Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-01-14
4 DIOCESAN ! ! PUBLICATION
RT. REV BISHOP BUSCH AN.
NoUNCEs COMING IssUE OF
OFFICIAL MAaAZINE II. III II

- Glouo times (lO): Rt. Rev. JO-
sePh +. Busch has announced .that his
Official :6v publication, s. Ny Message, =,
VIZ me- make its first appearance on the
last Sunday Of January. The publ
cation will be in the form .of; q. maea-
zine and will be the first attempt of
such an enterprise in the diocese. 8
My Message will contain 1t least
AZ pages of reading matter Of such 4
nature as not to interfere with other
similar publications or with the daily
and weekly papers, be they Catholic
/ or other. 1t viii tend directly toward
the fusing Of the religious interests
OF the different parishes and. missions,
OF which there are 1870 in the diocese:.
indirectly it will encourage the ma
terla1, civic and social advancement
OF the community. AS most Of me
people OF the diocese are primarily
interested in agriculture, this fact will
be borne in mind in the general policy
OF the magazine.
The anticipated result is that the
magazine will create, a greater solid
arity and will bring the people togeth-
er religlously, socially and in other
ways, as on educational and civic
questions. - IN x. :.
The bishop considers the publica-
tion as one of the most important and
promising enterprises ever attempted
in the diocese. The magazine will be,
a means Of communication between
the bishop and the people of the do
! eese. >7E:35y'.z-<lE
The chancery office of the diocese
has classified list of 1880 names Of
Catholic members. These names have
been cross-indexed and subdivided in
to "a classifcations. Of these 1892
are the heads of Catholic families and
1898 are self-supporting young men
and women. The Catholic population
of the diocese, according to the latest
| census, is 62,695. These lists have
been placed at the service of the mag
azine management.
The territory to be reached by the
magazine, the diocese of St. Cloud, in
| cludes the counties of Stearns, Sher-
burne, Benton, Morrison, Mile Lacs,
Kannabec, Isanti, Pope, Stevens, Ira
verse, Grant, Douglas, Wilkin, Otter
Tail, Todd and Wadena, At It's cen
trail point, the diocese extends 9a miles
north and south; and east and west,
from the North Dakota state line. It
covers an area Of 12,251 square miles,
; 6r more than the state of Connecticut,
Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hamp,
shire, New Jersey or Vermont.
Rev. Charles L. Gruenewald is the
editor-in.chief Of my Message = The
magazine, for the present, will be isl
sued from the presses of the ssSunday
! Visitor" at Huntington, Ind.
Though. English German and Polish
seem to be the pred atttiing langnag-
es of the diocese, about ninety per cent
of the people prefer English reading
and the first issue will be entirely in
the English language. Later, if found
necessary, official notices may be pub.
lished in German and Polish, as we'll
as in English. a .
A letter under first class postage,
announcing the appearance Of the ma
gazine, will be sent to each member
of the diocese. In January, 5000 cop
les Of the magazine will be distributed
pro rata through the priests of the
diocese. In February, 5000 copies will
be distributed in addition to all sub.
scriptions received before the date of
publication. The same method of dis
tribution will be followed in March.
It is expected that the subscription
list will reach 5000 before the first Of
June and that the 10000 mark will be
reached before the end of the year.
The subscription price of ttMy Mes.
sage' is one dollar a year, or ten
cents a copy. s#..,..