The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-12
now PRIESTS ARE TRAINED.
The Summer Retreat at Nashotah- Genera
Sherman's Son.

The Summer Retreat at Acknowledgement
Sherman's Son.
| Milwaukee journal.
There is a large house at Nashotah, surrounded
by grounds of elegant and spacious proportions
| neglected by the hand of the gardener The
mansion itself is falling to decay by long disuse
| Through the dense foliage, a gunshot away
| glitters lake with deep, lucid bosom and ed
| dying shadows. Such place the philosophers
| of old might have chosen in which to commune
1 with nature and converse on the mutability of
| the unseen universe This is the place chosen
| by the Society of Jesus for scholastic members
| of the order to recreate themselves and gather
| strength and health for the duties of the
| year. The society is eminently a teach
ing order-a band of men who devote
their lives to the requirement of knowledge, and
to imparting it to others. Rigorous is the ordeal
that fits man for the priesthood in this order.
Ten years must be passed in study of philoso
ply and the languages, seven in teaching bellies
lettres and acquiring knowledge of character
before the devotee can place the title Reverend
before his name. He becomes IS. j. as soon as
he begins to teach.
1t is customary to close the colleges of the or
der during the months of July and August. For
the past four or five years, in order to give the
professors in these institutions breathing spell
in the life of self denial they have chosen, it has
been customary to take some large house in a
quiet and secluded spot in the rural districts,
whittier would resort the professors to pass three
weeks in camping out. They carry their own
furniture, wear JraQlJlOna1 ana OfGnOQOX blue
shirts, and pass their time in boating, fishing,
and lettering along country roads. A male cook
accompanies them. He is also a brother of the
order. Last year they went to Menasha, the
year before to Elkhart and three years ago to
Pewaukee priest is always present at the
encampment."
There are thirtyseven scholastic brethren at
Nashotah this year, from colleges at St Louis,
Omaha and Milwaukee. Among them, possibly
the most distinguished, is Tom Sherman,
eldest son of Gen VIM. T. Sherman, of St
Louis. He is man of twenty-seven, and joined
the order six years ago in England. He studied
in England two years, in Maryland three years,
and in St Louis one year.
Rev. Father Rosswinkle, vice president of
Marquette College, Milwaukee, is the priest who
presides over the encampment. Large as the
house is it has been found necessary to procure
tents for the accommodation of some of the gen
tlemen. A pleasant vacation is reported by the
fortunate fellows who compose the party. The
rendezvous is not purchased by the order, mere
ly leased.
The Society of Jesus was founded by Ig
natius Loyola or, as he was known among the
profane lingo de Recaldo Loyola, in 1887. 1t
has supreme head, called the General, who is
considered about as infallible as the Pope. The
number of Jesuits in the United States in 1879
was upwards of 1000 They are entirely ex-
PEELED from the Mexican and Colombian re-
publics Since the foundation the order has had
twenty -two Generals.