The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-01-22
DEDICATED !!
Magnificent Church of
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
GIVEN TO DIVINE SERVICE.
What an Expositor Representative
Saw on That Occasion.

January 10Th, 1897, has gone and past
but it will remain a bright page in the
history of Emmett for many day, 1t
being the dedication of that magniti-
cent new Catholic church, Our Lady OF
Mt. Carmel, which has been under
course of erection the past six months
in the above village, notice of which
has appeared from time to time in
these columns.
At an early hour Tuesday morning
the people began TO congregate until at
1890 a. m. the church was crowded
and standing room was at premium.
At prompt 1920 o'clock a. m, ri. Rev.
Bishop Foley, of Detroit, i'll full ponti-
fetal robes, accompanied by some
twenty visiting clergy. entered the
euchristia. The procession formed III
the main aisle and marched, chanting
the liturgy, out and around the church,
returning the Rev. Bishop blessed the
altar. The procession again reformed
and made Il complete circuit OF the
aisles, the Bishop sprinkling the congre-
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tory service of the Catholic church.
Returning to the altar again the Bishop
was escorted to the raised dias on the
gospel side.
Pontifcial High Mass was then be-
gan with very Rev. +. j. Baumgartner,
/ chancellor and secretary, as celebrant,
Rev. Father Kelley of Lapeer, as dea-
con, Rev. Fr. Stapelton, of Emmett, as
sub-deacon, and the Rev. FIR. Kilroy, of
| CrosWell, as master of ceremonies. At
| the conclusion of mass the venerable
head of the Detroit diocese gave the
| blessing and advanced to the altar rail
| in his pure and eloquent voice deliver
! ed the sermon of the day from the text,
"My house shall be the house of prayer.
From the rising of the sun even to
the going down My name is great
among the nations; and in every place
there is sacrifice TO My name a clean
Oblation," saith the Lord God of Hosts
(Mal. LID. He congratulated the faith
! full children of Emmett on the compile
ton of the magnificent temple to Al
mighty God and monument in keep
ing with the parish. He heartily
congratulated their worthy pastor, FIR
Laughrau, to when great credit is due
and the architect who designed the
church, and praying God to bless then
and the people who by finanancial
means and encouragement helped the
magnificent work. He described al
length the ark of the covenant and the
yeneration shown to it by the ancients
only one person, that being the High
Priest, once year being allowed &c
enter the Holy of Hores. The arl
contained the mamma which fell from
Heaven the Babies of the Law, etc.
When the amounts spent and 81
much time and money on place Il
contain the shadow, how much NOR
money, time and veneratlon should w,
exhibit toward the reality of which
our Saviour speaks. ~ our father
eat of the mama in the desert ant
died He that shall eat of the bread o
life shall live forever, for my flesh i!
food indeed and my blood is drink in
deed, amen! amen! / say unto you
except you eat my body and drink m
} blood you shall not have life in you.
He in this puny offspring of man
brain shall be offered that self-sam,
sacrifice, but in an unbloody manner
On calvary the Saviour appeared +
their sences and he really died, bu
here we have the Self-same victim
Jesus Christ, but hidden under tn
sacramento wells, hidden under the ap
pearance of bread and VINE. He aske'
them: "Could they regret any expens
and trouble to beautify and to ornamen
a building that would be the dwelling
house, the abode of Jesus Christ, sec
ond person of the Blessed Trinity an
the Saviour of mankind? He define
the church as the congregation of a.
the faithful united under one visabl
head, the Pope and the Bishops of tn
: church who took their mission froI
: the command of Jesus Christ to hi
Apostles. "As my Father has sent m
S | also send you. Go forth and teac
!. all nations, baptiZing them in the nam
I of the Father and of the Son and of tn
Holy Ghost. Teaching them to observ
all things whatsoever have command
ed you; and behold l am with you al
days. even TO the consumation of tn
world. - Mat. Xxx vIII-l9-20.
He hoped the old fighting parish o
Emmett, the backbone of the Detroi
! Episcopacy, would still uphold thei
old standard of excellency and obed
ence as of old, and work hand in han
= with FIR. Laughran in the maintenance
of its old glory. He paid a happy tril
ute TO their late pastor, Rev. Fr. Lyme
of happy memory, and said this churc
was his wish and were he to see tn
magnificent ediiice now erected h
would weep with joy.
Blessing them all, and hoping soon
;, again meet them and that each woul
!, enter the church pure of heart, the be
u ter TO enjoy the joys of the hereafte
he concluded his sixty minute address
On the completion of the new churc
= short review of the history of I'll
n parish may prove interesting readin
D to the general public. After endurir
20 the usual privations of pioneer prizes
lg Rev. FIR Kilroy built the first Cathol
q church i'm 1852 in Sec. 80. Kenockee.
y was a rude affair, built of logs but we
adapted to the purpose. That churC
was burned in the SOS. Althoue
somewhat set back the parishione
made preparations for the erection {
a new church, and the day Abraha
Lincoln was shot, April l4th, 1865, I'll
frame of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel WI
raised on the place the log church stoo
FIR. Kilroy continued to serve them 8
parish priest till well into the EOS wht