Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . the Sister Superior said to him,1 Father, after this we want you toeat your soup, your fruit, your pie,your pudding; and you may havean extra bowl of soup, an extrapiece of pie, and an extra dish ofpudding for your sick. Another of his characteristictraits was prompt-ness. Not onlywhen preparing toleave on an earlytrain to make amissionary tripwould he be foundat the foot of thealtar, sometimesten minutes beforethe regular time,but even on ordi-nary occasionshis clock neversynchronized withthe Sisters time-pieces. The Su-perior, therefore,told the Sister sac-r
Franciscan herald (1913 - 1940) . the Sister Superior said to him,1 Father, after this we want you toeat your soup, your fruit, your pie,your pudding; and you may havean extra bowl of soup, an extrapiece of pie, and an extra dish ofpudding for your sick. Another of his characteristictraits was prompt-ness. Not onlywhen preparing toleave on an earlytrain to make amissionary tripwould he be foundat the foot of thealtar, sometimesten minutes beforethe regular time,but even on ordi-nary occasionshis clock neversynchronized withthe Sisters time-pieces. The Su-perior, therefore,told the Sister sac-ristan to tell thegood Father thatthe schools clockswere correct, andthat if he wishedto begin Mass be-fore the regularhour, they could ring the bell at anearlier time. Now, the Sister inquestion was a new arrival, andknew the zealous priest onlythrough his sermons, the basicprinciple of which was, The fearof the Lord is the beginning ofwisdom. Never accustomed todoing things by halves, at the closeof his Chippewa and English ser-. Rev. John Gafron, mons, after High Mass,on_Sundaysrhe was bathed in perspiration, andone of the Sister sacristans dutieswas to have a good firejn thesacris-ty stove to prevent him from* con-tracting a cold when he entered;tounvest after his sermons. She mayhave thought, If he getsso hotover his sermons,what will he saywhen I tell him heanticipates thehour for quiveringlips, she made herstatement, andnow after nearlya quarter of acentury, she dis-tinctly recalls howgently the greatmissionary re-sponded, Allright, Sister. Thewriter fully real-izes thatthishasti-iy written sketchis far from doingjustice to thegreat Franciscanmissionaries wholabored so longand z e alo u slyfor the ChippewaIndian Missions, and whose motto,like that of the saints was: Ampli-us, Domine, amplius — Yet, morework, 0 Lord! yet. more! In theirzeal for souls, they frequently lostsight of their own comfort and ne-cessities, and frequently, too, wentbeyond the boun
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