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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Mission Work among the Negroes and the Indians: - What Is Being Accomplished by Means of the Annual Collection - Taken Up for Our Missions - -Author: Various - -Release Date: October 18, 2021 [eBook #66562] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: hekula03 and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at - https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made - available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MISSION WORK AMONG THE NEGROES AND -THE INDIANS: *** - - - - - - MISSION WORK - AMONG THE NEGROES - AND - THE INDIANS. - - What is being accomplished by means of the Annual - Collection taken up for our Missions. - - MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION - CHARGED WITH DISTRIBUTING THE FUND: - - HIS EMINENCE JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS, - ARCHBISHOP OF BALTIMORE. - - MOST REV. DR. RYAN, - ARCHBISHOP OF PHILADELPHIA. - - RIGHT REV. DR. KAIN, - BISHOP OF WHEELING - - BALTIMORE: - FOLEY BROS., PRINTERS, - 4 LIGHT STREET. - 1893. - - - - -Mission Work among the Negroes and the Indians. - - - - -FINANCIAL STATEMENT - -_From January 1st, 1892, to January 1st, 1893._ - - - RECEIVED FROM COLLECTIONS OF 1892. - - Archdiocese of Baltimore $ 2,400 00 - ” Boston 5,005 00 - ” Chicago 1,918 00 - ” Milwaukee [1]2,192 79 - ” New Orleans 947 60 - ” New York 4,293 27 - ” Oregon City 90 00 - ” Philadelphia 6,261 01 - ” St. Louis 2,382 69 - ” St. Paul 1,000 00 - ” San Francisco 1,098 60 - ” Santa Fé 113 18 - Diocese of Albany 1,082 35 - ” Alton 417 70 - ” Belleville 300 00 - ” Brooklyn 3,077 68 - ” Buffalo 990 48 - ” Burlington 309 00 - ” Charleston 30 00 - ” Cleveland [2]1,858 54 - ” Concordia 95 80 - ” Covington 333 85 - ” Davenport 668 03 - ” Denver 310 60 - ” Detroit 750 00 - ” Dubuque 1,332 65 - ” Duluth 82 00 - ” Erie 416 90 - ” Fort Wayne 1,294 37 - ” Galveston 135 45 - ” Grand Rapids 452 72 - ” Green Bay 477 27 - ” Hartford 1,659 08 - ” Helena 87 15 - ” Jamestown, N. D. 100 00 - ” Kansas City, Kansas 340 25 - ” Kansas City and St. Joseph 372 80 - ” La Crosse 563 66 - ” Lincoln 206 21 - ” Little Rock 200 00 - ” Louisville 909 07 - ” Manchester 733 40 - ” Marquette 322 00 - ” Mobile 193 35 - ” Monterey and Los Angeles 170 00 - ” Nashville 227 74 - ” Natchez 96 65 - ” Natchitoches 30 00 - ” Nesqually 82 60 - ” Newark 1,755 89 - ” Ogdensburg 216 25 - ” Omaha 324 05 - ” Peoria 1,830 00 - ” Pittsburg and Alleghany 3,390 34 - ” Portland 1,030 70 - ” Providence 2,035 86 - ” Richmond 237 00 - ” Rochester 645 84 - ” Sacramento 173 82 - ” St. Augustine 72 00 - ” St. Cloud 250 00 - ” San Antonio 150 00 - ” Savannah 200 00 - ” Scranton 600 00 - ” Sioux Falls 136 60 - ” Springfield 1,300 34 - ” Syracuse 548 61 - ” Trenton 225 00 - ” Vancouver’s Island 19 75 - ” Vincennes 1,376 42 - ” Wheeling 232 23 - ” Wichita 68 20 - ” Wilmington 450 00 - Vicariate of Brownsville (1891 and 1892) 67 00 - ” Idaho 16 50 - ” Indian Territory 52 90 - Interest on Deposit 244 00 - Proceeds sale of pamphlets 7 30 - ------- - Total amount received from collections of 1892 $66,068 09 - Balance on hand January 1st, 1892 2,327 58 - ---------- - Total $68,395 67 - ========== - Balance on hand January 1st, 1893 $498 32 - - DISBURSED. - - Archdiocese of Baltimore $2,300 00 - ” Chicago 1,000 00 - ” New Orleans 2,700 00 - ” New York 1,500 00 - ” Oregon City 1,200 00 - ” Philadelphia 1,500 00 - ” St. Louis 1,200 00 - ” San Francisco 500 00 - ” Santa Fé. 2,500 00 - Diocese of Charleston 1,800 00 - ” Cheyenne 300 00 - ” Covington 1,500 00 - ” Dallas 750 00 - ” Duluth 500 00 - ” Fort Wayne 360 00 - ” Galveston 1,800 00 - ” Grand Rapids 1,000 00 - ” Green Bay 1,000 00 - ” Harrisburg 150 00 - ” Helena 1,500 00 - ” Jamestown 1,000 00 - ” Kansas City, Kansas 1,000 00 - ” La Crosse 800 00 - ” Little Rock 1,400 00 - ” Louisville 1,000 00 - ” Marquette 500 00 - ” Mobile 600 00 - ” Nashville 750 00 - ” Natchez 2,250 00 - ” Natchitoches 1,800 00 - ” Nesqually 1,200 00 - ” Pittsburgh 1,000 00 - ” Portland 200 00 - ” Richmond 1,800 00 - ” St. Augustine 1,000 00 - ” St. Cloud 1,000 00 - ” San Antonio 500 00 - ” Savannah 1,000 00 - ” Sioux Falls 1,500 00 - ” Vancouver’s Island, Alaska Missions 2,500 00 - ” Vincennes 1,000 00 - ” Wilmington 2,000 00 - Vicariate of Arizona 500 00 - ” Brownsville 1,500 00 - ” Idaho 1,000 00 - ” Indian Territory 2,000 00 - ” North Carolina 1,400 00 - St. Joseph’s Seminary, Baltimore, for the formation - of priests devoted to the missions among the - colored people 6,000 00 - Expenses at the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, - Washington 4,000 00 - EXPENSES: - Secretary 250 00 - Pamphlet on the Negro and Indian Missions sent - to all the priests of the U.S. 282 05 - Other printing, stationery, postage, &c. 105 30 - -------- - $67,897 35 - _Balance transferred to a/c for 1893_ 498 32 - ---------- - $68,395 67 - - [1] In this amount is included a legacy of $1,000 from Mrs. Alice - Hussey, $500 for the Negro and $500 for the Indian missions. - - [2] Including a legacy of $100 from Mr. Adam Haefling, Tiffin, O., - to be equally divided between the Negro and the Indian missions. - - - - -Mission Work among the Negroes and the Indians. - - -The communications we publish from Bishops who receive aid from the -annual collections for our Negro and Indian missions, show very simply -and forcibly the importance and needs of this work. Passages from the -letters of Archbishop Janssens, of New Orleans, of Bishop O’Sullivan, of -Mobile and of Rev. Father Molony of the diocese of San Antonio, may help -to answer a question as to the ultimate outcome of what is being done, -that doubtless arises in many minds. - - * * * * * - -The Archbishop says: - -“In another portion of the diocese, at Grossetete Bayou, there is a -somewhat similar settlement of negroes, who before the war were sold -in Maryland, to Louisiana Protestant planters. The history of their -trials for religion, their constancy to the faith, would embellish a -page in the history of the Martyrs of the Church. Much is said of the -inconsistency of the negro, but my experience convinces me, that when -the negro has been brought up in the knowledge and practice of religion, -he is as constant as any white Catholic under the circumstances. Bad -training and ignorance degenerate their mind and heart, as it does with -the white population. We are trying to raise means to build a church -for that settlement. I regret very much that the Commission has been -obliged to diminish the allocation. Our work is increasing and the funds -diminishing. May the Lord provide some other means.” - - * * * * * - -Bishop O’Sullivan writes: - -“We receive very few adult converts from among the colored people. -However, the proportion of colored converts is equal to the number -of white converts. Hence, there is no reason why we should look upon -the conversion of the colored people as hopeless; on the contrary the -outlook is encouraging. If we plant the good seed, our successors will -reap a rich harvest. The Catholics in the South are so few, that it -is impossible for them to supply missionaries and means to carry on -the work. Help must come from outside. May God bless all who help this -mission.” - - * * * * * - -Rev. R. J. Molony writes: “Our work in this diocese is assuming a -brighter look. God has blessed it this year beyond our most sanguine -expectations. Our experience of the past did not inspire much hope. Since -the foundation of the mission in 1888, our colored people have stood -aloof and looked on our labors with cold indifference. They seemed to -assume an attitude of distrust. Within the present year we have noticed -a change in their behavior towards the mission and the Catholic church. -Now they approach with more confidence. The better class, the religiously -disposed, receive religious instruction. They begin to appreciate the -intellectual and moral improvement of the children who attend our -schools.” - - * * * * * - -The amount received from the annual collection was in - - 1887 $81,898.01 - 1888 76,175.30 - 1889 69,637.68 - 1890 70,461.87 - 1891 63,386.84 - The receipts for 1892 to date stand 66,068.09 - -In 1887 thirty-one dioceses received help from this fund and forty-six in -1892. - - * * * * * - -The following Pastoral Letter issued last year by the Rt. Rev. Bishop of -Louisville, sets forth strongly and earnestly the claims of the Negro and -Indian Mission work on our sympathy and generous aid. - - - - -The Colored and Indian Missions. - - -The following is taken from a Pastoral Letter issued last year by Rt. -Rev. Bishop McCloskey of Louisville. It sets forth strongly and earnestly -the claims of the Negro and Indian mission work to our sympathy and -generous aid. - -“If thousands of these wretched beings of whom we speak, are still as -ignorant and destitute of the light of Christianity, as heathen, so to -say, as when the first settler landed on our shores, whose fault is it? -And if they are now fast falling back into the practice of their old -heathen rites, who are responsible for abominations which disgrace the -Christians’ name? Christ died for all; for the African as well as the -European. Have we recognized this fact? Have we come up to the full -measure of the duty we owe to our less favored brother? and when we found -him lying in helpless misery, bruised and beaten,—have we taken him up -and carried him to an inn, and like the good Samaritan, pored oil into -his wounds? or have we not rather, like the unfeeling priest and cold -hearted Levite, passed him by and left him lying by the way-side, as -if _his_ heavenly Father was not ours also? These, dearly beloved, are -questions that we must answer at the judgment seat. “I was hungry and you -gave me not to eat; I was thirsty and you gave me not to drink: naked and -you clothed me not; sick and you did not visit me;” and the answer will -come to you as distinct and definite as to the astonished culprit, who -could not see Christ in the person of the poor and needy. “Amen, I say to -you, as long as you did it not to one of these least ones, neither did -you do it to me.” - -Yes, dearly beloved, He who died to redeem us all, will surely hold us -accountable, unless we make such tardy reparation as we are able, for the -wrongs done these neglected creatures, in whose behalf the Church pleads -so earnestly and yet so tenderly to-day. “Now is the acceptable time; now -is the day of salvation.” - -What the Church wishes you to do just now is to strengthen the hands of -those noble bands of missionaries—priests of God and devoted Sisters of -Mercy and Charity; heroic Ursulines and brave daughters of St. Benedict, -now laboring among our Colored brethren in the South, and, in the far -West, among the scanty remnants of a race that still clings (and who can -blame them?) with the tenacity of despair to their last footholds in a -land they once proudly called their own. - -The Church, which to the Catholic, is the voice of God, wishes you to put -in the hands of the self-denying workers in that rougher portion of the -Lord’s vineyard, the funds they need to carry on the work they have in -hand. These holy missionaries would carry the glad tidings of salvation -to the benighted children of the forest. They would plant in their midst -schools in which young Indian boys and girls may be trained in civil -learning; and churches into which all may be gathered round the altar of -God, and taught to know and worship in spirit and in truth Jesus Christ, -their Redeemer, whose children they are, and, equally with us, heirs of -eternal life. “Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them -not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” It is the humility and the -meekness of Jesus that is to win for us the great prize of eternal life -for which each one, in his own way, is daily striving. “Blessed are the -meek, for they shall possess the land.” It is the beauty of our soul not -the color of our skin that will be the real test of our right to gaze -upon the glory of God in paradise. “Blessed are the clean of heart, for -they shall see God.” - -Such then, in brief, is the object for which this collection is to be -taken up at all the Masses on the First Sunday in Lent—a noble and a -blessed work, and full of richest merit for all who approach it in the -spirit of Christian charity, and with kindly feelings toward those of -their brethren, who, as you know too well, are utterly unable to help -themselves. - -The heroic self-abnegation of those priests and nuns who have gone forth -into a sort of voluntary exile to spend themselves and be spent for -Christ in the service of the forsaken and despised Indian, whose lot, -to some extent, they share, is worthy of our highest admiration; for -this, Dearly beloved, is not a field of labor which all would willingly -select—this life of perpetual self-sacrifice, ending only in death. The -very nobility of the sacrifice they have made is in itself one of their -strongest claims on your generous support; for (do not forget it), but -for this their heroic self-denial, you would not easily find a means -of discharging a debt you owe a race which for two long centuries has -been so cruelly dealt with;—a race, too, that has proved itself time and -again, in council and on battle field, as brave, as skillful, and as -magnanimous as your own. And yet, to our shame, be it spoken, nearly all -that are left of this singular, and in some respects, mysterious people, -are now wanderers upon the wild prairie, eking out, as best they can, a -miserable existence on the paltry pittance that is doled out to them, and -are to-day, practically speaking, as destitute of religious instructions -as were their pagan forefathers. Oh! Dearly Beloved, what a commentary -is this sad spectacle on the boasted superiority of our Christian -civilization! Take heed, lest Christ’s words on witnessing the faith of -the centurion, and the want of it on the part of those to whom He was -speaking, may one day rise up in judgment against you: “I say to you -that many shall come from the East and the West, and shall sit down with -Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven; but the children -of the kingdom shall be cast out into exterior darkness: there shall be -weeping and gnashing of teeth.” - -Come, then, We entreat you in the bowels of Christ’s mercy;—in the name -of Him who for your sakes, and for the sake of those for whom We are -pleading, hung naked on the cross, despising the shame; come to the aid -of these devoted missionaries who are doing what they can to save this -people worthy of a better fate; remembering the rich graces poured out -centuries ago on your own ancestors in the faith; for what after all, -are these brave missionaries doing, but just what St. Patrick did for -Ireland, St. Boniface for Germany, St. Francis Xavier for the savage -tribes of India, and St. Francis of Sales, the gentle apostle of the -Swiss, for the tens of thousand whom he rescued from the enemy of souls. - -Dearly beloved, a glorious work is going on in your midst and you know it -not. If, then, you hear the voice of God to-day, harden not your hearts; -turn not a deaf ear to the voice pleading within you for your destitute -Colored and Indian Brethren; but take in hand at once the blessed work -which your generous hearts prompt you to do. Rise up like true men, and -shake off the forgetfulness of the past, and let your charity respond in -full measure to this earnest appeal to you for help. It comes to you with -the sanction of grave and venerable prelates who in council have weighed -the matter well, and now make known to you the obligation you are under. -The rich results of your generosity you may not live to see. Leave that -to God. The just man lives by faith, and knows that if in loving kindness -to the poor and destitute he casts his bread upon the waters, it will -come back to him, not in the shape of human praise, but in the fullness -of divine mercy, which will not be wanting to him in that supreme hour -when he will stand most in need of it. Strive thus, dearly beloved, to -make your vocation and election sure; that, for your kindness to the -needy, you may one day hear those words so full of comfort and divine -love: “Come ye blessed of My Father, possess the kingdom prepared for -you; for I was hungry and you gave me to eat; I was thirsty and you gave -me to drink; I was naked and you clothed me; sick, and you visited me; -for as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it -to Me. Enter into the joy of your Lord.” - -You will have the sweet consolation of knowing that you have hearkened -to the voice of the Bishops whom the Holy Ghost has placed over the -Church in this our beloved country—this favored land which is ours by so -many pleasing associations;—discovered by a fearless Catholic navigator, -aided, as he was in turn, by the royal munificence of that pearl of -Christian Queens, “Isabella the Catholic;”—its early missionaries devoted -sons of St. Dominic, St. Francis and St. Ignatius, who were the first -to plant the cross and spread the true faith on American soil, which -they watered with their blood;—this blessed land of ours now dedicated -to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and tenderly guarded by our dear Lady, the -Immaculate Mother of our God, and sweet comforter of the afflicted. - -Dearly beloved, may the joy of a good conscience, the peace of God, that -peace that surpasseth all understanding, ever be yours.” - - - - -I. THE NEGRO MISSION WORK. - - - -------------+-----------+---------+---------+--------+-----------------+ - | Negro |Catholic | | | Baptisms. | - DIOCESE. |Population.| Negroes.|Churches.|Priests.|Children.|Adults.| - -------------+-----------+---------+---------+--------+---------+-------+ - Baltimore | 218,000 | 36,000 | 4 | 14 | 460 | 170 | - | | | | | | | - | | | | | | | - | | | | | | | - | | | | | | | - | | | | | | | - Brownsville | 20,000 | | | | | | - Charleston | 550,000 | 1,000 | 2 | | 35 | 15 | - Covington | 75,000 | 115 | 1 | | 3 | 15 | - | | | | | | | - Galveston | 250,000 | 500 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 24 | - | | | | | | | - Kansas City | 40,000 | 200 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 14 | - | | | | | | | - Little Rock | 400,000 | 100 | | | 5 | 2 | - | | | | | | | - | | | | | | | - | | | | | | | - Louisville | 200,000 | 4,003 | 1 | 1 | 167 | 37 | - | | | | | | | - | | | | | | | - Mobile | 706,243 | 2,500 | 5 | | 82 | 4 | - Nashville | 431,320 | 40 | | | 3 | 3 | - Natchez | | 1,838 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 30 | - | | | | | | | - | | | | | | | - | | | | | | | - Natchitoches | 145,000 | 15,000 | 2 | 1 | 178 | 23 | - New Orleans | | 80,000 | 2 | | 3,218 | 292 | - | | | | | | | - | | | | | | | - | | | | | | | - | | | | | | | - | | | | | | | - | | | | | | | - | | | | | | | - New York | 80,000 | 3,000 | 2 | 4 | 58 | 22 | - | | | | | | | - Philadelphia | 60,000 | 1,500 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 10 | - Pittsburgh | | | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | - Richmond | 700,000 | 700 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 34 | - | | | | | | | - Savannah | 720,000 | 1,000 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 12 | - St. Augustine| 97,800 | 1,200 | | | | | - | | | | | | | - San Antonio | 75,000 | 1,200 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | - | | | | | | | - Wilmington | 100,000 | 125 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | - -------------+-----------+---------+---------+--------+---------+-------+ - | [3] | 140,021 | 28 | 30 | 4,479 | 734 | - -------------+-----------+---------+---------+--------+---------+-------+ - - [3] Colored population of the South in 1890, 6,996,166. - - -------------+--------+-------+-------------------+---------------------- - | | | | - DIOCESE. |Schools.|Pupils.| Institutions. | Sisterhoods. - -------------+--------+-------+-------------------+---------------------- - Baltimore | 10 | 1,200 | St. Joseph’s |{ Notre Dame. - | | | Seminary, Epiph’y |{ Oblates. - | | | Apostolic College,|{ St. Francis. - | | | Two Orphanages, |{ Holy Cross. - | | | Academy, St. |{ Charity. - | | | Joseph’s Guild. | - Brownsville | | | | - Charleston | 1 | 126 | | - Covington | 1 | 219 | Hospital, |{ Charity. - | | | Orphanage, Home. |{ Charity of Naz. - Galveston | 2 | 420 | Orphanage. |{ St. Dominic. - | | | Indus. School. |{ Incarnate Word. - Kansas City | 3 | 108 | Orphanage. |{ Oblates of Prov. - | | | |{ Charity. - Little Rock | 5 | 450 | Indus. School. |{ St. Benedict. - | | | |{ Mercy. - | | | |{ St. Joseph. - | | | |{ Charity. - Louisville | 8 | 680 | |{ Loretto. - | | | |{ Charity. - | | | |{ Nazareth. - Mobile | 4 | 286 | | Mercy. - Nashville | 1 | 167 | | - Natchez | 5 | 240 | |{ St. Francis. - | | | |{ Mercy. - | | | |{ St. Joseph. - | | | |{ Perp. Adoration. - Natchitoches | 6 | 252 | | - New Orleans | 36 | 2,309 | Orphanage. |{ Mercy. - | | | Aged People’s |{ Perp. Adoration. - | | | Home. |{ Mt. Carmel. - | | | |{ St. Joseph. - | | | |{ Sacred Heart. - | | | |{ Holy Family. - | | | |{ St. Francis. (col.) - | | | |{ Holy Cross. - New York | 4 | 200 | Orphanage. |{ Charity. - | | | |{ St. Dominic. - Philadelphia | 2 | 140 | | Notre Dame. - Pittsburgh | 1 | 60 | | Mercy. - Richmond | 6 | 380 | |{ St. Francis. - | | | |{ Holy Cross. - Savannah | 5 | 175 | Orphanage. | - St. Augustine| 5 | 225 | |{ St. Joseph. - | | | |{ Holy Name. - San Antonio | 2 | 165 | |{ Servants of the - | | | |{ Holy Ghost. - Wilmington | 1 | 82 | Orphanage. | St. Francis. - -------------+--------+-------+-------------------+---------------------- - | 108 | 7,884 | | - -------------+--------+-------+-------------------+---------------------- - - -BALTIMORE, MD. - -The Catholic Church in the Southern States has long felt the need of -priests. The Bishops of these States have made successive appeals for -zealous workers, but all to no purpose. St. Joseph’s Seminary and the -Epiphany Apostolic College have been founded to supply this want. -Although both institutions are new, sixty-five young men have offered -themselves for the arduous mission. If Providence favors this Seminary -and College a number of missionaries will depart yearly for the South, to -work wholly in the spiritual interests of the Negro. “On sending in our -application,” writes the Rev. Rector of St. Joseph’s Seminary, “it may be -well to review the work of the scholastic year, 1891-92, at St. Joseph’s -Seminary and the Epiphany Apostolic College. The most important event, -the placing of our work on an independent basis, is already known to you. -We are seven priests to initiate the new movement. We have just finished -a retreat in common in which we threw ourselves into shape under the -name of St. Joseph’s Society of the Sacred Heart. The seven represented -the two institutions for the training of missionaries, the missions -of Richmond, Va., Wilmington, Del., and St. Peter Claver’s mission of -Baltimore. In regard to this step, very many Bishops and Priests, by word -and letter, have endorsed it. The second event of importance was the -ordination of our colored priest, in December, 1891. At the close of the -year there were ten seminarians at St. Joseph’s Seminary and fifty-two -students at the Epiphany Apostolic College. Of our seminarians, one is -a deacon, one is in minor orders, and three are tonsured. With God’s -blessing and our Lady’s help, next year will see fifteen seminarians -in St. Joseph’s Seminary, of whom six will have been graduates of the -Epiphany Apostolic College. We expect to have at least sixty students in -the latter institution. Your Eminence will bear in mind that the five -thousand dollars the venerable Commission has agreed to allow us, are but -one fifth of our expenses. And it is but just to add that we must raise -the other four-fifths. Moreover, we must build a new seminary this year. -At present, the neighboring house, one hundred and thirty feet distant, -must be used, and we fear to the detriment of discipline. Plans are drawn -for a building to hold sixty seminarians. Because of this building may -we ask a special donation in addition to the regular allotment? The new -seminary will cost sixty thousand dollars, which, as I must stand at my -post, I know not how to raise.” - -The following letter is from the Rev. Paul Griffith, of St. Augustine’s -Church, Washington, D. C. - -“I most respectfully apply for assistance from the fund for the Indian -and Negro Missions. We need all the help possible to cope with the Public -Schools of Washington. In fact our school facilities are poor, and unless -we can do something to invite children to our Catholic school, many of -them will lose their faith. Five hundred dollars are absolutely necessary -to pay the teachers, but one thousand would be a veritable Godsend.” - -Sister Rose Noylam, who has charge of St. Euphemia’s School, Emmitsburg, -Md., writes as follows, in a letter addressed to His Eminence, Cardinal -Gibbons: “I make a new appeal for our poor colored children. At the -same time I wish to thank Your Eminence for last year’s appropriation; -although it was one hundred dollars less than that of the year before, -still we are most grateful for it. There are from forty to fifty colored -children enrolled in our school, and it is both consoling and edifying -to witness the docility of these little ones, and their eagerness to -make all manner of sacrifices to avail themselves of the advantages of -an education. Some of these children have to walk three miles to school -and three more in returning to their homes. They come to school in -all varieties of weather, through snow and ice, to say nothing of the -other discomforts to be met with on the rugged roads of the surrounding -district.” - -The Rev. C. G. Giesen, pastor of St. Francis Xavier’s Colored Church, -City of Baltimore, had many difficulties to contend against in the -running of his large parochial school. “Four hundred colored children -receive tuition free. I shall give the amount of expenses and receipts -for 1891.” - - Teachers’ Salaries $1,220.00 - Ground Rent and Taxes 102.80 - Light and Fuel 35.00 - Repairs 196.33 - Interest on debt 35.84 - Books 203.53 - --------- - $1,793.50 - Receipts and Donations 574.28 - --------- - Deficit $1,219.22 - -The Rev. A. B. Leeson, of St. Monica’s Colored Church, writes as follows: -“Next year we shall have to exert all the influence in our power to hold -our school. Within two doors of our school a large public school building -is being erected.” This new public school building will draw pupils away -from the Catholic school unless the latter be made equally efficient in -its work. This means an increase of expenditure. - - -CHARLESTON, S. C. - -The diocese of Charleston has a large negro population out of which -a thousand are counted as Catholics. This is a goodly number, when -we consider the fact, that there are but eight thousand Catholics in -the whole diocese. The Ordinary of the diocese, Bishop Northrop, has -this to say in reference to the Negro Missions: “This poor diocese has -bought and given for the use of the colored people, since the war, the -following property: a church valued at $7,000, a residence at $3,500, -a school-house at $4,500, a chapel at $3,500. This makes a total -expenditure of $18,500. The fathers hitherto in charge of the Negro -Missions, have done their best, I suppose, but the results of their work -are not satisfactory. We have the names of a thousand colored Catholics -on the rolls, but no more than four hundred actually attend church. The -support derived from them is extremely meagre. Notwithstanding this we -have supported two churches, one priest, sometimes two, and kept the -school going with three excellent teachers. I have delayed my report -while trying to secure a successor to the late Rev. Cornelius Hurley, -who died last April. After various unsuccessful efforts, I have made a -contract with the Fathers of the Pious Society of Missions, and expect -two priests in a short while. I hope by next year to be able to report -progress. Father Hurley was sick for a year or more and the mission -suffered very much. The Josephites were unable to give me any assistance, -and just after resigning the mission Father Hurley died. I have kept -the Church and School open since then, not without great inconvenience -and considerable personal expense. After the arrival of the priests, -whose coming I expect, I can give a better outline of my prospects for -the future. I have a building valued at $5,000, situated near the Church -and the School. This I propose to repair and arrange for Sisters devoted -to the Colored work. It will serve as an Academy and Orphanage. These -repairs will cost about a thousand dollars. If I succeed in procuring the -services of Sisters, I expect your generous aid. The Church and School -now call for at least $1,000 for support, the income being only $500. A -new church at the Cross-roads will, I hope, be an event of the future.” - - -CHICAGO, ILL. - -There are 35,000 Negroes in the city of Chicago; of which number about -500 are Catholics. The latter are now permanently organized and form -a parish having for its pastor, the colored priest, Rev. A. Tolton. A -building site has been procured in a good location and Father Tolton -is exerting himself to raise funds for the erection of a church. A -colored school is badly needed and could be made the instrument for the -accomplishing of much good. Father Tolton is sure of the attendance of at -least one hundred Catholic children, while he feels confident that two -or three hundred colored Protestant children would seek admittance. The -colored people in most localities are very partial to parochial schools -conducted by sisters. - - -COVINGTON, KY. - -The diocese of Covington has but few colored Catholics, yet the schools -and charitable institutions founded by Bishop Maes, promise in time -to bear rich fruitage. St. Peter Claver’s school in Lexington has a -membership of 219 pupils; of this number 202 are protestants. The -salutary influence of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, as exerted -over the children intrusted to their keeping, will necessarily tend to -turn the eyes of the parents towards the Church. Besides this school, -there is in the same city, a hospital for colored people under the charge -of the Sisters of Charity. Last year it admitted 142 patients. Another -hospital in Covington cared for 42 patients last year, five of whom were -received into the Church. “Your committee will notice that we have kept -our own,” writes the Bishop of Covington. “Solid results already attained -are the only claims we bring forward to support our application for the -same amount of help as has been given us in the past, and if possible a -greater amount. You will kindly notice, that so far, I have been unable -to contribute a single cent towards the maintenance of the 184 feeble and -sick colored people in our hospitals; and that the same lack of funds -prevents me from taxing the charity of our orphan asylums to a greater -extent than is already done. The prospects for permanent good done to -souls at Lexington, are as bright as ever, as is proved by results, and -will in my opinion assume a brighter aspect every year. I would like to -begin, in Covington itself, to enlarge the sphere of negro work, but -property being expensive and the resources small, I forebear, of least -for this year. The following record of receipts and expenditures will -give some insight into our work and its needs.” - - _Accounts from January 1st, 1890, to December 31st, 1891._ - - 1891. - - Jan. 1. Balance debt of last account $1,305 06 - Sisters’ School, salary 500 00 - Janitor—coal 138 20 - Repairs to school house 56 93 - Salary of Priest 200 00 - Chapel supplies 89 04 - 25 copies of Catholic Tribune 25 00 - --------- - $2,314 23 - Cr. Oct. 13th. By allowance of Committee 2,000 00 - --------- - Dec. 31st. Balance debt 314 23 - - 1892. - - May 1st. Debt to date: - Salary of Teachers, 91 and 92 500 00 - Salary of Priest 75 00 - Salary of Janitor 60 00 - Repairs to School 4 65 - -------- - May 20th. Debt to date $ 953 88 - ======== - Estimate of expenses for 1892-93: - Balance Debt $ 953 88 - School expenses 760 00 - Church expenses and Priest’s salary 450 00 - Help for Hospitals and Orphanage 500 00 - Paris, Lot and New School 1,510 00 - Salary of Teachers 300 00 - --------- - $4,463 88 - - -GALVESTON, TEXAS. - -The diocese of Galveston presents a great field for missionary labor. -Its Negro population, aggregating a quarter of a million, knows almost -nothing of the saving truths of Catholicity. The five hundred colored -Catholics within the limits of the diocese are scattered here and there -and are thus unable, as a body, to possess or exert any influence over -their brethren. A church has been erected for the colored people, two -schools have been opened, an orphanage founded, while two priests have -volunteered their services for the good work. This is a good beginning. -“The laudable work in behalf of the colored people in this diocese -still goes on,” writes Bishop Gallagher, “and with fair success, -notwithstanding the many obstacles to be met with, and the constant -opposition of many ill-disposed toward our Holy Faith, especially the -colored ministers, who in various ways strive to keep the colored people -from our churches, and the colored children from our schools. The white -people, in general, manifest little interest in our efforts to benefit -the colored race; and even Catholics give little aid or encouragement -to this good work. It seems evident, therefore, that the conversion of -the colored people here, under ordinary circumstances, will be a work of -time. The colored Catholics, being mixed with Protestants and surrounded -by them, need a great deal of fortitude to withstand the evil influences -about them. But in time, with the blessing of God, under the protection -of our Blessed Lady of the Rosary, we hope to see the colored people -coming into the true fold in large numbers. I feel sure that earnest -prayer and zealous labor now will bring success later. To carry out the -various projects we propose to realize during the coming year, we shall -need $1,691.73 to pay the debt on Holy Rosary Church, Galveston, and -on St. Nicholas School, Houston. We also need $800 to meet the current -expenses of this Church and School. An addition to this, the priest’s -house attached to this Church is badly needed. This improvement would -cost $1,000. We would like to build a school-house for colored children -at Austin. This building could be built for $1,200. To continue the -work going on and to pay our debts, I request the usual allowance for -Galveston. A short while ago I administered the Sacrament of Confirmation -to seventeen colored people; this indicates about the results of our -efforts here in Galveston in the work of evangelizing the Negroes.” - - -KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. - -The Rt. Rev. L. M. Fink of Kansas City, submits the following -communication touching the mission work in his diocese. It will be found -interesting. - -“The number of colored Catholics has not been notably increased during -the past year. About one-half of the adults baptized since the last -report obtained that grace in _articulo mortis_. Prejudice and ignorance -will, however, be gradually removed, it is hoped, and then the work will -go on more rapidly. Our schools are quite satisfactory, both in point -of attendance and in the progress made by pupils in their studies. The -Guardian Angel Asylum is a very promising institution, and well worthy -of all encouragement. Here colored children, in their tender years, -imbibe the principles and practices of Christianity. Aloof from all -contaminating influences, their dispositions are carefully regulated, -their minds cultivated, in a word, they are wisely prepared to become -faithful Christians and useful members of an enlightened community. The -buildings now occupied are entirely inadequate for the work. Many of -Christ’s little ones must grow up in filth and ignorance and sin, because -they who are otherwise so able and willing to keep them, lack the means -of providing ample accommodations for the helpless and forsaken. One -thousand dollars are needed for the ensuing year to keep up the Sisters’ -schools at Leavenworth and Topeka, make an addition to the Colored Orphan -Asylum at Leavenworth, and furnish part of support to one priest.” - -From a letter of Bishop Fink, accompanying his report to the Commission, -we quote the following: “Last year I felt very much discouraged; this -year I feel more encouraged. We have again a very good school for colored -children at Leavenworth. We have about twenty-five colored boys in our -orphan asylum. The building being too small, we were unable to take in -any girls. In order to give room to those we have, and to take in a few -more, we have to put an addition to our present accommodations. This -will entail an expense of some $500. I do not dare to ask for more than -a thousand— which will leave a small sum at my disposal to support two -schools, the Colored Sisters and give a fractional salary to the priest, -who is almost exclusively engaged in the colored work at Leavenworth. -We have not recuperated from the loss we sustained at Topeka, by the -Oklahoma exodus, about two years ago. Besides adding a sanctuary to the -school-house, separated by folding doors, so as to give the colored -people divine service on some Sunday evenings, nothing more was done, -except to keep up the colored school. If I could have any hope of -getting for once only, an appropriation of $3000, or $4000, I would feel -encouraged to put the Orphan Asylum for colored children on a firmer -basis. For this purpose I would have to secure a site in the country, -with a sufficient piece of land, to train the children to work and make -the institution self-supporting in the course of a few years. My diocese -is poor; it receives the poor from the eastern cities and towns. For -these we try to do the best we can, but they do not become wealthy or -able to give much help even to their own churches and schools, much less -to the Negro cause. Even if they would like to be generous, as many of -them try to be, still they are unable to contribute much. Thus in other -words, I can expect very little, if any, help from my own diocese. We -have a large Negro population in Kansas City, perhaps some 6000 souls, -among whom there are not over one half dozen Catholics. As soon as our -missions become self-sustaining, a beginning can be made here. I have not -a sufficient number of priests at present for the whites, let alone the -means.” - - -LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. - -Bishop Fitzgerald, of Little Rock, feels sanguine of the future success -of Catholic Missionary work in his diocese. “There is at the present -time a somewhat better prospect for conversions than existed last year, -as the colored people begin to see that we mean them good, not harm. The -most flourishing school is at Pine Bluff. Here the usual common-school -branches are taught, together with music, vocal and instrumental. The -girls are taught sewing, domestic work, etc., and the boys, carpentry. -Three Sisters of Charity are employed as teachers; and also an instructor -in carpentry and building. The Hot Springs’ School is also doing well. In -our five schools we have four hundred and fifty pupils enrolled. On the -whole, I feel more encouraged than when I last wrote. We have not as yet -been able to open a school at Little Rock. The colored people here are -superabundantly supplied with schools, public and private. The Colored -Industrial School, although but three years, founded, is a pronounced -success. The attendance is much larger than usual, and promises to reach, -when cotton picking time is over, two hundred and fifty pupils. In a few -years it is hoped that a farm will be procured, and a full course of -trades and farm work gradually developed.” - -“It is desired by the Directors, Teachers and Patrons of the school to -commemorate the great centennial year of 1892, by the erection of a home -for the Sisters of Charity, a little church for the people and a small -house for the pastor. There are 350,000 colored people in Arkansas, -the greater part in the cotton Belt Region, of which Pine Bluff is the -centre, and there is not one Catholic church for colored people in the -whole State. Before the war many of the colored people were Catholics, -but have fallen away from the church through want of that attention, -which the poverty of the diocese could not grant them. A great number -would now gladly return if a proper chance was offered. At present, Mass -is held every Sunday in St. Joseph’s Church for their special benefit. -While they have always been invited to attend the regular services of the -church here and elsewhere in the State, they have, as a rule, refused to -do so, owing to the fear of feeling on the part of the whites, and the -demands of the regular congregation. With the great success of the school -and the sympathy of both colored and white citizens, we feel, that we are -offering a rare opportunity to the charitably disposed. We, therefore, -most earnestly request all friends of the colored people to send us a -donation, large or small, to aid us in this great work. The usual masses -and prayers will be offered for all benefactors.” An interesting history -of this school will be found in last year’s report of “The Negro and -Indian Commission.” - - -LOUISVILLE, KY. - -There are 4003 colored Catholics in the diocese of Louisville. Eight -special schools for colored children are in good running order, with -an enrollment of 680 pupils. These schools are under the direction of -the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, of Loretto and of lay teachers. The -colored Catholics of Louisville have a church of their own, attended by a -regular priest of the Josephite order. Two hundred and four baptisms have -been reported during the last year. - - -MOBILE, ALA. - -According to the late census there are 706,243 colored people in the -diocese of Mobile. About 2,500 of this vast number are Catholics. The -total Catholic population, negroes and whites included, is scarcely -17,000 souls. These figures will give us some slight idea of the -difficulty to be met with on every side in the work of propagating -the faith. Priests, money and moral support are absolutely necessary -to achieve any missionary success. Bishop O’Sullivan has five colored -schools directed by the Sisters of Mercy and by lay teachers. Two hundred -and thirty-five pupils attended them. “These schools do much good. The -attendance would be larger if they were entirely free. In our present -circumstances I think it advisable to exact a small fee for tuition. -People do not always appreciate what they get for nothing. The children -are well instructed in the catechism and make good progress in their -studies. Through the children we hope to lead the parents to the church. -We have at last opened the mission for colored people in Pensacola. -Father Fullerton generously took charge of the work. We have a church -and school combined. It is a frame building, two stories high, 75 feet -by 32 feet. The first story is used for school purposes and the second -as a church. The Sisters of Mercy teach the school. The building was -blessed December 4th, there being large congregations present at the -three services. The church is under the patronage of St. Joseph. I am -more than hopeful for the success of this mission. We need a house for -the Pastor and as the church is yet to be built we have secured a lot -in a fine situation. We receive very few adult converts from among the -colored people. However, the proportion of colored converts is equal -to the number of white converts. Hence, there is no good reason why we -should look on the conversion of the colored people as hopeless; on the -contrary, the outlook is encouraging. If we plant the good seed, our -successors will reap a rich harvest. We must work and wait and pray until -the Lord sends the harvest. The Catholics in the South are so few, that -it is impossible for them to supply missionaries and means to carry on -the work. Help must come from outside. May God bless all who help in this -mission.” - - -NASHVILLE, TENN. - -There is but forty colored Catholics in this diocese. The colored -population numbers 434,320. The contrast is very striking. The diocese -has suffered much on account of the Civil War and the terrible yellow -fever plagues that ravaged the South in 1867, 1873, ’78 and ’79. These -successive plagues carried off twenty priests and many religious, dealing -a blow, from the effects of which the diocese has not as yet been able -to recover. There is one special school for the colored people. It is -located in Memphis and has a membership of 167 pupils. Bishop Rademacher -writes that in regard to this school, Father Moran, of St. Peter’s -Church, informs him that the progress of the pupils is very encouraging. -“Towards the close of the term, however, the ‘Oklahoma fever’ attacked -our colored people and many of those who went out there were the parents -of our children, and of course we lost those children. The tendency -of the colored people to roam about is one of the chief obstacles to -the success of the school. The race trouble in Memphis last Spring had -also an injurious effect. The experience of the last four years has not -been very encouraging. ‘I believe’ says Father Moran, ‘we are removing -prejudice and gradually convincing the colored people that the Church -is honestly trying to do something for them. The children are taught -the catechism and prayers and are making satisfactory progress in them. -But for good and sufficient reason, it has not been deemed prudent to -receive, as yet, any of them into the church.’” - - -NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI. - -In the State of Mississippi the negroes out-number the whites. The -Catholic population of the whole State numbers but 15,000, out of which -1838 are colored. There is perhaps one colored Catholic in every seven -hundred of the population. Five colored schools are kept open with an -average attendance of about two hundred children. These schools are in -charge of religious. Bishop Heslin has a wide field for work. One of his -priests, a very zealous man, is engaged exclusively in Negro Mission -work. This priest, the Rev. A. N. Peters, has just purchased a plot of -ground in a locality easily accessible to the colored people. “This -will entail additional expense,” writes Bishop Heslin, “as almost every -building that is required will have to be built new, and the old place -cannot be disposed of at once. The Rev. Father will have to seek help to -enable him to erect church, school, convent and parsonage and to provide -himself with a means of livelihood.” - - -NATCHITOCHES, LA. - -The colored Catholics of this diocese number 15,000, or about half the -total Catholic population. Bishop Durrier is doing his utmost to extend -the work of Catholic education. The six schools within his diocese have -been founded through aid granted him by the Commission. - -In a letter forwarded to the Commission the bishop writes: “I ask for -the same allocation as that granted me last year, $2000. This year I -did not succeed in doing for Catholic education all that I wished. I -hope to do better the coming year. I have re-opened the school at Bayou -Wallace which we were forced to close last year. The prospects of the -work hardly show a bright spot; yet the work can stand on the principle, -that the salvation of a single soul is worth both any amount of money -and any amount of labor. The work will keep going on. I have no special -observation to submit to the Commission. I simply surmise that in the -fight for the Catholic education of the colored people, the Commission -ought to give the honors of war, even to those who come out from the -battle field badly beaten, provided they ‘never despair of the Republic.’ -The progress we have made is not so encouraging as I had expected. Still, -I believe in trying and trying again.” - -This determination to succeed has the true ring to it; Bishop Durrier’s -motto will always bear him out. “What _ought_ to be done, _must_ and -_shall_ be done.” - - -NEW ORLEANS, LA. - -The diocese of New Orleans still continues to lead in the work of Negro -education. There are 80,000 colored Catholics in the diocese, 36 schools -open to colored children, a large orphan asylum and a home for aged -women. The schools are attended by over 2309 pupils. Two or three extra -schools are opened each year. Archbishop Janssens feels confident of the -future good results to come from his labor, in multiplying these colored -schools. His pithy letter is extremely interesting. - -“This year I notice a decrease in infant baptisms. One year there are -more, another less. An average of a certain number of years would enable -us to draw a conclusion either one way or the other. During the last -year our schools have been increased by four new ones while we note an -increased attendance of 404 pupils. This is a consoling item. There is a -strong desire on the part of both priests and sisters to perform their -full duty towards colored schools. In many of our parishes the priests -are anxious to open schools, but the poverty of the parishes does not -allow it. If we had $20,000 to spend on this item alone, it would not -be adequate, by any means, to present and pressing wants. However, we -are making arrangements to open three schools, two of which will draw -a very large number of pupils, they being situated in parishes largely -made up of colored people. We have two churches especially for colored -people. One of these, at Petite Prairie, has long since existed but I was -not aware of it, until I made a visit there last year. One new Orphan -Asylum is so far finished that we have been able to transfer our orphan -girls there. It has cost $16,747, on which is a debt of $4000. God’s -Providence has visibly assisted us in this work. When the debt is paid, -we will furnish it according to plan, thus entailing a cost of $8000 -more. It is of brick, simple but beautiful style, strongly constructed, -well ventilated, with a capacity for 150 orphans. This Asylum, more -than anything else, has lifted up our colored population in the city. -They feel grateful to the Church for it. At the laying of the corner -stone, the different colored societies paraded and there were about 7000 -colored people in and around the premises, besides many whites. The old -Asylum has been fitted up at an expense of $1200, (no debt) and our aged -colored women have it for a home. It is able to accommodate about fifty -people. The year 1891, has been remarkable in the history of the Church’s -progress in this diocese, both for white and colored Catholics. _Deo -Gratias._ - -“Last September I made a pastoral visit to the chapel at Petite Prairie. -The road leads through swamps and is abominable in bad weather. We -were favored by a clear sky. Thirty colored cavaliers came to meet us, -to conduct us to the chapel, an old store, in a rather dilapidated -condition. The chapel was full to overflowing and the people delighted. -I confirmed sixty-nine colored people. This is an exclusively colored -settlement, most of its inhabitants being free-men before the war. They -are industrious, intelligent and very much devoted to the church and -religion. Here there are about 500 Catholics, but owing to the distance -from the church and the many occupations of the Pastor they have Mass but -once a month on a week-day. I was really surprised to find the children, -when examined, so well instructed in their religion. They are anxious -to have a resident priest, a school and a new church. But where are the -laborers? In another portion of the diocese, at Grossetete Bayou, there -is a somewhat smaller settlement of negroes, who before the war, were -sold in Maryland to Louisiana Protestant Planters. The history of their -trials for religion, their constancy to the faith, would embellish a -page in the history of the Martyrs of the Church. Much is said of the -inconstancy of the negro, but my experience convinces me, that where the -negro has been brought up in the knowledge and practice of religion, -he is as constant as any white Catholic under the circumstances. Bad -training and ignorance degenerate their mind and heart as it does with -the white population. We are trying to raise means to build a church -for that settlement. I regret very much that the Commission has been -obliged to diminish the allocation. Our work is increasing and the funds -diminishing. May the Lord provide some other means.” - - -NEW YORK, N. Y. - -The diocese of New York has 80,000 colored people within its limits. -The vast majority of these dwell on the Bermuda Islands which are under -Archbishop Corrigan’s jurisdiction. In New York City there are 3000 -colored Catholics, with one church devoted to their use. Their spiritual -interests are cared for by two priests of the diocese. Two Benedictine -Fathers are in charge at Nassau. A flourishing “school and home” has -been opened at Rye, N. Y., which is directed by ten Dominican Sisters. -The three schools at Nassau are well spoken of as will be seen by the -following letter. The Sisters of Charity have charge of them. The labor -of these two Sisterhoods in this arduous mission work has been untiring. -The Sisters of Charity have devoted their energies to the colored people -without remuneration, and have been supported by the zeal and generosity -of the Mother House at Mount St. Vincent’s. - -The following interesting letter is from Archbishop Corrigan: - -“I have the pleasure of returning to you the blank form with regard to -the colored Missions. The Rev. Jno. E. Burke, of St. Benedict’s Home, -has given the facts relating to his Mission, and I myself add a few -details regarding the Mission at Nassau, which I visited last month for -the purpose of administering the Sacrament of Confirmation. I found our -Free Schools to be the best on the Island. They are attended by over -200 children, all of them negroes, and nearly all non-catholics. Their -parents are anxious that these children should have the benefit of a -good education, and especially of that training and gentleness which -is imparted by devoted religious teachers. The Sisters who conduct the -schools are popular with all classes of the community. During my stay -at Nassau, I visited the schools several times, in company with other -clergymen, and was a witness to the surprising proficiency of the pupils, -and was present at an exhibition given by the colored children, which was -attended by the most distinguished residents of Nassau. Among them were -Sir Ambrose and Lady Shea, the Colonial Secretary, Captain Jackson and -his wife, the Attorney General and the Chief Justice. They unanimously -expressed themselves as surprised and pleased beyond measure with the -results obtained in so short a time from such unpromising material. Later -on this exhibition was repeated for the parents of the pupils, much to -their delight and gratification. - -“The hope of the future of this Mission is in the schools, and, -therefore, with God’s blessing it is proposed this year to erect another -building, in order to accommodate the large number of applicants, whom -we are now obliged to refuse. During the month of November, 1891, a -kindergarten was opened in Nassau. It is already overcrowded. We propose -to receive young children in this kindergarten, and then gradually lead -them on to the other branches of an ordinary education. Religious -instruction is regularly given, and I assisted one Sunday at the Sunday -School, which was composed almost entirely of non-catholics, who went -there of their own accord, and who answered the catechism in such a way -as might bring a blush to many of our more favored children. - -“Recently a second Benedictine Father sailed for Nassau to assist Rev. -Father Chrysostom, O. S. B., who is in charge of the Mission. On the -whole, I felt very well repaid for the discomforts of the journey by sea -and the distance traveled, (nearly 2400 miles altogether), on witnessing -the results already accomplished. I had the pleasure of confirming 20 -children and adults, all of whom, except one, were colored, and all of -whom except this one, were converts. On Holy Saturday Father Chrysostom -expects to baptize 20 more Neophytes. As the colored Catholics of Nassau -are few and poor, it is impossible for them to contribute to the support -of the Mission, so that for the present it must be carried on as a -labor of christian love and self-sacrifice. There are many hardships -connected with the Mission, particularly in the long summer months when -the thermometer rises to 160 degrees in the sun. There are privations in -the way of obtaining proper food, as the fresh meats and fresh vegetables -must be imported from this city and communication is rare from the -month of May to November. However, the Grace of God enables the good -missionaries and the devoted sisters to endure these difficulties and to -bear them cheerfully for the glory of His name.” - -The New York City Mission carries a large debt on the Home for Destitute -Colored Children, located at Rye. It receives children from other -dioceses. One hundred children are now cared for and educated within its -walls. Father Burke who is at its head asks the Commission for $1500. -Besides this, the building of a new school at Nassau is deemed necessary, -thus calling for an outlay of about $2000. The prospects for future good -in this diocese look encouraging. - - -NORTH CAROLINA. - -Bishop Haid has many unfavorable conditions to encounter in his large -vicariate. The Catholics both white and colored are few and scattered. -Every step he would make in the right direction is hampered by the -poverty of the diocese. We give his letter to the Negro and Indian -Commission: “The Colored Missions in North Carolina, have made some -progress, but not such as I could have wished. With the means at our -disposal, we should perhaps not expect too much. St. Charles’ Church at -Newbern, is finished. Rev. M. Haw has Divine Service there every Sunday -for the colored People. He seems greatly interested in the work, and -has a considerable class ready for Confirmation. The Sisters of Mercy -teach the colored school and have from 88 to 100 pupils enrolled. At -Wilmington the colored Catholics attend St. Thomas’ Church and are very -regular. The Sisters of Mercy teach the school which numbers about 100 -pupils. This year we may increase our school room. St. Benedict’s colored -church, near the Abbey, is under the charge of good Father Melchior, who -exerts himself to the utmost. The school connected with this church was -taught by a lay teacher last year. This year the Sisters of Mercy from -the Sacred Heart Academy will take charge of it. Until I procure more -priests, or better, until I procure priests ready to devote themselves -altogether to the colored people, little more can be done than what we -are now trying to do. If some community of Sisters would establish a -house for the old and infirm in some large town, I believe they could -do a world of good; as the older people are more thoughtful, they would -gladly open their hearts to our Holy Faith on beholding Faith practised -in Charity. I trust you will continue your generous aid to the colored -people of North Carolina.” - - -PHILADELPHIA, PA. - -In last year’s report a full account was given of the purchase and -opening of a church for colored Catholics in Philadelphia. “From the -results attained since then” writes the Rev. Jas. Nolan, “there is -every reason to believe that the colored Mission in Philadelphia will -eventually prove a success. Nothing could be more encouraging than -the large number of young men and women who have, within the last -year returned to the practice of their religion. For years they had -strayed away; they had but rarely attended church and were never known -to approach the sacraments. Now they approach the sacraments and are -ardently attached to their church. I have no doubt that each succeeding -year may bring many more to follow their example. - -“Lack of funds, unfortunately is a great drawback to the mission, -there is still a debt of $10,000 on the church, the interest payable -half-yearly. Moreover, we have other heavy expenses for schools, light, -heat, water, etc. These matters often prevent us from paying as much -attention to the spiritual side of the work as is really necessary. The -schools are well attended and through them we hope to reap in due time an -abundant harvest. I earnestly hope your venerable Commission will give me -this year a substantial subsidy to enable me to realize at least some of -the great good that can be done among so large a population of colored -people.” - -Sister Agnes Mary, superioress of the Convent of Notre Dame, writes of -the colored school for girls, as follows: - -“In sending in our claim for a share in the annual distribution in favor -of colored schools, we present the Committee with a report of the Girl’s -colored school under our care at Ninth and Pine Sts. The school opened in -September last with an attendance of 68; but owing to sickness and other -causes, the number was decreased by 10 or 12, so that at the close of the -school, June 23, there were about 56 present. One-half are Catholics. We -have had the consolation of seeing many who had been negligent in the -discharge of their religious duties, resume their former fervor, and -become monthly communicants. The pupils have given general satisfaction. -One convert has been received into the church. As many Catholic children -are drawn to public schools by the inducement of books free of charge, we -are obliged to use the same bait, and furnish them with sewing material, -books and other school requisites.” The boy’s school is conducted in the -basement of the church, (St. Peter Claver’s) by Brothers of the Society -of the Holy Ghost. This school has an average attendance of 80 pupils. - - -PITTSBURGH, PA. - -The spiritual interests of the colored Catholics of Pittsburgh are looked -after by the Rev. John Griffin, C. S. Sp., who resides at Holy Ghost -College in that city. A church was erected last year, in the basement -of which a school has been opened, conducted by two Sisters of Mercy. -Its average attendance is about fifty pupils. “We greatly need pecuniary -support” writes Father Griffin “in order to pay off the debt still -due on our parochial property. There is no pastoral residence near the -church, and this for want of means to purchase one. The priest attending -the colored church, has to reside at a considerable distance from it. -The good effected, though perhaps not so rapid and consoling as might -be found in other kinds of charitable enterprises, is still real and -substantial. We hope that those who have power, influence and means, will -extend a kindly, helping hand to the poor priest, to whose lot it has -fallen to take upon his weak shoulders this difficult, uphill work.” - - -RICHMOND, VA. - -In this diocese live 700,000 negroes. Out of this number 700 are classed -as Catholics. One Catholic in every 1000. This is certainly a good field -for zealous missionaries. One priest only is engaged in the colored -work. Six schools are in operation with an enrollment of about four -hundred pupils. The Sisters of St. Francis and the Sisters of the Holy -Cross have charge of them. Rev. P. J. Oud, a Josephite father, writes to -the Commission as follows: “During the coming year we hope to open new -missions. Several localities are clamoring for schools, but we have not -the means. In the past, as well as now, we are mainly depending upon the -money, kindly granted us by the Commission for the distribution of the -Negro and Indian fund.” - - -SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. - -A letter from Rev. R. J. Molony about the work being done among the -Negroes of this diocese has already been cited. - - -SAVANNAH, GA. - -Nearly one-half of the population of this diocese are colored. There are -1000 colored Catholics out of the total number of 20,000 Catholics to be -found in the State. The colored people have five Catholic schools open to -them, and one church in Savannah which is regularly attended by a priest. -“It seems to me” writes Bishop Becker, “that the colored people need to -be taught less in schools, and a great deal more in individual work. -They have a notion that the sovereign panacea for all their woes is to -be able to read and write a little, and learn something of figures. They -believe that such knowledge would somehow keep them from being obliged to -work. The orphan Asylum for colored children is wholly dependent on our -help, except for what the girls may get for working. I would gladly do -all in my power to aid the colored people suitably. It is my well founded -belief, that without an ‘Industrial School’ under some Brothers, like the -Xavieran for instance, very little permanent good can be effected. With -utterly inadequate means we are doing what we can.” - - -ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. - -The Rt. Rev. Bishop Moore, of St. Augustine, presents his views on the -condition of Negro Mission work in his diocese, in an interesting letter -which we give in full.— “This month one year ago the convent and school -of the Sisters of St. Joseph, in Jacksonville, were burned and have not -since been rebuilt. I should like to rebuild a school for the colored -children at a cost of about $500. This would suit very well until the -Sisters are able to rebuild their convent. In Tampa the Jesuits are -desirous of establishing a colored school and I should like to give them -$500 for that object. The $7700 I have heretofore received has paid -for the block of ground which I have secured for school, church and -presbytery for the colored people. Over $400 are left over to go towards -the building. As I would have that building to serve for a school, a -hall for meetings, and perhaps for a church temporarily, I believe I -should not erect one that would cost less than three or four thousand -dollars. Hence, I propose to wait until I shall have a sum approximating -that amount before I undertake to build; and I would express the hope of -receiving a generous contribution from the collection this year. Although -I feel much discouraged by the accounts I hear of the partial failure of -separate churches for the colored people in other parts of the South, I -am determined to make the experiment in St. Augustine this year; but I -desire to make it after my own idea— I desire to have for the colored -Catholics the best and most attractive church in the place, one of which -they will be proud. I desire to have it so situated that the grounds will -allow of public processions on Palm Sunday, Corpus Christi and other -festivals of the church. I hope in that way to retain the Catholics we -have and to win over others.” - - -WILMINGTON, DEL. - -The Rev. J. A. de Ruyter, a zealous Josephite Father who has accomplished -much good in Wilmington writes: “By advice of the Rt. Rev. A. A. Curtis -and very Rev. J. R. Slattery, an asylum for negro orphan boys has just -been opened. For this purpose I have given up the priest’s house. Next to -it we have a plot of ground on which to build. This is the only exclusive -boys’ orphan asylum for Catholic negroes. Orphan boys from all dioceses -will be admitted. We need much help to supply this long-felt great want. -A plot of ground at Cape Charles City, donated to me by a protestant -gentleman, needs a little chapel and school combined. We have no means to -carry out this desire. Chestertown, Md. and Elkton, Md., need the same. -We are ready and anxious to carry out the mission work, but we have no -means to do it. I request an allowance of $3000 this year. This sum is -badly needed.” - - - - -II. THE INDIAN MISSION WORK. - - - -------------+-----------+---------+---------+--------+-----------------+ - | Indian |Catholic | | | Baptisms. | - DIOCESE. |Population.| Indians.|Churches.|Priests.|Children.|Adults.| - -------------+-----------+---------+---------+--------+---------+-------+ - Arizona | | 450 | 1 | 3 | | | - Brownsville |[4]40,000 | | 30 | 16 | | | - Cheyenne | 15,000 | | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | | | | | | | - Duluth | 12,000 | 4,000 | 3 | 7 | | | - | | | | | | | - Fort Wayne | | 84 | | | 6 | | - Grand Rapids | | 2,500 | 7 | 6 | 73 | 2 | - | | | | | | | - Green Bay | 3,500 | 1,300 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 29 | - Helena | 12,000 | 6,000 | 12 | 16 | 450 | | - | | | | | | | - Idaho | 4,000 | 1,100 | 4 | 6 | 55 | 9 | - Indian Ter. | 96,640 | 3,000 | 6 | 7 | | | - | | | | | | | - La Crosse | 3,500 | 1,800 | 9 | 3 | 118 | 8 | - | | | | | | | - Marquette | 5,000 | 2,800 | 5 | 2 | 84 | 17 | - Natchez | | 400 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 19 | - Nesqually | 18,000 | 6,000 | 17 | 7 | | | - | | | | | | | - Oregon City | 2,500 | 1,800 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 22 | - | | | | | | | - Sioux Falls | 25,590 | 5,400 | 10 | 13 | 412 | 339 | - | | | | | | | - Santa Fé | 25,000 | 8,000 | 18 | 3 | 403 | 22 | - San Francisco| 1,500 | 800 | 2 | 2 | | | - Vancouver I. | 35,000 | 4,000 | 14 | 14 | | | - -------------+-----------+---------+---------+--------+---------+-------+ - | 285,730 | 49,434 | 146 | 113 | 1,729 | 469 | - -------------+-----------+---------+---------+--------+---------+-------+ - - [4] Largely Mexican Half-Breeds. - - -------------+--------+-------+-------------------+---------------------- - | | | | - DIOCESE. |Schools.|Pupils.| Sisterhoods. | Religious. - -------------+--------+-------+-------------------+---------------------- - Arizona | 1 | 40 | St. Joseph. | - Brownsville | 5 | 600 | Oblates of Mary. | - Cheyenne | 1 | 111 | St. Joseph. |{ Jesuit. - | | | |{ Benedict. - Duluth | 1 | | |{ Jesuit. - | | | |{ Franciscan. - Fort Wayne | 1 | 84 | | C. P. P. S. - Grand Rapids | 3 | 243 |{ St. Francis. | St. Francis. - | | |{ Notre Dame. | - Green Bay | 1 | 176 | St. Joseph. | St. Francis. - Helena | 13 | 930 |{ Charity. | Jesuits. - | | |{ Ursulines. | - Idaho | 3 | 130 | Providence. | Jesuits. - Indian Ter. | 6 | 265 |{ Mercy. | St. Francis. - | | |{ St. Francis. | - La Crosse | 4 | 316 |{ Perp. Adoration. | St. Francis. - | | |{ St. Francis. | - Marquette | 1 | 56 | St. Joseph. | Jesuits. - Natchez | 1 | 48 | Mercy. | - Nesqually | 6 | 435 |{ Providence. | Jesuits. - | | |{ St. Francis. | - Oregon City | 2 | 191 |{ St. Benedict. | Jesuits. - | | |{ St. Francis. | - Sioux Falls | 12 | 938 | St. Benedict. |{ Jesuits. - | | | |{ Benedict. - Santa Fé | 11 | 433 | St. Loretto. | - San Francisco| 4 | 70 | | Franciscans. - Vancouver I. | 7 | | St. Anne. | - -------------+--------+-------+-------------------+---------------------- - | 82 | 5,066 | | - -------------+--------+-------+-------------------+---------------------- - - -ARIZONA. - -The following communication is from the Rt. Rev. Bishop P. Bourgade, -of Arizona. “The Indian work here is so limited and so uncertain that -the prospects for the future are not very bright. The protestant and -government schools are getting control of most of the Indians. The -work of propagating the faith would require money, and missionaries to -consecrate themselves to the work— I have very little money, and very -little time to give to the Indian work. I have besides, no missionaries -to spare. The few attempts that I have made to induce Religious to come -to Arizona to work for the Indians, have failed.” - - -BROWNSVILLE. - -Bishop Verdaguer makes this touching appeal. “For two years we have not -raised any crops and for the past six months we have experienced the most -severe drought ever known here. Two-thirds of our priests cannot support -themselves. Oh! please do for us what you can. Remember, that along the -Rio Grande there are 20,000 Mexican Indians actually starving— living -on dying cattle and boiled prickly pear leaves. Most all the horses and -cattle have disappeared. There is no grass, and has been no crop for -two years. If you do not help us I know not what we can do. Remember, -that out of hundreds of half-breeds that attend schools not one child -pays anything. Remember, that many of our priests have not received $100 -during the past year. Please help us. We need five chapels. These five -could be built for $2000. Twelve priests have to be helped on account of -the drought and the misery to be met with on every side. $150 for each -of these would amount to $1800. The Sisters ought to receive something -for the half-breed children taught gratuitously by them. An allowance -of $4.00 for the yearly tuition and books for each of these children -would call for about $1500. The Bishop himself has no resources, still -he must visit his vicariate. There is no house for him except a little -shanty with two poor rooms. Five chapels are badly needed. The people -for whom they are designed are exceedingly poor and are totally unable -to contribute towards their erection. If each one of these chapels were -50 by 30 feet we could have them erected at a cost of $400 apiece. $2000 -would suffice to build them.” - - -DULUTH, MINN. - -In this diocese there are 4,000 Catholic Indians, three churches and one -school for the Indians, and four priests attending the missions. These -four priests represent the Jesuit, Benedictine and Franciscan orders. - - -FORT WAYNE. - -There is a large Indian Normal School, situated in Rensselaer, in -the diocese of Fort Wayne. The school is under the direction of the -Congregation of the Holy Ghost and has an attendance of 81 young men. -Four of these are being educated for the priesthood. “If you could pay -the tuition of the four students,” writes Rev. A. Geitl, the President -of the school, “namely, $40 a year for each, we would esteem it a great -favor. We will supply everything else in the way of books, board and -clothing. I have tried everywhere to get a little help for these four -young men.” - - -GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. - -There are 2500 Catholic Indians in the State of Michigan. Two Regular -priests, who attend seven churches, look after their spiritual needs. -The Catholic Indian Schools, three in number, have 243 pupils enrolled. -“We need $2000,” writes Bishop Richter “to pay teachers’ salaries at -Elbridge, Cross Village and Eagletown, to contribute towards the support -of the missionaries, and also to assist in the building of a church at -Harbor Springs.” The Indians of this diocese dwell in nine villages the -most prominent of which is Harbor Springs. This latter place needs a new -church. The church erected by the late Father Piery in 1842 is in a bad -condition and is fast going to ruin. It is, moreover, too small, being -hardly large enough to hold the children of the parish. The Indians as -well as the white Catholics of the vicinity are poor, and help from -outside sources is urgently demanded. There is a large Indian Boarding -School in this village attended by 130 boarding pupils and 30 day -scholars. These pupils, come from all the villages save Elbridge. This -school, in the opinion of its director, the Rev. S. Altmicks, needs to -be enlarged, to accommodate children who at present are unable to attend -it through want of sufficient room. A tribe of Ottawa Indians are within -the limits of the diocese and have passed through various vicissitudes -of fortune. The Official Government Report on Indian Affairs, for 1891, -has this to say of them. “A great mistake was made by the Government, -when the allotment was made, in giving to the (above) Indians titles for -their land without any restriction as to their right to sell. As soon as -the allotments were made, land sharks went among the Indians and bought -their lands for trivial sums, or loaned them small sums of money at high -rates of interest secured by mortgage, on short time, and then foreclosed -as soon as the law would permit them to do so.” In 1888, through the -zealous labors of Father Altmicks the condition of affairs was brought -before the Government, and a contract was given for the support of the -schools at Harbor Springs. “There is very little hope for the prosperity -of the Indians of the United States, in this world,” writes Father -Altmicks, “notwithstanding the good will of some noble, honest and well -meaning statesmen. But one thing I know, in the next world there will be -a number of our poor Indians— while of our “civilized” people, hundreds -of thousands will be cast out.” - - -GREEN BAY, WIS. - -Out of 3500 Indians in this diocese 1300 are classed as Catholics. They -are all located on the Menominee Reservation. Two Franciscan Fathers -are exclusively engaged in missionary work among them. There is a -large Industrial School on the Reservation under the direction of five -Franciscan lay Brothers and eight Sisters of St. Joseph. “A total amount -of $7,500 is needed for carrying on the work of the mission,” writes -the Rev. J. A. Selbach. “As reported last year, our school suffered a -loss by fire amounting to nearly $20,000. The building has been rebuilt, -its re-erection and equipment running the missionaries into heavy debt. -Besides, a new church was sorely needed at Little Oconto and has been -built at great expense on the part of the Franciscan Fathers, as yet it -is not completed. A very necessary work is the building of a new church -at Kinepowa, calculated to be finished during the coming summer, if the -necessary means can be gotten for the same. The two old buildings wherein -divine service has been held so far, are in ruinous condition, and so -small that not more than half the respective congregations can find room -therein during divine service. They have to attend outside, the doors -being left open. It is needless to add how hard and difficult this is -for the poor people, to be thus exposed to the inclemency of the weather -especially during the long winter season. As for the Oneida Reservation, -there is a little frame church which has to be brick-veneered. An -addition ought to be built to this church and also a school house -constructed, at least, in course of time. The Government does not help -in the least; on the contrary, these (Oneidas) Indians having been -Protestants before, made all difficulties possible. The Rector of Freedom -Congregation, heretofore attending to the Oneida Mission, is hardly able -to do so any longer, as his congregation claims all his time, and he is -certainly unable to do full justice to the enterprise of converting many -more Oneidas. Wherefore it is absolutely necessary that a priest be given -to the Oneidas, having care of them alone. Such a priest would, without -the least doubt, convert many, for the Oneida Indians are favorably -impressed with the Catholic Religion.” - - -HELENA, MONT. - -There are twelve churches for Indians in this diocese, and sixteen Indian -Schools with 930 pupils enrolled. The Ursulines have a mother-house -located in the diocese as well as a novitiate. They devote themselves -entirely to the education of the Indians of the different missions. -“I will be called upon to pay for the debt of the Indian school and -novitiate and mother-house of the Ursulines” writes Bishop Brondel. -“These nuns were living for seven years in small log cabins and now -they have a decent building considerably in debt. Two or three thousand -dollars would help considerably.” - - -IDAHO. - -Eleven hundred Catholic Indians are to be found in Idaho, four churches -and three boarding schools have been erected for them. “Our Indian -Missions continue to be prosperous” writes Bishop Glorieux. “Last June -I visited the Coeur d’Alénes, at De Smet, the Nez Percés, at Lapnai and -the Kootenais, near Bonner’s Ferry, in the northern part. The magnificent -reception they gave me as well as their piety, showed that their faith -is still lively. All the Coeur d’Alénes and the Kootenais are practical -Catholics. About one-fifth of the Nez Percés, viz., 300 are Catholics, -nearly all of whom are practical ones. Many of the Shoshones and Bannocks -in the south-eastern part of Idaho were baptized about twenty-five years -ago, but owing to the Government policy, the missionaries could not -visit them for a long time, and consequently, they have given up their -religion. The Lemhis in the eastern part have never been visited, to -my knowledge. They number nearly 500. Lack of priests and funds is the -principal cause of this neglect. I hope that in a short time I will be -able to do something for them.” - - -INDIAN TERRITORY. - -The Indian Territory is a great Indian centre, there being no less than -96,640 Indians within its borders. Of this great number but 3000 are -Catholics. These Catholic Indians have six churches which are regularly -attended by six Benedictine Fathers, of the Sacred Heart, and one -secular priest. There are five Catholic Indian boarding schools in the -Territory with an enrolment of 262 pupils. “A school should be built in -the Gwokow nation” writes Bishop Meerschaert, “for that nation and other -small tribes around. A church there is an absolute necessity. Another -school should be built in the Creek nation. We will try a day school in -Muscogee where we can build and be able to have sisters. The trouble is -that day schools with our Indians are impossibilities. We have to clothe -the children, board them and teach them. When our schools are built, -if we could have all the children we could accommodate it would be all -right, but the Morgan system is there to destroy all. He has been a -perfect scourge for our Indians— refusing contracts, diminishing them, -building other Government schools at the expense of the Indians, where -Catholic schools already existed, and this in order to destroy and ruin -them. The Priest of Muscogee Creek Nation attempts to visit nineteen -places. He writes that two priests more are needed there and they must be -supported, as no help comes from the Indians. I will try to get priests -to work for that mission and for many others among the whites in the -Oklahoma Territory. These I will have to procure in Europe, as I cannot -find them here. Hence, more expense. This country is being populated -rapidly. Everywhere new settlements are springing up and towns and cities -are developing. These towns and cities are anxious to have churches and -schools. As yet there is little money and most is expected from the -priest. Protestant associations are building handsome churches everywhere -and keeping our work back where we cannot build. Notwithstanding our -poverty several new churches have been built this year, thanks to the -great efforts and self-sacrifice of the priests on the Missions. Their -mass intentions and every cent they can get go to the good work. They -live very poorly in order to be able to do the work. They are indeed hard -workers and good, pious and zealous priests. The Propagation allowance is -$2,897.72. About $3000 below the sum given to me in former years. As the -funds of last year were exhausted before my arrival, except $450, I had -to use most of the present years’ allowance for the improvements and work -of the vicariate. As regards the Indian work; I have opened a new mission -among the Creeks, the Guokows and other surrounding tribes. I have to -build a church and school for the Guokows, and must help the Creek nation -to do the same. I hope the Commission will help us in our poverty, for -the money will be well spent in this large territory, the home of nearly -100,000 Indians, and will do a great deal of good. I beg God that I may -find self-sacrificing priests and means to do our work. Much good might -be done here in a short time if priests and sufficient means could be -had. All the priests in charge of the missions work most faithfully and -cheerfully, notwithstanding all manner of hardships. I enclose a check -for $52.90, the full amount of the collection taken up for Negroes and -Indians. The amount is small, but it is the first collection ever taken -up for that purpose, I think. And as it is an expression of the good will -of our poor people, may our dear Lord accept their good will and give -them an abundance out of which to contribute in the years to come. We -cannot expect all the means actually needed here in a new country like -this, where everything is wanting and resources few— yet with a little, -much can be done.” - - -LA CROSSE, WIS. - -There are 1800 Catholic Indians in this diocese out of an Indian -population of 3500. These Catholic Indians have nine churches visited -regularly by three priests of the Order of St. Francis. Four large -schools, attended by 316 Indian children are in good running order, -under the direction of Franciscan Sisters. These schools were materially -assisted by last years allocation. - - -MARQUETTE. - -About 2700 Catholic Indians dwell in this diocese, over half of the -resident Indian population. They have five churches and one school. The -churches are visited by two Jesuit Fathers and the school is conducted -by the Sisters of St. Joseph. The Missions and the priests attending -them were helped by the Negro and Indian Commission at the last yearly -distribution. - - -NATCHEZ, MISS. - -Bishop Heslin, of Natchez, has four hundred Catholic Indians in his -diocese. They have one church and one school. “The number of Catholic -Indians in Neshoba Co., has now increased to 335, a considerable gain -over last year. Rev. B. J. Bekkers, with money lately collected from -friends in Holland, has made a further purchase of some 600 acres to -be portioned out among the Indians according to necessity. He reports -the Indians are very much distressed in consequence of the low prices -obtained for their crops, which were chiefly cotton. He cannot tell how -they will be able to tide over the time lapsing before the new crops. The -poor people have no credit, and they are now left dependent on Divine -Providence. I must confess that I am comparatively ignorant of the other -Indian Colony situated back of the coast; but I expect before long to -get better acquainted with them, and to be able to give a more accurate -account of them. A great deal has been said about the efforts made, and -the aid given by the Indian Bureau and by Mother Catherine Drexel, -in behalf of the Indians, but we have as yet seen nothing of them in -Mississippi.” - - -NESQUALLY. - -This diocese has quite a large Indian population, there being no less -than 18,000 within its limits. About 6,000 of these are Catholics. -Seven Jesuit Fathers are here engaged in Indian missionary work while -three diocesan priests visit the missions when opportunity affords. -There are seventeen churches exclusively for the Indians, while four -schools conducted by the Sisters of Providence look to the instruction -of the Indian children. “We could have a great many more children at -school,” writes Bishop Junger. “About three weeks ago eighteen children -were brought to Yakima to go to school, but they were not received as -there is no room there, and besides the Sisters of Providence have a -great number above their contract. The same may be said in regard to -the school at Blanket and Puyallup. Then there are several tribes which -would willingly accept the teachings of the Church, but missionaries and -priests are wanting. In my last report I mentioned that the diocese of -Nesqually does not receive an allocation in proportion to other dioceses, -concerning schools, missionaries and churches. I would not reiterate this -remark, and it is against my feelings that I do it again; but I think my -conscience obliges me to do so. Neither do I begrudge the other dioceses -what they receive. In the pamphlet, ‘Mission Work among the Negroes and -Indians,’ which was sent me a short time ago, I see on page 21, under the -heading ‘Indian Mission Work,’ that Nesqually is not fairly represented -in regard to priests and pupils, and especially in regard to the latter. -There are only 150 pupils mentioned, whilst if you count them up in my -report you will find nearly 400, and this year there are about 450.” - - -OREGON CITY. - -Two thousand, five hundred Indians dwell in this diocese. Eighteen -hundred of them are Catholics. Two priests attend the two churches -erected for the Catholic Indians. The two Indian schools, one of which is -taught by the Benedictine Sisters, report an enrollment of 191 pupils. -“Besides the current expenses,” writes Archbishop Gross, “I should like -about two or three hundred dollars to erect a modest chapel on the site -selected by me recently at the Silety reservation. I should also like -some additional donations for the Franciscan Sisters for their school -at the Umatilla reservation. In giving my report, I must state that the -Klamath Indians are large in numbers, and many of them are Catholics. -The reservation is in the hands of Methodists. I made an ineffectual -attempt to visit them some time ago. The next dry season I shall go again -and preach there, whether the government agent likes it or not. I shall -the next time not allow myself to be kept off the reservation. There is -a government school for the Indians near Salem, but so far completely -in the hands of the Protestants. I paid a most interesting visit to the -Silety. These poor Indians had been handed over to the Methodists by -General Grant, and the Catholic priests were ordered to remain away from -the Silety reservation. I went there uninvited this summer and spent -quite a time among them. I was astonished to see how many had preserved -the faith. Nearly all of them came to confession. I administered -Confirmation to a large number. I am not quite sure as to the number -of Indians in this diocese. For fear of exaggerating, I have placed in -my report a total, which I believe to be in reality less than the true -number.” - - -ST. CLOUD. - -We present an interesting letter from the Mother Superior of the Sacred -Heart Industrial School, at Morris, Minn. “I would have replied long -since in answer to your kind letter, but I met with a very severe -accident, a dislocation of my right shoulder, and I am not well yet. I -can use only my thumb and first finger. God grant that I may get the use -of the others, for it is a great loss to the poor children that I cannot -work. I am anxiously looking forward to September, and I trust what our -good Bishop Zardetti asked for us will be granted. Having lost all our -crops by hail and having had to build an addition to our building by -order of the Government, or lose our children; we are greatly in need. -We had to mortgage cattle, sheep and horses. Had I not promised to pay -in September we would have lost all. What we get from the Government, -$9 per month for the support, clothing, teaching and travelling -expenses of each pupil, falls far short of the actual expense. For this -reason we try to raise all we can. If we secure what we expect all our -difficulties will be over in regard to the Industrial School, as it will -be self-supporting. We are teaching the girls all kinds of work. They -make their own clothes as well as those of the boys. They knit, spin and -weave. We are now teaching them to do store work; so that if any remain -with us off the reservation they will be able to support themselves. -We are aiming at the plan of the Industrial School at our convent in -Brooklyn, which I organized some years ago. If we can induce the parents -of the children to let the latter remain with us when their schooling is -finished, it will be, in our opinion, the best method of civilizing them. -Oh, if we could but have help, how much good we could do for the glory of -God and the salvation of these dear souls!... We are praying God to help -us now in our struggles and if the Commission will grant what is asked -this year, we will not apply again. We are insuring our crops this year -for fear of hail and storms.” - -Bishop Zardetti, of St. Cloud, endorses the foregoing letter in these -words, “I remit to you the enclosed petition, endorsing it from my heart. -The Sisters in Morris who are very poor, do much for the Indians in their -care, and are, I think, entitled to a subsidy from the Negro and Indian -Commission.” - - -SANTA FÉ. - -Archbishop Salpointe has 8,000 Catholic Indians in his diocese. The total -Indian population aggregates 25,000. There are 18 churches and 11 schools -in the diocese exclusively for Indians. These schools have an enrollment -of 433 pupils. Three priests devote nearly their whole time to Indian -missionary work. “We intend to carry out our school work on a better -plan,” writes the Most Rev. Archbishop. “The agents of Commissioner -Morgan are doing all in their power to ruin our schools and to pervert -our poor Catholic Indians, by means fair and foul. Their efforts are -especially directed against the faith and Catholic allegiance of the -Pueblos. If we could maintain our schools and especially if we had the -necessary means to maintain two more missionaries to attend the Pueblos -of Santa Jamingo, Saguna, Acoma and Zuni, we could arrive at splendid -results, because those Indians are better affected now towards the -Church, than they have been in years past. Moreover the several thousand -Navajoes (the tribe numbers over 20,000, most of whom reside in this -archdiocese,) are in sad need of missionaries, since the Gospel has never -been preached to them. They need schools, as we have absolutely none for -them. They are intelligent, and doubtless, many of them would be won over -easily to Catholicity.” Bishop Chapelle of the same diocese writes “I -trust that the amount asked for in the names of the Most Rev. Archbishop -and my own, will be allowed us. Our Indians are very poor indeed and -the resources of the archdiocese, I may say, are _nil_, for the work of -evangelizing these poor people.” - - -SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. - -This diocese contains 1500 Indians, 800 of whom are Catholics. There are -two Churches and four schools for these Catholic Indians. Both schools -and churches are in charge of the Franciscans. - - -SIOUX FALLS, S. D. - -There is a large Indian population in the two Dakotas. In the diocese of -Sioux Falls there are over 25,000. Of these, 5,400 are members of the -church. Ten churches are open to them. These are under the charge of -seven Benedictine and six Jesuit Fathers. The schools, twelve in number, -with an enrollment of 938 pupils, are directed by the above mentioned -fathers. “The year has been a most prosperous one,” writes Bishop Marty, -“both in conversions and in the formation of new Catholic centres -among the Sioux. Especially at the Standing Rock, Cheyenne and Rosebud -Agencies. A beautiful new church and parochial residence has been built -at Cheyenne Agency, and was dedicated, July 3rd, on the occasion of the -Catholic Congress. On the 19th the church was blown down and the house -partly destroyed by a cyclone. Only 50 per cent. of the lumber can be -used again for building. Five petitions were presented for new churches -on the different reservations. Each of these churches would cost one -thousand dollars, as building material, as well as labor, is dear at a -distance of fifty miles from railroad or river. There is no building -material on the prairie. I also have to maintain the missionaries at -Grand River and Cheyenne.” - - -VANCOUVER ISLAND, ALASKA MISSIONS. - -There are about 35,000 Indians on Vancouver Island and in Alaska. Only -4000 of these are Catholics. These Indians have thirteen churches and -seven schools open to them. Some idea may be had of the extent of the -territory within which the Indian Missions are comprised, when we reflect -on the vast area, (593,000 square miles) which is included within its -limits. Fourteen zealous priests are here engaged in missionary work. -According to Bishop Lemmens the prospects for the future are bright. “We -have good hopes that all the Indians on the West Coast will ultimately -be Catholics; the majority are so now. The Missions on the Yukon River -and in the south-west of Alaska are very successful. In all this diocese -there are only four churches, in which it is possible to take up a -regular Sunday collection. The Cathedral is the only church which brings -in any pew rent. All the churches, except four, have to be entirely -supported from the general funds of the diocese.” - -With the Alaska missions of the diocese of Vancouver Island we bring our -report to a close. The foregoing reports from the Bishops of the South -and Northwest speak louder than comment on them. The Negroes and Indians -stand in need of priests, of churches and of schools. Much good could be -done among them if the men and the means were available. A rich field -is here open to zealous missionaries, and to the charitably disposed. -Let all praise be meted out to the noble few, both priests and sisters, -who have consented to consecrate their lives to this laudable work. 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