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Show Societies of the Blessed Virgin. There are in Germany 1.7U0 confraternities of the Blessed Virgin for young people and adults and they number 300.000 members, taking an active interest in practical charities. There are 1,320 Catholic workers' societies, with 230,000 members; thev are interested in questions of education and popular instruction, as well as in the formation 6f beneficial unions, of popular banks and similar institutions. in-stitutions. They maintain three special papers with 00,000 subscribers; they organize committees for the study of social questions, which they discuss in frequent conferences and fortnightly meetings ; thev also train the directors of the Christian syndicates. syn-dicates. Finally, there are 1,123 "Gesellenverciue," with 182.795 members. |