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Show prop ration of th faith, but sine, tho trouble tn that ' country tho United States had taken up the work and eo tnr it had been very successful. It la expected that more than 160.000 win be collected for tb work thia year. Tbe amount haa increaaed In three yea re from $3000. The aocleiy now haa 8300 member In .thia city. , - Mrr. Mooner declared It was "the duty of Columbia, the youngest of the church's children," to take up tbe work the older country had laid down, and he eowrratu-la eowrratu-la ted the society on the splendid showlna that had been made. , AMERICA LEADS IN CATHOLIC GROWTH . r i CHICAGO. Jan. 1. Never In its hie- tofy. perhaps. I.a Pt Tatrlck a cathedral been eo ciwwded a? it was at the celebration cele-bration of the Kea?: of St. Francis Xavier by the patron of t::e Society for the Propagation Pro-pagation of the Fai;:.. Fully 5000 were present Archbishop Farlev presided at Pontifical Pontifi-cal vespers. The Ric.'t Rev. Mgr. Joseph F. Mooney presihe.l Father Iavelle read a telegram from Mgr Merrv- del Val conveying con-veying the papal benediction on those present. It was explained that the church ln i Frame had alwas taken the lead in the |