Father Van Dosselaere was been with, a great apostle and the work he did for the Church monumental, The district of Hou-chow fu in Kiangsu Province was the field of his activities for more than 15 years. This district's known as the centre of banditry. From the. day of his arrival when there were only half-a-dozen converts, to. the day of his departure (through ill health) he succeeded single-handed in baptizing more than 10,000. souls, emulating the splendid example of his predecessor, glorious St. Francis Xaxier. The work of Jevangelizing and converting so many pagans, is a rear achievement.
As already mentioned, the deceased was a great orator and with the erucific in'hand he preached. the Gospel to the Chinese in such an eloquent and convincing manner hat thousands flocked to hear him and were converted, He was splendid and gifted linguist and spoke Mandarin and many Chinese dialects like @ native-born, He also spoke most European languages and his knowledge of Portuguese was simply marvellous, When he was the parish priest of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, all the English-speaking Catholics, to name a few two brothers Dowall and the late Mr. Ellis the well known lawyer, alw looked forward to hearing him Preach, making it a rule never to miss any of his Sunday sermons, The lenten Mission in Shanghai, was his doing. He re-established the Apostleship of Prayer Congrega. tion. "He was a prominent Director of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and did great things as Director of The Shanghai Catholic Wit and Humour Socially, Father Van Dotselaere Was a man of ready wit and humour and his many, stories were always amusing and interesting, For i stance, he told the writer how he managed once to hold an intruder at bay by grasping one of his briar wood pipes which was mistaken for a loaded pistol. Of course this was in the nineties. The following incident may have some connection with his mission life, He often related hoi a certain priest told his Penitent at the confessional that he Ce) To improve the health conditions of Your children, To relieve famine-stricken chit 6), Te cal, national or local bibi sated in gine ect stoa i) broad' for improving the existing es orphanages or relieving purposes. gert ofthe orson, who fin aube can be made amic: rot th (0)! membership fof two Kinds: (1) Gonstltvent.'owten"® Any or-sanitation "which "hay Uirectly Aivectiy relations, with "chil. welfare "yo representativen: in Wye hom: of $10 one paid The ansiual memo
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