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Show FATHER DOYLE'S APOSTOLIC WORK .- i Assigned as Head of Panlist House at Wash- j Ington--To Train Priests for Non- j Catholic Missions. 'i (.'Cv York X'w.) :; Rev. Alexander 1. Dovle. tho 'eminent ,Paulit, H to leave .New York, where he has been stationed J". I for many years. U become rector of tin; Apoftoliu I Mission hou.-o at the Catholic univt .vity, Wa.-h-J. I ington, D. C. Father Doyle is one of tin: be-!- - I known priest-; in the country. lie has conducted missions in all parts of the country and ha- doiM 4 ; a great amount of literary work as well, lie is- the editor of the Catholic World, a literary inagn- J zinc issued by the Paulists, and also conducts tho monthly called the Missionary, which gives iufor-, mation of the work of missions to non-Catholic?,, which is given under the direction of the Catholic;-Missionary Catholic;-Missionary I'nion, of which Father Doyle is secrc- j tary-treasurer. Only on Friday night last Father j Doyle was made the second honorary member of j the California Society of Xew York, an honor con- ferred only on those who.-e deeds and life havo5, reflected glory in the Garden State. J ! The great, ideal of the Paulists is to bring i ! Catholic truths and Catholic doctrine before the- ; non-Catholics of this country. Tho other religion.' ' orders of the Catholic church, which devote th best energies of their talented members to the-mission the-mission service, such as the Passionists. As3ump-tionists, As3ump-tionists, Jesuits. Redernptionists. Dominicans and others, almost fully cover the field of missions to Catholics, missions for the arousal of renewed in-' terest in the faith and for the. performance of soma.: measure of special prayer and sacrifice to express ) the ardor of the Catholic people's beliefs. Tho; Paulists also give many such missions; to Cath olics. 1 1 : Need of Missions. ; But it is especially to non-Catholics that the, f need of trained missionaries is felt. A hen d mis-; I sionflryaddresse.s. ln2Mwlf to -audicuc.es. uonip.f t of persons many of whom have beeen rcare' I violent opposition to Catholicism, some of w" I feel that the supreme pontiff is anti-Christ, 'j r essential that the missionary be well trained" calm controversialist, when controversy is re, quired, a deeply learned theologian, a master ol Catholic history and well versed in all the beliefs of Protestantism in order that he may make satis--factory replies to the multitude. of questions tha " eager inquirers after truth may ask. or that cvilc disposed antagonists may hurl as weapons. A The great need of such missionary work to non ' Catholics has been felt by the American hierarchj and Father Doyle, who had urged again and agai; the need of special training for priests who r,islie to devote themselves to the missions to non-Cath j olics. was instructed to carry out his favorite proj jcet, the favorite project jf the Paulists,. to built' and equip a suitable school for the training o such missionaries. It was a gigantic task, but th energy of Father Doyle, who seems to grow raor. potent the more he is asked to do was equal to" tit task. By his efforts the sum of $75,000 was raise, and the building called the Apostolic Missio'i House was dedicated last April on the grounds o the Catholic University at Washington the dr" before the Knights of Columbus endowment fun ' for the chair of American history in the universit was publicly presented. The mission house opene J and under the superintendency of Rev. Father K! j liott of the Paulists began its work of training missionaries. Big Field in the South. 1 The mission house begins its fall and wintct; . season in a few days. Fathers Elliott and DoyI' will both be there. The work will go on without, cessation. Zealous and intellectual priest-, deemed by their bishops well fitted for missionary work will be received and specially trained in everything' that the missionary work demands. Their Iivinz expenses will be paid during their training and at the end of that they will be sent forth to various parts of their dioceses and will. enter upon.. r lie i apostolic work of preaching the word of God tC non-Catholics. Their expenses will .be paid foi five years after their entrance upon this great missionary mis-sionary work, the total personal expenses of each being limited to sjS5io a year. Thus the raiu-ATitV' work will soon he continuous and in the -, (. especially, where the Catholics are few and po.; the apostolic work of teaching the non-Cat h-!M will be unceasing and vigorous. ' m . . It will be Father Doyle's work to assist 'iu' i'r'f: t training of the missionary priests and al-o to ra ' : the necessary funds for the ' main tenant- of : ' , students and those who have completed their i dies and are engaged in the active field 'work. I is a tremendous ta?k, but he enters upon it with & the vigor, that his robust personality can brincr, . it. He will have the good wishes of the numcrec friends he has made during his years o sen ? T in Xew York, where he has been an interestui y-i - lie figure. ' - - ;TTe has ken prominent in the Catholic-l' .4 Abstinence union, serving as secretary or :V years. In the Paulists parish he has had e;ia:- .-j the temperance guilds. He has been a ' yroS n ,. ; 2. worker in the Knights of Columbus, greatly ai -ii ' in bringing about the public demonstration f-n ' occcasion of the presentation of thp chair of Am.- t ican history fund at Washington last April, i . is chaplain of Xew York chapter and a rr- ' . of the advisory board of the Columbian as--rv f Knights of Columbus bodies in this city. r ' ries to .Washington not only the. affection of t' ' sands -upon thousands of Xew Yorkers of Ci faith and a beautiful emblem from the Knk- - ' Columbus., given to him, at a meeting on S ; . but also the sincere friendship and respect of of all-creeds who have known of his loyal dev. to the missionary service, his intense M:; American ideals and his vicorous--jKU: '. '" ' '..- . ... .. j , |