The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23
CORNER STONE LAID
AGNES PARTICIPATED IN BY
BISHOP KOPPES
PARISH IS GROWING RAPIDLY
Luxemburgers Are Loyalty support
ing Rev. Father SOlnce in His
WOrk-ReceptiOn by
the Bishop.

Yesterday was a gala day for the Lux
emburgerS of St. Paul. In the morning
the parish of st. Agnes was honored
by the presence of Bishop j. j. Koppes,
bishop of Luxembourg, and a pontitical
mass was celebrated in the church The
corner stone of the Convent of Mary
Help was laid in the afternoon with
impressive ceremonies Rev. G.. n. Sta
viha. V. G., representing Archbishop Ire
land, who was out of the city, blessed
the stone and the building and conducted
the services.
The attendance of the bishop at mass
at 10 o'clock was heralded by a process
sion, in which all the societies of the st.
Agnes parish participated. The st.
Aloysius boys headed the procession.
They were followed by the Geselen
Verein and the st. Anthony society, the
Society of the Faithful Shepherd and the
Foresters.
Following came the priests, deacons
and Subdeacons, the clergy and the bish-
OPP. The latter was arrayed in episcopal
purple.
A body of little girls, dressed in. white
with wreaths in their hair large num-
Der of choir and altar boys in white sur
plices and black cassocks We're also in
the procession, while six small boys
dressed as pages in medieval costumes
acted as a guard of honor to the bishop.
There was special music in the church
by choir under the leadership of Prof.
j. T. Kerller, the organist of the church.
Bishop Koppes assisted by Rev. G. n.
Stariha, celebrated the pontifcal mass,
after which Father Solnce, pastor of the
parish, welcomed the bishop. The ser
mon was preached by Prof. Stubinitzky,
of the German seminary OF this city.
After the mass the bishop addressed
the congregation. The bishop was The
parish priest of Esch before he was made
bishop, and it is from this parish that
ST. Agnes congregation is largely made
up. The bishop states that he was glad
to see so many of his old parishioners
and to observe their apparently prosper
Gus condition.
At the close of the service the process
sion moved to the schoolhOuSe, where the
bishop received informally his former
parishioners. Many he. recognized, while
many were small children when they left
the fatherland for America. Many touch
ing scenes were attendant upon the re-
ception as the bishop greeted the people
he had known in the old country.
At the services were delegations from
Luxembourg societies of Minneapolis,
Winona, Litchf1eld, Shakopee and ST.
Cloud. Many of the clergymen from
these districts were also present
From the schoolhouse the procession
moved to the pastoral residence, where
a banquet was spread for the clergy.
Twelve sat down to the banquet.
The procession, with the exception of
the bishop, then moved to the new con-
vent, where the ceremony of laying the
corner stone was gone through.
LAYING CORNER STONE.
There were chants by the clergy and an
address by Father Jaeger, of st. Eliza
beth church, Minneapolis. Father Jaeger
dwelt upon education as his theme. He
said that the remedy for such affairs as
occurred at Buffalo was Christian, educa-
ton. His address was a forceful one and
he spoke of the growth of the Luxem-
burgers and their schools and churches
in this country.
The ceremony of lowering the corner
stone took place after a zinc box con-
tanning the usual documents had been
placed in the stone There were the
names of Pope Leo XIII, Archbishop
Ireland and Father Solnce, pastor of the
church, in the first package. Then the
name of the temporal heads of the gov
eminent, Theodore Roosevelt, S. R. Van
SAINT and R. E. Smith were placed in the
box.
number of cards bearing the names
of all who have contributed toward build
ing the convent and piece of each de-
nomination of United States money I'M
der S. was placed in the box, which was
sealed and fitted to it's place in the stone.
After the ceremony of laying the cor
ner stone the procession returned to the
church, where there was the benediction
The choir sang 20 Salutaris'' and Tan
tum Ergo" The benediction of the
blessed sacrament was onered, the choir
singing a ''Te Deum," and the procession
returned to the parochial residence.
GROWTH OF THE PARISH.
The parish of st. Agnes is in an ex-
traordinarily prosperous condition There
are in attendance at the school 1,O5O pu-
pills. To teach them twenty-three Sisters
of Notre Dame are kept in the parish,
and it is for their residence that the new
convent is being built.
The convent will be two stories high
and will cost 500, coo when completed Be-
sides the dormitory, kitchen, etc., there
are five music rooms and a chapel in the
new building
A wing has been recently added to the
schoolhouse at the cost of $4,000 and will
be ready for occupany about Oct. Is.
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