Chronicles of Notre Dame du Lac
Edward Sorin, CSC -- Translated by John M. Toohey, CSC, 1895

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1841-1842

pg 26             Foundation of Vincennes.  The entrance of the first 
             postulants should have retained the good Bro. Vincent in the 
             community since he came from France on the one only important 
             condition--that of training novices--yet it became necessary for 
             us to make other arrangements.  The bishop of Vincennes insisted 
             on having this good patriarch to teach his own school.  It was 
             necessary to obey.  The Brothers had found it advisable from the 
             very first to try to retain the good graces of their Bishop.
                  The joy caused by their arrival was greatly diminished when 
             he was presented with a bill of 3000fr. ($579), the sum due for 
             their outfit.  This sum was to be paid by Mgr. Dela Hailandiere 
             as soon as possible after the arrival of the colony.  His 
             Lordship looked surprised and even offended at the amount, and 
             after telling F. Sorin that he would not pay it, he added that he 
             would write to Father Rector to decide the important question:  
             Shall the Brothers be subject to the direction of the Ordinary?  
             Do they belong to your house of Le Mans or to the diocese?
                  The answer of the Rev. F. Moreau was somewhat vague, and 
             settled nothing for the present.  This uncertainty on the one 
             side and on the other could not but be injurious to the