As the 20th century began, much of the New York District’s novitiate property at Amawalk (NY) was condemned in order to protect the Croton watershed and its source of water for New York City. State officials gave the Christian Brothers sudden notice to vacate their premises, so 26 postulants and 5 Brothers of the New York District arrived on this date at Ammendale (MD) to take residence there until a new Motherhouse could be constructed at Pocantico Hills (NY). The New Yorkers were warmly welcomed by their Baltimore District counterparts for three years.
Brother Clementius (FSC) et al., “The History of the District of Baltimore” (privately published manuscript, 1948), pp. 70-71.
