The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-29

teachings Of the university would per-
meate the orders and the university be
regarded, as il was intended it should be-
as the fountain head Of Catholic education
in America But. more than this, did an
other idea come forward.
1t was. and still is. intended that the
Catholic church Of this country should be
controlled from Washington. The uni
versity is under the direct care and su-
pervisi1n Of the Cardinal and the prel-
ates of the American hierarchy. If IL
could have clustered about il the houses
of the religious orders. with the superiors
of these orders in constant touch with the
university authorities and the apostolic
delegate in the city. what a powerful
combination it would make, The church
is renowned for its faculty of COnCentra-
tion. which gives to it its great strength
Here it proposes to concentrate its forces
with an object at once religious, educa-
tional and political, the latter only in con-
uectfon with its own affairs.
The FrancisCans are the first of the
great orders OF the church TO ally them
selves with the university While the
others already affiliated have COnsideTa-
BILE strength they do not rank with the
great orders. who until now have held
aloof. some for fear of offending the
Jesuits. who have their college in
Georgetown. others for various reasons.
The others have simply small buildings
and grounds except the MariStS; the
FrancisCans will have a larger building
with about forty acres of ground They
evidently intend 70 locate here perma-
nently. The arrangements have been
made so quietly that little information
regarding them has been made public.
1t is known that the monastery will be
erected in accordance with the rules of
the order and that provisions will be
made both for the monks and the stu
dents. The aim of the monks is to edu-
cate students for missionary work 1t
is said that the inspiration for the es-
tabIishuent of the monastery came from
Pope Leo XIII himself The arrange
ments are all in the hands of Friar God
frey Schilling. of the New York house,
who will be prior of the new convent.
The Franciscan orders were founded by
st. Francis in the twelfth century. ST.
Francis found the church suffering from
a plethora of riches. pomD and pride.
When he determined TO become a monk.
he decided to preach and to practice
poverty. As the vars went by he accu-
INFLATED sufficient following to admit of
the formation Of rules of conduct. and he
drew up thirty. Twenty-seven of these
precepts were afterward made obligatory
under the pain of mortal sin. In the
rule the use of money was absolutely
forbidden. and the quality, quantity and
value of the clothing was determined
The Friars were bound to fast on all
Fridays: also from All Saints to Christ
mas. and from Epiphany to Easter. In
1910 the order was approved by Innocent
III and in 1919 when the frs. council
was held, it assembled more than 5000
brothers. st. Francis died in 1926. and
was canonized by Pope Gregory TX in
1928. From various causes the Francis
can monks became divided into various
branches. until at present there are three
orders. not including the Capuchins The
three are again divided into various OBJ
servances, comprising the Observants.
the Recollects. Discalced and Reformed.
who all belong to the Strict Observance
and the Conventuals.
To the first order belong the male men,
bers of these different observances. who
bind themselves by solemn vows. The
second order consists of the female re-
ligious. namely. the Poor Clares. Urban
fists and Capuchin nuns. while the third
order comprises persons living in the
world as well as various religious con-
gregations affiliated with the order Of ST.
Francis. The religious of the first order