The San Francisco call., 1913-08-24
Feast Of St. Rose Of Lima Observed
New Worlds First Canonized Saint
Hut. Her Couch Box of Broken T1eAmecan
Catholic Tourists Attracted Werl in Westphalia

( land, is1s-191s" 1t will be record of
Catholic emancipation, of religious
| progress and of notable achievements
by Catholics in the various walks OF
national life during the last hundred
years.
The corps of editors in charge of its
publication is made up of the foremost
Catholic scholars and litterateurs OF
today.
The report of the Society of Paris
Foreign Missions, which has just ap-
peared, is most inteesting to peruse.
| In 1912 the conversions in the missions
/ in charge OF the Paris Foreign Mis-
sions numbered 46I abjurations of
heretics, 3i.sS1 baptisms OF adults,
1898 baptisms OF children of pagan
parents in the article of death and
5e,1T2 baptisms of children of Chris
tian parentage The Catholic popuia-
tion of the "a dioceses or vieariates
apostolic of the society counts 1,54s.576
Christians, attended to by 1900 priests
of the society and 500 native priests.
If the brisands affiliated to Chinese
secret societies burned some oratories
and missionary residences, the priests
were respected, for. outside Of the cruel
treatment inflicted on Father Davenas
by the lanas of Tibet and the unsue-
eessful attempts on the lives of Father
BRAND and Eymard In western SUIT
chuen. the clergy were left unmolested.
Thirty-four missionaries were called
to their heavenly reward In 1912.
Among them were two bishops, Mon
signor Bonne, archbishop of Tokyo. and
Mnnsignor Believiile, vicar apostolic of
southern Tonkin; three provicars
Fathers Gernot. Guerlach and Vuille-
mot, and one procurator. Father
Raclot,
Tho White Fathers have published a
statement of their missionary labors.
The society, founded by Cardinal La
vicariates in Africa, attended to by
4so missionaries, zas Sisters and 1880
catechists
The missions already have lss,40s
neophytss, 214,286 cathecumens, d,T06
schools with s5,e71 pupils and 337 char
liable institutions that cared for 1905
ss6 patients. There were 1879 hap
tisnas Of sdults, s'sas baptisms of chill.
dren of Christian parentage and 1o,676
haptisms Of adults in the article Of
death.
A recently published work, entitled
His Grey Eminence." Is an interesting
historic study of the Capuehir father,
Joseph Francois de le Ciero de Trem-
biay, the monk who helped Cardinal
Rieheiieu to govern France In the sew
enteentll century.
The authors object in producing the
work is, first, to show how BuIwer
Lytton falsif1ed history in his "Riche-
lieu;' and, secondly, to give true por-
trait OF the friar who was one OF the
makers Of the European history. II
Richeiieu was the power behind the
throne of France, Pere Joseph--his
grey emineHce-was the power behind
Richelieu. and had he lived he and not
Mnzarin would most probably have
been Richeiieu's successor as prime
minister.
The Capuchin had the complete con-
fideHce OF the great cardinal, and with
out ceasing to be strict and edifylng
churchman, helped him to raise France
to arst class rank, power feared and
respected abroad. These outlines show
how bvasenly Lyttan caIumniated Friar
Joseph when he presented him as the