Society for the Propagation of the Faith
EIGHTY years ago there was started in the city of Lyons, France, a Roman Catholic society which took the title of the “Society for the Propagation of the Faith.” Its object was to establish Roman Catholic missions in all countries of the earth. From a very humble beginning, it has grown to dimensions which make its work a subject of comment by writers of this day. Its total receipts from all countries since its inauguration amount to $65,690,000, nearly $26,000,000 of which has been spent in planting missions in Asia. To-day the society has at work about 65,000 missionaries, men and women, who are laboring to spread the Catholic religion in all lands.