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
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$67,897 35
_Balance transferred to a/c for 1893_ 498 32
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$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.
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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