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enable the Bishop to send missionaries where they are most 

 needed, will not the faithful generously co-operate and assist 

 with their means? Can any alms be better bestowed than 

 those which are given to have the poor relieved, the sick 

 visited, the afflicted and sorrowing, soothed and consoled, the 

 ignorant instructed, and the seeds of virtue planted in the 

 youthful breast ? Can any alms be more micritorious than those 

 which tend to preserve the soul from eternal ruin? Without 

 the charitable co-operation of the faithful throughout the 

 Diocese, little, comparatively, can be done by the Bishop; 

 with it, much can be effected. Were every adult Catholic in 

 the Diocese, or even every head of a family, to contribute but 

 one dollar annually towards the support of the Diocesan 

 Ecclesiastical Seminary, that has been in existence about two 

 years, soon could missionaries be sent to every congregation in 

 the Diocese. As yet, however, the Catholics of the Diocese 

 have contributed but little towards the support of this Eccle- 

 siastical Seminary. They are now requested to be more con- 

 siderate hereafter. They are emphatically requested to turn 

 their attention and to direct their charitable donations to an 

 Institution where the future priests of the Diocese are being, 

 and are to be, educated, and from whence many have already 

 gone forth to labour in the vineyard of the Lord. The Eccle- 

 siastical Seminary of the Diocese has to depend for support on 

 the voluntary contributions of the faithful. To it, in their turn, 

 are the faithful to look, both now and hereafter, for a supply 

 of zealous missionaries. Will they refuse then their fostering 

 care? Will they deny to it support, and still expect to have 

 clergymen sent to them when they are in need?" 



Addressing each of his clergymen separately, he 

 entreats them to use their utmost exertions in 

 behalf of the new Seminary in order to sustain it. 

 He says : 



"To you, Rev. and Dear Sir, do I confidently and unhesi- 

 tatingly entrust the task of explaining more fully to your 



