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on October 4, 1841, the first postulant received at the
newly-acquired "flet Walletje." In conrast with Seg-
hers' long probation was the short wait of Lawrence
Terhoeven, who entered on September 28, the day that
the Constitution had been approved, and who became
"Brother Vincent" on the following December 3rd. Ter-
hoeven was only twenty. A fragile and delicate young-
ster, who had lost both,parents, he had been brought up
in the Catholic Orphanage in Rotterdam. A licensed
teacher, he was one of three young men recommended
to. Brother Ryken by the Mother Superior of the Or-
phanage.
The year ended on a note of sadness. On the day after
Christmas Adrian Van Ravels, Brother Bernard breathed
his last, one month after his profession. He was thirty,
a native of Tilburg, Holland, just over the line from
Belgium, and had been with the community since Feb-
ruary 8, 1843. More than likely he was the "young
Brother" about whom Brother Ryken had consulted
Dr. Van der Plancke. His death reduced the number in
the community to nineteen.
Eleven of the nineteen were to die as Xaverian Broth-
ers, and longevity marked the life span of all of them
with the exception of Brother Dominic Van den Boorn.
Brother Ryken along with Brothers Alphonse, James,
and Francis lived on for twenty-five years; Ignatius and
Paul for forty; Vincent, Alexius, and Stanislaus at least
fifty; John Seghers seventy.