The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-09
The aaea Daily Thursdau zformne JANUARY 9, 1886

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| prominent dignitaries of the order. The
walls of the new buildings are nearly
| four feet in thickness, and the founda-
| TONS are built of granite.
| From 800 to 400 young men are edu-
| Gated at St Vincent's annually, many
| of whom, after graduating in the col
legiate course, enter the ministry. At
ter graduating from the theological
| seminary they do mission work Or teach
IN some of the priories until a pastorate
| is secured.
| Here every trade is represented, and
| farming, dairying and gardening are
| prosecuted. The output Of all is con-
sumed IN feeding the army of students,
monks and laborers. The grain is
ground in the large mill near the abbey.
Artisans Of every known trade are en-
ployed. The htera ture of the order,
both secular and religious, is published
in many different languages, German,
English, italian, French, and Slavish
predominating. St Vinvent's, a neat,
monthly journal, Inc organ of the order.
edited by Father Daniel, is published
there
1t is perhaps safe to say that no brew
cry product in the United States has
been discussed, both pro and con, more
thoroughly than that of st. Vincent.
Yet THE brewery is only a small con-
Germ, two stories in height, and has an
output, when operated to its utmost
capacity, Of only thirty or forty barrels
per day. The beverage has national
reputation, and should the monks elect
to enlarge the capacity of the plant,
little difficulty would be experienced in
dIsposing of the output The founders
being Germans, followed the customs
In the fatherland, and tie beer is brew
ed In Bavarian style. According 10 the
old custom the beer is sold 10 only one
saloon-keeper in a specified town. The
sale Of the beer is not pushed and the
brewery is not operated steadily. Time
was when it was a source of revenue to
the institution. At the death of Arch
Abbot WINNER, his successor, Arch
Abbot HintenOch, prohibited the sale
of the output
Additions by purchase have been
made TO the original monastery tract
until it now contains over $50 acres. It
is underlaid with the seam of coal from
which the Connellsville coke is made,
and which could be disposed of for a
magnificent sum, while the soil is
among the most fertile and productive
in the keystone state.
Father WINNER was appointed first
abbot Of the abbey by the pope and
made arch-abbot when the new monas-
terry was established some twenty years
ago. From this small beginning the
order has grown in this country until
the Benedictines outnumber all other
religious orders in the Catholic church.
There are now six abbeys established
in the United States, and the priories
are increasing annually. The offsprings
Of st. Vincent's are situated at Newark,
n. j., Belmont, n. C., Atchison, Kan,
Collegeville, Mimi, and Chicago.
Father WINNER died at st. Vincent
on Dec. 8, 1887. Father Leander Sch
nuerr of Allegheny City, the present
head, was elected by the monks ON July
13. 1892, confirmed by the pope, and
subsequently installed into his office on
Oct. 6, following.
The Benedictine society is the oldest
religious order in the Catholic church.
1t was formed by st. Benedict nearly
.416 years ago. st. Benedict conceiv-
ed the idea of having a, nome for aged
and indigent ministers and a collegiate
end theological department, with farm
hands, etc, to aid in sustaining the IN
stitutiOn. He established the monastery
at Subbiaccho, Italy. Monsignor Sa-
tolH was a pupil in the Subbiaccho alb
hey until made private secretary to
Pope Leo, and the papal ablegate was
present at the annual feast two years
ago, celebrating pontifical high mass
with the monks at st. Vincents. 1t is
expected that he will be the guest Of
honor at the dedication of the new
church and the golden anniversary
celebration next October
There are many pathetic memories
which cling to the place. 1t has al
ways been a cardinal principle of the
order to feed the hungry and assist the
&, T,
the recent panic, when the army of I'M
employed was quite as large as those
working, the number seeking aims at
the monastery daily was great. They
came from isolated shutdown mines
and coke works. None, whether worthy
or not, were turned away hungry or
empty-handed. The old 'tramp-house,
in which the knights of the road found
shelter and sleep, is no more. In it
the hobos used to abuse their privileges,
fighting and frequently making night
hide0us, much to the disgust Of their
kind benefactors. Finally the place
burned down. Arch-Abbot WINNER
used 10 issue TO them their rations,
greeting the mendicants with kindly
smile. His successors maintained this
custom.
one Of the most extensive libraries in
the state is possessed by the Benedic-
tines. Their museum of natural his
tory is perhaps the most extensive pri-
waite collection in America \ new
thpee-story library and museum Were
erected several years ago. Two years
ago a private tlTee-story brick build
ing. 100 by 60 feet, was erected, while
last year the monks built a new 100000
thaater for the special benefit and use
Cf the patrons of St Vincent'S college.
ShalIespearian and other plays are
produced. but only by the students,
and the music is furnished by St Vim
cents band and orchestra, the crack
orchestra of western Pennsyl-
vania. A summer home, consisting of
l 200 acres of mountain land, is the
residence Of the Brothers. as they are
called. during the heated season. when
they reside in their mountain retreat,
from the world, its heat and
turmoil
About 100 priests reside at the monas-
tery. permanently. \ number Of these
ceach in the college and the others
await pastOrates or do mission work.
The aged and infirm spend their declin-
ing years there in prayer and medita-
ton.
Form OF t:ie Noon
You were doubtless taught that the
moon is globular-Shaped; or. in other