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ll. (ibid.) Brother Ryken gives the number as seven, ex-
plaining that one was unavoidably absent. This could have
been Gudders. Brother Ignatius in his "Notes" lists nine: the
Founder, Ignatius, Alphonse, Dominic, Stanislaus, Bernard,
Nicholas, James, and Paul.
12. (Chapter 16) Rev. Peter L. Benoit had been advised to
volunteer for the African missio'n. Learning from an English
faraily residing in Bruges of the great need of priests in Eng-
land, he decided to go there. Ordained on May 29, 1847,he
reported at St. Augustine's, Manchester, on the following
September 27th. He was the first Fleming to serve on the
English mission. The pastor at St. Augustine's was named
Bishop of Manchester, and until death separated them, Father
Benoit was his alter ego: secretary, confidant, and man-of-all-
assignments. Bishop Vaughan, who succeeded Bishop Turner,
found this generous and self-sacrificing Fleming just as in-
valuable. So much so that in 1872 he named him Rector of
Mill Hill, the missionary college in London. This was a
Vaughan foundation round which the strings of his heart were
entwined. For twenty years, until his death in 1892, Father
Benoit moulded class after class of Mill Hill missionaries.
Vaughan was their Founder, but Mill Hillers regard Father
Benoit as a "Second Founder."
13. (Chapter 27) With Brother Ryken no longer head of
the Xaverian Brothers, Bishop Spalding's attitude changed
completely. On Dec. 14, 1863, he wrote to Archbishop Pur-
cell of Cincinnati: ". . . On St. Francis Xavier Day we had a
great turnout of boys frequenting our parochial schools; about
fifteen hundred of them attended High Mass in the Cathedral,
after which they all received their "ration" of cake and candy
in the basement. It was the feast of the Xaverian Brothers,
who are succeeding admirably. On the occasion I publicly
gave the habit to two interesting postula,nts. . . ." Courtesy:
Brother Leonard, C.F.X., and Notre Dame Archives.
On Oct. 23, 1864, Bishop Spalding wrote Brother Vincent,
the successor of Brother Ryken: "As you no doubt are fully
aware, I have been translated to this See. Allow me to say that