The recent grand event proved to the world the growth of Catholicity in America. This union must have struck particularly the disunited Protestants. Catholicity has taken a deep root in this country. Father Julius regrets that North Carolina is in the Catholic sense a dreary desert. Of a population of more than 1,500,000 the number of Catholics does not exceed 2,500 and they have little to expect from the people here. The Benedictine Fathers came from the North to work here, realizing the absolute necessity of educating the youth, for which purpose they opened a college, built in part only. This necessitates a monastery for the housing of the priests, a church, etc. They have no income save from the college, and on account of the poverty of their people the terms are low. In many instances, in order not to lose sight of the object in view, they have to content themselves with half pay and in not a few instances with no pay. Having no endowment and desiring to serve God's interests in this state, Father Julius is compelled to solicit the assistance of Catholics. Their Cathedral, which also serves as Abbatical Church, cost not above $750. From this Brownson will perceive their poverty. He wishes to keep apace with the times and not to have non-Catholic institutions offer better facilities. Pope Leo XIII has repeatedly urged the necessity of teaching the sciences in all Catholic seminaries but the indispensable apparatus would be expensive. Father Julius therefore asks Brownson to aid them by a contribution to prosper, as do the other religious institutions in other parts of America. They have nothing to offer in recompense but their prayers. :: III-3-d A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.