St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-01

Interpreters when he had to speak to
the Indians, and also when he wrote in
the Sioux language short catechiSm,
tne daily prayers, some canticleS and
rev instructions. In the spring of 1S43
ne went to Dubuque to see the Rt. Rev.
Bishop Loras, who gave him some en-
couragement. Then he left Dubuque
for Prairie du Chen, where he spent
almost two months and printed with a
small printing press belonging to Very
Rev. j. Cretin book in the Sioux
language, and then returned to his mis-
siOns.
In the months of January, February
and March, 1874, twenty-three Indians
and half-breeds received the sacrament
oil baptism, but unfortunately for that
new mission, Rev. l.. Galtier was
in the spring of the same year
removed from Mendoza to KeO-
kuk, and ;, Father Ravoux had to
take Misplace until another priest would
be sent from Dubuque. Rt. Rev. Bishop
Loras had promised to send one after
short time, but though ne again and
again renewed his promise, he could not
fulfill it, and SO Father RavOux had
under his charge Mendoza, st. Paul,
Lake Pepin, st. Croix till the I'd of July,
1851, when Rt. Rev. Bishop Cretin ar
rived at st. Paul. Able Ravoux is row
the vicar general of the ST. Paul do
ceSe, and bears the title MOnseignor, a
new honor lately conferred upon him by
the holy father. Daily in this city his
well-knOwn figure can be met taking
the usual walk with Bishop Grace. The
abbe's attire is always the same, and
dlstinctively eccleSiastic. His benevO-
lent features. the attenuated frame, tall
beyond the ordinary, but now bent with
nd hon hi flnn oil,
caSSOck in length, closely buttOned,
the broad brimmed, low-crowned felt
hat and inevitable walking stick
this is the unmiStakable outline of st.
Paul landmark, that probably even to
| the Protestant old settler, as it certainly
| is to the Catholic, the most affectiOnate
| living memory that binds this pOpulOus,
busy center to the ola Indian and terri
tOrial days, when Able Galtier built the
humble log church ON the bluff that
gave this great city its name and i'm
| petuS.
Rt. Rev. Thomas L. Grace was born
in Charleston, S. c., Nov. 16. 1914, and
| is at present over SeVenty-three years
of age. In his early youth he evinced a
| strong desire to enter the ministry, and
in his fifteenth year commenced his pre-
| paratOry studies at the seminary of Gin
| clnnati, one of the oldest institutions of
learning in the country. A year later
he went to Kentucky and became a
member of the DOmonican Order, en-
| tering the Monastery of st. Rose, where
he remained until 1887. Desiring
| to avail himself of fuller OPP
portunities for study than this country
| at that time afforded, he went to Rome
| and studied at the College of the Min
erva for seven years. During his resi-
| hQnaQ m Roma lain 81
| on Dec. 81, 1889, and when he returned
| to America in 1874 he entered immedi-
| ately on the exercise of the duties of the
| ministry in Kentucky. From Kentucky
| Father Grace was transferred to Ten
| neSSee and for over thirteen years, or
until he was raised to the EpiscOpate,
| he had charge of a parish in Memphis.
| During his residence there he built the
church of SITS. Peter and Paul, one of
| the finest edifices in the city. He also
| erected st. Agnes convent, a large
orphan asylum and other similar build
ings.
THE DEATH OF BISHOP CRETIN,
first bishop of st. Paul, on Feb. %, 1857,
was serious loss to the diocese, which
| at that time comprised all of Minnesota
and Dakota east of the Missouri river.
| The administration of so vast terri
| tory, with missions scattered through
| out the length and breath at great dis
tances from each other, required that
his successor should be person of great
executive ability. untiring zeal, and
| above all an earnest and devoted worker.
| Such man was not easy to find, and it
| was not until 1859 that the pope ap-
| pointed Father Grace as Bishop Cretin's
| successor, the diocese meantime re-
naming under the charge Vicar Gen
| eral RavOuX. When the news of the
| appointment reached Memphis there
were heard on all sides expressions of
| regret by both Professionals and Catholics
| that the city was to lose so good priest.
| committee was formed, and the
| bishOp-elect was presented with an adj
| dress by his fellow citizens, IT.
views. The ceremony of con-,
secratiOn occurred at st. Louis, Arch
| bishop Kenrick, who is still living, be-
| ing the cOnsecratOr, on July "a, 1859. A
| deputatlOn of three priests, of whom
| Father Ravoux was one, had gone from
| st. Paul to meet the new bishop and
escort him to his see. The conservation
| took place on Sunday, and on the fol-
| lowing Tue day, July 26, Bishop Grace
and his attendants left st. Louis
ON THE NORTHERN BELLE
| there were no railways in Minnesota at
| that time) for ST. Paul. They arrived
here on Friday, and were met on the
| wharf by deputation of clergymen
and laymen, the special lay committee
consisting of three members. George
Mitsch was chairman of the committee,
and he recalls to-day with pleasure the
kind words of greeting the bishop adj
dressed to the committee when they
stepped upon the boat to greet him and
bid him welcome. An escort was
formed by the st. Paul Guard, Capt.
O'Gorman commanding. The bishop
proceeded to the Cathedral, where TIE
Deum was sung, and where he made q
short address. When Bishop Grace