The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-05-21
FREDERICK BARAGA.
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> tons, while wearing the purple, to
: their villages and homes.
When Bishop Baraga came to
Sault Ste. Marie to inaugurate his
apostolic vicariate, as stated, the
old mission church of St. Mary was
m ,de his cathedral, while the adj
joining presbytery became his resi-
dence. 1t is doubtful il there could
have been found at the time, in any
see in North America, such poor
example Of a cathedral and such an
episcopal residence AS were st.
: Mary's and its presbytery at the
: Sault when Bishop Baraga assumed
. control
At this time there were probably
1000 full-bloodcd and half,breed
Catholic Chippewas at the Sault
and on the shores and islands of the
river st. Mary, who worshipped and
fulfilled their religious obligations
in this old church.
Upon the advent Of Bishop Bar
aga, st. Mary Of the Sault was in
charge of John b. Menet and August
kahler, fathers of the Society of
Jesus, who had made old st. Mary $
/ the center of missionary work for
\ the town and for both sides of the
I river down to the lake.
DR.. Shea in his last volume of
Church History gives 46portraits,
including those of all the arch !
bishops and forty of the bishops. I
This valuable collection offers an in /
teresting study TO the Intelligent
student Of the history of the Cath
Ollie church in the United States
during her formative period, or, (
rather, during the progress of her
great expansion Nearly all of the
10 portraits are those ofmen who |
had passed the meridian of life.
while few faces among the young |
er prclatcs are finely formed, and to
some extent, youthful in appearance.
After careful study of all the por-
traits OF all the distinguished fa- !
theirs OF the church in DR. Shea S !
collection, it will be admitted, | be |
lieve, Bishop Baraga's is the most !
remarkable. 1t will be found on
page 5SS in DR.. Shea's history, re-
ferred to above. Who can look up
on that face, feminine and handsome
as it is, and nodded in such winning
lines, whose beauty is but slightly
shaded by the intellectual and by
the determined cast which give eX-
preston to that youthful looking
face, to that finely-formed brow. to
that shapely head covered with
abundant, flowing auburn hair. and
not eXclaim: is this the portrait
of the sanity missionary, Baraga?"
Yes, this is the portrait of Bishop
Baraga! Scion of an ancient line
age, from the genial climate of far
distant Carniola near the Adriatic.
who, while yet young in sacerdotal
years, crossed the seas and came to
Detroit, quarter of century
previously, to devote his life 10 mis-
slonary work among the pagan In
dams of the lower and upper PENN
sulas of Michigan, whose apostolic
career | have attempted to outline;
whose life among the Chippewas,
whose toilsome journeys 7through
! the Lake Superior forests in mid
winter while the temperature was
many degrees below zero. forest,
without roads or habitations. where
a night 5 sleep was to be had in
deserted wigwam or in great
snowdrft; who trampcd on the
frozen surface of the BAYS of the
great lake. or who sailed upon the
treacherous waters in his frail boat
with a single attendant to bring the
last consultations Of religion to some
dying Christian-as if il were in
the power of any mortal 10 describe
I travail whose severity Is known
only By the Almighty Ruler whose
wv ] it was that HIS devoted servant
should accomplish such work.
But there is another considera
ton. reserved more particularly for
the limited number Of Americans
who. versed In American Indian
photography. can appreciate the
( valuable contributions Of Baraga TO
/ AIgonquian photography. in the
B Ottawa and Chippewa works which
be composed and had published.
I such scientists. when they study
I the picture with all is freshness
J s-t'A b'~t"H ~ it'ci "'4t ~ N<hu
i this be the portrait Of the mission
airy Baraga who. while toiling in
missionary life, found the time to
write his Chippewa grammar and to
compile his dictionary of the Chip
7 pe"a language, works which have
made hi. name immortal in Indian
Oib.iOyraphics?
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