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Theyustory.of .education is in-M^l^.b'ouhd-'up ;with the his-,orj^|fdfi‘'itrie - C a t h o 1 i c Church :hfOUgh6ut; the1 world: The cate-:histfe'4the- teaching Brothers and Sistets .frwork' hand in hand with ;hej»rriissipnary. Hence, in writing up4.the‘ l}istory' of the Diocese of Matchez‘during its century of existence the record would not be :oilriplete'l“Without an account of i1sj>great''"educational institutions. Atiiorlg’.'thc ‘earliest of these great s-clibols'I stands St. Stanislaus col-U ge^6f(Bay St. Louis, Miss. This well-known school approaches its I00th1l.annivorsary, amassing dur-ingr.its years of existence an enviable'reputation for imparting a staunch" and sturdy Catholic train-ing,5-’ along-' with a well-grounded education in the secular branches 01 learning.
Wlion, ' in ' 184C, Brother Poly-carp,Vat'that time superior-general ot theBrothers of the Sacred Heart; resolved to comply with the rt-cjuest-oj’ Mpst -Rev. Michael Por-tiei’,'l3isliop of Mobile, and send out the ^community's missionary band, he-chose - Brothers Alphonse, David,-.Athanasius, Baptiste and Pla-cide<- .vThese-'pioneers left France on September 23, 1846, and landed ;att.Mobiie'-'on January 13, 1847. Th/^iWor-fc^jjrt Mobile attracted considerable’ attention among the clergyi'and Re Vs Stanislaus Buteux,'^pastor-Of Bay-St. Louis, con-ceivedMthef’ldea-'of establishing a boa^dingVschOor'ih- his parish and placitig^he:. Brothers' of the Sa-crej^^earti, iff. QhVge.'r Accordingly,1^e',%orntnunicatcd with., the Broth^jJ^Tlh7 Mobile .and also with Brqth^ft'teolyfcarp,-'the ! "superior-jgenefaijftfThe’.Result-of these let-tersWa^Tlh'k^B roth’er 'Athanasius wag^told'-.to.'go to Bay St. Louis, hispect“thbJprospects •and'malce'a reppit'.';pfVhis. findings.
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Father Stanislaus Buteux, Early Bay St. Louis Pastor, Brought Brothers of Sacred Heart to the Gulf Coast in 1855; Record Development Noted During Eight Decades
An airplane view of St. Stanislaus college, Bay St. Louis. The boarding- and day school for boys is conducted by the Brothers of the Sacred Heart. The school was opened in;18S5 by Rev. S. Buteux,
with him five Brothers. He and Brother Athanasius from Mobile set to work to teach them English. In the meantime Brothers Marie- Leon and' Lucius super-* vised the erection of the school, which was opened in the fall of 1855 and was called St: Stanislaus school ih honor "Of .the patron of the pastor.
The~reputation of the new establishment soon grew; the number’ of students^increased/'fronv year to year and additions to the original building were made.
In »1870 the; institution was chartered by the legislature of the State of Mississippi and was em-
powered to grant diplomas and confer degrees under the name of St. Stanislaus Commercial college.
Disaster Strikes St. Stanislaus college continued to grow and weathered many little storms, but n major disaster overtook it in 1903. On June 21, just as the institution was closing a very successful year, a terrible, fire reduced the main buildings to ashes. In a few minutes the fruit of half a century^ of labor was destroyed,
. Little time was losttin vain regrets and the Brothers set to work to rebuild. School opened in temporary buildings in September,
while the work of rebuilding went On. Three large brick structures were erected. The’ central biiild*-ing contained the dormitories, study halls, office and chapel. The lower floors of the wings were Classrooms and the upper floors were dormitories and quarters for the faculty. These structures of ornamental yellow brick,- surmounted with their cross-crowned domes, and setting back -100 feet from the :bay, present- a most pleasing , appearance to the pas* §erby. /
Then followed a period of great prosperity and expansion. The student body, increased to grati-. fying numbers. In 1924 a fourth
large building: was erected con-tainiftg- Classrooms,' toilets, showers, reci'eationvrooms and a large ^ . modern'gymnabium. This ’was fol-V-v lowed'in* 1929 by the south wingv which includes a spacious and' beautiful chapel,' a* large study hall and two very modern sqience laboratories. 1 St. Stanislaus college has al- v ways held an enviable position among the educational institutions of the South. Its faculties have always been strong and its presidents have been men of marked ability in the order, many of them later becoming provincial superiors of the Brothers of the United States. Among these latter may be mentioned Brother Athanasius, the founder ol the school, and Brothers Isidore, Lambert and Macarius. Names of other notables who have guided the institution to glorious heights ore Brother Berchmans and Brother Peter, now principal of Catholic High, Baton Rouge, La.
Accredited in 1935 Brother William, present head, hssumed office just at the peak of the’ depression, a most disheartening time in all boarding schools. Undaunted, he proceeded to build up the school'in numbers and in high standards of scholastic attainment and with great success. At present the number of students is normal and the education standards are so high that the school was accredited two years ago by the Southern'- Association of Colleges c and Secondary Schools. .In 1912.
' the charter empowering the grant-: ing of degrees lapsed and now the’-•institution is limited, to imparting knowledge to students of the . jgrammar'and high school grades. r i Graduates from ' St. Stanislaus -' college afe found in every walk o£ life, many of them attaining great success.' Its present- student body* is drawn from seven states and... five foreign, .countries;. «The; ma-s; jority of the student body comes, * however, from the states'of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. *
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The Gulf Coast of Mississippi de Brabant, Abbe Juif, Father Father Richard,- a French secular looms most important in the Co- Prothais Boyer,-(Abbe Darquevau priest, took: up his duties as pastor •lonial history of the Mississippi and others. '	at BiloxL He continued serving
Valley, - It was along: this nwggft- After New'-Bilofci became the at .Biloxi until July, 1721. While that the first French seU’.i^|fflpP5*capital'of. the'bolony, that settle-^e was'at Biloxi, he performed
to establish permaneni^®‘setile- ment was an. important center and'some Carriages. Sixty-two oth-ments. Biloxi may well be called a priest was always stationed at erf Were _ performed by other “the Plymouth or the Jamestown that point. ''The records’Of the priests at Biloxi, of the Mississippi .Valley,’’- for Baptisms and marriages performed An entry of August 16,_ 1721, is there the first and oldest settle- on the coast found their-way to signed’by Father Le Monier, Who rnent in the lower valley was es--]\jew. Orleans after the capitalwas.-s'gn? simply as “priest.” Several tablished. .	transferred 'from' Ngw Biloxi to entries after this time are signed*
It is natural to expect to find New Orleans and a 'transcript of by J Abbe Darquevau, who later -the missionary there in those ear- them is one of the treasures-'of.the* .went up to Yazoo, ly days, for wherever the French archives of the St. Louis Cathe--*	January, 1722, Father Dorez
explorer or colonizer went there dral at New'Orleans. -■-	'•	became pastor at “the Old Fort of r
also went or even preceded them, Frnin .these the natient resps'reh	and continued his services
the Catholic missionary. Father	mav	eatte^thS	ontil	1723'	Father	Dorez	aL-
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Father.St. Cosme all visited there When the Company of the - In- chaplain, officiated as pastor pro:. , in the first few years of French idl®s. t°°k °ver the,.	®	tem at Old Biloxi, his entry show-
colonial effort at the beginning of ^	inS a •marriage of Nicolas Dartello
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dies leased the vast Colony of Lou- Alabal^ai west Florida,- Tennes- - After ^ew‘ Orleans -became the - • isiana in 1717, new impetus was gee and Kentucky,‘were included Capital" city Of Louisiaha, Biloxi' fiiVeivr- •	6 Louisiana colony and^ Jn thg terriiory under the jurisdic-. lost.'its jiftipoftance- and virtually 3;r-.
the Mississippi coast.felt the influ- tion Qf the- Carmelite Fathers. But .everything1-, was'transferred to' the -f ,	v	It	members of thatprder had already new-capital..- Only-.-a- warehouse
Law. The Yazoo and Natchez sec- established themselves at Mobile and ■ atfsmall'igarrison :were main-tions southwest Mississippi and and had expanded their -work west tained'.^fc that point.-Father Dorez-1 * the Gulf region, all were sites foi far New«' Orleans;-; They . Confandedwhis ministrations at the -f" great plantations known as con-	served	the coast settlements. also,' old^settlement- until some time in
cessions. Regular chaplains were	from	1720 to 1722, but in. the lat- ' l723,-but after he left, there was no
established on these concessions,	tej.	r> they-were^recalled and priest stationed-at-that point.. The	^
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litfe Fathers,■’^erved' aS ]pastbr,: of lessjvthe isettler^s- inust -have- been '-f.^ Old Biloxi in 1722, .during^be lat-" visited--by the priest'from Mobile' -;^’ *
ter"part Of the yeac.^. DUrifig Feb- Or those-from New Orleans or-pos-v/v. -fuary, 1721, Father SChacles, also a sibly- those-who went to the coast *.#)<£ Discalced Cal-melite, served .as the to embark^ for ' France, as for a- ^ next pastor of Old Biloxi. These time, ships: landed at Ship Inland-. were the only two’Carmelites who' T During• the?eariy.,-years--•<>*;the*3* labored in Mississippi;during this - John -Law -boom, -Biloxi.beach-.wafl^.i colonial period^ ’'	a colorful even though .di?malc«.c;
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thaplain of the Company of the the beach, also.waiting ,to bfe flriv> Indies, on the'vessel ita Lexandre en on to thesfe >-same concessions <l!Alexandre), certify having iuri- Where-.they"were^tb-'take1’Up their,
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