The Detroit times., 1910-11-11
CATHOLIC COMMUN MITE S
IN AMERICA
By FREDERIC HASKIN

the lay. brother. was killed, Father
Masse was set adrift in an open boat
and Fathers Biard and Quentin were
held as prisoners and started for Vir-
ginia, there TO be hanged. They were
spared the latter fate, however. as the
vessel In which they were sent was
blown by storm across the Atlantic.
After the hardship of coioniaF times
the Jesuits prospered and they today
conduct some OF the largest Catholic
colleges In America, one OF the most
important being that OF Georgetown
university in-the national capital.
In priority OF service the Benedic
tine. brotherhood may be said to far
outrank any other Catholic commun-
lily in America. These jealous mis-
sionaries are supposed TO have visited
America long before the time OF
Columbus and the claim seems to be
established by the researches made by
the historical societies of Copenhagen.
Denmark. OF Rhode Island and the
United States. The ruins which were
discovered in Rhode Island and II.
other sections along the North Allan
tic coast seem 10 be those OF churches
and cloisters. But IL these prehistoric
claims are rejected, the Benedictines,
must be relegated to position of com
paratice insignificance, as their first
center was established during the last
centuTy in Beatty, Pennsylvania.
Father Balleis. of Salzburg. Austria.
and the Rev. Boniface WINNER, first
archabbot of ST. Vincent. Beatty.
Pennsylvania were the pioneers.
The first religiOus martyrs OF the
New World came from the ranks OF
the Dominican brotherhood. who were
also the first Catholic missionaries 10
set foot in the United States. They
came In 1926 from the missionary
fields OF South America. In 1549 Louis
Cancer and Diego de Tolosa entered
Florida and there lost their lives. This
brotherhood was founded by st.
Dominic Guzman in 1914, seven years
before his death
One o. the most prosperous educa-
tional centers I'm America Is that at
Notre Dame, Indiana. Its develop
ment is one OF the most remarkable
in the history OF the Catholic church
IN this country il Is conducted by
{ Congregation OF the Holy Cross.
by.product OF the French Revolution
and the result OF unification by Rome
OF two distinct societies-the Brother
hood of St. Joseph. founded by Ruille
in 1920 and the Auxiliary Priests of
founded by Edward Sorin young
priest only % years old. when he was
sent out from France and made his
way by canal boat and stage TO Vim
cennes. Indiana He accepted a tract
OF land on the ST. Joseph river, the
condition OF the grant being that a col
lege should be erected on II within
two years TODAY Notre Dame is one
OF the most widely known colleges
of the middle west
One Of the early arrivals in the
! United States was the order Of the
! Sulpician brotherhood. which came TO
Baltimore in 1871 and opened st.
| Narys Seminary the following year.
| One OF the most interesting members
of this order was Prince Demetrius
Galatzin. who belonged 10 the highest
nobility in Russia. His father was az
one time ambassador 10 The Hague
! from the cars court Prince Demet.
RUS was one of the two semnarians
at st. Nary's I'm 1894 After be had
completed his work I'm this institution
he went to Loretta. Pennsylvania and
during his missionary work in that
section OF the country Is said 10 have
converted 5000 Protestants to Cathol.
lcism
St, John Baptist de la Sale ia
nous churchman' and distinguished
educator who lived in Rheims, France.
during the latter half Of the seven
teenth century, was the inspiration
for an important order which has
Iprosperei in the United States II is
the Brothers OF the Christian Schools,
Ia religious congregation devoted to
the education OF youth The first
Ischool was founded In Baltimore I'm
fSl5 by the Rev. Charles l. White.
y. ID. The. French founder OF the
brotherhood was a remarkable man
! i'm many respects II was he who de.
carded tho individual method OF I'm.
struction and initiated the simultane-
Gus or class method which obtains in
the schoolS today In 1882 he organ.