The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-18
FATHER FRASER AND A MISSION.
AIRY COLLEGE.

out from Almonte, Ontario, where he
now is, an appeal for support for the
scheme of missionary college for the
training of missionaries for China.
He says in The Casket:
Dear Friends: + am sure you are
following with interest the develop
ment of the work for which l came
over from China to Canada to organ
ize, namely, the establishment of a
college for the training of mission
aries for China. So far l have met
with considerabl Bile success. Everyone
l speak with shows sympathy with
the work; the bishops l meet give it
their approval; a number of young
priests offer to join me in the work,
and some candidates are presenting
themselves with the request to be
trained for the Chinese missions, al
though as yet | have not made a reg
ular lecturing tour Of the colleges and
seminaries from which l hope to OBJ
tain numerous vocations. From many
quarters I am receiving requests to
preach and collect for funds in the
churches and lecture on the Chinese
missions in the colleges. have been
on the lookout for suitable building
to make my headquarters and begin
the work. On October Fl l visited the
newly appointed delegate at Ottawa
He had nothing but words of praise
and appreciation for the work contem.
plated. On October 20 | preached in
the Catholic Church of Almonte. In
this town I found building that
would just suit my purpose and the
price demanded was very reasonable
l began a novena to st. Joseph, and
prayer, to know if this was the place
in the designs of Providence for the
inception of the work. During the
noyena Archbishop Gauthier returned
from Detroit and on the last day OF
the novena, after consulting his Chap
ter, gave his consent to buy the place
and approved of the work being in
augurated in Almonte.
So now have an address to which
all communications can be forwarded
viz, Rev. J. M. Fraser, Almonte, Ont
Canada; here | will receive the first
priests who volunteer for the Chinese
missions, and here undertake the
training of students who feel that ii
is their vocation to become mission
aries in China. Almonte is thirty-five
miles west of Ottawa, on the main line
OF the Canadian Pacific Railway that
runs to Vancouver, whence steamers
leave for China. 1t is in Ottawa dio
cese but borders on two others, King
ston and Pembroke, and is within easy
reach of other big cities and is not
far from many Catholic institutions oil
central position with regard to Cana
da and the work l am organizing.
Father Fraser and his past work are
we'll known; but it remains to be
noted that his present plan has the
approval of the beloved Bishop.
Father Fraser quotes him as fol
lows:
The Bishop Of Antagonist writes me
under date Of November IS:
Rev and Dear Father:
Il have your letter Of the 18th and
am glad to know you have found q
suitable place for the proposed Chin
csc seminary. 1t always appeared te
me that some place centrally located
in Canada would be more advantage
GUS for this undertaking and / think
you have succeeded in locating the
proper place. | hope everything in
connection with this matter will pro
coed satisfactorily for yourself and all
concerned, and let us hope that all
the Catholic people of Canada will full
ly appreciate their missionary duties
in connection with this laudable work
with continued best wishes | re
main -
Sincerely in the Lord,
JAMES MORRISON
Some years ago, The Casket com
mented on a book published on behalf
of the foreign missions of the Church
which has the pathetic title: 'The
Workers are Few
Few indeed they are; the workers
in those vast and far-away harvest
fields of God. Yet, let us hope that
their numbers may be augmented
slowly though it may be; and that. in
time, the ravages made in the thin
ranks of Gods soldiers on that far
eastern front by war conditions, the
calling home of SO many men to
Europe, and the disturbance of college
and seminary courses of study, may be
repaired. North America has been less
hurt by the war than any other part OF
the allied nations; and the Catholics OF
North America ought to be generous
in contributing to the new missionary
college at Almonte
Father Fraser tells us that his first
endeavor would be ito get young
priests to join me, as they with very
little training could be fitted for the
missionary life"
This noble work deserves the best
and the most that we can give it. The
Casket respectfully urges the matter
on the attention of it's readers.