. The First American Catholic Missionary Congress. Pope HIS EXCELLENCYTHE MOST REV. DONATUS SBARETTI, feth» 1 WE^^ ^w V- ^ ? a ,| ??j ! 1 1 Jf j ,;vj;:, -^ L Rev. Ferdinand A. Paper, afternoon «Nov. Rev. Jos. F. Hanselman, Represents the Eastern Provinceof the Jesuit Order. Sermon, HolyFamily church, Sunday, Nov. 15, 7:30 Rev. Jos. J. Himmel, the Eastern Provinceof the Jesuit Order. Very Rev. Raphael Jos. Crimont, Prefect Apostolic 01 AiasKa. of the education of the deaf. The true apostle and most inter-esting personality in the annals of the deaf is

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. The First American Catholic Missionary Congress. Pope HIS EXCELLENCYTHE MOST REV. DONATUS SBARETTI, feth» 1 WE^^ ^w V- ^ ? a ,| ??j ! 1 1 Jf j ,;vj;:, -^ L Rev. Ferdinand A. Paper, afternoon «Nov. Rev. Jos. F. Hanselman, Represents the Eastern Provinceof the Jesuit Order. Sermon, HolyFamily church, Sunday, Nov. 15, 7:30 Rev. Jos. J. Himmel, the Eastern Provinceof the Jesuit Order. Very Rev. Raphael Jos. Crimont, Prefect Apostolic 01 AiasKa. of the education of the deaf. The true apostle and most inter-esting personality in the annals of the deaf is Abbe de lEpee,who died in 1789. Happening to meet two deaf-mutes, he wasmoved to pity and, in his zeal for souls, invented a systematicsign-language for the deaf and opened for them at Paris a schoolwhich soon won international fame. Abbe de lEpee was suc-ceeded by Abbe Sicard. With the mention of the name of Abbe Sicard begins mysad story of the Catholic deaf in the United States. An excep-tionally large number of deaf-mutes having been found in thestate of Connecticut, a corporation of gentl

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