Our Catliolic Heritage i11- Texas
time, Father Matz, who had taken a deep liking to the young man, taught him Latin and Greek. Anthony became deeply interested in reli- gion and at the age of 17, in 1886, decided to enter the Society of Jesus in Denver. He made his novitiate at St. Louis. From 1893 to 1898 the young cleric was professor and prefect at Regis College in Colorado, called at that time Sacred Heart. He was then sent to Woodstock College, Maryland, to study theology and complete his courses for the priesthood. He was ordained there by Cardinal Martinelli on June 27, 1901. After his ordination, he was again sent to the West to serve for three years as President of Regis College in Denver. In 1907 he was made pastor of Holy Family Church in El Paso and Chaplain of Hotel Dieu. For six years the former college president labored with zeal and made many friends before he was sent back to Regis College to assume the directorship again. It was at Regis College that he learned of his appoint- ment as bishop to the new diocese. The consecration took place in the Cathedral of Denver on October 28, 1915. The consecrator was the Most Reverend Archbishop J. B. Pitaval of Santa Fe, assisted by Bishop Henry Granjon of Tucson and Bishop Patrick A. McGovern of Cheyenne. The plan had been that Bishop Nicholas C. Matz of Denver, who as a priest had first guided the steps of the new bishop, would be the consecrator, but illness prevented him from having this satisfaction. Bishop Matz was present at the ceremony, however, even though he was forced to remain seated most of the time. Three weeks later, on Thursday, November 18, Bishop Schuler was formally installed in the church of the Immaculate Conception by Arch- bishop J. B. Pitaval of Santa Fe and Bishop John W. Shaw of San Antonio. Upon his arrival in El Paso he was given a royal welcome by his former parishioners who had come to know him and love him during the six years that he had worked in the parish of the Holy Family. The school children strewed flowers before him and the women offered him bouquets while the multitude cheered. After his installation, he gave his first blessing as bishop to the children whom he earnestly asked to pray each day for him "that I may measure up to the demands that will be made upon me." At the banquet given in his honor by the Knights of Columbus, the toastmaster, J. M. Nealon, declared that Bishop Schuler was the first member of the Council to attain this dignity. Reverend Edward Barry, S. J ., in welcoming Bishop Schuler said, "Few congregations, even though they be much larger than ours, have been able to present their first bishop
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