The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-05-30
Laying, the Corner Stone.

laying Inc toFnef STONE
NE ceremony Of laying the corner
stone Of the new Catholic Church Of
this city took place on Sunday last, and
was the occasion Of calling together a
largo number Of pecnIe ct the Catholic
faith, as we'll as numerous lockers on OF
Protestant denominations. IL, Bishop
Gcace's age and feeble health prevented
his being present and the ceremony was
performed by his assistant, Bishop Ire
LAND. The latter, was also present at
the ten o'clock mass, preaching a SER
mon after that service, and again in
the evening; thus, with his discourse on
the occasion Of the ceremony, making
three addresses during the day. He
was greeted by large audiences and his
hearers were apparently deeply inter-
estel. The Bishop is an eloquent and
able speaker and an earnest man, and
his sermons are generally practical and
instructive. From what we are told
about his 0iscourses on Sunday they
were fully up to the standard of his Us
ual efforts.
It is hardly worth cur while to de-
scribe the ceremonies Of. laying the cor
ner stone of Catholic church, for the
reason that so many Of these edifces
have been erected in this country dur
ing the past few years, that most Of our
readers have, no doubt, witnessed them.
They are very.imposing and are attend
ed with q degree Of solemnity calculated
to make them peculiarly impressive.
The procession on this occasion was I'M
der the direction of Messrs. John Nc
Ginnis, and 9. L. DAVIS, who acted as
marshals. It was formed at the old
church on Fifth street in the following
order: -... ~. .
Messrs. II. G. Jansen and Timothy
McCue, leaders.
Acolytes with cross and candles.
Boys and girls Of the Catholic school.
Young ladies and matrons.
Young men and married men.
Belle Creek Father Mathew Society.
-Four Acolytes.
Bishop Ireland and Fathers Stariha
and Holzir, with boay guard COM
posed of the following named gentlemen,
viz: Messrs. Ihos. McSorley, Chas.
Kempc, VIM. Bush, r. Koch, NJ. Herb
streed, John Lyons, David Freimuth,
VIM. Yungerts, G. Belanger, G. Noe
sen, Fred Wolpers, Eaw. Pierce, II.
Schluider, VIM. Castillo, Frank Som
mer; NJ. Hawkins, John Sauter, Albert
Steiger, P. Stromberg, N. Hasmeier,
VIM. Kuester, John Mccormick and
two others whose names We did not
ascertain.
The procession marched from the old
church, up Fifth street to East avenue,
up East avenue to Sixth street, and
down Sixth street to the site of the new
building. '
On arriving there it halted, and open
ing raqk IS allowed the Bishop and clergy
and their attendants to pass throug n to
the location of the corner stone.
On the conclusion Of the ceremony,
the procession reformed in the same Or
der and returned to the old church by
way of Park street, when it again halt
ed and opened ranks for the Bishop and
clergy and their attendants to pass
through. It was then dismissed and
the company was invited to a dinner
spread in the school house, of which
large number heartily partook.
Bishop Ireland remained in the city
until Monday afternoon, when he left
for Belvidere township, where he was
to ofdciate yesterday in laying the cor
ner.stone of new church; and to.nnor-
row, Thursday, he is to dedicate the
new church at Mazeppa, in Wabasha
county. We understand that arrange
ments are completed for laying the cor
ner-stone of a new Catholic church in
Lake City on the Fourth of July next.
We take the following from Geo.
P. Rowell T. Co.'s American Newspa-
per Directory for 1877.
Red Wing, G. H., Goodhue Co.,
5.63Q non. on W. bank of Miasiasinni