The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-12-31
MOTHER HOUSE OF
GERMAN SISTERS
D LOCATE HERE
Will be a Training School for
Catholic Teachers.
FOR ENTIRE DIOCESE
NH Occupy the Former Do
cesean Residence.
READY FOR CATHEDRAL
New Church For Bisnop an
Assured Fact.
NH Occupy the Former Do
cesean Residence.
READY FOR CATHEDRAL
New Church For BiSnop an
Assured Fact.

The mother home of the Sisters of the
Precious Blood has been located in this
city. They viii occupy the former splend-
id home Of Bishop Hennessy on the West
Side.
Bishop Hennessy has been working for
some time to bring this about and his eff
forts have been crowned with success.
Twenty-Five or thirty of the sisters Will
arrive in few days from Illinois TO take
possession Of the fine building and five
acres OF ground belonging TO it, The
Sisters of the Precious Blood are teachers
Of the German language and they will
have control OF all the German schools
in this diocese. The fine building viii be
the Mother Home and a training school.
1t is a large building but the sisters ex-
pect TO build an addition after they get
settled.
Bishop Hennessey has already moved a
part of his furniture TO his new home on
College Hin and he Will be there on New
Years day from TO p. m. to receive
his friends
The establishment Of the new home here
ana it is expected that they viii all the
time have quite a number OF students at
tending the training school.
President Naftzger. of the Fourth Ma
tional bank. asked Bishop Hennessey
what he meant by establishing institu-
tons all around Wichita, like a line of
forts and getting the best property right
in the heart of the city. The bishop ap-
preciates a joke and ne told the banker
when he got The city surrounded he
would close in toward the center ami cap
ture the whole population and then they
would all be of one mind and of one
faith.
The Catholic people here have great
faith N Bishop Hennessey and they never
tire in telling of the great work he is
doing. When he was made bishop of
Wichita, it was one of the poorest do
ceses in the United States. The churches
were nearly all in debt and mortgaged.
His near friends claim that he came from
ST. Louis with a fortune and gave it all
away to help out the poor churches in
his diocese.
When wei! paid ministers were taking
their vacation in the hot months of the
summer Bishop Hennessey was in the
eastern states delivering lectures to help
out his poor churches. IN three years he
raised SO. 900. The last summer he worked
there he would delive- several lectures or
addresses in day. One day in New York
he delivered clever addresses. When he
finally broke down his friends called the
best doctors IN the city and they toll him
to come TO his Kansas home ana rest. or
he must die He could take his choice.
and he Needed the warning and came 70
Wichita and gave up his lecturing.
1t is now claimed that there are ninety
nine church buildings in his diocese ana
nine moro in The course Of construction
and that only one of the number now has
a mortgage against it. All of the rest
are out OF debt. unless for some small
amount that does not amount to any
thing.
Bishop Hennessey is practical business
man and he is impressing his business
methods upon his priests and people. The
business Of the diocese is becoming 50
large that the bishop is using his own
house and a good part OF Father Tihen's
for an office. In order 20 make more
room the bishop has ordered that the
brick building on the cathedral grounds.
commonly called the Meade residence,
shall be used as ehancery Office for
the diocese.
The foundation for the new cathedral
viii probably be built next summer. when
COMPLETED it viii be Il very imposing
stracture'and it Is understood that Bishop
IIennessey desires to give the foundation
time 10 settle before gcins ahead with
the brick work. The building win be I'm
isted in about two years from this time
A prominent member OF the Catholic
church said Yesterday that Bishop Hen
nessev would Auila one Of the finest ca
thedraI buildings IN the west ard Tecpie
here would wonder how he accomplished
it. He said the bishop had often told him
about his work in the east ard how nicely
the people 81 New YORK arc other cites
had used him. lie said thar he often
thought how he could tell them how much
ne appreciated their kindness He save
it as mis- orinion. that if the oresent
bishop Of Wichita lived for fifteen years.
this city would he the greatest Catholic
center in The west and have more valuable
institutions than any other CRY west OF
Chicago.