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140 INVITATION TO AMERICA
From Paris, Bishop Spalding replied promptly, touch'
ing briefly on the contract that Brother Ryken had
brought with him to the last meeting and promising as
a mark of good will that he would obtain for the
Xaverian community the Papal Blessing when he had
his audience with the Holy Father. Without elaborating
the point, he did suggest that the Brothers make an effort
to adapt their ways to the country in which they planned
to work.
Huppy and much relieved, Brother Ryken again wrote.
This time in care of the Irish College in Rome: "Your
letter from Paris has consoled me. I see by it that we
shall understand one another when I have the honor
to confer with you once more in Belgium . . . I do not
understand what you mean by, 'You should adapt your
Institute to the country."'
The two men met again on April 17, 1853, at the
home of the same Baroness Ghyseghem. Their chief
concern was the contract. Since the schools in Louis-
ville re-opened on August first, after the summer vaca-
tion, Brother Ryken agreed to have his Brothers there
on time. He also agreed to send six or seven, one of
whom should be German. As to the honorarium he
suggested $130.00 for each Brother per annum. Orig-
inally he had asked for more. When these changes were
written into the contract, the two parties signed and
the meeting stood adjourned.
Bishop Spalding had promised to write from Le f{avre.
From that poft the priests and seminarians volunteering
for the diocese of Louisville were to sail on April twenty-
fifth for America. Somehow he forgot. The months went
by and still no word.
If Brother Ryken worried at no news, he would have
been really worried if he could have known that the
Cathedral free.school was still in the very capable hands