The Jesuits of the Middle United States by GILBERT J. GARRAGHAN, S.J., Ph.D. RESEARCH PROFESSOR OF HISTORY INSTITUTE OF JESUIT HISTORY LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, CHICAGO IN THREE VOLUMES VOLUME III CHICAGO LOYOLA UNIVERSITY PRESS 1984
Smprtmt Jlotetft: WILLIAM M MAGEE, S J Provincial, Chicago Province ARTHUR J Censor SCANLAN, S T D Librorum imprimatur: gl PATRICK CARDINAL HAYES Archbishop of New York August I, 1938 1984 Loyola University Press ISBN 0-8294-0446-5 ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY J J LITTLE AND IVES COMPANY, NEW YORK
CONTENTS PART FOUR {continued) THE INDIAN MISSIONS CHAPTER XXIX. ST. MARY'S OF THE POTAWATOMI, II I The slavery agitation, I 2 A struggling vicariate, 7 3 Bishop Miege's resignation, 18. 4. The Potawatomi treaties and the mission, 25 5. Spiritual ministry among the whites, 36. 6. From Indian school to college, 44 7. The passing of the Potawatomi, 57 CHAPTER XXX. PETER DE SMET. PERSONAL ASPECTS i. Peace envoy to western tribes, 66. 2. Letter-writer, 80 3 The man, 90 PART FIVE THE FIELD OF EDUCATION CHAPTER XXXI. EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS AND CONDITIONS I. The problem of expansion, ill. 2. Conditions in the colleges, 116 CHAPTER XXXII. A JESUIT COLLEGE IN LOUISIANA I. St Charles College, Grand Coteau, 129 2. The St. Louis Jesuits at Grand Coteau, 140. 3 Louisiana stations, 148 4 The St Louis Jesuits withdraw from Louisiana, 152. CHAPTER XXXIII. ST. XAVIER COLLEGE, CINCINNATI I The Athenaeum, 157 2 Transfer of the Athenaeum to the Jesuits, 161 3 St Xavier College, 1840-1848, 174 4. St Xavier College, 1849-1867, 188 CHAPTER XXXIV. ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY, 1833-1867 i The University grows, 203 2 The College Church and parish, 223 3. The College Farm, 238 4. The fifties and sixties, 245. 111
IV CONTENTS CHAPTER XXXV. EDUCATIONAL VENTURES IN LOUISVILLE I. The French Jesuits, 253 2 The free school, 261. 3 St Aloysius College, 266 4 Passing of the College, 273 5 The free school relinquished, 281 CHAPTER XXXVI. ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE, BARDSTOWN I The coming of the Jesuits, 291 2 A decade of growth, 1849-1859, 304 3 Bardstown and the Civil War, 323 4 The controversy, 330 CHAPTER XXXVII. THE ORIGINS OF MARQUETTE COLLEGE, MILWAUKEE i Ecclesiastical beginnings in Milwaukee, 349 2 The De Boey donation, 352 3 Father Anderledy m Milwaukee, 360-4 Green Bay and Manitowoc, 365 5 Retirement of the Swiss Jesuits, 368 6 Bishop Henni and the Jesuits of St Louis, 372 7 The Jesuits at St Gall's, 379 8 Marquette College in the making, 383 CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE ANTECEDENTS OF ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE, CHICAGO I Early Jesuit visitors, 389 2 Bishop O'Regan's invitation, 393 3 The parish of the Holy Family, 396 4 St Ignatius College, 416 PART SIX JESUIT GROWTH IN THE MIDDLE WEST- FROM THE SEVENTIES ON CHAPTER XXXIX PROVINCIAL SUPERIORS, 187I-I919 I Thomas O'Neil, 423 2 Edward A. Higgms, 424 3 Leopold Bushart, 426 4 Rudolph J Meyer, 427 5 John P Fneden, 428 6 Thomas S Fitzgerald, 429 7 Joseph Gnmmelsman, 431 8 Henry Moeller, 432 9 Alexander J. Burrowes, 433. CHAPTER XL. COLLEGES i St Louis, 435 2 Cincinnati, 446 3 St Mary's, Kansas, 448 4 Osage Mission, Kansas, 450 5 Milwaukee, 451 6 Chicago, 458 7 Omaha, 461 8 Detroit, 481 9 Denver, 487 10 Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, 488 11 Cleveland, 491 12 Toledo, 494 13 Kansas City, Missouri, 496. 14 East St Louis, Illinois, and Superior, Wisconsin, 499 15 Openings in the educational field, 502 16. Curricula and standards, 505 CHAPTER XLI MISSIONS, HOME AND FOREIGN I St Stephen's, Wyoming, 512 2 British Honduras, 517 3 The Sioux Missions, 523 4 The Colorado Missions, 526 5 Patna, British India, 530.
CONTENTS v CHAPTER XLII. THE PAROCHIAL MINISTRY I The environs of St Louis, 53? 2 Osage County, Missouri, 537 3 Washington, Missouri, 541. 4 Cincinnati, 546 5 Milwaukee, 548 6. Chicago, 551 7. Detroit, 553 8 Mankato, Minnesota, 554 9 The Slav panshes of Nebraska, 555 10 Work for the Negroes, 560 CHAPTER XLIII. SERVICE IN MANY FIELDS I Parish missions and lay retreats, 566 2 A diversity of ministries, 571 3 Literary output, 578 CHAPTER XLIV. THE JESUITS OF THE MIDDLE WEST A SURVEY I Territory and personnel, 582 2 Some Jesuit personalities, 584 3 Rounding out a century, 591 BIBLIOGRAPHY, 598, INDEX, 6l $
ILLUSTRATIONS John Baptist Miege, S.J. Facing page 8 Felix Livinus Verreydt, S.J. 8 Maurice Gailland, S.J. 9 John F. Diels, SJ. 9 St. Mary's Potawatorni Mission, 1868 34 Group of Indians, St Mary's Potawatorni Mission, 1868 35 De Smet and Indian chiefs of the Pacific Northwest, 1859 7^ De Smet and the hostile Sioux, Powder River, 1868 79 Peter John De Smet, S J. 90 St. Charles College, Grand Coteau, La. 144 St. Xavier College, Cincinnati, in the forties 173 Purcell Mansion, Cincinnati 173 St. Louis University buildings, Washington Avenue and Ninth Street, St. Louis 208 John B. Emig, SJ. 266 St. Aloysms College, Louisville, Ky. 266 St. Joseph's College, Bardstown, Ky. 305 Anthony M. Anderledy, S.J. 386 Marquette College, Milwaukee 387 Holy Family Church, Chicago 418 St. Ignatius College, Chicago 419 Brother Thomas Mulkerins, SJ. 419 Group of midwestern Jesuits 434
FACSIMILES OF DOCUMENTS Financial statement by De Smet Between pages 90-91 Letter of T H Benton to De Smet, 1852 Factng page 91 Last page of letter of Brute to Roothaan, May 28, 1839 112 First page of letter of Purcell to Roothaan, June 16, 1841 172 Bill to grant a township of land to St. Louis University, 1836 209 First page of letter of Spalding to Elet, February 11, 1851 304 First page of letter of Coosemans to Beckx, August 2, 1867 344 Last lines of letter of Anderledy to Minoux, September 17, 1849 386 First page of letter of O'Regan to Damen, October 2, 1856 396 MAP Kansas Valley missionary-circuit, 1866