St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-24

signor. This distinguished honor was
secured for the pastor by Archbishop
ireland during the latter's recent visit
to the Eternal City, and the ceremony
of the investiture of the monSignorate
has been delayed so that the two events
the investiture and the anniversary
might be celebrated at the same time.
On that day. then, st. Mary's beloved
pastor will put away the sOmber priest
ly ropes that he has worn SO long. and.
with such conspicuous fidelity tie every
trust reposed III him, don the purple
robes which belong to the dignified rank
of the monSignOrate. OF course, the
title of monsignor is purely an honorary
one, and, though it raises prelate to a
rank corresponding with bishop, and
the same garb is worn which bishops
wear, he still continues to exercise his
priestly functions as before.
Building of st. Mary's.
The building of st. Mary's church
marked an era in the history Of the
Catholic church in st. Paul. Until that
time there were but two churches to
minister to the spiritual wants of the
faithful, viz, the cathedral and the old
German church, which occupied site
in Exchange street, directly in rear of
where the present imposing ASsump-
ton church stands. In those days there
were no church boundary line. the only
line drawn being that of nationality, the
German attending their own church,
Catholics of all other nationalitieS at
tending the cathedral. But the popula-
ton increasing, it became evident that
the cathedral was entirely too small to
accommodate all who sought spiritual
colo wit Hi tf,c md
it was determined to erect another
church, in order to accommodate the
Catholics i'll what was then known as
lower town. 1t was one thing tv deter
mine upon the work, and it was
quite another thing to bring this
work to a successful accOmp-
Hshment, for, be it remembered
in those days the Catholics were not so
numerous as now, and those of them
who could afford to give much of their
means toward defraying the expense
incident to such large undertaking
were few and far between. The oner-
Cathedral pastor. nor could the labor
have been allotted to better hands.
Night and day he strove with all the
diligence and energy he could CON-
mand. and Providence blessed his eff
forts, as was attested when, after the
lapse of few months. the Catholic
people were called upon to participate
i'll the ceremony Of the laying of the
corner stone.
This was some time in May, 1867. In
August of the same year st. Mary's was
solemnly dictated to the service of AL
mighty God before large concourse
of people of all demonstrations.
as has been already said. Father A.
Ostin performed the ceremony of bless
ing the church. After the gospel was
read, Rev. John Ireland, the present
archbishop, then priest at the cathe-
dral, preached very eloquent sermon
from the text. II am the way. the
truth, and the life" The collection
taken UP at the time amounted to about
$500, which went to defray small part
of the expenses. The architect was A.
X. Knight. The building was erected
under the supervision of Patrick Dono-
van, assisted by Mr.. Callaghan, who did
the stone work. Williams & Bro. did
the painting and James Cullen the
plasterihg. The church is built in the
Italian style, and cost completed about
5000.
Sanctuary.
The inside of the church is finished
with plaster columns, with ornamental
capitals, ten in number. The shape Of
the ceiling over the sanctuary is oval;