Salvatorian Archives

The USA Archives of the Society and the Congregation have put together a display which is available for viewing throughout the year at the Sisters' Community House in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The exhibit is entitled "1918 - A Year of Armistice and Anguish." For the pioneer Salvatorians living in the USA in 1918, it was a difficult year. Most of the Salvatorians who came here were from Germany and its surrounding countries. That year, war was destroying their homeland and their families. Anxious, they received little news from home. And here in this country, they experienced strong anti-German sentiments - both from the government and from citizens. It was truly a difficult year.

In Part III of our series, we remember the death of our beloved Founder - the Venerable Father Francis Mary-of-the-Cross Jordan. For the last three years of his life, because of World War I, the Founder and other German Salvatorians who had been living in Rome were forced to move to neutral territory. The Italian government could no longer guarantee their safety had they stayed in Rome. The Generalate of the Society moved to Fribourg, Switzerland. This move was especially difficult for Father Jordan. He could not return to his beloved homeland, he could not remain in his beloved Rome, he could not see many of the Salvatorians who were his spiritual sons and daughters. In early 1918, Father Jordan became ill. He would never regain his health. On September 8, 1918 - the Feast of the Birth of Mary - Father Jordan passed into eternal life. Here is the story of his final days on earth.

(Click on the links below)

Part III  -  The Death of Father Jordan

"The 100th Anniversary of 1918 - A Year of Armistice and Angusish" - exhibit flyer.