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| In 1892, when the members of the Society of the Divine Savior (Salvatorians) first came to the United States - which was mission territory at the time - they worked in the northwest
part of the country - in Washington and Oregon. They ministered in parishes and schools, in some instances to the
Native American peoples of the area. In 1896, our Founder - Father Francis Jordan -
was asked by the Bishop of the (then) Diocese of Milwaukee if some priests and brothers might be able to come to
Wisconsin and take over the monastery of the Oschwald Community, in the village of St. Nazianz, about forty miles
south of Green Bay. The founder of this secular community - Father Ambrose Oschwald - had died in 1873, and the
priest who was assigned to replace him was moving on. So Father Jordan sent several priests and brothers to St.
Nazianz. The number of members in the Oschwald Community was dwindling and they were going to take in no more new
members. In exchange for caring for the members of the Oschwald Community until they died, the Salvatorians were
given the property and the buildings, and they were also given permission to establish a new monastery in the name
of the Society. This was the beginning of a permanent Salvatorian presence in the United States. The 1905 document
above, signed by Father Jordan, established Father Epiphanius Deibele
SDS, as the first Superior of the Salvatorian Community in St. Nazianz. Four years
later, in 1909, Father Epiphanius would be chosen as the First Provincial of the USA Province (known then as the
Anglo-American Province). |
| The mission of the Salvatorian Archives is to preserve these historical documents, as well as the ongoing history of our presence and ministries
here in the United States. For us, they are part of the heritage of our past and the legacy of our future. |
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