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spelling PSF Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis Records Guide University of Notre Dame Archives University of Notre Dame Archives 2019 Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 Description based on paper finding aids and inhouse database. English PSF Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis Records 1871-[ongoing] Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis 6 linear feet of manuscript material. 1.25 linear feet of printed material. 1 linear foot of objects. 4 linear feet of photographic material. .25 linear feet of audiovisual material . University of Notre Dame Archives Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 English. Administrative Information Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis Restricted by contract. Preferred Citation Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis Records (PSF), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556 Scope and Content Constitutions and statutes from the North American Province (1903-1986); rules from foreign provinces; CFP prayer books; statistical documents and directories; provincial newsletters; chronicles, commemoratives and necrologies collected and processed in the early 1990s under the supervision of Superior General Mark Gastel, CFP; newsletters and publications received from the provinces in Germany, Holland and Brazil; biographies of John Höver (Hoever) gathered during a translation project in the 1980s; informational brochures, newsletters and historical materials from Morris School in Searcy, Arkansas; school newspapers and historical materials from Mount Alverno; records for the St. Margaret's Society (a Cincinnati laywomen's organization for charitable aid to the order, 1910s-1960s); financial ledgers for the province (1871-1881; 1905-1931; 1938-1974) which include sporadic financial information on various institutions; financial ledgers for Mount Alverno (1918-1925; 1929-1979); student ledgers for Mount Alverno and the St. Vincent's Home for Boys (Cincinnati); photos and negatives; photographic glass plates of Morris School and vicinity; an 1897 sketched map of the Mount Alverno grounds; printed material including prayer books and published biographies of Höver (Hoever); meditation audio cassettes produced by Brother Christopher Singler, CFP; and a Golden Jubilee garland belonging to Brother Werner Rahm, CFP. The records of the Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis consist primarily of manuscripts and financial ledgers for the province and for Mount Alverno School but contain printed and photographic material, audiocassettes and an artifact. With the exception of the earliest ledgers and parts of the photo collection, the period covered by the materials begins in the first decade of the twentieth century and continues through 1992. The order's internal histories also include reproductions of chronicles written in the late nineteenth century. The manuscripts in the collection do not reflect a systematic office structure. They begin with the constitutions, statutes, prayer books and related documents that pertain either to the whole order or to the members of the American congregation. These items are followed by chronicles, newsletters and similar materials gathered and reproduced in Burlington in the early 1990s in a conscious effort to preserve the order's history. A separate series presents materials collected for a biographical project on the life of the founder. The non-financial papers of specific institutions, each primarily an assortment of chronicles and newsletters, retain the order in which they were contributed. Morris School and Mount Alverno are the only apostolates represented among these institutional records. Finally, a series of financial records of contributions to the order and the notebooks of three St. Margaret's Societies complete the collection. Without an office structure or the papers of particular brothers to serve as a consistent organizing principle for the collection, the records are presented according to document type and project and are arranged in two broad groups: papers and ledger books. Thus the community's constitutions, statutes, directories and rule of life commence the arrangement in chronological order from 1903 to the most recent included draft revision in 1986. Several of these documents were kept in files marked as constitutions prior to or after 1969; where documents that are identified with title and date are marked and filed accordingly, undated documents have retained this differentiation. The reason for selecting 1969 as a watershed year is unclear, as the brothers did not demonstrate strong interest in deliberated constitutional revision until the 1980s. Prayer books follow a similar arrangement, although no file separate existed for prayer books after 1969. These manuals and booklets were prepared for internal use. General prayer books, such as the Divine Office, may be found in the collection of printed materials. In 1992, Brother Mark Gastel, acting as Superior General of the order, authorized the preservation of several chronicles that documented the development of the order in the United States beginning in 1868. Several of these reproductions appear among other materials such as commemorative books, community directories, newspaper clippings, a file of Brother Christopher Singler's educational and spiritual projects from the 1970s and 1980s, necrologies and provincial publications assembled during this internal history project. Newsletters and series of chronicles are arranged chronologically; otherwise these records retain the order in which they were donated. An earlier project completed in 1985 concentrated upon the life of the founder and resulted in the publication of two translations of Höver (Hoever) biographies as well as the collection of related materials. The first, Brother Theodore Weber's old translation of Hans Hummeler, was published in 1983; in 1985, Helmut Neurohr finished his translation of Heinrich Schiffer's 1930 work. Published copies of each translation may be found with other works on Höver (Hoever) among the order's printed materials. The collection of biographical manuscripts, which follows the internal history series, consists of typed copies of each of these works, unattributed and undated biographies that appear to be largely derived from them, an original biography in English by the Rev. John Harbrecht and notes from these works compiled by Brother Mark Gastel. As noted in the historical sketch, the Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis became involved in several ministries around the United States while maintaining their own institutions, principally Morris School and Mount Alverno. Records for these institutions are arranged alphabetically by institution. Within each institutional grouping, the records are kept in their original order with newsletters and student newspapers filed chronologically. Such items comprise the bulk of the Morris School and Mount Alverno collections, which also contain informational booklets, commemorative booklets, student handbooks, school-specific chronicles, yearbooks, a narrative of the 1906 fire that burned most of Mount Alverno, and assorted financial records that were originally located in ledgers but were removed for the purpose of preservation. The remainder of the manuscripts are the ledgers, grouped once again according to originating entity. Accounts for external contributions and notebooks from the various St. Margaret's Societies that organized to offer financial support to the order in Cincinnati appear first, followed by provincial ledger books, and a miscellaneous collection that could not be attributed to one particular institution with certainty. Ledgers for Mount Alverno School and the St. Vincent's Home for Boys follow. In each case, membership or pupil ledgers were separated from financial ledgers within their institutional grouping. Background The Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis Seraph (CFP) are a religious order of men founded in 1857 by John Philip Höver (Hoever), a schoolteacher and widowed father of two boys, in the German city of Aachen. The brothers' constitutions are based upon the tertiary rule of the Franciscans and the community has maintained ties with the Franciscans in the United States. The order first arrived in America in 1866 and established the Mount Alverno Protectory for Boys, their first school and farm near Delhi, Ohio, just outside Cincinnati. Taking in boys whose parents had died or were unable to care for them properly, the brothers extended their vision of "Christ in the Poor" to a steadily growing body of other institutions in Ohio and Kentucky. The scale of their activity merited the establishment of the North American Province of St. Joseph in 1913. Eventually the apostolate spread to schools and ministries at various times in Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Dakota and Texas. HISTORICAL SKETCH The Congregation of the Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis Seraph was founded by John Philip Höver (Hoever) as a community of religious brothers dedicated to serving the abandoned and troubled boys of the city of Aachen. Höver (Hoever) was an experienced teacher and schoolmaster whose wife died after the birth of their second son in 1845. His struggle to raise his children on a teacher's income alerted him to the needs of the city's poor, especially those of the youth. Work with the St. Vincent de Paul Society and friendships with Mother Francis Schervier of the Aachener Society of the Poor Sisters of St. Francis and Aachen Bishop John Laurent slowly developed his receptivity to a religious vocation. On December 23, 1857, Höver (Hoever) and three other men committed themselves to live according to the tertiary rule of the Franciscan Order and to dedicate their efforts to "the total care of neglected male youths." [Unattributed biography of John Philipp Höver (Hoever), box 3, folder 30, p. 80.] Shortly after Höver's death in the mid-1860s, a small group of brothers journeyed to the United States with the intention of establishing a school for boys. They settled in the Cincinnati area and built the Mount Alverno Protectory for Boys, a school that provided academic and manual training for school-aged runaways and boys whose parents were unable to care for them. Hostility toward the Catholic Church and religious orders during the German Kulturkampf of the 1870s proved beneficial to the American community as the Aachen motherhouse moved to Bleyerheide, Holland and sent several brothers to assist with the work at Mount Alverno. By 1913, the community, working at Mount Alverno and the St. Vincent's Home on Bank Street in Cincinnati, had grown large enough to establish itself as the congregation's North American Province of St. Joseph. The community continued to expand through the end of the 1960s both in membership and apostolates but saw recruitment and lasting professions lag in subsequent decades. By 1998, through the steady retirement and departure of members, total provincial membership sank to 24 professed members and found the remaining brothers dispersed across several assignments at schools, prisons and hospitals. The Morris School for Boys, established in 1922 near Searcy, Arkansas, continues to be the brothers' primary ministry. The order's motherhouse remains in Aachen and the order maintains houses in Brazil, Holland and the United States. Related Material Brothers of the Good Shepherd Records Xaverian Brothers Records Xaverian Brothers. English Province Records Xaverian Brothers. Northeastern Province Records National Assembly of Religious Brothers Papers Brothers of Holy Cross. Midwest Province (Notre Dame, Ind.) Collection Congregation of Holy Cross Records Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis. CPSF Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis: Manuscripts CPSF 1-4/ Provincial Papers CPSF 1/ Constitutions CPSF 1/01 Constitutions 1903 CPSF 1/02 Statutes and Rule 1905,1910 CPSF 1/03 Statutes and Rule 1912,1928 CPSF 1/04 Directory and Guidelines 1913 CPSF 1/05 Ritual Instructions 1941 CPSF 1/06 Constitutions 1941 CPSF 1/07 Constitutions Prior to 1969 nd CPSF 1/08 Constitutions Prior to 1969 nd CPSF 1/09 Rule and Constitution nd CPSF 1/10 Rule of Life of the Brothers of the Poor of St Francis 1973 CPSF 1/11 Revision 1973 CPSF 1/12 Statutes and Norms - North American Province - Statutes and Norms - St. Joseph Province 1973 CPSF 1/13 Constitutions - Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis 1976 CPSF 1/14 Directorium 1976 CPSF 1/15 Directives - Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis 1978,1980 CPSF 1/16 Constitutions - Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis 1978 CPSF 1/17 Drafts of Constitutions / Directories 1978-1981 CPSF 1/18 Drafts of Constitutions / Directories 1978-1981 CPSF 1/19 Interim Way of Life nd CPSF 1/20 Interim Way of Life nd CPSF 1/21 Provincial Directory - North American Province - Provincial Directory - St. Joseph Province 1981 CPSF 1/22 Policy Manual (Draft) North American Province - Policy Manual (Draft) St. Joseph Province 1981 CPSF 1/23 Policy Manual (Draft) North American Province - Policy Manual (Draft) St. Joseph Province 1981 CPSF 1/24 Policy Manual (Final) North American Province - Policy Manual (Final) St. Joseph Province 1981 CPSF 1/25 Constitutions after 1969 (Draft 1) 1980 CPSF 1/26 Constitutions after 1969 (Draft 2) 1980 CPSF 1/27 Constitutions after 1969 (Draft) 1981 CPSF 1/28 Constitutions after 1969 1982 CPSF 1/29 Constitutions after 1969 (Provincial Directory) 1982 CPSF 1/30 Constitutions after 1969 (Final) 1982 CPSF 1/31 Constitutions after 1969 1982 CPSF 1/32 Constitutions after 1969 1987 CPSF 1/33 Policy Manual 1983 CPSF 1/34 Policy Manual 1986 CPSF 1/35 Rule of Life / Statutes and Norms nd CPSF 1/36 Rule of Life of the Brothers of the Poor of St Francis nd CPSF 1/37 Constitution - Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis nd CPSF 1/38 Interim Way of Life of the Brothers (Holland) nd CPSF 1/39 Constitutions nd CPSF 1/40 Konstitutionen nd CPSF 2/ Prayer Books CPSF 2/01 Prayer Book 1908 CPSF 2/02 Prayer Book 1913 CPSF 2/03 Prayer Book 1913 CPSF 2/04 Prayer Book 1913 CPSF 2/05 Prayer Book 1921 CPSF 2/06 Prayer Book 1921 CPSF 2/07 Prayer Book 1930 CPSF 2/08 Prayer Book 1949 CPSF 2/09 Prayer Book 1955 CPSF 2/10 Prayer Book 1955 CPSF 2/11 Prayer Book ante 1969 CPSF 2/12 Prayer Book ante 1969 CPSF 2/13 Prayer Book ante 1969 CPSF 2/14 Prayers for Postulants ante 1969 CPSF 2-3 Internal History CPSF 2/15 125th Jubilee Commemorative (Brazil) 1982 CPSF 2/16 Brother Christopher's Projects nd CPSF 2/17 Brother Christopher's Projects nd CPSF 2/18 Directories / Statistics 1987,1992 CPSF 2/19 Provincial Newsletters - Br. Michael Kinberger 1971-1973 CPSF 2/20 Provincial Newsletters - Br. Michael Kinberger 1974-1976 CPSF 2/21 Provincial Newsletters - Br. Michael Kinberger 1977 CPSF 2/22 Provincial Newsletters - Br. Michael Kinberger 1977 CPSF 2/23 Provincial Newsletters - Br. Michael Kinberger 1978-1979 CPSF 2/24 Provincial Newsletters - Br. Michael Kinberger 1979-1980 CPSF 2/25 Summer Program and Residence nd CPSF 2/26 Chronicles - Br. Matthew Lyons 1957 CPSF 2/27 Chronicles - Br. Matthew Lyons 1957-1959 CPSF 2/28 Chronicles - Br. Matthew Lyons 1959-1960 CPSF 3/01 Rite of Final Profession nd CPSF 3/02 Brothers' Jubilee Commemoratives nd CPSF 3/03 Provincial Chronicle - Franciscans (OFM) 1956-1958 CPSF 3/04 Provincial Chronicle - Franciscans (OFM) 1958-1962 CPSF 3/05 Provincial Chronicle - Franciscans (OFM) 1963,1978 CPSF 3/06 Centenary 1957 CPSF 3/07 Trip to Brazil - Br. Matthew Lyons 1964 CPSF 3/08 Necrology - American Province 1970s CPSF 3/09 CFP Assembly 1981 CPSF 3/10 Community Directory - North American Province 1982 CPSF 3/11 Untitled Chronicle of Founding - Br. Lucas Junemann 1982 CPSF 3/12 800th Anniversary of the Birth of St. Francis 1982 CPSF 3/13 75th Jubilee Commemorative - North American Province 1988 CPSF 3/14 Historic Sketch of the American Province (c.1908) 1991 CPSF 3/15 Chronicle of Br. Matthew Lyons' Term as Provincial 1992 CPSF 3/16 Chronicle of the North American Province of St. Joseph - Chronicle of Province - Br. Norbert Steckel (1964) 1992 CPSF 3/17 Necrologies - American and Brazilian Provinces 1992 CPSF 3/18 Collection of German and American Chronicles of the Province of St. Joseph, 1868-1949 1992 CPSF 3/19 Collection of Chronicles - North American Province; Collection of Chronicles - St. Joseph Province; Collection of Chronicles - 1950-1969 1992 CPSF 3/20 Brief Historical Record of St. Vincent's Home 1992 CPSF 3/20 Brief Historical Record of St. Vincent's Home: Volume I (to 1912) 1992 CPSF 3/20 Brief Historical Record of St. Vincent's Home: Volume II (1913-1916) 1992 CPSF 3/21 Community Directories - Aachen 1988,1991 CPSF 3/22 Community Diary 1901-1904 CPSF 3/23 German Publications nd CPSF 3/24 German Publications nd CPSF 3/25 German Publications nd CPSF 3/26 Newspaper Clippings c1958-1988 CPSF 3/27 Newspaper Clippings c1958-1988 CPSF 3-4/ Life of Brother John Hoever, Founder CPSF 3/28 Life of Founder nd CPSF 3/29 Venerable Brother John Hoever - Br. Theodore Weber nd CPSF 3/30 Life of Brother John Hoever nd CPSF 3/31 John Philip Hoever - Hans Hummeler c1930 CPSF 3/32 Life of Founder - Hans Hummeler c1930 CPSF 3/33 Biography of Brother John Hoever - Rev. John Harbrecht 1953 CPSF 3/34 Biography of Brother John Hoever - Rev. John Harbrecht 1953 CPSF 3/35 Biography of Brother John Hoever - Rev. John Harbrecht 1953 CPSF 4/01 Biography of Brother John Hoever - Rev. John Harbrecht 1953 CPSF 4/02 John Hoever - Heinrich Schiffers - Neurohr Translation 1984 CPSF 4/03 Notes on Life of Founder - Br. Mark Gastel 1980s CPSF 4/04 Life of Founder nd CPSF 4/ Morris School Papers CPSF 4/05 Morris School - Grade Book 1946-1961 CPSF 4/06 St. Edward's German Catholic Church Centennial Booklet 1984 CPSF 4/07 Morris School - Calendar and Expenses 1987 CPSF 4/08 Diocese of Little Rock Schools Sesquicentennial 1988 CPSF 4/09 Newspaper Article 1989 CPSF 4/10 School Newspapers / CFP Newsletters 1980s CPSF 4/11 Handbooks 1980s CPSF 4/12 Information Booklets nd CPSF 4/13 Morris School Histories nd CPSF 4/14 Morris School Financial Record 1959 CPSF 4-5 Mount Alverno School Papers CPSF 4/15 Alvernia - Yearbook 1928 CPSF 4/16 Alvernia - Yearbook 1930-1931 CPSF 4/17 Alverno Sentinel 1919 CPSF 4/18 Alverno Sentinel 1920 CPSF 4/19 Alverno Sentinel 1921 CPSF 4/20 Alverno Sentinel 1924 CPSF 4/21 Alverno Sentinel 1924 CPSF 4/22 Alverno Sentinel 1925 CPSF 4/23 Alverno Sentinel 1925 CPSF 4/24 Alverno Sentinel 1926 CPSF 4/25 Alverno Sentinel 1926 CPSF 4/26 Alverno Sentinel 1927 CPSF 4/27 Alverno Sentinel 1927 CPSF 4/28 Alverno Sentinel 1928 CPSF 4/29 Alverno Sentinel 1929 CPSF 4/30 Alverno Sentinel 1930 CPSF 4/31 Anthology of Br Cassian Brenner's Writings in Sentinel 1990s CPSF 4/32 Our Little Brother - Newsletter 1943-1944 CPSF 4/33 Mount Alverno School - 1958 Festival 1958 CPSF 4/34 Mount Alverno School - Special Service Account 1960s CPSF 4/35 Mount Alverno School - 1968 Festival 1968 CPSF 4/36 Confirmations of Mt. Alverno Pupils c1935-1955 CPSF 5/01 Mt. Alverno Centennial 1970 CPSF 5/02 Brother Fire (1913) 1992 CPSF 5/03 Hi Brother - Newsletter 1963 CPSF 5/04 Hi Brother - Newsletter 1964 CPSF 5/05 Hi Brother - Newsletter 1965 CPSF 5/06 Hi Brother - Newsletter 1966-1967 CPSF 5/07 Hi Brother - Newsletter 1968 CPSF 5/08 Sacred Heart Union - Newsletter 1970 CPSF 5-26/ Ledger Books CPSF 5/ Account Ledgers - Charitable Contributions CPSF 5/09 Account of the Province 1941-1950 CPSF 5/10 Account of the Province 1950-1961 CPSF 5/11 Account of the Province - Photocopy 1950-1961 CPSF 5/12 St. Margaret Society - Directory - St. Bonaventure c1910-1960 CPSF 5/13 St. Margaret Society - St. Bonaventure - Photocopy c1910-1960 CPSF 5/14 St. Margaret Society - Directory - St. Catherine's 1926-1953 CPSF 5/15 St. Margaret Society - Directory - St Francis de Sales 1920-1934 CPSF 6-10 Account Ledgers / Membership Ledger - Province 1939-1974 CPSF 6/01 Provincial Account Ledger 1939-1943 CPSF 6/02 Provincial Account Ledger 1943-1946 CPSF 6/03 Provincial Account Ledger 1946-1947 CPSF 6/04 Provincial Account Ledger 1947-1949 CPSF 7/01 Provincial Account Ledger 1949-1952 CPSF 7/02 Provincial Account Ledger 1952-1954 CPSF 7/03 Provincial Account Ledger 1954-1957 CPSF 7/04 Provincial Account Ledger 1957-1959 CPSF 8/01 Provincial Account Ledger 1960-1963 CPSF 8/02 Provincial Account Ledger 1963-1966 CPSF 8/03 Provincial Account Ledger 1964-1968 CPSF 9/01 Provincial Account Ledger 1966-1974 CPSF 9/02 Provincial Account Ledger 1966-1970 CPSF 9/03 Provincial Account Ledger 1969-1974 CPSF 10/01 Provincial Account Ledger 1938-1960 CPSF 10/02 Provincial Account Ledger 1960-1968 CPSF 10/03 Provincial Membership Ledger 1905-1941 CPSF 11-13/ Account Ledgers - Miscellaneous / Unidentified CPSF 11/01 Unidentified Ledger 1914-1935 CPSF 11/02 Unidentified Ledger 1918-1923 CPSF 11/02 Mass Intentions 1941 CPSF 12/01 Unidentified Ledger c1905-1930 CPSF 12/02 Unidentified Ledger 1908-1915 CPSF 12/03 Unidentified Ledger 1911-1920 CPSF 13/01 Unidentified Ledger 1871-1881 CPSF 14-18 Account Ledgers - Mount Alverno School 1918-1979 CPSF 14/01 Mount Alverno Account Ledger 1918-1925 CPSF 14/02 Mount Alverno Account Ledger 1929-1935 CPSF 14/03 Mount Alverno Account Ledger 1935-1941 CPSF 15/01 Mount Alverno Account Ledger 1941-1944 CPSF 15/02 Mount Alverno Account Ledger 1944-1945 CPSF 15/03 Mount Alverno Account Ledger 1945-1948 CPSF 15/04 Mount Alverno Account Ledger 1948-1951 CPSF 15/05 Mount Alverno Account Ledger 1951-1954 CPSF 16/01 Mount Alverno Account Ledger 1954-1957 CPSF 16/02 Mount Alverno Account Ledger 1957-1963 CPSF 16/03 Mount Alverno Account Ledger 1963-1966 CPSF 17/01 Mount Alverno Account Ledger 1966-1972 CPSF 17/02 Mount Alverno Account Ledger 1968-1969 CPSF 17/03 Mount Alverno Account Ledger 1970-1973 CPSF 17/04 Mount Alverno Account Ledger 1973-1975 CPSF 18/01 Mount Alverno Account Ledger 1975-1977 CPSF 18/02 Mount Alverno Account Ledger 1977-1979 CPSF 19-22 Pupil Ledgers - Mount Alverno School 1891-1972 CPSF 19/01 Mount Alverno Pupil Ledger 1891-1906 CPSF 19/02 Mount Alverno Pupil Ledger 1903-1914 CPSF 19/03 Mount Alverno Pupil Ledger 1913-1918 CPSF 20/01 Mount Alverno Pupil Ledger 1911-1922 CPSF 21/01 Mount Alverno Pupil Ledger 1911-1922 CPSF 22/01 Mount Alverno Pupil Ledger 1932-1972 CPSF 23-26 Pupil Ledgers - St. Vincent's Home 1906-1934 CPSF 23/01 St. Vincent's / Miscellaneous Pupil Ledger 1924-1941 CPSF 23/02 St. Vincent's Pupil Ledger c1906-1912 CPSF 24/01 St. Vincent's Pupil Ledger c1906-1924 CPSF 25/01 St. Vincent's Pupil Ledger c1912-1917 CPSF 26/01 St. Vincent's Pupil Ledger c1912-1921 CPSF 27/ Oversize Documents CPSF 27/01 Regel und Konstitutionen (oversize) nd CPSF 27/02 Life of Founder (oversize) nd CPSF 27/03 Jubilee Commemorative - Brazilian Province 1982 CPSF 27/04 Alverno Sentinel 1921 CPSF 27/05 Alverno Sentinel 1922 CPSF 27/06 Alverno Sentinel 1923 CPSF 27/07 Alverno Sentinel 1927 CPSF 27/08 Financial Records of the Province 1960s CPSF 28-29/ Government 1905-2007 CPSF 28/01 Rule and Constitutions 1941 CPSF 28/02 Constitutions of the Brothers of the Poor of Saint Francis: Provincial Directory of the North American Province of Saint Joseph {Constitutions of the Brothers of the Poor of Saint Francis 1984 i.e., Rule and Constitutions CPSF 28/03 Rule and Constitutions CPSF 28/04 Rule and Constitutions for CFP - Bull of St. Pope Pius XI 1927,1941 CPSF 28/05 Rule and Constitutions for CFP - Part 2 - The Government and Structure of the Institute 1941 CPSF 28/06 Rule and Life of the Brothers and Sisters of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis 1982/1208 CPSF 28/07 Constitutions: Brothers and Sisters of the Poor St. Francis - Provincial Directory of St. Joseph Province 1984/09 CPSF 28/08 Customs of the Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis - Possible Working Pages with Inserts CPSF 28/09 Customs of the Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis - Pages un-numbered CPSF 28/10 Customs of the Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis - Part I, II, III CPSF 28/11 Directory for the Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis - Pages un-numbered CPSF 28/12 The Rule and Life of the Brothers and Sisters of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis 1982-1983 CPSF 29/01 Constitutions - Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis - Working Copy 1984 CPSF 29/02 Ritual Investiture CPSF 29/03 Election of Superior General - Congregational of Documents 1982-1994 CPSF 29/04 General Chapter Documents 1963-2007 CPSF 29/05 Provincial Chapter and Meetings St. Joseph, Cincinnati, OH 1925-1972 CPSF 29/06 Financial Records 1905-1937 CPSF 30/ Alverno Sentinel 1924-1927 CPSF 30/01 The Alverno Sentinel 1924 CPSF 30/02 The Alverno Sentinel 1924-1925 CPSF 30/03 The Alverno Sentinel 1926 CPSF 30/04 The Alverno Sentinel 1927 CPSF 30-31/ Religious Personnel 1979-2011 CPSF 30/05 Directorium and Index Personarum 1979-1991 CPSF 30/06 Directory - Index Personarum 1992-1998 CPSF 31/01 Index Personarum 1999-2003 CPSF 31/02 Index Personarum 2004-2011 CPSF 31/ Novitiate - Formation 1963-1965 CPSF 31/03 Novitiate - Formation: Hi Brother 1963-1965 CPSF 31/04 Novitiate - Formation: Hi Brother 1966-1968 CPSF 32/ Significant Persons 1877-1994 CPSF 32/01 Through My Gift - Excerpts from the Life of Blessed Frances Schervier / Theodore Maynard CPSF 32/02 Words of Frances Schervier / Sister Pauline 1946 CPSF 32/03 Mother Frances Schervier CPSF 32/04 Document of Relic - Beatification of Mother Frances Schervier 1974/0429 CPSF 32/05 The Fioretti of Blessed Frances of Aachen / Msgr. Joseph Brosch - Trans. Sr. Pauline Hill, SFP CPSF 32/06 Through My Gift - Excerpts from the Life of Blessed Frances Schervier / Theodore Maynard CPSF 32/07 Mother Frances Schervier - Talk and Slide Show Presented to the Assembly of Franciscan Sisters of the Poor 1991/0518 CPSF 32/08 Mother Frances Schervier - 150th Anniversary Booklet 1994 CPSF 32/09 Living Simply / Sister Anna Theresia Beckers SPSF and Sister Jeanne M. Glisky, SFP 1980 CPSF 32/10 Reuben Springer - Benefactor - Death Account 1884/1210 CPSF 32/11 Joseph Nusse - Benefactor - Legal Document 1895 CPSF 32/12 Sarah Peters - Benefactor - Death Account 1877/0206 CPSF 32-36/ History 1857-2009 CPSF 32/13 Manual of Prayers 1921,1955 CPSF 32/14 Prayer Cards CPSF 32/15 Die Pfarrkirche in Neuhonrath CPSF 32/16 Die Katholischen Kirchen, Klöster, Institute und Wohlthätigkeits-Anstalen Von Cincinnati Und Umgegend / Max Burgheim 1890 CPSF 32/17 The Parish Church in Neuhonrath CPSF 32/18 Francis of Assisi 1182-1982 CPSF 32/19 In Memoriam 2001 CPSF 33/01 Chronicle of the Congregation of the Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis 1857-2002 CPSF 33/02 Brief Historical Record of St. Vincent Home for Boys - Vol. I - Fourth Edition 1912 CPSF 33/03 A Collection of German and American Chronicles of the North American Province of St. Joseph 1868-1949 CPSF 33/04 A Collection of Chronicles from the North American Province of St. Joseph 1950-1969 CPSF 33/05 Chronicle of the North American Province of St. Joseph Mt. Alverno 1964 CPSF 33/06 U.S.A. Archives - Articles 1986-2009 CPSF 33/07 "God's Will Be Done" 1857-2002 CPSF 33/08 The Alverno Sentinel - Vol. IV, No. 10 1924 CPSF 33/09 Doctoral Thesis - History of Congregation - Brother Lucas Junemann, C.F.P. 1982 CPSF 33/10 Doctoral Thesis - History of Congregation - Brother Lucas Junemann, C.F.P. 1982 CPSF 33/11 The Alverno Sentinel - Vol. IV, No. 10 1924 CPSF 33/12 View of Far Lands With the Japanese 1925 CPSF 33/13 My Trip Abroad / Brother Wendelin Luken 1992 CPSF 33/14 Trip to Brazil / Brother Matthew 1991 CPSF 33/15 Visit to the Brazilian Province / Brother Robert J. Reinke, C.F.P. 1983 CPSF 34/01 Trip to Brazil / Brother Matthew 1964 CPSF 34/02 Pictures CPSF 34/03 The Burning of the Protectory at Mt. Alverno on April 21, 1906 1992 CPSF 34/04 Doctoral Thesis - History of Congregation - Brother Lucas Junemann, C.F.P. 1982 CPSF 34/05 Johannes Höver Founder of the Community of the Poor Brothers of St. Francis / Heinrich Schiffers, Ph.D. 1985 CPSF 34/06 Johannes Höver Founder of the Community of the Poor Brothers of St. Francis / Heinrich Schiffers, Ph.D. 1985 CPSF 34/07 John Hover - Founder of the Community of Poor Brothers of St. Francis / Heinrich Schiffers, Ph.D. 1984 CPSF 35/01 Johannes Höver / P. Bruno Gossens, O.M.Cap. 1934 CPSF 35/02 Brother of the Poor - John Philip Hoever Teacher and Founder - A Story / Hans Huymmeler, Ph.D. 1983 CPSF 35/03 Life of Founder in French - Brother John Philip Hover, C.F.P. CPSF 35/04 Brother John Hover - Picture CPSF 35/05 Anna Maria Katharina Hover CPSF 35/06 125 Year Anniversary of Bro. John Hover, C.F.P. / Brother Lucas Junemann, C.F.P. CPSF 35/07 Philipp Hover - Autobiography CPSF 35/08 The Parish Church in Neuhonrath CPSF 35/09 Good Mr. Hover (1816-1864) / Von Dieter P.J. Wynands CPSF 35/10 Brother of the Poor - John Philip Hoever Teacher and Founder - A Story / Hans Hummeler, Ph.D. 1983 CPSF 35/11 Nachwort - Fr. Ferdinand Hover's - German and Translation CPSF 35/12 Chapters Ten, Eleven and Seventeen CPSF 35/13 Translated Material on the Founder The Work of Michael C. Vaile Germany CPSF 36/01 Emails re: Michael Vaile from Brother Mark Gastel, C.F.P. 2006-2007 CPSF 36/02 The Little Office of The Blessed Virgin Mary 1940 CPSF 36/03 Pater Johannes Höver 1896 CPSF 36/04 Philipp Höver CPSF 36/05 Ita Et Vos Agite! Act in the Same Way! Pope Pius XII Congress of Religious 1950 CPSF 36/06 Brother John Hoever CPSF 36/07 Family History Hover - Hoever / Brother Mark Gastel 2006-2007 CPSF 36/08 The Aachen East Cemetery / Br. Philip Oswald CPSF 36/09 Historic Sketch of The American Province and Its Institutions CPSF 36/10 The Alverno Sentinel - Vol. IV, No. 10 1924 CPSF 36/11 Chronicle of the Brothers of the Poor of Saint Francis - Province of Saint Joseph U.S.A. 1991/0627 CPSF 36/12 A Collection of German and American Chronicles of the North American Province of St. Joseph 1868-1949 CPSF 36/13 A Collection of Chronicles from the North American Province St. Joseph 1950-1969 CPSF 36/14 Chronicle of the North American Province of St. Joseph Mt. Alverno 1964 CPSF 36/15 North American Province Chronicles 1963-1965 1992 APSF Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis: Audio-Visual Material APSF A2565-568 Brother Christopher's Projects nd APSF A2565-566 Brevitas Meditation nd APSF A2567 Holy Family nd APSF A2568 Dominic Savio: Teenage Saint nd OPSF Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis: Objects OPSF Golden Jubilee Garland - Brother Werner Rahm 1960s GPSF Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis: Graphics GPSF 1/01 Morris School - Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis 1922-1980s GPSF 1/02 Morris School - Buildings and Grounds 1922-1980s GPSF 1/03 Morris School - Interiors 1922-1980s GPSF 1/04 Morris School - Masses / Worship 1922-1980s GPSF 1/05 Morris School - Students / Activities 1922-1980s GPSF 1/06 Morris School - Negatives 1922-1980s GPSF 1/07 Morris School - Negatives 1922-1980s GPSF 1/08 Morris School - Negatives 1922-1980s GPSF 1/09 Morris School - Negatives 1922-1980s GPSF 1/10 Morris School - Negatives 1922-1980s GPSF 1/11 Morris School - Negatives 1922-1980s GPSF 1/12 Morris School - Negatives 1922-1980s GPSF 1/13 Morris School - Negatives 1922-1980s GPSF 1/14 Morris School - Negatives 1922-1980s GPSF 1/15 Morris School - Negatives 1922-1980s GPSF 1/16 Morris School - Negatives 1922-1980s GPSF 1/17 Morris School - Negatives 1922-1980s GPSF 1/18 Morris School - Negatives 1922-1980s GPSF 1/19 Morris School - Negatives 1922-1980s GPSF 2/01 Glass Plates - Morris School and Vicinity 1922-1980s GPSF 3/01 Glass Plates - Morris School and Vicinity 1922-1980s GPSF 4/01 Glass Plates - Morris School and Vicinity 1922-1980s GPSF 5/01 Glass Plates - Morris School and Vicinity 1922-1980s GPSF 6/01 Glass Plates - Morris School and Vicinity 1922-1980s GPSF 7/01 Glass Plates - Morris School and Vicinity 1922-1980s GPSF 8/01 Mount Alverno (photocopy) c1870-1970 GPSF 8/02 Mount Alverno - Mount Alverno - Buildings / Grounds / Construction c1870-1970 GPSF 8/03 Mount Alverno - Mount Alverno - Buildings / Grounds / Construction c1870-1970 GPSF 8/04 Mount Alverno - Church Interior c1870-1970 GPSF 8/05 Mount Alverno - Athletics c1870-1970 GPSF 8/06 Mount Alverno - Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis c1870-1970 GPSF 8/07 Mount Alverno - Buildings and Grounds c1870-1970 GPSF 8/08 Mount Alverno - Students and Activities c1870-1970 GPSF 9/01 Mount Alverno - Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis c1870-1970 GPSF 9/02 Mount Alverno - Buildings and Grounds c1870-1970 GPSF 9/03 Mount Alverno - Interiors c1870-1970 GPSF 9/04 Mount Alverno - Masses and Celebrations c1870-1970 GPSF 9/05 Mount Alverno - Miscellaneous c1870-1970 GPSF 9/06 Mount Alverno - Student Activities c1870-1970 GPSF 9/07 Mount Alverno - Student Athletics c1870-1970 GPSF 9/08 Mount Alverno - Student Group Photos c1870-1970 GPSF 9/09 Mount Alverno - Student Music c1870-1970 GPSF mc Mount Alverno - Sketched Map of Grounds 1897 GPSF 10/01 St. Vincent's Home - Photo Collection (photocopy) c1900-1934 GPSF 10/02 St Vincent's Home- Brothers of the Poor of St Francis c1900-1934 GPSF 10/03 St. Vincent's Home - Buildings and Grounds c1900-1934 GPSF 10/04 St. Vincent's Home - Interiors c1900-1934 GPSF 10/05 St. Vincent's Home - Physicians c1900-1934 GPSF 10/06 St. Vincent's Home - Students - Athletics and Leisure c1900-1934 GPSF 10/07 St. Vincent's Home - Students - Music c1900-1934 GPSF 10/08 St. Vincent's Home - Students - Work c1900-1934 PPSF Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis: Printed Material PPSF 1/01 Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1915 PPSF 1/02 In Dienst van Onzen God-Koning Christus Jezus 1938 PPSF 1/03 Friedrich Stolke 1884 PPSF 1/03 Gedichte in Frankfurter Mundart 1884 PPSF 1/04 Heinrich Schiffers 1930 PPSF 1/04 Johannes Hoever 1930 PPSF 1/05 Der selige Pater Johannes Hoever 1896 PPSF 1/06 P. Bruno Gossens O.M.Cap. 1934 PPSF 1/06 Johannes Hoever 1934 PPSF 1/07 P. Bruno Gossens O.M.Cap. 1934 PPSF 1/07 Johannes Hoever 1934 PPSF 1/08 P. Bruno Gossens O.M.Cap. 1934 PPSF 1/08 Johannes Hoever 1934 PPSF 1/09 Hans Hummeler 1983 PPSF 1/09 Translated by Br. Theodore Weber 1983 PPSF 1/09 Brother of the Poor 1983 PPSF 1/10 Heinrich Schiffers 1985 PPSF 1/10 Translated by Helmut Neurohr 1985 PPSF 1/10 Johannes Hoever 1985 PPSF 1/11 William G. Heidt O.S.B. (Editor) 1962 PPSF 1/11 A Short Breviary 1962 PPSF 1/12 Abbot Cabrol O.S.B. nd PPSF 1/12 Roman Missal in Latin and English for Every Day nd PPSF 1/13 Lauds Vespers Compline nd PPSF 1/14 A Religious of the Congregation of St Charles Borromeo 1925 PPSF 1/14 Jesus the Model of Religious 1925 PPSF 1/15 Hoever Gruesse 1925-1929