El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-11
MANY CATHOLICS
IN AMERICA
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Charles 1. White, d. D. The French
founder of the brotherhood was a re-
markable man in many respects. Tt
was he who discarded the individual
method OF instruction and initiated the
simultaneous or class method which
obtains in the SCHOOLS today. In 1882
he organized primary free schools In
Rheims and two years later started
normal schools. AS the product Of his
genius technical schools and schools
= OF design were started in 1893 and a
boarding college was born under the
same guiding hand in 1898. He also
established many Sunday schools and
evening schools.
The AIexian Brothers
The Alexian Brothers, who have nos
pitfalls in several important cities, nave
been concerned chiefly with the bod
fly welfare Of mankind rather than
mental development This is in line
with the spirit of the times during
which it was fOunded-at the height of
the greatest plague, called the Black
Death. NTH fourteenth century. Dur
ing that frightful scourge which depop-
ulated many thriving centers of Europe,
brave and devout men united to assist
in allleviating human suffering Among
these was found the germ of the Alex
ian Brotherhood. The founder or the
order is known only vaguely as Tobias,
and the birthplace was at Melchen, Bra
bant in 1900. They were first called
the Cellites but later on cnose St Alex
Is of the fifteenth century as their
patron During the French revolution
disorders and persecution proved dis
astrous to the order, but in 1850 ii
was restored to its ancient monastic
discipline The first American hospital
under the direction of the brotherhood
was established in Chicago in 1866, by
Brother Bonatura Thelan. The hand
some building erected in 1868 was de-
stroyed in the fire of 1871, but was re-
built the following year There are
numerous important hospitals through
out the middle west which are under
the direction of this brotherhood.
Helping Maynard Youth.
An educational order which has been
Instrumental in much good in the Ohio
river valley is that of the Brothers of
the Poor of St francis Seraphicus, de-
voted TO the care of detitute and way
ward youths. 1t was founded In 1891
at Aix-Ia-C hapelle, Germany, by the
venerable John Hoover. In 1866 band
of brothers was sent to the United
states. In 1868, through the interest
of Mrs Sarah Peters, a wealthy phil
anthropist the brotherhood began its
labors in Cincinnati by assuming re-
sponsibilitv for so boys In the days
of the community's infancy strong
friend was found in Reuben r. Spring
er. who paid the rent and other charges
of the community home
The Reformed fCistercians, or Trap
pist brotherhood. came to America in
1904 in order to escape prosecutions in
France. The members fled under the
leadership of Urban Outlet and settled
at Pigeon Hill, near Conewago, Penn
sylvania They removed to Kentucky
the following year and there suffered
many privations, having to subsist
chiefly on lintels. AS a result many
of the members died The first per-
manent foundation was the monastery
of Gethsemane, in Kentucky. Its es-
was brought about by the
revolution OF 1913 in France.
SisterhOOd of st. Ann.
4 community which has a purely |
American origin is the Sisterhood or |
ST. Ann. founded in the little village |
of Vaudreuil, Quebec. by Esther Blon- |
din, who realized that the education |
Of children in country places was be- |
ing sorely neglected. It was first pro- |
posed that the sisterhood confine its |
teaching activity TO poor children, but |
this policy has since been broadened. /
The founder died in 1890 at the age !
of 81. The first house established in |
the United States was in Oswego, New /
York, in 1870.
The Ursuline nuns were pioneers in 1
charitable work in the province Of |
Louisiana. Members of this devout or
der. which was founded at Rouen, |
France by Mary Tranchepan, who /
later became known as Sister st. Au-
justine, landed at New Orleans on /
August 5, 1927, and they have been
active in that city ever since.
There are numerous other orders now
prospecting in the country. which can
not be included in the small compass
here allowed
Tomorrow-Feats of Endurance.
YIN Garrin former assistant CITY ]