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the Deaf and Dumb, he reveled in being the chaplain-in-
residence with no responsibilities. This was peace.
Within two weeks, the Brother Superior had worked
out a plan for a new foundation. In this the "retired"
priest was to be a key figure and he was delighted. The
plan called for the acceptance of a "middle" school at
Liverpool, England, in which there would be a section
open for a fee to all Catholic deaf and dumb children.
Father Van Beek would be in charge, assisted'by Brother
Alphonse who years before had taken the two-year course
at the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb and who spoke
English after his year at Bury.
Losing no time, Brother Ryken sent word to his friend
in Manchester, Father Benoit, to place the proposition
before Father Worthy, parish priest at St. Nicholas in
Liverpool, explaining tdat he ind the pastor had gone
over the matter the previous summer.
Father Benoit did as requested and sent back word
that Father Worthy desired a personal conference with
the Brother. The meeting was set for that summer when
the Founder paid his annual visit to the Brothers in
Manchester.
That July Father Van Beek rerurned to Holland
where he planned to collect what he could for the
Xaverian Brothers and the American "missions." Bishop
Malou was kind enough to give him a letter in which
His Excellency vouched for the reliability of the bearer
and the genuineness of his plea. Father Van Beek kept
Brother Ryken informed as to his success and failures
among their mutual friends in Holland. In one of the
letters the Master of "ffet Walletje" criticized Father
Van Beek's technique. The priest wrote back in protest,
but Brother Ryken was not at home.
Brother James, the seoetary, tried to soothe the
priest's hurt feelings, telling him: "If the Superior has