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Edward F. Garesché

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Born: December 26 1876

Died: 0101 10 19601960

Author and mission-aid organizer; b. St. Louis, Missouri, Dec. 27, 1876; d. Framingham, Mass., Oct. 2, 1960. He was a member of one of the old Catholic families of St. Louis, was a graduate of St. Louis University , and received a law degree from Washington University in St. Louis . After practicing law for two years, he entered the Society of Jesus at Florissant, Missouri, on Sept. 7, 1900 and was ordained on June 27, 1912. Garesché's first assignment was a summer's work on the staff of the Jesuit weekly America. He was then assigned in 1913 to intensify the promotion of the Sodality of Our Lady on a national scale. In 1914 he founded the Sodality publication The Queen's Work, and before he left the promotion work in 1922 the magazine had a circulation of 160,000. Daniel A. lord, SJ, succeeded him as promoter; The Queen's Work ceased publication in June 1964.

Edward F. Garesché

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Born: December 26 1876

Died: 0101 10 19601960

Author and mission-aid organizer; b. St. Louis, Missouri, Dec. 27, 1876; d. Framingham, Mass., Oct. 2, 1960. He was a member of one of the old Catholic families of St. Louis, was a graduate of St. Louis University , and received a law degree from Washington University in St. Louis . After practicing law for two years, he entered the Society of Jesus at Florissant, Missouri, on Sept. 7, 1900 and was ordained on June 27, 1912. Garesché's first assignment was a summer's work on the staff of the Jesuit weekly America. He was then assigned in 1913 to intensify the promotion of the Sodality of Our Lady on a national scale. In 1914 he founded the Sodality publication The Queen's Work, and before he left the promotion work in 1922 the magazine had a circulation of 160,000. Daniel A. lord, SJ, succeeded him as promoter; The Queen's Work ceased publication in June 1964.

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Life's Lessons: Some Useful Teachings of Every Day

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