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carmencita ago

La Salle Retreat Center. The facility was first built in 1872 as a Catholic “Protectorate” after a St. Louis cholera epidemic orphaned many area children. Although the orphanage was created by St. Louis lay people, Archbishop Kenrick invited the Christian brothers to take charge of it in 1876. It became St. Joseph’s Industrial School in 1884, open to all young boys. In 1885 the orphanage was destroyed by fire, and the La Salle Brothers bought the property from the diocese. In 1886, they built a three-story center on the stone foundation where the orphanage had been. The facility then became a center of formation for young boys studying to become Christian Brothers. The Junior Novitiate included the high sch0ool years and the year of Novitiate followed after graduation.By 1940, fire had destroyed much of the farm buildings, and a second fire in 1988 ended the farming operations at the facility. The school’s population reached a high point in 1941, when there were 200 Novices, Junior Novices, Brothers and retired Brothers living in community at La Salle.Brother Marvin Becker, now a part of the staff, came to the facility at age 14. I did a lot of research on Brother Becker, who is now deceased. Could not find any links to abuse to him or by him. I cannot imagine that there was not any abuse going on while the Center was a School. 200 Novitiates and no abuse? We know better than that. I will keep on checking, that place creeps me out with it's history and the history of the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

Wolftrail7272 ago

https://www.google.com/search?q=la+salle+retreat+center&hl=en&biw=360&bih=512&prmd=minv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjO7ozX8-zRAhUE2IMKHTy4AUEQ_AUICCgC&dpr=4#imgrc=11AopVXCxXxuSM%3A

You won't find too much in their past. What you should look for are the pentagrams. But this is not a priority, truly. This is a place where "retreats" happen, and we should focus on the people doing them. Wonder if the Marianists have done anything lately... they use La Salle often and have a small center nearby. Here is something interesting as a side note which is very close to all these places:

http://www.dupontcastle.com/castles/stuart.htm

Ctrl-Left ago

One of the most interesting is the bookcase the swings out to reveal a set of stairs that leads to the working basement.