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Show TO SECURE NEGRO PRIESTS. As the Pastors of the Colored Congregations Throughout the Country. A movement having for its object the Avelfare of negro Catholics has been started in Baltimore. Its object is to ha-e negro priests put in charge of. negro ne-gro Catholic churches. Throughout the country the movement has taken shape in the organization in Baltimore of St. Benedict's Industrial and Missionary Mis-sionary association. Plans are under way to perfect per-fect organizations in Philadelphia. Xew York. Xew Orleans and other cities where, negro Catholics are numerous. The object of the organization is to stimulate interest in-terest in the education of negroes for the priesthood. priest-hood. The association is sending out a circular letter let-ter describing its aims. The circular says: "In all countries and among all peoples for ages the Church has followed the practice of ordaining native priests for the natives of each particular country and each particular people, and in the United States each race of the vast aggregation of races Avhich help to form this nation has priests of its onw except the colored race. '"And if such is tle practice of the Church with other races, surely the need for colored priests for the colored people must be great indeed." There are at present four negro priests in the country. , |