CATHOLICISM IN JAPAN.

New Zealand Tablet, 5 June 1919, Page 19

CATHOLICISM IN JAPAN.

“Les Missions cliques’ recently published an interesting letter of Mgr. Hey, Archbishop of Tokio. Tlis Lordship states that the same obstacles continue to surround -his work for religion, but that more than ever he places his confidence in God, and that proof of this Divine protection may be seen in the fact that alp existing circles of Christianity continue to flourish. Mgr. Rey pays tribute to the zeal of the nuns and priests who labor so earnestly both in the cause of education and in the performance of good works. An association called “Le Seineukai” has been formed for the past pupils of the boys’ colleges. The members meet every month for the discussion of religious, philosophic, and scientific questions. A similar society has also been formed in the Convent of the Sacred Heart for its past pupils, and other Catholic wofften. These good ladies meet for the making of vestments and other requisites for the altar, and they have already, Mgr. Keys tells us, accomplished much good service in the diocese. During 1917 the Sacerdotal Jubilee of M. Evrard, one of the Vicars General in Japan, was celebrated with ceremonial and rejoicing. M. Evrard assisted in the formation of the Diocese of Tokio.