Progress of the Catholic church in America and the great Columbian Catholic Congress of 1893 .. . t this class of societies is to-day in its prime. There are about 550 societies, numbering between 55,000and 60,000 Catholic men throughout the United States. This organization, known asthe German Roman Catholic Central Verein, will hold its thirty-eighth annualconvention in St. Louis, commencing September 17th. None of these societies isyet fifty years old. These societies have contributed to sufferers by calamities, fires, etc, including$3, for the Peters pence, $28, During the last
Progress of the Catholic church in America and the great Columbian Catholic Congress of 1893 .. . t this class of societies is to-day in its prime. There are about 550 societies, numbering between 55,000and 60,000 Catholic men throughout the United States. This organization, known asthe German Roman Catholic Central Verein, will hold its thirty-eighth annualconvention in St. Louis, commencing September 17th. None of these societies isyet fifty years old. These societies have contributed to sufferers by calamities, fires, etc, including$3, for the Peters pence, $28, During the last twelve years they have paidto 57,624 sick calls $1,348,; to widows and orphans of deceased members $1,328,-; The Bohemians and Poles work in entire harmony and successfully. The IrishCatholic Benevolent Union, too, is an organization working in the same the last twenty years numerous organizations have been formed which make aspecialty of what is termed life insurance upon principles different from that followedby the substantial and tried life insurance
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