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

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1855

pg 251            3.  Louisville is situated on the right bank of the Ohio one 
             hundred and fifty miles below Cincinnati, is the first and oldest 
             city of Kentucky, has about 50,000 inhabitants, is the seat of a 
             bishop, and has several Catholic churches.
Brothers          The Brothers were established there in 1855 amongst the 
established  Germans, at St. Boniface's church, by the request of the 
in 1855      Franciscan Fathers, as was the case in Cincinnati.  They are paid 
             as at St. John's, and have about two hundred children with three 
             Brothers, one of whom is occupied in cooking and in attending to 
             the house and sacristy.  This is a foundation of some importance 
             to the Congregation as well as to the place itself.
                  In general, what is done amongst the Germans in this country 
             promises better for the future than amongst the Irish and French.  
             The Germans are honest if not generous, the others do not keep
             their promises; among the former there is order and system, 
             amongst the latter great negligence and little perseverance.  
             There is no doubt but that our German Brothers will succeed better 
             than any other nationality in America, and that the community 
             itself will find more resources in its German subjects than in the 
             others.  Hence the importance of making foundations amongst the 
             Germans.