The Saint Paul globe., 1897-09-27
BISHOP TRoBEc OBLIGATED.
TOOK OCCASION TO BID FARE
WELL TO THE CONGREGATION
HE NOW LEAVES.
SERMON BY FATHER KoEBERL.
Very Large Attendance at the After
noon Exercises-The Bishop
Remembered.

first time yesterday morning at the new
ed1fice of st. Agnes, at Lafond and
Kent streets, by Bishop Trobec, of the
diocese of st. Cloud. The distinguish
ed prelate, robed in the purple gown
of the Catholic bishop, conducted i'm
posing services during the day, the oc-
casion being the Conservation of the
new edif1ce to the worship of the Lord.
The principal service was held in the
afternoon, although at the morning
meeting Bishop Trobec took occasion
to bid farewell to his old congregation.
He acknowledged a gift of $500 in gold,
which the members of the church had
collected as an offering of honor for
him, and in accepting the tribute the
bishop thanked his old parishioners
most sincerely for their loyalty to him
and their evident qualification over his
elevation to the bishopric. He said
that during the ten years he had been
the pastor Of st. Agnes church it prob
ably had been the most happy period
OF his priesthood He had founded the
church and had seen it grow from a
struggling religious community to an
than ordinary pleasure that he had
found it possible to be present to give
his benediction to the congregation in
a new home before he entered formally
upon his duties as bishop of the die
cese of st. Cloud.
In The afternoon occurred the exer-
cises proper of blessing the new edifce.
B1shop Trobec conducted the services,
and he was assisted by Rev. ]. M.
Solnce, the eloquent new pastor of the
church, as deacon, and Rev. Henry
Smellan, assistant pastor, as subdeacon.
1ne other priests who assisted at the
altar were Rev. Fathers Stariha, Koeb-
efl, Cosgrove, Majer Alfred Nav
er, Ogulin, Burning, Seliskar and John
11obec. The attendance was very
large. The American flag waved at
either corner and along the front of
the church and at the main entrance
there was an arch of smilax and ever
greens faced with the Latin ouotation:
Blessed Be He Who Cometh in the
Name of the Lord
About 3 o'clock the procession of
German Catholic societies formed down
street and marched to the parocbial
residence in the following order: So
ciety of st. Vincent de Paul. Society
Of st. Anthony de Padua. st. Agnes
court, Catholic Order of Foresters. Ges-
seflen Verein all of the st. Agnes par
1sh; st. Matthews Benevolent society.
st. Matthews court, Catholic Order of
Forestefs, St, Johns Young Mems So
ciety, st. Peters ST. Clements and ST
Eeo's courts, Catholic Order of Forest
ers, st. Francis de Sales society, st
Barnard's society, the Faithful Shep-
herds and st. Hubert's and st. Martins
courts. Catholic Order of Fores .ers.
At the pastoral residence the process
sion was met by Bishop Trobec and the
other priests, when the march was
taken UP to the church. The doors were
locked when the procession, headed by
Bishop Trobec, reached the edifce. The
outer walls were blessed by the bishop,
While the clergynen chanted the Mis-
erere. Then the priests entered the
church and the bishop blessed the altar
and the walls inside. After this cere-
nlony the doors We're thrown open and
three strokes of the bell in the tower
of the church called the crowds in
side for mass. Rev. Father Koeberl
preached the afternoon s3rmon, and the
ceremonies ended about o'clock. In
his sermon Father Koeberl paid a bril-
liant tribute to Bishop Trobec, and he
also congratulated the parishioners
upon having assigned to them such
worthy and powerful successor to
the bishop as Rev. Father Sclnce The
music for the occasion was grand, and
an innovation in the service was the
singing by the cor gTegation at the con-
ciuSion of the hymn ''GTosser Gott."
Rev. Father Solnce, the successor of
Bishop Trobec in the pastorate of st.
Agnes church, was transferred to this
parish from st. Matthew's church on
the West side He has been in ST.
Paul eight years, coming here from
Qwatonna. He was brought to this
country seventeen years ago from Aus
tria by Bishop Trobec, and he studied
for the priesthood at Milwaukee He
is an eloquent priest, added to which
gifts are just enough youth and energy
to push the thriving parish of st. Ag-
mes to the fore. Father Solnce is a
brilliant talker, and he commands the
esteem of the entire Catholic clergy of
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