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

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1865

pg 492       equal to the task; but the idea of entrusting to F. Sorin of Notre 
             Dame the government of Canada, Louisiana, and New Brunswick was a 
* See pg 351 *.
of the actual     The great event of the year was the call of the Superior 
document.    General to Rome with the positive intention of keeping him there.  
Words have   It was only after the third summons that he finally obeyed.  The 
been cut off Reverend Fathers Drouelle and Champeau were summoned at the same
             time.  This does not belong to our annals of America, and yet it 
             is not out of place in them,  since it is at this epoch that all 
             is about to change for the Congregation, and in particular for 
             Notre Dame.  The resignation of His Reverence was accepted at 
             once, although the fact did not become public till the following 
             year.
                  This same year His Reverence had sent the Rev. F. Charles to 
             Rome.  He was a declared enemy who would do everything to justify 
             his acts in America.  Besides his own cause, he represented in 
             Rome that of his uncle and of the whole general administration.  
             He lodged with the Procurator General, whom His Reverence had