Priests and Brothers
of St. Mary's Mission
by Mary E. Gentges, SMC ' 86
Taken from the St. Mary's Magazine
Brother George Miles
He was a native of Bardstown, Kentucky, of that sturdy Catholic stock whose faith was the result of the labors of Fr. Nerinckx. His parents emigrated to Missouri, near St. Louis, where their farm adjoined the Jesuit property. Br. Miles always remembered the eventful day when the first fathers and novices arrived. From childhood, he observed their labors and was drawn to join them. Admitted to the Society in 1827, he was a Jesuit for 58 years. He went out on the first Kickapoo mission, and arrived at the Sugar Creek Mission August 29, 1841. When that mission was to be relocated, he was sent with Br. Ragan to prepare buildings for Fr. Hoecken on Mission Creek (south of St. Mary's) where the Indians first settled before the Fathers chose the site of St. Mary's. After the St. Mary's site was chosen, Fr. Verreydt sent Br. Miles back to Sugar Creek to prepare for the move, and he was in the first group who arrived at the new St. Mary's on September 9, 1848.
of St. Mary's Mission
by Mary E. Gentges, SMC ' 86
Taken from the St. Mary's Magazine
Brother George Miles
He was a native of Bardstown, Kentucky, of that sturdy Catholic stock whose faith was the result of the labors of Fr. Nerinckx. His parents emigrated to Missouri, near St. Louis, where their farm adjoined the Jesuit property. Br. Miles always remembered the eventful day when the first fathers and novices arrived. From childhood, he observed their labors and was drawn to join them. Admitted to the Society in 1827, he was a Jesuit for 58 years. He went out on the first Kickapoo mission, and arrived at the Sugar Creek Mission August 29, 1841. When that mission was to be relocated, he was sent with Br. Ragan to prepare buildings for Fr. Hoecken on Mission Creek (south of St. Mary's) where the Indians first settled before the Fathers chose the site of St. Mary's. After the St. Mary's site was chosen, Fr. Verreydt sent Br. Miles back to Sugar Creek to prepare for the move, and he was in the first group who arrived at the new St. Mary's on September 9, 1848.
Priests and Brothers
of St. Mary's Mission
by Mary E. Gentges, SMC ' 86
Taken from the St. Mary's Magazine
Brother George Miles
He was a native of Bardstown, Kentucky, of that sturdy Catholic stock whose faith was the result of the labors of Fr. Nerinckx. His parents emigrated to Missouri, near St. Louis, where their farm adjoined the Jesuit property. Br. Miles always remembered the eventful day when the first fathers and novices arrived. From childhood, he observed their labors and was drawn to join them. Admitted to the Society in 1827, he was a Jesuit for 58 years. He went out on the first Kickapoo mission, and arrived at the Sugar Creek Mission August 29, 1841. When that mission was to be relocated, he was sent with Br. Ragan to prepare buildings for Fr. Hoecken on Mission Creek (south of St. Mary's) where the Indians first settled before the Fathers chose the site of St. Mary's. After the St. Mary's site was chosen, Fr. Verreydt sent Br. Miles back to Sugar Creek to prepare for the move, and he was in the first group who arrived at the new St. Mary's on September 9, 1848.
of St. Mary's Mission
by Mary E. Gentges, SMC ' 86
Taken from the St. Mary's Magazine
Brother George Miles
He was a native of Bardstown, Kentucky, of that sturdy Catholic stock whose faith was the result of the labors of Fr. Nerinckx. His parents emigrated to Missouri, near St. Louis, where their farm adjoined the Jesuit property. Br. Miles always remembered the eventful day when the first fathers and novices arrived. From childhood, he observed their labors and was drawn to join them. Admitted to the Society in 1827, he was a Jesuit for 58 years. He went out on the first Kickapoo mission, and arrived at the Sugar Creek Mission August 29, 1841. When that mission was to be relocated, he was sent with Br. Ragan to prepare buildings for Fr. Hoecken on Mission Creek (south of St. Mary's) where the Indians first settled before the Fathers chose the site of St. Mary's. After the St. Mary's site was chosen, Fr. Verreydt sent Br. Miles back to Sugar Creek to prepare for the move, and he was in the first group who arrived at the new St. Mary's on September 9, 1848.
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