Central Catholic High School - Echo Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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2 U THE ECHO Divine whisperf 'Come follow Me , and the vision of the Chalice and the Altar was ever before him. He studied hard and diligently at a time when it was difficult to pre- serve the life of the body to say nothing of that of the soul. The tide of the French Revolution at this time had reached its crest. It was a period of misguided mobs, dreadful persecution, and wide- spread execution. Throughout these dark days the undaunted youth suffered untold hardships and privations. He was forced to practice his religion in secret and to work at whatever trade might fur- nish the scanty means for his existence. In 1795 he was ordained priest and celebrated his first Mass in a cellar, Until a brighter day dawn- ed he passed unknown through the multitude, stealthily ministering to the sick in body and soul. Very often his feet were without shoes, and his only shelter was a stable or a barn. The dawn of the nineteenth century restored many legal rights to the Catholics of F rance, but the Revolution had materially weak- ened the saving influence of the Church, and whole generations had grown up ignorant alike of Catholic doctrine and moral re- sponsibility. To reclaim success- fully this neglected portion of the Lord's once fruitful vineyard, it was necessary above all to gather together the little ones-as yet untainted with the poison of er- ror-and to instruct them i11 the truths of Holy Faith. To aid him in this grand work Father Dujarie in 1805 founded the Sisters of Providence whose most prominent establishment in this country is Saint Mary's-of-the-Woods, and in 1820 he founded the Brothers of Saint Joseph, now the Brothers of Holy Cross whose motherhouse is at the University of Notre Dame. At the Centennial Celebration at Notre Dame the founding of the Brothers was described thus: Just one hundred years have passed since the pious pastor of Ruille, Father James Francis Dujarie, gathered in his presbytery a band of devout young men, who without aspiring to the priesthood, yet animated by a true zeal for God's glory and the salvation of souls, had formed themselves into a religious community under the title of the Brothers of Saint Joseph, having no other aim than to imi- tate the humble and hidden life of their holy patron. Toward the end of the year 1820 the community numbered four persons. A little more than a year later one is sur- prised to find there were eight schools under the care of the Brothers. The Bishop of Mans seeing that the novitiate could not be suitably maintained in the country took measures to have the Brothers transferred to the episcopal city, where in 1835, Father Dujarie, broken in health and feeling the burden and responsibility too heavy for his declining years, resigned the care of the rapidly growing community to the Bishop who in turn placed it under the guidance of Father Antony Moreau. After Father Moreau was ap- pointed superior of the Brothers of Saint Joseph he took upon himself the task of uniting them to the Auxiliary Priests, a society formed by himself but a short while before. The new organization received the

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TI-IE ECHO M, Published Quarterly by the Students of the'Central Catholic High School, Ft. Wayne, lnd. Entered as Second Class, December l5, l9l9, at the Post Office at Fort Wayne, Indiana, under the Act of March 3, l879 Subscription per year, Fifty Cents Single Copy, Fifteen Cents VOL. 6 FOST WAYNE, INDIANA, DECEMBER, l920 NO. I - Auf'-If ,f ' it ' Sl , -i N ,S . wa' 3 MV fi rn . M. ' Lt wif i'- w.'i 'f'i , if '-,.i...fAf2 7' 55 ,, if mpg-,:.'-. . 1. .. ,- I' A, 1, Y: , 4 -1 ' 5 -. ' e 1820 A 1920 . yifflgigif: fn, vii, Mr ,515 ly?-l'E-Jiri 4374, M W-.1 -5 W S We '2ii-TJH ' 'r -,ff wr'-1 .fizsvi-42.1, X- ' . wr ' K .591 7', f - 'A - 1, 'I H f' w i 'H ' h i r ' ' -A ff' T,.r'1u ' ,- .-W' ' wif' ri f ' 'M K X-' Vg 1 ' 1' 19 52. 73 REV. JAMES FRANCIS DUJARIE A Centenary A centenary marks a consider- able length of time. Many things can happen in a hundred years. Kings live and die and are forgot- ten. Empires rise and pass into oblivion. Great authors strive for fame and when they are gone their Works are held in the memory of but a few. It is only a really great event that lives through the ages and holds a place in the minds and hearts of many. Such an event was commemor- ated at Notre Dame this year, when on August 12th representa- tives of the Congregation of Holy Cross from all climes and parts of the World assembled at the Uni versity to do honor to the memory and works of the saintly founder of the Brothers of the Congregation of Holy Cross. On this day Was celebrated the centenary anniver- sary of the founding of the Broth- ers of St. Joseph by the Very Reverend James Francis Dujarie. This chosen child of the Church was born of pious, humble parents December 9, 1767, at Sainte-Marie- des-Bois, Mayenne, and from his tenderest years the grace of God hovered over him. During his boyhood We find no distinctive marks other than a blameless life and a deep-rooted piety, for in his early childhood he had heard the

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THE ECHO 3 name of the Congregation of Holy Cross from the title of the parish church near which the mother- house was located. The associa- tion of two distinct but not sepa- rate societies into one congregation as brought about byFather Moreau was declared by Pope Leo XIII to be unique in the Church? Fath- er Moreau's work did not end here for besides directing the Fathers and Brothers, he founded and di- rected the Sisters of Holy Cross as well. Three years after the union of the two societies, the community numbered fifteen priests and eighty- five Brothers. It was at this time that the first foreign establishment was made in Algeria, Africa. Soon after at the urgent requests of missionary Bishops, the Brothers led by devoted Fathers were sent to the United States in 18413 to Canada in 1847 5 to India in 1852, and then followed successively the establishments of the congregation in Poland, Guadoloupe, Italy, and Dalmatia. Such in brief was the origin and development of the spiritual sons of Father Dujarie. To perpetuate the memory of this Apostle of Education, a few years ago a normal school for the Brothers was erected at Notre Dame, and this year the Dujarie Burse for the training of Catechists for the Bengal Mission commemor- ates the Centenary of the Brothers of Holy Cross, and honors the memory of the saintly founder whose spirit lives in the missionar- ies of Holy Cross laboring for the conversion of 20,000,000 unbe- lievers in Bengal. Perhaps the greatest testimony that can be presented of the zeal and apostolic spirit of the Dujarie foundations is that six self-sacri- ficing Sisters of Providence have but recently departed from their native shores to carry the spirit of their holy founder to Pagan China , while six Brothers accom- panied by two priests of Holy Cross are soon to set sail for their ar- duous mission in Bengal. The Catholics of Fort Wayne have every reason to rejoice with the sons of Father Dujarie over this happy centenary. This city has for many years felt the abiding spirit and influence of their founder. Next June the Sisters of Providence will celebrate the diamond jubilee of their labors in the city. In 1852 three Brothers opened a primary school here, and since then the total number of those who completed, their studies in 'fThe Old Brothers, School exceeds three thousand. In 1909 the Central Catholic High School as we know it today was opened to the Catholic youth of Fort Wayne, and all this was made possible by the prudent foresight of Father Dujarie a century ago. It seems Htting, therefore, that in this city where the spiritual chil- dren of that glorious apostle have labored so long and so earnestly, the Echo should give some recog- nition to the memory and the works of that venerable priest whose zeal and piety added a new cohort to God's army. -J. Luley, '21. Our faults seem small in us until we detect them in other people. Vanity is a blight that injures many reputations. All success in life depends upon continuous personal effort.