POTTER United Families

During the great mortal plague, Roeland stayed with Miss Anna
Sandelin. The lady noticed how much Roeland’s support helped the
ill persons. She was so angry about her situation but "Father Roeland
was coming” and they were not so scared of the illness anymore.
Roeland was with so many sick people. I have no idea how many,
there were so many! And when he came home from helping the sick
at night, my wife took a bucket of water. We put it in the middle of
the room. In the morning there was a thick ice membrane on the
bucket of water.
In the houses where he came, there was always a fire. Then he held
his cloak before it. That is very good against the disease. And the lord
saved him. Roeland was equally cordial and willing for all the sick
across the years. He had a catalog of all the streets of the whole city.
He was equally concerned for maids and servants or rich persons. He
was so worried to help the people that I cannot describe it with a pen!
He never asked: "Who is it?" He went straight to the child, when he
knew in which house he was, for him to be baptized. If someone
asked for Roeland ‘s proposed spiritual things that affected the souls,
Roeland said all the things that suffering person needed to know
without delay.
Father Makeblijde organized the school for Maria Bartolomeus. She
was a good sister, along with another sister named Anna Jans.
Because Anna was less appreciated than Maria, Father Makeblijde put
the school in the name of Anna Jans, in case the Sheriff or the
Magistrates would do something against the school, at unfavorable
moments.
Roeland then became a guardian of the school. He and Marie worked
conscientiously. They did everything for the school with accuracy.
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