THE APOSTLE OF YOUTH
educate in their seventy-five houses some 25,000 boys and girls, and this is all carried on in the method of enterprising charity which their founder initiated for his followers. The consoling results of this work, the numerous ecclesiastical vocations, the clubs and social work among the 'past-pupils' of both sexes which extend into all classes of society, plainly demonstrate that the work of Don Bosco is providential in its mission, and a new manifestation of the power and goodness of Mary, Help of Christians, in the salvation of the world."
Happily for my readers I can again quote from the thrilling lecture of His Eminence Cardinal Cagliero in Rome, some interesting details on the South American Mission:
"The first Salesian missionaries reached Buenos Ayres on December 14, 1875. They had been called there by the Archbishop, who was desirous of a Religious Congregation that might take special care of the Italian emigrants, already so numerous in the young Republic. They numbered only ten and were led by me. I was not to remain there, but was only to establish them in their new mission and then to return to Italy. On the quay two hundred Italians and the prominent citizens awaited us and gave us a wonderful welcome.
"Encouraged and invited by the Archbishop I began at once to visit the places where the new establishments were to rise, and I saw what an abundant harvest the Lord prepared for us.
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