. The First American Catholic Missionary Congress. first American Catholic missionary Congress. missionary movement within the Church in North Americawould not be complete if it did not cover the great fieldopened up by Church Extension for a renewed and stimulatedactivity on the part of the laity in their religious obligations,but especially those that lie in the direction of Apostolicwork. In the early Christian days bishops, patriarchs, priests,and people met together and discussed the needs of theChurch and we have only to read the Epistles of St. Paul tolearn how deeply one Church or Dioc
. The First American Catholic Missionary Congress. first American Catholic missionary Congress. missionary movement within the Church in North Americawould not be complete if it did not cover the great fieldopened up by Church Extension for a renewed and stimulatedactivity on the part of the laity in their religious obligations,but especially those that lie in the direction of Apostolicwork. In the early Christian days bishops, patriarchs, priests,and people met together and discussed the needs of theChurch and we have only to read the Epistles of St. Paul tolearn how deeply one Church or Diocese was interested inthe growth and development of another, and how all foundground for a common uplift in fervor in the spread of theGospel everywhere. This great Congress brings us back tothe primitive church in a manner that makes the heart beatmore quickly in pride of Faith, and in glory in the vitalityof the Old Mother Church. For let me call your attentionfor a brief moment to the significance of the First Amer-ican Catholic Missionary Congress, as to time, place andform. We are stand
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