The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-11
THE AyyUMPrIONIST "a rHERS.
story of the Order Whose Political Activ.
ity Has Incensed the French Govern
ment Vigorous Missionary Edorts

story Of the Order Whose Political ACTIVE
ity Has Incensed the French Govern
ment Vigorous Missionary Enortss
From "a, London Tablet.
The Congregation Of the Augustinians OF the
Assum ption-to give 1t its full title had As its
founder Father Emanuel d'Alzon. a secular
priest who received his sacerdotal training and
orders in Rome. Selected In 1875 at the age OF
twenty-five for the post of Vicar. General OF tine
diocese Of Nismes. ne retained IL under four
successive Bishops until his death In 1880.
The great College Of the Assumption. estab-
lished by him AT Nismes in lS43 for the educa-
ton OF youth. was tho cradle Of the order.
economically established by a decree Of the
Holy See on Sept. %, 1864 Its spirit 10
summed up In its motto Adrer'ot recntm Tuun.
and It's task is 10 cooperate in the fulflment OF
that aspiration by the cultivation OF the Chris
tian virtues in It's own members and as far az
their. Influence can effect II. among the laity at
large, The development Of re- igious educa-
ton WINS recognized as one OF the principal
means to that end, both for Iaymen and eccle-
%siastics, and one Of It's many works is the es-
tablis hmcnt OF an in stitution for tho education
OF cand dates for tn. priesthood too poor 10
enter the diocesan schools. Houses OF this dc.
srription. numbering some ten or twelve. have
within the las; quarter Of "A century given ovAg
four hundred priests TO France.
Among the de DEVELOPMENTS OF modern Cathol.
icism initiated by Father d'Alzon 10 that OF or.
eanlzei rllgrimaees 70 Rome, OF. which the
visit Of the priests of the diocese Of Nismes in
1852 was the first example. Pore Picard. who
succeeded to the hradshlp Of the Congregation
on the death Of the founder and legislator Ia
1890. was one Of the hostages Of the Commune,
and only escaped sharing the fate 81 Mgr.
Uarhoy by his absence At tn" moment he was
being -onaht Tot. ~ order to aid the escape Of
the roor Sisters o. the Assumption from their
Convent At Auteuil A."conttime sentenced to
be ;,hot hythe Pru-S,ans whotook him prisoner
At Bu4rset whiII a.s,siinE 'he Garde Mobile:
hands as he had rom those of the Commun-
af.ls. The idea 81 national I~ilerimaRes having
taken root under the fostering care OF the
order, he led tho cront annual pilgrimage to
Iourdes twenty-nv" times. while Pore Bailly.
associated with him IN all these works. con-
nineteen times to Jerusalem. He. too. suffered
IMPRISONMENT IL the hards OF the enemv, hny-
ing been aiken whom serving. az a volunteer
Chaplain to the force outside Metz. and carried
20 Cologne.
The associations and pious Institutions
founded by the Assam p~tiunists are too multi
farous Tor enumeration. Among them ara
ro'uces Tor derelct orphan boys and sister.
hoods for nursing the poor In their own homes.
Among the Catholic fishermen OF the North
Sea. where som" 10000 French. Irish and
Beigian sailors wero LEFT without spiritual care.
they have organized a maritime crusade. with
two steamers as its m bile base of operations.
But the work by which their influence has
Pr~as, intend"d to counterfeit the food Of de.
mOralizing literature poured forth. IA from Q
mud volcano. nv tho infdel press of France.
However It'll" Eng.is h tast. may find to adj.
mlre in L. rroir and others NJ its kind. thsv
are most successful In appealing 70 that OF the
public they are addressed To. and In achieving
tion OF the CrDiI and the IS'rrin conIoin'ly.
nearly three, million copies are issued weekly.
to weekly hall million. A number. Of other
periodicals are issued by them. including Cos
mos, a charming and Instructive scientific re-
fucnce in promoting works Of h-neyo'ence. No
well As In such movements a. that for the OH
ssrvanca q sunday. IN favor ot which the,
oyera m ion and IA half OF adies In the name
Of al social classes,
az thav nre, by no means exhaust the enerayof
the fathers, The East has opened 70 than .
vas, and rronitions ineld, snit"l IN all rr,.p.ct.
feid some 300 m Missionaries AMI $50 sistsrs
are noy l%aboriny Their activity extends from
Asia Minor they have -" pupils. Tbs
Ohlat" Sisters haze in addition oprn"d q nos
n!,a, an ornhanass, AMI : me Son 'rG ne Rnnr%sc,s,;
vaar. or the 'wnntv-'wo rlhlic churches,
lively" nre parishes, and II, four the Oriental
Crock and N'av rites are u-nI. twelve Of the
priests ~ the Congregation having adopted
them In order 10 'ac lt7'" ,hcir relations with
those peoples who. parity through attachments
TO Legitimate" traditions. partly thrJugn izno-
rance. make tho ext 'rral form ~ toe rite .
question of sipr"nt" lmrottau'"
ne return 81 we bnl@NTli1S W lsftln unity
has been much flrth"red Ivy their work among
them. and IN Adr1uOple they have. IN addition
10 n residence md schools. n Bulgarian semi
nary. IN which forty youths are trained for the
in their own Siav rite and language.
w. tsla Minor. whore n large territory was con-
fdei 10 N" Assum rtinni.ts by Propaganda In
1880, they have . x r"sid"n"es. and In BrouSsa
two churches and n l1res college, IN Jerusalem.
where there vas no no plro for French pill
grims. they have established a large one, and
their com p,trio's can row find shelter and re-
| gious consolation among those of her own
nat onali'y. In all these Oriental extensions Of
erio enioyed tho support and protection OF the
representative NJ France. whose rnlers have
shown them yes no less eager 70 shell.
terthsms elye,nndert the flag Of religion Abssa1
than TO insult II home.