The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-12-11
the Rev. Fleurimont Bonduel in tn"
house Of Il French-Canadian, Solomon

house of Il French-Canadian, Solomon
Juneau.
The work of the French both lay
and clerical. In evangelizing this West
ern country is truly marvellous. To each
nation us we'll as to each individual God
has given special mission. To tho
French people. to those Of Canada, as
we'll as to those Of old France has been
in large measure contidei the rough.
pioneer missionary work of the church
and of civilization. and they have been
remarkably true to their mission. Wit
ness on our continent the labors O.?
Cartier. Champltain. Maiscure, La
Sale. Marquette, Alloucz Raslc Rene
Mesnard, Jaqucs aud in later times and
nearer home of loras. Pelamorgucs, the
two Blanchets. I.ucian Gal
tier. Augustin Ravoux, and
still nearer home of solomon
Juneau and Fleurimont Bonducl. The
French Canadian seems to be called in Il
special manner to he the pioneer of
=
1ul appropriateness he has chosen as the
patron saint of his nation st. John the
Baptist, whom Isaiah, the prophet. call
cd Il voice of one crying in tn" desert,
'l'r"p;uc yr the way OF the Lord. make
straight His path 70 the hardy >nv-
asenrs of that nation and their self sac.
riiirinG priests who accompanied or fol
lowed them, We owe the beginning OF
the Lords work In nearly every diocese
OF the Central aud Wcstern states.
The little grain of mustard seed sown
by Juneau and watcrcd by Boudur, in
the little home on East Water stree!
grow apacr. 1t was carefully nrtur"d
by Father OKclly and brought to full
viEor by the soliri,ud" and prudent gard
cning OF dear Father Nnndig. And
thus France. ireland and Germany unit
cd to plant the faith of Christ in ,hc
great territory Of Wisconsin, On March
IL. lSii, ceremony uf great interest
to the Catholics of Wisconsin took place
IN the cathedral of Cincinnati. 1t was
tho conscclHtlon by Bishop Purcell OF
John Martin lIenni as first bishop of
milwaukee,. a blessed event in truth
and n blessed day which gnyc to the
new and ncccssitious diocese the pro-
tcclor of the holy family MS parton saint.
John Martin Elcnni as apostle and Mil
Walikee IT'S the see OF his npOsIoatr.
The church is II divincy Instituted
society existing among men, directed and
governed by men under the protection
ana guidance of the Holy Ghost. To-
gether with tho divine element of the
church. which is Interchangeable, and al.
ways ultimately triumpls. there is a
human element. AT times tho human
element seems to ovcrpuwrr the divine
Thus at times i'm the history of tho
church We find, humnncly speaking, mis-
takes have been made in tho selection
OF bishops or in the choice of the la.
cation which the bishop should call his
sec. Even in our own country. bv rrns-
on of the shifting of population and tho
consequent changed basis of commercial
operations, instances of the latter mis-
take are not infrcqncnt In the srcc-
tl"h or John Martin Iicnnl as bishop md
or MilWnlkcG as the SEQ of his bishoprir,
the action of the Holy Ghost is plainly
visible. Milwaukcc. struggling hamlet
as it was, was The future cmporium nf
III" wealth and culture Of Wisconsin.
John Martin licnni was the broud-minl
cd, lhr-sccing citizen. tho rugged mis-
slonary, tho learned priest, the conrtlv
s'h''ei''ill, the prudent counselor, tho
KIND Spirited father, the SELF sacrificing,
zGalous, sanity apostle.
Conscrratcd bishop, he mt once set ont
for the sccno Of his lnbors. And what
Journey! Fifteen days from Clncinuuti
to Milwaukee! And at the end of that
journey to find what? A grand cnthr
dfhl, Il paatial residence, a numerous
clergy, schools, churches, scmInnrIcs
hospitals, orphnnngcs and the thousand
other blessed religious Institutions with
which you are today so familiar. and
which you owG mainly to his labors?
Far from 1t.
The inhabitants of Milwaukee, TODAY
can with difficulty picture the condition
OF this place flfty-llrcc years ago Good
Father kundiE, on that memorable St
Patrick's day In lS43, had made the
name Of Milwaukee famous throughout
the land by his wonderful st. PARTICLES
DAY celebration under the auspices of tho
Wisconsin Total Abstinence Society.
Three thousand people mnrshnlcd by
Father kundig himself had paraded the
streets of this city, and assisted at mass
In the open air, because of the snHllncaa
or the church. At the close of the mass
200 men had taken the pledge from
Father kIndig, grand OratiOns had been
delivered by distinguished Speakers
After the exercises of the day the vaat
multitude had dispersed in n most order
~ manner. Glowing reports had becn
printed by the local press of tho DAYS
proceedings. Prairie du CHEN had bcat,
beaten as competitor for the IIpiscoua1
see in Wisconsin. for tho outside world
said that Milwaukee must be a crna,
place But after all was 1t not the ST.
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