St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-31

the purchase of the twenty-five lots
very good bargain for the church,
as also a good one for Vital Guerin,
because it was understood that the
cathedral and other buildings would
be erected on block Z, and such i'm
provements would increase the value
of Vital Guerin's property. The event
proved that / was not deceived in
my expectations. The right reverend
! bishop, after his return from France,
paid the money for the twenty-five
lots and received the deed. l had but
a bond for the security of our bargain.
IF 1 had some trouble in securing
property for the church, the right
reverend bishop had much more trou-
bic to come to the determination of
accepting the bishopric of ST. Paul.
1t was but one or two days previous
to his conservation that he gave his
consent, and was told by himself
that he never would have done it
had 1T not been for the right reverend
bishop of Belley,
MGR. DEVIE,
for whom he had always the greatest
respect, on account of his talents and
p1ety. He exposed to him the state of
| things in the new diocese of St. Paul
and asked him If he thought ne could
refuse the charge without sin. The
opinion of Mgr. Devie was that he
was bound, sub gravi, to ACCEPT. lie
then gave his consent, and was conse-
| Grated on the 18th of January. 1851
= Omlia omnibus factus sum- was the
motto engraved on his seal, and. in fact
the frst bishop of st. Paul, like the
apostle of nations, was all to ALL All
those VINO have been well acquainted
I with him are convinced that he con-
stantly walked in the footsteps of St
Faal, by zeal, piety, charity, humility
lncessant labor and patience in suffer
ifes: not only after his conservation
put also when a priest, when in the
semlnaire, and in the colleges I was
not acquainted with him, it is true, De-
lore 1888; but my assertion is founded
on the testimony of persons who had
peen much edited by his conduct even
When beginning his studies.
The right reverend bishop spent vet
three or four months in Europe after
MS conservation, in order to procure
some laborers for the extensive vine
yard intrusted to his care, and many
things necessary for the establishment
of new diocese. On the day of the
feast of the visitation of the Blessed
virgin Mary, the I'd of July, 1851, 1
mad the long-eXpected and desired visit
OIL the right reverend bishop, accom-
panied by two, priests and three semi
narlans To describe the pleasure 1
felt at their arrival would be a difficult
task. L had been for seven years with
out any brother priest, if I except a
few weeks, during which another cler-
gyman resided with me in ST. Paul.
My first interview with the right
reverend bishop and his companions
was on the boat, where 1 went to meet
them. l had the honor of accompany-
ing them from the boat to the Episco-
pal palace. 1t did not take his lordship
much time to visit all the apartments
OF the palace and the cathedral. The
Episcopal palace was a building one
story and half high, about seventeen
or eighteen feet square, and the ca
thedral, the chapel described above.
was a log building about 45 feet long by
10 WIDE. Near the palace stood another
remarkable monument from ten to
Twelve feet square, which was used as
kitchen; a little further was the
statue, Which had erected on the line
Oh the claim to prevent a second in
Vaslon OF the property on that side.
Tor the first one had given me trouble
enough. The right reverend bishop was
not much surprised at the poverty of
the Catholic church in st. Paul for
ne mad been informed of everything.
From the first, he saw hard labor be-
fore him, and, full of confidence in Cod
WAS NOT DISCOURAGED
He Immediately put his hand to the
plough, and faithful to the advice of
our Savior, did not look behind. He
knew for whom he worked, and how
ever dlfhcult the task might be, sup
ported by Divine grace, he was al
ways cheerful. Before the lapse of five
months after his arrival in st. Paul.
he had erected on block seven, in ST.
PauI proper, brick building eighty
four feet long by forty-four feet wide.
three stories and a half high, includ-
ing the basement. That building be-
came Immediately the second cathe-
dral of ST. Paul, and also the second
residence of the Ri. Rev. Bishop. of
his priests and seminarians; and a
few months after, some apartments
| of the basement were used as school
rooms for boys. The young girls were
also to be provided with Catholic
schools, and in 1852 the Sisters of st.
Joseph devoted themselves in st. Paul
to the holy work of their institute.
and they opened their schools on the
property of the church on Third
/ street. In 1853 he built the hospital.
portion of the expenses being de-
frayed by his own private funds. He
| built, also, the two small brick build
| ings near the hospital. Much graft
tude is due to the generosity of Hon.
H. M. Rice, for the greater portion of
| the hospital ground. In the same
year the Ri. Rev. Bishop bought for
new Catholic cemetery the piece of
| land on which has been built ST. Jo-
sephs Academy, but the city limits
| having been afterwards extended far
Their, it was used only for three years
as a cemetery. In 1856 he bought a
/ piece of land, containing forty acres,
| for the same object. That cemetery
was blessed on the End day of Novem-
| Der, 1856.
In order to pay the amount of these