The Irish standard., 1895-08-24
Dean Harris Expresses Himself
in Able Language at
Toronto. II 81 ia sy.5s
He Recites the Deeds of the Priests I
Vino Have Been Martyred
for the Faith. 5.ss
The Men Whose Names Did Work
for the Catholic Church Would
Fill a Dictionary. &.

The Very Rev. Dean Harris Of St
GATHERINGS, Ont, delivered an address be-
fore the delegates Of the Pan-Anerican
congress of religions held in Toronte,
from which we quote the following. ex-:
tracts: I assume that the majority Aof
this enlightened audience, while worship
ping thesam God as myself, do not bend
the knee at the same altar, and have not
had equal opportunities of familiarizing
themselves with the great missionary
work of the Catholic church. Nor wbuld
it be possible for any of my separated
brethren, without much Inconvenience
and trouble, to become acquainted with
the great institutions that are SO Intimately
identified with the propagation Of: the
Catholic faith. To send priests to the re-
hottest portions of the earth: to digect,
support and assist them in the exercise
of their apostolic functions; to erect new
hierchy, have ever been the chief .ob-
jects of. the pastoral solicitude of the
Roman Pontiff. AS the Sacred College OF
Cardinals was constituted to assist him
in the government of the Universal
church, the sovereign pontiff selects from
among them certain members who are
charged with the superintendent Of the
Catholic missions. .s
-1,is~ lrl1 S1 1pl fko T~rer
cation de Propaganda Eide. 1t was estab-
lslled by Gregory XIV. in 1922 and richly
endowed by Urban VIII. who, In 1921,
built the now famous collage named after
himself. This congregation is the nedi-
um through which the pope commissions
those who are destined to preach the aosa
pei in foreign lands, and by this body fac
ulties for the, administration OF sacrament
are given, the portion of the spiritual vine
yard to be- cultivated allotted and juris-
diction more or less granted. TIC Con-
gregation OF the Propaganda erects new
sees and forms them into and ecclesiasti-
cal province. with a metropolitan or arch
bishop, who is practically the chairman
when hisfsuffragans meet in council. The
printing establishment belonging to the
Urban College is the richest and most cog
mopolitan in the world. 1t Is supplied
with type In all languages, by means Of
which priests and converts in remote ma
tions are furnished with liturgical and
other books in their own tongues. In Its
library are to be found the maps of the
world.
In the Urban College are always from
200 to 300 students, gathered from al
most every nation under the sun anG In
structed gratuitously IN sacred and prot
fame learning. The ordinary term OF
missionary education is ten years, and
when the young man Is ordained to the
priesthood he returns to hts native lana
to preach Christ crucifled and bear the
message of the Gospel to people seated
In darkness and Gin the shadow @of
death." Each missionary educated at
the Propaganda must send to Rome ev-
cry two years a history Of the condition
Of religion in the field he is cultivating..
The library of the Propaganda is With
out competition in it's collection Of works.
osities. Over forty languages aTes.'
spoken by the students assembled from
all parts of the world Including the Chi.
nese, Hebrew, Greek, Chaldaic Arabian. !.
Armenian, Ethiopian, nlyrian, Gsorg-' !,
ian, Albanian, Bulgarian, Wallachian. !. .
Turkish, Sanscrit, Coptic, Syrian, ItA1- !.
ian, French, English, Irish, Scotch,
Dutch, japanese Hindoo, Flemish, Span
Ish, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and 9TH. /,
er idioms. .5 .Ss.i.,.s
Insl870, my last year at the University
Of the Propaganda, the poetical and ora
torica1 com nnsit;ona delivered at the an