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

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1861

pg 421            This act, which needed no commentary received one that left 
             no doubt.  Some weeks afterwards F. Superior went to the Bishop to 
             ask for some compensation for the loss of this church, for 
             instance the charge of a little Irish congregation which he had 
             been already attending at the request of the Vicar General.  The 
             latter could hardly attend to it, seeing that he was pastor of the 
             cathedral and of a large parish of five or six thousand souls.  
             this simple request was simply rejected.
                  Shortly afterwards, when the newspapers of the city announced 
             that the Canadians of Chicago were going to build themselves a 
             Protestant church, the same Father presented himself to His 
             Lordship and offered him the services of a French priest of the 
             Congregation.  The Bishop knew that those poor Canadians, as well 
             as a certain number of Belgians, were without a pastor for five 
             years, and that their abandonment had become a serious matter.  He 
             seemed to be pleased with the offer and requested the Father to go