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 and independent. Apart from such petty intrigues for the advancement of the Society there does not seem to be any deep undercurrent of Jesuit activity in England at the present time; in Rome, of course, every congregation and every individual intrigues religiously in the great struggle for canonical existence—under a pope whose whole soul is immersed in his diplomatic and financial schemes what else could be expected?

Besides the great orders there are innumerable minor congregations of regular or monastic priests represented in London: Oblates of Mary, Oblates of the Sacred Heart, Oblates of St. Charles, Servites, Barnabites, Vincentians, Fathers of Charity, Marists, Passionists, Redemptorists, &c.; most of them are founded by modern priests who had some particular devotion on the brain and, by influence or money, succeeded in getting permission to found