Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-08-08
The Catholic Summer School.

selves OF the opportunity 10 Vlslt
Madison and the Columbian Catholic
Summer school. The excursion train
started from Mineral Point promptly
at 600 a. M; and at all stations along
the line the excursionists were joined
by others. Two trains over the st.
Paul road brought to Madison over
1000 people. On the Lancaster
branch of the Northwestern there
were two more, with probably 700
persons aboard. On the Illinois Cen
trail there was fifth, with sixteen
coaches all well filed. The Madison
Democrat says: There were several
thousand strangers in the city Sunday.
They came on five different excursion
trains from southern Wisconsin and
northern Illinois. The visitors came
to witness the closing ceremonies of
the Columbian Catholic summer
school and to see the sights of
Madison. They patronized the boats
and street cars generously. The
capitol was point of great interest
to many who thronged its corridors all
day" There was no pontilical mass,
there being only one bishop in the
city, Rt. Rev Messmer. Bishop
Messmer preached the sermon at st.
Raphael's church. The text was The
Delight of Faith. Father Smith Of
St. Francis seminary at Milwaukee,
was celebrant OF the mass; Rev.
Dempsey, of Detroit, deacon; and Rev.
5. bowling, of Milwaukee, ub-deacon;
Rev. j. Is. La Boule, of Milwaukee,
master of ceremonies. The Column
bian summer school proved "A success
beyond expectations. In giving II
review of the school on Saturday
evening, August 3, Bishop Messmer
treated the work under four heads;
LIST, the lectures, I'd, the reading cir
cles, I'd, the Sunday services, 18th,
social intercourse. There have been
given forty course lectures of nine
subjects besides the evening lectures,
three Of which were on biographical
subjects, three on historical questions
and five on current topics. Thus, said
the bishop, the members of the school
had been furnished with Il large num-
Der of profound and interesting
lectures, lifty-seven in all, on great
variety of subjects, all of importance.
With regard to the reading circles he
said the work had been largely one OF
organization and that the results
ing Of the school. The three subjects
which have been suggested for study
the coming year are church history
from Constantine the Great to Ger
main, II study Of the books of the
sacred scriptures with special refer
ence to the canon, and the relation of
science and dogma. The bishop
avowed that he was in favor Of
uniting with the eastern summer
school in the reading circle work.
The Sunday services consisted of
pontiIica' high mass and sermon by
one of the visiting bishops, being held
alternately at st. Patrick and 81.
Raphael's church, The church dig
nitaries who favored the school by
their presence were Archbishops, Free
han, of Chicago, and Ireland, of st.
Paul, and Bishops Chatard, of indian
apois, Cotter, Of Winona, McGolrick,
of Duluth, Rademancher, of Fort
Wayne, Schwebeck, of La Crosse,
Stanley, of Fargo, and Watterson, of
Columbus. Archbishop Eden, of
Cincinnati, and Kahn, of st Louis, and
Bishop Dorshmaues, of Cleveland, had
also been expected, but were prevent
ed from coming. The social features
consisted of the receptions, one given
10y the citizens of Madison to the
members of the school, and two by the
school to visiting archbishops, the ex
cursion on the lakes and to the Dells
and the great Grafton by Archbishop
Ireland, which brought together the
members of the school and the people
Of Madison. a distinctive feature
was the presence of a large number of
priests who performed an important
Office in bringing the people from
different cities together and making
them acquainted with one another.
Bishop Messmer congratulated the
school that its social intercourse had