The first Lasallian ministry in St. Louis (MO) opened. 200 students reported to Cathedral Male School for their first classes under the Christian Brothers, who had recently arrived in America’s Midwest.
Bro. Angelus Gabriel (FSC), The Christian Brothers in the United States 1848-1948: A Century of Catholic Education (New York: Declan McMullen, 1948), pp. 128 and 210.
