A New Apostate
 

"What amounts to a new apostate, just now engaging attention, is the work of Mr. Wessling, a Jesuit who lost his sight in a chemical explosion about 5 years ago. He has finished his theology with uncommon success, and in the disappointment of not receiving Holy Orders was settling down to what looked like a a rather purposeless existence, when Providence introduced to him a few non-Catholics who were unsettled about their religious states.

"His success in dealing with such cases has been extraordinary. ... A plan of procedure in the instruction of converts has been inaugurated at St. Francis Xavier's Church ...

"The course will consist of a set series of instructions to be given on Monday and Thursday at 8:15 p.m."

 

NOTES:

The source for this material is an article which appeared in the 1917 edition of the "Woodstock Letters".

 

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