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

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1848

pg 125                      5.  Opening of the Priest' Novitiate

                  It was also during the stay of F. Visitor at Notre Dame du 
             Lac that for the second time was opened the Novitiate of the 
             Priests, or the Seminary, this time under guidance of F. Cointet, 
             whose place on the missions was taken by F. Gouesse.  It was then 
             begun with nine candidates, two of whom were priests, and the 
             other seven were more or less advanced in their ecclesiastical and 
             literary studies.
                  In the eyes of all the Brothers of the Lake as well as in his 
             own, this was an affair of the highest importance.  All were 
             separated from the pupils, and on November 10th began to follow 
             all the common exercises of the priests of the Society.  A set of 
             rules was drawn up for them, and their studies and classes were 
             regulated.
                  It is proposed to have them with their director, in the 
             following spring, in a house of their own, but for the present the 
             best that could be done was to give them rooms on the second story 
             amongst the Fathers and professors.  Up to the present time those 
             young men seem to be animated by the best of good will and promise 
             great consolation.