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Show Apostolic JMission House. if 1 The Apostolic Mission House, for the H special training of missionaries to non- Catholics, has been formally opened at the Catholic university, and the a Rev. Walter Elliott has been named f the first rector. The fact that about ! , $10,000 has been collected so quickly j fe 'and so quietly to start the work I proof of the deep interest taken in it I , by clergy and laity. The number of j students enrolled is, of course, small fj as yet; and it is well that it is so- jj t It is a very special vocation, this call to shepherd the flock that wander; and the presence- of any but the elect at the Mission House would defeat it- S purpose. Indeed, if any apprehension 1 j were felt regarding the success ,of the - , I new institution, it would not be on th score of the money necessary to launch j and float it, but would probably be concerned about a supply of vocations j of exactly the right .sort. The effort , made by the Paulist Fathers to en- 4 .- list the diocesan clergy in the work s 13 characteristic of the broad spi"1 of Father Elliott and his confreres-- . Ave Maria, 5 |