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Brother St lien der the auspices of the Brothers at St. Francis Xavier, St. Peter, St. James, Transfiguration, St. Theresa, and St. Joseph. Brother Stylien, the practical di- rector of St. Vincent ' s School, real- ized the need for a boarding academ - under the tutelage and supervision of the Christian Brothers. After con- vincing Archbishop Hughes of the apparent need, Brother Stylien, with the cooperation of a group of promi - nent New York Catholic laymen, succeeded in founding the Academy of the Hol - Infancy on property purcliased in what was at that time the subin-b of Manhattanville. The site of the academ - was in the vicin- it - of what is now 132nd Street and Broaduay. On May 5, 1853, the Academ - of the Holy Infanc - was formalh dedicated. The preparatory and academic departments soon earned recognition and commenda- 10
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HE first school of the Christian Brothers in the United States opened in 1845 in Baltimore. Then, three years later, the Brothers were commissioned to teach in St. Vin- cent ' s parish, New York, and this last named is the one recalled, now in 1948, as we pause to consider the labors of die Brothers of the Chris- tian School dinging the centenar ' vears. It was not long before the zealous endeavors of the Brothers came to the attention of Archbishop Ken- drick of St. Louis and Brothers from the Canadian province were sent to teach in the Gateway to the West, arriving on the patronal feast, Au- gust 25, 1849. However, the center of activity and growth was still New ork City. As rapidly as the prov- ince was able to send trained teach- ers, parish school ' ' were opened un-
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Brother Andronis tion for the scholarship which at this time had become characteristic of the Brothers ' schools. Religious edu- cational circles m ged the province to establish an institution of higher learning to be dedicated to the edu- cational philosophy of St. John Bap- tist De La Salle. In 1863, fifteen years after the founding of the first Christian Brothers school in Ne ' York, the State Board of Regents granted a College charter incorpo- rated under the name of Manhattan College, the first Brothers college in the United States. The Apostles of the Catechism, a title conferred upon the Brothers by Pope Pius X, were not content to station themselves only in the East. They saw in the Far West a fruitful ineyard where they could e entu- ally reap a spiritual harvest for the Lord. The indomitable Brother Jus- tin and se en companions made the 11
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