The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-14
IT rs BLESSED BY THE CLERGY
AND F0RNALLY DEDI-
ecCATED.
ALL CATHOLIC FoREs7ERs
UNITE IN A SERVICE IN HONOR OF
."'f~ THEIR YOUNGEST
COURT. s
LESSONS OF rRATERNAL LOVE
Are Emphasized by Various Speak
ers From the Local German
+. Catholic Clergy.

Fully 300 members of the German
Catholic Order of Foresters yesterday
participated in a religious ceremony
which consisted in the dedication or
blessing of the new banner of st.
youngest court of the order in the city,
and upon the recent acquisition of a
handsome banner. and in conformity
with the custom Of the Catholic Forest
ers.s order, yesterday was chosen as the
day upon which the emblem should re-
ceive the blessing of the church. Each
OF the other German courts was in
vited to take part in the ceremony, and
at 2 o'clock st. Peters Court No. 101,
st. Matthews Court No. 367. ST. HUI
bert's Court No. Sal, ST. Agnes Court
No. 459 and ST. Martinus' Court No.
$50 assembled at the corner of st.
Peter and Exchange streets to march
to st. Agnes church, corner of Lafond
and Kent streets, where the services
were to take place.
When the column had been formed
in three divisions, with brass band
at the head Of each, the line of march
was taken up st. Peter street to Uni
versity avenue, thence to Kent street
to Lafond street. Upon arriving at the
church. members of societies auxiliary
to the Catholic Foresters increased
the crowd which gathered about the
edifice to nearly 500 people. 1t was i'm
possible to hold the services in the
church, and the new banner was con-
veyed to the balcony Of the parish
nh addresses
of the day were delivered.
Rev. Father Trobec, pastor of st.
Agnes parish, spoke the words Of well
come to the assembled Foresters, in the
course of which he emphasized the fact
that the banner which was about to be
blessed was a symbol Of the unity
which should exist among the MEM
bers of the order. and that they should
subordinate other things that they
might be indeed true brothers.
The sermon of the occasion was de-
livered in the German language by
Rev. Father Solnce, pastor Of st. Mat
thew's parish, West st. Paul. He
spoke Of the necessity for such an
order, which had given birth to the
Catholic Order Of Foresters, and de-
tailed it's rapid growth in the COM
paratively short time Of its existence.
There had been other Catholic benevo-
come a time when a new order was de-
manded which should possess all of
the advantages of such an organiza-
ton. and the ForesterS had risen up to
take this place. Brotherly love, the
speaker said, was the corner stone of
the organization, and in order that this
spirit might prevail there was solemn
obligation upon the part Of every mem
Der to perform his duty conScientiously
10 no RI he
should be encouraged and the members
of the order should be living examples
of good in their respective parishes.
There was duty to the church and
the pastor In the performance of which
the Foresters could literally follow out
the fundamental principles of the
order. In conclusion the members Of
the Foresters' order were exhorted to
affiliate themselves with the St Vim
cent de Paurs society, which was char
acterized as the noblest of Catholic be-
nevolent organizations.
Following the sermon the banner
was blessed by Rev. FL. Smalien, chap
lain of st. Agnes court. The ceremony
was unostentatious and consisted
simply in the offering of short prayer,
at the conclusion Of which the full
choir of st. Agnes church rendered Il
sacred anthem.
When the dedication exercises were
concluded as many of those present as
were able to gain admission entered
the church, where the regular evening
service. consisting of the benediction
and prayers, was conducted by Revs.
Trobec, Solnce. Snaalien and Koto-
witch. "Grosser Colt, Wir Loben Dich"
was sung by the entire congregation
At the conclusion: of the blessing of
the banner the Foresters who had at
tended the ceremony in body again
formed in line and marched down town.
At the corner of University and West
ern avenues, ST. Agnes court, which
led the column, separated, while the
other courts marched between the two
lines, saluting dthe banner with barred
heads as. they passed. ST Agnes court
then fell out of the, line, while the re-
naming courts marched to the start
ing point, where they disbanded.