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teaching catechism, preparing boys for first communion, visiting and praying with the sick, and rumors of near-miraculous cures. He was especially effective in attracting religious vocations. At his death, on 13 August 1862, more than 200 Brothers and an impressive number of priests had been his students at
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Small as he was, he was known as a strict but fair disciplinarian. He also looked after his students by preparing meals in the
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educate the boys in the village and some from the neighboring farms, many of whom were in their teens and had never been to school before.
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