Read the source and answer the question. From all this may be easily gathered the present state . . . of this country, and the hope for the future. Two or three things besides will help to the same end. The first is the method we pursue in the instruction. . . . We gather together the men as often as we can. . . . We pay special attention to the Old Men, . . . as they are the ones who determine and decide all matters, and everything is ordered by their advice. All come willingly to hear us.

— The Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France, 1601 – 1791

According to this source, these Jesuit missionaries were contributing to the Catholic Counter-Reformation by

a
developing Catholic universities in the New World.
b
spreading the Catholic religion through foreign lands.
c
improving the training Catholic priests received.
d
translating the Catholic Bible into local languages.