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164:, to establish his community in America. Brunner used the long Atlantic crossing as an opportunity to lead a nine-day retreat for the eight priests, brothers and candidates who accompanied him. They landed, December 21, 1843, at New Orleans and, ascending the Ohio River, arrived at Cincinnati on New Year's Day. From Cincinnati they proceeded to St. Alphonsus, near Norwalk, Ohio, where the first of a number of mission stations was erected; amongst them a convent at
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