Soon after being taken, this 1911 photograph of "seven men in Roman collars and broad-brimmed hats, sitting astride their horses," was published in Extension magazine with the title "the Cavalry of Christ".
The Oblate priests in the photo - Paul
Hally, Julium Bornes, Julies Piat, Juanito Bretault, Jean Horeau, Eugene Regent
and Henri Janvier - were some of the early missionaries who travelled by
horseback throughout South Texas and Mexico. Return to the story
Fr. Robert Wright, OMI is the author of a 1998 32-page booklet entitled "The Oblate Cavalry of Christ." The booklet is the eighth of the Oblate Heritage Series.
1999 marks the sesquicentennial year of the Oblate presence in Texas.
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