Annals of St. Ann's Hermitage: 1933
January 5. Ile La Motte sends us the statue of St. Ann which had been bought ($80) for the camp in 1929. Unfortunately, having been poorly packed, the head is broken in several places. Bro. Aloysius Mary, recuperating in the infirmary, was able to repair it and return it to a very acceptable condition. It was placed in front of the Scholasticate.
January 16. Bro. Adrian August orders from Paris 35 No.1, 20 No.2, and 24 No.4 "Solfege de Limagne"
The building fire inspector, having made his visit, asks that we install electric alarms in the Juniorate. Bro. Paul Acyndinus puts in 4 bells in various places of the house; cost: $72.
January. During January a secondhand tractor was bought to replace the old one which was broken. The cost was $300 with the trade-in.
Brother Infirmarian, insisting on getting a new refrigerator bigger and more convenient than the old one in the infirmary kitchen, a secondhand electric one replaced the old one. Cost: $70.
The mangle in the laundry being broken more often than not, and too small and dangerous, was replaced by a bigger and safer one for those who press the linen. Instead of paying $2,000 for a new one we paid $242 for one which had already been used in a sanitarium in Goshen.
In the Novitiate the floor of the sink and the beams which supported it being rotten, Bro. Altin replaces everything with new material after pouring a good cement base. The wooden sink in use since 1908, leaking everywhere, was replaced by a new one in sheet metal. Cost: $40.
February 4. Two Canadian Brothers coming from the Second Novitiate stop here; they leave by bus the following morning via New England.
April. To follow the desires of our Holy Father the Pope and the directives given by the Cardinal of New York on the occasion of the opening of the Holy Year Jubilee going from 3 April 1933 to 2 April 1934, in commemoration of the Passion and Death of O.L.J.C., on Thursday April 6, from 5-6 p.m. there is a Holy Hour in our Juniorate chapel consisting of various prayers interspersed with hymns and ending with a solemn Way of the Cross.
April 21. To help pollinate our numerous fruit trees, dear Brother Provincial bought four beehives. Bro. Marie Petrus will be the beekeeper.
April 29. Good Fathers Jos. Ouimet and Beat Gmur, S.S.S., accompanied by Bro. Marie Clement-driver-and Bro. Alfred Eugene come to spend a most pleasant day in our Hermitage.
May 3. Rev. Father Hubert Campo, national secretary for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in the United States, residing in New York and chaplain of our Brothers at St. Agnes, accompanied by Bro. Louis Hyacinth, Director, comes to pay us a visit.
May 7. Under the direction of Bro. Francis Xavier, the Scholastics put on a melodrama called "The Seven Keys to Baldpate" in the first bungalow. The show was very well done and enormously pleased the young people.
June 6. June 6, Tuesday, we learn the sad news of the death of Mr. John P. Murray, the great benefactor of our Province. He died suddenly the day before in the morning. On the following Friday dear Brother Provincial with BB. Ptolomeus, Heribert, and Legontianus, former Provincials, attended his funeral which took place in St. Paul's Church, Jersey City.
June 16. On June 16th, dear Brother Provincial gives us the news that, this September, the province will take over Central Catholic H.S. in Wheeling, WVA.
July 16. Opening of the retreat for the Novices and Postulants in the Novitiate, preached by Rev. Father Zema, S.J.
The same day in the Juniorate 97 Brothers, among them all the Directors of the province, start their retreat. Rev. Father [blank], S.M., directs the exercises.
July 17. Monday morning dear Bro. Francis Borgia, Assistant General, arrives from Canada where he had already presided over two retreats. All the Brothers here are happy to hear a major superior speak to them in their language; consequently, the talks of dear Brother Delegate are listened to with the greatest attention.
July 23. Closing of the Brothers' retreat at which Bro. Alfred Eugene made the Vow of Stability; and 5 young Brothers, having made the Great Exercises in Tyngsboro the year before, made Perpetual Profession.
July 26. Feast of our good Grandmother, end of the Novices' retreat. The ceremonies are presided over by Msgr. Chidwick, pastor of St. Agnes in N.Y. Eight Novices make their First Vows and 20 Postulants take the Holy Habit. May they all persevere till death!
July 27. Dear Brother Assistant returns to Canada to preside over still three more retreats. He'll be back here on August 17 for the opening of the last retreat. Then he'll stay here to visit the province.
July 27. Brother Provincial and two other Lamennais Brothers, coming from Haiti
and going to their Chapter in Europe, pay us a short visit.
August 17. Opening of the last retreat. 99 Brothers follow the exercises, most of
them students from Fordham University. This retreat is preached by Rev. Father [blank].
Bro. Mary Feliciani makes the Vow of Stability. After this retreat dear Brother Assistant
stays in Poughkeepsie, waiting to begin his visit of the province.
The personnel of the Provincial House is as follows:
Bro. Henry Charles, Prov.
Bro. Heribert, Dir. Gen.
Bro. M. Anicetus, Prov. Econ.
Bro. Altin, S.D., general treasurer
Bro. Abelus, gardener
Bro. Paul Acyndinus, Econome
Bro. Frederick Charles, tailor
Bro. Sanctus, horticulturist
Bro. Edward Francis, farmer
Bro. Tarcisius, animals
Bro. Robert Francis, laundry
Bro. Jos. Orens, ass't tailor
Bro. Basil Norbert, ass't tailor
Bro. Jerome Vincent, cook
Bro. Louis Boniface, ass't cook
Bro. Anthony of Padua, Recruiter
In the Infirmary:
Bro. Victor Hilaire, Infirmarian
Bro. Felix Eugene, sick
Bro. Pierre Augustin, sick
Bro. Edmund Jude, sick
In the Scholasticate:
22 Scholastics
Bro. Adrian August, Master
Bro. Albert, Sub-Master
Bro. Ptolomeus, Prof.
Bro. Francis Michael, Prof.
Bro. Francis Louis, Librarian
In the Novitiate:
20 Novices, 24 Postulants
Bro. Adolph Leo, Master
Bro. Joseph Cadroes, Sub-Master
Bro. Leo, Prof.
Bro. Edward Wilfrid, Prof.
Bro. Marie Petrus, Prof.
Bro. Louis Mary, Prefect
Bro. Giles Marcellin, Chef
In the Juniorate:
56 Juniors
Bro. John Philibert, Master
Bro. Marcel Henry, Sub-Master
Bro. John Patrick, Prefect
Bro. Philippe Joseph, teacher
Bro. Victor Ralph, teacher
Bro. Thomas Alban, teacher
Sept. 17. Sunday morning a telegram from Iberville announces the sad news that good Brother Cesidius is gravely ill; he was given the Last Rites the day before. Dear Brother Assistant leaves Monday to go see and console the sick Brother.
Sept. 27. A second telegram Sunday morning tells us of the death of the Founder of the two Provinces in Canada and the United States. He returned his soul to God around 5:30 a.m., surrounded by all the Brothers of the community. He was 88 years old and had spent 73 years in community, 48 of them in America.
Sept. 29. His funeral took place in Iberville the following Tuesday; it was most splendid. Bishop Desmarais, Auxiliary of St-Hyacinthe, celebrated the Mass. Some 30 priests and as many Brothers from other Congregations and a large number of Marist Brothers were present. Dear Bro. Henry Charles, Provincial, Bro. Ptolomeus and Bro. Leo, former Provincials, and Bro. Paul Acyndinus represented the Province of the United States. Bro. Heribert, who had spent some ten days with the dear deceased towards the beginning of September, did not return to Iberville.
Oct. 7. Dear Brother Assistant having finished his visit to the different communities of the Provincial House, leaves for New England where he'll spend most of the month. November will be given to visiting the schools in and around New York and down South.
Nov. 28. On Nov. 28th in the evening, dear Brother Adonius, Master of Juniors in Iberville for 23 years, returning from France, stops at St. Ann's Hermitage to meet dear Brother Francis Borgia, Assistant General, and boards the Champlain with him on December 2.
Nov. 30. The 30th, Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, at 7 p.m. all the communities of the Provincial House gather in the Juniorate recreation hall to thank dear Brother Delegate for all his devotedness to the Brothers of the Province during the four months he stayed with us. We wish him Bon Voyage and a happy return to the Mother House and Rev. Brother Superior General. Dear Brother Provincial goes to New York with him.
Dec. 1. The special Recollection of Thanksgiving takes place in the afternoon from 1:30 to Saturday morning after breakfast [lunch?]. The Jesuit Father not being able to come for the morning conference, we followed the same schedule as the year before.
Dec. 7. Dear Brother Ptolomeus having had several weak spells in which he lost consciousness, we send for the doctor, who declares the sick person in danger. Consequently on this 7th of the month, Thursday, Father Glaser, Minister, came to give the sick man the Last Rites. All the Brothers of the community and the Scholastics were present.
Dec. 19. At 8:30 p.m. a telephone call from Tyngsboro tells us that the Juniorate house is on fire. The fire began in the linen room. Everybody is safe. Another call the next morning informs us that the roof and part of the children's dormitory have been destroyed and the rest of the house very badly damaged by water. Nobody has been hurt; almost all the furnishings have been saved. The losses are covered by insurance. The Juniors are sent home.
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