The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-24
Report Of the Direc tor
OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PRoPA-
CATION OF THE FAITH OF THE
DIOCESE OF SAINT PAUL.

Inc gross receipts OF the Diocesan |
Office of the Society for the Propaga- |
ton of the Faith have all but reached |
the 100000 mark during the past six |
months. These figures, with an elo- |
quence peculiar to themselves, pro- |
claim the success of movement in |
augurated in the early fall, to stinu-
late interest among the Catholics of
this Diocese in the cause ofa Foreign
Missions. The task of spreading en-
lightment concerning the present dis
tressful condition of Catholic foreign
mission works and of organizing
means of assistance has been intrust-
ed to Rev. James A. Byrnes of st. Paul
Seminary. Under his direction, the
mission message has already been car
ried to upwards of forty parishes of
the Diocese, and in each parish a
local branch of the Society for the
Propagation of the Faith has been
established with it's. parochial secre-
tary in charge, and a corps Of assist
ants called promoters. There are
about 1900 promoters of the Society
in the Diocese at the present time.
The duties of the promoter are: first,
to form a band of ten MEMBERS; sec
| ond, to receive dues for membership;
third, to circulate such foreign mis-
sion literature as may be placed at
| his disposal. Simple though these
duties be, the success of the Society
depends in a very large measure upon
| their careful fulfillment. That those
| who have assumed the responsibilities
| of promotership have been faithful to
| their pledges is attested by the fact
| that about 100000 of the total sum
received represents ordinary member
ship dues. Special offerings have
been made to the amount of $1,300.00,
while about 100000 has been received
in payment of special and perpetual
memberships.
| These figures indicate only the
amounts received at the local Office
of the Society for the Propagation of
| the Faith. They by no means repre-
sent the total offering of the Diocese
to foreign mission works. To this
sum is to be added a portion of the
general missionary collection taken
UP in the parishes during the Lenten
| Season, as we'll as sums forwarded
directly to the National Office of the
Society by persons not in correspond
| ence with the local Diocesan organiza-
ton.
The following parishes have regu-
larly established branches of the So
ciety for the Propagation of the Faith:
| Minneapolis, MINI.
Pro-Cathedral of st. Mary, St.
Stephens, st. Thomas, Notre Dame
| de Lourdes, st. Lawrence, st. Anthony
of Padua, ST. Ann, Holy Rosary, St.
| Clements, Incarnation.
st. Paul, MINI.
Cathedral of st. Paul, st. Marks,
| St. Michaels, st. Johns, st. Paul
Seminary. ST. GATHERINGS College, St.
Joseph's Academy.
Outside the Cities.
Anoka, st. Stephens; Beardsley, st.
Mary's; Bird Island, st. Mary's; Cen
terville, ST. Genevieve's; Clara City,
St Clara's; Dayton, st. John the
Baptist; Eden Valley, st. Peters;
Mission-Manannah, Mimi, Church of
Our Lady; Pennington, st. Michael's;
Green Isle, st. Brendan's; Hamel, st.
AIMS; Hugo, st. John the Baptist;
Kilkenny, st. Canices; Maple Lake,
st. Timothy's; Mission - Chatham,
Mimi, st. Charles; New Canada, st.
Johns; Osseo, st. Vincent's; Rem
vile, Holy Redeemer; Rosemount,
st. Josephs; Shakopee, st. Mark S;
Saltwater, st. Joseph's; st. Peter, st.
Peters; st. Peter, Immaculate Con.
ception; White Bear, st. Mary's of
the Lake.