Annals of St. Ann's Hermitage: 1914
January. On the 1st traditional best wishes from the entire Community assembled.
On the 16th we have the pleasant visit of Bro. Cesidius, former Provincial of North America. He is accompanied by Bro. M. Florentius, Director of St. Michel, our school in Montreal.
The happiness which Bro. Cesidius experiences in once again seeing the Community and the Provincial House in Poughkeepsie is shared by our own happiness in having him with us for 2 days.
February. The Scholasticate rooms are upgraded by a large sliding partition allowing them to be transformed into a single hall for prayers during summer courses or retreats. In January the Scholastics had put in a floor in the dormitory and wooden ceilings in the rooms, the plaster ceilings no longer staying up.
April. On the 12th we learn that Bro. Heribert, the Master of Novices, is officially named Provincial, replacing Bro. Ptolomeus. This appointment is received with joy.
July. On the 22nd the Brothers taking summer courses put up a tall pole on the Novitiate property.
Vacation time.
General excitement of the Brothers taking summer courses caused by the declaration of war in Europe. Some of them think about the mobilization and prepare themselves for it.
August. The devoted and sympathetic Father Dillon, S.J., is removed as Chaplain. He is replaced by Rev. Father Hedrick, S.J.
September. On the 1st 16 Juniors enter the Novitiate.
A dozen young Brothers follow the Scholasticate.
On the 21st and 22nd of this month a warm and fraternal welcome is given to 6 Brothers coming from Mexico, driven out by the revolution. They had many things to [tell] us about Mexico, the revolution, and what they had to endure.
October. The project for the water installation is completely finished and on the 9th the switch on the city water pipe is closed and we have our own water. This will be a great saving. Being outside the city limits, we are paying the city double for what we use.
The total installation cost about $2200.
Enlarging the Juniorate.
The first work for enlarging the Juniorate starts by the second week of October. One wing of the building, when completed, will replace the kitchen and its dependencies, now too small, as well as the rooms above them, to make room for a spacious kitchen, an attractive refectory for the Juniors, and above that a small dormitory and some rooms.
November. On the 15th we have the pleasant and unexpected visit of His Eminence Cardinal Farley, come to Poughkeepsie to preside at a celebration of the Jesuit Fathers at St. Andrew.
The Community, hastily gathered, gives him a warm welcome and reception to which His Eminence answers with very paternal words, speaking especially of the union of prayers for the end to the scourge of the war raging in Europe.
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