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Blessing of St. Francis May the Lord bless thee and keep thee, May He show His face to thee and have mercy on thee . May He turn His countenance to thee and give thee peace.
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In 1870 the property was acquired toward the Smith Street side of the school on Baltic Street, and on it was built a wing at right angles to the original building. This wing contained a chapel, dormi¬ tories, classrooms, and a gymnasium. After school every afternoon dur¬ ing its construction, the Brothers assisted the contractors engaged upon the work. In 1884, when the legislature of the State of New York en¬ larged the powers of the corporation, by which enlargement the trustees of Saint Francis College are empowered to confer such literary honors and degrees as are granted by the other colleges and universities of this state,” part of the new wing was used for higher education. Shortly after the building of the new wing, property on the Court Street side of the original Baltic Street building was acquired. Today it is a garden sanctuary in the heart of the city. As one rests on the veranda in the rear of the monastery, the grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, which stands in the center of this garden, gives one the feeling of having been transported to the Old World. The thing to be borne in mind in the early history of the Order — and the days can be counted to the bottom of the barrel even in our own time — is the fact that the extensive educational work was carried on without much financial backing. It is quite true that the needs of the Brothers are few and simple, but the inauguration and maintenance of a huge educational program is an extensive undertaking, as the taxpayers of such large cities as New York and Chicago well know. There are many men of prominence today who recall with deep love and affection the saintly men who taught them at St. Francis. They are all in concurrence on the high quality of the education they received and on the noble characters of the Franciscan teachers who sent them forth into the world with high ideals and the will to succeed.
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