. The First American Catholic Missionary Congress. o the homesof poor families and expended almost $500,000 in relief, dis-tributing aid to 25,000 families. Not one cent of this moneyentered into the pockets of any member of the Conferencesin salaries or any other way. (Applause.) The guidingthought actuating this vast expenditure of effort and meanswas not only to give material help to the needy, butalso by encouragement and advice to assist them to makespiritual advancement and to become faithful in the practiceof their religion. Today, men and women thank the zealousand unassuming laymen fo
. The First American Catholic Missionary Congress. o the homesof poor families and expended almost $500,000 in relief, dis-tributing aid to 25,000 families. Not one cent of this moneyentered into the pockets of any member of the Conferencesin salaries or any other way. (Applause.) The guidingthought actuating this vast expenditure of effort and meanswas not only to give material help to the needy, butalso by encouragement and advice to assist them to makespiritual advancement and to become faithful in the practiceof their religion. Today, men and women thank the zealousand unassuming laymen for aid rendered not alone for ma-terial sustenance but also for a better knowledge of their re-ligion and of righteous conduct. The spirit of Christian char-ity thus pervading the minds and hearts of those who areblessed with abundant means, as well as those who are with-out means, would have a powerful influence in dissipatingmany of the false notions now pervading the minds of menrelative to the ownership of property. It keeps more alive the 145. first Mnmkm Catholic missionary Congress
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