sentences:  Shortly after his ordination, Father Byrne was appointed pastor of St. Charles Church, replacing Father Charles Nerinckx, visiting also the small congregation of Louisville, sixty miles distant.In the spring of 1821 he and Father Elder opened St. Mary's College, near Bardstown, in an old abandoned distillery that stood on a farm purchased by Nerinckx.Empty barrels served as desks and small kegs as chairs.