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

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1850

pg 149                  11.  Ordination of FF. Shortis and Schilling

                  On March 17th Mr. l'Abbe Shortis and Mr. l'Abbe Schilling 
             were ordained deacons by the Bishop of Detroit, and on the 19th, 
             the feast of St. Joseph, they were promoted to the sacred order of 
             the priesthood.  The same day each of them made his profession for 
             life.  They were both ordained for the missions.

                                 12.  Foundation of St. John

                  The former [F. Shortis] was reserved for the railroad, and 
             the latter was sent to St. John with the promise of a Brother and 
             two Sisters, who went to join him in the month of April following.
             This foundation made in the midst of a German population already 
             numbering from five to six hundred inhabitants, could at the start 
             be only a burden, but there are hopes that it will in time repay 
             the expenses.  It is eighty miles from Notre Dame, but is to be 
             on the track of a new railroad which it is expected will be built 
             to connect the Mississippi with the East.