The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-30
From Mondays Daily.

Saturday, the first of the three days of
the German Catholic Golden Jubilee, it
could not have been more favorable on
the principal day, Sunday, when the
main features of the program were car
ried out The sky was just cloudy
enough to prevent the day from being
disagreeably hot, and there was no rain
and just little breeze.
Services began in the church at six
o'clock, and there were separate ones
at $50, 7:OO 1880 and eight o'clock,
the congregation changing during the
intermissions. At ten o'clock solemn
high mass was performed by Rev.
Father Leonard of Buffalo, n Y, as
sisted by Father Weis of Toledo and
Father Paulus of Mankato. Eight
other priests were in the sanctuary at
the time. The church was crowded to
the utmost and many more did not
succeed in gaining admission at all. In
the congregation were included not
only members of the church but visit
ing Catholics from New Ulm, st. Pc
ter, Madison Lake and many other
neighboring towns. After the celebra-
ton of high mass, Rev. Father Neustich
preached the morning sermon in the
German language. A large class of lit
tie girls and boys, considerably over
two hundred, thirty of them from
Madison Lake, received the beautiful
sacrament of confirmation from Bishop
Cotter. The bishop expressed the hope
that the young members of the church
will prove as strong in their faith as
the older members, who have maintain
ed the church and its accessory insti
tutions during the past fifty years.
Dinner was served in the school
building to the general public by the la
dies of the congregation. Hungry ones
thronged into the building, where the
various recitation rooms were fitted up
with tables and chairs, and the
victuals were bought as fast as the
ladies could servep them Indeed there
was no lack of patronage. In one room
ice cream was served by the members
of the Young Ladies' sodality. All the
dining rooms were beautifully decorat-
ed. Art work of a high character was
shown on the blackboard, the work of
the Sisters of Notre Dame, who are
wont to teach in these compartments
Beautiful white and yellow bunting
the emblematic corors of the Vatican
at Rome, where the supreme head of the
Roman Catholic church abides, were
draped here and there.
Larger and larger grew the cluster
of people about the school and church as
the incoming trains and carriages
brought new arrivals. Fifth street at
this block pre- ented sight not soon
to be forgotten. Lawns, boulevards
sidewalks, porches, windows and the
street itself were alive with humanity
Three bands played lively airs from time
to time, and marched hither and thitn-
er. One of these was the Concordia. an
aggregation of which Mankato has a
right to be proud, twenty five strong
and decked out in their full uniforms
of green and trimmings. The Second
Regiment band which had come al
break of day with the hundred and fif-
ty OF more from New Ulm, appeared il
the military blue, with twenty three
members, and headed by the stars and
stripes. The Kasota band, with six
teen pieces, had accompanied the train
load that came from st. Peter just il
time to take in the high mass service il
the morning. This band, too, made {
pretty appearance, and did exceeding
honor to the community where its mem
bers reside.
the papal banners of yellow and white
together with bunting in profusion
adorned the school, the church, the Sis
ters' of Notre Dame convent, the st
Joseph's hospital, and numerous private
dwellings on both sides of the stree
in that vicinity. One large banner ex
tended across the street with the word
sGoldenes Jubliaeum,' Golden Jubilee)
A little farther up the street was an
other, bearing the motto, "NIit Gott fan:
an. nit Colt hoer' auf, das ist der best,
Lebenslauf," with God begin, will
God cease, that is the best course o
life). The arch in front if the churcl
had the following, ''Und sic errichtetel
dem Herrn Elm Heiligthum zu seine
Namen's Ehre," (And they erected t,
the Lord sanctuary for the honor o
his name).
At two O'Clock solemn vespers an,
benedction were said. Soon afterward
began the preparations for the parade
The line of march was soon organize,