The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-20
Praiseworthy Plan to Train Priests
For Nom Catholic Missions.

Praiseworthy Plan to Train Priests
For Non Catholic Missions.
Editor Intermountain Catholic:
It is a good little bit of ecclesiastical
history to remember that practically
the originator of the American college
at Rome was Nicholas Devereux OF
Utica, N. Y. who authorized Mr.. Nc
Master, the editor of the Freeman S
Journal, to state publicly that he would
be, one Of a hundred Catholics to give
$1,000 to start such college.
Such a public spirited act was not
without it's imitators, and in a short
while money enough was secured to
start the college on the great career it
has had since. The good the American
college has done in cementing the rela-
lions between the church in this coun-
try and the holy see is incalculable.
This little incident is apropos of the
Inauguration of another project which
has in it as great possibilities for the
good of the church as any other that
has been started within the generation
On Wednesday last, the Catholic Mis-
sionary Union gave existence to the
new Apostolic Mission house. and ap-
pointed Rev. Walter Elliott to be its
first rector.
The situation was simply this: A
year ago at the conference of mission
aries to non Catholics held in Win
chester, Tenn, the project of a mission
house which would have for it's direct
purpose the training of diocesan priests
to undertake the work of giving mis-
sions to nom Catholics was conceived.
1t was submitted to the archbishops at
hnir CT 1oar.
commended it in the following resolu-
ton:
BE it resolved, that we regard the
project with warm approval, and will
give it all possible aid and encourage
ment when it shall have assumed prac-
teal shape"
An announcement was made of the
attitude of the hierarchy toward the
project, and Immediately donations of
large amounts began to pour into the
Catholic Missionary Union, the corpora
ton which is financing the project
Bishop Harl<ins of Providence r. l.,
gave his check for $1,000 Fathers
Coyle, Fitzsimmone and Stang, three of
the priests of the Providence diocese,
gave 800 each. Archbishop Farley sub
scribed $500 at the meeting of the Cath
Ollie Missionary Union last Wednesday.
Mr.. Michael Cuddihy gave $4,000, with
a promise of $4,000 more as soon as the
ground was broken for the new build
ing. Mr.. Zachariah Jaques, who had
been a warm friend of the non-Catho-
lie mission movement from it's incep-
ton, left $1,000 in his will, and a num-
Der of other donations were made. With
scarcely any effort at collection. the
Catholic Missionary Union finds itself
with over $4,000 in hand.
The Catholic university at Washing
ton offers the new mission house a
home in Keane hall, and there are from
ten to fifteen priest students asking en-
trance. There was nothing to be done
under these circumstances but to open
Immediately.
There is no better commentator of
the apostolic mission house than the
way in which it has been received by
the country at large The work of Civ
ing missions to nom Catholics has dem
onstrated its utility and its ability to
secure results. Thousands of converts
have been brought into the church by
means of these missions. It is this fact