Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1909 — FATHER DANIELS WILL BE HERE ABOUT OCTOBER 15. [ARTICLE]

FATHER DANIELS WILL BE HERE ABOUT OCTOBER 15.

*. ' 1 New Pastor For St. Augustine Church Given Fine Endorsement By Sedalia, Mo., Newspaper.

Rev. Father Christian Daniel, who will succeed Rev. Father Thomas Meyer as pastor of St. Augustine’s Catholi? church, writes us from Sedalia, Mo., that he is taking a vacation trip of two weeks, which he will spend in San Antonio, Galveston and other Texas cities, after which he will arrive in Rensselaer to begin his pastoral work. Of him the Sedalia Democrat thus comments: The Rev. Fr. Christian Daniel, C. PP. S., for the past seven years first assistant pastor of Sacred Heart church, will leave about October Ist for Rensselaer, Jasper county, Ind., where he will become pastor of St. Augustine church. The above brief paragraph imparts information that will be perused with deepest regret by every member of Sacred Heart church, as well as by many of the members of St. Patrick’s church and hundreds of Protestants who have the honor of Fr. Daniel’s acquaintance. Fr. Daniel, a native of Ohio, came here seven years ago last month, soon after his ordination as a priest, and since that time he has proved a most efficient and popular assistant to the able pastor of Sacred Heart church, the Rev. Fr. Neiberg, who is now at Conception, Nodaway county, where he will open a mission on Sunday, the 19th, to continue until the 26th Inst. . The departure of Fr. Daniel means the advancement of the Rev. Fr. Rudolph Stoltz, who is also a very popular young priest, from second to first assistant, and the office of second assistant will be filled by the Rev. Fr. Remequis Monin, a French priest of the C. PP. S. order, who comes here from Rensselaer. Fr. Daniel will be no stranger to the parishioners of St. Augustine church, as he spent his novitiate days at St. Joseph’s college at Rensselaer, where he was educated preliminary to being graduated from the seminary of the order at Carthagena, Ohio.

Rensselaer is a town of nearly 4,000 population, with paved streets and all modern improvements in the way of waterworks, electric lights, etc., and St. Joseph’s college, located there, is recognized as one of the strongest Catholic educational institutions in the United States. As first assistant to Fr. Neiberg, the Rev. Fr. Daniel has done a splendid work in the Master’s vineyard. He will be missed by Fr. Neibe'rg, it goes without saying, but no one rejoices more than the latter at the deserved promotion. Fr. Daniel has been a valuable aid to Fr. Neiberg in other than spiritual matters, as he is possessed of remarkable mechanical ingenuity, and was no small factor in assisting the pastor in bringing about the erection of the handsome new $25,000 school building and also the erection of the new $5,000 home for the good Sisters of Sacred Heart church. The Democrat-Sentinel knows of many of the good deeds of Fr. Daniel during his seven years’ residence here —deeds that will never be forgotten by those who were the beneficiaries 6f his aid, sympathy and advice—and it chronicles his early departure to another field with deepest regret, but wishes for him all possible success as pastor of the Rensselaer church. No more earnest priest in any community ever put forth an effort to save the souls of sinners, and the congregation of St. Augustine church is to be congratulated upon having secured so universally a beloved pastor.