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Chapter 25

BROOKLYN AND BOSTON

I-\ ErARTTNG FRoM Loutsvtr,r,n on the river boat-in
l) rcf+ no railroad connecting Louisville with the
East-West lines was in operation-Brother Ryken inter-
rupted his journey at Cincinnati. Here he spent some
time visiting friends: emigrants he had known at home
in Holland, Belgium, or Germany or acquaintances he
had made on his previous trips to the United States.
One of these was Father Lutweiler, pastor of the German
parish. This priest, another of those who had in 1853
answered Bishop Spalding's appeal, had remained in
Cincinnati at the request of Bishop Purcell and with
the approval of the Bishop of Louisville.
On October twenty-first, Brother Ryken was in New
York City as is evidenced by the visa on his passport:
"Vu pour aller en Belgique, 2l-10-1854, Le Consul de
Belgique." The official signature is the to-be-expected
indecipherable scrawl.
At this date the Founder had no definite date for sail-
ing, but with the passport in order he could depart
when he chose and from whatever port he elected, if
and when he could procure accommodations.
Before he committed himself to a specific date aboard
a specific ship, he was anxious to discover a new field
of endeavor, some place to which he could transfer the
Louisville community in August, 1855, when it had
fulfilled its contractual obligations. He did not know,
and he was not to find out until he made the attempt,
that the consent of the local Ordinary is an essential