Looking Back

Captured in Time: 4th of July Break

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It’s the evening of July 4, 1957. The scene is a ballfield at the Baltimore District Novitiate at Ammendale, MD. The Novices and Postulants are celebrating a glorious 4th of July with sparklers, while the older Brothers, sitting on a bench, enjoy the presence of the younger members of the household. Clad in white shirts are (left to right) Brothers Edwin, Ephrem Edmund, Joseph, Edwin Anselm, and Erminus Joseph.

Brother Anselm was the President of La Salle College during the 1930s and Brother Erminus Joseph was the esteemed Director of Novices for two decades (1942-1962).  As relaxing as the Fourth of July was in American houses of formation in those days, the very next day was “business as usual” with everyone returning to their standard routines.

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