The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-01-14
Review Of Foreign Missions

AM A~VV ~
AMERICAS BANNER YEAR IN
CATHOLIC FOREIGN MISSION
WORK ENDED-MoR THAN ONE
HUNDRED PRIESTS, NUNS AND
LAY ASSISTANTS SENT TO
LABOR IN ALL PARTS OF THE
WORLD DURING 1e21-oNE SIXTH
or WORLDS POPULATION IS
CATHOLIC.
Americas contributions in men and
women to the foreign mission fields
during 1921 were larger than ever be.
fore in her history. More than one
hundred missionaries went forth to
foreign lands--to Asia, to Africa, to
Oceania and to the West Indies, to
spread the gospel of Christ. Well over
seventy priests were numbered among
these missionaries, who came from
many different societies as we'll as the
ranks of the secular clergy, and who
included teaching sisters, brothers and
lay workers. New missionary fields
too, were assigned to American prov
inces of religious orders during the
year and the ranks of the different
seminaries and preparatory schools
founded with mission work in view
were multiplied beyond expectations
The mission fields of China, which
promise to be the scene of tremendous
missionary activities on the part OF
Americans of every denomination, re
ceived last year the largest number o.
American Catholic missionaries il
their history. China has now 1900, l5(
Catholics.
Many Departures.
The Congregation of the Missions
commonly called the Vincentian Fa
theirs, sent it's first band of mission
aries to the Vicariate of Kan Chow Ki
| in the province of Kiang-si, in June
The Vicariate had been assigned K
| the congregation only a short tine
when five priests and four scholastic:
embarked, sailing from the United
States June 20. Kiang-si has 9,0O0,O0(
! Inhabitants of whom 5000 are Catho
| lies.
| Near Kiang-si lies the missionar!
field of Kwangtung and kwang-si, %,
600 miles of which has been assigned
to the Catholic Foreign Missionar.
Society of Maryknoll, which is nov
| spreading it's branches to many part:
| of the United States. Five priests
six sisters and one lay worker depart
ed from Maryknoll in September The
| Maryknoll nuns, who were the frs
members of their order to leave FOL
| China, were headed by Sister Mary
| Paul of Reading, Pa. This brings tn,
total of Maryknoll Missioners up tt
| twenty-four. .
| From St. Columbas Mission House
in Omaha there departed IS priests, .
lay brothers and 2 lay workers, mem
| bers of the Chinese Mission Society
which has it's mother house in China
! They will labor in the province o
Hupeh, with the city of Hanyang al
| headquarters. There are 100000 PEG
pie In this province, which is IN cen
trail China, and the position of thu
province, as well as it's means of com
munication with surrounding districts
in China, makes it one of the most i'm
portant missionary provinces.
The last group of Chinese mission
aries to leave the United States wa
a band of five Passionists from 81
Michaels Monastery in Hoboken, TIL
first OF their order TO be dispatched t.
a new field in the province of Honar
India and Oceania.
The Bengalese missions in India al
Itracted three priests and four Brother
of the Congregation of the Holy eros
during the year, bringing the tota
number of American missionaries il
that field up to twelve. Approximate