24 
 60 
 
 9 
 
 13 
 29 
 49 
 12 
 43 
 
 6 
 
 11 
 
 49 
 
 103 
 
 83 
 
 25 
 
 34 
 
 21 
 
 14 
 
 21 
 
 7 
 
 20 
 
 18 
 
 ASIA. 
 
 Arabia : 
 
 Aden 8 
 
 Chinese Empire : 
 
 Amoy 14 
 
 Che-Kiang (East) 85 
 
 Chc-Kiang (West) 27 
 
 Chi-li — 
 
 North 98 
 
 East 12 
 
 S. East 80 
 
 8 . West 48 
 
 Central 41 
 
 No. of 
 Catholics. 
 
 6,200 
 
 15.000 
 
 5.000 
 
 7.000 
 2,500 
 2,800 
 
 20.000 
 
 2.000 
 1,200 
 3,800 
 1,000 
 
 900 
 
 3,700 
 
 93,000 
 
 6,550 
 
 2,500 
 
 2,600 
 
 15.000 
 
 4.000 
 
 10.000 
 
 1,100 
 
 13,300 
 
 6.500 
 9,200 
 
 1.000 
 2,000 
 
 19.000 
 5,700 
 
 2.500 
 
 10.000 
 
 2,500 
 
 6,300 
 
 175.000 
 
 17.000 
 5,000 
 5,000 
 
 19.000 
 
 214.000 
 
 517 
 
 2,143 
 
 20,061 
 
 11,152 
 
 114,367 
 
 10, SS'.I 
 
 79,446 
 
 60,210 
 
 73,661 
 
 Total 
 
 Population. 
 
 10,000,000 
 
 2,500,000 
 
 300,000 
 
 1,200,000 
 
 1,000,000 
 
 400,000 
 
 3,000,000 
 
 1.500.000 
 
 3.000. 000 
 
 2 . 000 . 000 
 
 2.500.000 
 
 1.600.000 
 
 600,000 
 
 700.000 
 
 1,000,000 
 
 400,500 
 
 150.000 
 
 784.000 
 
 300.000 
 4,000,000 
 
 185.000 
 
 220.000 
 
 1.500.000 
 
 1 . 100.000 
 
 40.000 
 600,000 
 220,000 
 
 235.000 
 
 1,600,000 
 
 430.000 
 
 800.000 
 
 51.000 
 21,149 
 
 221,000 
 
 10,000,000 
 
 4.500.000 
 
 15.000. 000 
 5,000,000 
 
 12 . 000 . 000 
 
 5.000. 000 
 
 7.150.000 
 
 8 . 000 . 000 
 
 6.500.000 
 
“ In ei’cry place there is a sacrifice , and there is offered to my name 
 a clean offering — Mai. I, 11. 
 
 Mass in the African Jungle. 
 
 The First Mass of a Newly Ordained Chinese Priest. 
 
" He walked in the strength of that food .... unto the mount of 
 God.”— Ill Kings, XIX, 8. 
 
 Procession of the Blessed Sacrament in the Canadian 
 Northwest. 
 
 The V ice- roy of Kwang-tong, Bishop Merel, Officials and 
 
 Missionaries. 
 
Missions Assisted by the Society in 1912. 
 
 33 
 
 ASIA — Continued. 
 
 Diocoses, Vicariates, Prefectures. 
 
 Chinese Empire— Continued : 
 
 Fo-Kien 
 
 Honan — 
 
 North 
 
 South 
 
 West 
 
 Hong-Kong 
 
 Hunan (North) 
 
 llunan (South) 
 
 Hu-peh — 
 
 North 
 
 East 
 
 South 
 
 i iii 
 
 Kansu (North) 
 
 Kansu (South) 
 
 Kiang-nan 
 
 Kiang-sl — 
 
 North 
 
 East 
 
 South 
 
 Kien-tchang 
 
 Kui-chau 
 
 Kwang-si 
 
 Kwang-tong 
 
 Macao 
 
 Manchuria (North) 
 
 Manchuria (South) 
 
 Mongolia — 
 
 Central 
 
 East 
 
 West 
 
 Shan si (North) 
 
 Shan-si (South) 
 
 Shan-tODg — 
 
 North 
 
 East 
 
 South 
 
 Shen-si — 
 
 Centra] 
 
 South 
 
 North 
 
 Si-chuan — 
 
 East 
 
 West 
 
 South 
 
 Tai-Ku 
 
 Thibet 
 
 Yun-nan 
 
 India : 
 
 Allahabad 
 
 Assam 
 
 Bombay 
 
 Calcutta 
 
 Coimbatore 
 
 Colombo 
 
 No. of 
 
 
 
 Bishops 
 
 No. of 
 
 Total 
 
 and 
 
 Priests. 
 
 Catholics. 
 
 Population. 
 
 60 
 
 48,821 
 
 4,000,000 
 
 12 
 
 6,000 
 
 7,000,000 
 
 SO 
 
 16,828 
 
 14,000,000 
 
 10 
 
 3,813 
 
 8,000,000 
 
 28 
 
 16,751 
 
 3,800,000 
 
 27 
 
 4,000 
 
 10,000,000 
 
 23 
 
 9,177 
 
 10,000,000 
 
 33 
 
 20,912 
 
 6,000,000 
 
 40 
 
 30,294 
 
 16,000,000 
 
 34 
 
 13,983 
 
 9,000,000 
 
 4 
 
 300 
 
 2,000,000 
 
 21 
 
 3,207 
 
 7,000,000 
 
 17 
 
 1,600 
 
 3,000,000 
 
 198 
 
 203,468 
 
 7,000,000 
 
 27 
 
 20,626 
 
 10,000,000 
 
 32 
 
 21,959 
 
 8,000,000 
 
 29 
 
 14 
 
 12,838 
 
 10,000,000 
 
 67 
 
 30,072 
 
 9,000,000 
 
 32 
 
 4,449 
 
 9,000,000 
 
 93 
 
 59,684 
 
 28,000,000 
 
 69 
 
 30,300 
 
 33 
 
 19,128 
 
 10,000,000 
 
 49 
 
 25,834 
 
 55 
 
 27,960 
 
 3,000,000 
 
 54 
 
 22,387 
 
 3,000,000 
 
 49 
 
 19,233 
 
 4,000,000 
 
 30 
 
 22,632 
 
 6,000,000 
 
 35 
 
 19,244 
 
 6,000,000 
 
 49 
 
 28,615 
 
 11,000,000 
 
 36 
 
 9,613 
 
 10,000,000 
 
 73 
 
 65,066 
 
 12,000,000 
 
 38 
 
 27,104 
 
 7,000,000 
 
 19 
 
 24 
 
 13,074 
 
 5,000,000 
 
 100 
 
 40,587 
 
 15,000,000 
 
 88 
 
 45,000 
 
 25,000,000 
 
 54 
 
 27,285 
 
 15,000,000 
 
 20 
 
 26,000 
 
 24 
 
 2,683 
 
 2,250,000 
 
 48 
 
 12,234 
 
 12,000,000 
 
 67 
 
 11,680 
 
 38,174,000 
 
 10 
 
 1,800 
 
 7,030,000 
 
 69 
 
 17,242 
 
 12,380,000 
 
 317 
 
 115,000 
 
 24,000,000 
 
 45 
 
 35,600 
 
 2,023,000 
 
 119 
 
 225,000 
 
 1,540,000 
 
34 The Society for the Propagation of the Faith 
 
 ASIA— Continued. 
 
 Dioceses, Vicariates, Prefectures. 
 
 India — Continued : 
 
 Dacca 
 
 Galle 
 
 Hyderabad 
 
 Jaffna 
 
 Kafiristan and Kashmir 
 
 Kandy 
 
 Krishnagar 
 
 Kumbakonam 
 
 Lahore 
 
 Madras 
 
 Malacca 
 
 Mangalore 
 
 Mysore 
 
 Nagpur 
 
 Pondicherry 
 
 Poona 
 
 Quilon 
 
 Rajputana 
 
 Trichinopoly 
 
 Trincomali 
 
 Yerapoly 
 
 Yizagapatam. 
 
 Indo-China : 
 
 Burma — 
 
 East 
 
 North 
 
 South' 
 
 Cambodia 
 
 Cochin-China — 
 
 East 
 
 North 
 
 West 
 
 Laos 
 
 Siam 
 
 Tongking — 
 
 Central 
 
 East 
 
 North 
 
 South 
 
 Upper 
 
 West 
 
 Maritime 
 
 Japan : 
 
 Hakodate 
 
 Nagasaki 
 
 Osaka 
 
 Tokio 
 
 Seoul 
 
 Tai-Kou 
 
 Formosa 
 
 Shikoku 
 
 Malaysia : 
 
 Batavia 
 
 Borneo and Labuan 
 
 Dutch Borneo 
 
 No. of 
 
 Bishops 
 
 and 
 
 Priests. 
 
 No. of 
 Catholics. 
 
 Total 
 
 Population. 
 
 17 
 
 12,000 
 
 16,700,000 
 
 15 
 
 7,800 
 
 900,000 
 
 29 
 
 14,500 
 
 11,054,000 
 
 40 
 
 44,500 
 
 405,000 
 
 26 
 
 28,000 
 
 809,000 
 
 9 
 
 5,000 
 
 16,000,000 
 
 47 
 
 87,700 
 
 3,000,000 
 
 43 
 
 4,500 
 
 16,000,000 
 
 46 
 
 48,300 
 
 7,075,000 
 
 40 
 
 26,000 
 
 1,700,000 
 
 58 
 
 91,000 
 
 3,800,000 
 
 64 
 
 46,000 
 
 5,500,000 
 
 34 
 
 12,800 
 
 15,500,000 
 
 101 
 
 143,000 
 
 7,500,000 
 
 33 
 
 14,200 
 
 7,000,000 
 
 75 
 
 130,000 
 
 1,300,000 
 
 24 
 
 3,300 
 
 10,800,000 
 
 80 
 
 320,000 
 
 5,130,000 
 
 12 
 
 8,500 
 
 190,000 
 
 67 
 
 72,000 
 
 1,200,000 
 
 35 
 
 14,300 
 
 9,000,000 
 
 11 
 
 10,300 
 
 1,930,000 
 
 21 
 
 7,300 
 
 8,500,000 
 
 51 
 
 55,000 
 
 4,000,000 
 
 78 
 
 36,000 
 
 2,800,000 
 
 91 
 
 78,500 
 
 3,500,000 
 
 101 
 
 58,600 
 
 2,700,000 
 
 130 
 
 68,500 
 
 2,000,000 
 
 34 
 
 10,600 
 
 2,500,000 
 
 56 
 
 22,300 
 
 4,500,000 
 
 115 
 
 219,250 
 
 2,000,000 
 
 58 
 
 54,200 
 
 2,000,000 
 
 47 
 
 31,000 
 
 2,500,000 
 
 116 
 
 132,200 
 
 2,000,000 
 
 48 
 
 20,700 
 
 2,000,000 
 
 35 
 
 140,000 
 
 2,200,000 
 
 89 
 
 90,000 
 
 2,000,000 
 
 48 
 
 5,000 
 
 9,000,000 
 
 64 
 
 47,100 
 
 7,260,000 
 
 29 
 
 4,000 
 
 18,500,000 
 
 45 
 
 9,858 
 
 16,000,000 
 
 51 
 
 50,838 
 
 7,000,000 
 
 20 
 
 26,000 
 
 2,670,000 
 
 11 
 
 2,915 
 
 4,500,000 
 
 6 
 
 381 
 
 8,000,000 
 
 61 
 
 61,000 
 
 32,000,000 
 
 22 
 
 8,000 
 
 700,000 
 
 16 
 
 856 
 
 1,129,000 
 
Missions Assisted by the Society in 1912. 
 
 35 
 
 ASIA — Continued. 
 
 Dioceses, Vicariates, Prefectures. 
 Persia : 
 
 Ispahan 
 
 Turkish Empire: 
 
 Missions among the — 
 
 Armenians 
 
 Greeks 
 
 Greek Melchites 
 
 Greek Bulgarians 
 
 Syrians 
 
 Syrian Chaldeans 
 
 Syrian Maronites 
 
 No. of 
 Bishops 
 and 
 
 Priests. 
 
 22 
 
 367 
 
 92 
 
 321 
 
 49 
 
 84 
 
 251 
 
 1517 
 
 OCEANICA. 
 
 Australasia : 
 
 Auckland 
 
 Christchurch 
 
 Victoria-Palmers ton 
 
 Wellington 
 
 Kimberley 
 
 Polynesia : 
 
 Caroline and Marianne Islands 
 
 Central Oceanica 
 
 Fiji Islands 
 
 Gilbert and Ellis Islands 
 
 Mangarewa and Tahiti 
 
 Marshall Islands 
 
 Marquesas Islands 
 
 New Guinea — 
 
 British 
 
 Dutch 
 
 German 
 
 Navigators Islands 
 
 New Caledonia 
 
 New Hebrides 
 
 New Pomerania 
 
 Solomon Islands (North) 
 
 Solomon Islands (South) 
 
 53 
 
 49 
 
 4 
 
 83 
 
 4 
 
 13 
 
 20 
 
 33 
 
 23 
 
 31 
 
 7 
 
 9 
 
 27 
 15 
 15 
 
 25 
 49 
 
 26 
 
 28 
 10 
 
 9 
 
 No. of Total 
 
 Catholics. Population. 
 
 350 
 
 6,000,000 
 
 106,000 
 
 
 49,180 
 
 
 138,735 
 
 
 9,000 
 
 
 22,200 
 
 
 64,000 
 
 
 314,600 
 
 
 31,800 
 
 176,000 
 
 21,000 
 
 140,000 
 
 500 
 
 28,000 
 
 48,500 
 
 250,000 
 
 700 
 
 5,000 
 
 1,340 
 
 37,500 
 
 8,460 
 
 38,000 
 
 12,300 
 
 150,000 
 
 14,200 
 
 40,000 
 
 7,700 
 
 39,200 
 
 1,200 
 
 15,000 
 
 2,750 
 
 3,300 
 
 15,000 
 
 2,000,000 
 
 3,000 
 
 650,000 
 
 900 
 
 300,000 
 
 7,900 
 
 38,000 
 
 35,000 
 
 96,000 
 
 2,500 
 
 50,000 
 
 16,000 
 
 215,000 
 
 850 
 
 180,000 
 
 300 
 
 140,000 
 
 The following dioceses though not strictly speaking missionary dioceses 
 are receiving help from our Society for missions dependent on them. 
 
 Germany. — Cologne, Treves, Munster, Paderborn, Limburg, Mainz, 
 Fulda, Breslau. Hildersheim, Posen and Gnesen, Warmie, Pomerania and 
 Brandenburg. 
 
 Switzerland . — Lausanne and Geneva, Chur, Bale. 
 
36 
 
 The Society for the Propagation of the Faith. 
 
 Ill, Personnel of the Missions. 
 
 religious orders and societies engaged in mission work 
 and countries where they are employed. 
 
 Founded. 
 
 Head- 
 
 quarters. 
 
 Mission Fields. 
 
 
 African Missions, Lyons. 
 
 1856 
 
 Lyons. 
 
 Benin, Dahomey, Gold 
 
 Coast, 
 
 African Missions, 
 
 Verona 
 
 1867 
 
 Verona. 
 
 Ivory Coast, U. Niger, Egypt, 
 Liberia, Georgia, U. S. 
 
 Central Africa. 
 
 Algerian Missionaries... 
 
 1868 
 
 Algiers. 
 
 Algeria, Upper Congo, 
 
 Jerusa- 
 
 • lem, Nyassa, Uuyanyembe, Sa- 
 hara, Soudan, Tanganyika, Tu- 
 nis, Victoria Nyanza. 
 
 Augustinians 
 
 1256 
 
 Rome. Cooktown (Australia), Northern 
 
 Hu-nan, Philippines, United 
 States, Amazonas, Palawan. 
 
 Augustinians of the As- 
 
 sumption 
 
 1851 
 
 Rome. Turkey, United States. 
 
 Basilians 
 
 1822 
 
 Anuonay Canada, United States, Algeria, 
 
 (Fr) England. 
 
 Benedictines 
 
 529 
 
 Monte Cas- United States, Australia, Eng- 
 sino. land, Kandy, Katanga, Trans- 
 
 vaal, So. Zanzibar, New Nur- 
 sia, Drisdale River, Bukharest, 
 Armenia. 
 
 Canon Regulars of the 
 
 Im. Conception 
 
 1887 
 
 Rome. Canada. 
 
 Carmelites (Discalced) . . 
 
 1528 
 
 Rome. Bagdad, Quilon, Verapoly, Syria, 
 
 United States. 
 
 Carthusians 
 
 1086 
 
 Lucca. England. 
 
 Children of the Immacu- 
 
 late Heart of Mary. . . . 
 
 1849 
 
 Spain. Fernando Po, Choco. 
 
 Cistercians (Trappists). . 
 
 1098 
 
 Rome. Africa, Australia, Canada, China, 
 
 England, Palestine, United 
 States, Japan. 
 
 Company of Mary 
 
 1705 
 
 St. Laurent England, Canada, United States, 
 surSevre, San Martino, Shir6, Iceland. 
 France. 
 
 Dominicans 
 
 1215 
 
 Rome. Amoy, Canada, Curacao, Fokien 
 
 Mesopotamia, Philippines,Ceu- 
 tral, Eastern and Northern 
 Tongking, Shikoku, United 
 States. 
 
 Eudist Fathers 
 
 1643 
 
 Rome. Gulf of St. Lawrence. 
 
 Fathers of Mercy. 
 
 1802 
 
 Rome. United States. 
 
 For’gn Missions, Belgian 
 
 1865 
 
 Sclieut-lcz Congo Free State, Ili, Kan-su, 
 Bruxelles. Mongolia, Philippines. 
 
 For’gn Missions, English 
 
 1866 
 
 Mill Hill. Borneo, Kaflristan, Madras, Up- 
 per Nile, Philippines, Maoris. 
 
 For’gn Missions, French 
 
 1663 
 
 Paris. Burma (Southern and Northern), 
 
 Cambodia, Cochin China, 
 Coimbatore, Corea, Japan, 
 Kwang-si, Kwang-tong, Kui- 
 chau, Malaysia, Mysore, Pondi- 
 cherry, Siam, Si-chuan, Thibet, 
 Tongking, Yun nan, Manchu- 
 ria, Kien-tchang. 
 
Personnel of the Missions. 
 
 37 
 
 Founded. 
 
 Head- 
 
 quarters. 
 
 Mission Fields. 
 
 For’gn Missions, German- 
 Hollaud (Society of the 
 
 Divine Word) 
 
 1875 
 
 Steyl, Hoi. 
 
 Southern Shan-tung, Togoland, 
 Williamsland, United States, 
 Philippines, Japan. 
 
 For’gn Missions, Milan. . 
 
 1850 
 
 Milan. 
 
 Eastern Burma, Ho-nan, Hong- 
 kong, Hyderabad, Krishnagar. 
 
 For’gn Missions, Parma. 
 For’gu Missions, Rome.. 
 
 
 Parma. 
 
 Western Ho-nan. 
 
 1874 
 
 Rome. 
 
 Southern Shcn-si. 
 
 For'gu Missions, Turin. . 
 
 1000 
 
 Turin. 
 
 Kenya. 
 
 Frauciscaus, Minor 
 
 1309 
 
 Rome. 
 
 America, Egypt, Southern Hu- 
 nan, llu-peh, Philippines, 
 Shan-si, Northern and Eastern 
 Shan-tung, Northern 8hen-si, 
 Syria, Tripoli, Ucayali, Egypt. 
 
 Franciscans, Conventuals 
 
 1507 
 
 Rome. 
 
 Adriauople, Constantinople, Mol- 
 davia, United States. 
 
 Franciscans, Capuchins. . 
 
 1528 
 
 Rome. 
 
 Aden, Agra, Allahabad, Canada, 
 Candia, Erythrsea, Galla, La- 
 hore, Mardin, Seychelles, So- 
 phia, Simla, United States. 
 
 Holy Cross 
 
 1821 
 
 Rome. 
 
 Dacca, United States, Canada. 
 
 Holy Ghost (1703) and 
 Sacred Heart of Mary 
 
 (1841) 
 
 1848 
 
 Paris. 
 
 French Colonies; Cimbebasia, 
 French Congo, Lower Congo, 
 French Guiana, French Guinea, 
 Kunene, Lower Niger, Sene- 
 gambia, Sierra Leone, Zanzi- 
 bar, Kilima-Ndjaro, Teffe, Ba- 
 gamoyo, Ubanghi, Gaboon, N. 
 Madagascar, and small Mada- 
 gascan Islands, United States, 
 
 Jesuits 
 
 1540 
 
 Rome. 
 
 Alaska, Armenia, Australia. 
 Western Bengal, Bombay, 
 British Guiana, Canada, Ko- 
 tayam, Jamaica, Madagascar, 
 Mangalore, Eastern Chi-li, 
 United States, Poona, Trichi- 
 nopoli, Zambesi, Kiang-nan, 
 Kwango, Galle, Trincomali, 
 S. E. Chi-li, B. Honduras, 
 Batavia. 
 
 Josephite Society 
 
 1892 
 
 Baltimore. 
 
 United States (Missions for the 
 colored people). 
 
 La Salette Fathers .... 
 
 1S52 
 
 Susa. 
 
 Canada, Madagascar, United 
 States. 
 
 Lazarists 
 
 1632 
 
 Paris. 
 
 Abyssinia, Adrianople, Bulgaria, 
 Constantinople, Kiang-si, Mad- 
 agascar, Persia, Chi-li, Syria, 
 Che-kiang, U. S., etc. 
 
 Marists 
 
 1836 
 
 Rome. 
 
 Fiji Islands, New Zealand (Wei- 
 
 lington and Christchurch), 
 New Caledonia, New Hebrides, 
 Navigators Islands, Central 
 Oceanica, Solomon Islands, 
 America. 
 
38 The Society for the Propagation of the Faith. 
 
 Founded. 
 
 Head- 
 
 quarters. 
 
 Mission Fields. 
 
 Oblates of Mary Immac- 
 ulate 
 
 1826 
 
 Rome. 
 
 Athabasca-Mackenzie, British 
 
 Oblates of the Sacred 
 Heart . 
 
 1813 
 
 England. 
 
 Columbia, United States, Co- 
 lombo, Jaflna, Natal, Orange 
 Free State, St Albert, St. 
 Boniface, Saskatchewan, 
 Transvaal, Cimbebasia, Basu- 
 toland, Kimberley, Keewatin. 
 
 United States. 
 
 Oblates of St. Francis de 
 Sales 
 
 1850 
 
 Rome. 
 
 Greece, Orange River. 
 
 Oratorians 
 
 1577 
 
 
 England. 
 
 Passionists 
 
 1737 
 
 Rome. 
 
 England, Bukharest, Nicopolis, 
 
 Paulist Fathers 
 
 1858 
 
 New York. 
 
 United States. 
 United States. 
 
 Pious Society of Missions 
 (Pallotins) 
 
 1834 
 
 Rome. 
 
 Cameroons, Kimberley (Aus- 
 
 Precious Blood 
 
 1814 
 
 Rome. 
 
 tralia), Brazil, South America, 
 United States. 
 
 United States. 
 
 Premonstratensians (Nor- 
 bertins) 
 
 1119 
 
 Rome. 
 
 Canada, Uelle, Brazil, United 
 States, Madagascar. 
 
 Dutch Guiana, United States. 
 
 Redemptorists 
 
 1732 
 
 Rome. 
 
 Resurrectionists 
 
 1836 
 
 Rome. 
 
 Adrianople, Canada, United States 
 
 Sacred Heart Missionary 
 Fathers 
 
 1854 
 
 Rome. 
 
 Micronesia, New Guinea, New 
 
 Sacred Heart of Jesus . . 
 
 1877 
 
 Bruxelles. 
 
 Pomerania, United States. 
 Belgian Congo, Stanley Falls, 
 
 Sacred Hearts of Picpus. 
 
 1817 
 
 Braine, 
 
 Brazil, Canada. 
 
 Marquesas Islands, Sandwich 
 
 St. Charles Missionary 
 Fathers 
 
 1888 
 
 Belgium. 
 
 Piacenza. 
 
 Islands, Tahiti. 
 
 United States, Canada, Brazil. 
 
 St. Francis de Sales of 
 Annecy 
 
 1833 
 
 Annecy. 
 
 Nagpore, Vizagapatam. 
 
 Salesiaus 
 
 1855 
 
 Turin. 
 
 North and South Patagonia, 
 
 Servites 
 
 1233 
 
 Rome. 
 
 Mendez y Gualaquiza, United 
 States, Brazil. 
 
 England, United States. 
 
 Society of the Divine 
 Saviour 
 
 1881 
 
 Rome. 
 
 Assam, United States. 
 
 Sulpicians 
 
 1642 
 
 Paris. 
 
 Canada, United States. 
 
 Trinitarians 
 
 1198 
 
 Rome. 
 
 Benadir. 
 
 Auxiliaries to 
 
 the Missionary Priests. 
 
 The chief auxiliaries in mission works are communities of 
 Brothers and Sisters. Not to mention the lay-brothers accom- 
 panying Religious Orders of Priests, nor the large numbers of 
 catechists and other missionary helpers, in almost every quarter 
 of the globe where the priest has planted the faith Brothers and 
 Sisters have followed to help sustain it. 
 
 Including several native orders, there are more than thirty 
 orders of Brothers, and more than one hundred and seventy-five 
 orders of Sisters engaged in mission work. 
 
Personnel of the Missions. 
 
 39 
 
 It is impossible to furnish satisfactory figures, as to the whole 
 number of missionaries, because of the different views people 
 may take as to what is understood by missionary countries and 
 by missionaries. 
 
 In those countries mentioned above, heresy, schism or infi- 
 delity prevails. Such countries, taken as a whole, the Holy See 
 rightly regards as special mission fields, and usually applies a 
 particular form of ecclesiastical government to them. There may 
 be some, however, as Russia, parts of Germany and Switzerland, 
 where for political or other reasons that form of administration 
 is not applied, which nevertheless offer a large missionary field, 
 while in other countries, as Australia, some States of Central 
 Europe, etc., the missionary form of government in part has been 
 continued, though we would naturally conclude that in most places 
 the actual missionary stage was passed. In the popular sense, 
 those are missionaries who have gone to distant regions and 
 especially to heathen countries for the purpose of spreading the 
 faith among unbelievers. 
 
 Taking these distinctions into consideration we may safely 
 assert that there are at least 12,000 priests and religious, 4000 
 teaching brothers, and 40,000 sisters laboring as missionaries, 
 not to speak of the priests, brothers and sisters native to the 
 regions where they work, catechists and others who make up 
 the personnel of a mission, and the laborers among the Oriental 
 Rites. Probably the estimate is much too small, but be it so. 
 At the lowest computation there are, at the opening of the XX 
 century about sixty thousand missionaries ; sixty thousand men 
 and women who have left their country, their brothers and sisters, 
 houses and lands, and all the blessings they hold most dear in 
 this world, to bring the still greater blessing of the faith to those 
 who are as yet deprived of it. Assuredly it is an astonishing num- 
 ber, which may well rejoice our hearts ; and all the more because a 
 century ago those missionaries scarcely numbered one thousand, 
 all told. 
 
 Sixty thousand missionaries is a noble army ; but what victories 
 are yet to be won ! Almost fifteen hundred millions of human 
 beings inhabit the earth ; and only about five hundred millions are 
 baptized Christians. The immense majority of more than a thou- 
 sand millions have not yet acknowledged Christ, and are divided 
 among the many sects of Buddhism, Brahminism, Mahometanism, 
 Fetichism and infidelity. 
 
40 The Society for the Propagation of the Faith. 
 
 Conclusion. 
 
 Eighteen centuries after the redemption of the world there are 
 but five hundred millions of Christians ; and of these only a little 
 more than one-half are Catholics ; the others being divided among 
 schismatics, and the multitudinous sects of Protestantism. Chris- 
 tianity has but commenced ; and those who consider that it is 
 drawing to an end have neglected to reckon with the perpetual and 
 divinely sustained vitality of the Catholic Church, and its eternal 
 mission to the whole human race. 
 
 “ And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I 
 must bring and they shall hear my voice and there shall be one fold 
 and one Shepherd ” 
 
 Well may we admire the devotion and self-sacrifice of Catholic 
 missionaries. Well may we exclaim with the prophet: “How 
 
 beautiful are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings and that 
 preachcth peace, of him that showcth forth good, that preacheth 
 salvation.” 
 
 Let not our charity limit itself to a sterile admiration ; let us 
 remember that our missionary activity is the one certain evidence 
 that we regard our faith as a true blessing ; as its success is in 
 return an evidence to us that our faith is as vital today as when the 
 Holy Ghost was first given to the Church. From among our newest 
 brethren in Christ, God has chosen many of his martyrs to witness 
 to the grace of his everlasting Redemption. Let us hear and obey 
 the missionary call. If it is not our vocation to follow in the very 
 steps of the laborers, let us at least try to obtain a share in the merits 
 of their work by giving them the help of prayers and alms needed to 
 fulfill the divine command by which they are sent: “ Go ye into 
 the whole world, and preach the Gospel to every creature.” 
 
 Prayer for Catholic Missions. 
 
 O God who wouldst have all men to be saved and come to a knowledge of 
 the truth, send forth, we beseech Thee, laborers into Thy harvest ; and grant 
 them with all boldness to preach the Word? that Thy Gospel may everywhere 
 be heard and glorified, and that all nations may know Thee the one true God, 
 and Him whom Thou hast sent, Jesus Christ, Thy Son our Lord. Amen. 
 
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