The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-05
CATHOLIC FOREIGN MISSIONS
REMARKABLE GROWTH IN DID,
CESE OF ST. PAUL NEW
NATIVE CLERGY BURSES ARE
ESTABLlSHED-PR OF
MORE BURSES IN THE NEAR
FUTURE.

The first three months of the pres
ent year has been very encouraging
for the Directorate of Foreign Mis-
sion works in the Archdiocese. Dur
ing that period the receipts of the
Diocesan office totaled $12,978.8O. Of
this amount $12,761.39 is recorded on
the books of the Propagation of the
Faith, and $217.41 on the books of
the Holy Childhood Association.
The first quarter of the year has
brought to the Diocesan Office three
one thousand dollar checks for the
establishment Of native clergy burses
in the mission field. The January
burse offering was made by the par
ish of st. Eloi, Client, Mimi. 1t is
the second foundation from this
source. The February burse was
established by a Catholic gentleman
and his wife who, possessed of a
goodly quantity of the things of
earth but denied the blessing of
children, wished, nevertheless, to have
some part in the glorious work of
|.
Their charity will make possible the
ordination of a native priest in some
mission land every six years for all
time to come. The native clergy
burse for March was founded by a
priest of the Archdiocese who, like
the donors of the February burse,
wishes his name withheld from pub
lication.. Our benefactor for March
writes that he makes the Offering to
insure the perpetuation of his own
priesthood. He further states that he
went in debt to do so, but expresses
the firm conviction that the Master
for Whom he made the sacrifice would
not let him starye in his old age.
Besides these three burses already
established, the Diocesan Director has
been given the solid promise of four
others. One comes from a priest who
says that the Young Ladies' Sodality
of his parish has already set itself to
the task of raising the necessary one
thousand dollars. Another pastor has
placed the proposition before his
people, and writes to say that the lat
ter have manifested great enthusiasm
for it's realization. Two ladies of the
Diocese have also signified their in,
tention to found burses within the
present year
We learn with great satisfaction
too, that in the past three months nc
less than six persons have written
clauses into their wills providing for
the foundation of a native clergy
burse.
The Annual Report of the local
Foreign Mission Office, which was
placed in circulation throughout the
ent lenten season, has provoked a
quantity of favorable comments. To
thousands of our Catholic people who
have not been following the develop
ment of the mission support move
ment in this jurisdiction. the report
contained many surprises. Judging
from the increase of daily mail since
the appearance of the report, it also
occasioned some remOrse, self-chas
tisement and firm purposes of amend
ment. Requests are coming from
Priests and Sisters for material anC
information regarding the establish
ment of a branch of Propagation OF
Holy Childhood Work; perpetual ant
special memberships are being re
ceived with conSoling regularity
dozens of applications are being made
for dime banks and promoters sup
plies; and in numerous other ways is
the foreign mission Directorate lee
to the conviction that the time, labor
and money involved in the publication
of the report were altogether JUST
fed
From present indications the hope
of those who are directing the for
eign mission support work in the DiO
cese will be realized-the hope
namely, to send $4,000 to the mis-
sions at the close of the year 1919.