The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-09-25

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enszaA Celebration ct Cape 0drsrdesu.
~ may not be generally known that
nearly, 4 not wholly one half of the priests
OF this diocese have been educated at ST.
.ncsnt.s College, Cape Girardeau. Dur
ing me decade of years in which it was ex-
ciusively an ecclesiastical institution. it has
sent eut more priests than any other col
4ege IN the West. Not only are Rev. alumni
o. that College TO be found in this State,
Cat IN Iowa and Illinois you may meet one
IN every second parish. And We think the
dren. - -o1 49,
Those whose collegiate life was spent in
TINS institution have always entertained
deep love for the place and a lively inter-
est q it's welfare. The natural beauty of
me SITUATION, the size and comtnodiousness
goodness Of the Lazarist Fathers, combined
e MAZE their sojoufn at st. Vincent's Col
lege rery pleasant indeed But one re-
membfence Ct very saddening nature can
never be sehaced from the minds of the
S!ner students. On the inaugural day of
institution, two students while bathing in
. neighboring lake, were drowned. The
one Wae,a hne young man of twenty-five
years " age, and was soon to be ordained
pI1eat the other was comparatively
youth. The latter had been thrown into
boat, and not being able to swim, was in
imminent danger Of death. To save him
the former rushed in, but his charity cost
nana his life without saving him he went
to, succor. Both were buried in the little
college cemetery nearby.
cided to erect suitable monument to
their memory. The work WIS confidnd to
N1g& QsOOnnal1 Brothers, whose marble
ySpd~6 naAr Calvary Cemetry, and the
Nlenument they executed cannot for neat
nees q fnish and beauty of design be ex-
seized BY any we have yet seen. 1t stands
about fifteen feet from the foundation. The
! SHAFT IL about six feet high and rests upon
plynth, heariDg the inscription:
In lacu proximo, OPEN porrigens
e. THOME BLONDIN
submergenti, charitate ardens, periit
EDWARDUS o'BRIEN;
in quorum piam memoriam hoe monument
tum erexerunt eorum amantes co-alumni
Colleglii Sti. Vincentii apud Cape Girar-
deau-here follows the names of those who
erected the monument. On last Monday
week several of the clergy went down to
Cape Girardeau to dedicate the monument,
arriving at the College at noon next day.
They were joyfully welcomed by the
Er1eStS anu students OF the college. A
more pleasant time they could not have
desired. They will not soon forget that
generous welcome The Very Rev. Father
varina, Fathers Donahoe, Maloney, Coup
Tally, O'Leary and O'Brien We're voted
the thanks and the very best wishes of
their guests. They were much pleased
with the generally improved appearance of
the place and the large number of. pupils.
The college is in a most hourishing condi-
ton and will soon be as large and as largely
attended as any institution of its character
in the country.
/ After solemn Mass, celebrated by
Father McGarry, assisted by Fathers Phelan
and O'Reily, the whole college, students,
professors and priests marched in process
sion to the graveyard, where the usual ded-
ication ceremonies were held. Father Kill
kenny of Chicago delivered the memorial
Grafton and Father Phelan performed the
absolutious. On the whole, it was day
long TO be- remembered at the Cape, and
hundredg who witnessed the proceedings
win on Quitting their old home pay last
fond visit to the quiet cemetery in which
the Silent marble shaft speaks of these
early fallen of former Western
WGfchnsan.