The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-03-22
KATHLEEN MAyoURNEEN.
St. Peter.

, Spec ial Correspondence of the irish Standard.
The celebration of St. Patrick's day
was fttlngly begun here by solemn
| High Mass, with appropriate hymns
The pastor. Father McCaoe, gave a
lucid account Of the main features in
St. Patrick's life, and the splendid re.
suits of his apostleshlp, and pointed cut
the virtues which were back of these,
! and which are in a measure imitable by
us all. Thus he made the praises OF the
great Saint plea for great efforts after
! sanctitv.
The ladies of this congregation outdld
even their own selves in the energy and
devotedness with which thev prepared
for the fit and profitable celebration of
st. Patrick's day. They begged, they
butchered, they boiled, they broiled,
they basted, thew baked, thew brewed
the brews that ''cheer but not intoxi
cate!"-they found and fixed u ban
quet that not only fed the bodies, but
fascinated the very souls, Of hundreds
from the town and the country, that
raconciled many an earnest Protestant,
as would no amount Of controversy, to
the fitness and rightness Of keeping
Saints days--or anyhow, St. Patrick's
dav thus!
The whole afternoon after three
O'Clock in went half dollars to the church
treasury, for we were IN this thing not
for fun, or even religion only, but
revenue and in went the hungry to the
feast, and evermore ON went the good
things to the tables, the ladies enjoying
amid their still unceasing activity
this corporal work of mercy and this
hearty testimony to their success.
Then came the dow of soul, the con :
cert, songs, solos, duets and what not.
Some of the most touching pieces being
those of the children Of st. Peters
school. But the main item Of the con-
cert program was the address by the
Hon. J. j. McCafferty of st. Paul, in
PRODUCED in few we'll chosen words bv
Father McCabe Mi. Nc aferty rose and
turned full on the expectant audience,
his magnfcently handsome presence,
and began an grafton Of which the tru-
est word to say is that it did justice to
.'the thoughts that cluster In and
around the Irish heart on the day we
celebrate
We are to have here in the near future
that inestimable boon, parish library.
Father McCabe means it, SO 1t will have
to be- He is attracting and enllghten-
ing great crowds of all conditions and
creeds, including students Of the Swed-
ish Lutheran college here, by his Lent
en- Sunday evening lectures, expostorY
Of the Catholic doctrines. He began
with the proofs OF the existence Of God,
showing perhaps,t to the surprise Of some,
that we Catholics don't have to hear
and believe the various points Of our
creed blindly and on the bare word of
the priest, but that we use our minds,
ana that is lust by the use of our reason
that we recognize the high authority
and claim Of faith. Already these
solid lectures of Father McC abe's have
set many thinking and done incalcul-
able good. # sss
One of the chief local events OF the
week was the lecture Of Mr. j. r. Pink
ham Of Minneapolis, on Prohibition.
He put this way Of dealing with the
high drink-evn in 4 light that was to
many Of his hearers new thoughts long
since true, and even those he failed to
convert to his way Of thinking he made
anyhow better disposed TO look into
his subjec and think over it another
time and more than once.
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