tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82260567897729586432024-03-13T08:55:04.428-07:00Provincial ArchiveBr. Joseph Mary Elder, O.F.M.Cap.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18398696206197571468noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226056789772958643.post-47020690989252848822010-02-22T10:18:00.000-08:002010-02-25T13:48:44.034-08:001920 Clerics' Picnic at the Lippold Camp near Deal PA<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/SzlCro-vzGI/AAAAAAAAALE/Q0G_4r9oOTI/s1600-h/friarsonpicnic.dad.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/SzlCro-vzGI/AAAAAAAAALE/Q0G_4r9oOTI/s400/friarsonpicnic.dad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420436944019508322" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/SzlAy2pcSqI/AAAAAAAAAK8/SWQiWU5BhHk/s1600-h/indexfriarspicnic2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 164px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/SzlAy2pcSqI/AAAAAAAAAK8/SWQiWU5BhHk/s320/indexfriarspicnic2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420434868924074658" border="0" /></a>This photo is of Capuchin theology students in Cumberland in the summer of 1920. They are on a picnic at Mathilda (Shocky) Lippold's summer camp at Deal PA (not at Long's farm as claimed earlier). The friars indentified are: 4 Bertrand Brookman, 5 Ambrose Hegerle, 6 Nicholas Kramer, 7 Gerald Koehler, 8 Valentine Long OFM, 9 Alfred Carney, 10 Daniel Krahe, 11 Camillus Schmitt, 12 Francis Laing, 14 Herbert Schehl, 20 Ildephonse Roeckl, 21 Matthew Pekari, 22 Cuthbert Schoeppner, 25 Jordan Hammel, 26 Claude Vogel, 28 Hilary Liehr, 29 Marcellus Horn, 33 Patrick McGann, 34 Bernard Debef. Nos. 13 and 27 also seem to be friars, but they have not yet been identified. No. 3 is Ambrose Joseph Burkey (1897-1965), Blaine's father, and the rest are all Lippolds and Longs.Bro Blaine Burkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640337952421750089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226056789772958643.post-78776521566512053212010-01-31T14:31:00.000-08:002010-01-31T19:16:14.579-08:00Some of Fr. Mark's Many War Time Photos in Archives<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/S2YGjCSlapI/AAAAAAAAAM0/itkACWFWLpM/s1600-h/mark.chaplain.port.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/S2YGjCSlapI/AAAAAAAAAM0/itkACWFWLpM/s200/mark.chaplain.port.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433037199449090706" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/S2YFwugBbgI/AAAAAAAAAMs/u4n2O8g2Afk/s1600-h/mark.chaplain3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/S2YFwugBbgI/AAAAAAAAAMs/u4n2O8g2Afk/s200/mark.chaplain3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433036335143284226" border="0" /></a>Capuchin Fr. Mark Linenberger (1904-91) served as a military chaplain in the South Pacific during World War II, bringing consolation in many ways to the young men who were going in harm's way.<br /><br />His first posting was to Manus Island off the northern coast of New Guinea, where Gen. MacArthur was making preparations for the return to the Philippines. Mark was within a few feet of MacArthur as he splashed ashore at Leyte on Oct. 20, 1944.<br /><br />Mark was also just a short distance from Pulitzer-prize-winning War Correspondent Ernie Pyle when the latter was killed by enemy machine gun fire on Ie Shima on April 17, 1945.<br /><br />Mark later celebrated Mass at the site. A photo of that Mass on boards thrown across two drums later appeared in Life and various other publications.<br /><br />Mark celebrated Mass for the troups in many different situations, including the LSTs that brought the troops on shore in various places.<br /><br />In 1979, Sr. Sion Yoko Nakagawa, a Japanese-born Franciscan Missionary of Mary visited Mark and Fr. Didacus Joseph Dunn at Atwood, Kansas, and reminisced over some of the artifacts Mark brought back from his time in the occupation of Japan.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/S2YFwRR7_qI/AAAAAAAAAMk/vJOCZOIXe1k/s1600-h/mark.chaplain.LST.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/S2YFwRR7_qI/AAAAAAAAAMk/vJOCZOIXe1k/s200/mark.chaplain.LST.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433036327299579554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/S2YFv9BkjrI/AAAAAAAAAMc/W6DClPsCJdI/s1600-h/mark.erniepylesign.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/S2YFv9BkjrI/AAAAAAAAAMc/W6DClPsCJdI/s200/mark.erniepylesign.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433036321862225586" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/S2YFvlwjdaI/AAAAAAAAAMU/gqs4Grtcp_Y/s1600-h/mark.chaplain.life.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 129px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/S2YFvlwjdaI/AAAAAAAAAMU/gqs4Grtcp_Y/s200/mark.chaplain.life.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433036315616834978" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/S2YFvDimnhI/AAAAAAAAAMM/Hyh_4yyLRv0/s1600-h/mark.dj.sr.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 156px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/S2YFvDimnhI/AAAAAAAAAMM/Hyh_4yyLRv0/s200/mark.dj.sr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433036306431516178" border="0" /></a>Bro Blaine Burkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640337952421750089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226056789772958643.post-89207424064804966802010-01-12T23:22:00.000-08:002010-01-12T07:34:12.336-08:00Four Faculty Friars Somewhat Stole the Show<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/S0vrqxZDIXI/AAAAAAAAALM/VfrX-XtrRvM/s1600-h/Quartette.2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 326px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/S0vrqxZDIXI/AAAAAAAAALM/VfrX-XtrRvM/s400/Quartette.2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425689296143327602" border="0" /></a>A most unique appearance in Thomas More Prep-Marian's 1988 presentation of Meredith Wilson's "Music Man" was by four Capuchin friars on the faculty who played the school board and thrilled everyone with their barbershop quartet rendition of "Good Night, Ladies" and "Lida Rose." Left to right, the late Fr. Timothy Gottschalk, later general definitor Br. Mark Schenk, present 40-year jubilarian Fr. Earl Befort, and current provincial definitor Fr. Frank Grinko. Other members of the troupe remember how bad the group sounded at every practice — until at the last minute they pulled it all together at the dress rehearsal. In the background is senior John Balman, now an Army doctor at Ft. Hood, who as Pro. Harold Hill brought River City, Iowa, to new life.Bro Blaine Burkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640337952421750089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226056789772958643.post-8382752156124845912010-01-12T22:50:00.000-08:002010-01-12T07:32:19.180-08:00Munjor Photo Actually Taken in Hays<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/SZUan3YDOkI/AAAAAAAAACk/RIlSmoJAXnc/s1600-h/hays.fiars.189..jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 118px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/SZUan3YDOkI/AAAAAAAAACk/RIlSmoJAXnc/s200/hays.fiars.189..jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302173408480672322" border="0" /></a><br />This photo found hanging on the wall of the Munjor, Kansas, rectory, was reproduced in Fr. Earl Meyer's 1976 history of the Munjor parish (p. 36) where it was understandably misidentified as "a group of friars at the main entrance of Saint Francis Monastery." Truth of the matter, however, is that the building shown is the friary built in Hays in 1898. The Munjor friary, built three years later, had no cornerstone near the front door as can been seen between the two friars on the right. The six friars shown — Fr. Richard Dei, Fr. Paul Werr, Fr. Emmeram Kausler, Fr. Leo Egger, Br. Burgardt Loesinger, and Br. Aegidius Schuermann — constituted the first fraternity of the new St. Joseph's Friary, and first occupied the Hays building on September 26, 1898. The year that followed was the only one in which the six friars were stationed together.<span style="font-style: italic;"> (Thanks to Fr. Greg Beyer for field work: checking the main entrance in Munjor). (Fr. John Toepfer pointed out on 1-12-2010, a new mystery concerning this photo, first posted on 2-12-2009: Who is the person, seemingly a friar, looking out the window at the left of the photo?)<br /></span>Bro Blaine Burkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640337952421750089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226056789772958643.post-6432761219717659632009-05-21T16:02:00.000-07:002009-05-22T15:19:20.260-07:00First Photo of New Province of Mid-America (1977)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/ShcksKz-laI/AAAAAAAAAEs/DYCwyPwwQ6o/s1600-h/1977+assembly+cropped.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/ShcksKz-laI/AAAAAAAAAEs/DYCwyPwwQ6o/s400/1977+assembly+cropped.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338776224506221986" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/ShckbpzvpsI/AAAAAAAAAEk/IFhY1R3zqyw/s1600-h/1977key.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 150px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/ShckbpzvpsI/AAAAAAAAAEk/IFhY1R3zqyw/s320/1977key.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338775940768966338" border="0" /></a><br />The Province of Mid-America was three days old when this photo was taken April 15, 1977, south of the St. Francis Renewal Center in Victoria.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shown are</span> 1 Jordan Hammel, 2 Alvin Werth, <span style="font-style: italic;">3 Paschal Rywalski (general minister),</span> 4 Simon Conrad, 5 Gilmary Tallman (provincial councilor), 6 Raphael Engel, 7 Vincent Rohr (provincial minister), <span style="font-style: italic;">8 Aloysius Ward (general councilor),</span> 9 Blaine Burkey, 10 Frank Grinko, 11 Michael Suchnicki, 12 Benedict Pope, 13 Valerian Brungardt, 14 Owen Schellhase, 15 Rene Bower, 16 Timothy Gottschalk, <span style="font-style: italic;">17 Martin Geisslreiter (representing Bavaria),</span> 18 Eric Lindbloom, 19 Daniel Conway (provincial councilor), 20 Earl Meyer, 21 Gene Emrisek, 22 Leo Leiker, 23 Gregory Beyer, 24 Ron Cunningham, 25 Harvey Dinkel, 26 Regis Scanlon, 27 Michael Scully, 28 Dan Schartz, 29 Christopher Popravak, 30 Charles Polifka, 31 Mark Mason, 32 Thaddeus Posey, 33 Duane Reinert, 34 Paulinus Karlin, 35 Fidelis McManus, 36 Chuck Wolfe, 37 Bennett Colucci, 38 Leonard Schreiner, 39 Richard Smith, 40 David Gottschalk, 41 Flavian Meis, 42 Callistus Rectenwald, 43 Finian Meis, 44 James Moster, 45 Felix Petrovsky, 46 Brendan Tighe, <span style="font-style: italic;">47 Timon Kaple (Papua New Guinea superior regular),</span> 48 Robert Meis, 49 Cyrus Gallagher, 50 John Cousins, 51 Julian Haas, 52 Neal Mahaffey, 53 Didacus Joseph Dunn, 54 Thomas More Janeck (provincial councilor), 55 Joseph Schreck (Puerto Rican missionary), 56 Camillus Schmitt, 57 Canice Froehlich, 58 Lloyd Schmeidler, <span style="font-style: italic;">59 John Hovanec (English vice secretary general),</span> 60 Earl Befort, 61 Bill Kraus, 62 Benignus Scarry, 63 Clement Naef, 64 Mark Linenberger, <span style="font-style: italic;">65 Benno Strobach (representing Bavaria).</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Missing on the photo</span> are the 11 missionaries then in Papua New Guinea (Donald Debes, Christian Fey, Myron Flax, Maris Goetz, Matthew Gross, Dunstan Jones, Malachy McBride, Peter Meis, Stephen Reichert, Firmin Schmidt & Berard Tomassetti), the two other Puerto Rican missionaries (Solano Lamson & Arthur Limbacher, and 13 other friars (Richard Bollig, Charles Chaput (provincial vicar), Simeon Gallagher, Ed Judy, John Lager, Louis Leon, Joseph McGlynn, Aquinas Patch, Eugene Pellegrino, Felix Shinsky, Dominic Unger, Harold Vogler & Valentine Young). <span style="font-style: italic;">[Photo from Newsletter of Province of St. Augustine, May 1977].</span>Bro Blaine Burkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640337952421750089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226056789772958643.post-12575678448143341772009-05-13T10:24:00.000-07:002009-05-13T13:20:43.376-07:00XVIII-cent. Italian Master Hangs in Provincial Offices<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/Sgsm6SfVVAI/AAAAAAAAAEM/xIwV8HWn7ws/s1600-h/ricci.francis.3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/Sgsm6SfVVAI/AAAAAAAAAEM/xIwV8HWn7ws/s320/ricci.francis.3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335400966388012034" border="0" /></a><br />The friars have had a 38" x 44" ancient oval oil painting of St. Francis of Assisi contemplating Christ Crucified for almost 50 years now. It was first at St. Charles Borromeo in midtown St. Louis and since 1981 at St. Patrick's Friary in downtown St. Louis. When the friars left St. Louis in late 2008, the painting came to the new provincial administration building in Denver. For years a small plaque was attached to the painting's 5.5" oval Italian ornamented gold leaf jesso pattern frame. The plaque said the work was by the "renowned Mario Ricci, born in Italy 1673, died in Venice 1729." This led me on a wild goose chase, as I discovered there is no "renowned Mario Ricci." It seemed likely, however, that a mistake had been made, and the artist might actually be Marco Ricci, who was indeed an Italian master, born 1676, died 1729. But we really had no proof as to whom the artist was, and all that I had discovered thus far showed the Marco Ricci was a landscape painter.<br /><br />Late at night, May 11, while sorting through a large amount of otherwise rather pedestrian paper, also brought from St. Louis, I hit the jackpot. In the first of three letters, one written in March of 1949, Prov. Cav. C. Hautman, director of the Art Gallery of the National Association of Artists in Florence, Italy, authenticated the painting as being by Marco Ricci. It further noted that other studies of St. Paul and St. Francis by Ricci were in a museum in Bordeaux, France. The other two letters, dated 14 May 1961, were from W. M. McCaughen of McCaughen and Associations, an art restoration and appraisal service, indicating that Arthur J. Meier of Richmond Heights was the donor and Fr. Joseph Adams, O.F.M.Cap., on behalf of the Capuchins, was the recipient of the painting.<br /><br />Further study revealed that Marco Ricci, while primarily a landscape painter, also painted biblical, mythological and historical subjects. His work is found in major museums all over Europe, as well as in Washington, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Canberra, etc.Bro Blaine Burkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640337952421750089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226056789772958643.post-36418901812333873782009-05-06T19:42:00.000-07:002009-05-07T15:43:18.923-07:00Mid-America's First Provincial Chapter (1979)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kGtf1J0qybk/SgJhO4_XaVI/AAAAAAAABhk/uxrflFs9ZHc/s1600-h/chap79piccropped.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 127px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kGtf1J0qybk/SgJhO4_XaVI/AAAAAAAABhk/uxrflFs9ZHc/s400/chap79piccropped.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332931817204312402" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/SgJNMY5Pq2I/AAAAAAAAADc/CttCIbD-4r4/s1600-h/chap79indexgridcropped2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 92px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/SgJNMY5Pq2I/AAAAAAAAADc/CttCIbD-4r4/s320/chap79indexgridcropped2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332909783996410722" border="0" /></a><br />In the Spring 2009 issue of <span style="font-style: italic;">Provincial Porter</span>, this photo was published very small and many people could not recognize the individuals shown. The copy which is show here can be blown up by clicking on the photo. Shown on the photo are: 1 Benignus Scarry, 2 Lloyd Schmeidler, 3 Dan Schartz, 4 Christopher Popravak, 5 Eugene Pellegrino, 6 David Gottschalk, 7 Earl Meyer, 8 Thomas More Janeck, 9 Julian Haas, 10 Earl Befort, 11 Neal Mahaffey, 12 Chuck Wolfe, 13 Finian Meis, 14 Duane Reinert, 15 Len Schreiner, 16 Valerian Brungardt, 17 Flavian Meis, 18 Ed Judy, 19 Valentine Young, 20 Bill Kraus, 21 Mike Scully, 22 Simon Conrad, 23 Dominic Unger, 24 Jerry Herrera, 25 Vincent Rohr, 26 Mark Mason, 27 Felix Petrovsky, 28 Camillus Schmitt, 29 Benedict Pope, 30 Harold Vogler, 31 Clement Naef, 32 Felix Shinsky, 33 Owen Schellhase, 34 Charles Polifka, 35 Paulinus Karlin, 36 Mark How, 37 Thaddeus Posey, 38 Fidelis McManus, 39 Joseph McGlynn, 40 Mark Linenberger, 41 Didacus Joseph Dunn, 42 Timothy Gottschalk, 43 Rene Bower, 44 Louis Daw, 45 Gilmary Tallman, 46 Gene Emrisek,47 Harvey Dinkel, 48 Alvin Werth, 49 Eric Lindbloom, 50 Blaine Burkey, 51 John Lager, 52 Mike Suchnicki, 53 Greg Beyer, 54 Regis Scanlon, 55 Charles Chaput, 56 Malachy McBride, 57 Jim Moster, 58 Ron Cunnigham, 59 Cyrus Gallagher. I originally thought the whole Province was there, but I found 25 friars missing, 12 of whom were in the missions at the time. The 10 friars missing who are still with us: Bennett Colucci, John Cousins, Don Debes, Myron Flax, Canice Froehlich, Simeon Gallagher, Frank Grinko, Matthew Gross, Pete Meis, Stephen Reichert. Eleven others are in the Eternity Fraternity.Bro Blaine Burkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640337952421750089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226056789772958643.post-48307070377882562792009-04-24T19:19:00.000-07:002009-05-07T20:09:13.838-07:00The Historic Provincial Chapter of 1891<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kGtf1J0qybk/SgJhZbfBZLI/AAAAAAAABhs/5S9AfMbxRTg/s1600-h/1891+chapter.restored.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_kGtf1J0qybk/SgJhZbfBZLI/AAAAAAAABhs/5S9AfMbxRTg/s400/1891+chapter.restored.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332931998262584498" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This photo taken at St. Augustine's Friary, Pittsburgh PA, on 23 October 1891, shows 12 Capuchin friars who had a profound effect on the pre-history of the Capuchin Province of Mid-Americca. The main item on the agenda at that Chapter was: Shall the Province of Pennsylvania develop its foundations at Metamora and Peoria, Illinois, and abandon its foundation at Victoria, or shall it close its houses in Illinois and develop the mission in Kansas. The latter prevailed, and additional friaries were opened at Hays in 1893, Munjor in 1902, Marienthal 1905, and Catherine in 1908. Names of the friars and their titles to membership in the chapter: <span style="font-style: italic;">front row:</span> Felix Lex, definitor and guardian of Cumberland; Maurice Greck, definitor; Hyacinth Epp, guardian of Pittsburgh and ex-provincial minister; Bernard Christen of Andermatt, general minister from Rome; Francis Wolff, provincial minister; and Gregory Autsch, delegate from Pittsburgh; <span style="font-style: italic;">back row:</span> Joseph Anthony Ziegelmayer, guardian of Herman; Boniface Rosenberg, delegate from Herman, Marianus Fiege from England, secretary to the general; Anastasius Mueller, definitor; Joseph Calasanctius Mayershoefer, delegate from Peoria; and Angelus Baumgartner, delegate from Cumberland. Angelus left the Order in 1893. Hyacinth and Maurice died in Wheeling in 1907 and 1912; Gregory and Joseph Anthony (a later provincial minister) in Pittsburgh in 1902 and 1919, and Boniface at Herman in 1897. Anastasius and Joseph Calasanctius, two of the first three Capuchins in Kansas, died in Bavaria in 1898 and 1912; Francis in Westphalia in 1915, and Felix on his way back to Bavaria in 1901. Bernard died as an archbishop in Switzerland in 1909 and Marianus as leader of the first Capuchins in California in 1917. <span style="font-style: italic;"> (Original found in distorted condition on wall of Munjor rectory; many of its wrinkles digitally excised by Bro. Joseph Mary Elder). </span>Bro Blaine Burkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640337952421750089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226056789772958643.post-41576871029119546982009-01-04T09:16:00.000-08:002009-01-05T20:47:08.188-08:00Fr. Agatho Rolf, Bishop Sylvester Walleser, and the Vicariate College at Tsinchow (Tianshui)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/SWDxeIRMWHI/AAAAAAAAACc/u3YfjGrONVs/s1600-h/tsinchow.college.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 122px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/SWDxeIRMWHI/AAAAAAAAACc/u3YfjGrONVs/s200/tsinchow.college.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287491462450927730" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/SWDwdm8CaaI/AAAAAAAAACM/20HelssRdsY/s1600-h/agatho.rolf.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/SWDwdm8CaaI/AAAAAAAAACM/20HelssRdsY/s200/agatho.rolf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287490353992198562" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/SWDxBuwOBXI/AAAAAAAAACU/PauyviHNzQ0/s1600-h/bp.walleser.muleback.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/SWDxBuwOBXI/AAAAAAAAACU/PauyviHNzQ0/s200/bp.walleser.muleback.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287490974565401970" border="0" /></a>Capuchin Fathers Agatha Rolf, 53, (above left) and Rudolph Blockinger, 35, the first two foreign missionaries of the old Pennslvania Province, went to China in 1922 to work with Rhine-Westphalian Capuchins under Bishop Sylvester Walleser. — Walleser (shown above on muleback) and his missionaries were expelled from the Marianna Island by the league of Nations at the end of WWI and sent by Rome to Tsinchow (Tianshui), Gansu, China, today a city of 3.25 million . — Born in Pittsburgh in 1869, Agatho was assigned after his 1897 ordination to 21 years of Capuchin parish work in Wheeling, Charleston, Pittsburgh, Herman, and Canal Dover and Pittsburgh. In Charleston he built a rectory, in Herman a school. His efforts also were largely responsible for the erection of Capuchin College in Washington. Before going to China, he served served 17 years as local superior, six as definitor, and two as a itinerant preacher. He also was a co-organizer of the Catholic Students Mission Crusade, and at its first national meeting in Tecnhy IL helped write its constitutions. Agatho went to China fulfilling a vow made in youth. He survived Kansu's 1929 typhus epidemic which killed thousands, including Pennsylvania Province's Fr. Gabriel McCarthy, Calvary Province's Fr. Felix Schelb and six other Capuchins. In 1931 he had an opportunity to return to the States but stayed to minister to the victims of another typhus outbreak and thus died as a martyr of charity on July 7, 1931. Fr. Rudolph remained in Gansu for another 20 years; and when expelled by the Communists, joined the Capuchins in Australia where he served as a missionary till his death in 1969. <span style="font-style: italic;"> (Photos among items left behind in Victoria by Fr. Bertrand Brookman in 1974).</span>Bro Blaine Burkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640337952421750089noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8226056789772958643.post-89688854625258789392008-12-28T21:38:00.000-08:002009-01-01T08:32:48.974-08:001939-40 Faculty of St. Fidelis Seminary in Herman PA<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/SVhjrvr3slI/AAAAAAAAAB8/1Eyd6sa6bMY/s1600-h/HermanFaculty1939-40.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 234px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d7V3y39U7ZE/SVhjrvr3slI/AAAAAAAAAB8/1Eyd6sa6bMY/s400/HermanFaculty1939-40.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285083765905273426" border="0" /></a><br />This vintage photo from our provincial archives in Denver shows the entire 1939-40 faculty of St. Fidelis Seminary in Herman PA, plus their guardian, Fr. Cyril. <span style="font-style: italic;">Front l. to r.:</span> Frs. Austin Waldvogel, Patrick McGann, Benno Hagenmiller, Arnold Yanker, Bertrand Brookman, Cyril Zeller, Gerard Greenwald, Armand Yeaglin, Victor Green & Harold Vogler. <span style="font-style: italic;">Rear l. to r.: </span>Br. Alphonse Vandenberg, Frs. Linus Doemling, Vincent Langguth, Maynard Appeldorn, Alphonse Schreiber, Giles Staab, Carol Warner, Marion Pagendarm & Aurelius Nickel. Only one of these friars, Fr. Harold (1904-98), was ever a member of the Mid-America province: ; but all of them except Fr. Cyril and Br. Alphonse studied philosophy at Victoria. Benno was among the first students to live is the new 1903 building. Quite a few, moreover, served many years in the area now known as Mid-America: Cyril 1909-17, 1922-23 and Austin 1914-21 taught at the Hays Academy, and four others taught at St. Francis Seminary: Gerard 1948-50, Harold 1948-70, Carol 1950-51, Armand 1952-53, and Arnold 1953-59. Marion did parish work in Ellis County 1929-31; Carol in rural Atwood 1949-50 and Walker 1950-52; and Bertrand was pastor of Hays 1956-60 and Atwood 1962-64 and chaplain of St, John's in Victoria 1964-70 and indeed spent the remainder of his years in Victoria and St. Louis, dying in the latter in 1978. Frs. Canice Froehlich, Simon Conrad and Valentine Young were all students at SFS the year his photo was taken. In fact most of the current friars of Mid-America knew and were greatly influenced by these men.<span style="font-style: italic;"> (ID by Blaine Burkey, archivist).</span>Bro Blaine Burkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640337952421750089noreply@blogger.com0