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BROTHER RYKEN RNSIGNS I8I

ence of the community, has determined Brother Ryken
to tende-r his resignation. With praiseworthy self_
lessness he has been willing to sacrifici himself for the
general welfare by becoming a simple Brother and sub-
mlttmg in advance ro the Superior who will be chosen.,,
..Het
When Rrorher Ryken got back to Walletje,,, he
summoned the community and spoke very briehy: ,,I
have come to_lay down the burdeni of office. I am your
Superior no longer. Another will be placed ou", yorr.
Respect and obey him."
Bishop Malou had ordered an immediate election. In
Manchester the Brothers voted on thirty-first
January
in-the presence of Canon Benoit; the Brugean group on
Feb-ruary second with Monsignor Scherpereel plesiaing.
Father Van de Kerckhove, who had cbnductid at thle
r-eqle_st of Bishop Malou a three-day rerreat, invoked
the Holy Spirit.
On S-aturday, February 4, 1860, Bishop Malou an-
nounced that Brother Vincent Terhoeven, Superior at
Manchester, England, had been elected. Superior Gen-
eral for a term of three years.
Of the twenty-six Brothers eligible to vote, four did
nou (l) t_he Iounder_absenr ar rhe suggesrion of Bishop
Malou; (2) Brother Vincent Terhoeven absent at Si.
Yu.y': Training School, London; (B) and (4) Brothers
Francis and Stephen absent in America. Brother Vin-
cent had received ten votes (six out of seven in Man_
chester and four of the fifteen in Bruges). Brother peter
had nine (eighttrom Bruges and onifrom Manchester).
The three remaining vote$ were scattered: one each for
Brothers Paul, Stephen, and Alexius.
A breakdown of the balloting was never made public.
The ballots became part of the Episcopal archives.' From
his interview of each Brother and. from letters in regard
to the election from the chaplain of the community,"His