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28 VAN DEN POELANDRYKEN
cenral house of the foundation. This had been
arranged between them without consulting me or
seeking my consent.
I said to the Jesuit that I had complained to the
last-named prieit about the departure for America
of the other priest without consultation with me
who had left the States with him for the purpose of
tounding together a central house at Bruges for the
projected Congregation, that I had sacrificed my
imill savings, ind that he had left without settling
anything. The priest expressed his regrets and said
that he had compassion on me. I asked Father Van
de Kerckhove what I had to do now.
"Do nothing," he told me, "for the realization of
your plan until you get the written approval of one
or other of the bishops from the States. Start writ-
ing at once."
My first letter was written to Bishop Rese of De-
troit, Michigan. It was written in Flemish. The
prelate was German.
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When no an$wer came, I wrote to a Belgian priest*
residing in Detroit asking him to inquire what hap-
pened to my first letter. He replied that more than
tikely my letter had been shown to the priest who
had abandoned me in Belgium since he was the
only priest near the Bishop in addition to the writer
who understood Flemish.
At long last an answer came to the Bishop in
Bruges. It read as follows: "We waited a long time
before giving an answer because we did not know
what to do . . . and even now we are undecided."
The secretary to the Bishop said, "All this looks
mysterious enough."

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Father John De Bruyne