The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-02
REMAINS OF THE LATE MGR. LOUIS
e. CAILLET j INFERRED IN
CALVARY.
IMPRESSIVE SERVICES HELD.
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND breaches
/. AN NTFSERMON AT THE
CLOSE OF MASS.
TRIBUTE TO EARNEST CHRISTIAN.
Review of the Work to Which the
Distinguished Divine Devoted
His Life.

services of the late Mgr. Louis E. Call
let yesterday forenoon, a fitting tribute
to the memory Of the illustrious dead.
The funeral took place from st.
Marys church, to which parish he has
ministered so ably and lovingly for
thirty years. The interior of the church
was draped in black, appropriate en-
blem of the deep mourning of those at
tending. The casket Of plain black
rested on a. catafalque at the head of
the center aisle, and was inclined so
that a full view could be had of the
deceased, whose body was attired in
the purple robes of his office. The hands
were crossed, one holding chalice, the
symbol of the sacred priesthood.
The church was crowded with those
who had assembled to do reverence to
his memory. The first five rows of
seats on each side of the center aisle
were occupied by the seninarians to the
number of fifty, and in the space be-
side the side affairs were the priests,
local and visiting, all wearing the
white surplice and dark cassock.
Among the priests were Mgr. RavouX
and Rev. Father Oster. The first named
is the last survivor Of the hardy mis-
sionaries of Indian times who came to
the Northwest, and he it was who
brought Mgr! Cailiet from France in
1853 FIR. Oster is one of the seven
who came in company with Mgr. Ra-
vouX and is at present stationed at
Clontarf, MINI. AT yesterdays serv-
ices he acted as assistant priest.
The seminarians chanted the office for
the dead, after which the celebrants of
the requiem mass entered the church
and took their places in the sane
tuary. They included Archbishop Ire
land, Bishop Stanley, the celebrant,
and the visiting bishops. Then occur
red the robing of the celebrant. FIR
Oster was the assistant priest, FIR.
Turner, subdeacon. DR.. Schaeffer, of
the seminary, was master Of cere-
| monies.
Miss Elsie Shave was in charge of
| the choir of rich, we'll trained voices
and it included several singers from
| other Catholic choirs in the city, John
| f. Gehan, Miss Pottgieser and Mrs.
! Rogers, Of the cathedral, and Mr..
erode, of Assumption church. Miss
Katherine Gordon sang that beautiful
| hymn, Lord God, the Eternal, My
I Hope Is in Thee"
| At the close of the mass, Archbishop
| ireland preached an eloquent and i'm
| preSsfVe sermon, saying:
! Ny Dear Brethren: This world is a vast
! field over which men scattered as the
| soldiers of a great army to contend for vic
| tory. Above is the Master, who marks out
| the great purposes Of the battle and directs
| the movements Of men. The victory will be
| for righteousness, for the justification of the
| eternal wisdom AID infinite love. On the field
! each aone is assigned his place. In the battle
| each one has his allotted part. Place differs
! from place, part differs from part; the great
| thing necessary for each one, whatever his
! place and whatever his part, is to do well
! his duty.
At the close of life the Master meets the
soldier; no question will be asked as to the
| general disposition of the army as to the
! great purpose of the fray; the question will
| the answer TO that question will depend for
| all eternity the lot of the soldier.
Father Caillet has departed from this life.
| He is before his Judge. He is answering
the question how he filled his part while upon
! this earth. Into the hands Of his Judge, the
all good, the all meTciful Jesus, we conf
| IDENTIFY remit him. We his friends have
| gathered around his coffin to pay him the
last tribute Of friendship, OF esteem, of ten
| der regard. The tribute which is expected
from us is to pray for his SOUL and to learn
| from him for cur coed deep, meaning Lesson.
| We are here to pray for his soul. | need
not repeat to you at length the teachings OF
| Christ's holy church. Heaven is the home OF
those who have fulfilled we'll their parts in
life-Heaven the abode of the all-good and the
| all-pure God, an abode of such perfect purity
| that the smallest stain arrests the soul al
! it's threshold. Holy church teaches that even
| the souls of the best, even the souls of those
| who on earth were models to others, may be
and frequently are unworthy yet to see God
| And where there are the remains of lesser
| sins, or where when sin had been washed
| out by pennance sufficient satisfaction has
| not yet been offered to divine justice, souls
| are detained for a while in purgatory until
| all stain is washed out, until the soul by
| virtue Of its purity and cleanliness takes It's
| flight to the abode of all purity. Our duty
| to the dead is to pray for them. God allows
| in order to maintain love and charity among
| his children, that the blessed in heaven pray
for US, their brethren on EARTH and that the
| living on earth pray and offer satisfaction
for the souls in purgatory. We are not sep
| arated from cur departed ones. There is but
| one great family of men before God; some in
| church militant, some in church suffering
! some in church triumphant, all His children
| all members, all thinking OF one another and
| anxious to serve one another. Hence the
prayers that have been recited around this
! coffin, and hence the oblatien of the sacrifice
| of Calvary upon this altar that Gods light
shine around the soul Of the departed pas or
of st. Mary's. that if as yet he is not in the
| presence of his Maker, the time of separation
| from God be shortened for him. And those
! prayers in which we have taken part, breth-
| rem, will assuredly be continued. Prayers for
| the dead help the dead; aye, they help more
| the living; for prayers ascending from our
| hearts to God lift us up to God and bring re-
turns OF sweet blessings upon ourselves;
| prayers LOT JnG uedu keep US III ullHu Ildt
the country beyond the grave is our country,
our only true and lasting country.
| We are here to learn lesson. The lesson
| be that we fulfill well our part in life; that
| We whatever our place, whatever our allotted
part, do our duty well. The question that will
| be put to each one Of you is, not what others
! did, but what you singly did; you whom God
put in that one place, to whom He allotted
that special duty, how did you do your part!
| Monsignor Caillet did well his duty. The
universal esteem, the universal love which is
l -irr,,O HosII +I,Nt hi
part in life was well filled. You all are my
| witnesses that he was esteemed, venerated,
| loved. You have known him; you can speak
/ for him. He served the Catholics of st. Paul
! as a priest for forty years He walked the
! streets of this city and interested himself in
| its welfare for forty years. The life of a
! priest is an open book. Faults are not hid
| den. virtues are easily seen and when at the
! close of a priesthood of forty years one is
! held by larger community in high esteem, as
Monsignor Caillet is held, his life surely
He was ordained a priest in the year 1857.
! He had come ias a student of theology to
| Caillet belonged tobthe family of early
| and never to be forgotten French mission
| aries The early priests of the Northwest.
| of the whole West, were as rule, sons of
/ France One greatgreaSon for this fact, as
! the missions of entire Christendom show, is
! that Whereversan appeal is made for abso-
| Lutte zeal, thorough disinterestedness, plenary
giving of ones self ito the cause of religion
| and charity the SONS Of France Immediately
leap Leap to their feet and go forth. The diocese
of ST. Paul was singulariy blessed in its
| name. with love and respect, Father Ravoux,
who is yet with ust-was a child Of God a
missionary in Minnesota long, before Min
! nesota had come out from the conditions
| of barbarism. Our first bishop child
| of France--with you 1 name him with the
| reverence due to a saint-Mgr. Cretin. Around
| those were gathered many other early mis-
! sionaries. sons of France, and from Justice,
| as we'll as from gratitude, in the name of
| the diocese of st. Paul, pay my tribute to
| them. They are rapidly going from u.s. a
! few only remain; may they, with Gods per