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The most serious deficiency that I find in the temporal point of view is the combining of the functions of the Bursar with those of Superior.

I will begin this Comments Report, which I leave to the Fathers and Brothers of St. Louis of Carthage, by congratulating them on the spirit of union and fraternal charity, which seemed to me to reign among them.

No, my dear Brethren, their fanaticism, if this can be reproached of them, is to sacrifice everything here below, without excepting anything, their affection, their hopes, their wealth, their lives even, in order to carry out a great patriotic and Christian duty.

What we need, therefore, I repeat, is to be penetrated with the spirit of faith, and behind these sorrows, ignorance, and infamy, to see only souls redeemed by Our Lord and marked by His divine seal.

In spite of King Mutesa’s unpredictable and cruel temperament, our Fathers are happily continuing their apostolate. What is particularly remarkable is the heroic disposition maintained by the African neophytes. Several of their traits have already been quoted and our Fathers often give us others of a similar kind.