New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-25
CROWD ATTENDS CEREMONY
Dedication of Catholic School is
AuspiciOus.
Arch Bishop John Ireland Speaks
to Large Audience.
Makes Plea to Catholic Parents to
Educate Children.

lnVlgOratlng atmosphere made Sunday
an ideal day for the exercises of the
dedication Of the new school building
which has just been made ready by the
Catholics of the city for the accommo
datiOn Of their children
Arch Bishop John Ireland was the
central figure of the occasion and the
attraction for most of those who were
there, and there were many, most oil
whom were members Of the church
though many whose love for the veneer
able prelate not belonging to the
church were there to listen to his words
Of wisdom for he seldom speaks that
good does not follow from his words.
The ceremony was that of the usual
order for occasions of that kind and
was conducted under the ceremonious
rites of the church in all it's beauty and
smpressiveness. Beginning with the
service in the church and the rObing OF
the dignitaries double line of the
members of the Catholic orders formed
on each side of the pavement leading
from the church to the school house
and this line Of men was lined with
similar lines of school children most
Of whom were dressed in white, the
double lines reaching from the entrance
school house, d distance of nearly a
block.
Between these lines the Archbishop
and the attending priests marched and
at the building traversed the entire
front sprinkling the walls and dedi.
eating the building to the cause fol-
which it was erected and to the service
of the church. The same ceremony was
conducted on the interior Of the build
ing and the ecclesiastical body passed
to the church building where Arch.
Bishop Ireland delivered short ad.
dress.
In his talk to the audience he did not
depart from the convers atioaal manner
but rather talked as parent to child
rem admonishing them to live right and
honorable lives, to accumulate money
and gain honor and influence but al.
ways in honest and honorable ways
never forgetting the duty they owe tC
man and to God under the require.
ments of the church.
He complimented the Catholics o:
New Tim on. the progress they haC
made and the enterprise shown in the
erection of the magnificent schoO
building, and urged the parents to see
to it that their children were given the
full course of the school hoping tha1
by it the Catholic children would stanl
always in the front rank in the bust
ness, professional and political inter
eStS Of the state and nation.
He regretted that in the Legislature
as they convene at the capitol, there
were not a representative number O
Catholics for the Catholic population
Of the state and this was due in large
measure to the lack of education anC
it was to remedy this that he was anXi
Gus for the proper instruction of the
rising generation.
He paid a beautiful compliment tC
the selfsacrifcing and enduring sister:
in whose hands was the training of the
children and hoped that their worl
would be recognized by the people o
the parish to the extent that their de
mands would be cheerfully compiled
with that all things might work out t(
the betterment of the Catholics in theil
spiritual as we'll as their temporal vel
fare. The address was entirely to the
church and was an excellent exposition
Of the duty of those who would gair
the reward offered to the faithful.
In the evening the venerable p:elat,
again addressed the audience that as
sembled in the school house to witness
the concert and take part in the lighte
services of the day following the dedi
cation. There was a large crowd GU
in the evening, even larger than tina
of the day and all appeared to thor
oughly enjoy the occasion.
Arch-Bishop Ireland in this city a
in the entire state and for that matte
the nation, is one of the leading light
in the Catholic religion and a ma
whose standing in the nation is super
Tor to any other one man. He is a
earnest advocate of that which goes t
make good citizenship and better MOI
ais and decries all that is licentiou
and without the pale of purity an
honor: a noble parsonage to whom
is a pleasure for all to give honor. II
is growing old and his appearance II
Dictated it, though there is vigor in hi
step and vim in his actions. New Ull
is honored with his presence.