Background
Garesche, Edward Francis was born on December 27, 1876 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of Alexander John and Caroline (Dietrich) Garesche.
Garesche, Edward Francis was born on December 27, 1876 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Son of Alexander John and Caroline (Dietrich) Garesche.
Graduated from Saint Louis University.
Practiced law. Saint Louis, Missouri, 1898-1900. Entered the Society of Jesus in September 1900. Ordained priest Roman Catholic Church, 1912.
Founder, 1914, and editor Queen's Work until 1922.
Conducted religious exercises and gave addresses in training camps, World War I. Began movement for Catholic Y.M. Association America, 1918.
Established Knights and Ladies of the Blessed Sacrament in the United States, 1918. An organizer International Secretariate of Catholic Young Men's Associations, at Rome, 1922, and elected member high commission of same for North American, 1926. Promoted sodality pilgrimage to Rome, 1925.
Spiritual director pilgrimage to Rome of Catholic Y.M. Association American, 1925.
Editor Hospital Progress, 1925-1928. Promoter of vacation schools and laymen’s retreats.
President and director general Catholic Medical Mission Board, 1929. President health section Caritas Catholica.
Company-founder, 1933, and spiritual director International Committee National Association Catholic Nurses, Lourdes, France, 1933, now honorary chaplain.
Founder The Marial Burses of French Garesche (for nurses), 1954, The Maria Literature Foundation, Incorporated., 1954. General spiritual director 2d International Congress Catholic Nurses, Rome, 1935.
3d International Congress, London, 1937.
Re-elected general spiritual director by National Spiritual Directors Fourth International Congress at Rome, 1950.
Founder, Medical Mission News, 1930. Founder, editor the Courier.
Spiritual director Daughters of Mary, Health of the Sick (founded 1935), Saint Patricks Club and Sodality, 1944.
Founder, superior general Sons of Mary, Health of the Sick, 1952. Perpetual member Catholic Poetry Society of America. Founded The Leafleteers, 1946.
Member Alumni of Washington University School of Law, and alumni of Saint Saint Louis University.