. The Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church . at once opened a freeschool for coloured children, and a select June, 1890, Rev. D. P. OFlynn was succeededby Rev. B. J. Reilly. In February, 1891, the Schreiner, O. S. B., of St. Johns Abbey,Minnesota, took charge of tlie mission, and since1894, two other Benedictine Fathers have beenassociated with him in the work. In 1893 a newmission was opened at Salvador Point, Andros Island,and in 1897, the Sacred Heart mission was opene
. The Catholic encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church . at once opened a freeschool for coloured children, and a select June, 1890, Rev. D. P. OFlynn was succeededby Rev. B. J. Reilly. In February, 1891, the Schreiner, O. S. B., of St. Johns Abbey,Minnesota, took charge of tlie mission, and since1894, two other Benedictine Fathers have beenassociated with him in the work. In 1893 a newmission was opened at Salvador Point, Andros Island,and in 1897, the Sacred Heart mission was openetl inthe eastern portion of the city of Nassau. There are,therefore, at present St. Francis Xaviers Church,and Sacred Heart Chapel in Nassau, with each ofwhich is connected a free school, taught by theSisters of Charity, and an Academy by the samesisters. At St. Saviours Mission, Andros Island,there is a free school taught by a lay teacher. Thestatistics of the mission for 1906 are as follows:1 church and 2 chapels; 3 Benedictine Fathers, thesuperior of the mission bearing the title of VicarForane of the Bahamas; 9 Sisters of Charity; 1. Hoc BAHIA 206 BAILLET academy; 3 free schools with an attendance of 470pupils. Total Catholic population 360. Turks and Caicos Islands, situated to the northof Haiti, belonging geographically to the Bahamagroup, were separated from the other Bahamas in1848, and made a political dependency of is no Catholic population. Grand Turk, whoseone industry is salt-raking, is the seat of the com-missioner. It is occasionally visited by priests fromJamaica. Colonial Office List: Memoirs of Peter H. Bruce (); Catesby, Natural History of Carolina, Florida, andthe Bahamas (London. 1770); McKinnon, Tour in the WestIndies (London. 1804); Ives, The Isles of Summer (New Haven,Conn., 1880); PowLES, The Land of the Pink Pearl (); Stark. History and Guide to the Bahamas (Boston,1891); NORTHCROFT. Sketches of Summerland (Nassau, 1
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