The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-06-21
,10THERS OF THE
CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
A Brief From Pope Plus X. on the
. Junior Novitiates in Their
Order.
The Sovereign Pontiff Gives Expres
sion to Esteem in Which He
Holds Them.
Commencement Exercises of De La
Sale Institute, This City, Took
Place Thursday.

Place Thursday.
The Institute of the Brothers of the
Christian Schools is in receipt of
brief from the Sovereign Pontiff Pope
Plus X. on the Junior Novitiates in
their Order. In the brief the Holy
Father once more gives expression to
the esteem in which he holds "relig-
ious men who give themselves up
wholly to the work of training youth
both in letters and in the precepts of
Christian WISDOM" he manifests his
solicitude for the Brothers of the
Christian Schools and recommends
the work of recruiting subjects for
the Junior Novitiates to the benevo-
lence of the Ordinaries and the clergy
The brief follows:
To Our Beloved Son, Brother Gabriel
Marie, Superior General of the
Brothers of the Christian Schools,
Plus x. Pope:
Beloved Son, Health and Apostolic
Benediction.
In the hope that many more of
them may be established and that
admission to them may be sought by
more numerous candidates, so that an
abundance of workers may be at hand
for you and your religious, suffcient
for the daily increasing harvest, you
have asked us to bestow the Apostolic
Benediction on those of your houses
which, after the manner of your
Father and Founder, you are wont to
call Junior Novitiates."
How agreeable has been this re-
quest to us, you apprehend without
difficulty, dear son, for you know with
what solicitude we watch over the
young and in what esteem We hold
religious men who give themselves
up wholly to the work of training
youth both in letters and in the pre-
cepts of Christian wisdom.
That the disciples of Saint John
Baptist de la Sale excel in this most
noble art, their colleges, their schools,
and their other useful works estab-
lished for the welfare of youth, bear
testimony; and we know that, under
their direction, these institutions
prosper not only in Europe but also
in the distant regions of America and
even in Australia, Asia and Africa.
Wherefore heartily rejoicing in
this, and eagerly desirous that the
fruit be more abundant from day to
day, we ourselves also pray the Lord
of the harvest to send laborers into
His harvest, and we exhort our ven
cradle brethren, the archbishops, the
bishops, and all the clergy, to lend
themselves as willing helpers to your
projects, knowing that they can hope
for everything from a religious fam
lily whose benefactions are so fruit
fully perpetrated and so widely diff
fused among the people.
Therefore, may many houses of the
kind mentioned above me be every
where erected; but at the same time,
may the spirit of John Baptist de la
Sale dwell therein, so that from the
example of their Fathers charity his
sons may direct all their energy and
their strength of soul to this end, that
children of tender years, who are as
yet without experience, may grow up
useful to civil society and not un.
! worthy of that greatest of all bless
ings for which they were born.
That all these wishes be realized
we beg Of God for you the support
of heavenly aid. May pledge of this
and testimony Of our gratitude be
!! the Apostolic Benediction which we
most lovingly in the Lord impart to
you, and especially to those who, in
/ the Junior Novitiates," are growing
up to be the hope of the Institute
which you direct.
| Given at st. Peters, Rome, March
| 80, 1913, in the tenth year of our
F! Pontificate.
Plus X. POPE
! At the present time the Christian
Brothers have exactly fifty Junior
Novitiates in various parts of the
world. Four of these are In the