The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-01-06

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CHURCH EXTENSION SOCIETY.
OF the Society, and is responsible to
the Holy See. The President is APP
pointed by the Pope. The Executive
Committee consists OF the Chancellor.
the President, Bishop and four bust
ness men. The Board of Governors
meets once a year and has on its
list the names Of Cardinal, six Arch
bishops, twelve Bishops, seventeen
priests and twenty business and pro-
fessiOnal men.
interest Of the Laity.
One of the most consoling things
about the work is the interest taken
in it by the laity. At their own
expense for time, money and travel,
these laymen assist at the annual
meetings. The Executive Committee
meets quite often during the year and
almost always every member is in his
seat. The Archbishop of Chicago has
never yet missed meeting. The
Society's finances are subject to the
inspection of an auditing committee
and the supervision OF Certified Public
Accounts. The cost of maintenance
of the Society is only five and seven
thirtieths per cent of the receipts,
while five and four-fifths per cent is
used to promote it's growth. Every
officer or employe of the Society hand
ling money is bonded; most of them
in bonding companies.
The Work OF the Society.
There is a recently established
Women's Auxiliary, which has now
two hundred and fifty branches; and,
in addition to Extension Magazine,
there is a children's paper published
monthly called, s'The Child Apostle, !"
containing eight pages of matter suit
able for children, on the principle that
the children are to be the chapel
builders of the future.
The missionary activities of the
Society are shown from the fact that
up to the 18th of October, 1911, five
hundred and thirty-seyen chapels were
built in places where no Catholic
chapel had before existed. Some Of
these little places have resident pas
tors today. The Society is building
o6o~ ut %hn r0fn 0f q
week AS an example of the Society,"
activity, the fact may be quoted that
in one single missionary diocese
twenty-five chapels are in process of
construction now; and that, during
the past year, ten thousand dollars
was spent in one lump sum, in single
state, to Offset the proselytizing efforts
Of nome Catholic missionary societies
amongst Spanish-Americans.
The report shows that the Chapel
Car Work is paying two-thirds of its
own expenses, and that the railroads
give free transportation when the car
is on it's mission work. Another car
is in process Of construction.
The activities of the Society have
included the Philippine Islands and
Porto Rico. In Porto Rico an Ameri.
can Teaching Order has been estab'
lished through the efforts of the So
ciety; and substantial gifts have been
made for the education of Filipino
students to the priesthood, through
assistance given the building OF
seminary at Jaro.
The Society is also educating young
men for the priesthood on condition
that they will 60 to any Diocese to
which they are assigned, no matter
how poor.
The officers of the Society are to
be congratulated upon the splendid
showing made during the past six
years, but especially during the one
just closed. No wonder the Holy
Father has called it "a work of ex.
quisite charity" When it is remem'
bered that practically all of the money
was gathered without branches and
without collections in church, the won.
der Ia that so much was done in &c
short a time The existence of the
Church Extension Society today, In
its present condition, ia a positive
proof that the American Church will
yet become a tremendous factor in
| missionary fields.