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Show Interesting Facts. Accurate and complete sttistics concerning con-cerning Catholic Indian mission work In the United States gathered by the bureau of Catholic Indian missions for the year 1909 disclose the following interesting in-teresting facts relative to the missionaries: mission-aries: The 147 priests who are laboring for Indians, IS as instructors in non-reservation government schools and 129 on the missions have been furnished by the various countries as follows: United States of America, 44; Germany, 35; France, 18: Italy, 9; Canada, 9; Belgium. Bel-gium. S; Holland, 7; Ireland, 6; Switzerland, Swit-zerland, 4; Austria, 3; Sicily, 2; England, Eng-land, 1; Scotland, 1. Two of the missionaries are natives na-tives of Rome; one is a full-blood Indian In-dian of the Pottawatomi tribe. Of 38 Jesuits engaged in work for the Indians, 9 are natives of the United States; of 30 Franciscans, 15 are na tives; of 14 Benedictines, 5 are natives. All the priests of other orders and a large majority of secular priests engaged en-gaged in work for the Indians are foreign for-eign born. Religious engaged in work for Indians In-dians are classified as follows: Jesuits, Franciscan, Capunchin, Benedictine, Theatine, Norbertine, Society of the Divine Sav'our. The oldest priest on the missions is SI years of age and the youngest 24 years. The average age of the mis-, sionaries is 44 years. The forty-four native-born priests engaged in work for Indians have been furnished by the various states as follows: fol-lows: Ohio, 8; New York, 6; Pennsylvania, Pennsyl-vania, 6; Indiana, 4; Minnesota, 4; Ca-ifornii. Ca-ifornii. 3: Massachusetts, 2; Illinois, 2; Michigan, 2; Kansas, 2; Maryland, 1; Georgia, 1; Kentucky, 1; Wisconsin, 1; Missouri, 1. |