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tered the same class with Gen. Grant and others
of Subsequent fame. He was graduated with
distinction and was for 1--we years q professor in
the institution.
at was about this time" said one of the
Fa.hers yesterday, that It happened with
him. as with so many of his generation. that
the deeper thoughts Of the religious life en-
tered his soul He sought for the truth and
found IT in the teachings of the Catholic Church.
DESIRING o more perfect life, he entered the no
yitiate OF the Redemptorist Fathers"
In 1855 be was ordained a priest among the
Redemptorists and Immediately after his ordi.
nation entered upon mission work. He re-
manned exclusively in this work until his sepa-
ration from the Redemptorists with the other
four missionaries. the Rev. Fathers Hecker.
Hewitt, Baker. and Walworth. who organized
themselves into the Congregation Of St Paul,
or the Paulist Fathers As a Paulist, Father
Deshou's lifework began in reality. He con-
tinuei as a missionary the lahors he had un.
dertaken as a Redemptorist and became known
from one end OF the country TO the other as a
preacher and instructor OF exceptional talent.
To him fell the work OF giving the early morn
tnE instruction on account of his peculiar
ability and his general adaptability to the sub
Jet. Although an earnest preacher and able
theologlan, Father Deshon has always been q
man OF affairs, about the Paulist establishment,
great church at tifty-ninth and Sixtieth streets
and Columbus avenue, together with the sur
rounding buildings, all OF which were erected
under his personal superintendence.
During the last years OF Father Hewit's SUI
per!orship, by reason of his Discrimination to
interest himself in practical affairs, his resi-
dence at the Catholic University at Washing
ton, and still later, his feeble health. the imme-
date management Of the interests Of the com
munity was delegated to Father Deshon, and
his election 10 the office OF Superior-General
means the initiation OF no new policy in tho
administration OF the order, but the prosecu-
ton, with still greater ytsor. OF The special
works that have been already begun. These
include the social b~etterment of the mas ses,
general parochial labors, the works in behalf
OF the cause OF temperance, and the scheme Of
missions TO nou-Catholics. together with tho
estabi!s hnent. which was inaugurated by
Father Deshon.
Father Deshon. who is the third Superior
General OF the P~aul!5ts, has been elected for a
o. the charter. His predecessors were Fathers
Hecker and Hewitt. The call for q meeting Of
the General Chapter was made soon after the
death of Father Hewitt, and the sessions were
with the community here, but by Fathers Wy
man and Otis from the community house In
San Francisco, where five OF the priests live in
charge OF the work OF the Paulists west of the
Rocky Mountains, all of whom took part in the
unanimous election TO the highest office in their
gift Of their venerable and greatly beloved asso-
ciatr.
At present there are thirty-hve fathers,
twerty-one students, and fifteen postulants
connected with the Paulists. AS has been
lately written Of them: The PauIist congreea.
ton ID not stagnant. Not in purpose. in mum.
berS. nor in good works Is it quiescent- 1t is
steadily moving forward, according to its
means, its Opportunities, and the cooperation
toward the OF its apostolic voca.
tlon-the conversion OF non-Catholic America