A Mighty Growth
In this year of grace 1906 there are sonic 23,000,000 Catholics under the star-spangled, banner. Less than a hundred years ago (in 1810) there were only about 150,000, ministered to by one archbishop, four bishops, and seventy priests. ' Beneath thitf starry arch Nought resteth or is still ; But all things hold then march As if by one great Will.' The progress of the Catholic Church in the United States during the past century has been one grand triumphal march. It is now, and has long been, beyond alii comparison the' greatest and most energising religious organisation under the Stars and Stripes. ' Macte ! I fausto pedc.' May it advance to new and greater conqluests, and may its paths be ever the paths of peace !
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 12, 22 March 1906, Page 1
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126A Mighty Growth New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 12, 22 March 1906, Page 1
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