Annals of St. Ann's Hermitage: [1934]
July 16. Opening of the Novitiate retreat, preached by Rev. Father J.F. Haitz, S.J.
July 26. 15 Novices make their First Vows and 18 Postulants take the Holy Habit.
August 6. Opening of the first retreat for the Brothers. 83 take part. Rev. Father [blank] is the retreat master.
August 24. At the end of the second general retreat dear Brother Leo is named Director General to replace dear Brother Heribert, who resigned for reasons of health.
The personnel of the Provincial House is made up thus:
Bro. Henry Charles, Prov.
Bro. Leo, Dir. Gen.
Bro. Marie Anicetus, Prov. Econ.
Bro. Altin, S. Dir.
Bro. Paul Acyndinus, local Econ.
Bro. Anthony of Padua, Recruiter
Bro. Etienne Andre, music
Bro. Abelus, garden
Bro. Sanctus, farm
Bro. Edward Francis, farm
Bro. Tarcisius, farm
Bro. Frederick Charles, tailor
Bro. Basil Norbert, ass't tailor
Bro. Robert Francis, laundry
Bro. Andrew Bernard, cook
Bro. Daniel Mary, ass't cook
Bro. Eugene Francis, gen. work
Bro. Heribert, gen. work
Bro. Ptolomeus, gen. work
In the Infirmary:
Bro. Victor Hilaire, infirmarian
Bro. Felix Eugene, sick
Bro. Pierre Augustin, sick
Bro. Edmund Jude, sick
In the Scholasticate:
27 Scholastics
Bro. Adrian August, Master
Bro. Paul Ernest, Sub-Master
Bro. Victor Aime
Bro. Francis Louis, library
In the Novitiate:
17 Novices, 17 Postulants
Bro. Adolph Leo, Master
Bro. Joseph Cadroes, Sub-Master
Bro. Marie Petrus, Prof
Bro. Edward Wilfrid
Bro. Louis Marie, Prefect
Bro. Hugh Arthur, cook
In the Juniorate:
46 Juniors
Bro. John Philibert, Master
Bro. Nicholas Mary, Sub-Master
Bro. Philip Joseph
Bro. Victor Ralph
Bro. Henry Joseph
Bro. John Patrick, Prefect
August 24. Bro. Etienne-Andre of the Canadian province will spend a year with us to train the students in our different houses of formation in Gregorian chant.
Sept. 17. Dear Bro. John Philibert, Master of Juniors, leaves by bus for his retreat in Oka. Dear Brother Provincial gets ready to follow him the next day.
Sept. 20. We are painfully surprised to note that the bill for the water taken from the city system during the summer amounts to $611. We conclude that there is a leak in the underground conduits. We dig in 4 or 5 suspect places to fix them. The city authorities agree to let us pay city rates. Consequently, we are paying only $305 instead of $611.
Oct. 6. Bro. Paul Acyndinus goes to Tyngsboro to wire the new Juniorate chapel for electricity. We think this work will take about three weeks.
Oct. 20. Dear Brother Director goes to New England with dear Brother Provincial to take part in the reunion of our former students from Lowell. Manchester and Lawrence, which takes place in Lowell on the 24th of this month. Splendid religious and civil demonstration.
Nov. 1. All Saints. Mass and Benediction in Gregorian chant impeccably executed. Dear Brother Etienne Andre, music master, has done good work and has every intention to continue.
Nov. 2. Msgr. Sheahan, pastor of St. Peter's parish, is found dead in his bed at 6 a.m. We lose our best friend on earth; but we firmly expect that from high heaven he'll continue to be interested in St. Ann's Hermitage. Besides the prayers prescribed in our Rules for him, we have a solemn Requiem Mass sung in our chapel.
[The rest is in English in the original. We give it as is.]
Nov. 22. Splendid musicale on the occasion of St. Cecilia's Day. Everything was a grand success, from the hand-made souvenir-programs, down to the last number on the list. It serves to show the work accomplish in a few months in Church music and voice culture under the able leadership of Bro. Etienne Andre.
Dec. 5. Bro. Stephen Regis arrives from Wheeling for a rest in the infirmary.
Dec. 6. Beginning to-day the mail-man will deliver letters and packages at the parlor door instead of the gate-house. A report sent the postmaster for securing this privilege shows about 150 people on the property at this date: Juniorate, 6 Brothers and 44 juniors; Scholasticate, 4 teachers and 27 students; Novitiate, 6 Brothers, 15 postulants, 15 novices; Prov. House, 24 Brothers.
Dec. 8. High Mass in Gregorian Chant. The rendering is very good and shows good voice training.
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