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MISSIONS
and orphans. It is also advisable to specify the
teaching staff (European and native) and the num-
ber of pupils receiving instruction in handicrafts and
agriculture. A seminary, if such exists, should re-
ceive special mention, since it has an important bear-
ing on the formation of a native priesthood. Other
institutions may be given imder one head, as in many
cases one building serves for various purposes.
(4) Adminisirative Statistics. — The figures dealing with the actual ministry of the missionaries are of course the surest indication of the progress of Chris- tianity. In giving the number of baptisms, adults should always be tlistinguished from children, the
ever, the word mission is confined to the work of
bringing pagans into the Church. In view of this
difference in the use of the term mission, our statistics
will contain a statement of the present condition of (1)
the Catholic missions in lands prevailingly or ex-
clusively pagan, and (2) the Catholic missions in lands
which have been won to Christianity since the Refor-
mation. .\s the negroes of the United States are ad-
mitted into the statistics of Protestant missions, the
inclusion of this second class is necessary to supply a
imiform basis of comparison between Catholic and
non-Catholic missionary activity.
With reference to the accompanying table it may be
CATHOLIC MISSIONS
Auxiliaries
Chief and
STATIONS
CttlPELS
Schools
Pupils
Chari-
table
Institu- tions
Baptisms
Religious
Women
Catechists
Ordinarj-
Orphan3
Adult
Heathens
Children
inEi-
Catholic
Children
416
3.S46*
3,169*
408 2,933 1,224*
314*
6,992*
1,914
75
287 ■
13,046
5,081
156 4,677 1,713
176
291
6,025
4,475
76
4,980
1,769
176
113*
4,821
3,138
96
3.636
1,090
153
6.389*
118,013
90,325
9,285
212,944
67,118*
2.097
23,380
14,038
588
11,586
1.962
22
234
5,757
71,963
13,680*
16,i27
4,194
76,808*
28,120
4.230
34,568*
11,996*
531*
1,667 323 304 969 405*
592*
2,565 338
1.329*
25,136
547*
258
1,569(?)
334
200
1,341*
17,792
553*
269
1,3S4(?)
228
230
1,307*
13,047*
497*
299
1,210*
337
191
1,355*
504,074*
20,634*
17,021
66,872
19,071*
17,717*
73,132*
53,651*
959*
952*
6,996*
1,673*
482*
173(?)
11*
211*
96*
33*
23(?)
3,668*
435*
263*
391
4,232*
3,702*
418*
284
306
3,418*
340*
282
75
197
3,392*
299*
265
134
72
193,813*
18,898* 35,071* 9,050* 6,240*
10,276*
374*
12* 24
1,081*
468*
4,735*
1,395*
1,089*
1,008*
894*
770
69.259*
17,284*
30,393*
22,657*
17,706*
787.780*
1 .. i
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number baptized in artindo mortis being given in both
cases. The nimiber of Easter and of devotional com-
munions (given separately) are of special importance
as indicating approximately the number of C"nris-
tians who have reached the use of reason and the
fervour of religious life. Such concrete figures give
a better idea of'the spirituality of the newly-converted
than long dissertations on their zeal. Naturally,
explanations of local conditions must accompany
the figures, which might otherwise lead to miscon-
ception.
IV. St.\tistics of the Catholic Missions. — In dealing with mission statistics, it is a matter of the ut- most importance to make clear from the first in what precise sense the word mission is to be imderstood. In canon law the term signifies all districts which are sub- ject to the Congregation of Propaganda, and it might thus include territories (e. g., until November, 1908, England and the I'nited States) with which the idea of mission is never associated in ordinary- speech. We also find two clearly defined meanings commonly assigned to the word bv popular usage. By mission- ary 'activity is often understood all efforts directed to- wards the propagation of the Faith, whether among heathens or among non-Catholics; more usually, how-
stated that the imperfect state of the figures available
and considerations of space render it impossible to in-
cludeall the particulars above advocated. Anasterisk
denotes that the returns are incomplete. No figures
have been given where returns for a very small per-
centage of the missions are available. For fuller in-
formation the reader is referred to the works cited in
the bibliography and to the articles on the various
countries in The C.\tholic En-cyclopedi.^.
HtTONDER, Der einheimische Klerus in den H ridenltlndrrn (Frei- burg, 1909); Idem. Deutsche Jesuitenm\"t '• ■'•• '" •I'irt IS.
JaAr/iunrferls (Freiburg, 1899); Idem, A'-' 'lischc
il/i..istonsa;mo.5en (Freiburg, 1910); Krosi '. «ion.i-
slalistik (Freiburg, 1908); Stockleis, Cir I'liUer-
hand Nachrichten deren Missionaren S. J. (.\...; : ..:^. ..-.,, Kal- K4B. Den kathol. Missions-Hislorie (CopenhugLn, ISJGj. IIazart. ker'kriijke Historie care de gehrele wereldt (4 vols.. Antwerp. 1667- 711; Hahn. Geachichle der kalhol. Mifnrmen (5 vols.. Colo 18o7-<)5) ; Mcllbauer. Geschichle ■!.' in dien (Freiburg, 1852) ; LocvET. /.. .Sac(e(Lvons,1894);DELPLACE. /.. ' Brussels, 1909-10) ; Suau, LaFr<v. PlOLET, Les Missions CaMo/if^uc"; /. .;..,.
vols Paris s d ); I^e Blant, Lc.s mar/;/- .. ..^ , ^ - —
les persiciu'ions antiques (Arras, 1877); Launat, llistoircfnHaU de la SociHl des Missions Etrangires (3 vols.. Pans, 1894); HEN- BION Hisloire des Missions Calholiques (Paris. 1847) ; Louvbt, La Cochinehine religieuse (2 vols., Paris, 1885) ; Depierre, Silualion du Calholicisme en Cochinehine A la fin du XIX' Siicle (Saigon, 1900); Missions Dominicain€s_da7is Veztrime Onent (2 vela.,
logne,
■^ifmcminOslin-
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