Catholic Church Extension Society of the United States of America

The Catholic Church Extension Society was established October 18, 1905, to serve the home missions, areas that lacked personnel, organization, and finances. The Extension Society has helped to build churches, educate and support clergy and seminarians, and has provided financial assistance for dioceses in the western and southern states as well as Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.

From the description of Historical Letters and Documents, 1905-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 660039448

The Russian Apostolate was established in 1934 by Pope Pius XI with the goal of converting Russian Orthodox peoples to Roman Catholicism. This venture was assisted by the American Board of Catholic Missions and the Catholic Church Extension Society and was overseen by the Russian Commission headed by the Very Reveredn Procopius C. Neuzil. The headquarters of the commission was assigned to St. Procopius Abbey in Lisle, Illinois, founded in 1885 by the Benedictines. In 1933 the Most Reverend Vladimir V. Alexandrof, an archbishop for the Russian Orthodox Church of America, was recruited to help conduct the missionary work of the Apostolate. Although he entered the Roman Catholic Church, Alexandrof was never employed in work for the Russian Apostolate and passed away in 1945.

From the description of Russian Apostolate, St. Procopius Abbey, Lisle, IL, records, 1917-1959, (bulk 1933-1944). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772539987

The Catholic Church Extension Society was established October 18, 1905, to serve home missions in the United States that lacked personnel, organization, and finances. The Extension Society has helped to build churches, educate and support clergy and seminarians, and has provided financial assistance for dioceses in the western and southern parts of the United States as well as Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.

From the description of Publications, 1906-1945 (bulk 1945-1955). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 660034298

From the description of Chapel Cars, 1907-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 660039398

From the description of Wills and Estates, 1922-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 660039325

From the description of Diocesan Correspondence, 1906-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 85379931

Rev. Richard Ronald St. John was born December 9, 1895, in Souris, Prince Edward Island. He enrolled in St. Dunstan's seminary from which he graduated in 1916 and then attended the University of Laval and the Grand Seminary of Quebec City. St. John was ordained on December 21, 1919, in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, by the Most Rev. Henry J. O'Leary, D.D., Bishop of Charlottetown. Following four years of service as assistant at St. Dunstan's Cathedral, he moved to Chicago and became editor of the Catholic Extension Society's Extension magazine. He served as secretary to Francis C. Kelley, Bishop of Oklahoma City and founder of the Catholic Church Extension Society, for six years. In 1940 St. John became the vice president and general secretary of the Catholic Church Extension Society, a position he retained until his death on February 17, 1954.

From the description of Rev. Richard R. St. John records, 1919-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 772539958

The Catholic Church Extension Society was established October 18, 1905, by Fr. Francis C. Kelley, to serve home missions in the United States that lacked personnel, organization, and finances. The Extension Society has helped to build churches, educate and support clergy and seminarians, and has provided financial assistance for dioceses in the western and southern parts of the United States as well as Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.

From the description of Catholic Church Extension Society records, 1906-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 317882627

The Catholic Church Extension Society was established October 18, 1905, to serve the home missions, areas that lacked personnel, organization, and finances. The Extension Society has helped to build churches, educate and support clergy and seminarians, and has provided financial assistance for dioceses in the western and southerns tates as well as Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. The American Board of Catholic Missions was established in 1924 as a fund granting institution to provide monetary grants to poor Catholic dioceses within the United States and its overseas territories. Until 1998 the A.B.C.M. was administered by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. In 1998 the A.B.C.M. was reorganized as the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Subcommittee on the Home Missions.

From the description of American Board of Catholic Missions records, 1920-1961 (bulk 1950-1961). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 714797017

Francis Clement Kelley was born on October 23, 170, in Vernon River, Canada. He was educated in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. On August 23, 1893 he was ordained a priest in Detroit, Michigan, later serving as an army chaplain and captain with the Michigan National Guard during the Spanish-American War. Kelley founded the Catholic Church Extension Society of the United States of America in 1905 in order to help priests and parishes in poor areas of the county. Kelley served as the first president of the Catholic Church Extension Society until 1924 when he was appointed Bishop of Oklahoma. He died on February 1, 1948, at the age of 77.

From the description of Rev. Francis Clement Kelley records, 1887-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 771927183