Christmas Endowment Funds Appeal from Extension Society
A Catholic Church Extension Society appeal describes endowment funds for mission students priests schools churches and societies. It notes current donors and burses in 39 dioceses totaling 228 living and 417 deceased Mission Students Endowment Fund and other funds with names and aims to support education and church construction, requesting gifts as a Christmas offering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Extension Society
Pyeow
Mission Students’ Endowment Fund
Mission Church Endowment Fund
Mission Society Endowment Fund
Society
Pope John XXIII Emphasizes Global Mission Outlook
The new pope, former missionary head in Italy, broadcasts worldwide praising Heralds of the Gospel and reaffirming Praecones Evangelii. He invokes David’s call to bring others to the fold and stresses the missionary postulate as a central duty of the Roman Pontiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope John XXIII
Italy
Hol See
Pius XII
John XXIII
Oavid
Preston
Mission Society Membership Offers and Funds
The note lists several extension and society dues and grants including a $10 yearly Extension Society membership with magazine, a $12 Millionaires' Club dues with magazine, and $300 to $500 for repainting or repairing a Mission Chapel. It also cites a $300 salary for a Mission School teacher, $500 yearly tuition for priesthood students, a $1,000 membership in priest and school endowment funds, and a $5,000 to $10,000 target to build a Mission Chapel named after a patron saint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Extension Society
Mission School
Mission Priests
Mission Schools
Archbishop Noll and the Home Missions Legacy
A 1955 Extension Magazine letter from Archbishop Noll recalls years of support for The Catholic Church Extension Society by readers of Our Sunday Visitor. He notes donating profits and a $50,000 check reflecting a century of Church Extension involvement. Cardinal Stritch honors Noll as a pioneer in Home Missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Sunday Visitor
Catholic Church Extension Society
Extension Magazine
Nell
Fort Wayne
Extension Society
Noll
Extension
Cardinal Stritch
Archbishop Noll
Home Missions
United States
America
What The Catholic Church Extension Society IS AND DOES
The Catholic Church Extension Society builds churches in poor districts and supports priests. It provides vessels linens and vestments and publishes Extension Magazine. Through its aid thousands worship in Mission Chapels rather than store buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Catholic Church Extension Society
Extension Society
Extension Magazine
United States
Albert Gregory Meyer
Chicago
Mass Intentions Support Across the Country by Extension Society
Needy Home Missionaries nationwide receive partial funding from Mass Intentions sent to the Catholic Church Extension Society in Chicago Illinois. The organization promises prompt attention to each submission and directs donors to mail requests to 1307 S Wabash Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Catholic Church Extension Society
South Wabash Avenue
Chicago &, Illinois
S. Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Iinois
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Hood
Thomas J. Reed
Order of Martha
Joseph B. Lux
Meyer
William D. O’brien
Kenneth G. Stack
OSV
O’brien
Mass
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