The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-09

It's Growth in America from 1884 to the
Present Time.

Its Growth in America from 1854 to the
Present Time.
New York Herald.
The prominence given to the Jesuits by tie
gives special interest to the facts concerning the
Society OF Jesus, established by Ignatius Loyola
-canonized as ST. Ignatus-for the propagation
of the Roman Catholic faith.
1t is a well-known fact that the State of Mary
land was the first refuge in this country for the
Jesuits. Two priets of the Order of Jesus landed
March %, 1884 from the English vessel the Ark
and Dove, on the island of ST. Clement, in Ches-
apeake bay, which has since disappeared.
Fathers Andrew White and John Altman with
others of the Order of Jesus, flying from English
persecution, began the mission which they called
st. Mary's, and which afterward grew into the
Province Of Maryland, established July 8, 1888,
and which inally-August, z, 1879Lwas changed
Into the New York and Maryland Province of
the Society of Jesus. The difference between
mission and province is that the former takes
its laws from the province which sent it out, and
the latter is allowed the privilege of home rules.
At this time they had thrtysix fathers thirty
one scholastics and forty three lay brothers,
with number of churches, missions and -four
ishng educational establishments for the laity,
as we'll as for members of the society, the
Jesuits being teaching as we'll as preaching
order, and there are few Catholic dioceses ir
this country without the establishments of the
Company of Jesus
The priests of the order travelled from France
to Canada and thence down to New York, then
called New Amsterdam, and the first sacrament
was administered by Father Jaques in l642 In
1852 three Jesuit fathers established the first
Catholic mission in this city in room of the
house of Governor Dougan, who was an Irish
Catholic. These were Fathers Thomas Harvey,
Henry Harrison and Charles Gage. They es
tablished a school near the Bowling Green, and
the ground on which old Trinity Church
stands was the playground. When the penal
laws were enforced the Jesuits were expelled,
but they returned gradually ST. Patrick's
Cathedral in Mott street. was built during the
pastorate of the Jesuit Father Anthony Kohl
man. early in the nineteenth century A Jesuit
school was established about this time by Fa
new cathedral, Fifth and Fiftieth
street 1t was known as the New York Literary
Institution
The first Jesuit church of New York was es
tablshed in lS47 The year previous Bishop
Hughes had placed the colleges which he had es
tabshed in Fordham entirely in the hands of
the Order of Jesus In 1850 the Jesuit church
was transferred to West Fifteenth street. and
the College of st. Francis Xavier was then
erected by the Order standing ~to-day among
the finest of Jesuit colleges
The New York Maryland Province embraces
Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania Rhode
Island, Virginia, Massachusetts, New Jersey
and the District of Columbia. 1t includes
Jesuit control. Among them are the George
town. Woodstock, St Francis Xavier, st. Johns
and Boston Institutions
1t has nineteen Jesuit churches and missions.
The number of Jesuits engaged in teaching
preaching and parochial labors is CSC The ma
jority of the Jesuits now here are American
born, especially the younger members of the
order.
| Besides this province, there is also the Prov
ince Of Missouri, with headquarters at st. Louis
| and which includes the Western States OF mis-
| sions there are those of New Orleans California
| and Buffalo
The order is stronger in numbers now than at
any time since its general suppression. 1t is
| divided into twenty -four Jesuit provinces, Ave