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

States, and after forty-ffve days navi-
cation they reached New York. The
right reverend bishop was accompan-
i led also by his vicar general, Father
| Cretin, by Rev. A. Pelamourges, who
| in 1859 was appointed bishop of st.
| Paul (but declined accepting his
| charged, by Father Galtier, who gave
| to our city its name, and by two other
| sub-deaconS. The four sub-deacons
were ordained deacons in Dubuque the
| 1st of November, 1889, and priests the
| 9Th of January, 1910.
"a few days after, Father Ravouy
was sent to Prairie du Chen, where
! he exercised the holy ministry till
September, 1871, when he received
| from his bishop the commission of
visiting the Sioux being in the north
ern part of the diocese of Dubuque in
order to see if there was any pros
pect of establishing a mission among
them.''
On pages SO to II inclusive, of the
| Memoirs, we read: From the depart
| ure of
FATHER GALTIER,
in the spring of 1874 till 1851, excluding
| the time of my two excursions to the
Missouri river, and a few days l
spent in Dubuque every year, alter
nately resided in Mendoza and st. Paul.
For about three years 1 was two
| consecutive Sundays in Mendoza and
| the third one in st. Paul, preaching in
| the French and English languages
when at Mendoza, doing the same at
st. Paul as soon as we had in our con-
gregation some members who did not
understand the French, but this was
| not before 1S4S or 1S49 '
I'm 1S47 we had to make an addition
/ to the chapel of st. Paul, erected by
the Rev. Father Galtier in 1S41. The
small chapel used by the Sisters of St
Joseph till their removal to st. Jo-.
| seph's academy formed the addition. In
1S49 the chapel was again too SMALL and
many of the faithful had to remain
standing outside during the divine ser
| vice. A great portion of of the mem
| bers of the Catholic church who over
crowded the chapel on Sundays were
| not only those living in ST. Paul, but
| many from Little Canada, ST. Anthony
| and Mendoza, with others who re-
| sided two or three miles along the
| left bank of the Mississippi In 1S41
| the Catholic poulation becoming more
DIT 81. raul anu 1t
| than at Mendoza and Fort Smelling,
1 had then the divine service in ST.
Paul every second Sunday. In 1S49, the
| Catholics still continuing to increase
on the left bank of the Mississippi, and
yet unable to have a priest from the
! diocese of Milwaukee l determined on
| spending two Sundays in st. Paul and
| the third one in Mendoza. T wrote
again to the right reverend bishop of
| Milwaukee, describing to him the great
| wants of the Catholic population in
! this part of his diocese, and spoke to
| him on the necessity of sending a
! priest to reside in ST. Paul. In my let
| ter urged him so much to provide for
! that portion of the flock intruSted to
| his care by Divine Providence, that, be-
! fore terminating it, 1 thought it my
duty to excuse myself for the liberty
| of my remarks. In his answer to me
the good and pious bishop began his
| letter by these words: II heartily for
| give you for the kind lecture you read
! to bishop; you are perfectly right, but
you ought to be aware of the trouble,
nay, the impossibilities on the other
side Then the right reverend bishop
| expresses his hope that before long
new diocese would be established for
| the territory of Minnesota, and that
| st. Paul would be the place selected
/ for the bishopric. The date of that let
! ter is Jan. 81, 1850.
Late in the autumn of the same
! year, the bulls were
SENT FROM ROME
| to Very Rev. Joseph Cretin; he had
| been elected bishop of st. Paul. had
the honor of receiving from him let
! ter which would have caused me the
| greatest pleasure, had it not been for
| his indecision about accepting the
! charge. In his letter he told me he
| was about to start for Europe, and
| that no determination would be taken
| by him, for some time. He asked me
| to give him my advice on the aecepta-
| ton or refusal of the new bishopric.
/ Such a question surprised me very
| much. In my answer l pressed him to
| accept, showing him, by many reasons,
| how very necessary it was for the
| Catholics of this territory. 1 urgently
! requested him to come to st. Paul be-
! fore his departure for Europe, in order
! to buy location for his cathedral, in
| forming him that entire blocks, in a
| suitable place, began to = be scarce;
| that, perhaps, at his return. he could
not find any, except by paying a very
high price. / did all in my power to
encourage him to accept the bishopric
offered to. him. I went so far as to tell
him in my letter that things were in
| such a condition in this new territory
| that, according to my opinion, he was
obliged, sub gravi, to give his consent
to bear the load imposed upon him by
| Divine Providence. He wrote me
second letter, but leaving me in great
doubt whether he would or would not
| accept the charge
"After his departure for France,
aware of the necessity of securing some
lots for the cathedral and other pur-
poses, I bought of Vital Guerin
twenty-one lots for $500, and for 500
the lot on which now stands the
cathedral. This last I bought Of an
/ other person, who had already some
lumber on the ground for a building.
He had bought the same on credit
of Vital Guerin for $50. He ceded me
/ that lot for $40 profit. I considered