and their respective colonies and establishments were in trouble. Both the Cuddalore and Madras Missions suffered greatly due to this. In 1746, the French took Madras and ransacked many buildings. The Mission house was not spared. It was razed to the ground. Fabricious together with the other mission Catechists and the school children under his care sought refuge at the Danish-held Pulicat. They were kindly received. After three years in 1749, Fabricious and his men returned to Madras and quickly erected an improvised hut to house the school in the Churchyard which was their only possession. To defray expenses many of the Mission servants began to work in private houses.

Brighter days dawned in 1752. The English Government then administering Madras gave Fabricious a new Roman Catholic Church and all its surrounding buildings which were situated in Vepery.

In 1757, again war brokeout and Fabricious, the Church and Mission house were again in trouble. The missionary was robbed of everything and again he was compelled to take refuge in Pulicat along with his friends. However, this time the French did not succeed in their siege of Madras. The English however were more successful and they took Pondicherry from where they removed a printing press which was handed over to the Missionaries and Fabricious was entrusted with it. Peace still eluded them. Famine and disease followed the war and soon the Muslim ruler of Mysore, Hyder Ali, the Marattas and again the French began to cause trouble. Despite all this political strife, natives and Roman Catholics were converted. In 1782, Breithaupt, a colleague of Fabricious, died and fabricious himself was weak with age. Fabricious was an unselfish and upright man but once old age set in he almost lost his balance. He fell a prey to native enticement and large sums of money entrusted to him were lent to natives of high rank without sufficient security. He did not divulge this to his colleagues. There was no hope of retrieving this money. An angry letter was addressed to Fabricious from the Missionaries at Tranquebar and Trichinopoly and later much offence all along the coast followed. Fabricious could do nothing.