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at work. In addition there are some
400 priests and 700 brothers in mis-
sion work in Europe and America.
St. Mary's Mission at Techny was Tor
ganized 10 years ago, and in addition
to the five members of its first class
to graduate and take orders there are
$50 candidates now enrolled at the
school. The Catholic Students Mis-;
sion Crusade, with some $4,000 memt
bers in every state in the Union, was
fostered by this society.
Boston College Campaign.
hundreds of workers still in the field
and many generous gifts coming in
daily, subscriptions to the building
fund of Boston College are rapidly
growing to $2,000,000, the amount fix
ed as the goal. His Eminence Cardi-
nal O'Connell has made an additional
contribution of $4,000, which brings
the total of his gifts to $4,000. Car
dinal O'Connell has written and spok-
en- in behalf of the campaign, and has
stimulated many persons to subscribe.
In less than half the time allotted for
the campaign, the total subscriptions
had reached $1,O03,00O. The gifts, re-
ported in one day aggregated $4,000.
Those in close touch with the work
| believe that the fund will be oversub-
| scribed.
100000 Spent for charity-More
| than 100000 of the fund of the Cath
Ole Charities of the Archdiocese of
New York was spent during the past
year, according to report given out
by Archbishop Hayes; $266,266 re-
mains in the treasury to meet future
calls. The Catholic Charities organi-
cation was founded by the Archhfsh-
OPP in 1920 as a central body with gen.
eral supervision over the 126 hOspi-
tails, children's homes, nurseries, set
Elements, and other charitable insti-
tutions in the Archdiocese. ~
New Dormitory for Georgetown
AS means of combating the housing
shortage in Washington, which, shas
worked a great hardship to students,
especially those in the professional
schools, plans are being considered by
Georgetown university for the estab
lishment of a central downtown dor
mitory. An alternative plan which
!, calls for the erection of chain OF
smaller dormitories also is beingscon
u sidered. Rev. John B. Creeden, 8: j.
president of the University, initiated
the plan. At a recent meeting of the
Georgetown Union, the idea was ap
| proved and it was decided to report
definite building plan at the open
ing of the next scholastic year.
: Paulists' Lectures FruitfuI.-Rev
: Bertrand L. Conway, C. S. p, and Rev
) David w. Kennedy c. S. P, brought
to a close recently two-weeks
: course of lectures to on-Catholics Civ
: en- in the Church of st. Paul the Apos
: tie, New York. This series of lee
3 lures followed directly a simila
= course to non-Catholics given by eth,
same priests in ST. Patrick's Cattle
dral from April to April II. During
= these four weeks the. eloquent Paul
f lists gave total Of forty-four lectures
!. Their audiences were made up of mel
f and women of diverse religious ideas
q The denominations represented wer,
] chiefly Episcopalians and Lutherans
i besides Methodists, Baptists, Presby
+ terians, Congregationalists, Quakers
f Moravians, Christian Scientists, Jews
and unhelievers. At the close of thu
;. fourth week the Fathers had 113 per
J. sons under instruction, while the. i'm
e mediate fruits of their preaching wer,
k thirty converts, baptized and confirm
f ed on the last day of the second mis-
/ sion. Twenty-Five thousand religion
s pamphlets and 5000 books were dis
s tributed gratis.