The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-07
of which there is maintained at least

oil WnlCn Lnere IS maintained at least
chapel. There are good-sized
churches at the principal points.
Eleven priests, eleven Brothers and
thirty Sisters of the Divine Providence
work among the Indians. 1t is esti-
mated that there are on an average
over one hundred baptisms annually
of converts made by them.
But, besides the work of instructing
these people in their religious duties
and bringing them to the faith, there
is the highly important work of edu-
eating them and training them for
pursuits in which they may become
useful members of civilized commu
nifty.
AT present, six schools are main
tanned where the elements of educa-
ton are taught and there are also
three colleges or boarding schools for
Indians. Another is being built.
The manual training carried on
| among this people is proving of great
value and interest. The girls are
taught weaving on looms and other
branches of domestic economy, while
! the boys are taught farming, carpen-
! try and blacksmithing, at all of which
they soon become expert.
| The work of this mission is some
what handicapped by a lack of mod
ern tools and agricultural Implements
| Cotton and other raw material for the
| looms are also lacking and the Fa-
theirs are making every effort to pro
cure these so that the work may con-
tinue to improve and may be extend
| ed to more remote regions. There
are some nine thousand Indians in
| the big baranca of Tararecua who
! are practically heathens and whom
within the same moral. educational
and industrial influences.
Missionary Sacrifices.
A mere recital of these few items
of data concerning the work of this
! wonderful mission does not give any
adequate idea of it's Importance nor
| of the tremendous difficulties under
which these missiOners are labOring
! in this heroic apostolic endeayor. 1t
is like turning back the pages of the
| history of the work of the faithful
early missionaries to read some OF
| the reports of hardships and trials eX.
| perienced by the present day mission.
ers. Many stories are told of the ven.
GRAFTON in which the missionaries
were held and are being held today
by these primitive people. ..~... as.
The sanity Father Glandorff's en-
ergy in covering the ground between
the mission and the abodes of poor or
sick Indians was so remarkable that
| the worn soles of his shoes are care
fully preserved as relics and veneer
ated as having borne him on these
works of charity and faith.
AS illustrating the naive character
of these people, one of the Fathers
reports that. he was visited. on his
arrival by an old chief whom he in
terviewed and asked if he knew what
heaven was and was told that it was
a beautiful valley Overlooking with
corn. When asked if he did not de
sire to go to heaven, the old man an
swered, mot yet" ..':. =
Thousands at Conservation.
On October Z, this year, the mis-
sion was consecrated to the Sacred
Heart and upwards of thirty thou
sand Indians attended from all part!
of the region, some travelling on foo
for sixty miles, over precipices ant
through deep ravines, but feeling am
ply repaid for the effort by the priv
lege of being present at such an i'm
pressive ceremony.
Father Crivelli, who is at presen
: located at Gale Lerdo, No. ia, Mex
: leo City, which is the parish hous'
of Our Lady of Angels, is preparin!
for his annual visit to the rest of hi
province. He keeps in constant tOucl
, with these various missions through
, the regular reports made to him b,
, the priests in charge. -.