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Record of Fr. Buechel's admission to the Jesuit Novitiate in exile in Mlijenbeek (Blyenbeck) Holland on October 12, 1897.
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This is the entry in the prefect's diary on Fr. Buechel's first day as a novice. Translation: Exercises Begin 6 ½ instruction, meditation; 7 ½ supper, relaxationetc… (See no. 13 of this [page])12 feria III [Tuesday] Order of Exercises 8 :15 instruction. At about 12 o’clock C[arissime] Büchel (Fulda) came; for 5 min[utes] before thatmade examen, then by angel [“guardian angel”] was ledthrough the house; with the angels and another novicefriend began recreation, some things were briefly explained , began at 1:45 o’clock to follow the order [daily order] of the others. Between tasks was led to brothers Jung et Bilgary, R.P. Socius, R.P. Rector; gave the angel expensive things [personal possessions] to be given to P. Minister, wrote out the daily order, which from now on is to be followed.Day I Exercise [???] Thomas, cap. [chapter] lib. [bk] III, chap[ters] 9,10,16,26,44.Reading at table “Rodericus” [Rodriguez] on prayer.13 feria IV [Wednesday] Order of Exercises; on my own; 8:15 instruction. Another angel [and?] C. Büchel at the beginning of tasks taught the proper way to make a bed. 2 Ci [Carissimi] join. 9:30 refreshments (snacks) [Haustus], Father Stänner did not celebrate Thomas. L. III. C. 52.8.4.14,20, l.I cap 21,22.Mass at 11.During relaxation it is not allowed to either read or write; it is allowed to pray either one rosary or make the Way of the Cross. In the last quarter hour of midday relaxation it is allowed to visit the chapel; in the evening only a brief visit before Litanies
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Examine semester during Fr. Buechel's Novitiate. Document Transcription: A.M.D.G., 5 Ego infra scriptus propono Constitutiones Societatis fideliter servare, precipue: 1. Promptitudinem animi et obedientiam in omnibus 2. Indifferentiam circa quemvis Societatis gradum 3. Rationem conscientiae superioribus reddere, quoties placuerit 4.ontentus sum, ut, quaecunque in me notata fuerint, manifestantur 5. Paratus sum, juvare ad aliorum emendationem eorumque defectus juxta superiorum praescripta ad majorem dei gloriam manifestare 6. Quandoque superioribus visum fuerit, post elapsum annum ab ingresso meo, expediam me ab omnibus fortunae bonis. 7. Servabo promptam indifferentiam ad quemcunque laborem, ad quodvis munus, ad quaecunque studia. Quorum in fidem ego examinatus a R.P. Thill, magister novitiorum haec scripsi et subsignavi Blyenbeck, die 10 mensis novembri, 1897 Eugenius Buchel. etc. TRANSLATION: I, the undersigned, propose to faithfully observe the Constitutions of the Society, especially:
1.Promptness of soul (spirit) and obedience in everything 2. Indifference about whatever grade in the Society 3. To render an account of conscience to the superior as often as it pleases him 4. I am content that whatever in me has been noted (observed) should be manifested 5. I am prepared to help in the emendation (correction) of others and to manifest their defects, according to the prescripts (wishes) of superiors, for the greater glory of God 6. Whenever it seems good to superiors, after a year has elapsed since my entrance, to divest myself of all goods of fortune (i.e. inheritance).
7. I will observe prompt indifference for whatever labor (work), or whatever type of job, or whatever studies All of which, having been examined in faith by R.P. Thill, master of novices, I have written down and signed. Blyenbeck, 10th day of November, 1897, May 16 1898, October 26, 1898, April 30, 1899
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This book records Fr. Buechel's admission to first vows in the Society of Jesus on October 15, 1899.
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This is a picture of the Jesuit Novitiate in )Blijenbeek) Blyenbeck, Netherlands, which housed the German province novitiate.
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Novitiate building of the German province in exile, Blijenbeek (Blyenbeck) Netherlands where Fr. Buechel underwent his two year novitiate in the Society of Jesus.
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This is the Jesuit house in Exaeten (Exaten) Holland where Fr. Buechel did his Juniorate (philosophy and humanities studies) from October 1899 until July 1900. The building also served as the residence for the Provincial of the German Province in Exile.
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This is the Jesuit house in Exaeten (Exaten) Holland where Fr. Buechel did his Juniorate from October 1899 until July 1900. The building also served as the residence for the Provincial of the German Province in Exile.
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This is the Jesuit house in Exaeten (Exaten) Holland where Fr. Buechel did his Juniorate from October 1899 until July 1900. The building also served as the residence for the Provincial of the German Province in Exile.
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This is the Jesuit house in Exaeten (Exaten) Holland where Fr. Buechel did his Juniorate from October 1899 until July 1900. The building also served as the residence for the Provincial of the German Province in Exile.
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This is the Jesuit house in Exaeten (Exaten) Holland where Fr. Buechel did his Juniorate from October 1899 until July 1900. The building also served as the residence for the Provincial of the German Province in Exile.
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This is the Jesuit house in Exaeten (Exaten) Holland where Fr. Buechel did his Juniorate from October 1899 until July 1900. The building also served as the residence for the Provincial of the German Province in Exile.
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This is the Jesuit house in Exaeten (Exaten) Holland where Fr. Buechel did his Juniorate from October 1899 until July 1900. The building also served as the residence for the Provincial of the German Province in Exile.
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Fr. Eugene Buechel, S.J., second from left, traveled to Fort Thompson on the Crow Creek Reservation for the “Little Congress,” July 17- 22, 1924. The “Little Congress” served people who could not travel the long distance to the annual Catholic Sioux Congress. Two photographs showing Fr. Buechel were taken at the Little Congress on July 20 by Mrs. Dog. Fr. Sylvester Eisenman, O.S.B., is standing fifth from left. Fr. Justin Snyder, O.S.B., pastor at Crow Creek, is sixth from left. The other people are not identified.
Sources:
Fr. Eugene Buechel, S.J. diary; July 16-23, 1924.
Fr. Eugene Buechel, photo logbook, No. 54, July 20, 1924.
Fr. Stan Maudlin, O.S.B.
The Indian Sentinel: 1924, v. 4, No. 4; pp. 151-152: http://digitalmarquette.cdmhost.com/u?/p15072coll2,2926
Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum, St. Francis, SD
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Several hundred people attended the 1924 Little Congress where Fr. Eugene Buechel, S.J., second from left, said Mass, administered sacraments, visited the sick, preached at High Mass, attended meetings and translated the sermon of Bishop Bernard J. Mahoney, Dakota Wambli, of the Sioux Falls, S.D. Diocese. St. Francis Mission catechists Jacob La Pointe and Bill Randall, not pictured, attended the “Little Congress” with Fr. Buechel. The catechists earned public praise for their work of helping priests instruct people for the sacrament of confirmation. This photo was taken July 20 by Mrs. Dog.
Sources:
Fr. Eugene Buechel, S.J. diary; July 16-23, 1924.
Fr. Eugene Buechel, photo logbook, No. 55, July 20, 1924.
Fr. Stan Maudlin, O.S.B.
The Indian Sentinel: 1924, v. 4, No. 4; pp. 151-152: http://digitalmarquette.cdmhost.com/u?/p15072coll2,2926
Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum, St. Francis, SD
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Jesuit Community of St. Francis Mission, 1917
From left, top row: Br. Bernard Hinderhofer, S.J.; Br, Theodor I. Sturm, S.J.; Br. Willibald Dreier, S.J.; Br. Anthony Axt, S.J.; Br. Wendelin J. Waible, S.J.; Br. Henry Rupp, S.J.
From left, second row: Fr. Leo Cunningham, S.J.; Br. Adam Vollmayer, S.J.; Br. John Taggiasco, S.J.; Br. Andrew Hartmann, S.J.; Fr. Joseph Zimmerman, S.J.
From left, front row: Br. Joseph Kohls, S.J.; Fr. Florentin Digmann, S.J.; Fr. Eugene Buechel, S.J.; Fr. Henry Grothe, S.J.; Br. Mueller. S.J.
Source: “The Blackrobe in the Land of the Wigwam,” St. Francis Mission, St. Francis, S.D., 1921.
Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum, St. Francis, SD
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Speaking Lakota
Seen with a Franciscan in this undated photograph, Fr. Eugene Buechel, S.J. was assigned to Holy Rosary Mission on the Pine Ridge, S.D. reservation as a teacher in 1907. The following year, he was made superior, a position he held for eight years. His service to the Lakota people on Pine Ridge and Rosebud Reservations continued until his death on Oct. 27, 1954. Fr. Buechel learned the Lakota language during the early years. An August 1909 entry in his diary describes how he instructed, baptized and gave Extreme Unction (now called Anointing the Sick) to an elderly couple at American Horse Creek on Pine Ridge. It was his first attempt to explain certain teachings in the Lakota language. “…It went well enough, I believe,” he wrote.
Sources:
Eugene Buechel, S.J. Diary; Aug. 27, 1909.
The Indian Sentinel: 1954, v. 34, No. 10; pp. 154-155.
Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum, St. Francis, SD
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Fr. Eugene Buechel, S.J., leans on a car outside Immaculate Conception Church at Two Strike, S.D., in this undated photo. The church was built in 1927. Fr. Buechel made frequent diary entries about the perils of winter travel to his mission stations on Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations, particularly after automobiles became available. An early example is March 5, 1917, when catechist Jake La Pointe drove Fr. Buechel to the Okreek mission station on Rosebud reservation. La Pointe’s auto “could not make a hill” on a muddy road. Fr. Buechel walked to the nearest farm for a team of horses to help them along. As they prepared to leave Okreek the next day, “a blizzard announced itself. We left for home anyhow – to make one of the worst trips I ever had.” Extreme weather conditions, undeveloped roads and less-than-reliable cars were a daily challenge for missionaries and catechists for decades.
Source
Fr. Eugene Buechel, S.J. diary; March 5 & 6, 1917.
Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum, St. Francis, SD
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Fr. Eugene Buechel, S.J., sixth from left, appears with some of the many participants in the July 15-18, 1935, Catholic Sioux Congress at St. Michael’s Indian Mission near Fort Totten, N.D. The Rev. Leo Durkin, of the Diocese of Sioux Falls, S.D., is at Fr. Buechel’s right. Art Neibauer, who worked for many years at St. Michael’s, is fourth from the right. Other people in the photograph are unidentified
Fr. Damien Preske, O.S.B., invited Fr. Buechel to the Congress at St. Michael’s where Fr. Buechel delivered talks and sermons before large crowds. He also participated in informal discussions with small groups and individuals. He wrote about the experience in his diary, noting the warmth and humor of the people. He also noted curious differences in word meanings from those of the people he served on the Rosebud and Pine Ridge reservations.
Fr. Buechel attended the Congress with Fr. Stephen E. McNamara, S.J., of St. Francis Mission. They arrived home at 6 p.m. July 19 “with the feeling that this was a perfect trip and that we had had a glorious time that we shall not forget.”
This link to The Indian Sentinel shows Fr. Eugene Buechel, S.J., with Benedictine priests, including Fr. Damien Preske, O.S.B., at the 1935 Sioux Indian Congress at St. Michael’s Indian Mission near Fort Totten, N.D.
http://digitalmarquette.cdmhost.com/u?/p15072coll2,5645
Sources:
Fr. Eugene Buechel, S.J. diary; July 15-19, 1935.
Fr. Stan Maudlin, O.S.B.
The Indian Sentinel: 1935, v. 15, No. 4; p. 78.
Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum, St. Francis, SD
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Marilyn, Nancy and Robert Runte traveled from Milwaukee to St. Francis Mission on the Rosebud reservation (S.D.) with their parents, Clarence and Annie Runte, to visit Fr. Eugene Buechel, S.J., June 7 to 14, 1937. Clarence was Fr. Buechel’s cousin. On the first day of the visit, Fr. Buechel baptized a baby Clarence Aloysius son of Wm. Points at Him and Hermine White Horse, born May 21, 1937. Clarence served as sponsor for the child who was named Clarence Aloysius.
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Fr. Eugene Buechel, S.J. diary; June 8-14, 1937.
Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum, St. Francis, SD
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