The Irish standard., 1901-07-06
DULUTH NEWS.

CatIlOllc cnurcn ut lWenCy-nfth avenue
west and Fifth street was laid last Sun
day afternoon with the imposing cere-
monies With which the Roman Catholic
church always accompanies such cere-
monies. The church will be a hand
some structure Of brick and stone and
will supply Il large parish. All of the
Catholic societies at Duluth and some
| from Superior took part. There was Il
procession from the cathedral to the
site of the church at 3 o'clock Shortly
before that hour the line was formed
before the cathedral. There were two
divisions, each headed by band. In
the first We're the trustees of the
church, Div. No. of the Ancient Order
of Hibernans, st. Jean Baptiste Catho-
lie Order of Foresters and the Ancient
Order of Hibernians and Catholic Or
der of Foresters of West Duluth. The
second division included West Duluth
Polish societies, st. Anthonys society
OF the German Catholic church, the
Ancient Order of IIibernians of st.
Clements church and the Italian socie-
ties. In carriages were the clergymen,
Right Rev. James McGolrick, bishop of
Duluth; Very Rev. Father Corbett,
Rev. Father Kosmerl, Rev. Father
Laurel, Rev. Father Hogan, Rev. Fa-,
ther Siorka, Rev. Father Feheley, Rev.
Father Wurm and Rev. Father Buck
Ter. The number Of people in the pro-
cession was very large and it was one
of the largest ever held by the Catholics
of Duluth. The line of march was
down Second avenue west to Superior
street, west on Superior street to Twen-
ty-first avenue west, up to THIRD street,
west to Twenty fourth avenue and to
the site of the church. Arriving there
the societies formed about the chair
and the bands played sacred music
while the clergymen were preparing for
the ceremonies. These We're conducted
by Bishop McGolrick, and included
the blessing Of the spot where the altar
is to be laid, the placing within the
cornerstone of box filled with various
matters Of interest, etc, and finally the
laying and the blessing of the stone.
The sermon was preached by Bishop
McGolrick and he congratulated the
Polish Catholics on the new building
which they We're to have which would
be one of the finest Catholic churches in
the city. He spoke Of the growth Of
the church in Duluth, this being the
seventh church in the city. Rev. Fa-
ther SjorEa also spoke, congratulating
the people of the new parish on the eX-
cellent house Of worship which they
were to have and eXhorting them to
continue their zeal. The new church
will be ready for use in September.
The Catholic Order of Foresters met
at its hall Tuesday night of last week.
p. H. Martin, delegate to the recent
convention in st. Paul, read a report Of
much interest to the members. A
committee was appointed to arrange for
the attendance of the lodge in a body
at the laying of the cornerstone Of the
new Polish Catholic church, at Twenty
fourth avenue west and Fifth street,
Sunday morning. All the courts in the
city assembled at the cathedral and
proceeded to the site Of the new church.
Edwin Kenney is home from the uni
versity of Michigan at Ann Arbor, for
the summer vacation.
David G. Black and Justine Shannon,
of Duluth, were married Tuesday even
ing of last week i'll Minneapolis at the
residence of Rev. Father C]eary. They
will return to Duluth to make their
home at 324 West Third street after
spending a week at Minnetonka.
Peter O'Donnell left Monday for
Buffalo and other points East. He will
be gone month. 1,.
The funeral. of Sister Ignatius, who
died last week, was held Wednesday
morning at the cathedral ut $50
o'clock. A solemn requiem was sung
and large number of friends were
present. The interment was at Cal
vary cemetery. The Sisters of St. Ben
edict are sorely grieved over her loss,
although death had been expected for
some weeks past, she having had lin
gering illness. She had been confined
to her bed during the past two weeks,
and although suffering much, was nev-
er heard to complain, so that when the
final end came, well fortified by the
consolation of religion, she quietly slept
away. Before her entrance into religion
she was known as Josephine Poirier,
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Poirier.
They had preceded her by an early
death. Her mother died in December,
1897, and her father in November,
1900. Her school life began at st.
Thomas Cathedral school, She re-
ceived her first holy communion at the
cathedral and was respected men,
ber of the parish and the sodality of
the Blessed Virgin Mary. She took a
course at the high school and the Sa-
cred Heart Academy, which she at
tended previous to her entrance into re-
hgion in 1898, when she received the
veil from the hands of Right Rev.
James McGOlrick who had given hxur