An edition of The Life of Rev. Charles Nerinckx
(1880)
The Life of Rev. Charles Nerinckx
With A Chapter On The Early Catholic Missions Of Kentucky ; Copious Notes On The Progress Of Catholicity In The United States Of America, From 1800 To 1825 ; An Account Of The Establishment Of The Society Of Jesus In Missouri ; And An Historical Sketch Of The Sisterhood Of Loretto In Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, Etc.
by Maes, Camillus Paul bp.
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS.
Dedication iii
Preface v
CHAPTER I.
1761-1793.
Birth of Charles Nerinckx. — Parentage. — Rev. John Henry Nerinckx. — Mart Nerinckx. — Rev. F. X. Decoen, S. J. — Early education. — Rev. Charles Nerinckx ordained a Priest. — Vicar in Mechlin 1-10
CHAPTER II.
1794-1801.
Pastor of Everberg-Meerbeke. — Catechism and Sunday Schools. —Reforms. — Father Nerinckx' proscription. — Chaplain in the Hospital of Dendermonde. — His hiding-places. — He exposes his life to chastise a blasphemer. — His studies and writings. — Declines a re-appointment 11-25
CHAPTER III.
1801-1804.
The French Revolution. — Father Nerinckx resolves to go to the American missions. — An account of hub vocation. — Princess Gallitzin recommends him to Bishop Carroll. — She meets him in Amsterdam. — Annoying delay. — Father Nerinckx embarks for America. — A floating hell. 26-49
CHAPTER IV.
1804-1805.
Father Nerinckx appointed for Kentucky. — "Again a schoolboy" at Georgetown. — His humility. — Mademoiselle de la rochefoucault and the french amba8sador. — visit of the Trappist prior. — Father Nerinckx prepares for his western mission. — His arrival in Kentucky 50-63
CHAPTER V.
1672-1805.
Early Kentucky history. — The Shawnees. — Virginia explorers.-- Catholic settlers from Maryland. — The league of sixty catholic families. — Father Whelan. — The first catholic church in Kentucky. — Father Badin. — St. Ann's church. — Other Missionaries. — Father Nerinckx 64-76
CHAPTER V.
1805-1806.
Father Nerinckx on the mission. — A noble project. — He writes to Belgium for men and money. — "The yoice of one crying in the wilderness." — Poverty of Kentucky catholics. — A visit to Post Vincennes. — Who shall be Bishop of Kentucky? — A pen-picture of Father Badin 77-99
CHAPTER VII.
1805-1807.
The Trappists. — Father Nerinckx foresees their failure. — His desire to join them. — Obedience better than sacrifice. — St. Stephen's. — Holy Mary's. — Bells. — Church furniture. — Danville. — St. Charles' church. — State of the Catholic Church in Kentucky in 1807. — Rev. Nerinckx' bodily sufferings — His missionary field of labor 100-129
CHAPTER VIII.
1807-1808.
Catholic schools. — Father Nerinckx zeal for the instruction Of The Children. — "Arms Up!" — He Plans The Establishment of a religious community. — its objects. — building of a convent near St. Stephen's. — The building destroyed by fire 130-143
CHAPTER IX.
1807-1808.
The Jesuits in America. — Catholic progress in Kentucky. — A procession in 1807. — Wheeling. — Washington. — New Lancaster. — Chillicothe. — Quebec. — Boston. — Knox ville. — Holy Mary's. — St. Clara's. — St. Charles 144-159
CHAPTER X.
1806-1808.
Father Nerinckx' piety. — His daily life. — His zeal for the Spiritual Progress Of His People. — The Dominicans. — Their Advent The Occasion Of Petty Persecutions Against Father Nerinckx. — Father Nerinckx asks to retire to some other field of labor. — Yields to Bishop Carroll's advice, and remains in Kentucky 160-184
CHAPTER XI.
1808-1809.
Father Nerinckx appointed administrator and Bishop of New Orleans. — He declines the appointment. — He offers himself for the Louisiana mission. — New trouble in Kentucky. — The New Orleans difficulties. — The vicar-general opposes Father Nerinckx' departure 185-213
CHAPTER XII.
1810.
Missionary labors. — St. Anthony's, Rough Creek. — St. James, Clifty. — St. Bernard's, Adair City. — Other settlements. — Father Nerinckx' courage, cheerfulness, and kindness. — His adventure with a wolf. — His labors in the confessional. — The fruits of his zeal. — A touching incident 214-228
CHAPTER XIII.
1811.
Father Nerinckx' bodily strength. — His adventure with Hardin. — Carrying the cross in Bullitt county. — Saluting the negro. — Father Nerinckx' simple oratory. — His success in Making Converts. — Arrival Of Bishop Flaget In Kentucky. — The Episcopal palace 29-238
CHAPTER XIV.
1812.
New efforts in behalf of education. — The little school on Hardin's Creek. — Its first teachers. — They retire from the world. — They start a religious community. — Election of the first superior. — a primitive boarding school. — father Nerinckx founds the Loretto Society 239-251
CHAPTER XV.
1812-1813.
Churches of thk Long Lick and Casey Creek. — Father Nerinckx Remotes To St. Charles. — First Taking Of The Veil At Loretto. — Black dye and chemical experience. - First regular Election Of A Dear Mother. — First Rules And Their Author. — Building A New Content And Residence 252-264
CHAPTER XVI.
1812- 1813.
Bishop Flaget visits Loretto. — New difficulties. — Death of Mother Ann Rhodes. — Her burial: self-denial in death. — Father Nerinckx' tribute to her memory. — Dear Mother Mary Rhodes. — Practicing holy poverty. — Fortunate "old maids!" 265-279
CHAPTER XVII.
1813- 1815.
Taking the veil. — Sister Monica. — Blessing the church and Convent. — "Do Not Forsake Providence." — Pittsburg Stoves. — New postulants. — Protestations of the people. — Bishop Flaget explains 280-291
CHAPTER XVIII.
1815-1816.
Father Nerinckx goes to Europe. — Notes by the way. — His journey to Rome. — Impressions: the Rome of the Emperors and the Rome of the Popes. — Pius VII. — The papal blessing. — The Loretto rules approted of. — Return to Belgium 292-306
CHAPTER XIX.
1816.
A Letter From Bishop Flaget: The Loretto Institution A Success. — Father Nerinckx' Appeal To His Belgian Countrymen For Men And Money. — Its Wonderful Effects 307-331
CHAPTER XX.
1817.
Father Nerinckx' return to America. — Dutch laws. — Emigration. — Father Nerinckx and companions embark for the New World. — Tempests and pirates. — Arrival in Maryland. — His associates join the Jesuits 332-347
CHAPTER XXI.
1817.
Father Nerinckx' various importations. — Mr. Hendrinkx goes to New Orleans. — His death. — Father Nerinckx' love of the beauty of the House of God. — He supplies churches and convents with ecclesiastical ornaments. — The gift of the poor servant girl. — Celebrated paintings 348-360
CHAPTER XXII.
1817.
Father Nerinckx in Baltimore. — Mr. and Mrs. Barber. — Father Beschter and the Pennsylvania farmer. — Father Nerinckx' arrival at lioretto. — Father Rosati and the indians. — a list of the Kentucky clergy in 1817 361-372
CHAPTER XXIII.
1817-1819.
Father Nerinckx resumes the direction of his sisterhood. — Establishment of Calvary, 1816, and Gethsemani, 1818. — St. Augustine's, Lebanon. — Father Nerinckx introduces Rev. Abel To His More Distant Missions. — He Purchases Mount Mary's For A Brotherhood. — Its Subsequent History 373-391
CHAPTER XXIV
1819-1820.
Consecration of the Cathedral of Bardstown. — The Theological Seminary. — Consecration of Bishop David. — New Dioceses. — Catholic statistics of the United States and Kentucky. — Statistics of the Loretto society. — Father Nerinckx' last will. 392-413
CHAPTER XXV.
1820.
Father Nerinckx' second journey to Europe. — Mustela puiorius Or Mephitis americanal? — Major Noble, of Virginia. — Reminiscences By The Wayside: The Indian Chief Of Vincennes. — Mr. Thompson, of the Alleghanies. — Baltimore and its environs. — London. — Letters of Bishop Flaget, the sisters of Loretto And Father Nerinckx 414-444
CHAPTER XXVI.
1820-1821.
Father Nerinckx' return to Kentucky. — How the original founders of the jesuit mission in missouri came to the United States. — Sketch of the establishment of the Missouri Province. — High mass of thanksgiving in Baltimore Cathedral 446-464
CHAPTER XXVII.
1821-1877.
The Society of Jesus. — Establishment of the Western Missions. — The Missouri mission organized. — Novitiate at Florissant. — Indian missions. — The Pottawatomies of Michigan. — Father Desmet and companions. — Various establishments of the Missouri Province 465-479
CHAPTER XXVIII.
1821-1824.
From Baltimore to Kentucky. — The Maryland postulants. — Sister Alexandrina Doran's wonderful vocation. — Mount Mary's. — Establishment of Bethania convent. — Election of a Dear Mother. — Establishment of Mount Carmel, Bethlehem, Perry county, Missouri, and Mount Olivet. — Holy Cross church. — Project of a Negro sisterhood 480-511
CHAPTER XXIX.
1824.
Crowning difficulties. — Rev. Guy Chabrat's opposition to Father Nerinckx. — Father Nerinckx leaves Kentucky. — His farewell Letter To The Sisters Of Loretto. — He Goes To Missouri. — He visits Bethlehem, Perry Co. — His death at Ste. Genevieve, August 12, 1824 512-532
CHAPTER XXX.
1824.
Burial at the Barrens, Mo. — "Father Nerinckx is in Heaven!" — Removal of his remains to Loretto, Ky. — His Epitaph. — Supernatural Events. — Rev. Chabrat again. — Tributes to Father Nerinckx' memory. — Loretto convent removed to his first residence, Marion county, Ky 533-547
CHAPTER XXXI.
THE CHARACTER AND SPIRIT OF FATHER NERINCKX.
Was Father Nerinckx a rigorist? — His mortification. — His Devotion to the blessed sacrament and the blessed Virgin. — His discernment of vocations. — His kindness to the sick. — His unbounded confidence in Divine Providence. — His devotion to the Sacred Heart. — His humility. 548-570
CHAPTER XXXII.
1824-1847.
The Loretto Society. — Apple Creek, Perry county, Mo., etc. — Cape Girardeau, Mo. — Father Nerinckx' library. — Cedar Grove, Louisville, Ky. — Mission among the Osage Indians in 1847. — Interesting account of their customs 571-589
CHAPTER XXXIII.
1847-1876.
Florissant, Mo. — "Our Lady of Light," New Mexico. — Burning of Loretto Convent, Ky. — Cairo, III. — Death of Father D. Deparco. — Denver, Colorado. — Other foundations 590-612
APPENDIX.
I.
To the Right Rev. B. J. Flaget.
A hymn. — Some pious sentiments on the flowers which adorn the altar 613-517
II.
Ecclesiastical Supebiobs of Loretto 618
III.
Mother Supebiobs of the Loretto Society 618
IV.
Statistics of the Loretto Society in 1879 619
Index. 621
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