The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-14

| the shepherds at Bethlehem in rJudea, but
to become all glorious when he offered the
! uLhpIo9dy sacrifice, this priest dedicated
| Gentiles. And ever since this Northwest
mas been the chosen home Of the GentiIes.
Iney nave come, children of the divided
[ LABOR IN peace. Here each in his own way
| to know it,, -.
| Since your last visit, ST. Paul, in COM
/ mon with the state Of Minnesota, has
| mace great progress in all directions. In
enat onward march Catholcity has kept
nfnIy IT'S place at the front. Proof Of this
| IS found everywhere r in our increased
| churches institutions of learning. .asy
| iums, hospitals and protectorates. Tower
ing above all stands our splendid semi
| HtIy Tor the education of priests.
lIiDute 20 the power'dfor good, to the
| gentieness and genius sof the Catholic
church, from one a foremost citizen of our
| state. need not call his, name, but as
long as the foundations of the earth shall
stand, from those doors will go cut young
L Ley, VINO each day before Gods affairs
VIII name him Where it win do most good.
| And as further evidence of our place
ana a promise for: the near future, am
| auIhorized to say that now is being plan
| ned a cathedral church in keeping with
| keeping with its sublime uses. A site
mas mas already 1 been secured; 1t will stand
beautiful ST. Anthony Hill The details of
4 work like this have no place upon this
| occasion Great undertakings are not ac-
! eompnsned IN day Or year. As this
cAurch IS expected to stand for all time,
us massive walls, will rise in dignified
reference to this expectancy. When it's
| sky,po!ntlng spires shall elevate the cross
| OF Christ our Lord above the city-above
| the hills andyalley and river-we then
| viii see in that blessed symbol the 7eaIiza-
ton Of Father Gaultier's prayers from the
log chapel by the watefside. But to ac-
| complish such great things the divine
| economy provides that we must work as.
%e,l as p play And all these splendid evi-
erful work are the proofs as we'll of the
tlreiess energy of our archbishop and his
| faithful priests and the hearty co-opera-
/ ton of the people.
| When that cathedral shall rise. as it
| viii, IT will stand landmark of the peo-
pies love and homage to Almighty God,
| as yonder marble palace of the states
power atteStS their reverence for the law
| AND then, eminent sir may we not hope
that you VIII again honor us with your
| presence and consecrate the new cathe
orai. under the invocation of st. Paul to
| the service of the living, God.
in old Spain. in 1892 TO the tinted States.
same simple faith which impeIled Column
| bus, the world seeking Genoese,, to turn
| the santa Maria into an uncharted, ocean
and san fearlessly to the west has ami
mated now and here an association of
Catholic American gentlemen assuming
| ms name and under the same cross en-
| not a new world, but by honor in daily
| life, by kindness, courtesy and good
| citizenship to win the hearts of our fel-
| low men. And here stonight-taking no
special place but honored by the privilege
| OF the service-tffe Knights of Columbus
| over all this land, speaking through st.
| Paul council. bid you welcome
Cardinal Satoili. In responding to the
address, paid compliments to Arch
bishop Ireland, the knights of Colum-
| bus and the Catholics Of the United
States. His eminence said:
SatoIIi's Address
| In coming here for the third time it
| was my intention to show that after the
| first visit l never lost vivid and pleas
ant memory of st. Paul. Nor has there
been been any diminntion in the very high
| the epfscopate of the province, the clergy
| and the people of this archdiocese an
| opinion which has always gone hand in
| friendship And SO today 1 feel that I
am no longer in a foreign land, but as in
my own home and among brothers.
thank you gentlemen, Knights of
columbus, for the sentiments to which
you have given expression both in regard
to myself personally. and in regard to
heretofore had some little hesitation as
| to the substantial nature. the formal or
ganization and the probable results of
glad to say that 1 have better informa-
| ton and have seen it at a close range:
l L, realize. that it enjoys the approval and
tnat It counts among its members many
irrepreachable ecelesiastics, and that it
admits no one that does not give evil
dence Of good standing in church and
state and is not a practical Catholic. 1
declare that henceforth 1 shall cherish a
special regard for the society of the
| have field growing wider with years and
a future blessed with prosperity.
rne Satnoic church, since it is living
tuTe has always had n the OF mast s a na
shows itself to have today ineXhaustibie
and marvellous fecundity in producing
with her own spirit of justice and charity.
aiming to secure the common good of
their members and of civil society at
large. For twenty centuries there has
been in the church an unbroken sue
cession of fraternal associations to suit
| the needs and conditions of humanity
Ihe n, history especially. of the middle ages
in Christian Europe is a wonderful rec
ord OF institutions for every social class
In arts and trades, in industries and COM
| merce. They were. destroyed by SUBJ
cnurch has given new birth to others
more numerous and more active. Among
them in America 1 am pleased to num-
Der the. knights of Columbus. The very
name or that glory of Italy, the discoverer
| OF America: entities you to confidence
ana sympathy in a special degree,
Returning to this city. after ten years.
l. ! am astonished to see shining proofs of
the progress of 5CathoIicity. Much good
has been accomplished and there is rea-
son to hope that much more will be done.
and at no distant day The light of the
Christian faith. cleaning so pure and Sc
rene from the brow of the Catholic
church. VIII Illuminate more and more the
minds of men, the spirit of charity will
unite their souls in closer bonds. day by
day prejudices will vanish. and all who
aspire to knowsthe full truth of Chris
| tlanity will be drawn by a gentle and
gradual smeveInents to the shrine of
Christianity. The civil community can
not but derive from all this ever grow
ing advantage. and the constitution of
this land will obtain from the vitality of
the church the Ssecurity and benefit of a
long and prosperous future. In antici-
patton OF these blessings / present to you,
most reverend archbishop, surrounded by
your Suffragaris,S the expression of my
gratitude and friendship. my warm CON-
gratulations; not only the people. of Min
nesota but the people of the United
states respect and admire YOU Before
long the city off st. Paul will see erected
cathedral so beautiful and majestic as
to challenge comparison. This cathedral,
bu1lt by the generous cooperation of the
Citizens of St Paul. will be the symbol of
american generosity, of a sturdy. Catho-
licity and of undying union with the
chair Of Peter. On the see of Peter and
on the yenerated tonbS of the holy apos-
ties depend the purity of the faith, the
vitality of Catholicfty in every part of the
world; and in this country freedom is
assured to Catholic faith and religion by
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