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December, 1910, or from letters since received. When the desired information had not arrived in time, a catalogue of a former year has been consulted.

Circary of Brabant (Belgium and Holland). — Aver- bode Abbey: priests, S2; clerics and novices, 20; lay brothers, 36; of these, 27 priests and 21 lay brothers have been sent to Brazil, and 2 priests and .3 lay broth- ers to Veile in Denmark. Grimbergen Abbey : priests, 37; clerics, 5; lay brothers, 7; of these, 4 priests are in Canada. Park-Louvain Abbey: priests, 44; cler- ics, 4; of these, 8 priests in Brazil. Postel Abbey: priests, 25; clerics, 2; of these, 1 priest in Belgian Congo, and 1 in Brazil. Tongerloo Abbey: priests.

Bohemia: priests, 82; clerics, 13; the college of Pilsen is conducted by the abbey (professors, 10; students, 380). Wilten Abbey, Tyrol: priests, 45; clerics, 3; lay brothers, 3.

Circary of Hungary. — Csorna Abbey: priests, 38; clerics, 12; the abbey conducts and supplies professors to the g)-mnasium of Keszthely (15 professors, 325 students), Szombathely (15 professors, 400 students). Jaszo Abbey: priests, 73; clerics, 37; the abbey con- ducts the following gymnasia and supplies the pro- fessors: Kassa, 50 students; another at Kassa, 460 students; Grosswardein (Nagy-Vdrad), 550 students; Rozsnyo, 200 students. These two abbeys have a

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77; clerics, 19; lay brothers, 29: of these, 14 priests and 5 lay brothers are in Entrland; 10 priests and 10 lay brothers in Belgian Congo. Berne-Heeswijk Abbey: priests, 41; clerics, 12; lay brothers, 9: a flourishing college with 100 students is attached to the abbey. St. Norbert's Prior>', West De Pere, Wiscon- sin, U. S. A.: priests, 19; clerics, 3; lay brothers, 4; and a college conducted by the fathers.

Circary of France. — The .Abbey of Mondaye and other houses are confiscated. Some of the dispersed religious formed a new house at Bois-Seigneur-Isaac, near Nivelles, Belgium: priests, 27; clerics, 7; lay brothers, 4.

Circary of Provence. — The Abbey of Frigolet and all other houses are confiscated. The dispersed religious bought the former Norbertine Abbey of Leffe, Dinant, Belgium: priests, 38; clerics, 7; lay brothers, 8; of these, 4 priests in France; 8 priests and 2 clerics in England; and 2 priests in Madagascar.

Circary of Atistria. — Geras -Abbey: priests, 26; clerics, 4. Neu-Reisch Abbey in Moravia: priests, 11; clerics, 2. Schliigl: priests, 43; clerics, 3. Sellau Abbey, Bohemia: priests, 20; clerics, 5. Strahov Abbey, Prague: priests, 67; clerics, 8. Tepl Abbey,

college for their religious, who study at the University of Budapest- 17 students are at Budapest, and six clerics at the University of Fribourg.

CoTwent.? of Norbertine Nun^ {the Second Order). — Oosterhout Priory, Holland, 48 nuns. Neerpelt Priorj', Belgium, 23 nuns. Bonlieu Abbey, nuns ex- pelled from France, reassembled at Grimbergen, Belgium, 36 nuns. Le Mesnil-St-Denis Priory, Seine et Oise, France, 31 nuns. Abbey of St. Sophia, Toro, Spain, 22 nuns. Abbey of St. Maria near Zamora, Villoria de Orbigo, Spain, 16 nuns. Zwierzyniec, near Cracow, Austrian Poland, 47 nuns. Imbramo^\-ice Abbey, Russian Poland ; for a great many years the nuns "were not allowed to admit novices, but some years ago leave was given with great restrictions by the Russian government to admit a few. The Abbey of Czerwinsko, where there were only six very old nuns, was suppressed and the nuns sent to Imbra- mowice. Several novices were admitted, and at pres- ent there are at this convent 9 nuns. Priory of Berg Sion, near Utznach, in the Diocese of St. Gall, Swit- zerland, 30 nuns. Convent of Norbertine Nuns, Third Order, St. Joseph's at Heiligenberg, near 01- miitz, with branch house St. Norbert's, at Prague.