The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-08-23

assistance rendered him by faithful coadutor Brother
Giles Laugel o. B., Who today, celebrates the ffeth
anniversary his religious Profession Vncennes
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him and entered St. Menrads Abbey. at St. Menrad, In
a g as a. lay on
obedience the Lay Brothers in religious community de-
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model St. Josephs to the Child Jesus Content
sacred privileges the priesthood unknown to the world
these pous souls become fast friends of Jesus Ch and
Like his to he the has s az
most continuously devoted his life to the Indian Mission
built the first building Of what is now the Martin Kennel
Sh d This building constructed of logs with dirt
afterwards Director of the Catholic Indian Bureau
was then agent at Standing Rock This in
indian sSs5 iie and mt s9s s:sa'
coming into Devils Lake the passenger train that
entered that at City, There found Father with
ionary work His devotion to Father jerome u.s. indeed
s st1 all those
times ne has conscientousy minstered the material
the the s 9Ge will he the win of
of which Father jerome is the Editor.
Human phrases but detract from the treasures
as can only be rightly in the words of his
IN afu a s
greater; enter now into the joys of thy Lord"
1ngratitude would stfle the significance of this whole
biography prominence not given to the great work
accomplished during these many those Godoving
spiritual daughters Of Madam DYouyile,
the Grey Nuns of Montreal Even before the Of our
Jubirians these noble all absorbed in the
salvation of souls the Sioux Indians of Totem
At the invitation Of Major Forbes who stationed at
Fort Totten and who had relative in the community the
Sisters started for North Dakota Sisters Aard Capin
nearest railway station the winter Of 1874 regular
North Dakota blizzard babe them welcome, housing
facilities at premium the sisters spent their first
night in the section house Jamestown The following day
they started overland by oxeam Fort Toen and after
many hardshps endured enroute they gracious
" received by Major Mclaughlin, who had succeeded
Major Forbes at Fort Totten The former shared with them
SION was ready for occupancy This school built by
the government and the Sisters received remuneration
from the for each child they educated After
the tire at the Mission which the school destroyed
the Sisters lived and conducted their school in the priests
In 1885 the school rebuilt at its present location
their Indian scholars for fs battle From the
1rs they mJoyed the local cooperation of the Authorities
In the earlier it to no brine on
Grand Forks to the Fort and anyone acquainted with
ship Their schools they conducted in parallel Courses of
English and Sioux Evangelical poverty in the stricest
virtue which this world will never know, the great viz
tue Of sefmmolaton Their daily fare the plainest
for the Indian child with thought SELF and their nights
rep4se tor many years in frost bedecked corridor in
11rs which this life offered to them in material way
Their kindness and devotedness the priests on the Mis-
sion nave always been poyerba and in the dusky of
Master Nor can that earthly gain is their motive
since five of these good souls giving their services gra
tuitously for the good of the their reward No
man can take from them and God grant they may be
given to labor among these Sioux Indian child
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In the Missionary of Our Jublaran there is also
me humorous side which illustrate of the con
dons peculiar to Missionary work among the Indians as
well as the hardships endured When Father jerome ar
rived at St Mchaes he found that the Indians were using
ms residence as Morgue in which they stored several