Captured in Time
Religious Vocation — A Family Affair
In the afterglow of Christmas comes January
and Vocation Awareness Week (January 9-15)
Pictured here is a family which could write volumes on vocations—precisely because seven of the eleven children fulfilled a church vocation! Meet Mr. and Mrs. Henry Allgeier (Fort Wayne, IN) and their family in a 1926 posing.
Three of the boys became Christian Brothers (l to r): Br. Dacius Sebastian, robe 1915; Br. Gabriel Thomas, robe 1907; and Br. Edward John, robe 1911.
Each made notable contributions to the legacy Baltimore District. Three of the girls entered the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Another son became Reverend (later Monsignor) Nicholas Allgeier. A remarkable story and a phenomenon that will probably never be equaled again in the United States!
If you know more about this photo you would like to share, contact Brother Joe Grabenstein (La Salle University Archives) at grabenst@lasalle.edu
