Abstract
James Bernard Macelwane, S.J., was born on September 28, 1883, on the northern shore of Smdusky Bay near Port Clinton, Ohio. He was the second oldest of nine children, five boys and four girls. He received his early education at a public school about a mile and one‐half from his home. From 1901–1903 he attended the high school Stint John's College in Toledo, Ohio. On August 31, 1903, he joined the Jesuit Order.After two years of study and ascetical life as a service, he took the religious vows as a Jesuit on September 8, 1905. Thereafter he followed the course of studies required of Jesuits who are being trained for the priesthood. Except for some years of teaching, he gave his attention to ancient and modern languages, literature, and history, to the natural sciences and mathematics, to philosophy and psychology, and to dogmatic, moral, and ascetical theology. These years of study culmi‐nated in ordination to the Catholic priesthood in 1918.
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