[2] He served as novice master of the Jesuit novitiate at White Marsh, Maryland, and later when it was moved to St. Thomas Manor in Charles County.
[4] In the early 1820s the Bishop of the Louisiana Territory, Louis Du Bourg, invited the Society of Jesus to come to the newly admitted state of Missouri.
Van Quickenborne volunteered, and was accompanied by six young Belgian Jesuits and six African-American enslaved people: Moses and Nancy Queen, Thomas and Molly Brown, and Isaac and Susan Hawkins, each husband and wife.
When Father de la Croix was later appointed to St. Michael's parish in lower Louisiana, Van Quickenborne took over his work among the Osage People farther west.
Researchers have noted van Quickenborne's refusal to address reports of abuse of enslaved African Americans in Missouri, when he served as superior.
[8] Researchers have noted van Quickenborne's harsh treatment of children at St. Regis, including slavery-like conditions and physical abuse.
[9] The following is the first certified baptism: Charles Felix Van Quickenborne died on 17 August 1837 at age 49 at Portage Des Sioux, Missouri.