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Ambauen, Andrew Joseph

Roman catholic priest, author, was born March 7, 1847, in Switzerland. In 1872 he was ordained to the priesthood in Milwaukee, Wis., where for thirteen years he worked in various pioneer mission stations in that diocese.

In 1886 he was appointed to St.

Joseph's congregation in Dodgeville, Wis., where he has since faithfully ministered. In the intervals of exacting pastoral duties he has contributed extensively to church and popular literature. Among his works are The Friend of Youth; Roses of Heaven; and Guide to Our Celestial Home; all in the German language. In English he is the author of The Devoted Companion; Our Christian Duties; and The Floral Apostles, or What the Flowers Say to Thinking Man. Father Ambauen is widely popular in his adopted state, both within and without the church, as one whose earnestness and thorough devotion to all causes of good and truth are unfailing and sincere.