The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-12-05
The new SCHOOL BUILDING
In Holy Rosary Parish, It's Dedication
and Address By Rev. Father =
Christie.
FAIR AND BAZAAR IN PROGRESS.
Which Thus Ear Has Been Very Success
full and Will Continue throughout
Next Week.

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| Next Week.
| Holy Rosary School was dedicated or
Thanksgiving day. In the evening 6
vast assemhlage listened with rapt atten
tion to Rev, Father Christie, who deliv'
cred an admirable and eloquent address
He said: "Reverand Fathers: Ladies
and Gentlemen; This is the day that
all people of our glorious country give
thanks to an Almighty God IN accor.
dance with the decree of q Christian
ruler the people of the Holy Rosary
church have special reasons to give
thanks and ] say, my friends, that the
Catholic people of this great and glori
GUS country ought to be the first to ob
serve Thanksgiving day. They are the
ones who, in looking over the past, have
reason to give thanks. Was it not a
Catholic that first discovered this country
and was it not Catholic priest who was
the first on the virgin soil of this grand
! country to lift his voice in reverence and
in the fullness Of Joy and Thanksgiving
to the Almighty? Was not the Roman
Catholic religion the first TO bring the
good tidings OF redemption to the poor
and benighted race? Our inland seas
were padded over by her missionaries !;
our rivers We're traced to their source by
her priests: our mountains were crossed;
our forests penetrated by them and for
what? To carry the truths of the church
to a superstitious and ignorant people of
the new world From the days Of the
old colonial times, the Catholic church
has been the first and foremost in offer
ing help and succor TO the down-trodden
of our country. From the time Lord
Baltimore first offered shelter to the
oppressed in the other colonies to the
present day, the history of the church
has been one succession of efforts to Int
and alleviate the sufferings and enlighten
the people. During the war of the rev.
olution when the oppressed colonists
sought to throw off O. yoke that was gall
ing and irksonle, it was the Catholic
countries of the cid world that proHered
arms and ammunition to the people strug-
Cling to gain their liberty ana to sustain
their manhood. In the list Of names
ilustrious for their bravery, their valor,
their brilliancy, who, spurning the prof
cred gold Of naughty England and I'm
sheatning their swords to fight and place
this country in the proud position in
which it now stands among the eminent
nations of the earth, many of the bright
est were coupled with that of La Fayette,
There is not in the pages of history the
name of q Catholic who fought against
the liberty and freedom which was so
dearly won from England. Not one was
tory. They were all wings.
cit is the history of our mother, the
church, to give to the country thousands
of heroes; but a traitor. not one. AS
for learning, it is her mission to educate.
It is her wish and her desire to train
heart and soul with the intellect, and
not the intellect at the expense of the
schools is not her mission, as the bigot
claims. In the words of our divine Mas
ter, she came not to destroy 1t is not
the principle of the church to attempt
the destruction of the public school sys.
tenn, rather is it to assist making it the
more perfect.
"Holy Rosary church has erected an
institution second to none in the city.
In this institution will be trained loyal
citizens Of the state and loyal citizens of
the country; citizens who will rise up
and say. 4 will die for my country; I
will die for my church Men and wom-
en-, who, in being an honor to their relig
ion, will Re an honor to their country.
Instilled into their young hearts, with
their loyalty to their native land, the
love and reverence for their Maker and
their church, the boys and girls who will
make nobler citizens, better husbands
and more faithful wives"
Father Christie's address was an able
and eloquent piece of oratory, and he
was frequently interrupted by applause.
The building which was dedicated had
its origin in an humble and unpreten-
tious manner several years ago, gradually
expanding, until today atarge and hand
some structure, which, few years ago.
| was tn ought of as possibility, stands
an ornament to that section of the city,
and significant reminder to the energy
and indefatigable zeal Of the pastor aud
people of the Holy Rosary parish.
Ground was broken for the school on
Oct. 30, 1890, and the work then COM
menced has been continued up to the
present time, when everything is, ready
for the complete education of the pupils.
Two weeks from the day ground was
broken the foundation was commenced,
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