The Portland daily press., 1879-01-24
(Cor N. Y. World
Coming to Canada.
Jcsuits who Anticipate Expulsion from
France Asking American Hospitality.

MONTREAL. January 20.-There is the high.
est authority for saying that prominens Jesuits
IN France have written to members of the
order informing them that they expect to be
expelled from France before the end of the
present year, and inquiring If their Canadian
brethren can furnish sheltar and riovmor+
Ior some OF the refugees. Thsre is reason to
believe also that the Jesuits in this Province
have In their reply expressed their willingness
to receive 200 of the refugees It is stated that
similar application has been made bv the
Jesuits In France to the Jesuits in the Unted
States.
The Jesuits in Canada have often aided their
brethren In France and other European conn.
tries, but this is the first time they have ever
been formally asked to give them shelter. The
Jesuits had established themselves in Acadia
in 1911, but it was not until 1925 that tbe
pioneers of the order, Father Charles Lalenant
Jean de Bseboeuf and Ennond Nasse. landed
at 0aebec. Prior to their arrival necessary
work In New France was in the hands of the
sroliets' mendcant friars of the order of St.
b. In 1914 Father Irepeus de Pat of
Ffss> 'ats went to France at the insteation
The ReeeA 'tadour, the Viceroy at Quebec.
Of NJ. De w. he cooperation Of the sons of
and requested ted merchants. the trading
Loyols. The eassocs> -hich at that time con,
trolled the colony, were opl the historian
"for," says pAbbe Fsrland, Vueuenots
"mapy Of the merchants were -nuest of
The Jesuits willingly acceded to the H.. -oed
sailed from France in the summer of 1923.
September they raised their cross, the symbol
of dominion, on q charming spot at the juno
ton Of the brook Laviet with the river st.
Charles, and called this tract Of land the
Seigniory of Notre Dame des ABges. Shortly
Afterwards the Jesuit De Rohant son of the Mas-
quis de Gamache, laid the foundation stone of
the Jesuit College at Quebec, and the order
rapidly increased 10 Numbers and wealth. Ul-
timsteiy they sapplanted the Recollets and be,
colony. In 1764-67, when the order was ex-
pelled from France, Spain and the Spanish
colonies In America, Portugal. Naples, Parma.
Modens, the Sicilies and elsewhere, the Jesuits
In Lower Canada contributed money to the re-
lief of their persecuted brethren and received
numbers of them in their institutions here.
In the issue Of the famous brief DOmipus &C
Rsdemptor noster, by Pope Clement XIV,
disbandsd. The conquest of New France bv
England had left their property untouched,
one of the articles of surrender expressly guar
anteeiDg religious bodies ali the rights and
privileges they had enjoyed under the old re-
gime and projecting them and their property
heavy blow, and some British authorities main
tanned that as the Order had ceased TO exist it's
wealth should be escheated by the Crown. Il
was agreed, never, heless that the property
should continue to be held by the disbandsd
members as quasi private property. Year
by year the 80 O'isinal Jesuits," as they were
called, dropped of, and in 1900 the last Of them
Father Cazot, died, and the property passed
into the hands of the Crown and was applied to /
educational purposes. On the restoration of the
order by Plus VII, in 1914, the society recon-
menced operations here, but the loss of its vast
property rendered 1t no longer power in the
state. At present 1t is estimated that the
Jesuits own real property in this province to
the value of 100000, but this is a minimum
valuation. In 1880. when the order was
banished from France for the fourth time,
numbers came to Canada. The order here was
also reinforced by fugitives in 1848. when the
brethren were driven out of Lombardy, Sicily
and the Neapoitan provinces; and since 1873
when the society was banished from the Ger
man empire, an occasional straggler has found
his way TO Montreal.