SIOUX CITY
6d4
SOCIETY OF JISSTTS
in Vaud; in addition there are 4 parishes depending on
the Abbo^Bishop of St. Maurice. There are 150
churches and chapels, 1 abbey (St. Maurice), 5
religious houses for men, 3 for women; 208 secular
and 116 regular priests; 1 seminary with 15 seminari-
ansj 3 cantonal colleges; 8 boys' secondary schools,
3 girls'; 18 schools of domestic science (girls); 2 agri-
cultural schools: 3 cantonal normal schools; in 1914
there were in Le Valais 641 primary schools (448
French, 193 Cxerman), tauf^ht by 642 teachers (of
whom 292 were women); 9 mf ants' schools, 3 homes
for the old and poor (Souste, Sierre, Sion); 1 inebri-
ates' home; 1 insane asylum; 1 deaf-mute institute:
6 hospitals — these are private but are organized and
directed in a Catholic spirit: 2 free refuges for poor
travelers (at the Simplon and the Great St. Bernard).
All the public institutions allow the ministration of
priests. The insane asylum, 3 cantonal colleges and
their annexes, and 3 normal schools, are entirely
government-supported, while partial support is
granted to all primary schools, domestic science
schools, parish libraries and cluLritable institutes.
Among the clergy is a clerical insurance society against
iU-health, the A^ociation of Priest Adorers^ etc.,
while the laity have the "Association populaire des
Catholiques suisses". There are no Catholic papers
that are non-political. The population numbers
120,000, two-thirds French , one-third German . Dur-
ing the War, the inhabitants welcomed and aided the
woimded, the interned, the refugees, and especially
the children of the belligerent nations, without dis-
tinction; in addition the Catholic students assisted
the poor students in Austria. The State and the
Church are entirely separated . The cost of the higher
and the public obli^tory education is borne by the
State of Valais and the communes: all the other
institutions mentioned alone except the few specially
noted were established and are administered privately
but are aided also by the State.
Sioux City, DiocESB of (Siopolitanbnsib; cf. C. E^ XIV— 16b), in Iowa, suffragan of Du- buque. The present bishop is the Rt. Rev. Edmund Heelan, b. at Elton, diocese of Limerick, 5 Feb., 1868, studied at Dublin, Ireland, ordained 24 June, 1890. elected titular bishop of Gerasa, 21 Dec., 1918, and made auxiliary bishop of Sioux City, consecrated 8 April, 1919. He was made Bishop oi Sioux Cityat the Consistory of 8 March, 1920, succeeding Rt. Rev. Philip J. Garrigan, who died 140ct., 1919. The diocese has a Catholic population of 66,914, which includes small groups of Poles, Lithuanians, Italmns and Bohemians. In 1922 the diocese contained 107 parishes, 37 missions, 144 churches, 130 secular priests, 12 regulars, 5 lay brothers, 500 Sisters and 27 seminarians who are bemg educated in seminaries in other dioceses. The educational institutions are: 1 college for men, 30 high schools with 60 teachers and 400 students (150 bo^ and 250 girls); 1 academy with 10 teachers and 30 girl students. A diocesan orphan- age (St. Anthony's House) has lately been estab- lished in the diocese. Theie are also 5 hospitals. Societies among the clergor are the Euchaiistic Lea^e; among the laity, Knights of Columbus, Ancient Order of Hibernians, etc. During the war, five piiests served as chaplains in the army.
Sioux Falls, DiocBSB op (Siouxormensib; cf. C. E., XIV— 16d), in South Dakota, suffragan of St. Paul. The Catholic population consists of 69,775 white inhabitants and 1067 Indians. In 1922 the diocese contained 114 parishes with churches and resident pastors, 83 mission churches. 144 secular priests, 12 regulars. In 1921 Bishop Thomas O'Gor- man founded the new Columbus College at Sioux Falls, in charge of the priests of the diocese. The
faculty consists of 12priests and 3 lay professors; there
are 187 students. The other educational institutions
are 7 high schools, 1 normal school with 82 pupils;
32 elementary schools with 5842 pupils. There are
five hospitals in the diocese. All state institutions
admit the ministry of priests. Societies among the
priests are: the Eucharistic Cicague, Puiwtorial
society; amongthe laity: Holy Name Society, Lea|nie
of the Sacred Heart, Holy Childhood Society. Ten
priests of the diocese served with the American army
m the World War, one of whom was killed. Hi. Rev.
Thomas O'Gorman, the last bishop of Sioux Falls,
died 19 Sept., 1921. His successor nas not yet been
appointed.
Sire, Dominique, Sulpician, b. at St. Jory in the Diocese of Toulouse on 12 March, 1827; died there on 11 December, 1917. He studied at 6t. Sulpice and after his ordination in 1851 tau^t in the seminary at Le Puy, and later at St. Sulpice. During the Paris Commune he acted as a delegate for the exchange of hostages. His great work was the compilation of translations of the Qull Ineffabilis", by which the dogma of the Immaculate Conception was promul- gated, in all the known languages and dialects. Only one copy in fifty folio volumes with hand-illustrations was made, and this is preserved in the Vatican.
Sirminm, Diocese of. See Diakovu
Sisters. See Nuns
Slovakia. See Jugoslavia
Slovenia. See Jugoslavia
Smederevo, Archdiocese of. See Belgrade
AND SmEDEREVO
Sobral, Diocese of (Sobralensis), in the State of Ceara, Brazil, suffragan of Fort&leza. It was erected 10 November, 1910. by separation from the diocese of Fortaleza of whicn it formed the east^ em portion, with a population of 450,000. The first and present bishop is Rt. Rev. Jo86 Tupinamba da Frota, b. at Sobral in 1882; he studied at the South American College, Rome, was ordained in 1905, elected 24 January, 1916, and consecrated 30 June in the cathedral of Balna. No statistics are furnished.
Social Guild, Catholic. See Catbouc Social Guild
Society of the Blessed Sacrament. See Blessed Sacrament, Fathers of the
Society of Jesus (cf. C. E., XlV-^la).— The World War proved to be a venr severe test of the Society's vitality. No less than 2014 of its yoimg and active men, some of whom were occupying responsible positions in churches ^ colleges and universities, were summoned to do service in the armies of the contend- ing nations in France and elsewhere, not only as chaplains and stretcher-bearers, but as soldiers in the trenches or officers in the army and navy. As the entire Society had only 17,205 on its rolls at that time, many of whom were incapacitated for any kind oi work by age or infirmity, the effect was most disastrous. In France alone 855 Jesuits were mobilized. Of these 165 died in the service. How many returned from camp, crippled or incurably Ul, is not recorded. It is worth noting that the 855 French Jesuit army and navy men gained 1056 distinctions; nevertheless when the war was over they found much of the old anti-clerical spirit as pronounced as ever, with the prospect of a denial of a corporate existence for the Society in Uie country
