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and method of St. Thoniius, The Roman scholastics
follow till- pronramme of the dregorian University,
and gradiuiti' in philosoiihy, theology, euiioii law, and
Scripture. The seholastics at Ottawa graduate in
philosoijhy and theology at the university, of which
they form an integral part. (2) Novitiates giving
religious formation with adapted studies. (3) ,Iunior-
ates providing a complete classical course jin-para-
tory to the sacred sciences. The Ottawa junimists
make their course at the neighbouring university, and
graduate in the Faculty of .Vrts. (b) Higher Edu-
(.3), Rritish Columbia (.3), and .\ustralia (1). There
are also about fifteen Indian boarding-schools in the
Canadian West. (,')) Hefonnatory schools at Glen-
cree and Phihpstown and Maggona iu Ceylon.
VIII. Celebrated Sanctuaries and Pilgrim AGES.— (a) Of the Sacred Heart.— (1) The Basihca of the National Vow at Paris, a world centre of adoration and reparation, was directed by Oblate Fathers from 1876 until the expulsions of 1902. (2) The construc- tion of a similar basilica for Belgium was entrusted to them by Leopold 11 in ,Ian., 1903. (3) The parishes
STATISTICS
General .administration, Rome .
Central Province
^Belgian "
London (Ontario), Diocese of. Canadian Province -| g^^^^^^ United States — First Prov.(No
•• —Second " (.South)
Manitoban Province
Alberta-Saskatchewan, Vicariate of (Dioceses of St. Albert and
Prince Albert)
Athabaska, Vicariate Apostoli Mackenzie, " " British Columbia, Vicariate Apos- tolic of -
Keewatin. Vicariate .\postolic c ^Yukon, Prefecture Apostolic of.
Asia. Vicariate of Mis- j Archd. of Colombo
sions of Ceylon. I Diocese of Jaffn;
fNatal, Vicariate Apostolic of.
Kimberley " "
Africa-J Basutoland" "
Transvaal " "
LCimbebasia" "
Oceania. Vicariate of Missiona; Australia. .
Scho-
lasti-
cates
Semi-
naries
and
Colleges
Indus-
trial
and
Reform-
School;
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caiion. — (1) Concerning the Ottawa University see
the special artich;. (2) Grand Seminaries. — Until
the persecution of 1902 the congregation was in charge
of these establishments at Marseilles, Frejus, Ajaccio,
and Romans. It is at present entrusted with those
of Ajaccio, Ottawa (in connexion with the university),
San .\ntonio, Colombo, and Jaffna. The two last-
named are occupied in the formation of a native clergy
and have already provided over forty jiriests. (c)
Secondary education: (1) classical colleges with a
course in English are provided at Buffalo, St. Albert
(Alberta), San .\ntonio, St. Louis (British Columbia),
St. Charles (Natal). Two important institutions at
Colombo are affiliated to the University of Cambridge;
mo.st of the professors have been in residence there,
and prepare their pupils for the London matriculation
and Cambridge Local examinations. (2) Prepara-
tory seminaries are established at St. Albert, San An-
tonio, Ceylon (2), and New Westminster. (3) Nor-
mal schools for lay teachers are conducted at Jaffna
and Ceylon. (4) Industrial schools with full instruc-
tion in farming and craftsmanship by lay brothers and
assistants in Manitoba (3), Alberta-Saskatchewan
of .St. Sauveur, Quebec, and St. Jose|)h's, Lowell, are
important centres of Sacred Heart devotion in the
New World, (b) To the Blessed Virgin. — Until the ex-
pulsions of 1902 the Oblates directed the ancient pil-
grimage shrines of Notre Dame des Lumi^res, Avi-
non; N. D. de r0.sier, Grenoble; N. D. de Bon Secours,
Viviers; N. D. de la Garde (Marseilles); N. D. de
Talence and N. D. d'.4rcachon, Bordeaux; N. D. de
Sion, Nancy; and the national pilgrimage of N. D. de
Pontmain near Laval, erected after the Franco-Prus-
sian war. During several years they revived the an-
cient glories of N. D. du Laus, Ciap; N. D. de Clery,
Orleans; N. D. de la Rovere, Mentone. In England
they have the restored pre-Reformation shrine of Our
Lady of Grace at Tower Hill, London, and in Canada
the shrines of Our Lady of the Rosary at Cap de la
Madeleine, Quebec, and Our Lady of Lourdes at Ville
Marie and Duck Lake, Saskatoon. In Ceylon they
have the national pilgrimage to Our Lady of Madhu.
(c) To variou.i Saints. — The ancient sanctuary of St.
Martin of Tours was re-excavate<l and revived by
Oblate Fathers under Cardinal Guibert in 1862
(see "Life of Ldon Papin Dupont", London, 1882).
