The life of Father Bernard Donnelly; with historical sketches of Kansas City, StLouis and Independence, Missouri . rega-tion. At least three of them have been FathersProvincial, and the Rectors at St. Louis, New Or-leans and other places in their western Provincemade their novitiate in the Kansas City House of Students was in time transferred toKansas City. Newer and larger buildings followedas a necessity. The courses immediately prepara-tory to the priesthood were for years taught hereand the number of priests ordained in the KansasCity house is very large. Almost from the verystart


The life of Father Bernard Donnelly; with historical sketches of Kansas City, StLouis and Independence, Missouri . rega-tion. At least three of them have been FathersProvincial, and the Rectors at St. Louis, New Or-leans and other places in their western Provincemade their novitiate in the Kansas City House of Students was in time transferred toKansas City. Newer and larger buildings followedas a necessity. The courses immediately prepara-tory to the priesthood were for years taught hereand the number of priests ordained in the KansasCity house is very large. Almost from the verystart the Fathers residing at Kansas City wentforth on the work of mission-giving. Frequentlythey have given missions on the Pacific Coast, fromSan Francisco to San Diego on the south, and toPortland, and northward into the British posses-sions in Canada, eastward through Salt Lake, Den-ver, and the towns in the Rocky Mountains. Inevery diocese west and south of Kansas City theirmissions are recorded in the work they have donefor God and humanity. Like St. Paul they traveleverywhere and preach everywhere. Time and. Exterior and interior of Redemptorist Church Life of Father Bernard Donnelly 149 again St. Paul and New Orleans have been spirit-ually benefited by the Redemptorist Fathers fromthe Kansas City house. The churches of St. Louis,Chicago, Indianapolis, Memphis and Alabama arethe beneficiaries of the zeal and efficiency of Rectorate at Kansas City. Father Donnellys zeal for the salvation ofsouls is far-reaching in the work of his chosenRedemptorists, who gave preparatory training totheir subjects at Kansas City. Their efficiencyhas won recognition wherever they have novitiate is now at De Soto, their house forpreparatory training is in St. Louis County, andthe seminary for the closing studies before enter-ing the Sanctuary is on one of the picturesque lakesof Wisconsin. The changes that time and oppor-tunity demanded have consigned the Kansas Cityhom


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