The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-12


 Salvation Army and the Catholic church. and yet their ministers do effective work"
 At present 1461S,76l Roman Catholics are in the United States, according to the 1911 Wiltzus official Catholic direc- tory The total given does not include the Catholics in the Philippines, Porto Rico or the Hawaiian islands; if these were added the total would reach nearly a3, GOO, coo The United States religious cen sus of 1906 credited the Roman Catholic faith with only 12,O7s,142. but the census bureau deducted 15 per cent for children, counting only communicar IS. j.
 According to the directory there are ip the United States -I0S4 Catholic priests and 13 461 churches. Of this number 9o17 have, resident pastors. Catholics also control 1872 parochal schools, with an attendance of 1,27O13l. In addition to this. there are 225 colleges for bnys and 696 academies for girls and S2 etcles- iastical seriinaries. s-r F ~ est number of Catholics: New York. D. 5s,17i: Pennsylvania, 1,527.23s; Illinois. 1.- 446. 400; Massachusetts. 1,3S092l; Ohio, 694,2 ,271; Louisiana, 557, ,431; Wisconsin, 54o.- 95s; Michigan, 536,107; New Jersey, 495.- GOO: Missouri, 452, ,7o3; Minnesota, H,OS1; !; California, 391,5 Connecticut, 5S.S54; Texas, 295,917; Maryland, 26o,000; Rhode Island, 251 900; Iowa, PAP, oo0 Indiana, 223.- SIS; Kentucky, 17,6G7 New Mexico, 127,- oOO;. New Hampshire, 12s,oS4; Maine, FPS. : 547; Nebraska, l22510 Kansas, 110.1S; Col prada 99, ,405.
 These figures are regarded as official in Catholic circles, as the information Is furnished direct from the various Catholic chancery offices.
 Even Wall street Is not entirely given over to the worship of the almighty dol lar. >---'
 The record of attendance at. the noon day services in 'Old Trinity church., which Is kept with great care from year to year, shows that during Lent and in- cluding Easter day of last year the serv- ice was attended by little more than 51 O00 people, an average of more than 1000 at each service. The usual Mon day Lenton services for business peo- ple at Trinity commenced March 1, and will be held every day but Saturday throughout Lent. The Right Rev. Fred- erick Burgess, D. D., bishop of Long Island. was the first preacher He preached from Ash Wednesday, March l, to Friday, inclusive. The same plan, having one preacher for the entire week, which was inaugurated last year, will be followed again in this Lenten season. The preachers who come after Bishop Burgess and the dates follow March 6-lO, Bishop Gailor of Tennessee; March 1917, the Rev. Samuel S. Marquis of St. Paul's cathe- dral, Detroit; March 20-24, Bishop Mo Cormick of western Michigan; March 27- 31, the Rev. O. s. Huntington of Holy Cross order; passion week, Bishop Futile of Missouri, and holy week. the Rev. J. Community Resurrection, Mirfield, England A remarkable sight will be witnessed in London on Good Friday afternoon. when a large procession of clergy and faity, headed by the Bishop of London and his suffragans. will march from St. Martins in the Fields to St Paulss cathedral. <, The possession Is meant to be a public act of intercesson in which all church. men could take part.
 There will be no banners or display of any kind, and only a single great cross will be carried. Litanies and hymns will be sung all the way, and on reaching the cathedral the Hymn for London" will be sung on the steps.
 | Presbyterians, Methodsts, Baptists and Congregationalsts are engaged in cam paigns to provide headquarters at state
  families identified with their respective bodies For some years they have urged their home mission societies to take up their tasks and some have done so This winter, especially in middle west states, leaders in the bodies named have gone ahead on. their own account. They declare that the Young Mems Christian associations found in most colleges, while doing good work, do not cover the field.
 
 at. but emphasis on strictly religious work and denomnational loyalty Is not lacking. g fsr
 F Churches in college towns reach. it is estimated, hardly more than 10 to 20 per cent of the students. At the University of Illinois, Methodists have erected a church which has its own pastor, and Presbyterians have student pastor who hopes soon to erect university church. seq - ~- z H