The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-09-19
Tho "Propsgatioa Of ths 7aith. {"
New YORK rioeman's Journal.I

( aIn mas oeen addressed 20 sunuEy, N NOT
to all, the PTelates, OTdtnaries OF Diocesee
in the United Statee. The Right Rev. DR..
/ Becker, the learned B'shop of Wilmington,
Deleware, bas sent il 10 us, accompanied
by the feTvent words which, after consult
| ing with other Prelates, he has seen fit to add
to the appeal of this admirab g Society. We
commend this matter to tie piety, the
charity. and the sense of honor, OF Catholics
IN The United States, hot only Of the laity
bat ofthe Hierarchy of both orders. In this
| exchange of "ffrtir gs-Anerica to Europe
and Europe to AnrT!cs, there Is a double
bet edlction. We viii te very happy to
publish what steps sill be taken 10 this
urgent business.
| Aon.eigneur- regret being oblig-
ed to inform you that the receipts of the Socie-
| ty for the Propagation sf the Faith" are by
no means equal 10 those of the previous year
fact the more painful as the necessities of the
missions are constantly Increasing, aggravated
as they are, in many places, by persecution,
and spoliation-so that o very notable increase
of resources would be necessary to correspond
even partially TO the demand upon the Society.
Unfort unately We cannot expect any consid-
erable increase from Europe, considering the
crisis in which most of the countries now
struggle, which formerly Joined their aims
with those of France for the good of the for
eigu missions. Allow me then, on behalf of
the Society, to look to you; the Bishops of
that America, whittier our means have, for
more than half . century, largely gone, and
whence 1t is bat reasonable for now to ex-
poet opportune assistance in the interests of
the Catholic Apostolase. Again and again
have the American Bishops, in their solemn
councils, acknowledged the aid rendered by
our Institution in extending Ca;holicity
your side of the Atlantic, and that too in tone
! OF gratitude which touched us deeply. Tcey
| will, assaredly. not now be uumoyed by
| urgent appeal! l. is our earnest hope and
prayer that, 8: the voice OF each Bishop. chart
! ty may be awakened in the bosOms of IGe
faithful of every diocese in tie Uaited States,
! to the large in>rease of aims in favor of the
Propagation" whose means go everywhere 10
the most uecessitous aad destitute of the labor
ers in Gods Vineyard.
Your Lordsbip knows the place Of orsauizl-
| tion of the work for tie PrupA CATION of the
Faith, aud the enclosed notice viii recall to
| your mind lts prominent features. Wherever
| 1t is possible 10 form associations of ten per
sons, in accordance with oGr old traditions,
that would he to our minds the preferable
mode, and it is the one now in nse with some
! of the faithful in your diocese. Bat not
unaware that the United States comprise
immense territory, with Inhabitants of diverse
origin and nationality, of different habits and
manners. What succeeds in one locality, may
fail in another. Instead of collecting, frac-
tionally, the alms for our purposes, as in the
mode above referred to, might it not possibly
be better to have, in your vicinity, special
| sermons in favor of the work Of the ProPaga-
ton, to call meetings, or to have recourse to
annual collectionsf Your more accurate
| knowledge of the peculiarites of your dioces-
| ans will enable you to determine the most sui
table method to employ, and we doubt not but
| you will select the mode most suitable to
| cure the most abundant means for the missions
! of the whole world.
Your own labors are so manifold not to
| leave you the leisure to correspond personally
with But we venture the hope that you
may be able to s,leCt from among your clergy
one who will take charge of this speciality. He
will then transmit TO us yearly, in the month
of December, in II draft on Paris, to the order
of NJ Cortis, Treasurer CT the Central Council,
the amount collected in your diocese for this so
enineutIy Catholic work Snch ameasure is
highly necessary to the regularity of our ad.
, ministTation of the funds of the 'Propagation v
and We shall be extremely obliged to you for
yonG aid IN attaining such regularity.
Finally, the Society" has distributed every
tw O months it's 'Aunals" to the members, in the
proportion of one copy for every 20 francs col
: lected. We shall continue them AS directed
There are Fsench, English, German, Italian
, and Spanish editions of the Annals" The
eccleslastic having charge of this matter might,
= in remitting to US the aims collected, let us
a know what proportion of each would be want
ed in your diocese.
1t is with thorough confidence in your dispo-
sition to aid in this work to the uttermost
+ that we lay before you this humble but urgent
prayer. Accept then, by anticipation, our
grateful thanks for all you may be able to do
IN behalf of that noble work of the Propaga.
ton of the Faith, aud believe
4 Your Lordship's most humble servant,
For the Central Council of Paris,
The President, G De VERDIER.
q The Treasurer, CEETEs.
w hi'eN IhO lOIeBoIDB iSktSL IepEeSeDtE
n strong y the necessity Of exteDdipg aid to
= the noble work of the "Propsgation Of the
e Faith" throughout the world, yet It becomes
, especially our duty to add, if possible
thereto, by trying to arouse the generosity
of those who for half 8 century, have beer
receiving the bounty of that Society, which
$ had planted, watered and brought IN some
D instances our home Dioceees to even
!, greater pitch of perfection than those o.
> France.
;, To the generosity of France, mother o.
ID Dioceses, all Of ours, both old aud new
r owe, in very large measure, their advance
e and Improvement; and recipients o.
e the Catholic aims of France, lce speak Qhere
/. Of 're haow, when we say that many times
r our heart has been renewed by the kind
aid granted us-among the poorest of the
Bishops of the American Church. We con
5 join, therefore, our appeal to that Of th,
n respected Presideu. OF tie Society, callina
:. especially upon the more popuous and wei
y, established Dioceses to aid France tEhict
-, faiis uut Low, even in her tTibulatlon) &
= carry 1kEE bgp-., gygfs sf, a