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. r THE INDIAN ADVOCATE 409 i I rough reorganization of the Monastery and College. He has begun the erection of a large and commodious church, and plans to increase the College facilities by the construc- '' w .'Vik on a mdern and thoroughly equipped, fire-proof buil- fej,W' ' ding as soon as pecuniary circumstances will allow. y9?K The object of the college has always been to give stu- . dents a moral, as well as- an intellectual training. So far the work has been successful. Many young men who have graduated from Sacred Heart College are now holding high positions in the professionl and commercial world.3' A number of exemplary secular priests have been trained at Sacred Heart. Although the Benedictines have established most of the Catholic parishes now existing in Oklahoma, mariyof these have passed into the hands of the secular clergy since the erection of the Vicariate Apostolic. By decree of the Pro paganda, however, the Benedictines were entrusted with the care of the parishes and missions in the Pottawatomie . and Seminole counties as well as the parishes of Krebs, McAlester, and Anadarko with its Indian missions. In Pottawatomie County are located the flourishing pa , rishes of Shawnee, Sacred Heart and Wanette, besides Churches at McLoud, Tecumseh, Maud and missions in se veral towns. The parish of Shawnee was "formally esta blished in 1895 by the late "Abbot De Grasse, -then'1 acting as a missionary in "Oklahoma. At present Shawnee - has1 a magnificent new Gothic Church, a comfortable parish house, parish school and convent. The school is directed by "the Sisters of Mercy. The missions of McCloud and Tecumseh are both attended from Shawnee and' are pro- - ' vided with churches. ;The parish of Sacred Heart is the oldest in Oklahoma. , It'Vas established in 1875 by the Venerable Fr. Robot; it " is now' one of the most numerous in the diocese; most of the members are well-to-do farmers; many Indians also at- tend the parish church at Sacred Heart. The priests of -g the Abbey attend the missions of Maud, Asher, Konawa and several others of the Seminole County. The parish of Krebs is also one of the largest in Okla-