The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-05-25

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revolt. Distinctly and from the be-
ginning the Parochial Clerics Of st.
Vtator were both in school and in the
pulpit the ahjutants of the secular
clergy in the work Of evangeliziag,
catechizing and converting young and
old, Of forming and reforming, of find
ing the lost sheep and bringing back
to the fold those who had strayed
away in by-ways of faithless dalli-
ance. So. -.-.......... -....-
In the "Livre dor" Of Father
Queries, the sanity founder of the
Father q ct. viator, are found sew
eral chapters Of special instruction to
his priests on the ministry Of preach
ing and catechizing and on the con-
Quoting Of missions. Here he urges
His .smissionartes to Address them
a4lXSN 70. this great work with an ar
de1hEsl He BLDG them act always
in pefikaE accord with the pastors,
never undertaking anything contrary
to- their desires.
In France where the Viatorians
were first established in the diocese
Of Lyons whence they soon spread in
half q score Of dtoceses to teach and
preach. their successes in school and
pulpit were SO solid. not to say bril-
liant, that after three quarters of a
century Of devoted service in reclaim
ing moral wanderers bewildered by
the lurid glare of religious upheavals
yaRd moral eruptions; after all these
years Of relentless effort in solidify-
ing the weak and wavering and slim
ulating the good to still holier life, so
close had they grown to the hearts
Of the people and the children Of the
poor that they were among the first
to be singled out and disrupted by the
atheistic government of the eldest
daughter" Dtsbanded they were, but
not silenced, for they have grown
more boldly eloquent and are still
among the forces now working most
effectively for the rehabilitation of the
church IN France. Though ousted
from their homes and schools, COM
paratively few have taken the road Of
exile. the majority remaining on the
scene beneath the friendlier dome Of
the national sky (Which spiteful inn
j. dela left to them). finding shelter
among the poor whose children they
gather about them in imprevised
schools. thus inducing the parents to
relearn the road to church on Sun
daNz where these brave educators
again gladly lend their efacient help
to the secular priests. The story Of
the de- Contamination of France
might be more woeful and the outlook
more hopeless were it not for the ac-
tivities Of such devoted men in the
work Of salvage from the wrecks Of
too frequent cataclysms.
viatorians in America.
In America the historians have en-
ployed Themselves SO far chiefly in
the work Of primary and secondary
education. In Canada where they
have wrought for over half a century
they have a large and we'll trained
force of teachers conducting parochial
schools, commercial academies and
classical colleges in two score cities
and villages of the province of Que
bee. It was from Montreal that the
first priests and brothers Of st. viator
came to lend their aid to their dis
tressed countrymen of the diocese of
Chicago.
Their Work in Illinois.
Since their advent in 1llinois in 1855
the Viatorians have conducted a num-
Der Of parochial schools and now have
charge of several parishes. Their
main efforts have. however. been GEN.
tered In the developing Of st. viator
College, which has become one of the
important centers Of Catholic learn
Ing in the middle west. Three years
ago they opened new college at
Chamberlain. South Dakota Since
1882 the American Viatorians were
pertor, whose headquarters are now
: at st. viators Normal Institute, 1908
!, 4oth avenue. Chicago. Illinois. AL
though largely absorbed in education-
al and parochial work the Fathers of
st. Viator have not in all these years
entirely neglected their constitutional
duties in the matter NJ o.iv,nv rn,s
sions. In far away Montana and Da-
kota, Michigan. in Illinois, in parish
church and convent chapel their voice
/ has been heard. With increasing
numbers they will now be able to de-
vote more time and men to this Inn
portant part. Of their vocational min
!. istry. In, v'ewsthen Of engaging more
/ actively i'm the American missionary