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Perhaps no one realizes better the enormity of a task than he who has stool by to witness the long hours of work, the fatigue, the seemingly small progress made from day to day in the reconstruction of an abandoned hotel such as was this, our present Oblate Seminary. Most schools are comoleted before being occupied. Our Oblate seminarians moved into the shell of a not particularly clean building, and through the help of kind local friends acquired the absolute necessities of life to enable them to transform this structure into what it is today.
Our gratitude goes to all who have made this project the reality it is today. We are particularly grateful to His Excellency, Bishop Richard O. Gerow, S.T.D., who by word and deed has shown us a hearty welcome into his diocese.
We cannot let this occasion pass without rendering our thanks to Mr. John Collins, our kind and helpful architect. Our gratitude also goes out to all the skilled workmen who took special pains to restore our seminary to its pristine beauty and utility.
We thank the many kind people who are now our close neighbors and friends because of their solicitude for us in time of need.
But most praise must go to the Oblate seminarians and coadjutor brothers who under the direction of Father Becherer have done a mammoth job of putting in long hours of labor and yet did not neglect the necessities of their spiritual and intellectual formation. They have given generously; God will reward their unstinting gift of themselves.
May God and our good heavenly Mother continue to bless this undertaking as they have in the past.
VERY REV. JOHN E. TAYLOR, O.M.I., Superior