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Volume 16 Perryville, , October, 1945 Number 1 St. Vincent de Paul Society in America Has Vincentian Origin In observance of the Centennial of the St. Vincent De Paul Society in the "AVE ATQUE VALE" the Rev. Daniel T. Mc- Colgan of the Boston Archdiocesan Seminary has been designated to write a commemorative history. Directed to Father Bayard for help regarding Father Timon's rumored connection with the introduction of the organiza- tion into this country, the Boston writ- er contacted our Community historian. We have seen the carbon copy of Father Bayard's reply and here quote a significant portion' of its enlighten- ing contents: "Father Timon visited Europe in the summer of 1845 and actively interest- ed himself in the establishment of the St. Vincent de Paul Society in America. Apparently he had appraised the work of the organization on one or more of his previous visits (1837, 1841, and 1843) and had talked up its excellence in St. Louis before his 1845 trip. The two items that follow are excerpts from his administrative reports (written in his capacity of Visitor or Provincial of Very Rev. Wm. M. Brennan, C.M. Very Rev. G. C. LeFeyre, C.M. the Vincentian Fathers in America) to Pietro Sturchi, C. M., Assistant for On the morning of Friday, August calculable, are nevertheless of even Italian and American affairs to Su- 10, the Very Rev. G. Cyril LeFevre de- greater importance. The members of perior-General Jean-Baptiste Etienne scended the steps of the Administra- the comnunity can testify to a con- at the Maison-Mere, Paris. Both let- tion Building, shook hands with each tinual influence for good that has been ters are headed St. Louis, Mo., (Tim- of the priests, students, seminarists, working among them, that has been on's headquarters) and are in French. and brothers assembled there to bid instanced by their well-being, mental I translated them roughly instead of him good-bye, and departed from the and spiritual as well as physical. laboriously copying the original lan- Barrens as . Thus was Upon the Wednesday following Fr. guage...... brought to a close his six years of of- LeFevre's departure, August 15, Feast "The first item under date of Jan-- fice. of the Assumption of Our Lady, the uary 30, 1846, runs: 'When leaving Very Rev. William M. Brennan, C.M., Dublin I took with me the rules of It is sometimes customary to cata- arrived during the afternoon. That the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in logue - briefly if possible - certain evening after Benediction of the Most English. Since my return to St. events or evidences of progress which Blessed Sacrament, he was formally Louis we have established it here and have occurred during a man's term of installed as Superior by the Very Rev. it is doing a great deal of good. The service as comprising in some fashion Marshall F. Winne, C.M.V. 4.- _ _... 3. -. 0 1_4, -1-*-...... T T ...... officers have already written to the tne record of01 s career. nowever, we c6mes to St. Mary's as president of the Society in Paris. I need attempt no such record of Fr. Fr. Brennan no stranger. He is remembered by hope that it will soon be established LeFevre's career as Superior of St. also in New Orleans.' Mary's of the Barrens. To cite any many of the priests, students, and bro- he now comes to govern "The passage in the second letter, individual fact is to give it an undue thers whom prominence to the possible detriment once more. He is remembered too and. dated March 26, 1846, illustrates Tim- of others. The evidences about the respected by those outside the Com- on's habitual caution in repeating seminary are many and varied; it is munity who have dedicated themselves items that he was specially interested the seminary. The has been done to the service of in. I transcribe it for you in the ex- not difficult to see what by those -auring these years. The tradition of esteem in which he is held act way that I jotted it down: 'This St. Mary's is one of continual improve- who have known him is a good portent letter contains Timon's quoted para- ment and advance, and Fr. LeFevre's to the most of us who have recently graph in re the St. Vincent de Paul time. term of office has been no exception met him for the first Society in St. Louis (cf. the book pub- to the tradition. To Fr. LeFevre as he goes into other lished by Mr. Matt on the Society). duties, we bid Godspeed and all pros- 'Immediately after my return I made Besides the more obvious physical perity in his work. To Fr. Brennan, fresh efforts to establish the Society betterments about the seminary, there we extend greetings and offer .our of St. Vincent de Paul. I brought are those goods which, though less obedient good will. (Continued on Page Six) Page 'Two The De Andrein PagTwo Th DAdri RECENT APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE VERY REVEREND VISITOR Published monthly by the Stephen Vincent Ryan Unit of the Students' Mission Crusade. St. Mary's Seminary, Perryville bubscription: - - - $1.00 per year (nine issues) Very Rev. Wm. Brennan, C.M. Please notify us of change in your address Rev. Henry Moore, C.M. Let us love God, but let it be at the expense of our arms Rev. Harold Guyot, C.M. and in the sweat of our brow. St. Vincent de Paul Rev. Allan Dewitt, C.M. Rev. James Fischer, C.M. Editor ...... Thom as P. M unster, C.M . Rev. Dimond Ryan, C.M. Associate Editors...... John F. Lenihan, C.M . Asst. Director Miraculous Medal Assoc. F. Bruce Vawter, C.M. Rev. John Danagher, C.M. A rchivist ...... M aurice J. Sheehy, C.M . Business Manager...... Church of the Assumption, Perryville John M. Richardson, C.M. Rev. Joseph Brennan, C.M. Circulation Manager ...... J.ames M. Galvin, C.M. Contributor...... Rev. Mr. Nicholas Persich St. Vincent's College, Cape Girardeau Faculty Adviser ...... Rev. James F. McOwen, C.M. Rev. Julius Hann, C.M. Kenrick Seminary, St. Louis VENERABLE FELIX DE ANDREIS, C.M. Rev. Cyril Le Fevre, C.M. Rev. Wm. Cortelyou, C.M That the life of a man in many ways so uniquely stamped with the St. Louis Preparatory Seminary, St. Louis spirit of St. Vincent should scarcely Rev. Raymond Harvey, CM. penetrate the minds and hearts of Rev. Thomas Wesner, C.M. missionaries today is surely a real loss St. John's Seminary, City to all concerned. That this same man, Rev. Maurice Kane, C.M. spiritual father of the Congregation Rev. Warren Dicharry, C.M. of the Mission in America, whose De Paul Academy, sacred remains are a treasure of the Rev. John Clark, C.M. Barrens, whose name graces this pub- Rev. Clarence Bogetto, C.M. lication, should be in the least forgot- Rev. Raymond White, C.M. ten is certainly a matter for regret. On- Rev. Henry Piacitelli, C.M. h,,, vrrr•, . •hnv,•• a O•,.ll0 +1-% V1.1 iy wiieni we cure ai ce to ire-estaUis nis St. Vincent's, Chicago spirit in our atmosphere; to breathe the air he breathed; Rev. to look out into the world with his eyes; to flood our souls Louis Coyle, C.M. with his zeal; to inflame our hearts with a love of God St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago like his-then will his life take on a mellow beauty and ad- Rev. John Modde, C.M. mirable directness. To help us capture his spirit we shall Northwestern University, Chicago resume the account of the life of Felix De Andreis, C.M., Rev. Wm. Casey, C.M. in the next issue of the De Andrein. St. Katherine's, New Orleans Some years ago God's Holy Church saw fit to bestow Rev. Charles Saunders, C.M. upon Felix the title of "Venerable." At present the Cause St. Thomas Seminary, Denver for the Beatification and Canonization of Father De An- Rev. James Graham, C.M. dreis, C.M., is being considered in . Let us all, be- St. John's Seminary, San Antonio sides making De Andreis our model and guide, pray that Rev. Donald McNeil, C.M. God's Holy Will in the matter will be carried out. Rev. Daniel Martin, C.M. Rev. Donald Fallon, C.M. Rev. Alvin Burroughs, C.M. The Community Supplement Holy Trinity, Dallas CAMARILLO, CALIF. Rev. Charles Welter, C.M. 95 students returned for classes on August 1 to find St. Paul's Hospital, Dallas Father David Pansini, C.M., occupying the chair of Scrip- Rev. Leonidas Moore, C.M. ture, and Father Robert Coerver, C.M., teaching Philosophy. St. Vincent's Hospital, Sherman Father Richard Gieselman, C.M., is taking the chant class- Rev. Francis Kunz, C.M. es and special chcirs both here and at the Junior Seminary St. John's Seminary, Camarillo in Los Angeles, along with other special classes. Rev. Richard Gieselman, C.M. This year the seminary is changing some of the two- Rev. Robert Coerver, C.M. semester courses into one-semester on an experimental Rev. Francis Pansini, C.M. basis. The same total number of hours of class per week St. Vincent's, Los Angeles for the students is retained. The purpose is to give these Rev. Russell Kirschenheuter, C.M. courses a stronger continuity and to concentrate attention Rev. John Casey, C.M. to fewer courses each semester. Rev George Yager, C.M. On Saturday, September 15, 17 students received House of Studies, Washington , and on Sunday, September 16, 15 receiv- Rev. Patrick O'Brien, C.M. ed the diaconate. Rev. Anthony Falanga, C.M. LOS ANGELES, CALIF. St. Paul's Seminary, Ottawa, Canada At the Preparatory Seminary Father James Cody, C.M.. Rev. Louis Meteye, C.M. has been appointed assistant superior, Father Dennis Flynn, C.M., has been made assistant , and Father George Brennan, C.M., has been chosen as spiritual director. The enrollment for this year has reached a new high NECROLOGY of 200 students, 32 of whom board at the College. KANSAS CITY, MO. In your charity kindly remember in your Father Maurice Kane, C.M., is teaching History, Latin, prayers the mother of Father William Stein, and Religion at the Prep Seminary besides being spiritual C.M,. the mother of Father Julius Hahn, C.M., director. Father Warren Dicharry C.M., is prefect and the father of Father Raymond White, C.M., teaches Greek and Latin. and the of Mr. Richard S&'llivan, N.C.M. SSAN ANTONIO, TEXAS The suffrage numbers for October are 46 School opened on September 10 with a record enroll- to 50 inclusive. ment of 135 students in the whole Seminary. The Major Sem- I (Continued on Page Four) F" Igr,-~--~:IPl I' .w The De Andrein Page Three Book about Early Confreres in 1Fexas Published Father Bayard Completes a Unit of His Vincentian Trilogy Texas newspaper files; and the De Andrein are numerous and considerably scat- still others When word reached have been reproduced in biographies sanctum that the Vincentian Press tered. and standard histories. Occasionally, in mid-October Father Not quite all of the primary data would release too, a lost document is analyzed in an of the acti- have come to light in their original Bayard's reconstruction extant accompanying or subsequent and form. Certain ecclesiastical, diplomat- vities of Fathers Timon and Odin letter, or a significant portion is quot- documents success- 1their twelve Vincentian co-workers in ic, and repertorial ed with a request for pursuit or were in- comment or elu- eaikly Texas, we questioned the author fully eluded his cidation. about such salient features of his work accessible by reason of wartime re- as its aim and method ard archival strictions. Before he could press into Father Bayard found fairly com- sources. The confreres who have been service any of our American confreres plete and generally' satisfying the con- looking forward to the appearance of in European scholastic centers like temporary papers of Fathers Timon, 1the book will be interested, we feel, Paris and Rome, they were required Odin, Nozo, and Etienne which the jin the interview as we here summarize by the outbreak of hostilities to re- American depositories house. These iit. turn to the United States. He would treasure-troves are chiefly at Notre have had them ascertain whether it Dame University, The title aptly selected for the 460- have had them ascertain whether it Kenrick Seminary, and the St. page volume is LONE-STAR VAN- was possible to supplement the lavish Louis Chancery. In par- 3UARD: THE CATHOLIC RE-OCCU- collection of photostats and trans- ticular, Odin's letters to Timon, to PATION OF TEXAS (1838-1848). Four cripts made by our late Most Honored Etienne, and to Blanc of New Father, Very Rev. Dr. Souvay, in the Orleans are factual mines exhibiting jfull-page illustrations, an end-paper archives of the Motherhouse in Paris; the Gallic talent for manifold 1map of the contemporary Vincentian min- and from the Registri dei Brevi and utiae, such as may be examined on a province ofrovince the ofUnited States 1 States and the Lettere e Decreti in the files of larger scale in the Jesuit Texas, sufficiently liberal footnoting, the Sacred Congregation de Propagan- Relations and in French diplomatic files. "Scrup- and a complete index are added vir- da Fide he would have asked them to ulously and precisely," Father Bayard 1tues of the work. Father Bayard ten- secure copies of vanished bulls and says, "Odin jotted in his 1tatively regards Journal the it as one of several briefs issued in connection with the day-by-day event of his studies designed to bring together the Texas Prefecture, Vicariate, and org- Texas life; and from these entries he wove his various story elements of the life of inal pan-Texan Diocese of Galveston. frequent reports. It is chiefly from the Congregation of the Mission in the However, most of these materials, at 1 the letters of Odin to Timon'and of United States. He has adopted a pat- least in abstract form, became avail- Timon and Odin to the Maison-Mere 1tern of portrayal that he calls "broad- able through various channels. Tran- in Paris, as well as from the replies ly biographical." It is his belief scripts of several are in American ar- sent to Timon by the Superiors-Gen- 1that the fluctuating fortunes of the chives; aanumber number appear in French eral and their Community-its dispiriting downs as and German annals; others arenin assistants, that the maj- .... , 1 • ,•• ,t4-•. , • •n •b • t - _ and German annals; others are in or data for the Texas survey have well as its mouuesu ups-cani ue u esu ir- traced through the careers of its prin- come." DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY cipal sons. The opening decades of Perhaps at this point the readers the Vincentian span in America (1816- NEWS of this interview will ask themselves: by two figures 1847) were dominated Sister Basil, former Sister Servant at Has our Community historian of the consecutively, and John Mary's Help Hospital in San Francisco, Texas Vincentian phase fused his Timon. In 1830 Bishop Rosati re- Calif., is now Sister Servant at the wealth of materials wisely and com- moved from the superiorship of the Set6n Hospital in Austin, Texas. Sis- petently, joining sound scholarship cradle establishment at The Barrens to ter Alphonsa, until recently Sister with a readable literary ? Father St. Louis to rule his vast diocese from Servant at Seton Hospital in Austin, Bayard himself protests that he has its titular city. He has found a bio- Texas, is now Sister Servant at Mary's no objective way of being sure. But grapher in the Rev. Dr. Frederick J. Help Hospital in San Francisco, Calif. the priests and students at The Easterly, C. M. Timon, congruously Barrens who have read the typescript with his branching activities as or- Excerpts from a letter written by in whole or in part emphatically say ganizer of our original country-wide Sister Madeline Morris, former Amer- "Yes." They add that they are not province, invites presentation in more ican Secretary at the Motherhouse influenced by their having witnessed leisurely detail. shortly before her untimely death in the persevering persistence and un- Paris. An episode worthy of long remem- failing patience that the task has ex- brance in the life of John Timon was "Going over we had a nice class of acted of the author-the latter qual- his Prefectship of the Church in Tex- voyagers-only 79-so we were some- ity often reaching the straining point as. Indeed the regenesis of the Faith what of a big' family. I was edified in his repeated proofreadings and in the Southwest Republic, within a on both Sundays by a young Catholic detailed reference index of topics as who said the , read few years of the rise of the Lone Star, Lieutenant well as of personal and geographic the Epistle and Gospel of the day and capitally due to his initiative, names. was prayer for the men in service. This In a courage, and far-sighted planning. he did on the deck and he had a good Father James Cashman, business- view of the current Centenary of Tex- congregation as many of the passen- manager of the Vincentian Press, has as Statehood (1845-1945), Father Bay- gers were French Catholics, some Eng- been guided by the costs of the book ard deemed it advisable to offer first lish and a few Americans. Some of and the impressive contribution of the Texas section of the copious Vin- the crew were also Catholics. He had hitherto unknown data that it makes centian material that he spent four no human respect. There was no to historiography to fix the sale price summers collecting. priest on the ship so he felt some- at $3.75. To priests, Libraries, and In- The sources for this interesting thing should be done for those of the stitutions, $3.00. The address of the Vin- -as the archival depositories printed Faith. He had a little table on which centian Press is 1405 South 9th St., at the back of the book will indicate- (Continued on Page Seven) St. Louis 4, Mo, Page Four The De Andrein FR. BERNARD STRASSER ADDRESSES STUDENTS With the termination of the war, had sworn to protect and persecuting THE COMMUNITY we are beginning to discover that the the Church they had concorded to SUPPLEMENT real test of American genius does not respect. (Continued from Page Two) lie in the past, in the material weap- Fr. Strasser was himself closely as- inary has 52 students, and the Minor ons she has forged, or even in the sociated with the inner circle of Naz- Seminary, 83. The dioceses represent- atomic force she has harnessed to idom, particularly through his two ed in the Major Seminary are: the destruction, but in the problematic fu- brothers, Gregory and Otto. The ca- Archdiocese of San Antonio, and the ture, in the new order of things that reer of , after his break with Diocese of Dallas, El, Paso, Corpus she must build upon the ruins of the Hitler when he became leader of the Christi, Amarillo, and Wynona. In old. As we sit down to a disposition German Underground and began the the Minor Seminary the dioceses rep- of the conquered foe, it becomes ever outlawed secret broadcasting station, resented ,are: the Archdiocese of San more necessary that we be correctly reads like romantic fiction. The story Antonio and Chicago, and the Dioceses orientated concerning those peoples, was summarized in the book section of of Amarillo, Galveston, Dallas, and that we may know where lies the rel- Reader's Digest in June, 1940. There Corpus Christi. ative guilt and what share they may Otto Strasser is considered as a man The Very Rev. James W. Stakelum, have had in the events that led to likely to succeed Hitler-but this, of C.M., conducted the annual retreat of this tragic war. We must know to course, was before total war had so, the Benedictine Sisters in San An- what extent Nazism was a product of destroyed Germany that the Allies had tonio from August 3 to August 12. the thoughts and minds of the Ger- to set up a puppet government even CHICAGO, ILL. man people and whether the Nazi for the purposes of surreinder. Otto The UTniversity: spirit is really part of the German is now in semi-confinement in Can- Father Theodore Wangler, C.M., soul. The students are grateful for ada. Gregory Strasser was murdered has been made of Liberal Arts having been availed of the opportun- in the 1934 "purge" of the Nazi party, and Sciences, succeeding Father Glen- ity to solve many of these questions possibly by Heinrich Himmler and his Zoellner, C.M., who fills the newly- for themselves, non for it was their priv- henchman Heydrich, The only offic- created position of Student Counsel- ilege to hear Fr. Bernard Strasser, ial notice the family received was a also has charge of all O.S.B., himself a native German in lor, The latter c.o.d. parcel containing Gregory's student publications. exile from his country since 1936. ashes. Fr. Strasser's personal recol- Thomas Con- Fr. Strasser was brought from St. In succession to Father lections of Himmler and Goebbels C.M., who is full-time professor Louis in the company of Fr. Francis he nolly, were most interesting. Himmler, of philosophy and religion, as Direct- Remler, C.M., and Fr. Simon Smith, and devoted to Hitler, says, was stupid or of Student Activities, is Father Ger- C.M., and spoke to the Community on but Goebbels was gifted with a bril- Mullen, C.M. the evening of Thursday, July 5. He liant intellect. It is not pleasant to ald Father William Powers, C.M., Ph. D., addressed us not only from the view- to own that both came from good have is now chairman of the Zoology de- point of an average German who had Catholic families. been an eye-witness to the genesis of partment of the Uptown School. Fr. S'trasser portrayed graphically Father John Clark, C.M., is teach- Nazism, but also from his peculiar van- the psychology employed by the tage point of having been intimate ing Religion and history in the College Nazis, how their subtle persecution of of Commerce downtown. with many of the former German the Church gradually grew tighter, leaders whose names have just been David M. Sharer, Comptroller of the how he himself eventually came into University, has been appointed act- making such bloody history in the the ill-will of the party. Particularly closing of their regime,. It was this ing Dean of the College of Commerce amusing was his somewhat unclerical in succession toDr. HowardEgan who particular feature that made his talk with but extremely justified dealing resigned to go into business. especially informative and authorita- the boys one of the Nazi agents among Major Gael Sullivan, who has just tive. he taught. At of the college in which been appointed by President Truman on the black- Fr. Strasser was born in Bavaria length he knew he. was and Robert Hanegan to be second as- to flee for his life. He was and served during the first world war list and had sistant Postmaster General of the Unit- as an officer in the German army. He sent by his superiors successively to ed States taught public speaking at Luxembourg, Belgium,: was in the same detachment, he told Switzerland, De PAti Utiveirsity Law School at one us, with Corporal Adolf Hitler, after France and Portugal, to elude the Ges- to St. John's in time. the latter deserted the Austrian army tapo, finally Freshmen "orientation" day was in favor of the Bavarian. After the Minnesota. By his sincerity and keen sense of held in the newly-decorated De Paul war, Fr. Strasser left the defeated Auditorium on September 12. The in- German army and entered the Bene- humor, Fr. Strasser more than recom- pensed for a slight difficulty in speak- coming uptown freshmen were welcom- dictine in Metten, Bavaria. ed by Very Rev. Comerford O'Malley, As Germany began slowly to regain ing English. In this regard, when he for a word, he was help- C.b, by Fr. GlennZoellner, CM., who her feet and struggle back as a na- would falter explained his new position as Student ed by an attentive audience, some- tion, he watched the National Socia- Counsellor, by Father Jeremiah Le- times aptly, sometimes not. list movement grow steadily stronger. hane, C.1M., who explained the place Germany had been thoroughly beaten He could surely have spoken much longer than he did, and have been of liberal arts in the post war world, to the ground by the provisions of Ver- by Father William 'Powers, C.M., who sailles, and the Nazis offered the peo- assured the while of continually ap- talked on the study of sciences, and ple pride for their shame, prosperity preciative hearers. For our own part, finally by Father Wangler, CM., whose for their poverty, and a chance to hold those of us who heard him are grate- under- talk dealt with more technical matters up their head once more. By the clev- ful for our better than normal a such as semester hours and credits. er manipulation of chance and design, standing of the problems facing Enrollment of freshmen at the Up- the skilful use of propaganda and twice defeated Germany and how we town Liberal Arts and Sciences Col- turning of their enemies' blunders to shall have to cope with them. leges their own profit, the Nazis were able reached 200 this year. to ride into power, and it was not un- "The story of St. Vincent de Paul The Academy News: til they were safely there that they is no less fascinating than that of St. Father Raymond White is teaching showed at last their true colors, rid- ."--Johannes Joergen- history and Religion in the Academy, ing rough-shod over the rights they sen. Continued on Last Page) The De Andrein Page Five "....PANEM FRANGERE PARVULIS...." In spite of war restrictions and the consequent interruptions of one mis- sionary activity after another, the motor missions, somehow, have man- aged to flourish. With the close of the seminary school year last June, prep- arations were made as usual for the day when several subdeacons would receive the honor of carrying the gos- pel into the highways and by-ways. During the summer months, three units - staffed by three priests and four subdeacons-gave missions in the streets of eighteen towns situated in the northern half of Missouri. Of the eighteen, seven saw the street missions for the first time. Two units, working out from Jeffer- son City, gave missions in the sur- rounding district. While Father Richard Gieselman, C.M., and Rev. Mr. Joseph Wagner, C.M., traveled to the more distant towns with automobile and pulpit, Father Orlis North, C.M., Rev. Mr. William Gillespie, C.M., and Rev. Mr. Arnold Martin, C.M., operated in the nearby towns with the trailer Fr. Richard Gieselman, C.M., Addressing Crowds chapel and movies of the Mass. The tility; there is no way of knowing. Whole Family Converted third unit-conducted by Father Clar- But, in any event, interest As was to be expected, there were ence Bogetto, C.M., and Rev. Mr. Nich- encouraging! not many converts who can be fully olas Persich, C.M.,-limited its activi- Results of Last Year credited to the instrumentality of the ties to six small towns in Lincoln The most heartening experience of street missions. They seemed more County, Missouri. all, however, was the opportunity giv- efficacious in deciding prospective Interest Growing en to the missioners of viewing first- converts who were caught at the cross- As usual, the units confined their hand the results of last year's work- roads. Persons, who, though thinking efforts to areas which are strongly an opportunity for which I will always of entering the Church, were, for Protestant. In places, they found be grateful! Because my observations some reason or other, holding back, strong, if not active, bigotry. And yet, were limited to one county-the ter- seemed to find in the missions the without exception, the welcome ac- ritory covered by only one of last grace they needed to make the final corded them was friendly and cordial. year's units,-I cannot claim that the decision. There were, however, some The crowds attending and the number results I saw are typical of motor mis- conversions which belong to last year's and kind of questions asked indicated sion work in general. However, I do missioners. There was, for instance, th presence of an active and healthy feel that they must be indicative, at the case of a fallen-away Catholic, the interest in the . On least! It is not out of place, then, to father of three children, none of whom occasion, perhaps, this interest may set down here some of the things had been baptized. Largely thru the have been only that of concealed hos- which impressed me most. instrumentality of the motor missions, God gave him the grace, not only of returning to the Church himself, but also of bringing his non-Catholic wife and three children with him. The Catholic spirit of that household, which I had the opportunity of seeing, was proof of God's blessings. Marriage Rectified This instance involved not only a number of conversions, but also the return of a fallen-away Catholic. In such a locality, where Catholics are so outnumbered, it was to be expected that mixed marriages would result in defections from the faith. Here, the motor missions met with even more success. There was the case of a man who had married a non-Catholic out- side the Church to spite his family. The motor missioners of last year had the pleasure of joining this couple ac- cording to the laws of the Church. This year, not only the husband, but the non-Catholic wife as well, attend- ea the entire series of lectures. These, and other instances, gave me Interested Onlookers Inspect Trailer Chapel (Continued on Next Page) Page Six The De Andrein PagSix_ Th eAnr MOTOR MISSIONS NEWS FROM SPAIN (Continued.) A glowing account of the religious much needed encouragement in my since their marriages some five years There's no renewal of Spain following upon the first work in the Lord's vineyard. I ago, are under instruction. civil war there is to be found in the your talks gave the am sure that they indicate to you at doubt but that following letter written by a Vincen- least that the motor missions had ac- needed added push." tian scholastic in the seminary at complished a lot of good that could Recruits For Religion-By-Mail Cuenca. Because it will be of partic- be seen. That they accomplished So much for concrete instances. The ular interest to confreres as giving an much more that could not be seen goes mission reached about two thousand eye-witness description of the Little without saying. people this summer, the majority of Company in Spain at the present time Prospective Convert whom were non-Catholics. To date, (the letter was written in July of 1944) And what of this year's work? Ob- about sixty-five applications for reli- we here reproduce it from the April, viously, it is too early to evaluate the gious instruction by mail have come in. 1945, issue of Sao Vicente, the publi- results of this year's missions. How- Of those who have sent in their first cation of the Vincentian scholasticate ever, there are definite signs of God's tests, considerably more than half are of Petropolis, Brazil. grace at work. One night, during the non-Catholics. Taken in itself, the "Now that our crusade for nation lectures, a young couple drove up in record may not sound convincing. and religion has come to a glorious front of the store where we were It must be remembered, however, that conclusion under the guidance of our speaking. While the wife went into these are but some of the visible re- 'Caudillo,' whom God preserve, a great the store, the young man settled down sults. What Erod has been accomplish- resurgence of religion has come into into his seat to wait for her. As time ed in the hearts and minds of so many our land and is now producing abund- passed, he grew more and more inter- others, we have no way of knowing. ant fruits. Our little Company, al- ested in what was going on. He wait- But, if it be true that "the declaration though-or because-it has suffered ed until the end of the lectures that of thy words giveth light" (Ps. 118), much from the religious persecution, night and returned every night there- then we can be sure that the motor is by no means to be excepted from this general religious rebirth in our land. During the war of liberation 30 priests and 19 brothers were mar- tyred by the Communists, and as a memorial to them there has been pub- lished a large book giving the particu- lars of the captivities and martyrdoms. Here once more we have proof of the saying, 'the blood of martyrs is the seed of Christians.' Our 9 apostolic schools spread throughout all Spain are filled with young men preparing for the priesthood in the Congregation of the Mission. S'ome of them have as many as 200 students. The internal seminary and school of philosophy are also extremely well off. In this sem- inary we have now 65 students in theo- l-v under the direction of 6 excellent professors. On the 16th of this month we shall ordain 20 priests who will go forth into Spain to preach the gospel. Some will go to South America where they have already been preceded by 4 others ordained in February and who are now at work in Bolivia. All the One of the Missioners Distributes Literature Community works are being carried after. Later on in the week, he sought missions have been effective in carry- out in Spain with great zeal and force, the opportunity to talk with us. Al- ing on the work of Jesus Christ in but none quite like that of the missions tho his wife was a Catholic, he had that particular field which was so to the poor. Here we can see a true never before given any thought to the close to the heart of St. Vincent de rebirth of the primitive spirit, and our Church. The night he came to the store, Paul. missioners are performing miracles in he had had no intention of attend- God's vineyard. Their the ing the mission. To all appearances, ST. VINCENT DE PAUL have also called upon us to the circumstances were coincidental. SOCIETY give missions in the large cities, but Before the week of lectures was over, (Continued from Page One) even there, in keeping with our tra- he expressed to his wife the desire of ditions, they seek out always those re- becoming a Catholic. It was the first home with me from Dublin the rules gions most devastated and poverty- time he, or she had mentioned the and all the requisite papers in Eng- stricken, where they work wonders idea. No, he hasn't become a Catholic lish' etc., and he gives Father Sturchi freely. In addition to these works, we as yet, but certainly God's grace has the names of the officers as listed in maintain a mission in India from begun its work. Matt. 'I entreat you to push the pro- which we hear periodically. Much In the same locality, there are four cess of agregation.'" work! Some even of the seasoned mis- others now taking instructions to en- Whatever use Dr. McColgan may sionaries and one youth have already ter the Church. Before the missions, think proper to make of these data, succumbed to the hard climate. Please the Vincentian origin of the St. Vin- these were all undecided. And as I God the war may soon be over and was writing cent de Paul Society in the United these lines, I received a will be filled letter from a priest in another town, States is thus demonstrable and a these far-flung outposts telling me: "Two women, who have matter of no slight satisfaction to the by many eager missionaries who wait been thinking of becoming Catholics American sons of St. Vincent. the moment impatiently." The De Andrein Page Seven NINE RECEIVE DIACONATE-- At 8:15 o'clock, the morning of Fri- day, September 21, Bishop Donnelly began the ordination Mass during which were elevated to the Diaconate the nine members of the ordination class of 1946. We congratulate these men and beg for them God's blessings and grace. May they perform well the duties of their new dignity and merit advancement to that goal so earnestly desired by us all. They have reached the last stage in the long pathway to the inner sanctuary, they have receiv- ed the first imparting of the sacra- ment of . Levites under the New Law, they have, indeed, been "lifted up" to great things and great- er expectations. In a short discourse to the ordained and the rest of the student body, His , taking his text from the Second Epistle to the Corinthians, "he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bounti- fully will also reap bountifully," urged us as future priests to the right kind Mahoney of service of God. We must indeed THE NEWLY ORDAINED spend ourselves, he said, but our ac- Back row, left to right: Rev. Messrs. Hartrick Sullivan, C.M., William Gilles- tivity must be tempered with prudence pie, C.M., Nicholas Fersich, C.M., and Edward Virgets, C.M. and proportion. Avoiding on the one Front Row, left to right: Rev. Messrs. Jeremiah Hogan, C.M., Arnaud Martin, hand a niggardly service of God, we C.M., Joseph Wagner, C.M., Cecil Parres, C.M., and Edward Danagher, C.M. must equally avoid on the other a ceaseless round of useless activity; DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY dred C.M.'s were killed or died of bad treatment. There are nine of our service must be always for the (Continued from Page Three) pure honor and glory of God. these prisoners now at St. Lazare. I In wishing well to our new , he placed two candles and a crucifix. think that there were about seventeen we can do no better than echo the I spoke to him after the services when hundred C.M.'s at that prison. I wish prayer which the Most Reverend Bish- he told me that he had not been to you could see the nine who were freed wear op offered for them in the sacred cere- Mass in three months; but he wanted by our American boys. They still mony; "Enriched with the heavenly to do something to let the world know their prison garb, a rough coat with on the back and gift, may they be pleasing to Thy he was a Catholic and, at the same a big cross sewn red band on the Majesty and give unto others the ex- time, in some way to make up for his front, and a long get cassocks for ample of a righteous life ....may they loss of the Mass. cap. I wish I could 6 even old ones. With all the be worthy successors of that sevenfold "We finally landed at Le Havre. them, is al- the people and our Commun- number whom the Apostles chose un- The once most beautiful port suffering have endured, I find no harsh der the guidance of the Holy Spirit, most a ruin. A church near the port ity words, no hatred toward the enemy. and adorned with all the virtues which and two of our houses along with ev- Thy service calls for...... " erything in that region stood strong "Imagine a city of 4,000,000 inhabi- reminders of the terrors of war. The tants and not a taxi, no train, no steeple of the Church and a bit of autobus. The underground is the sole BECKMANN the framework of the houses were means of transportation." AT BARRENS all that could be seen. At our house Edified by his piety, and charmed on rue St. Jeanne d'Arc two of our by his irresistible affability, we con- Sisters were killed. I believe we have sider ourselves honored by the short lost about seventeen of our Sisters in visit on Holy Founder's Feast, Sep- France. Nearly every station and Congratulations tember 27, of our distinguished con- The bridge had fallen along our route. Our sincere best wishes to frere, Archbishop Beckmann, C.M., of had been road from Le Havre to Paris those who pronounced their Holy Panama. built changed and temporary bridges Vows on the Feast of Holy too far along This issue was already by the Allies. Founder, July 19,-Messrs. Mart- to permit of our giving sufficient space "Many of the Sisters look worn and in McHugh, C.M., Raymond of what to this event. The details thin, but how could it be otherwise Kellner, C.M., Carl Callier, C.M., was more like the appeal for help of of a most ter- after almost six years and Robert Olker, C.M.; to those one confrere to his brothers, than the rible war. The four Visitatrices who who pronounced their Good address of a dignitary of the were taken prisoners with our M. H. SPurposes on that day-Messrs. Church, on behalf of his 540,000 des- Mother have been released, but one is Gerald Gaines, N.C.M., William perately needy souls, will appear in in a dying condition due to the hor- McCarthy, N.C.M., and Donald one the next issue. ror of the prison. However, not Ryan, N.C.M.; and to Mr. Wil- His Excellency has toured many of of them had to bear with any insult to liam Gannon, N.C.M., who pro- the important cities in the United their person. The Polish priests have nounced his Good Purposes on. At States to look for volunteers to aid been massacred by the hundreds. September 15. hini in administering to his vast Arch- Dachau, that horrible Concentration diocese. Camp in Germany, eight hun- ALAND, AhLA^M^ &L^ ^0fAMl Page Eight The DeAndrein FROM FIELDS AFAR We have here several letters from 5000 were fed. The English were going confreres who are at present serving to grab it, but the Vatican got it first. as chaplains in the armed forces of "I made the trip to the school and the United States. We are happy to came back again on Friday for lunch. reproduce these excerpts in the know- The interesting part of this visit was ledge that they will be of great inter- the sight of the chairs marked 'K.W, est to the readers of the De Andrein. II.' to mark the gift of the former em- The following is from a letter of Fr. peror of Germany. It was the best William Flynn, C.M., dated August meal I had in that country and I had 23, 1945: an enjoyable time talking with the "Just a line from Manila to assure men. They said that Cologne is gone, you that I'm still on the move. Manila that they never hear from Germany is a city of ruins--but very busy. You and that 42 Sisters were killed in the can hardly imagine how bad the dam- bombing of Dusseldorf. Now, in this age is. I went in for two afternoons Holy Land, the Jews want all the in a row and walked around. So far German property; this means more 1m still in a fog about the directions worry for the community. They also here and have to be careful about mentioned that they never heard leaving the camp so I'll be sure to end from France. up in the same place. There are no "Up at the house of St. Vincent I safe restaurants in Manila, so one eats saw the Sisters and met some of the at the snack bars run by the army blind, young and old. The little ba- sang Benediction for me and then post exchange. The Red Cross Club is bies crowded to the doors. The few thea- asked for my blessing. I called at the tres are mobbed all day-in.. fact, it hospital in Nazareth. In Bethlehem looks like Chicago's loop on a Satur- I saw the Irish Sister who was a de- Fr. Glynn and Friends day night except for the ruins and the lack of bright lights. I would like checked in at the hospice and was cel- to look up some of the Community ebrating Mass at the Holy Sepulchre houses, but it is so hard to find any- by 9:15 a. m." one at all in this country, I hesitate- Finally, we present this letter from even the Archbishop of Manila is Fr. William Glynn, C.M., dated Aug- bombed out and moved to a . ust 21, 1945, from along the Burma I have not been to see him as yet, not Road. knowing my way around very well." "The war is definitely over but I am From Leghorn, Italy, comes this let- still lingering on as Chaplain for ter of. Chaplain Ferdinand J. Ward, a while. At present, I am still unable C.M.: to get in touch with the Bishop. I "Well, I have been to Jerusalem where did, however, get a letter from Fr. Bill I met two C.M.'s in a beautiful school Stein in which he enclosed several with a horrible name-the Schmidt others. One is for you. I will send the School for Girls. When the war broke letters all on to you as I know you will out the English put them into a camp see they get to the party intended. So and left them, together with the Ital- far I do not think Fr. Stein knows his, ians and other foreigners. I saw the mother has died unless our letters we Church of the Loaves and Fishes-the sent got through. I think in a week one that marks the spot where the or so I will be able to get mail through Fr. Glynn in "Flysuit" O. K. Bishop O'Shea went back a few light with her English. The hospital weeks ago.... I gave him a letter for our is large, but looks poor, as do all the Bishop. I called Kun-ming today, others over here. In Jerusalem the but so far they have not received word chapel, the gift of the present Sister from him. I hope to drop down to Servant, is as large as any big city Kun-ming next week. I have moved church; the one in Nazareth is also from Cheng to Yan-nan-yi. It is 328 large and ornate. kilos from Kun-ming on the Burma "Past Sunday we were ready to leave Road. Things should break up soon Casanova for Tel-A-Viv and good and the boys start going home. As you water. In the hospice I could hear the know, I am due to go home now. It recitation of the rosary in English. was just six years ago today I arrived When we were getting into the car, in Shanghai. I have a good chance I saw our C.M. coming along; he said to go back with the fellows, but I feel that he had been conducting the ex- there are some at our mission should ercises for the Casanova Legion of go home first. This will leave the Mary which is growing to big num- Bishop short-handed. So I will leave bers. The C.M.'s there wear white dust- it up to .him, what he thinks is best. ers, white helmets, and appear com- Also I would like to swing a deal to fortable. get something for our mission from the "We arrived by plane from Athens army. I wonder what are the possibili- on Monday, August 20. We had to ties of other priests coming to China. remain over in Tel-A-Viv with the The ships coming this way should be other chaplains who had trouble in empty, enough. I hope you have those changing their money. I took a bus to students ready for the missions, Not Fr, Glynn's Chapel in Background the Holy City, got there in two hours, (Continued on Page Ten) The De Andrein Page Nine FATHER RIES' EDUCATIONAL PLAN APPROVED The Reverend Michael M. Ries, C.M., at the end of the school year the op- with a half credit for each, one on of the Sacred Heart , Cot- position of one of the ministers be- the Old Testament, and one on the ulla, Texas, is able to report that .dur- came so strong that the plan had to New Testament.) The only text used ing the past school term every child be abandoned. should be the Bible; the course must in his parish has been given religious Undaunted by these misfortunes, be non-sectarian; the Bible should be instruction. Moreover, he has been Father Ries proceeded to introduce a taught for its literary, historical, and able to obtain from the State Boards new system the following school term. moral values. of Education of Texas, Iowa and Neb- The elementary school retained its re- Assistance Given By Bishop raska approbation of his accredited lease time, but the high school was The unfavorable situation confront- public high school course in Religion forced to be satisfied with a four year ing the elementary school was also re- for Catholic students. A letter from accredited course of one class period a lieved during this period. Across the Rev. John R. Gleeson, Archdiocesan week held outside of school hours and street from the public school there Director of the of Christ- off the school grounds. Althouuh the now stands an extension school build- tian Doctrine of Chicago, assures him class was accredited it was not pop- ing for the religious instruction class- that the State of will soon ap- ular with the students since it meant es. This building is constructed of red prove it also. a class outside of the regular school hollow tile with concrete floor, celo- In his letter Father Gleeson shows hours. Even, a discussion club held ev- tex ceiling and asphalt roof. It is his confidence in the work of Father ery two weeks failed to raise the at- built to provide four regulation-sized Ries: "To me, it is positively amaz- tendance to what it should have been. classrooms separated by folding parti- ing what you .have been able, to do The conditions in the elementary tions which can be removed, convert- in Texas, I0wa and . Speak- school also left much to be desired. ing the building into a community hall ing of the so-called Inter-Faith Com- the children had to attend classes at of 85 by 30 feet with an elevated stage mittee, on Religious Education, I am the church ten blocks away. Besides at one end. The keen foresight and more fully convinced than ever that the long walk involved, they had to fine spirit of generosity of Bishop the only satisfactory solution is to have cross the railroad track and inter- O'Brien made this possible with his each group deal separately. The ar- national highway twice on every trip. donation of $2000. Both Father Ries rangement that you have made in The sisters had to go after the child- and the people of Cotulla are deeply Texas seems to me to be ideal. From ren every day, and were forced to indebted to the Bishop for his gener- my way of looking at it, osity and patronage your plan is one of the which has solved one most important devel- of the most pressing opments that has taken problems of the Cath- place in the Confra- olic educational sys- ternity work in the tem. last ten years. Surely, it should be brought to Practicality of the attention of the di- the Plan rectors throughout the The system that has country." been accepted is now History of the known in educational Program circles as "The Co- Our confrere's work operative Plan." In the along these lines began past year it has en- in June, 1942, when abled Father Ries to Archbishop Lucey of Courtes)YAlamo Register give religious instruc- San Antonio gave the The New School Building tion to 627 pupils. Cotulla district of Christian Doctrine make two trips on some days. These Every denominational group is its charter and entrusted the program are the conditions that prevailed dur- treated independently and no united to Father Ries. At first, things seemed ing the school year 1943-1944. During action is necessary, as release time is to work out smoothly. According to a this period the Archbishop and Fath- an equal privilege to all. Since the state law classes in religion were per- er Ries were making arrangements to Bible is to be taught for its literary, mitted to be taught in the classrooms solicit the aid of Bishop Wm. D. historical, and moral values, meetings of public schools. Father Ries made O'Brien, President of the Catholic and assemblies of the different de- arrangements for the Sisters of the Church. Extension Society, in order nominations are no longer necessary, Sacred Heart of St. Jacut to conduct to erect a building for religious educa- and, the word "religion" is not used classes for the elementary pupils of tion in Cotulla. in connection with this course. The the public school during release time. Dawn of Success Bible course is embodied as a part of For the high school students, there At this same time a solution was the school's regular curricular pro- was a regular daily schedule for a two- sought to the problem of re-introduc- gram. There is a course in sociology semester accredited course. Bible ing religious education into the high for those students whose parents have study was the subject, and the differ- school. As the result of a talk with no religious creed. ent ministers presided in their respec- the city superintendent of schools, tive classrooms. However, this plan Father Ries was delegated to confer Since the course is historical and was not as successful as was antici- with the State Department of Educa- the only text "iued is the Bible, it is pated because most of the students tion. This turned out to be the turn- concluded that a general outline of were forced to attend their regular class- ing point in the entire program. It Bible references for the topical les- es at the time of the Bible classes. was learned that a new regulation sons of that course is the form for ap- Added to this was the opposition of had been set forth allowing high proval and credit for this course. Since several states favor this view, Arch- some of the teachers in both high and schools to grant credits for classes in elementary schools based they con- bishop Lucey has already arranged to on the Bible study, proved that have such an outline edited and pub- grounds that these classes interfered form with certan demands of the with the curricular program. Finally state: (two courses may be offered (Continued on Next Page) Page Ten The De Andrein Page~_ Te TeDeAdri FIELDS AFAR- THE COMMUNITY FR. RIES- (Continued from Page Eight) only with the language but the spirit SUPPLEMENT (Continued fro)m Page Nine) as well. uonutinue furIom rtage 'our) lished by the secretary of the Catholic "....I am sorry I did not answer and Fathers Henry Piacitelli, C.M., and Biblical Association of America. The your letter sooner, but I kept putting course will be.extended it off. Clarence Bogetto, C.M., are teaching over four years, Then I got changeddand my time the length of the high school period, has been full with servicing not only English and Religion. Father Peter Diliberto, C.M., has and will depend largely on the outline. a big air-base, but an SOS supply de- This gives the pastor many installations up ald been appointed Procurator at Rosati a chance to keep pot, and in touch with Burma Road. You have Hall. every Catholic child down the for the duration heard of the famous pipeline and tele- 811 boys have enrolled this year- of his school life. the largest enrollment in the institu- Father Ries' plan will probably re- phone line...... ceive "My present setup is very good. I tion's history. a hearing at the meeting of the Confraternity of Christian have a building to myself consisting ST. LOUIS, MO. Charity at of an office and quarters I have my Kansas City in the near future. It Very Reverend Joseph P. Donovan, has been so successful where it has own jeep, typewriter, radio, telephone C.M., conducted the annual retreat at been used that we feel sure that it and an assistant. I will enclose a St. Joseph's mother-house in St. Louis will prove to be of'immense benefit few pictures. I may be able to keep during August. to religious education in this country. my jeep. In August Father Gilmore Guyot, "'...... Give me the lowdown on things C.M., conducted the preparatory re- back home. I surely would like to get treat for the reception of , the Church of St. John the Baptist. home for a few months. Maybe I may profession of novices, and final pro- 18 Scholastics of Mary Immaculate be able to bring a troop ship home fession at Loretto' mother-house, Lor- Seminary will go to St. John's to sing and come back with another...... " etto, Ky. a Solemn Pontifical Mass of Thanks- We can furnish these further ad- On September 9, the Very Rev. Mar- giving on Sunday, September 30. The for dresses of our confrere-chaplains shall F. Winne, C.M.V., addressed the Most Rev. Thomas E. Malloy, S.T.D., those who do not know them. radio audience of the Sacred Heart Bishop of Brooklyn and Chancellor of Chaplain (Lt..) Maurice J. Singleton program of station WEW on the life St. John's University will officiate, Roosevelt Base of St. Vincent in connection with the and Rt. Rev. James H. Griffiths, '23, Terminal Island, California coming commemoration of the found- S.T.D., Chancellor, Military ordinar- Chaplain Joseph J. Edwards ing of the St'. Vincent de Paul society iate of the United States, will deliver U.S.S. Oneida, APO 221 in America. Briefly he traced the or- the sermon. Fleet Post Office, c/o Postmaster, igins of our present organized charity San Francisco, California and relief work to the methods devel- Chaplain (1st Lt.) Vincent D. S'mith oped by Our Holy Founder to alleviate At a meeting on June 26th the Sac- Gardner General Hospital the sufferings of the poor in his day. red Congregation of Rites discussed Chicago, Illinois. WASHINGTON, D. C. two miracles attributed to Blessed Catherine Laboure that have been Chaplain (1st Lt.) Ferdinand J.Ward At the annual Catholic Bibical As- proposed for her canonization. 33rd General Hospital, APO 782 sociation meeting held in New York, c/o Postmaster, New York City Father Joseph Lilly, C.M., was re- HAMADAN, IRAN elected general secretary of the As- BARRENS REPRESENTED AT sociation. The following is an authentic story ST. LOUIS CENTENARY told by Father Kearns, C. SS. R., an PERRYVILLE, MO. Elaborate celebrations, marking the American Chaplain who returned from anniversary of the found- Father James McOwen, C.M., is now the area scme time ago: "You ought hundredth Director of Students. ing in St. Louis, and America, of the to do something for Father Rigter, the of St. Vincent de Paul, will Father Charles Rice, C.M., has been Vincentian missionary at Hamadan in Society appointed Director reach their climax Sunday, September of Brothers, and Iran," said Father Kearns. "I was out p. m. A crowd of 100,000 Father James Fischer, C.M., is the there with our boys, and we can tell 30, at 3.30 newly-appointed is expected to be present on the Miss- Director of Studies. you about his hardships. The Students issippi River Front Memorial Site. are rehearsing the "During the winter Father Rigter Addresses will be delivered by the em- play, Second Spring, which will be had to sleep alongside his meager lit- inent orator, Rt. Rev. Msgr. F"lton J. presented on the afternoon of Octob- tle fire in his wretched shanty of a Sheen, as well as by the beloved Arch- er 14, to honor the hundredth anniver- rectory. He had a racking cough, and bishop John J. Glennon of St. Louis. sary of Cardinal Newman's conversion. if help had not come from the soldiers Most of the Three choruses totalling 10,000 from walks were laid he could not have lasted. grade and high schools, colleges, and in concrete this summer.....The various other crews lent their assistance to "He has no chapel. The soldiers seminaries have prepared a selection were going to help him build one, but of Gregorian and popular hymns. the cannery workers to handle an un- Our Seminary will be represented usually large tomato crop..... Two hundred new volumes were accessed the plans fell through. Poor Father by its "Falso Bardoni," numbering travels miles on foot into the hills to to the library...... A new field of study thirty-two students, who will assemble bring Christ to his flock. He is there with scholastics from the Jesuit, Re- for the advanced lay pupils of the Crusade Correspondence Courses is thirty years, having come as a young demptorist, archdiocesan, and other priest from Holland." seminaries; the special offering of this being prepared, that will teach both group will be the Hymn from the First moral principles and methods of ap- MANILLA Vespers of the Feast of St. Vincent plication in sample cases. The total number of Vincentians de Paul. BROOKLYN, N. Y. known-rto be dead is twenty-two. The SThe three combined choruses will On September 27 the Diamond Ju- assassination of another priest, shot 7 sing the "Christus Vincit,' later join- bilee Celebration of St. John's Univer- to death by the Japs on the grounds ing with the congregation for the Na- sity will be inaugurated with a Solemn of Assumption College, has been veri- tional Anthem, after the Benediction Mass at 10 a. m., celeprated by Very fied. Five other Spanish confreres of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Rev. William M. Slattery, C.M.V., in died of starvation. Volume 16 Perryville, Missouri, November, 1945 No. 2 St. Katherine's Celebrates Golden To climax a three-day celebration a Solemn Mass was offered in St. Kath- CONFRERE MAKES PLEA erine's Church, Sunday, October 7. zealous missionary to glamorize the The Very Reverend Marshall F. life of the Panamanian missions. Winne, C.M.V., celebrated the Mass Table fare is extremely sparse and in the presence of three unvaried, and the priest in the course and a large number of clergymen, of his incredibly long visitations glad- while the pews and aisles of the ly accepts from the hospitable peo- church were jammed by the faithful ple the beans and rice they can spare of the parish. In an eloquent sermon from their impoverished larders. Sleep- Rev. Clarence Howard, S.V.D., traced ing for the Panamanian missioner, ac- the progress made in the parish customed to beds and above all, clean- through the years, and Archbishop liness, is even less attractive. Ver- Rummel read a letter from the Apos- min swarm in the hovels of the na- tolic Delegate conveying the congrat- tives. His Excellency learned early in his twelve-year career to rely upon the hammock he always carries with him on journeys, and even uses in his archiepiscopal mansion. When the Archbishop entered those primitive regionis those dozen years ago, he found three generations of husbands and wives who had never received the Sacrament of Matrimony. In that first year, six hundred babies received the Sacrament of Baptism. Mahoney With little imagination, the - Archbishop Francisco Beckmann, C.M. ers could reconstruct the natural aver- sion that must have been his, coming On September 27, St. Mary's was there from a comfdrtable-and clean host to Archbishop Francisco Beck- -home in Holland. But while mak- mann, C.M., of Panama, one of the ing light' of his own inconveniences, three living Vincentians to enjoy that he had sincere commendation for the ecclesiastical rank. Maryknoll sisters caring for the hund- Not since the time of the Most Rev. red, and ten-to-twenty Hansen's di- Emile Lisson, C.M., in 1926, has the sease patients in the Canal Zone. Barrens been so privileged. An Active Shepherd The Community was present for the For all of the twelve years, the Courtesy ofthe South Archbishop's Mass in the Church of Archbishop has been exposed to what- Rev. Willis Darling, C.M. the Assumption. Consciousness of his ever diseases have been prevalent, to episcopal dignity impregnates his malaria in particular, without suc- ulations and blessing of Pius XII. every movement at the altar, yet with cumbing. His personal solicitude for Solemn Benediction of the "Most Bles- what simplicity, and self-effacing rev- his flock never allowed him to take a sed Sacrament was given in the even- erence is that dignity complemented! mere directive position, prelate though ing and an appropriate sermon was On the day when his sons commemo- he is; he has always been in their delivered by Father Winne. rate his death, St. Vincent's ideals midst, but not, as he comically observ- On the Children's Day, the preced- were seen still alive in one of his chil- ed, "going about as a grand monsig- ing Friday, His Excellency, Archbish- dren. nor." op Beckmann, C.M., of Panama, cel- More Priests Needed Informal Prelate ebrated a Solemn Pontifical Mass of His flock, we learned during his Commenting on his arrival in Bos- thanksgiving. To bring the jubilee to subsequent informal conference with ton, His Excellency confessed that the a close the following Monday morning the Students, numbers 540,000. Only accent of the Bostonians was "very Rev. Willis Darling, C.M., pastor of thirty-two priests are now available funny." In a later reference to "New the church, chanted a Solemn Mass of for their wants, with the present de- Orleans," he was obliged to turn for Requiem for the deceased priests and ficiency of the usual European sup- help for the correct pronunciation, to parishioners of the past fifty years. ply. It was to encourage priests from Father Stephen Paul Hueber, C.M., The program was planned and carried the United States to come to his coun- who had been with him during his out under the direction of Father try that the Archbishop had made a tour of Chicago 'and was his escort Darling, Rev. James Connors, C.M., tour of various American cities. That here. and Rev. Charles Saunders, C.M., his plea was repeated before us, earnestly, Panamanians speak Spanish. The assistants. anxiously. Archbishop delighted his audience by The Church of St. Katherine of A Rugged Life singing several bars of the Panama No attempts were made by this (Continued on Page Eight) (Continued on Page Six) Page Two The De Andrein Page Tw Th DcAdri another priest, and two students. The road to far-off Louisiana was a long and trying one, but not unprofitable. It was during the time of traveling, when dissipation and relaxation are seemingly easily justifiable, that De Andreis Published monthly by the Stephen Vincent Ryan Unit of and his three companions tempered their virtues and pre- the Catholic Students' Mission Crusade. pared themselves for their ministry. The "traveling com- munity" went on, observing a regularity Subscription: - - - $1.00 per year (nine issues) which could only Please notify us of change in your address be expected at one of their houses. Three meals a day were replaced by one, with collations of bread and choco- Editor ...... Thom as P. Munster, C.M . late bars substituting for the other repasts. For spiritnal nourishment, they made it a special point not to miss Associate Editors...... John F. Lenihan, C.M . Mass, and availing themselves of the afternoon privilege, F. Bruce Vawter, C.M. they celebrated almost daily. Archivist ...... M aurice J. Sheehy, C.M . Onward they pushed, drawn toward their distant Business Manager...... John M. Richardson, C.M. objective by the ever present desire to do something ex- Circulation Manager ...... James M. Galvin, C.M. traordinary for their God. Foligno, Bologna,, and .Piacenza Contributors: ...... Thomas J. Meik, C.M. passed under their weary, bu!t happy feet. From Piacenza, John W. French C.M. Felix wrote to his superior, Fr. Sicardi, "I thought to find the actual parting Faculty Adviser ...... Rev. James F. McOwen, C.M. with Rome very bitter, but instead I have found it most sweet as though I had entered into a Let us love God, but let it be at the expense of our arms sea of balsam, and I cannot sufficiently thank my Savior for a grace so signal as is that and in the sweat of our brow. St. Vincent de Paul of my destination." The only consolation that Piacenza afforded him was the ac- quisition of another Brother. FATHER FELIX LEAVES ROME Next came Turin, and an incident which remained indelibly imbedded in Felix's mind for the remainder of his life. This was to be his place of embarkation, probably The Holy Father himself decided the last time in his life that he would be within visiting that it was God's will that Felix ac- distance of his father and brother. His brother Vincent company Bishop Dubourg to America, came to Turin to bring Felix home for one final short visit. Felix's heart instead of remaining in Rome, as was torn between two loves, his love for God, and his love for his father. The the , had decision that Felix sub- Fr. Sicardi, sequently made, was possible only ,to a saint, and under- hoped. Before leaving the continent, standable only for a saint's reasonhs. The refusal was in- Bishop Dubourg presented the little terpreted as supreme insubordin in and gross ngratitude. band of missionaries to Pope Pius His love, however, for ',fis family was sincere and VII, and the Holy Father favored the supernatural, and his action, based on justifiable reasons, was to give to God -nrn^n->fiflX7 -nitnee»rsC vXith hie Anostonl- a truly singular proof of his detachmeit from the objects of his deepest love. He later explained ic Benediction, together with the granting of numerous to his brother, "to have gone: home under such circum- which lasted over an petitions. The informal interview, stances, besides it being impossible by reason of the party hour, closed, with the Pontiff exhorting them to put all of which I was in charge, and from which I was 'absolutely their trust in God. '". unable to absent myself, would have been ad'ouble afflic- £,The -omipany of missionaries ,was now divided into tion, to me and to my family, and a betrayal of my con- two goupsi,I•:ould eventually meet at Bordeaux, and science and my honor which were so evidently involved." unite ifor i blAtcrossing, Father Rosati, together Felix was to feel the effects of this decisiornthroughout his with .tw. priest• "s•i• ents, and, two brothers, led the life. In fact, from that time, his father refused to answer first a'r•• ome.R .October :2, 1815. An incident of his letters, thus breaking one of the few ties he had with note wcithl•ecor~lng, iih sfar.as it: caused a considerable the past. delay wash.e grbunding ofiheir: frail "ship" near the mouth of the Tiber. It wasn't 'until 19 days later that Genoa was finally reached. Here two of the party, dis- THANKSGIVING quit the couraged by the events of thepast few weeks, It is with full hearts and earnest will that group temporarily we can company. January :7,1816 saw the little render thanks to God this year of 1945. This year establish themselves in Marseilles. has seen the end of the bitterest and most :devastating war Meanwhile De Andreis and Dubourg were making ever suffered by mankind; and our thanks for its order to in- conclusion final arrangements for a rapid departure. In must be mingled with resolves that it must never sure the continuance of the missionary work in the same come to us again. We have been signally blest in this country, for manner in which it was to begin, Bishop Dubourg, Father we have been spared the terrors which drew up a Concordat, accompanied the war Sicardi, and Father De Andreis abroad, and which in which was to govern the mutual relations between the some lands still persist. This is truly Bishon of New Orleans and the Congregation. The mis- matter for thanksgiving and fitting matter for the nation sionaries were to accompany Dubourg to America, start a that first instituted a day of universal thanks -to God. house in his diocese, and proceed with the usual Commun- The De Andrein, therefore wishes you all a most prayerful ity works, especially to found a seminary as soon as pos- and blessed Thanksgiving Day. sible. The Congregation agreed to supply the Louisiana THANK YOU diocese'"vith a number of subjects, who would be bound by the rules and the constitutions of the Community; they The De Andrein herewith extends its sincere thanks were to live the life of a Missionary, in common wherever to those confreres and others who have subscribed for the possible,' "id "they must always and everywhere observe coming year. The staff trusts that this year's De Andrein with exactitude the rules and constitutions and holy prac- will achieve the same measure of success as those in the tices, left by their Holy Founder, rid observed by the con- past:and fulfill the expectations of our subscribers. freres in every place where they are' established." Many friends of the, missionaries, feeling warmly towards the nWemust nbt be satisfied with doing good project,, now. flooded them with much needed donations works; they:imtst be raised to a higher state and of books, sacred , and vessels, and even a little enriched by the merit of a most noble and holy money. intention, and performed soley to please and After fortifying himself with a retreat, Felix left Rome glorify God. on the morning of December. 15, 1815, accompanied by -St. Vincent de Paul The De Andrein Page Three COR AD COR LOQUITUR EMMET LAVERY'S "SECOND SPRING" PRESENTED On October fourteenth the hundredth anniversary of a tremendous event, the conversion of John Henry Newman, was fittingly com- memorated by an impressive three- act dramatization of his life. To those acquainted with the caliber of Student theatric- als a sufficient description can be giv- Mahoney en in a word by saying that in all Left to right: Messrs. McKinley, Ruiz, Michael McHugh, Farris, Lange, respects "Second Spring" was one of Shaughnessy, Calcagno, Brennan, Wagner, Lenihan, O'Connor, Ross, Parres, the most outstanding plays that have Danagher, Eirich, Falanga, Gaydos, Leonard, and Munster. Other members been produced in our generation. of the cast were Rev. Messrs. Hogan and Martin. A keen understanding of Newman's heart and mind enabled Mr. Robert vindicated, pathetic in his disappoint- and whose heart-in which dwelt Brennan to play the leading role to ment at the subsequent reversal, and "the love of God, of man...... and of perfection, making the famous English touching in the tender blessings ex- Oxford"-was greater still. A portion convert live for us in all the eagerness changed between himself and Bishop of Cardinal Manning's funeral sermon of his genius and gentleness of his Ullathorne, (played remarkably well for Newman made up the epilogue; a humility. by Rev. Mr. Edward Danagher). The fol- catafalque and funeral candles on the Mr. Francis Gaydos turned in an lowing scene in the Pope's chambers otherwise darkened stage formed an excellent performance as Henry Ed- was splendid in costuming, with the effective setting for this scene. Man- ward Manning; he is to be commended cardinal's robes and the striking papal ning's words were'an impressive tri- for the restraint with which he pre- vesture, and noteworthy for Mr. Jer- bute to "the of the Faith, sented the playwright's rather objec- ome Calcagno's animated performance great teacher of men" who had led tionable portrayal of the Cardinal. as Cardinal Nina who verbally "march- a "humble and unworldly life in union This was the sole defect of the play- ed Manning up the hill and then down with his God, in manifold charity to that it painted such a harsh and one- again" regarding the Times affair, all." sided picture of Manning, with little In the final scene of the act the That the production was extraor- attempt to palliate actions which at audience yielded completely to the dinary was due in no small measure least might have been the result of powerful spell of Cardinal Newman's to the ability and efforts of its direct- misunderstanding. Oxford address and was breathlessly or, Mr. Bruce Vawter. A great deal of Four magnificent scenes at the end silent ("the same kind of hush that remote preparation, including exten- of the play stood out above the rest, was forever in St. Mary's when he sive reading, made it possible for the achieving a superb climax. The sec- used to preach there"); in this speech play to be cast, script arranged and ond scene in the third act was delight- was clearly measured the stature of distributed, and costuming and scen- ful in Newman's joy at being at last this man whose mind was so great ery planned or actually accomplished far in advance. Remarkable attention was given to detail, a labor partially lost on an audience to a great extent unfamiliar with the characters and the period; every effort was made to reproduce as closely as possible char- acters and characteristics, and the costuming was extremely authentic. A great deal of credit for the suc- cess of the play must go to Mr. Charles Herbst for his painstaking work on the costumes and to Messrs. Gaydos, Richardson, and Stack for exceptional- ly capable stage-management. This production was replete with many and various special sound, lighting, and scenery effects, each of which alone would have contributed much to its success. In the words of the Superior, the play was truly "very wonderful and very beautiful"; we are immensely grateful to all connected with its pro- duction for so, vivid and penetrating a glance into the heart to which the M honey Heart of God spoke in love and which HENRY EDWARD MANNING AND JOHN HENRY NEWMAN replied so generously in kind. Page Four The De Andrein THE COMMUNITY SUPPLEMENT DENVER, COLORADO crease of 1,070. There are 353 veterans METZ, FRANCE registered. Special courses for vet- Sister Helene Studlet, D.C., of Metz Rev. William Kenneally, C.M., has erans are to be conducted at both the has received an army citation for hav- Col- been giving week-end retreats in downtown College of Commerce and ing assisted in the escape, at the risk orado Springs at "El Pomar," a home the uptown Liberal Arts College. The of her life, of over 2,000 French sol- the archdiocese recently donated to classes will be twice the usual num- diers and civilians hunted by the Ges- for the purpose of women's retreats. ber of hours per sermester and will be General Giraud, who himself has di- tapo. Rev. Thomas Barrett, C.M., conducted in English, Business Man- benefitted from her services, signed St. vided the entire student body of agement, History and Philosophy: The her citation by saying that hers was Thomas Seminary into a two-part reason for this special arrangement "the purest example of charity and Mass. choir for the singing of a special is to save time for the veterans and fervor, both patriotic and religious." Rev. Bert Cunningham, C.M., has enable them to get in more courses been conducting a liturgical seminar under the "G. I. Bill of Rights." TURKEY for the young priests of the archdio- Rev. Walter Case, C.M., chairman of The new Apostolic Delegate to Turk- cese. Fr. Cunningham has also recent- the English department at De Paul, ey is the Most Rev. Giuseppe Marina, ly begun a course in Catholic Action discussed "Newman: Forerunner of the C.M., titular Archbishop of Heliopolis at the seminary in response to the di- New Age" at the Sheil School of Social and former Apostolic Delegate to Iran. rective of the Bishops' Committee urg- Studies, October 5. Archbishop Marina was at one time such ing seminaries to undertake Rev. Waldemar Kirschten, C.M., has Visitor of the Roman Province of the courses. revived the long defunct Dramatic Congregation of the Mission, and has Ordinations to the priesthood will Club at the Academy and is currently just completed five years of arduous be on December 1 for the men of the planning the presentation of the play labors in behalf of the Polish refugees Denver Archdiocese. "Room Service." in Teheran. CAMARILLO, CALIFORNIA NEW ORLEANS, LA. BRAZIL Very Rev. William Barr, C.M. con- Rev. Thomas Lilley, C.M., was un- Along with two other religious sis- ducted a two-day retreat at St. An- ters, Sister Joana Voisin, D.C., has thony's High School, Long Beach, on animously chosen by the St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Joseph's Church been publicly deccrated with the Na- October 10 and 11. tional Order of the Southern Cross by Rev. Robert Brown, C.M., will con- to represent the society at the cen- tennial celebration in St. Louis. the President of Brazil for her services duct the retreat for the students of St. to her country. During the 51 years John's Seminary October 27 through KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI in which she has lived in Brazil, Sis- 1. November St. John's Seminary was host ter Voisin has devoted 32 of them to has com- to the Rev. Oscar Miller, C.M., delegates of the national a home for foundlings in Rio de Jan- of a speech convention pleted the construction of the Confraternity of Christian eiro, and the President has called her equipment studio and installation of Doctrine held in Kansas City. activities an example of signal hero- and prac- The for recording, amplifying priests of the Kansas City deanery will ism in behalf of the children of the tice in broadcasting technique. Republic. Rev. Harold Beutler, also meet there for the autumn C.M., is head- conferences. His Exc. the Most Rev. Luiz Gon- ing the efforts of the Mission Society zaga Marelim, C.M., first Bishop BROOKLYN, N. Y. of in preparing and sending food-pack- Caxias, has just celebrated his twen- ages to Paris. , Pope Pius XII, sent ty-fifth year in the Community. Added impetus to the study of Scrip- a cable blessing St. John's University Father Francisco Godinho, C.M., ture and Greek has been given by Rev. on the 75th anniversary of its found- former Superior of the Seminary of Francis Pansini, C.M., by the use of ing. Reviewing its history briefly and Petropolis, Brazil, has been named colored photo-slides. wishing well for its future, the Holy Visitor of the Brazil Province. Father commended the zeal of the LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA sons of St. Vincent de Paul in this SPAIN Rev. Thomas Gaughan, C.M., recent- work. St. John's has inaugurated an SAO VICENTE for the month of ly celebrated his silver jubilee of or- evening program of adult education July quotes three Spanish confreres dination. designed especially to meet the needs as having confirmed the happy pic- Rev. Russell Kirscheneuter, C.M. is of men and women of this commun- ture of flourishing Catholicism pre- succeeding very well in his work in ity. The program consists of ten cours- viously reproduced in this paper last the Newman Club, and will begin es, and is open to all, with no educa- month. Missions are being conducted classes at U.S.C. in November. tional requirements. One section of throughout all Spain. In Barcelona Rev. John Casey, C.M., is soon to Brooklyn had so many registrants for 29 missionaries were active, of which take the S'unday Mass at El Santo Ni- the course that regional sessions will 20 were Vincentians. They report no Community Center here. be held. 300 novices in the novitiate of the Thirteen Hours were closed at Los NEW YORK CITY Daughters of Charity. The mission Angeles College with His Excellency, Rev. Charles Docherty, C.M., was to India, previously mentioned, has Archbishop Cantwell, presiding, and amonrg the army and navy chaplains already accounted for the death of with fifteen neighboring in at- assisting at the in St. twelve missionaries, owing to the rig- tendance. The sermon was preached Patrick's Cathedral of Bishop Arnold, ors of the climate. They were high by Fr. Michael Lee, pastor of St. Pet- former chief of chaplains. in their praise of the regime of their er's, Los Angeles, and author of the "Caudillc," General France, who, they KONNERSREUTH, GERMANY book, "Conferences on the Little Flow- say, is a daily communicant, and has er." Two Eastern confreres, Rev. Paul the respect and loyalty of the entire The students' annual retreat was Dillon, C.M., and Rev. John Shea, nation. Particularly interesting was conducted by Timothy C.M., have seen and spoken to the the fact that workers in factories are Mannfng. famous stigmatic, Teresa Neumann. allowed time off, with pay, in order Fr. Shea was especially impressed, hav- that they might CHICAGO, ILLINOIS make spiritual re- ing met her a few hours after she treats. The total enrollment at De Paul had been through her Friday Passion University this year is 6,066, an in- ecstasy. (Continued on Page Seven) ST. STANISLAUS RECTORY 9 ELD STREET NEW HAVEN CONN. September 28,1945.

Very Rev. Marshall F.'Winne,C.M.V. 1427 South 9th Street St.Louis 4,Missouri.

1My dear Father Winne:

Gratia Domini nostri sit semper nobiscum:

I thought it may interest you to see pictures of some Polish Vincentian Fathers as they looked just after their liberation from the terrible Dachau Concentration Camp by our American Forces. They escaped death by few hours.

They are now in Paris, where the Very Rev.Father Edward Robert

and all the Confreres received them with open arms at our

Mother House.

Vith all best wishes, I remain

Devotedly yours in St. Vincent

h I J. I . L . Y1 . ~~L~llli~ru ( I/I .rbu~

Anthony Mazurkiewicz,C.iC.L

The De Andrein PPage Five WORD FROM THE HOLY LAND CHICAGO, ILL.: Over five years is of different orders and ages-in the of our training course offered their a long time to take for a letter to nice Austrian Hospice, just in the Old examination. All passed very well. reach its destination after being mail- City, having before us or within our Give God that we may be able to con- ed. Fr. Stephen P. Hueber, C.M., recent- sight the Holy Sepulchre, the Way tinue our work also next year. The ly received such a letter from a con- of the Holy Cross and the Mount of teaching is done by Arabic sisters and frere, Fr. Hugo Kerls, of Austrian Olives. Each two live in one room, teachers and one English lady. Hospice, Jerusalem, which had been having comfortable furniture and "If you come again to Palestine, I mailed on June 23, 1940. This letter enough food. Our nice chapel is never can take you around in our Ford. It had been censored and held in Pal- empty. Every morning there are about has a big room for luggage, so you estine until peace was declared. Fr. twenty Masses. So we may hope that can gather a lot of holy locusts, thist- Kerls acted as guide to Fr. Hueber God's grace last upon our house. At les, Sodom-apples and all the like. when he visited the Holy Land in the six-thirty each evening we recite in But hurry up, before you are ninety. summer of 1938. The letter is as fol- common the holy rosary and have I wish I could help you in your many lows: benediction. On Sundays there is an fold work. For such a young horse extra Mass at eight o'clock with songs like me it is not easy to sit idle for "Dear Father Hueber, and sermon. Everybody spends his God knows how many months. Per- "Gratia Domini nostri Jesu Christi time as well as he can. Some study haps it can be arranged in some way. sit semper nobiscum! Arabic, others English. Fr. Sonnen If there is no work for me here in gives the last finish to his huge col- Palestine or at home after the war, I "Just an hour ago we received and lection of notes about the Beduins will beg to be sent over and you come enjoyed very much your letter dated living around the Holy Lake. I my- here and have a rest so well deserved. May 6th. Have many thanks for it. self am ploughing through the fields But now I am building castles in the Indeed you are very glad to have peace of trigonometry and similar subjects. clouds, so I better stop it. Please re- over there. We feel the war like a If I am tired with it, I study Arabic member us in your prayers and in the heavy burden on our souls and -no or read or talk or pray or sleep. In Holy Sacrifice. We do the same to you. need to say-we join daily in our pray- this way the time passes very quickly. Let us know more about your famous ers for an early and lasting peace. Only Fr. Mueller, who before was at city. It is all of the extreme interest How I pity all the young lads who die Emmaus, is a bit weak and is in bed to us. And now all our best wishes by the hundreds if not thousands every today. But just half an hour ago I to you and a big tin full of condensed day for the sake of their country. heard him singing. I guess that's not Jerusalem greetings! a bad sign. "In the love of our Lord we remain, "Since two weeks we are interned dear Father again, fathers and sisters. We live "Our school is going well in spite of "Your devoted confrere, now together-62 priests and brothers the war. The other week seven girls "Hugo Kerls, C.M."

POLISH CONFRERES RELEASED FROM DACHAU

Rvds. John Rzymelka, C.M., William Szymbor, C.M. Bronislav Szymanski, C.M., Louis Moska, C.M. Francis Malinowski, C.M., Ladislav Kowalik, C.M. John Zalewski, C.M., Stanislaus Przewozniak, C.M. P SEx The De Andrein Oage A MONSIGNOR SHEEN LAUDS SOCIETY SAINT KATHERINE'S St. Louis on Sep- the program as planned, for the River- Persistent rain in (Continued from Page One) tember 30 forced last-minute aband- front site adjoining the Old .Cathedral is rich in the history of onment of the Mississippi Riverfront the early days Siena was the first .to be established site chosen for the celebration of the of the Church, and of the Society in Catholics in the Archdio- St. Louis. for colored Centenary of the St. Vincent de Paul cese of New Orleans. The parish was Society. Later in the afternoon, the The commemorative ceremonies con- Archbishop Jans- cluded with erected in 1895 by rains still continuing, twenty-two Solemn Benediction of the to make a more Most Blessed sens who was anxious thousand persons packed the new Sacrament, while again adequate provision for the colored of the trumpets St. Louis Cathedral, the largest crowd pealed in tribute to the its direction to Eucharistic King. Assisting his flock. He entrusted ever to gather there, breaking the pre- Archbish- and our confreres op Glennon for the Benediction the Community, vious records set at the Consecration were in charge ever since. The the Very Rev. Marshall F. Winne, have been in 1926, and at the visit of Cardinal originally served St. Joseph's C.M.V., , and the Rev. William church Mercier after the first World War. but when this parish erected a A. Q. Conner, supervisor of Catholic Parish The grade and high school children larger edifice on Tulane Avenue, the who were to have made up a part Charities in the Archdiocese of Chi- cago, . smaller church opposite Charity hos- of the chorus of 10,000 voices were During the services, pital became the present St. Kath- a news cameraman recorded the event. sent home. This change necessitated erine's. a last-minute rehearsal of other chants and hymns. Nevertheless, after The history of the parish for the only fifteen or twenty minutes, the past fifty years is characterized by the Rev. Clarence Corcoran, C.M., director untiring devotion of its pastors. The of the musical program, was able to work to be accomplished was of as- give the "ready" signal. tonishing proportions. The spiritual By the time the choir of Seminarians welfare of the people was always the from Kenrick, the Passionist, and first consideration, and parish activi- Resurrectionist , and St. ties that might contribute to it were Mary's had taken its place behind the never neglected. The Sisters of the main altar in the Cathedral, the con- Holy Family were introduced to teach gregation was already overflowing into in the school, the men and women of the aisles and balconies. At the en- the parish were organized into such trance of the hierarchy, with Arch- organizations as the St. Vincent de bishops John J. Glennon of St. Louis, Paul Society and the St. Ann's So- Moses .E.Kiley of Milwaukee, and dality, and improvements were contin- of Dubuque, and our ually being made on the church and confrere, Archbishop Francisco Beck- school. mann, C.M., of Panama, a bank of behind the altar sounded cut trumpets Today the half-century old parish is fafnfare. a ringing carrying on with renewed vigor. To Threading his way through a mass Father. Darling and his assistants across the apse, we of people ten-deep offer our congratulations and prayers J. Sheen, the principal Rev. Ularence ourcortan, .Tm.. Msgr. Fulton for continued success in this work of entered the pulpit. Depart- speaker, which the Community can justly be a usual historical resume of ing from CHAPLAIN NEWS proud. Some of our confreres; who Society, he lauded it for its achieve- the The following is an excerpt from a previously served S't. Katherine's ments over the past hundred years, have recent letter of Father Joseph Ed- as pastors are: Rev. John McWilliams, showed how it was in potency the and wards. Rev. Thomas Reynolds, C.M., and very- force needed to aid in the re- C.M., "Since V-J Day we have placed a Rev. John Modde, C.M. Christianization of Society. From its lot of water under our keel. Ours was inception in France in 1833 there have task of bringing the soldiers from the regards St. been present in its spirit the three Okinawa to Korea for the occupa- The Western Province valued factors that are lacking in the world tional invasion. After our convoy of Katherine's as one of its most more than today: the desire to preserve individ- 28 ships was under way, I learned that .heritages. Here, perhaps ual responsibility; a care for individ- Archbishop Spellman was on one of elsewhere, has been offered an oppor- zeal ual conscience and an efficient way of our ships, but 'Mighty 0' anchored tuniity to exercise that apostolic combating class conflict by eliminat- out so far that I didn't see him when which is characteristic of the true son ing the barriers between rich and poor. he went ashore. He went to Seoul and of St. Vincent. When this parish was "No man," he declared, "dies so rich from there we lost track of him. established, traditional and sectional as the St. Vincent de Paul man-he "We are now on the longest opera- racial prejudice was much stronger dies possessed of God." tion we have had to date. From Korea than it is today. Although there is It was during this address that Msgr. we went to Samoa in the Philippines; much less active opposition now, there Sheen declared that in a couple of thence south across the equator (Shell- are still Catholics, in the North as well weeks, there would be announced "one back now) to Bougainville in the Sol- as the S'outh, who have difficulty in of the most spectacular conversions omon's, stopping at Hollandia, in New recognizing in all men the image of in American history." This of course, Guinea. We are now removing the last God. One of the most pressing prob- we have seen fulfilled in the recent of our men from Bougainville and will lems of the Church at the present time return of Louis Budens, former ed- take a detachment of marines up to is to impress on us the fact that we itor of the "Daily Worker," to the Tientsen, China. From there-we don't are all the sons of God, brothers of Catholic Church. know! Jesus Christ, members of the same Archbishop Glennon afterwards read "I am well, seeing a good bit of the Mystical Body. It is a source of in- the mess:ae of the Holy Father, and world from a port-hole. Never get to spiration to know that our Commun- conveyed::the Papal Blessing. His Ex- see much ashore as the natives are ity is taking such an important role in cellency :xpressed regret that rain 'out of bounds', and military restric- the work among the colored people, had made it impossible to carry out tions are still in force." our brothers in Christ. Page Seven Andrein The De The Community Work in China BY A DAUGHTER OF CHARITY When our Divine Lord wended His or interested neighbor, might later on STUDENT-NOVICE weary way among His privileged con- result disastrously for some little soul temporaries, He turned His blessed awaiting .Baptism. Often on your re- BASEBALL hand to everything. At times there turn patients are found who earlier qnnf. 9t27 t e in the day hesitated to ask for help. sepu. zI. p-ju0l»luu were the homey chores in His Blessed intermittent show- Mother's society, or the little shop at Life in the Missions ers the community Nazareth beckoned to Him. Then as He Contact with the poor gives any at the Barrens this traversed the highways and by-ways, He Child of St. Vincent a feeling of be- year witnessed one was painstaking school teacher or devot- ing at home. This one always has in of the best Stu- ed nurse-witness Him with the man China. Our orphanage was conduct- dent-Novice ball at the pool or with Simon's mother- ed from time immemorial (the French games in years. Al- in-law; He ministers to the sick or Sisters seem to have invented the idea though the usually underprivileged, the old, the infirm, and passed it on to us) on what in victorious students the deaf, dumb, blind, lepers, little this country is called the Cottage once more won the children; and best of all, He was at Plan. Only, there are no cottages. game by a 2-1 the beck and call of anyone who want- The children are divided up into bands cr-nrp if.t wa s nnot ed Him. of about ten, and placed in the charge without a hard fight. The spirited The truly delightful picture of Our of a woman or young girl, these help- novice team was continually threaten- Lord in His Public Life is the perfect ers being either grown orphans or ing. They outhit their older confre- pattern after which we in China en- young women from the outside glad to res but their lack of experience was deavor to fashion our days, our live in the mission. All attend a pa- costly at the critical moments and the months, our years. rochial school under our management, students scored on errors. The bat- and the whole outfit of children and Variety of Talents teries for the students Were Messrs. "big sisters" is carefully watched over Vidal and Ross, for the novices Messrs. by a matron holding office under the No matter what one'ss talents or Rudy Miller and Harold Persich. Sister in immediate charge of the or- limitations, there is to be found in life one's perfect com- phanage. COMMUNITY SUPPLEMENT China mission To our parochial school come any plement. There is sewing to be done, (Continued from Page Four) and ironing Catholic children who have complet- and cooking, and washing, ed their course of religion in the Cat- SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (and, oh! the delightful irons with On Friday, October 19, the Faculty them!), and echumenate. The orphange children the charcoal fire inside are admitted at the age of six or sev- and Students of St. John's Seminary and there are babies house-cleaning, make their First were honored by a visit from His Em- youngsters to train, en, and in a band to mind, older Holy Communion as in our parochial inence, Rodrigue Cardinal Villeneuve, airy and otherwise, school rooms, schools at home here. It is a great O.M.I., Archbishop of Quebec and Pa- a hospital or dis- needing teachers, joy to one of the Sisters to take charge pal Legate to the Golden Jubilee Cel- Sister-nurses. There pensary awaiting of this school, to hire and supervise ebration of the Pontifical Coronation the old people, and the are the blind, the teachers, conduct of the Image of Our Lady in Guada- homes anxious to one or two stud- thousands of pagan ies herself, and see that the children lupe. Accompanying His Eminence a smile the visits of the welcome with regularly attend classes. Our school were Their Excellencies, the Most Rev- Sisters with medicine, often too with a erend Norbert Robichaud, Archbishop with the is graded according to recognized ticket to heaven dispensed Chinese standards of Moncton, the Most Reverend Cam- restoratives! and we try to secure tco-long-delayed competent teachers. Perhaps some ille Le Blanc, Bishop of Bathhurst, and Steps of the day we will be able to have Sisters the Most Reverend Joseph Guy, O.M.I., who can take over the classes them- Bishop of the Indian Missions in Que- One must experience the joy of this selves. bec. His Excellency, Archbishop Lu- house to house visiting to realize its Always the Poor. cey, was unable to be present by reas- meaning. Equipped only with a supply on of illness. When Cardinal Villeneuve of very simple and easily applied High school work in China will not addressed the assembled Faculty and household remedies-such as 6ne's withdraw our Sisters from direct con- Students, he assured them that he felt mother had at home-, and a fair tact with the poor. Many of our most perfectly at home speaking to Sem- knowledge of ordinary ailments, the promising girls are very poor and en- inarians, for he had spent the first daily journey is begun, north, south, tirely dependent upon the mission for twenty-three years of his priestly life east, west, unescorted only long enough funds to defray the cost of education. as a professor apn later as the Su- to reach the principal street. There There can still be-as in the United perior of the Scholasticate of the Ob- the procession begins, much like that States-home visiting after school lates of Mary Immaculate in Ottawa, which must have accompanied our hours and on holidays, but in China Canada. He urged Faculty and Stu- Divine Lcrd on His tours around Gali- the greatest drawing card to the poor dents alike to pursue their Seminary lee or Judea, a simply delightful fol- will continue to be the free dispen- duties with redoubled vigor, remind- lowing, if one likes people! Here and sary operated in every house of our ing them of the fact that Our Lord there are you called for, backwards, Sisters, besides vacation time work had spent the greater part of His fcrwards, often traveling miles with among the poor in villages far away public life in the education of the little headway, around in a sort of from our mission. first Seminarians. He promised that circle, as one poor family after anoth- Truly, one's devotedness has full in the visit he will scon make to the er learns by close observation that you scope in China. Perhaps like the Jap- Holy Father to report on his mission really are giving real medicirie entire- anese surrender, the call back to the to Guadalupe, he will have many ly free of charge. A refusal to retrace Orient will come more quickly than things to say about the progress of the one's steps four or five blocks to see we now anticipate, but it cannot come Church in the Southwest that will con- some patient after this delightful dis- too soon for those who are waiting- sole and gladden the heart of the covery has been made by its parent on both sides of the Pacific! Holy Father. Page Eight The De-ndrein Pag Eigh The De ndei ACADEMIA DISCUSSED NECROLOGY On Monday, October 15, Fr. Joseph Tennant of the The suffrage numbers for November are 51 to 55 in- clusive. National Society of the Propagation of the Faith spoke to the students on the subject of the Missonary Academia. SUPPLEMENT SUFFRAGE LIST-1945 Fr. Tennant said that he has visited more than thirty-five 61-Kelley, Wm., priest, died in Chicago, May 19, 1945, 72-45 seminaries in the course of the past year, with the object 62-Kudlek, Martin, Brother, died in Cracow, 1942 64-17 of popularizing the Academia among priests 63-Myslinski, Valentine, Bro., died in Cracow, 1942 77-33 of America so that in turn the faithful may become mis- 64-Kominek, John, Priest, died in Lwow, 1943 66-48 sion-minded according to the ideal of Catholic activity. He 65-Michalski, William, priest, died in Warsaw, 1943 64-47 66-Olszak, Joseph, Brother, died in Tarnow, 1943 75-51 reminded us that although America's contribution to the 67-Fedzin, Joseph, Brother, died in Cracow, 1943 70-45 world missions in financial support is proportionately 68-Wegrzyn, Michael, Brother, died in Cracow, 1943 76-46 larger than her quota, still in the item of personal service 69-Grzesko, Francis, Brother, died in Warsaw, 1943 77-55 our contribution has been negligible-barely amounting to 70-Smidoda, Francis, priest, died in Cracow, 1944 42-22 71-Porzycki, Stanislaus, priest, died in Brazil, 1944 47-31 3% of mission personnel. Setting aside other considera- 72-S'erzysko, Ladislaus, priest, died in Wenchow, 1944 30-'1 tions, the native catechists of various mission lands-men 73-Majsterek, Anthony, Bro., died in Tarnow, 1944 66-38 and women who have devoted their entire lives to service of 74-Kaminski, Caesar, Brother, died in Wilno, 1944 60-36 the Church-far outnumber the Americans who have con- 75-Wolak; Michael, Brother, died in Sandomir, 1944 46-19 secrated themselves to this, the primary work of Christian- 76-Kanefek, Francis, priest, died in Poland, 1945 31-12 77-Michalski, Constantine, priest, died in Auschwitz, ity. Fearing that regular courses in missiology may do more Feb., 1945 66-48 harm than good, the aim of the Academia is to promote 78-Levreri, John-Baptist, priest, died in Cagliari, interested and voluntary discussion and action on the prob- May 12, 1945 90-70 lems facing the mission field. If the clergy is imbued Please remember in your prayers the sister of Rev. throughout with a correct perspective of the position of the Carlton Prindeville, C.M., and the sister of Father Thomas missions, there will be little to fear in the future Navin, C.M. for Amer- ican proportionate participation in the effort to win the world for Christ. FROM THE MAISON-MERE C.C.D. MEETS IN Valuable information concerning the "We have scarcely been able to be KANSAS CITY present state of the Maison-Mere in in touch with Rome...... Paris appears in the following , letter "We still have about fifty who are During October 10-14 was held at from the Secretary General of the prisoners or who have been deported St. John's Seminary in Kansas City, Congregation. This letter has been to Germany. Alas for them! The Missouri, the tenth annual national taken from the last issue received of house at Dax was occupied by some meeting of the diocesan directors of MISIONERO, the periodical published 250 Germans...... for 1500 days exactly, the Confraternity of Christian Doc- by the Vincentian scholastics of Gua- from June, 1940 until August 22, 1944. trine. More than fifty diocesan and temala. The country was liberated on the feast archdiocesan directors were present of St. Louis, as you know. But all is this year at the convention presided "Congregation of the Mission not yet over! over by His Excellency, the Most Rev. "Maison-Mere Edwin V. O'Hara, Bishop of Kansas "95. rue de Sevres, Paris. "The clerics are all at Dax...... a full City. In the process of the meeting, "Gentlemen and my very dear con- house. The ordo for 1945 (a war ordo) on October 12, Bishop O'Hara celebrat- freres, comprises the roll-call of C.M.'s in ed his fortieth anniversary in the "The grace of Our Lord be ever with France, Algeria and Belgium. It lists sacred priesthood and his fifteenth us! at Dax 96 students, 50 seminarists, 31 anniversary in the episcopate. prisoners .. " "After our long enforced silence, at "I remain, devotedly yours, etc. One of the main recommendations long last we can resume correspon- "Combaluzier, u.p.m." of the meeting was, at the instance dence once more. And how much of Bishop O'Hara, to urge furtherance there is to say! CONFRERE PRELATE of the cause of Pope Pius X, the founder of the Confraternity of "Thanks be to God, 95 has not great- MAKES PLEA Christian Doctrine. In the matter of ly suffered. Though it has lain be- (Continued from Page One) the education of Catholic youth, spec- neath the iron hand which has op- ial consideration was given to the pressed our land these past four years, National Anthem, for while he is Newman Clubs as founded throughout it has lived and it has held on. Our deeply cognizant of his tremendous the United States, with particular em- most honored Father Robert is well, responsibility as shepherd of half a phasis on Junior Newman Clubs which as are also these Fathers who survive million souls, the lesser conventions are designed for the benefit of those to greet you...... of his dignity trouble him little. While of teen-age and younger. still in Holland he had learned to "You will forgive these hasty lines speak English, guided by his tutor's In the general session of the con- which I write with cold fingers. There direction to speak it "as though you vention, Fr. M. Ries, C.M., Pastor of has been much snow...... and no fuel! had a hot potato in your mouth." Cotulla, Texas, discussed the "San An- The Community has deserted the The Community at the Barrens tonio Plan" for the religious instruc- chapel (a frigidaire!) in favor of the treasures the recollection of his short tion of children, and explained in de- priests' hall as a place of assembly. stay in our midst. We believe we tail the method developed principally The is ice-cold, but thanks shall best be able to manifest our by him of using Bible Study outlines be to God there is something on the gratitude by assuring him that his as a means of imparting instruction in plates. Our privations have become pleas for prayers for his poor parish- the Catholic Faith to children not at- increasingly severe...... ioners will not be forgotten. tending the parochial schools. cs PC

Volume 16 Perryvillle,Missouri,Decemnber,1945 No. 3 FR. J. LeSAGE 50 YEARS IN COMMUNITY Half a century ago, on December 8, 1895, Father JohnLeSage, C.M., began MOTHER SETON'S his first day as a member of the Ccn- gregation of the Mission. The Barrens CAUSE PROGRESSES is privileged to have with her this be- The Community was recently host to loved confrere, and to commemorate our confrere from the Eastern Pro- this filtieth-year mark. vine, Fr. Salvator Burgio, C.M., Vice- Father LeSage's zealous past years for the Cause of Mother reveal scholarly achievement, true Seton, who addressed us on the pro- Vincentian concern for the poor coun- gress of the work in the Cause. try people, and open-handed assistance Though the life of Mother Seton is to those in need of his numerous tal- well known to us, Fr. Burgio remind- ents. ed us, the lastingness of her influence Although most of his pre-ordination for good in our lives will depend upon studies were undertaken here, they her canonization. He . reviewed the were completed in Europe. Simultan- history of the work on the Cause since eously in 1903, at Rome, he was award- its commencement in 1907, and in- ed two' doctorate degrees, one in The- formed us that he expected shortly oiogy, and the other in Philosophy. At the decree from the Sacred Congre- the Chapel of St. Vincent de Paul, in gation confirming Mother Seton's the Maison Mere, at Paris, the Sacred virtues as heroic and according her Order of Priesthood was bestowed on the title "Venerable." him in the same year by Archbishop He was then on his way to New Or- Lesne, C.M. leans where last September occurred Returning to America Father Le- the cure of Sister Gertrude. He brief- Sage was assigned to St. Stephen's ly sketched the process of the court Parish in New Orleans. In addition of investigation in this case, whose to his parochial duties, he filled the two most important men were the ---Rice doctor and the Promotor Fidei or directorship of the students at the REV. JOHN LeSAGE, C.M.ce Notre Dame Seminary in that city. In "Devil's Advocate." In this instance, 1907, after two years in that dual of- of World War I found him on the the Devil's Advocate was an experi- fice, he joined the faculty of the Dal- ,faculty of the growing De Paul Uni- enced canonist, professor of law las University. versity in Chicago. His years there at Catholic University, and the doc- Except for a year's interval spent as were divided between the Science and tor the best that could be obtained for an assistant pastor in Los Angeles, Philosophy Departments. While en- the circumstances: a Jew and an ag- the period between 1907 and 1918 was gaged as a Physics professor, Father's nostic, who does not believe in mir- taken up with mission work, teaching, interest was drawn to the still unde- acles. This man, Dr. Sieberg, is an and, particularly, in his post as veloped possibilities in radio. Besides experienced pathologist and as such Auxiliary Chap- his formal classes he would devote is the only kind of doctor acceptable lain, caring for thousands of soldiers long hours to that subject; his great- to the . Father Burgio first encamped in Texas. In giving mis- est diversion was his own transmis- approached a professor of medicine sions in the thinly-settled Texas coun- sion set. Chicagoans were aware of at the Roman University, physician of tryside he was obliged to travel horse- his acumen in the radio field, and did the Royal Family and of the back over hundreds of miles of ter- not hesitate long before they were Holy See in matrimonial cases, ritory. Each Saturday marked a new seeking his counsel on difficut technical but that doctor told him what the week-end missionary trek. problems, for, besides possessing Apostolic Delegate later also told him, The year following the Armistice (Continued on Page Five) (Continued on Page Five) Page Two The De Andrein Before leaving, Bishop Dubourg named De Andreis superior, and his vicar general in Louisana. On the 13th of June they boarded the American brigantine, "Ranger," Published monthly by the Stephen Vincent Ryan Unit of and set sail for America. The main body of missionaries, the Catholic Students' Mission Crusade. under Dubourg, was to join them later. It would not be until July 26 that they would be able to chant their Te Deum Subscription: $1.00 per year_ (nine issues) on American soil, in Baltimore harbor. Please notify us of change in your address Life on the "Ranger" Editor ...... Thom as P. M unster, C.M . Their transatlantic voyage was accompanied with Associate Editors...... John F. Lenihan, C.M . hardships most difficult for us to realize. Storms con- F. Bruce Vawter, C.M. stantly threatened the very existence of the boat. On one Archivist ...... M aurice J. Sheehy, C.M . occasion De Andreis records, "we had some stormy days, Business Manager...... John M. Richardson, C.M. and especially one night which was spent in prayer, as it Circulation Manager ...... James M. Galvin, C.M. seemed to us that it would be our last in this life. So fiercely was the boat lashed by the angry sea, that it Contributor...... Thom as J. M eik, C.M . groaned and creaked, and seemed momentarily on the Faculty Adviser ...... Rev. James F. McOwen, CM. point of breaking into a thousand pieces. The captain Let us love God, but let it be at the expense of our arms himself urged us to pray. But God willed our escape that and in the sweat of our brow. St. Vincent de Paul our martyrdom might be prolonged. The victims were prepared, but the blow was stayed; God knows why!" The Community life of the missionaries was not dis- DE ANDREIS CROSSES ATLANTIC rupted. All the exercises were made in common, although only four of the thirteen were members of the Community. Last Stop Bordeaux Felix De Andreis, as superior, was able to obtain this ex- traordinary faithfulness, merely by force of his example. The journey from Turin to Bor- The 19th of July was celebrated with all possible deaux consumed almost a month. On solemnity-High Mass, Vespers, and a panegyric in French. their itinerary they paused momentar- Felix used the feast day as an excuse for requesting a ily at Dansebourg, Bramante, Del- favor of the captain. He was an American sailor, who tinato, in Provence, Languedoc, Gas- enjoyed listening to conversations on religion, but "cared cony, at Niems, and finally Toulouse. more for dollars than for his soul." In spite of his in- At the last mentioned city, they had differentism, he held the little band in high esteem. It was the indescribable joy of meeting their on this day that a negro slave was to be punished for his fellow missionaries, Father Rosati and drunkenness and larceny. The punishment was to take the his companions, who, they thought, form of a sadistic display. The slave, bound by a long IlAILUhnirIdTg perllLu"oichiarl aUa+ sceia. .ph,heIlo pJcUr"aidfnu.t e rope was to be thrown into the sea, and made to pass re- again separated, and on the 30th of January, 1816, Father peatedly under the keel of the ship, with hardly enough De Andreis' party arrived at Bordeaux, and was joined time between the immersions to draw a breath. Through the shortly afterwards by Father Rosati. Here they remained plea of Felix, the captain condescended to release the slave for four months. At the Archbishop's bidding they assist- as his contribution to the festivities. ed in the spiritual ministrations of the city. Felix's main While still over 300 miles off the American mainland, duty was the chaplaincy of the prison. calm and adverse winds curbed their progress. A matter Father Rosati recalls that in Bordeaux De Andreis of more than incidental importance was the fact that the attended to his good works without the least ostentation. provisions were running dangerously low. It was under "He rejoiced in this obscurity.....which is always so much these circumstances that St. Vincent was implored, and desired by the children of St. Vincent. His reputation the thirteen missionaries made a vow in his honor. Nat- spread, in spite of Felix's desire. Visitors to Bordeaux urally, St. Vincent could not but help his zealous sons, and sought his acquaintance, and never left his presence with- their prayers were answered. Felix and his pioneer breth- out being deeply impressed with his eminent qualities. ren complied with their part of the contract weeks later, One would admire the depth of his knowledge, another by making a novena in preparation for St. Vincent's death the holiness of his life, all, the suavity and prudence of anniversary, and celebrating the feast with religious sol- his demeanor." ehnnity. Felix's Letter On May 28, 1816, Felix wrote Fr. Sicardi, in Rome, MAIL TO CHINA "A few days ago Bishop Dubourg arrived here....Through just and prudent motives, our plan has been changed, and According to the Perryville Post Office regular mail instead of going to New Orleans, we are going 400 leagues service has been re-established between the United States above this city, to St. Louis. I have, therefore, been oblig- and China. Ordinary mail goes for five cents the first ounce ed to apply myself seriously to the study of the English lang- and three cents for every ounce thereafter. Air Mail is uage. We shall go to Philadelphia,or Baltimore, and thence by seventy cents a half ounce. Packages up to fifty pounds land some 800 leagues farther, through the woods, among may also be sent. mosquitos, wolves, bears, panthers, rattlesnakes, and sav- ages, almost more ferocious than the wild beasts them- BOOK FAVORABLY RECEIVED selves. We shall be obliged to sleep under trees, making Readers will be glad to know that copies of Fr. large fires around in order to keep off intruders. I regret Bayard's new book, "Lone Star Vanguard," are now avail- that we shall have to change our costume for the secular able for shipment from the Vincentian Press, 1405 So. 9th dress, but this will be usque donec. Four of the priests who St., St. Louis 4, Mo. Reactions from those who have al- came with us from Rome have left us; but more have ready had the opportunity to examine the work have been joined our board...We...13 form the vanguard and will leave universally enthusiastic in regard to its qualities, literary on June 12th...Our new destination possesses many ad- as well as historical. It is bound in green cloth with a vantages over New Orleans; the climate is healthy, the very attractive dust-jacket in purple and white depict- manners of the people simple, and as yet, free from Eu- ing the Lone Star. Set in legible type upon fine quality ropean vanities." paper, the several illustrations and attractive end paper By now the missionaries were becoming so accus- map of the Vincentian West avail much for the technical tomed to disappointments, that when the captain of their .enhancement of the undoubted scholarship which has gone vessel broke his contract and sailed without them, they into the production of this record of a relatively unknown merely took it for granted. This turned out to be one dis- phase of the life and work of the Congregation of the Mis- appointment for which they were forever thankful. A fur- sion. The publishers mention that the book will be of par- ious tempest arose, and the faithless captain with all ticular interest to Texans, owing to its material, and we aboard were counted as victims of the storm. This Felix can add that it will be of even more particular interest to often related afterwards, remarking "that under human all the members of the Double Family and their well- opposition, God always conceals designs of particularmercy wishers, describing as it does the apostolic zeal of these toward his servants." early American sons of St. Vincent de Paul. The De Andrein' Page Three TheDo Anri Pag Three_ ------Esperanza De America Through the courtesy of our con- Lastly came the and the frere, Archbishop Francis Beckmann, Cardinal. C.M., of Panama and at the invitation Back in the sanctuary, Archbishop of Archbishop Louis Martinez of Mex- Martinez placed the crown and the ico City, it was my privilege to assist sceptre at the base of the Miraculous at the memorable ceremonies of the Picture, amid hearty "Vivas" from the Golden Jubilee of the coronation of congregation. Then every prelate went the Miraculous Image of the Most to the altar on which he placed his Blessed Virgin Mary of Guadalupe. mitre and crozier to symbolize the Together with our own Archbishop dedication of his diocese to the pro- Beckmann and Archbishop Beckman tection of the Blessed Lady. of Dubuque, I flew from New Orleans It was about 2:15 when the cere- to Brownsville, remaining there over monies concluded. It was my duty to night. The next morning we mhet get Archbishop Beckmann to his auto. Archbishop Rummel at the airport to For blocks around the Basilica the join him on the flight to Mexico City. people were massed. Once any prelate Archbishop Martinez and our provin- got into that crowd these people mob- cial of the Province of Mexico, Fr. bed him to kiss his ring and receive Patrick Ataun, were at the airport to his blessing. Our driver was not to greet us on our arrival. be found, so all I could do was to keep The reception for the Cardinal Le- the press of people from mobbing the gate in the grand Basilica of Our Archbishop and keep moving. With Lady of Guadalupe, about five miles the help of four or five boy scouts and from Mexico City, outdid anything I three policemen, we formed a cordon have ever seen for pomp and splendor. Very Rev. Marshall F. VVinne, C.M. about His Excellency and kept mov- The official count of Archbishops and Panama, and he could seccure but one ing slowly. We had done this for Bishops was seventy-two, hence you invitation. Places were reserved in the about five blocks and I was getting may imagine the picture these made sanctuary for provincials, but we nev- desperate until I saw a good gentle- in the beautiful sanctuary. er secured them. Priests were packed man who understood our situation We were granted permission to cel- in the sanctuary, standirig like sar- and said that he would bring his auto- ebrate Masses at the Shrine when we dines in a can. Services stairted at nine mobile to our rescue. When he did made the trip there, but I did not at- o'clock with the Cardinal Legate cel- finally make his way through the tempt to celebrate Mass there because ebrating the Pontifical NVlass. Arch- crowds to us we had dificulty getting of the presence of the large number of bishop Martinez deliverecl a spirited the door of the machine open because prelates and Mexican priests who had sermon. The choir, comp

Volume 16 Perryville, Missouri, January, 1943 No. 4

VETERAN.. . . .w . . . . MISSIONARY. v...... CALLED TO REST FR. CONSTANTINO OUR LADY'S 100 YEARS BURIED AT BARRENS At ten o'clock on the cold morning of Decem- ber 4, the body of Fr. Antolin Constantino was bur- ied in the little Community cemetery on the No- vitiate grounds. Present at the funeral Mass, which was celebrated by Father John Zimmerman, were about ten confreres from the neighboring houses, several of the diocesan clergy, and the president of the Ste. Genevieve deanery, Msgr. Van Touren- hout. Also present were the children and Sisters of St. Vincent's High School. The sermon was preach- ed by the Very Rev. Superior, Fr. Brennan, who stressed the life of Fr. Constantino as one typical of the ideal missionary. The entire day was set aside at the Barrens as a token of respect to our depDrtf.ed rconfrere• Fr. Constantino had a rare gift of acquiring respect and friendship upon short notice. When he came here to retire several years ago, broken in health, the kindly feelings evinced in his regard by the Community were by no means merely out of pity and respect for the aged. His complaintless suffering, his really amazing sense of humor and his shrewd appraisals of men and things quickly won him a place in the hearts of all, young and old alike. Fr. Constantino was born September 2, 1873, in Palma, Majorca, in the Bal- Rev. Joseph L. Lilly, C.M. eares Islands off the coast of Spain. His father, William Constantino, was a On the feast of the Immaculate Con- native of Savoy, in France. ception of the Most Holy Virgin Mary, He prepared for entrance into the Congregation of the Mission by attending our confrere, Fr. Joseph L. Lilly, ad- Catholic private schools, then the Apostolic school, and afterwards the Vincentian dressed in Washington D.C., at the Seminary in Madrid. Here were pronounced his holy vows on October 14, 1892, and National Shrine of the Immaculate on September 8, 1899, he was ordained priest at the Mother House in Madrid, by National Marian Conception, the first Prosper' Maria Alarcon, Archbishop of Mexico. Congress. Fr. Lilly's address concluded Community's Mexican Province after his ordination he Congress, which was marked by Proceeding to the the ten years. In 1908 the participation of numerous dis- worked in the missions of Monterey and Yucatan for nearly tinguished clergymen, including the he was transferred to the central house of the Congregation in Mexico City, where Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop Cicog- he was engaged in parish work until 1919. nani, who celebrated the Mass which At this time came the anti-clerical regime into Mexico, and Fr. Constantino brought the ceremonies to a close. was forced into exile. After many adventures and narrow escapes, he proceeded to Lilly said, was The feast-day, Fr. New Orleans, where he worked in St. Joseph's parish. A year later he was sent this year for many reasons. important parish, Los Angeles, to minister to the Mexicans there for the en- First, it was the 25th anniversary of to St. Vincent's Fort Worth, Texas, to do the laying of the cornerstone of the suing four years. In 1924, he went to St. Mary's parish, Shrine. But most importantly, this is similar work, and he worked among the Mexicans also in Holy Trinity parish, the centenary year of one of the most Dallas, during the following year. Remaining in Dallas until 1942, during the important events in this country's last few years he was invalided at De Paul Sanitarium. In 1943 he came to the Catholic history, when the Bishops of Mother House in Perryville to live out the remainder of his edifying life. the United States dedicated it to Our Fr. Constantino, who had always adhered to the regular community hours, Lady under her title of Im- Blessed illnesses, only on November 28 became too sick to attend meals. Conception. despite his many maculate ambulance to De Paul Hos- Our Lady has surely kept her part On December 1 he grew worse and was taken in an of the contract then entered into. In pital, St. Louis, where he was anointed. On the following afternoon he was found 1845, Fr. Lilly remarked, "there were dead, holding his stole in his hands. He had apparently arisen to get his stole, less than 800 priests in the United and was, consequently, probably conscious until the moment of his death. On States and 1,200 sisters and brothers. the next day his body was received by the Community, the office was recited, and Today there are more than 38,000 the students served as guard of honor at the all-night wake until the funeral than 144,000 religious. priests and more the following morning. A century ago the Catholics in the Constantino leaves no living relatives, but he has left many confreres to United States numbered 1,000,000 and Fr. characteristics today they number, according to the keep alive his memory. We shall not soon forget the many little conservative estimate of a member that were his-his persistent refusal to consider the relevancy of cigarette-ration- of the Census bureau, 35,000,000." ing, or his partiality to the students' movies, for example. His had been an in- The evidence of Mary's help in the teresting and full life, full of friends, of humanity, St. Vincents spirit, and of God. (Continued on Page Four) May he rest in peace. Page Two The De Andrein Jesus and Mary," wrote Father De Andreis. While stopping off at Marietta, they met a well educat- ed hunter, who invited them to his home. There they met Published monthly by the Stephen Vincent Ryan Unit of his invalid wife and children. Since they knew of no re- the Catholic Students' Mission Crusade. ligion, the missionaries judiciously introduced the subject of the Catholic faith. "To these words;" writes Rosati, "the Subscription: - - - $1.00 per year (nine issues) poor family listened with tears, while they made the most Please notify us of change in your address generous offers and promises to anyone of us who would Editor ...... Thomas P. Munster, C.M. remain with them, even for a short time. ONE OF YOU, AT Associate Editors...... John F. Lenihan, C.M. LEAST, said they, CAN STAY WITH US. But we could F. Bruce Vawter, C.M. not remain long, and when the time for our departure drew Archivist ...... M aurice J. Sheehy, C.M . near, we knelt down (the father and sons following our Business Manager...... John M. Richardson, C.M. example) and implored the blessing of God." The Mis- Circulation Manager ...... James M. Galvin, C.M. sionaries left a catechism and some other books with them. Contributors:...... Joseph F. Wagner, C.M. This and similar incidents kindled the fire of zeal for William J. Gillespie, C.M., John P. O'Connor, C.M., preaching the gospel, in Felix and his companions. Thomas J. Meik, C.M., Lawrence J. Leonard, C.M. As much as Felix desired to remain with these good and Photographer...... William J. Mahoney, C.M. sincere folk, he knew that if he stopped and fulfilled every Artist...... Wilbert M. Bruns, C.M. request the greater work of organized evangelizing of whole Faculty Adviser ...... Rev. James F. McOwen, C.M. territories would be thwarted. To reap the greatest harvest Let us love God, but let it be at the expense of our arms with his few missionaries, Felix must be methodical, and it and in the sweat of our brow. St. Vincent de Paul is for this reason that he concentrated his efforts on the many, and by-passed the few. They reached Louisville, 600 miles from Pittsburgh, on Felix Advances to Bardstown November 19th, and from there De Andreis went on horse- on tneir arrivai in Balimoiure, ue- back to receive orders from Bishop Flaget, 40 miles away. lix and his companions immediately Flaget informed De Andreis that it was useless to proceed went to the Sulpician house, St. Mary's immediately to St. Louis, for no arrangements had been College. Fr. Brute the president of the made to receive them. At the bishop's suggestion, the pio- college "hastened with the most tender neers remained at St. Thomas' Seminary, 4 miles from charity, to procure lodgings for him Bardstown. and his companions, loading therfi Sojourn at St. Thomas all possible kindness and atten- St. Thomas Seminary was not as imposing as the name with would seem to indicate. tion," From Baltimore, Fr. De Andreis It consisted of a log house, which sheltered 20 young ecclesiastics, and wrote letters to the archbishop of that a two story'bishop's house, which Flaget shared with De Andreis and Rosati. city, and also to Bishop Flaget, at While at the seminary, Felix dIWTiT>tX KiT n+i-.17r nni it employed his time teaching JDiarJ.UsoUW1, eL•.elnucJ y. VV MAAeC Wau - theology, and in studying English. In speaking and writing ing for replies, which would grant them faculties, and give English, he sought perfection. To realize this ambition, he much needed information about the remainder of the trip, had to place himself on a level with the students to whom they availed themselves of the opportunity to recuperate he taught theology in so masterly a manner. He took the from the 43-day ocean voyage. utmost delight in this humiliation, and said several times Stage-Coach Travel that those words of the Gospel, "nisi efficiamini sicut par- On September 10, 1816, they climbed into a stage coach, vuli, non intrabitis in regnum coelorum!" must be literally and began the first lap to their inland post. Felix had so fulfilled in our regard. As a result of this linguistic effort, arranged the day on the stage coach, that not one of their he was able to preach and hear confessions in English. regular pious exercises was omitted. Canonical hours, the Angelus, and even the examens were held at the accustom- -- A---TV ed hour. The stage coach, Felix writes, was "very incon- venient, and exposed us to all the inclemency of the wea- FRATERNAL CHARITY- ther . .. The rain seemed to follow us for four or five days, The regular postal service has again been opened I during which we passed over the most frightful roads; we to many European countries. Knowing the extreme were obliged to get out every now and then, to ease the needs of the people of Europe the Students of St. vehicle . . . At a place called Bloody-Run, we were detain- Mary's Seminary have begun sending gift packages of ed for some days, at no slight expense. We started at last, foodstuffs, soap, and other staple articles to our own and the driver put us off at an inn, four miles away, un- Confreres in France and Poland. der the pretext that he could go no further because the The U. S. Government has encouraged the send- Juniata river was impassible. Thus after paying the whole ing of such gift packages, each of which is not to jare to the end ofo journey, we were left half-way on exceed 11 pounds. We have found that an apprec- the road. "Eventually Felix and his group found a stage iable quantity of articles -hat just cannot be coach and, on September 19th, they arrived in Pittsburgh. bought in Europe can be packed into one of these Here they fulfilled the vow they made to St. Vincent while gift boxes, and we feel sure that they will be happily in Lesperate straits at sea. received by our Brothers in need. Fr. Robert has From Pittsburgh De Andreis wrote Fr. Sicardi, "every- Swritten from Paris his extreme appreciation of such thing here is vera expensive . .. We are all in excellent assistance. health, notwithstanding our hardships, the constant priva- Mention is here made of this work to encourage tion of wine, soup, etc. It may almost be said that we similar action on the part of confreres and friends have the four seasons in one day. In the morning one Sof the Community. The Students will be most hap- shivers with cold, and a few hours after, is ready to melt py to take care of the work of buying the contents with the heat." of gift boxes, packing and sending them for those Beautiful who send them the money. Forced to forego the pleasure of making the trip by It is estimated that perhaps 12 million people will steamboat, because the fare for 12 amounted to $2,000, they die of starvation and exposure in Europe during this resorted to the economical, but wretched flatboat, which winter. Certainly money is well spent that goes to the low waters of the Ohio prevented them from boarding relieve this situation. until October 23rd, 1816. "From time to time we went ashore If you can help, please send your contributions to: and walked about among the thick forests, where no hu- Dean of Students man foot ever trod, save that of the savage, nor human St. Mary's Seminary, voice but theirs had ever been heard. Joyfully, we made Perryville, Missouri the echoes~repeat, for the first time, the sweet names of ^ELQpS^i3;^'^^<;^

HIS EMINENCE, JOHN CARDINAL GLENNON According to the latest reports, of the 32 new Cardinals created by His Holiness, Pope Pius XII, 31 will be present at the public consistory of the Sacred College on February 21 to receive their red hats. Among these will be the Ordinary of our own archdiocese of St. Louis, His Eminence, John Cardinal Glennon. Upon becoming a Prince of the Holy Roman Church, Cardinal Glennon is at once the first Cardinal of the met- ropolitan see of St. Louis and the first Cardinal West of the Mississippi.~@,_-: He received the happy news only two days after he had observed the 61st anniversary of his ordination to the Sacred Priesthood. He has been a bishop for nearly fifty years. It has been remarked that in receiv-..-;..' ing the cardinalate, His Eminence has. in a measure repeated the career of Cardinal Newman, whose story is still fresh in our minds from the centen- ary observance last October, not only in the fact that this dignity has come upon him after long expectation, but also in that it crowns and places the stamp of approval upon the long life The two Chinese sisters mentioned in the last issue, Mary Fou and Philo- (Continued on Page Three) meena Shu, who are now Registered Nurses. Page Two The De Andrein Ste. Genevieve to replace temporarily their pastor, Fr. Pratte, who went to St. Louis to supervise the preparations which were being made to receive Dubourg and his thirty companions. Felix's zeal was quickly evidenced in hearing Published monthly by the Stephen Vincent Ryan Unit of confessions, instructing children, visiting the sick, in the Catholic Students' Mission Crusade. preaching, and most effectively, by living the life he Subscription: - - - $1.00 per year (nine issues) preached. Please notify us of change in your address Fr. De Andreis, C.M., Pastor Editor ...... Thom as P. Munster, C.M . Associate Editors...... John F. Lenihan, C.M. Early in January, 1818, Bishops Dubourg and Flaget F. Bruce Vawter, C.M. journeyed to St. Louis. On their way, Felix joined them, and on the feast of the Epiphany, they arrived in the Archivist ...... M aurice J. Sheehy, C.M . progressing city, where Felix assumed his combined duties Business Manager...... John M. Richardson, C.M. of vicar-general of the diocese, and parish priest of the Circulation Manager ...... James M. Galvin, C.M. district. Again Felix took time out to inform his Superior- Contributor: ...... Thom as J. Meik, C.M . General of the affairs of the mission. Among other things, Faculty Felix reveals that, "the Indian tribes are numerous, repre- Adviser ...... Rev. James F. McOwen, C.M. senting fifty different nations; they acknowledge one only Let us love God, but let it be at the expense God. To please this god, they treat themselves most crue- of our arms ly. They live like the very animals of which they are con- and in the sweat of our brow. St. Vincent de Paul stantly in pursuit . . . Their aspect is frightful, and one feels almost inclined to doubt if their reasoning powers DE ANDREIS be fully developed. I have conversed with them by means of an interpreter. Some few among them are Catholics. They' refuse to adopt the Protestant doctrine, objecting VICAR GENERAL OF ST. LOUIS that the true 'Fathers of Prayer' (or 'Black Robes' as they were called) have no wives and children like the Protestant In September, 1817, Bishop Flaget ministers, but devote themselves wholly to God. I have begun a small dictionary, with the help of received word that Dubourg had land- an interpreter. ed at Baltimore with thirty priests. He I translated the Pater Noster for them by means of peri- was requested to take De Andreis and phrasis, for their scarcity of ideas renders their language Rosati with him to St. Louis and make poor in words . . . One of the Indian interpreters is helv- ing me to translate the Catechism, which will be of great the preliminary arrangements for use in our future apostolic labors." Dubourg's arrival there. The 300- mile horseback trip was mere routine. Messis to a battle-scarred missionary like quidem multa Flaget, but to the neophytes, De An- Felix also related the pitiable state to dreis and Rosati, the drenching rain, which Catho- thbp want noffnd_ a.nd their tiredr ml s- licism had degenerated. It was because there was no one to guide them that people began to believe such doctrinal cles, were trials whose effects were evidenced. After nine errors as, there are three gods, and that Jesus Christ be- days of fatiguing travel, they arrived at Kaskaskia. Here, gan to exist as God when He was born of the Virgin Mary. the regular ringing of the Angelus bell in its small One of his most frequent consolations was the baptizing of church was but one of the many noticeable signs of a faith dying persons. With this realization that another soul had well grounded and cultivated years ago by the Jesuits. been saved for heaven, to glorify God for all eternity, all The next stop was Ste. Genevieve, another French vil- his numerous privations and sacrifices became precious to lage, seven miles farther north. Demonstrations of cor- him. What was extreme cold, excessive heat, a frugal diet, diality accompanied the receptions of the Bishop and his and no physical comforts, compared with saving just one companions-his vast flock insisted on using these oppor- soul? With a living faith like this, he could not help tunities to show their appreciation of his faithful ministry, being a profitable servant in God's vineyard. and they generously supplied them with lodgings. Three classes of people were the object of the mission, St. Louis, 4000 Population Catholics, Protestants, and savages. Naturally, Catholics of had the first claim for the services of the missionaries. On October 17, 1817, they arrived in St. Louis, a city Their beliefs had become so distorted that some placed 4,000, whose spiritual care was administered by a priest Catholicism on the same level with heretical sects. Others every three weeks, who visited it, staying in a dilapidated and celebrating Mass in a ramshackle church. refused to submit themselves to the "ababominable practice presbytery of confession." Felix records, "we have some of every na- The ruins of these two buildings were now at the service tion, even Italians, who know how to pay compliments, of the weary travelers. Flaget called an assembly of the in the district, and indicated the but who are, in reality, perhaps more estranged from re- most influential families ligion than any other people. The Irish are generally fer- advantages that would be theirs if a bishop resided in their vent, and show no mercy towards Protestants." midst. This would naturally help St. Louis to be a center of religious and literary instructions, he told them, whence The savages presented a rather complex problem. They they and their families would derive immense benefit. Labor believed that there was a God, but that He had given them and money were quickly volunteered to the Bishop. a different religion-and so faithful were they that they put many Christians to shame by beginning all their em- 640 Acres ployments with an act of worship (smoking), saying, "may Meanwhile a delegation from St. Mary's of the Barrens this smoke ascend to the Divinity." arrived in St. Louis with an attractive offer. The entice- ment was the deed for one square mile of land, purchased KIM by the 35 families living there, with the hope that Dubourg ~ti~O~PQ~P~-s~p~Pa~ 8·r~o~a91 ii would found his future seminary at the Barrens, and not in St. Louis. Their pastor, Fr. Joseph Dunand (a Trappist) NECROLOGY directed the plea to Bishop Flaget, who was to act as in- In your charity kindly remember the repose of the tercessor with Dubourg. (Eventually, we know, Dubourg did accept this tempting offer, but this is anticipating souls of Father John A. Garvin, the sister of Fr. John events.) Green, the brother of Fr. Thomas Coyne, and the brother of Fr. Emmet McDonnell. Everything now seemed in order, so Bishop Flaget re- turrned to his diocese with Rosati. De Andreis was left at I The De Andrein Page Three there .will be a wave of conversions From Our that might win Japan to the Faith be- Cardinal Glennon Chaplain Confreres fore it settles down again into its Or- (Continued from Page One) iental calm. of useful service to Holy Mother In China: "It is clear to me that the Japanese Church. Made a Lieutenant Commander on are bewildered and in a quandry, not Cardinal Glennon was born in the tenth of October, Fr. Edwards only in philosophy, but in politics, County Meath, Eire, June 14, 1862, and wrote recently of the prospect law, economics, everything. The whole received his seminary education at of being released in early spring. Fath- nation is waiting for some one or All Hallows College, Dublin, transfer- er's detachment, stationed at Isintao something to tell them which way to ring at the end to the jurisdiction of on the Yellow Sea, is transporting go. They are going to bring 50,000 Phil- the Bishop of Kansas City. He was troops of occupation to and from Chi- ippine soldiers, 40,000 Chinese, and the ordained in Kansas City by Bishop na. To instance the rate of exchange same number of British and Russians Hogan December 20, 1884. in many parts of China, Father told to share the occupation. When these In 1887 on leave of absence he at- of paying $16,500.00 in Chinese dollars, arrive the American Army will not tended the University of Bonn in Ger- the price of a dinner for four. Accom- be so prominent as it is now and the many and toured throughout Europe. panying his party is Mr. Hugh Ward, change is liable to affect the Japan- After his return, in June, 1896, he be- who will try to meet his relative, Bish- ese thinking." came Bishop of Kansas op Quinn, when they make a conven- City. In 1903 he became Coadjutor ient stop. Father Edwards thinks it The Community Bishop of St. Louis and, in October of unlikely that he. himself will be able that year, Archbishop of St. Louis it- to see our Chinese missioners, due to Supplement self, at that time being the youngest the course of their journey, and the archbishop in the world. shortness of their stay in port. If one would see what Cardinal Glennon has meant to the Church in In Japan: America, one need but look at the This letter is from Father Wil- great cathedral of St. Louis, whose de- liam Flynn. His responsibilitie7 sign was decided upon by the Cardin- extend over a huge area of oc- al personally. While it was in the cupation, from Yokohoma to Tok- course of construction, Kenrick Sem- yo. Father Flynn, now wearing inary was built, followed soon by the the Captain's bars, was the first Cath- Junior Seminary. St. Louis has been olic Chaplain to have a turn in the second to no diocese in the United broadcast religious program over Ra- States in the furtherance and recog- dio Tokyo. "Morning Meditations" as nition of the importance of Catholic the program is called, lasts about ten education for all. Under Cardinal minutes each morning, and for six Glennon's reign the long and vener- mornings Father had to leave his able tradition of Catholicity in St. post at 5:30 in order to get to the Louis that has preceded his coming, studio by 9:00 a. m. the tradition of Rosati and DeAndreis, We quote two of his significant par- the founding of the St. Vincent de agraphs: Paul Society, the old cathedral and "There is a wonderful missionary DENVER, COLORADO its meaning to the West, all this has opportunity here in Japan this year, received Shortly after the feast of the Epiph- a worthy complement and but it will have to be grasped in the succession. Among the personal qual- next few months. The Japanese are any, Fr. Thomas Barrett gave a high ities school retreat in Nebraska. for which he is noted, His Em- out on a limb-they have lost confi- inence has attained conducted the fame as an orator, dence in their old way of life and they Fr. Bert Cunningham a Forty Hours devotion at Holy Family gift in which he is still proficient, have an exaggerated respect for all with unimpaired vigor, at the age of things American. They are flocking Church late in January. 83. to the Christian centers-people asking LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA The Cardinal considers his appoint- for instruction in Catholic doctrine After addressing the students of ment to be an honor conferred by the are numbered in the thousands. There Los Angeles College on devotion to Our Holy Father upon St. Louis and Mis- are not enough priests who speak Jap- Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Fr. souri. Recalling His Holiness' visit anese. All the German and Belgian Edward Sellman enrolled the entire here in 1936 as Cardinal Secretary of priests want the Americans to send a student body in the medal. The Mirac- State, he remarks how favorably im- lot of their priests here at once. They ulous Medal Novena is held each week pressed the Pope was then. Echoing want some kind of public display of in the students' chapel. these sentiments, many Protestants, Catholicism. The Protestants have al- including ministers, have been eager ANTONIO, TEXAS ready had a committee of Americans SAN in their congratulations, believing that come over to survey the mission field Fr. Edward Riley gave the retreat they have been included in the gesture and to offer help to the Christian for the nurses of Seton Hospital, Aus- of good will extended by the Pope. Churches which has caught the public tin, Texas, from January 28-31. Our Holy Father, a true precedent- attention. This commission had an CHICAGO, ILLINOIS breaker in the best sense, in filling audience with the Emperor and it the Sacred College for the first time looks like he favors the Protestants. Fr. John Smith addressed the Chi- in many years, has effected many Of course it is only that no'dCatholic cago Branch of the Catholic Poetry other "firsts." We now have the first from-America have yet come Society on January 21. He spoke on Chinese Cardinal, the first Cardinal over here. The Apostolic Delegate has Louise Imogen Guiney as a courageous of the West, the first time we have no longer his diplomatic standing here Catholic poet. had five Princes of the Church in the -the Army does not recognize Japan's Fr. Gerald Mullen has been appoint- United States. Though we are not foreign affairs. But all the Catholics ed Moderator of the year book, THE the first to offer congratulations to our I talk to think that if the Church put DEPAULIAN. new Cardinal Archbishop, no one shall on the pressure now with plenty of Fr. Jeremiah Lehane is the new be before us in, wishing him God's missionaries and funds for relief- Faculty Moderator of the DE PAULIA. blessing in his new honors and many which, of course, means America- (Continued on Last Page) more years of faithful service. Page Four The De Andrein PaeFu heD nri The Community Supplement (Continued from Page Three) Vincentians and the Lay The annual retreat for the Univer- The masses in France, eleven and tion, with all that emancipates him sity students' was given by Fr. Raph- twelve decades ago, destitute, sick, and from his passions and from a portion ael Kuchler in St. Vincent's Church cheerless, were succumbing to the en- of his wants, with those things that on January 28, 29, and 30. ticing program of the new "liberalism," make him free, and may make him Just before Christmas Fr. Bernard were forsaking God and the Church. great." The value of works was three- FitzGerald received three more Acad- Then, in the very center of the chaos, fold: to convince the sceptical that my boys into the Church. Twenty-eight there began to be felt a power for the Catholicism was still social dynamite; converts have been made among the cause of Christ, the influence of one to relieve the needy and win them boys. whose great ambition was the recon- to Christ; and, finally, to transform Over 1300 veterans are now enrolled struction of the intellectual life of himself and his associates from men in the University. The Day College Europe on Catholic lines. of ideas into apostles of fiery charity. -of Commerce has an enrollment of 1500 students. The highest previous This was the celebrated Frederick Despite all the new concern with enrollment in that department was 800 Ozanam. At his death, a notorious works, Ozanam never lost sight of his students. The uptown College of Lib- anti-clerical bigot felt forced to tes- original ambition: to reconstruct intel- eral Arts and Sciences has 800 stu- tify of him as "a man of letters of the lectual life on Catholic lines. Works dents. first rank, a sincere and humble are needed today. But ideas even more so. Young NORTHAMPTON, PA. Christian, a true friend of Science, and college men are uniquely a doughty defender of Faith." With suited to handle the dual demand. Fr. John A. Garvin, Professor of heart-warming success, Ozanam and a Ozanam died in 1853. Time after Theology at Mary Immacu- Dogmatic few other college students held time in the ninety years since his passed away after a de- late Seminary, bates against the most astute that the death, others have arisen in univer- brief illness. cynical University of Sorbonne could sities-professors and students. In At St. Charles Seminary, Oberbrook, offer. But one morning, an embittered them the spirit of their founder is seven Students of the Eastern Pro- o)ponent broke into most satisfactorily observed. Ozanam vince received the Diaconate, nine re- his eloquent re- buttal: "Ozanam, throughout his life, as student and ceived Minor Orders, and seventeen, you are right when you finally as an illustrious professor, Tonsure. speak of the past; in past cen- con- turies has done wonders. tinued to combine works with his crus- PARIS, FRANCE But what is it doing for mankind now? ade of ideas. That was his way of re- In a citation signed by General de Where are those tangible results which constructing intellectual life on Cath- Gaulle, President of the Provisional alone will teach us the practical value olic lines. Government of the French Republic, of your faith? We await them, for it Father Maurice Collard, has re- is through them that we will be con- The Society is a peculiarly Vincen- ceived the Croix de Guerre with the verted." tian contribution to the lay apostolate. Bronze Star. The citation reads: The congratulatory message of Pius "Fired with an ardent patriotism, he Adopting St. Vincent de Paul as X in 1909 bears this out: St. Vincent sought out froin the very beginning of their special patron, Ozanam and eight "is still living in the admirable insti- the occupation, agents among the others met the challenge. Lead on tution of the Conferences, which, a members of the clergy who formed their first visit to Christ's poor by century and a half after his death, the first cell of resistance against the Sister Rosalie, a Daughter of Charity, were placed under his patronage, enemy. For a long period he collected the relief of the needy commenced, have taken his name and imitate his and transmitted information from a growing over the years to world-wide faith, charity and apostolic spirit; a group working in the Paris region." proportion. The Society was never new generation, an unexpected but meant to provide only a material re- fruitful posterity, which has borne CHINA PEKING, lief. In Ozanam's own words, it also wherever planted the choicest fruits Fr. Maurice Kavanagh of the Irish "occupies itself with the soul, with his of Heaven's favour." Province has opened a center for religious, moral, and political educa- Catholic marines. Invited by Father, Ozanam knew that the enemies of marines of the First Division attended Christ want to "divide and rule"-to the Children's Mass in St. Joseph's currently is an active campaign on separate sheep and shepherd. He rec- Church and were impressed by the the part of the Baptist sect. ognized, however, that the could chanted prayers of the children. St. enter where the clergy were held in article on Fr. Luis Valet, a veter- Joseph's school, the largest in Peking An suspicion, or open hatred. "Perhaps," in Cuttack since with an enrollment of 200, is conduct- an missionary there he says, "(the poor) will be less af- 1923, describes how he has watched his ed by 14 Daughters of Charity, nearly frighted by us. Let us make words of original flock of from 20 to 30 grow of whom are Chinese. peace and consolation all into some 1200. Apostasies are rare ring in their ears. Then SPAIN among the natives, but the work is . . . we will hand them over to the From the monthly magazine LA ever demanding. tender care of those whom REINA DE LAS MISIONES publish- God has chosen to be the guardian ed by our confreres in Cuenca, Spain, Reports from various of the mission- and doctor of souls." many particulars concerning aries stationed throughout the mission we read The need for a united front of the missions they are carrying out in territory give encouragement to the priest and people is extremely urgent India. Letters are included from two belief that our Congregation is accom- today. St. Vincent de Paul, as inter- Daughters of Charity, the first sta- plishing much, under God, for the preted by Ozanam for the laity, shows tioned in Gapolpor, on the Gapolpor- spread of Christ's earthly kingdom. us how to offer our own distinctive Berhampor route, and the other in Realizing as they do the great need answer to that need. The work must Kurseong. They describe vividly the of primary schools, some of which in be done by the laity. But the inspir- sacrifices which they must daily make, Cuttack had had to be closed, they ation can be given in the pulpit, the the travel which they cheerfully un- have formed their mission intention to dertake under extremely primitive this end. The conquest of the young classroom, the parish organization, re- conditions, and the handicaps under will ensure the permanency of th membering that Ozanam and his first which they labor, chief among which mission. followers were young college men. Volume 16 Perryville, Mo., March, 1946 No. 6 II PONTIFICALI_-, - I,,___ OBSEQUIES _ HONORI--- -FATHER FLAVIN "...HUNGRY AND YOU GAVE ME TO EAT..." Several months ago ,the Students the near future, for the needs of the began sending small packages of food Polish people seem to exceed that of to our confreres in Europe. In the all others. We wrote recently to Fath- January issue of the De Andrein a er Aloysius Wycislo who, until recently small notice appeared announcing was in Poland and who is working our plan to send aid to our Euro- with the War Relief Services of the pean confreres a nd announcing, NCWC. He informed us that the also, that the Students would be glad people of Poland are in especially to purchase and mail food for those grave need of help. He also informed who wished to send us contributions us that we could use the facilities of for this purpose. Thanks to this not- the NCWC to send as much as one ice, a tidy sum has been received. hundred and twenty pounds of food From one confrere came a check for and clothes to our confreres in Poland one hundred dollars; another con- at one time. frere sent us a check for three hun- For just an inkling of what the re- dred dollars, a donation from his ception of the smallest articles means parishioners; a check for one hundred to the war-ridden people of Europe, and fifty dollars was received from a we give here a few excerpts from a Daughter of Charity. letter received by one of the students These contributions added to those written by a friend in Holland. "Now of other confreres enabled us to buy I can say something joyous for a some clothes as well as food for the change! I received your parcel yester- European members of the Little Com- day evening. I thank you with all my pany. At first glance it might seem heart. Try to understand how happy that the donations we have received I am. I had no cigarettes, no tobacco, are adequate for our purpose. However, for so long-and now, your parcel The mortal remains of Father Tim- the needs of our many confreres scat- comes, for which I had long since othy J. Flavin were laid to rest in the tered throughout Europe are such that given up hope. Thank you, my friend. small community graveyard, Sunday twice or three times the amount we Oh, you should have been here. When afternoon, February 24, at one o'clock, have received could be spent, and well I came home yesterday evening after with surviving members of his family, spent, in their behalf. work, my parents and brothers and several Daughters of Charity, a large The weight of packages sent through sisters were all at the door, calling to representation of the various Com- pounds. the mail is restricted to eleven me 'O Jan, there is something here munity houses of the Western Prov- Twenty-nine such packages have been for you. Something very beautiful. ince, and the whole personnel of the sent thus far. Twelve went: to France; Something from America.' And there Barrens present. The chanting of the were sent to rine went to Italy; five on the cupboard it lay. 'Open it, open "Benedictus" concluded, the Very Rev- to Holland. We Poland and three it!' everyone cried, gathering around erend Visitor, Marshall F. Winre, C.M., have hores of sending a large ship- recited the customary prayers, in Latin ment of food and clothes to Poland in Continued on Page Two) and in English. The first funeral rites had taken place at St. Vincent's Church in St. Louis, Saturday morning. Most Rev- erend George J. Donnelly, Auxiliary Bishop of S't. Louis, pontificated at the Requiem Mass, sung by a choir of priests of the Community. The Very Reverend William P. Barr, C.M., de- livered the funer:l sermon having flown in from the West Coast from St. John's Seminary in Camarillo, Cali- fornia, where he is Superior. A crowd of about a hundred priests was in at- tendance. Saturday, at two o'clock in the after- noon, the body was received by the Community at the Barrens, and Ves- pers were recited in the Community Chapel, where an all-night vigil was kept by Semiharists and Students. At 8:30 that evening, Matins and Lauds were chanted, with Father Flavin's relatives present. The second Requiem Mass at 11:00 (Continued on Page Five) The De Andrein -Page-aPaeToTeD Two nri_~__ We observe the regular order of the day, with as much exactitude as our situation will permit. Our fare is exceedingly poor . . . We sleep crowded to- gether . . The country abounds with insects of every Published monthly by the Stephen Vincent Ryan Unit of description . . .I have counted no less than ten dif- the Catholic Students' Mission Crusade. ferent species of insects, which attack us during the night and will not let us rest. It seems almost in- Subscription: - - - $1.00 per year (nine issues) credible, and yet it is perfectly true, that in one night Please notify us of change in your address I killed as many as one hundred large bugs. There is, especially, one insect here, quite unknown in Europe, Editor ...... Thom as P. M unster, C.M . called the TICK. When it succeeds in burying itself in Associate Editors...... John F. Lenihan, C.M . the flesh (as it always seeks to do), it makes one suf- F. Bruce Vawter, C.M. fer agonies. Archivist ...... M aurice J. Sheehy, C.M . Fifteen miles outside St. Louis, in a little settle- Business Manager...... John M. Richardson, C.M. ment of Florissant, Bishop Dubourg had erected a convent Circulation Manager ...... James M. Galvin, C.M. for the education of girls. This was under the direction of Contributor: ...... Thomas J. Meik, C.M. the Madames of the Sacred Heart. Mother Duchesne, the American Superior, frequently was favored by visits of the Faculty Adviser ...... Rev. James F. McOwen, C.M. Bishop and his vicar at Florissant. So highly did she es- Let us love God, but let it be at the expense of our arms weem Fr. De Andreis, that when the chaplain was callec away, she asked him to substitute. and in the sweat of our brow. St. Vincent de Paul The Negro Harvest DE ANDREIS AND THE For the most part, the duties of vicar general of the diocese and pastor of the Cathedral demanded his con- UNIVERSAL APOSTOLATE stant presence. This somewhat limited sphere of apostolic activity did not prevent him from spending his strength Felix De Andreis epitomized in these words the in other evangelical pursuits. Probably the most unfortunate hardships of a missionary in pioneer America: portion of his flock was that of the negro slaves. Treated If it were not for the glory of God and the as mere cattle by their master, it is no wonder they respond- ed so generously when Fr. De Andreis directed his efforts salvation of souls, I would not be here for all the money toward them. Some could not understand why a vicar in the world. general attempted to raise the lot of the downtrodden slaves to a human level-but with the Divine Master as his But hardships more trying than mere physical to inconveniences beset the missionaries. It was the attacks constant model, De Andreis had no other choice but on their religion that were the most difficult to withstand. follow His lead and submit to the misunderstanding. De Andreis relates an incident wherein an Irish Catholic An Inspiration Unfulfilled came to the fore, and bested a Protestant on his own grounds. This Protestant was the proprietor of a hostelry, From many of Father Felix's letters we notice his burning and in an effort to show his contempt for Catholics, pen- desire to work entirely among the Indians. On January ned some verses inviting Protestants, Turks, Jews, Quak- 5, 1817, he wrote: ers, Atheists, and Deists, barring entrance only to Papists. I feel that I am urgently inspired to consecrate my- An Irish Catholic wit subscribed two more lines: self entirely to the conversion of the savages. It is my "Who wrote these verses, surely wrote them well; intention, after giving stable form to the seminary, to The same are written on the gates of hell!" leave it under the direction of Father Rosati, and go forth, in the name of the Lord, along the Mississisppi, St. Louis Cathedral to begin the evangelization of these poor people. On Whitsunday, 1818, Bishop Dubourg laid the But this longing of Felix De Andreis to convert cornerstone for the cathedral of St. Louis, which would the savages was, for the most part, unrealized. The young replace the small log cabin heretofore used for divine wor- missionary knew that the offices he held under the Bishop ship. The new edifice was not large, according to our would lead him farther and farther from his desired vo- standards, but it was a definite strengthening of the Catholics' cation, yet willingness to embrace these duties, with the position in missionary territory. De Andreis insisted on knowledge that these same duties would serve only to make placing the statues of Sts. Peter and Paul in two niches more remote the realization of his dream, made them more of the facade. His purpose was to confound heretics and meritorious in the sight of God. Just as St. Francis Xav- to bear witness to the primacy of St. Peter and the Roman ier was never to realize his ambition of converting the Jap- Church, since the Protestants could stand anything but the anese, neither would Felix De Andreis realize his dream names, "Rome," and "Pope." Their hostility had been so of converting the savages. effective that the beliefs of some Catholics became Contaminated. Under the careful supervision "... Hungry and You Gave Me To Eat ... " of Bishop Du- bourg, the cath- (Continued from Page One) edral was suffic- iently completed to be solemnly blessed on January 8, 1819. me. I tore off the paper and when my father and brothers About this time Bishop Dubourg saw the cigarettes and tobacco, and my mother and sis- accepted the land- grant offer from ters saw the chocolate, everyone cried . out together, the Barrens. He then sent Rosati to 'Ooocoh!' And I cried with them . .. . My betrothed has put the Barrens to be superior of the aside two bars of the chocolate to use after we are married, house, and also of the seminary to she says. Half of the cigarettes have flown away into be erected there. While preparations smoke-but that is what they are for, no? . . . We can buy were being made a tthe Barrens, nothing here. As rich as our land was before, just so pooc provision was mace in St. Lolois for is it today . . . We lack everything, chairs, tables, beds, accommodating seminarists. Fr. De Andreis himself super- covering, cups, plates . . " vised their somewhat irregular novitiate,-irregular, since We shall continue to send packages to Europe as frequently, by reason of the need for priests, he was com- long as our funds allow. As we wish this cause to be a pelled to send out novices to perform evangelical work. continued activity, we shall welcome your co-operation Trial by Insects and assistance at all times. If any of you have any clothes which you do not need and which our priests and seminar- A few excerpts from one of Fr. Felix's letters graph- ians in Europe could use, we will be very happy to mail ically depict seminary life in St. Louis: them to Europe for you if you send them to us. Please ad- Our seminary is located in a miserable cabin. dress all contributions to the Dean of Students. The.. De Andrein Page Three ST. THOMAS PERPETUATES VINCENTIAN SPIRIT Stretched at the foot of the great eastern wall of the Rocky Mountains, St. Thomas Seminary remains today a monument to the zeal of the con- freres whose vision ensured its pres- ent position of service to the dioceses of the West, established in the region upon which-local legend asserts-God set His stamp of approval in the rais- ing of the Mount of the Holy Cross. In 1907, the then Bishop of Denver, the Most Rev. Nicholas Matz, invited the Community to found a theological seminary for the training of the cler- gy of Colorado. Consequent upon this, in October of 1908, under the presi- dency of the late Fr., Thomas Levan, St. Thomas was officially opened consisting of a large, sturdy brick building of three stories. Still used to house the younger philosophers and college men, it has ceded the place of dignity to the magnificent structure erected in 1926, but is known affection- ately to all as the "Old Red Brick." Kenrick Seminary. Bishop Tihen St. Thomas is for ever Vincentian. the grotto The Most Rev. J. Henry Tihen had celebrated the Solemn Mass, and the On the campus remains Miraculous Medal, come into the bishopric of Denver. sermon was delivered by the now Car- of Our Lady :pf the a student body of the past, All concerned, both confreres and dio- dinal Glennon, Archbishop of St. erected by it reposes the body of the cesans, had throughout these times Louis. Several months after this, the and near of the present magnificent Tihen Memorial Tower late Fr. Julian Layton, long the be- realized the inadequacy in the demands which was added to the structure, which now loved professor of moral theology building to meet that pervades upon the seminary through gives St. Thomas its distinctive lines. the Seminary. The spirit were levied been re- for entrance. Conse- In 1927 Fr. Brennan again resumed its student body has often applications similar to that quently, Bishop Tihen inaugurated the superiorship, to be succeeded by marked as strikingly Vincentian scholasticate. Where plans for the building of a new St. Fr. Thomas Coyne, who, in turn, re- of the has been accomplished to the Thomas, a plan which took definite linquished his office to the present in- so much of St. Vincent, we can surely shape in the organization of the "St. cumbent, Fr. George Tolman. honor for an augury of continued suc- Thomas Seminary Crusade." The look The glory of St. Thomas Seminary in this, one end of our Institute, "Crusade" was furthered to a trium- to cess is its chapel, designed as a memorial ad cleri disciplinam. phant conclusion, confreres, diocesan the first three Bishops of Denver, Mach- clergy, ordinary, and people working eboeuf,, Matz and Tihen. Dedicated in together in fixed determination, far 1932, it is in the style of the rest of the News From Nippon overstepping the stipulated sum re- seminary,-Lombard. A pleasing com- We print a letter received by Fath- quired for the seminary. bination of different colored bricks and er William Flynn from Sister Gene- There is satisfactory poetic justice tiles harmonize here to make an arch- vieve, a Daughter of Charity, dated in the reflection that the phenomenal itectural masterpiece, a fitting house for December 12, 1945, Osaka, Japan. success of the drive was due in no the great marble and gold mosaic "You will never know what a joy small measure to the anti-Catholic high altar and the gigantic chandel'er your kind letter was for all of us Ku Klux Klan which was then hav- of beaten bronze that illuminates the whom you call so kindly your Sisters ing its evil day. The Klan made the vast lantern, fifty-four feet above in St. Vincent. We have been solong mistake of challenging the existence the sanctuary floor. Above tl-e main without any news from the dear Doub- of St. Thomas Seminary in Denver, altar are the five brilliant windows le Family, without any visit since four and the loyal took up of best German work, one dedicated long years ago and to learn on the tnis gauntlet, making the construction to Christ the King and the remaining 8th of December that you were with of the new seminary the embodiment four given over to the four Doctors us on this land of Japan was really a of their defiance of bigotry and de- of the West, Augustine, Jerome, Greg- kind of gift of our heavenly Mother. votion to the Faith. Fr. Francis Mc- ory and . The three chantry "Thank you very much, Father, for Cabe was named the new ' of the chapels which spring from each finding our address; I hope we will seminary to succeed Fr. Brennan, transept contain near-life-size statues soon have the good fortune of seeing about a month before the formal dedi- in natural-colored marbles of St. Vin- you here and hear you speaking of cation, October 17, 1926. cent de Paul, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. our Sisters in America and giving us At one of the most impressive cere- , Our Lady, St. the good bread of St. Vincent's teach- monies ever witnessed in Denver, His Joseph, and the Sacred Heart, while ings. We are here nine Sisters, five Eminence, Patrick Cardinal Hayes, there is an Agony Group of similar of them are French and the others: Archbishop of New York, dedicated the work at the rear of the Chapel. The Swiss, Yugoslav, Portugese, and Jap- new praesentia episcopalis to Almighty stained-glass windows in the nave anese. We have a hospital for the God under the invocation of St. have not all as yet been installed, but poor which has been miraculously pro- Thomas Aquinas. He was assisted by their ensemble will depict the various tected in this terrible war. We have the then Monsignor, now auxiliary counsels and commissions given the to deplore the loss of the dispensary Bishop of New York, the Most Rev. Apostles, each with its appropriate Old and the children's house which were Stephen J. Donahue, and by our late Testament adumbration. The stations burnt, but, thanks be to God, there Most Honored Father, the Very Rev. are set in niches, each cast in natural was nobody injured and we kept our Charles Souvay, then president of bronze. (Continued on Next Page Page Four The De Andrein Page Four The De Andrein NEWS FROM NIPPON Confrere Given Important Commission (Continued from Page Three) It has been announced that the expected that the new translation will poor sick and small babies all the Episcopal Committee on Christian remove any final obscurities that time with us. Since the month of Oc- Doctrine, under the chairmanship of might remain between the reader and tober we are receiving great help from the Most Rev. Edwin V. O'Hara of the pure understanding of God's holy the American army. The 391st Regi- Kansas City, has appointed our con- word. This has been done to such ment of Infantry is quite near our frere, Fr. Joseph Lilly, the Executive an admirable degree in the new trans- house and your kind men discovered Secretary and General Editor of the lation of the Psalter from the Hebrew the hospital one day when the Sisters forthcoming English translation of text, it has been made evident that went around the village to ask for the New Testament from the original the Church is interested above all vegetables. (At that time we and our Greek. Besides the general obligation else in the true and literal meaning poor were quite miserable). So the of responsibility which Fr. Lilly will of written revelation. Catholic soliders began to bring food have over the entire work, he will per- Our congratulations are offered at and clothes and soap and repair the sonally have as his charge the trans- the same time to Fr. Lilly upon his houses, etc., so the life was completely lation of the Acts of the Apostles and important charge and to their Excel- changed for us. The Catholic Chap- the Epistles. lencies, the Most Reverend Bishops, lain, Father G. Coyne, comes from Fr. Lilly, it will be remembered, was for their discernment and farsighted- time to time and is perfectly good to one of the translators who worked ness in selecting a scholar of Fr. Lilly's us. He has great compassion for the upon the revision of the Challoner- stamp for this momentous work. poor and with his help we. obtained Rheims version, popularly now called what we wanted for so long. That is: the "Confraternity Edition." This The Community some buildings for the poor refugees revision was made, however, from the who are dying in the streets. Latin, and the original Greek In Poland "We just began a few days ago this was employed as an interpretative and As THE DE ANDREIN was about work in an old military barracks and directive norm. The new translation to go to press, we received a beautiful we think St. Vincent would have been marks a new departure for a vernacu- letter rom Fr.Anthony Mauriewic happy among these poor people. May lar edition blessed by the approval of the Vice-Visitor of the Poish Vice- I ask you for a special prayer for me the national hierarchy, deriving im- rovince. We quote most of it. whose responsibility is so heavy, so mediately from the original language. far away from our venerable super- Since the Council of Trent, when the "I thank you cordially for your iors. We cannot yet communicate Vulgate Edition was given the position touching letter of February 18th. I with Shanghai where our Sister Visi- of juridic authority in the Church, all have no words to express how thank- tatrix resides, and no answer comes translations to receive official approval ful I am to you . . for your generous either from Paris. We were so glad to for use in churches have been made readiness to help our confreres in Po- hear from you that they are all well, from the Latin. It was never intended land. May God bless you and reward thanks be to God. by the Fathers of the Council, how- you a thousand times. "I wrote through one of the serg- ever, that the original versions should "We are also sending packages eants near us, to our Sisters in St. be disregarded, however much this through the mail, because they arrive Louis, who answered very kindly and may have been the belief in some earlier and are delivered to the house. I think they will be a help to us; it minds. In regard to larger transports, we is through them that I wrote to the The present Holy Father made this have sent boxes through the UNRA Mother House. It is so good to find point quite clear when he issued his which gave us shipping space on its the family all over the world." encyclical letter Divino Afflante Spir- boats going directly to the Polish Port itu, concerning the promotion of Bib- Gdynia ... lical studies. His Holiness said, in " . . . Please remember that all our Thought for the Time part: "This authority of the Vulgate houses east of the Curzon Line are With Communistic uprisings taking in matters of doctrine by no means liquidated by the Soviets. The names place over the globe, purportedly on prevents-nay rather today it almost of the places are: Bialykamien, Usz- behalf of the masses, we are printing demands-either the corroboration nia, Lyskow, Milatyn Nowy, Vilna, these views of Frederick Ozanam. and confirmation of this same doctrine Cacica and Solonetul - Now, and This layman of the- last century, by the original texts or the having Lwow . whose interpretation of the spirit of recourse on any and every occasion to "Around the first days of February St. Vincent de Paul still flourishes in the aid of these same texts, by which our American Visitatrices, Sister Isa- the Conferences for laity, gives us the correct meaning of the Sacred bel of Emmitsburg and Sister Caroline herewith the Catholic answer to mod- Letters is everywhere daily made more of Normandy, sent a large shipment to ern needs: clear and evident. Nor is it forbidden the Sisters of Charity in Poland, who We should occupy ourselves with by the decree of the Council of Trent, are also in great need of everything the people whose wants are too to make translations into the vulgar necessary for their daily life. many and whose rights are too few, tongue, even directly from the original "I suggest for shipment the follow- who are crying out, and fairly, for texts themselves, for the use and ben- ing articles: old underwear, as union a share in public affairs, for guar- efit of the faithful and for the better suits and shirts; old clothes, as cas- antees for work, and against dis- understanding of the divine word, as socks, trousers, waistcoats, overcoats, tress, who follow bad leaders, be- we know to have been already done and shoes; threads, needles, buttons, cause they have no good ones....Alas in a laudable manner in many coun- safety pins, stationery, pencils, erasers, we see the division which exists in tries with the approval of the Eccle- towels, soap, shaving soap, blades; any society growing deeper and wider siastical authority." kind of canned goods, as condensed every day. It is not political opin- The new translation, then, is the milk, soups, vegetables, fats, cereals, ions that divide men; it is some- direct fulfilment of the Holy Fath- spaghetti, and rice. They have lost thing less than opinions; it is their er's desires. The Confraterntiy Ed- everything and anything fit for use interests that sunder them. Here ition was able, through the use of the will be gratefully appreciated by them. is the camp of the rich, there the Greek, to clarify the interpretation "You have kindly mentioned in your camp of the poor. One only means that should be given to such readings letter two dozen new sheets. I think of salvation remains to us-that is, as "sacramentum" (for "mystery") and this will be an ideal gift for Stradom that Christians in the name of love, "rapina" ("a thing to be clung to"). 4, Cracow. This house was returned interpose between the two camps. It is now to be hoped and confidently (Continued on Page Five) The DeAndrein Page Five FR. FLAVIN NEW PROVINCIAL OF EASTERN PROVINCE (Continued from Page One) o'clock on Sunday, in the Church of the Assumption, was celebrated with pontifical ceremony, by the . Right Reverend Lawrence Vohs, O. S. B., of St. 's, in Illinois. Father John Vidal, C. M., of St. Thomas Sem- inary in Denver, assisted as Arch- priest, with Fathers John Zimmerman, and Oscar Huber as Deacon and Sub- deacon. In the eulogy by the Very Reverend William Brennan, C. M., expression was given to the priestliness, the un- derstanding of his fellows, the love of the poor that characterized the crowd- ed years of Father Flavin. Just four months after Father Flay- in pronounced his Vows in May of 1910, he received the assignment to teach at the University of Dallas. He was just twenty-three years of age at in March that time. Five years later, Very Rev. William Slattery, C. M. of 1915, Minor Orders, the Subdiacon- ate, and the Diaconate were conferred With the nomination by the Vicar on him at St. Louis over a three-day General of Fr. William Slattery as his Very Rev. Daniel Leary, C. M. period. American pro tempore in wish well to our new representative at His first duties after his ordination Paris, Fr. Daniel Leary, former dean the Maison-Mere who in the words of to the Holy Priesthood by Bishop of St. John's College, Brooklyn, has the Brooklyn "Tablet," "has endear- Glass in the Church of the Assumption assumed the office of Visitor of the ed himself to his fellow-Vincentians on June 7, 1916, took him to De Paul Eastern Province. by a quiet mildness and an exorbit- University, the St. Louis Preparatory Fr. Leary has the degree of Doctor ant kindness and who in all things Seminary, and to the directorship of of Canon Law from the Appolinaris has excelled in that virtue which so the students at Kenrick Seminary. in Rome, and has taught that subject enriched the celebrated founder of Appointment to the office of Pro- and served as director of students in St. his community and rendered St. Vin- vincial of the Western Province in John's Seminary, Brooklyn, and St. cent de Paul a by-word whenever 1932 came after he had held the su- Vincent's Germantown. He was ap- charity is discussed or Christian love periorship of the newly-established pointed the first superior of Mary Im- of the neighbor is mentioned." St. John's Seminary in Kansas City, maculate Seminary, Northampton, Pa., Missouri. Then, five years after his the major seminary for Vincentian THE COMMUNITY failing health, caused his resignation Scholastics of the Eeastern Province, a IN POLAND from that responsibility in 1938, he position which he held until last Sep- (Continued from Page Four) was made Superior of De Paul Univer- tember.' became the Provin- to our Community, and our students sity. In 1944, he They the office he held Fr. Slattery, to his appoint- have painted and repaired it. cial Procurator, the Visitor, he passed away on February 20, ment as Visitor, received his Doctorate live there now with when and many oth- the Provincial House in St. Louis. in Theology from the Angelico, Joseph Kryska, and with in Director of from the Surviving Father Flavin are two served successively as er confreres who returned Seminarists and superior of St. Vin- confiscated houses in the East. They cent's Seminary. Fr. Sl-ttery relin- have nothing besides their clothes, quished the arduous tasks of the Vis- worn out by continual use. I can say itorship for the equally grave respon- the same of the confreres in Warsaw. sibility of representing at Paris the They had a large parish in Warsaw, more than seven hundred members and only 70 houses are still standing of the Congregation of the Mission in within its limits. The confreres are the United States. While we of the living there in the ruins and attend- Western Province, therefore, congrat- ing the parish .. . ulate the new Visitor upon his ap- "The future of our Province in Po- pointment, of more transcendent in- land is a very dark one. Let us hope terest to us all is the call of Fr. Slat- the 'Polish Government' will not di- tery. Since his new responsibility solve religious communities; but what binds him to us by yet another bond can we expect from men who ardently than that of confrere, we are happy to support Communism and irreligion? "Without doubt our Father, St. brothers, of Ivesdale, Illinois. Vincent, will obtain from God abund- We, at the Barrens, desire to join ant graces for you in return for the with our confreres throughout the aid extended . . . to our suffering Western Province, in sorrowing over confreres in Poland. 'Miseremini mei the passing of a fond brother, who saltem vos amici mei, quia manus despite a long and exhausting illness Domini tetigit me.' About 10 million in the latter years of his life, ever perished and the remainder of 25 lost his amiability, his unselfishness, million are trying to make a living his devotion to the spirit of his Rule. under the hardest conditions ever (Continued on Page Six) Rt. Rev. Abbot Lawrence Vohs, O.S.B. Requiescat in pace! ,Page Six The De Andrein THE COMMUNITY SUPPLEMENT KANSAS CITY, MO. is raised principally against the Eng- From February 19 to 21 the Dioces- lish government, we know enough of an Priests' Retreat was held at Geth- the aspirations and hatreds of the semane Retreat House. Sixty-two Hindu leaders to realize what is in priests were present. store for us. This should move you to In a colorful ceremony Fr. Richard pray especially hard for our missions Lang received the posthumous award in India in these critical times." of the Air Medal to his brother, S/Sgt. AUSTRALIA Frederick Lang, for "meritorious Fr. Nicholas Rossiter has been achievement ap- in aerial flight May 10, pointed provincial in Australia. He is 1945." the first Australian to hold this office WASHINGTON, D. C. since the foundation of the province An outline of Bible study, covering in 1929. Father studied in Paris and a four-year high school course, has received his doctorate in Rome. been edited by Fr. Joseph Lilly, and is being circulated nationally by the SISTER VINCENT MEYERS Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. CELEBRATES JUBILEE ST. LOUIS, MO. Fifty At the dedication of City years in the service of the Hospital's sick new chapel Cardinal Glennon and poor. This is the goal was COTULLA, TEXAS achieved the officiating prelate. Assistants to by Sister Vincent. Hosts of Fr. Henry Altenburg has been ap- friends gathered His Eminence were Very Rev. Emmett at Charity hospital pointed assistant pastor of Sacred February 19 to render thanksgiving to Gaffney, and Very Rev. James Flan- Heart Church, and Fr. Thomas Rey- nery. The Most Rev. George Donnelly, God for this singular privilege be- nolds has been made chaplain of De stowed on a child of St. Vincent. The S.T.D., celebrated the Solemn Pontifi- Paul Sanitarium, New Orleans. cal mass. The Very Rev. Marshall day's festivities began with a High NEW ORLEANS, LA. Mass celebrated by Rev. Robert Winne was assistant priest; Fr. Thom- Fr. William Hopp is now chaplain as Cahill was deacon, and Very Rev. Miget, C. M., and were concluded in of Hotel Dieu. the afternoon with Benediction of the George O'Malley, subdeacon. The hos- At a social given by St. Katherine's pital is conducted by the Daughters of Most Blessed Sacrament. A highlight parish, Very Rev. Wil'is Darling wel- of the celebration was a visit of the Charity, and Fr. Bernard Guibord is comed 300 veterans and 52 service men. the present chaplain. jubilarian's two sisters from San Diego, WASHINGTON, D. C. both members of the Dominican Or- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS It has been announced by Fr. Lilly der, and both over eighty years of age. Fr. Walter Cook has been appointed that Very Rev. James M. Voste, O.P., Sister Vincent, a native of San Die- assistant Superior and Procurator at secretary to the Pontifical Biblical go, began her religious life February Rosati Hall. commission, will visit this country 19, 1896, when she entered the sem- On the. evening of February 6 Fr. next summer and will be a guest of inary at St. Joseph's College, Emmits- Comerford O'Malley conferred degrees honor at the general meeting of the burg, Md. Her fifty years of religious upon seventy graduates. Fr. Richard Catholic Biblical association in Boston life have included only three different Sherlock addressed the graduates. For from August 27 to 29. missions. Sister was first appointed the Solemn Benediction at the grad- BROOKLYN, N. Y. to St. Mary's hospital, Detroit, where uation Fr. Gerald Mullen was Cele- Fr. Frederick McGuire, pro-Vicar of she remained until 1903 when she was brant, Fr. Frederick Martinez, deacon, the Kanchow Vicariate, is returning missioned to Charity hospital, New and Fr. Jeremiah Lehane, subdeacon, to his mission work in Kiangsi Pro- Orleans. Here she has served the poor To accommodate the increased en- vince. Accompanying him are Fr. rollment at the University,-total en- and needy for the past 43 years with Kenneth Williams, Fr. Eugene Davis, the excepton of the year 1913, which rollment is expected to reach a new and Fr. William Mason. The rebuilding high of 7,500, of which approximately she spent at St. Thomas hospital, of the 17 resident mission compounds Nashville, Tenn. 1,400 students are veterans-thirty- in the Vicariate which were ravaged six professors have been added to the by the w r will be their immediate The De Andrein joins Sister Vincent's Day Commerce Faculty, and eight to task. many friends in offering congratula- the Evening Commerce Faculty. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS tions and in praying God to grant her Fr. Daniel Kane is teaching religion At last count, 17 Vincentian priests m;ny more years fruitful in the works in the College of Commerce. and one Daughter of Charity were vic- of charity. The Dramatic Club of the Academy, tims of the war. The colleges of San directed by Fr. Waldemar Kirschten, Jose and La Concordia and almost all COMMUNITY IN POLAND staged ROOM SERVICE at the St. the seminaries conducted by our con- (Continued from Page Five Alphonsus auditorium on February 27 freres have been destroyed. known in history. About 10,000 are and 28. INDIA dying monthly from malnutrition and PERRYVILLE, MO. Sanz of While our confrere, Bishop tuberculosis. Our Polish Province lost Mr. Robert Brennan and Mr. Carl Cuttack, has ordained the first na- 70 confreres during the war; many of Schulte are the dean and assistant rages tive priest of Cuttack, there them were executed, others died in dean, respectively, for the second sem- meanwhile a persecution against, the prison camps... " ester. Church. An excerpt from the Bishop's The dates for Ordinations are as fol- letter to the Cuban confreres reads: Fr. Mazurkiewicz also sent several lows: Minor Orders, May 25. The Sub- "We are seeing hard times, religious pictures of our Holy Cross Church in diaconate, May 26. Priesthood, May persecution in India. The State of Warsaw, which was built around 1645 30. Tonsure will be administered on the Travancor has commenced against our by the first priests St. Vincent sent to evening of May 24. schools a campaign after the fashion Poland. During the insurrection in In a recent basketball game the of Julian the Apostate. The Hindu 1944 the church was destroyed by the Philosophers triumphed over the leaders are shouting: 'We must revolt Nazis, and now, sad to say, it is just Theologians by the score of 43 to 39. against oppression.' Though this cry a mass of ruins. Volume 16 Perryville, Mo., April, 1946 No. 7 "- persuaded her superiors to make her care of the chapel and visitor of the SISTER APOLLINE ANDRIVEAU poor. INTEREST REVIVED It was in the midst of these latter labors Sister Apolline Andriveau, the Sister of Louis XVIII that she was favored with the to the French throne, vision of to whom our Lord appeared with the the Andriveau family's lot our Lord, as she narrates: greatly im- "While in the Red , was eighty-four years of- proved, for Apolline's father chapel on the evening of was sum- the octave of age when she died. Ever since her en- moned to Paris to assume the office of the feast of St. Vincent de Paul, July 26, trance into the community of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. According- 1846, I saw, or rather Daughters of Charity forty-nine years ly he was able to furnish thought I saw, our Blessed Lord clad in his daughter a long red previously, she sought to live an un- with an excellent education. A robe and blue mantle . . . disposi- In His right noticed and hidden life. Only a few tion for study and many natural gifts hand He held a scarlet persons knew that she was the one fa- combined to render scapular upon which was a crucifix, her very learned surrounded Vored with the apparition. And though and talented. by those instruments of the Passion which caused His sacred Hu- gifted with many natural talents she With her education finished it is refrained from exercising them lest manity to suffer most. I read around easy to imagine the bewilderment and the crucifix, through them she should draw upon 'Holy Passion of Our Lord and surprise of her friends, when they Jesus Christ, protect us!' At the other herself praise and attention. Her bi- learned she had decided to become a ographer aptly sums up her life with end of the red woolen 1raid was a pic- Daughter of Charity, forsaking a very ture of the sacred hearts of Jesus and a quotation from St. Paul, "Your life promising future in the world. In 1835 is hidden with Christ in God." Mary, the One surrounded with thorns, she received the habit and was sent to the other pierced by a sword, and both In the town of Saint-Pourcain, the parish of St. John's, Troyes, where surmounted by a cross." France, on May 7, 1810, Apolline Andri- she remained for thirty-eight years. At Even before veau was born. With the downfall of first she taught, but ill health and lack this time, the beginning Napoleon Bonaparte and the accession of firmness in of the year 1845 to be exact, Sister was maintaining ,discipline the I _, recipient of extraordinary favors ...... that continued until her death. What some of these favors were we can learn from the correspondence between Sis- ter Apolline and Fr. Etienne, the Su- perior General then in office. She greatly feared that she was a victim of delusions, always saying, "I thought I saw" or "I seemed to see." The objects of her visions were, for the most part, our Lord and His Blessed Mother, pictured in the horrors and sufferings of the passion or in the glory and radiance of Heaven. But it was the events of the Passion which oc- cupied her thought almost continually. She was so possessed with the subject (Continued on Page Four)

EUROPEAN RELIEF FUND Thanks to the generous re- sponse of our confreres and friends the European Relief Fund has passed the thousand dollar mark. The Students shall con- tinue to send boxes to the con- freres in Europe as long as the money holds out. The amount of food and clothes on hand as well as the cash that still remains insures the extension of this little project for at least two more months. Accordingly, any contributions of money or clothes will be welcomed. Please address all contributions to The Dean of Students St. Mary's Seminary J---...•. 182-1OHNCARDINAL . GLENNONu.r Perryville, Missouri. JOHN CARDINAL GLENNON, 1862-1946 I I ! Page Two The DeAndarein Guests of Mrs. Hayden Meanwhile Mrs. Hayden, whose son later became a priest The P! ibrein of the Congregation of the Mission, lodged Rosati and his companions. Her garret was turned into a dormitory, where Published monthly by the Stephen Vincent Ryan Unit of mattresses, laid on the creaky boards, served as beds. The the Catholic Students' Mission Crusade. two rooms of the house served the combined uses of a study hall, recreation room, parlor, school-room, and superior's of- Subscription: - - - $1.00 per year (nine issues) fire. The chapel was rustically built by enclosing an open Please notify us of change in your address porch with branches. A diminutive refectory was laid cut in the basement, where Editor ...... Thomas P. Munster, C.M . each meal necessitated three or four shifts. To admit light into the otherwise bleak "dining room," Associate Editors...... John F. Lenihan, C.M . paper panes were tried. Lard was then smeared on them to F. Bruce Vawter, C.M. render them more translucent. This would have served their Archivist ...... M aurice J. Sheehy, C.M . needs, had not the animals been attracted by the smell of the grease, and eaten the "windows." A small protective Business Manager...... John M. Richardson, C.M. grating soon solved that problem. Circulation Manager ...... James M. Galvin, C.M. Miter Forsworn Contributors: ...... Thom as J. M eik, C.M . De Andreis now pressed Bishop Dubourg to permit him John F. Hickey, C.M. to go to the Barrens, and there take up the duties as su- perior of the seminary, as he had contracted for while yet Faculty Adviser ...... Rev. James F. McOwen, C.M. in Rome. Du'bourg finally persuaded him to remain in St. Let us love God, but let it be at the expense of our arms Louis until the completion of the seminary at the Barrens. and in the sweat of our brow. St. Vincent de Paul Bishop Dubourg seems to have had other designs on De An- dreis' services. He was in need of a bishop coadjutor, and had every reason for desiring as his assistant his saintly SANCTA MARIA BARRENENSIS vicar-general. De Andreis sensed this and asked his superior That the hand of God was visibly present in the foundation general to submit to Propaganda Father Rosati's name in of the Congregation of the Mission in America, is easily dis- his stead. "And don't imagine," Fr. Felix wrote, "that this cernible in the early historical records. Felix De Andreis had is the effect of humility. Here the episcopal dignity offers left Rome with the purpose of establishing the Congregation hardly any food for ambition; my reluctance would be rather in pioneer America. At times, he could have reasoned that a matter of laa'ness, were it not an obligation of justice." his longed-for project would not be realized during the re- He concludes: "Oh, how much more blessed a thing it is to maining years alloted him by Divine Providence. But events have the miter, crown, and tiara at one's feet, than upon proved that God did not decree as Father Felix had antici- one's head." pated. Thus it came about that the residents of Perryville In 1820 part of the house was habitable and the Church made their generous proposal. This district, located some was advanced far enough to be blessed by Father Rosati, eighty or ninety miles south-east of St. Louis was also called who acted as a special delegate of the Bishop. "the Barrens," a name which it still preserves. It is various- ly conjectured as to the reason for this uncomplimentary designation. One theory supposes that the otherwise thickly- JOHN JOSEPH LYNCH wooded district was alternately sprinkled with barren waste- "Brilliant and Versatile Member of Hierarchy" land. More probable seems the other speculation: that some of the early settlers coming from Barren County, Kentucky, Famed in the annals of the Congregation of the Mis- retained a preference for the name of their former locality. sion in America, as an intime of the pioneer Vincentian Saline Creek bishops Odin, Timon and Rosati, himself destined to become Several motives led to the early population of this isolated the first archbishop of the now cardinalitial see of Tor- location. One attraction was the salt works near the mouth onto, was John Joseph Lynch, who was made its bishop of the Saline Creek. These salt springs, which discharge just eighty-six years ago this month. great quantities of briny water, were found in several places The memory of Archbishop Lynch is of particular interest on the Saline Creek. The comparative ease in obtaining salt to us of the Western Province, since he was for years the from these mines was no small contributing factor in the superior of the Mother House at the Barrens. In February minds of the prospective settlers. Others were driven west- of 1849, in his report to the Superior General, Fr. Etienne, ward by the persecutions of the Protestants in Maryland. Be- we learn that he had charge of the seven priests, five stu- sides the spiritual blessings a seminary would offer nearby dents and fourteen lay brothers then resident here. In 18C0, residents, the settlers at the Barrens, in presenting their pro- Pentecost Monday, he laid the cornerstone of the r.ew posal, must also have recognized that such an institution in priests' house, and in January of 1853, he was one of the their midst would, at least indirectly, enhance the growth of three Vincentians enacted by the General Assembly of civic cpportunity. Missouri as a body corporate for St. Mary's Seminary. A Reluctant Decision John Joseph Lynch was born in the townland of An- There was a moment of uncertainty, when Bishop Du- in County Monaghan, Ireland, Feb- bourg wavered in his choice of a location for the seminary. nyanum, near Clones The Barrens was remote from any main line of travel,/ such ruary 6, 1816. Both his parents were educators. His moth- as the Mississippi River or the important Indian trails. This er, Anne Connolly, was, before her marriage, a school very isolation would be a definite disadvantage in procur- mistress, and his father, James Lynch, was a "hedge- ing vocations. For a while he was tempted to establish his schoolmaster" during the penal days. John Joseph was seminary in or near the city of St. Louis. If this town ma- one of four children. tured into a city, it could always contribute a few vocations At the age of eight, someone presented him with a picture to the Seminary. But the offer of one square mile of land of Niagara Falls, in far-off America. He was quite thrilled was not an offer to be lightly spurned, since no similar one with the gift and made anxious inquiries whether any was made in a more promising sector. Eventually, he decid- Catholics lived in such a place, for he intended to be- ed upon the Barrens, entrusting the care of his seminary to come a priest and minister to them. The Jesuit "Relations" the Congregation of the Mission. and any other work on mission activity in America became Parishioners Cooperate his favorite reading, a preparation which was to bear The erection of the seminary at the Barrens was pursued astounding fruit in the realization of all his dreams, when energetically. The missionaries were assisted in no small he later founded the seminary which developed into Niaga- way by the inhabitants of Perryville, some cutting down ra University. trees, and digging out roots; others leveled the ground and excavated for the foundation. Beams were cut and boards In his early childhood, his family had moved to Lucan, planed, while many helped by transporting materials. The near Dublin, where John's father was appointed school- women vied with the men in providing assistance wherever master. Here he received his elementary education, fol- needed. lowed by college preparation at St. Joseph's Academy, The first building of the seminary was to be sixty feet Clondalkin, and, in 1835, he entered St. Vincent's Col- long and thirty-six feet wide, with three stories and a base- lege, Castleknock, an institution conducted by the Vin- ment. It was to combine the features of log-, brick-, frame-, centian Fatners. and stonehouses, and would have sixteen rooms. (Continued on Last Page) The De Andrein Page Three HOLY CROSS CHURCH, WARSAW One of the most historic and most important parish churches in Poland is the church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw. It is once again attempting to rise from the rub- ble and destruction visited upon it, -this time by Axis bombers. This beloved church of Warsaw, was for centuries, the favorite church of many people in a city renowned for beautiful and magnificent churches. Amongst the forty thousand souls in the parish we find members of the king's household, personnel of the various embassies assigned to Warsaw by their respective governments, the poor and the rich, the aristocracy of mind and soul-the poets, musicians, sculptors, painters and writers. The church history dates back to 1510. In 1626 Bishop John Wezyk named it as the church of a newly-formed parish and for the next 27 years it was well managed by the secular clergy. Queen Mary Louise Gonzaga, wife of Ladislaus the Fourth, King of Poland, prevailed upon the king to invite a few of the Sisters of Charity to work in Warsaw. The first three Sisters arrived from France in 1651. She asked St. Vincent, a personal acquaintance of hers, to send a few of his priests to establish his Community in Poland. Care- iful and methodical, St. Vincent asked Father Lambert Cousteaux to investigate the possibilities. Upon his enthusi- astic recommendation, St. Vincent assigned Fr. Desdames, Michael Guilot, a deacon, and Casimir Zelakowski, a cleric, to the new Community house. They arrived in Warsaw on November 1, 1651. When Fr. John Zejdl'c resigned as pas- tor, the care of the parish was given to the community on December 1, 1653. Like St. Vincent working among the people of the DeGondi estate, the priests of the Little Com- panv were to give missions and hear confessions. After being completely destroyed by the invading Swedes in 1656, a new brick edifice was erected by Fr. Bartholomew Tarlo, first Polish Visitor and later Bishop oif Poznan. The new church was consecrated on October 8, 1696. During the first World War, the Germans took the copper sheeting off the roof and stole the bells and the organ. In 1945 the Nazis destroyed the church. Today it is be- ginning to rise again, a symbol of Poland's unconquerable faith and its indomitable spirit. I I I'M IIIIa-- 11111= 111 [I Students' Annual BAZAAR TO BE HELD APRIL 30 All the Reverend Fathers are invited to attend this "Community" bazaar. The Students guarantee you an enjoyable evening. The fun begins at 7:30 p. m. All are invited to participate in the raffle of a $62.00, 21 jewel, white gold, "Lord Elgin" wrist watch. Chances: 10c each, 3 for 25c, 7 for 50c, and a book of 15, $1.00. Address Mr. John Hickey, C. M., at the Seminary. The proceeds are used by the Students in their local activities and in foreign mission work. Page Four The DeAndrein SISTER APOLLINE Re-Opening of the' Apostolic School at the Barrens (Continued from Page One) December 6, 1886 that it became very difficult for her to (Quoted from the diary of important events at the Barrens 1886-1889) think of anything else, as God had so fully revealed Dec. 6-Very Rev. T. J. Smith, Visitor of the Congregation and the Very Rev. to her the joy to be de- Daniel McCarthy, Superior of the House, have been long engaged preparing the rived from the meditation on the suf- "Log House" or "Log College" that stands back of the main building, for its new ferings of Christ that earthly things service, no less exalted than that of former years. The "old Log House" has a had lost all attraction for her. history worthy of a volume. It is sacred in the eyes of the priests and bishops But in answer to her prayer God and especially dear to many of the older members of the Congregation. Right granted that nothing of His extraor- Rev. Stephen V. Ryan, Bishop of Buffalo, stated that the building was erected dinary graces appear on the exterior. almost solely by the hands of the early, confreres. It has long been in a delapi- Her duties were performed without os- dated condition. When Superiors determined to bring it once more into service, the Rev. James Foley, C. M., some other confreres and several workmen devoted tentation. She seems to have been, in themselves to the work of restoration. As it stands now it is a house fit for oc- up the virtues expected in a religious, cupation by any class of students. religious. In her person were summed Rev. Wm. J. Barnwell, C. M., arrived about six o'clock in the afternoon from up the virtues expected in a religuous, Germantown, Pa., to take charge of the boys who are to form the "Apostolic and these in. a charming and pleasant School". He 'brings with him two boys from St. Louis: William Carr and Patrick manner, so that she was not only a McCarthy. Two boys, natives of Perry County, had already taken up their quar- virtuous example to her associates in ters in the House, John Moore and Julian Layton. About the same time Francis religion but an impelling one as well. J. Walsh and Cormac Lavin came from St. Vincent's College, Cape Girardeau. She was admired for her evenness of The two latter accompanied by Father News, came by coach. They suffered soul, her charity, her humility, her greatly from the cold. Father Barnwell and his boys came by railroad as far as readiness to overlook thoughtlessness Chester. When they reached Chester they found that the ferry-boat could not run, the river on the Missouri side being frozen over. They therefore had to cross and unkindness to herself. "Whenever in a skiff as far as the ice. As the ice was solid they found no difficulty in reach- one met her," said a fellow religious, ing land. On the point of leaving the Illinois shore, he met Father Felix Guedry, "she always had a sweet smile and a Superior of our house of La Salle, Ill., who was just returning from giving a mis- kind word." sion at St. Genevieve. Happily we have a description of how Dec. 8.--Feast of Our Lady's Immaculate Conception. The '"Apostolic School" Sister Apolline conducted herself in has been formally opened today. The boys received Holy Communion this morn- the chapel. "The office of the chapel ing at six o'clock Mass. Later in the day Solemn Mass was celebrated. The "Per- which was confided to her, she fulfill- sonnel" of the House at present is as follows: Very Rev. D. McCarthy, Superior; I had Rev. D. D. Leyden; Rev. Wm. J. Barnwell; Mr. James Hoover, a student who ed with the fervor of an angel. arrived from Germantown, Sept. 18, 1886. He has been appointed assistant pre- the joy of assisting her in this blessed fect of the boys. Bro. Arthur O'Neill came with him. There are four lav brothers task and I shall never forget the im- and one . Thomas Hardy, the famous "Tom," helps Bro. Dan at the mill pression I received on seeing her act Mr. Hoover goes twice a day to Father Leyden for lessons in Theology. with so much respect and devotion. Feb. 27, 1887-The confreres begin their Annual Retreat; Father McCarthy is Her posture during prayer and Mass was to conduct it. a real sermon for me. Her eyes were con- April 23-Six boys arrive from New Orleans. Father Kendrick, C. M., accom- tinually fixed on the tabernacle." What panies them from St. Louis to which place they had been brought by Fr. August must not have been the great love on Asmuth. Their names are Joseph Rawling, John Hart, John O'Reagan, Denis of such an affectionate per- Healy, Patrick Glennon and Francis McCabe. the part June 9-Feast of Corpus Christi. Rev. Wm. J. Barnwell sings the Solemn Mass. son for God's poor in whom even the Father John Maloney, who has paid us a running visit from Chicago, officiated worldly person can see Christ suffering! during the procession to the Grove. Her tenderness and respect toward June 29-The boys have their l'ttle commencement. For some days past they them defied the description of con- have been subject to an examination. In the afternoon, Very Rev. P. V. Byrne, temporaries. The poor loved her as a C. M., the new president of the Cape, arrives. He is accompanied by Mr. OI'Neill, mother and honored her as a saint. the professor of music at the Cape. It was in her physical suffering that July 1-Vacation has commenced. Patrick McCarthy and Wm. Carr in com- she closely allied herself to Our Lord's pany with Father Barnwell go to St. Louis to spend tneir vacation. Julian Lay- ton and John Moore, belonging to this place, return to their homes. The other Passion. Never in her life could she be boys remain at the Seminary. They spend their time in playing various games of said to have enjoyed good health. But ball, trips to the Creek, reading, making cider, etc. she considered it as a sign of special af- September 4-School reopens. fection for God to allow her to suffer September 9- Things are now in full working order. The faculty is the same; in some way. Apparently these suffer- that is: Fathers Leyden, Remillion, Barnwell and Mr. Hoover do the teaching. ings were not too extraordinary. Ra- October -19-Mr. Hoover enters on a retreat prepaira;ory to the reception of ther it was the undoubtedly more try- Holy Orders. ing condition of always being in poor October 22-Father Smith and McCarthy go to the landing to meet the Bishop. Father Smith is just after ccming from France, whither he had gone for com- health. munity purposes. In the evening Bishop Stephen V. Ryan arrives. He now re- In 1872 her long stay at St. John's turns to the Barrens, where he had studied as a boy, taught as a priest, ruled as in Troyes was ended. It was with much Superior and Visitor. sadness that she left old friends, her October 23-Mr. Hoover is made subdeacon. poor, and above all, the chapel which Octoiber 24-The same edifying confrere is raised to the dignity of deaconship had been the scene of the giving of of the Holy Catholic church. After the ceremonies the Right Rev. Prelate ac- the Scapular of the Passion. Caen was companied by Father Smith, C. M. V., and D. McCarthy goes to the Cape tby the scene of her labors for the next coacn. fourteen years. Her main occupation November 5-Rev. Stephen Hueber, C. M., a deacon arrives from Germantown to assist in the school. And the was still the care of the poor. December 2-Old Tom Kenny, who went to the Sister's Hospital in St. Louis supernatural favors she had enjoyed some time ago died there and was buried in the parish graveyard, Barrens, Mo., at Troyes accompanied her to Caen. today. Finally, in 1887, she was forced to re- December 14-Community enters upon a retreat to ibe conducted by the Very tire from active duty to the home for Rev. Visitor, T. J. Smith, who started his own retreat on the 12th. the aged and infirm sisters at Monto- December 22-Father H. George Dockery, the heaviest man in the American lieu. Now she was suffering continually branch of the Congregation, arrived this evening for the purpose of making a from rheumatism, which almost com- retreat. December 24-We opened the box containing the new theodolite which came pletely deprived her of the use of her during the retreat. It is a fine instrument, the gift of Fr. Felix Guedry, Superior Continued on Next Page) of the house of LaSalle, Ill. The De Andrein Page Five ST. THOMAS DAY CELEBRATION FROM FR. ROBERT On March 7, a Solemn Mass, an eve- was upheld by Rev. Mr. Nicholas Per- We have received the following letter ning program of formal papers, dis- sich. Arguing against it were Rev. from our Most Honored Father, the putation, and harmonic chants con- Messrs. Arnold Martin and Hartrick Very Rev. Edouard Robert, C. M., Vicar tinued the revered tradition of St. Sullivan. General of the Congregation of the Thomas Day at the Barrens. His were Since the perfection of a Christian Mission. the poems we sang, his the theological consists in that by which he is united "Maison-Mere treatises, from him came even the in- to God, his ultimate end, his perfec- "February 14, 1946 spiration for the stage-setting. Of our tion must consist in charity, for by "My very dear confreres, own, we had only enthusiasm, love, and charity is one united to God. Scripture "Gratia Domini Nostri sit semper a will to emulate. and reason proved the thesis. Charity, nobiscum! The papers were read by Messrs. of all the virtues, tends formally to "I was deeply touched by your let- Leudtke and McKinley, the disputation God as to the ultimate end. Although ter and by the new year's wishes offer- presented by three members of the considered as proceeding from the ed me in the name of the scholastics Deacon class, Rev. Messrs. Persich, most perfect, rational faculty, an intel- of St. Mary's Seminary. May your Martin and Sullivan. Fr. James Fischer, lectual act would seem to formally con- wishes be realized, and may we never catching the spirit of the symbolic set- stitute perfection, yet, on earth, charity, again see war-for the greatest good of a giant-sized sword behind a shield- which is an act of the will, actually is the nations as well as for that of the developed his allocution around the use more perfect than faith, for it unites Little Company, whose trials have been that St. Thomas made of his mightiest man to his ultimate end more per- universal. weapon: the sword of the Spirit-the fectly. "In turn, I send you my own best word of God. Aspiring theologians must Nor is it to be held that various pre- wishes. May this year be good for your also be imbued with the same deep rev- ceptive'acts of .virtue, as penance, for- souls, for your health, your studies, erence for the mystery that is insepa- mally constitute perfection. They are your ascent to the altar, and your en- only secondarily essential to perfection. trance into the apostolate for souls. Virtuous, counselled, acts are only ac- We have a great need of holy mission- cidental to the essence of perfection, aries in all the provinces. At St. Vin- by removing the impediments to perfect cent's tomb I shall ask him to make operation of charity. you participate ever more in his ideals and virtues. SISTER APOLLINE "I thank you in advance for the three boxes which you say you have sent. I (Continued from Page Four) But the old evenness shall write you when I receive them. hands and feet. is truly over- a mailable cordiality Your thoughtfulness of disposition and May God reward you for this trial by fire so that she whelming. survived your charity. was more than ever before ar example "I bless you, my very dear confreres her. At the beginning of to those about and I remain, in the 1895 she could take little nour- of St. Mary's, the year Sacred hearts of Jesus and Mary Im- ishment and paralysis of her limbs in- February 23, maculate, creased daily. Finally on "Your very devoted servant, by'the Last Sacraments 1895, supported Robert, u. p. m." agony, she passed on to "Edouard and without the Doyen of Students, her eternal reward. "To "St. Mary's Seminary." RETURNING TO CHINA All the discussion about politics and On April 7 Frs. Herbert Vandenberg, economics divorced from the moral Vincent Smith, Frederick McGuire, order is just as stupid as to legislate and Kenneth Williams will set sail for for salmons on skyscrapers. It is a China aboard the U.S.S. Lakeland change of heart... which, is needed; rable from the theology of St. Thomas. Victory. They have also been permit- and this new heart can be found only The panegyric, by Mr. Stephen ted to take all their supplies on board at the foot of the Cross where things Leudtke, traced the battles waged by with them. Your prayers are request- are measured according to their true the thirteenth century radical in phy- ed for their safe arrival in Shanghai. worth.-Monsignor Sheen. losophy and theology against the upholders of heresies, authoritarianism, I returned it was $200. When I left, rice and a distorted Aristotelianism. Oppo- CHINA was $80 per gallon, and when I return- sition was directed against him not The following are extracts from two ed it was $180. Salt is $200 per pound; only by members of the Franciscan of Father Wendelin Dunker's letters sugar, $400; an egg $12. If it keeps on order, headed by St. Bonaventure and written a month and a half apart. They much longer, everyone will be a mil- John Peckham, but even by confreres give us some idea of how inflation in lionaire, and it will not mean a thing. of the Dominican order. China is increasing from day to day. Today I was down at the bank, and Mr. William McKinley applied Chris- "I have a fattening hog I am going to there I saw a $50,000 bill. It is not there cian ethics to a modern problem, dis- sell soon, and it should bring in about for exhibition, but they have a number cussing the morality of the strike. It $20,000. This summer I sold a young of them, and though I haven't seen was viewed in itself, in its aims, in the mare and colt, and got $38,000 for them. them in use, before long I will. I could means employed, and in its rights Salt costs $190 per pound; sugar, $400; lend money now at 15 percent per against State opposition. Valuable use one egg, $10." month if I wanted to, and get good was made of the opinions of recognized "The war situation here has quieted security, but there is no profit in that. theologians, and illustrative declara- down, but the money situation is far Prices are going up a lot faster than tions of the Sovereign Pontiffs. from becoming quiet. We have had in- that. During the past month you would After the Falso Bardoni, directed flation for three or four years now, and have needed interest of 100 percent to by Fr. Ryan, sang "Ecce Panis Angel- it is getting worse all the time. In the more-or-less break even. No one is orum" and "Adoro Te Devote" the cur- one month or so that I was gone mak- keeping any money these days, but is tain opened upon the disputation. The ing missions prices, on the average, investing it in any and everything, and thesis, "Per se et essentialiter, perfectio just doubled. When I left, pork was that too is one of the reasons for prices christianae vitae consistit in caritate," selling for $120 per pound, and when going up all the time ... " Page Six The De Andrein Page Six The De Andrein which was held in the grand ballroom JOHN JOSEPHI LYNCH The Community of the Palmer House. Fr. O'Malley has announced the ap- (Continued from Page Two) pointment of a Board of Lay Trustees Supplement whose purpose is to promote the gen- He met, in his early manhood, Bish- NEW ORLEANS, LA. eral welfare and advancement of the ops Rosati, Timon, and Odin during On March 23 the Wright chapter of University. The President, vice-presi- their tours in Ireland for the recruit- the Junior Newman club had its an- dent and comptroller of the University ing of missionary priests to America. nual retreat. Fr. Paul O'Malley, chap- and the president of the Alumni Asso- In November of 1839 he repaired to lain, conducted the retreat. ciation are members ex officio. The France, where he entered the novitiate of the Congregation of the Mission WASHINGTON, D. C. other fifteen members are prominent Chicagoans. in the Rue de Sevres. In 1842 he re- Some time ago Protestant scholars turned to Castleknock to complete his published a revision of the King James In St. Patrick's Church a centennial Mass was celebrated on March 17 at training, and in the following year he version of the New Testament. Fr. was ordained priest at Maynooth by Joseph Lilly, general secretary of the which Samuel Cardinal Stritch presid- ed and preached. Fr. Robert Cortelyou Archbishop Murray, the famous friend Catholic Biblical Association of Amer- of the great Cardinal Newman. ica, praises highly the work of these described the ceremonies over the loud- men, who have sought to publish an speaker for the overflow crowd in the His first duties were in Ireland, but accurate translation. lower church. upon Bishop Odin's plea, he agreed to ST. LOUIS, MO. come to Texas to labor in that country SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS The Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas which had only recently ratified an "The Church and the UNO" was the was celebrated at Kenrick Seminary annexation agreement with the United topic of Fr. Raymond O'Brien's lecture with a Solemn Mass in the morning States. Owing to failing health, he delivered on March 18 in the Munici- and a theological and musical program was transferred later by the Visitor, pal auditorium. He was the second in the evening. Fr. Simon Smith was Fr. Mariano Maller, to the Congrega- speaker in the Catholic Forum series. celebrant of the Mass, and Fr. William tion at the Barrens. Here he served Beginning April 1, Fr. Edward Riley Cortelyou was deacon. as superior for the next six years, save will attend Northwestern University to PERRYVILLE, MO. for a short period during which he continue his work in Speech. From March 31 to April 8 Fr. Preston accompanied the Visitor to the Gen- On the Feast of St. Joseph six dea- Murphy conducted a solemn novena in eral Assembly in Paris. (It was during cons were ordained priests by Bishop honor of Our Lady of the Miraculous this Assembly that Mother Seton's FitzSimon, and one was ordained by Medal in the Church of the Assumption. Sisters of Charity were united to the Bishop Metzger of El Paso. L regular Vincentian Daughters of Char- From Eire two students came recently ity.) IT All In 1855 he was sent to Bishop John CORRIGENDA Timon in Buffalo to help found there It was erroneously stated in a seminary. Fr. Lynch's boyhood the March issue of THE DE dreams were suddenly brought to ac- ANDREIN that the Daughters of tuality for him when the site finally Charity conduct City Hospital in decided upon was the vicinity over- St. Louis. Also that a group of looking Niagara Gorge. "This is my Community priests sang the Re- rest... Here will I dwell, for I have quiem Mass for Fr. Flavin, at chosen it," he said. Here was estab- which Bishop Donnelly pontifi- lished the Seminary of Our Lady of cated. It was a group of diocesan the Angels, the future Niagara Univer- priests.-Ed. sity.

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A native of Chicago is Fr. Joseph Wagner, C.M. When he entered the Community and .began his Novitiate training on the 4th of June, 1938, he had a score and three years behind him, most of which had been taken up with his early education at St. Angela's School and St. Patrick's Aca- demy, Chicago, Ill, and at St. Vincent's College, Cape Girardeau, Mo. His No- vitiate period completed in due time, Father Wagner took his vows on the 5th of June, 1940. His first Solemn Mass will be celebrated on the 9th of June at St. Angela's Church, Chicago with Frs. Nicholas Mann, S.J., William Gillespie, C.M., and Richard Hills, act- ing as Deacon, Subde.acon and Arch- priest respectively. The occasion will be further honored with a sermon by the Rev. C. F. Meade, Pastor of St. Hil- ary's Church, Chicago.

REV. JOSEPH WAGNER, C.M. REV. CECIL PARRES, C.M. Father Wm. J. Gillespie, C.M., will cel- ebrate his first Solemn Mass at St. Vin- Father Edward J. Virgets will offer cent's Church, Chicago, Ill., on the 2nd his first Solemn Mass to Almighty God of June-just a week short of his twen- on Sunday morning, June 2nd, at 8:30. ty-sesventh birthday. There in the Very Rev. Marshall Le Sage will be parish of his birth and Baptism he , Fr. Pennino, Deacon, and received his Grammar School educa- Fr. Ed. Danagher, Subdeacon, at the tion, which was followed by five years ceremony which will take place at St. at the "Cape". On the 7th of Sept- Joseph's Church in New Orleans. Fr. ember, 1938, he was welcomed at the Virgets has always claimed this parish Novitiate, and two years later, on the as his own, fcr here he was born and 14th of September, he pronounced his received into the Church in 1919. The holy vows. Father Gillespie will be as- parish school laid the foundations for sisted at his First Mass by Fr. Joseph his priestly studies which began at the Wagner, C.M., Deacon, Fr. Jeremiah "Cape' in 1933. Fr. Virgets has been a Hogan, C.M., Subdeacon. and by Very member of the "Little Company" since Rlev. John Overberg, C.M., Archpriest. September, 1938, when he began his no- The sermon will be delivered by the vitiate at the Barrens. Rev. Philip Brennan, O.S.M.

REV. WILLIAM GILLESPIE, C.M.

Father Arnold E. Martin made his first appearance in this world in New Orleans in May 1920. He completed his elementary education at St. Ste- phen's School in 1933 and entered the Cape that same year. Having complet- ed this second stage of his journey to the:priesthood, Fr. Martin was receiv- ed into the Community in September, 1938. His first solemn Mass wll be of- fered in St. Stephlrn's Church of New Orleans June 9th at 10:00 A.M., As- sisting Fr. Martin will be Fr. O'Dea as Archpriest, Fr. Foley as Deacon, and Fr. Saunders as Subdeacon. The ser- mon will be delivered by Fr. Paul O'Malley.

REV. ARNOLD MARTIN, C.M. REV. NICHOLAS PERSICH, C.M.

NO MANNO TAKESMAN THEHOTHE HONOROR.OHISL TO HIMSELF... The De Andrein Pagff Five, .. IS APPOINTED FOR MEN IN THE THINGS PERTAINING TO GOD... •. · -- .,

Fr. Parres was born on December 20, The parish of Our Lady of Mt. Car- 1919, in Menfro, Missouri. He received mel, Long Island, N. Y. may well his early education at the Public claim some share in contributing a School in Menfro before entering St. vocation to the priesthood and the Vincent's College, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Little Company of St. Vincent. It was On June 4, 1938 he was received into there on the 21st of Sept., 1918, that Fr. the ncvitiate of the Congregation of Jeremiah Hogan, C.M., was born and the Mission at Perryville and pro- received part of his early education. nounced his holy vows on June 5, 1940. His Grammar School education having Fr. Parres will celebrate his first Solemn been completed at Our Lady of Grace Mass on Sunday, June 2, in St. James Parish, Chicago, Father Hogan. was af- Church, Crosstown, Mo. The Rev. Ed- terwards enrolled at the "Cape," where ward Whoc:f2y, C.M., will serve as he first began, his formal preparation Archpriest. The Rev. James F. Mc- for the priesthood. On the eve of the Owen, C.M., and Rev. James Fischer, Feast of the Nativity, of the Blessed C.M., will be Deacon and Subdeacon Virgin he was received into the Com- respectively. The Rev. Oscar Huber, munity, and two years later, on the day C.M., will deliver the sermon. of that sanm Feast, he dedicated his life to the service of God by his holy vows. Father Hogan will sing his first Mass at Our Lady of Grace Church, Chicago, on the 9th of June. His Dea- con and Subdeacon will be Frs. Francis O'Malley, C.M., and Henry Piaciteli, C.M. respectively. The Right Rev. Vic- tor Primeau will act as Archpriest, and the sermon will be preached: by the REV. JEREMIAH HOGAN, C.M. Very Rev. Maurice Foley. Fr. Sullivan was born in San Fran- cisco, Calif., on January 28, 1920. He received his elementary education at St. Vincent de Paul's school in San Francisco and the Vincentian Prepara- tory Seminary in Cape Girardeau. Af- ter completing the course, of studies there he was received into the novitiate of the Congregation of the Mission on September 7, 1938. He pronounced his holy vows on September 8, 1940. Fr. Sullivan will celebrate his first Solemn Mass on Sunday, June 16, in St. Vincent de Paul Church, San Fran- cisco. The Rev. James H. Lonq will cerve as archpriest; Rev. Victor Roden, C.M., will assist as deacon. The ReHv. Charles E. Cannon, C.M., will deliver the sermon.

REV. EDWARD VIRGETS, C.M.

On June 9th, 1946, at 8:30 A.M. St. Jcseph's Church in New Orleans will REV. HARTRICK SULLIVAN, C.M. witness the first Solemn Mass of a son Fr. Danagher was born in Chicago, to whom she gave the riches of Christ Illinois, on July 11, 1919. He attended in Eaptism some 24 years before, Fr. St. Mary's school in Los Angeles, Cali- Nicholas E. Persich. Assisting Fr. fornia; his preparatory studies were Persnich as Archpriest will be his pastor, pursued at the Archdiooesan Junior Fr. Marshall Le Sage, with Fr. Frede- Seminary in Los Angeles. rick Marsch acting as deacon, and the newly-ordained's brother, Mr. Harold On July 18, 1939 he entered the In- Persich, as subdeacon. The sermon will t3rnal Seminary of the Little Company. be deliverd by Fr. J.P. O'Regan. After His holy vows were pronounced on his elementary training by the Daugh- July 19, 1941. ters at St. Joseph's Grammar School, Fr. Danagher will cflebrate his first Fr. Persich entered the "Cape" in solemn Mass at ten-thirty o'clock, Sun- 1933. A feiw short years found him at day, June 9, in St. Mary's Church, St. Marys. Having completed his no- Los Angeles. Right Rev. Msgr. O'Dwyer vitiate, Fr. Persich made his vows to will serve as archpriest. Father John God on September 8, 1940. His years Danagher, C.M. brother of the newly- of preparation in sanctity and study ordained, will be deacon. Very Rev. were climaxed by his ordination to the Robert T. Brown, C.M., will preach the priesthood. REV. EDWARD DANAGHER, C.M. sermon. - - · .. HE TAKES IT WHO IS CALLED BY GOD. -Hebrews V, 1, 4 Page Six The De Andrein ParSi Th D Adr

FRENCH NUNS AID IN RELIEF DISTRIBUTION

Tons of dextri-maltose, meat extracts, p6wdered milk and eggs, lactogen and vitamin cocoa have been shipped by War Relief Services-NCWC to France. There the Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul dis- tributed the food to undernourished French children in sanitoria and preventorfa maintained by the. Sisters. This scene is typical of the daily distribution of the food from America.. (NC Photos)

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to pay you thanks and to express to. With us! EUROPEAN RELIEF you how deeply we are moved by your "Your letter and the three parcels "Petite Seminaire, St. Benoit. kindness We pray that God may be have already arrived and have given as liberal towards you as you are to- us a much welcomed surprise. Hertily "April 30th, 1946 wards us. we thank you for your brotherly and "Dear Brothers, "As for our present necessities, for Vincentian charity. your charity makes you ask about them, "Two parcels have arrived in very "The grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ allow me to say that we are greatly in good condition; .the third, on the con- be with us forever! need of shoes. Everyone one speaks trary, which should have contained to complains more about that than some soap, arrived opened and the "For a long time the charity of the about want of food, and we ourselves soap was missing. Americans and their ieadiness to help are in the same predicament.. "The most necessary things to us the starving people of Europe have "If you intend to send other gifts at present are: 1st. Knitting cotton, been a comfort in our distress. some pairs of shoes would be received preferably black. In Italy we wear long "We are happy to see that your char- most gratefully. Any kind of shoes and black stockings, and need cotton. ity is in proportion to your force and will do, durability being the first qual- 2nd. Handkerchiefs. 3rd. Sugar, coffee, !to the greatness of all American un- ity looked for. chocolate, cocoa. 4th. Some boxes of dertakings. But especially we are com- "Returning once more our hearty pens. Some injection-syringes also, and forted by knowing that wie have in the thanks for your charity and wishing some fountain pens would be useful to U. S. brothers and friends who. prove you much happiness, we remain ever us. yours affectionately in Christ, true brothers and friends, coming to "The houses which are more in need our relief. Your charity makes you "The Superior and the Community of Ardouane of these things :are those of the In- grieve over not being permitted to send ternal Seminarists, of the Students, larger parcels. We are very much af- "C. Cazet." and of the Aspirants, who live by fected by these marks of your love and charity. readiness to help which we know are And from Chieri, Italy, came the still greater than their material ex- following note: "We thank you for all, and remain presion. "Chieri, 26 April, 1946. "Yours very truly, "Yesterday we received these par- "Our dear Brethren, "Superior, Missionaries, Students, cels. I am sorry to have waited so long "The grace of Jesus Christ be always and Semiliarists of the Mission. J&h_The De AnreAndrien Pageage SevenSeven SISTER STANISLAUS RETIRES After sixty-two years, Sister Stanis- laus is retiring from Charity IHospital in New Orleans. Sister Zita, who had been administrator of St. Joseph's Hos- pital in Chicago, will succeed to the superiorship. Sister Stanislaus, it was lannounced by Dr. O. P. Daly, hospital director, will be retained in aniad- visory capacity. In an interview for a local news- paper, she manifested her fondness for the work she began in 1884, when the present institution of 2000 patients and 300 interns, had only 14 interns and 200 patients. The tokens of gratitude, ranging from wordless looks of appre- ciation, to the endowments of the~ wealthy, or the unexpected bequest of $16,000 in return for "consideration and kindness" by an ailing German, tourist, bring her the greatest pleasure. In February, 1945, a New Orleans newspaper awarded "her lifelong serv- ice to the sick and needy" with a Lov- ing Cup. Loyola University of the South tendered her an honorary de- gree of doctor of science in 1939.

and from the fourth to the seventh inning was ahead by the score of 2-1. SISTER STANISLAUS The Students finally made a rally in the seventh inning, and end- ed 7-2 in favor of thet Students. A few more hours of pleasant visit- CAPE TRIP ing followed the evening repast. Then, NETHERLANDS, continued after what seemed like a very short At alout 10:30 A. M. on the morning especially during the war when foci but enjoyable day, the buses lumbered of May 8th, two well filled buses pulled off into the darkness in their return was very scarce. Most of the people into the Barrens. The men from the ate farmers, and they procured for us trip to Cape. May the grand old tra- Apostolic College at Cape had arrived dition live on! what we needed iri those bad years. for their Springtime visit, a day that Now conditions have improved, but we is eagerly anticipated for months and are still very glad when they bring us relived in memory for an equal length THE DIARY something like eggs:, mat, and so forth. of time afterwards. Hearty greetings (Continued From Page Two) "There are about 25 novices and 50 were exchanged all around, and soon, students in our house. In July we'll moving off in diffiereit directions to all of the college, begin their retreat have 14 young priests ordained. Our visit the various spots of interest for admission into the Community. As Province is flourishing and perhaps we around the grounds, were small groups they were the first to enter from the will get a new Vicariate in China,- of Scholastics and Cape Students. restored College into the novitiate, the for our French boys of the school displayed great en- the Tientsin Vicariate, first of the sports activities confreres have not personnel enough 'he thusiasm.. to get under way were tennis and Nov. 20-C. Lavin, J. Moore and F. for that mission. Msgr. de Vienrne, Cape on the Vicar Apostolic of Tientsin, s:ems to handball. Representing Walsh received, Fr. Weldon presiding. but tennis court were. Messrs. Glennon Nov. 21-Fr. James Foley leaves for have asked the Dutch Vincentians and Felipe Mar- we are not sure cf it. Figge,. Francis Shine the Cape to be second prefect. tinez against Messrs. Thomas Meik and Nov. 30-Mr. Hoover and Mr. Heuber "Our minor seminary--or do you call William Mahoney, C.M. After plenty told to begin retreat for ordinations. it college?-suffered much from the of opposition in both sets the score Dec. 4-Messrs Hoover and Heuber war. It was damaged by British shells finally indicated :victory for the Stu- are ordained in St. Louis at St. John's and two German V-one's, terrible dents, 8-6 and 6-2. In both the hand- Church by the newly consecrated Bish- things, that have destroyed much in ball games Rev. Mr. Virgets and Messrs. op, J. J. Hennessy, lately appointed the south of Holland. But it has been ,Louis Derbes and Ray Ruiz, C.M. came for the diocese of Wichita. restored and studies are continuing cut the victors ove-r Messrs. Louis Dec. 5-The two young priests are now. It lode'es more than 150 stiu- Franz, Larry Derbes, Kenneth Grass joyfully and reverently received by all dents now, so that the future of our and Richard Grosch who were battling priests, brothers, novices and boys. Fr. Province seems assured. it out for Cape. Smith, V.C.M., leaves for California. At inoon both spectators and Dec. 8-Fr. Heuber says his first "Another time I'll give you some took time out for a fried chicken din- Mass at 8:30 a. m., a low Mass. The other news about our house and our ner, after which the baseball players boys, at their own request, assisted; Province. When I can get some pic- donned theiir uniforms and began Novices also present. At 10:30 a. m., tures of the; building here, I'll send :warming up for the afternoon's con-, Fr. Hoover celebrates for the first them, of course! itest. Messrs. Glenncni Figge and Ed- time Solemn Mass. :die Croak made up the battery for Dec. 11-Tinners from St. Louis be- "My best wishes for all your fellow gin work on the Church. confreres. Cape, while Mr. John O'Connor,. C.M. was on the mound and Mr. Wilbert Dec. 14-Mr. Krueger and artist "Yours in St. Vincent, Bruns, C.M. caught for the Barrens' from St. Louis commenceed to fresco team. It proved to be one of most in- the Church. "Toon Bastiaensen, iccm teresting games witnessed here within Dec. 25-30-The holidays have been "Missiehuis St. Joseph the last few years. The Cape team spent very agreeably by the boys. Sev- "Panningen, Holland." was leading 1-0 in the second inning eral entertainments, etc. Page Eight The DeAndrein THE COMMUNITY SUPPLEMENT

Hann, Myles Moynihan, Cary Newsum, until next fall, owing to the prescrip- Lawrence Zoeller, Edward Riley, John tion of the health authorities dismiss- Walker, Owen Quigley, Clarence Cor- ing schools in San Antonio on account coran, Paul Lloyd, Maurice Dowd, Ro- of the threat of polio in the city. The bert Corcoran, Clarence Bogetto, and priesthood was conferred last March. the Very Reverend Visitor, Fr. Winne. This summer, Frs. Alvin Burroughs and Donald Fallen will attend summer KANSAS CITY school at St. Louis University, Fr. St. John's Seminary was recently Zimmerman will attend Northwestern the scene of "Vocation day" for all the University, and Fr. Thomas Kavan- sixth- and seventh - graders of the augh will attend the National Univer- Catholic schools of Kansas City. sity of Mexico in Mexico City. The Catholic lawyers of the Knights Fr. James Stakelum gave the retreat of Columbus recently attended a Red to the of Mary Immaculate at Mass and a retreat at the Seminary. the DeMazenod Scholasticate. On Sunday, June 2, Fr. William Stack delivered the sermon at the CHICAGO First Solemn Mass of, Fr. Joseph V. With 7,675 students, DePaul Univer- Sullivan celebrated in St. Vincent's sity is now the largest Catholia Uni- Church. versity in the United States. June 12, Senator O'Mahony of Wy- PERRYVILLE LOS ANGELES oming will deliver the main address for Ordinations to the minor orders and Fr. Robert Brown preached at the the graduating class and will receive to the subdeaconship were held on investiture of Msgr. James Dolan at an honorary degree. Fr. Jeremiah Le- Sunday, May 26, in St. Mary's Church the Cathedral Chapel and also at the hane will deliver the baccalaureate silver jubilee of Fr. Peter Corcoran of the Assumption. The first tonsure of sermon. Christ the King Parish. was conferred on the afternoon pre- Fr. William Gaughan will commence ceding in the students' chapel. Or- May 16 was "Parents' Night" at the his assignment in the fall as instructor dinations to the sacred priesthood were junior seminary. In honor of the in sociology at the University. held on Ascension Thursday, May 30., parents of the students an entertain- In the first television broadcast of His Excellency, the Most Rev. George ment was staged. High point was "Car- microscopic organisms, Fr. John Mur- J. Donnelly, Vicar Capitular of the eer Angel" under the direction of Fr. phy projected slides with a micro- Archdiocese of St. Louis, was the or- George Brennan. projector and lectured on the different daining prelate in each instance. Bishop Charles Quinn celebrated types of invertebrates. Mass for the students and afterwards Present at the Barrens for the Presentation of "The Red Mill" un- addressed the student body on the der the direction priestly ordinations were among others, work of the Chinese Missionaries. of Fr. Thomas Con- Frs. Peter Diliberto, William Casey, nolly was a huge success. Peter Frommell, Walter Cook, Francis SAN ANTONIO The botany and zoology departments 0 Malley, Ignatius Foley, Cyril LeFev- School closed officially at the sem- of the University have been merged re, Raymond White, Edward Brennan, inary on May 30 with ordinations to to form a Biology department. Fr. Wil- Jefferson Wesner, Charles Cannon, the subdeaconship, at which time six liam Powers has been appointed chair- James Cashman, Orlis North, Thomas candidates received the sacred order. man of the department. Murphy, William Brennan, Julius No other orders are to be conferred THE DAUGHTERS L -- Sister Zita of St. Joseph's, Chicago, is succeeding Sister Stanislaus of Charity Hospital after the latter's six- ty-two years of faithful service. Sis- ter Alberta is being transferred from Hotel Dieu, New Orleans, to take over St. Joseph's, Chicago, and Sister Cel- estine of Hotel Dieu now becomes Sis- ter Servant. Changes in directresses of nurses include Sister Aloysia of Waco, now at Hotel Dieu, Sister M. Louis of Birmingham to Alton, and Sister Catherine of Alton to St. Vincent's, Chicago.

ROME Fr. Salvator Burgio has been in Rome since May 3.

I rc-~P~e ~sl~·~ea 2 NECROLOGY In your charity kindly remem- ber in your prayers Fr. Joseph Monaghan, Fr. Carroll Rosen- steel of the Eastern Province, the mother of Fr. Raymond Harvey, and the father of Pr. William Fathers Herbert Vandenberg and Vincent Smith in their cabin aboard Ryan. the U.S.S. Lakeland Victory soon after they set sail for China. i