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Academy Also Begun
While in France he obtained three Sisters of St. Joseph of Bourg to open a school for girls in this parish. The Sisters arrived in Bay ST. Louis January 6, 1855, to begin the foundations of the present St. Joseph’s academy. The pastor went to France a few years later to seek additional Sister for his mission. He went to Ars, where he consulted the saintly cure, St. John Mary Vianney. From Ars he petitioned Mother Claude to send more Sisters to the Bay. Wisely enough, he had the holy priest countersign the letter to the superior. It is hardly necessary to add that the request was granted. St. Joseph’s academy was the first foundation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Bourg in the United States.
Long years spent in pioneer mission work finally sapped the strength of the good pastor. On November 17,1859, he was relieved of his duties, and the remaining years of his life were spent as chaplain to several Catholic institutions in Boston. Bishop Elder paid him this final tribute. “On June 14, 1875, Rev. Louis Stanislaus Mary Buteux died in Boston, after years of fruitful labor and others spent in patient suffering, still occupied with the service of souls.”