St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-01
THE CHURCH MINNEAPOLIS
Brief History of Catholic OPgani-
cations in the Flour CITY.

cations in the Flour City.
The first church in Minneapolis was
in charge of Catholic priest. Now
there are eleven churches of that de-
nomination here, with total member
ship of nearly $4,000 souls. Almost
every nationality in the city has
church. and it is extremely probable
that ere another year shall have rolled
away there will be several more
churches erected, to accommodate the
rapidly increasing population. Away
back in the sos, when ST. Anthony was
first settled, the town was included
in the diocese of Archbishop Henni,
missionaries. In 1910 Father RaveauX
came here, and after purchasing the
land upon which the Church of ST.
Anthony now stands, built church. the
first Catholic church in Hennepin
county. From that time Oh the growth
of the Catholic religion in this city has
been steady and healthy, and to-day
stands toward the front of all denomi-
nations. The first members of the
Order of st. Benedict came to Min
nesota in 1856, and after being granted a
charter by the state legislature in 1857,
began its mission OF love and good
works. This body has steadily in
creased in numbers and strength. until
there are now two missions in Henne-
pin county. The first church built in
Minneapolis by this order was under
the direction of Rev. Father Gahr, who
organized society here in 1859, and
the same year built a church
on the corner of Fourth street and Six
teenth avenue northeast. In 1856 this
church was removed to 1901 Main street
north, and was subsequently torn down
and used in building the sisters house
on the grounds of the st. Boniface
church. The priests who have success
Sively been in charge of the organization
here are Rev. Fathers Sherer, Korring,
Meyer, Maly, Hillmer, Hotter Wirth,
Mockren and Bartholomew. Church
after church has been built to aceommo-
date the pressing needs of the people,
and the number of attendants is steadily
growing. There are now some twenty
par0chial schools i'll the city, with a
membership of from 5000 to 5000 pu-
pills. There are some half dozen acade-
mics, with large attendance of young
ladies. The teachers are the sisters, of
whom there are about 100 here. Each
church has from one to seven SOcie-
ties, and all have large memberships.
In matters of charitable institutions the
Catholic churches of Minneapolis are
not behind the churches of other de-
nominations. In fact, two of the best
known and most patrOniZed institutions
here are Catholic. There is the Orphan
asylum, under charge of the sisters,
which now contains seventy-two in
mates. st. Mary's hospital, in charge
of DR.. ii. b. Sweetser, and medical
faculty OF twelve, is another Institution
of merit. Following is list of the
churches, with brief sketch of the
history of each one:
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA.
In 1883 st. Anthony was included in
the diocese of Archbishop Henri, of
Milwaukee, and under his direction
Rev. Father Galtier visited the place as
a missionary. In 1910 Rev. Father
Raveaux, of st. Paul, purchased the
land where now stands the church prop
erty of st. Anthony of Padua, and in
1S49 began the erection of a frame
church building. Father Ledow came
here in 1851 as the first resident priest
for this parish. He was succeeded in 1855
by Rev. Father Fayolle, who at
once began the erection of the present
church. On account of ill-health he
was forced to leave in 1860, and Rev.
Father John McDermott was placed in
charge. Father McDermott completed
the building OF the church, school
house, and established the first paro-
chial school in Minneapolis. Rev.
Father Felix Tissot, now the oldest priest
in Minnesota, who had been here off
and on since 1854, took charge in 1866,
and remained pastor until 1886, when he
was succeeded by Rev. Father James
O'Rilley, who is now in charge and has
as his assistant Rev. Father McVeigh
and Rev, Father Daniel REILLY. The
church property now consists of the
church, the parsonage, two school
houses and the sisters home and acad-
envy. There are some 600 families in
the parish.
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.
The parish of the Church of the I'M
maculate Conception, a handsome brick
structure on the corner of Third street
and Third avenue north, was organized
in October, 1868, by Rev. Father Nc
Golrick, who is still in charge. The
parish then embraced all the territory