Buh Brief

During the summer months of his first year in Minnesota (1864) the future Msgr. Buh was anxious to get to work with the native population but was held back to help with the seminary life at the newly erected St. Paul Seminary. Writing to Father Bartholomew Rejic, a priest back in his native country, Buh makes clear his anxiousness but also his deep spirituality. He writes, “You might want to know how I am doing in this New World. I must say that I am satisfied with my position and that I am well off. Although the Reverend Bishop likes me and takes care of my needs, yet I wish, if it is the will of God, to leave St. Paul for the missions as soon as possible and earn, with the help of God, some crumbs for my eternity.” He finishes the letter with, “I believe that those entrusted to my care (the seminarians) by the bishop will learn enough by this Fall to be ordained and if God grants it, I will take up my missionary work.” 

Obviously, Buh had a burning desire to get into the mission field for which he arrived, and like most all of us, he would have to be patient. But not for long!