Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-05-03
From the iNeao York OJSerrC'.
ROMAN CATHOLIC NJ ;SIoNS.

ROMAN CATHOLIC NJ jSI0NS.
The account below is taken from one OF
the lectures ofDr. Wiseman, an eminent
Roman Catholic professor, as quoted IN the
Catholic HcrAi'.
In the first place. then there is q board or
congregation at Rome, consisting OF the
first dignitaries ofthe church, which devotes
itself expressly to the superlntendencc OF
Catholic missious, and is well known by the
name congregation Of the Propaganda.-
|, has a large es ablishmeat for the conduct
# its affairs, with a college, in which are
generally abou, 100 individuals from almost
eyery nation under the sun. 1t has anoth.
e, college for Chinese at Naples; and has
dependen: upon it other establishment b.
longing TO religious orders, whence the pr!E-
cipal numberof its missionaries IS drawn.
The number yearly sent out must be linn
tied; and am sure does not exceed four
or six a year. However, the Propaganda
receives into It's service, persons willing 10
become missionaries in foreign parts,
whether seculars, or members Of religious
conss .ga.ions. But, still, even with this
uidiiion, (and speak from personal know!-
edge.) the number ofm!ssiouarlcs sent ior.h
does not amount to ten in the year.
In France, there is an association Of pr
vate individuals for the purpose OF contiibu-
ting to the support Of foreign missions; and
at Paris, there is a college exclusively for
the preparation of persons who feel called
to this holy work The society to which
alluded is divided into Two districts; the
one communicating with a council at Lyons,
lie other with one establis cd atParis. BY
simple and beautiful system, subscriptions
are received from every part with very little
expense; most Of them agents, who have
each hundred subscribers under Their
care. understand too, that the great
merit of this work is due to lad Y, who
crippled and confined 10 her chamber, has
dedicated herself to the organization OF this
association. The sum raised in France,
and its colonies, during 1884, amounted on
" TO 494,727 frances, or about flO, lS9;
less by sl,OG0 tham the poorest of the many
'::.nglisa missionary societies raised several
.ears ago. This association was frs, cs-
.,bshed at Lyons in 1922. Itrequircs 10
public nce.ings-no itlnerant Prcaching-
10 nourish il, and keep i alive; the Catho-
lie principle orunity and su5ord;nation sup
Nies sufficient Instruments for the quiet and
s.osclcss cooperation Of charitable spirits.
The congregation Of fpropaganda Is Of.
ten considered wealthy 70 an enormous de-
gree, and reports are o:ten spread offs con-
.ributing large SUMS towards The supgor, Of
the Catholic religion in all parts ofthe word.
But it is poor, if compared to the vast sums
COLLECTED o. any one oi :hc societies in Eng
and. will venture to say, that althou. h
hrcu iiluStrious cardinals have, within these
iv wears, bcoucahvd % it all their proper
y. It's annual INCOME does not ca Ii $780,
5C0, And out Of tbs SUM i INA ac rr-
nem5ercd, tlat the expense oI cd ing
more Than hundred indiy.d Ials nus 70 bc
betrayed.
The lecturer adds the following no;c:
say nothing Of tie Leopoldinc Inst u;e
at Vienna, the annual contributions Of
which, anl happy 20 sec, have gone on
gradually increasing; because the object Of
schariablc assistance is not 50 much the
Inversion Of pagans. as the succor Of the
s,si;occses ofNo-'h A'"'-"'.