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

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1859

pg 389       from bestowing the least attention on the Congregation, although 
             it was giving a Christian education almost gratuitously to more 
             than a thousand children in his episcopal city.
                  Matters stood thus when the time came for the annual retreat, 
             and F. Sorin used this occasion as a pretext to cover the 
             departure of the members of the establishment.
                  In the middle of the second retreat, during the particular 
             examination, the bells of Notre Dame were suddenly heard as for 
             the arrival of a Bishop.  It was, in fact, the Archbishop of 
             Baltimore, Primate of the United States.  He had heard of the 
             difficulties of the Congregation with Bishop Duggan, and as he 
             himself said, those difficulties made him wish to see the house.  
             He remained for twenty-four hours, showed himself most gracious to 
             everybody, listened to the whole story of Chicago, suggested what 
             was to be done, and almost gave the assurance that everything 
             would be arranged.
                  F. Sorin wrote to the Bishop of Chicago almost at the 
             dictation of the Archbishop, renewing his offer of service.  The