The Catholic Bulletin

JAPANESE IN CALIFORNIA
MARYKNOLL TO TAKE OVER WORK FOR JAPANESE CATHOLICS ON PACIFIC SLOPE.

Permanent arrangements for the care of Japanese Catholics on the Pacific Coast are well under way. The Roman Congregation of the Propaganda, which supervises mission activity, has sanctioned the agreement recently made between Bishop Cantwell of Los Angeles and the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, whose headquarters are at Maryknoll, Ossining, N. Y.

The work for the Japanese had already made considerable progress under Rev. Albert Breton, of the Paris Foreign Missions. Several years' service in Japan had familiarized Father Breton with the language and character of the Japanese. With the assistance of a community of Japanese Nuns, he was and is accomplishing much good, not only in Los Angeles, but in San Francisco and Sacramento, as well.

On Father Breton's initiative, that there might be no interruption of the work in event of his inability to continue it, Bishop Cantwell invited the Maryknoll organization to take over the work. One of the priests of the Society will presently join Father Breton, who will guide his efforts and instruct him in the Japanese language and traditions.

The Maryknoll Sisters will, a little later on, join forces with the already established Japanese Community, and the co-operation of the two will advance the work and permit the establishment of new centers.

Bishop O'Dea of Seattle has recently approved the establishment of similar work in his city, and it is hoped that in a few years every Japanese colony on the Pacific Slope will be provided with ample opportunities for acquiring a knowledge of the True Faith, and ample facilities for fulfilling its obligations.