Archbishop Alemany of San Francisco wrote to the Superior General to request Brothers to come to California, saying that “the Brothers will have a large field here, and with God’s blessing they will render incalculable service to religion.” The pioneer Brothers finally arrived in the Golden State ten years later.
Bro. Angelus Gabriel, The Christian Brothers in the United States 1848-1948: A Century of Catholic Education (NY: McMullen, 1948), p. 448 and p. 454.
