The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1906-11-17
BOISE, IDA.
impressive Ceremonies at Laying of
Corner Stone of New Cathedral
Prominent Church Dignitarles OF
the West Present.
lsnecial Corespondence.)

Boise. Ida, Sunday afternoon, NOV. IL.
An ideal Indian summer Sabbath DAY
added beautiful impressiveness TO the
grand and solemn rites attending the
joyful occasion.
It was o'clock, sharp, when the pro-
cession left the bishops palace and
marched slowly to the Eighth street
entrance of the church, with the band
playing the pontifical march.
The cross bearers, with two acolytes,
led the procession. Then came the pu-
pills of st. Teresa's and st. Joseph's S,
followed by the bishops in their official
robes, attended by the diocesan priests.
After Bishop GlorieuX had placed the
first mortar beneath the stone, the choir
singing the beautiful hymn, The
Heavens Are Telling" and several arti-
stone. Archbishop Christie delivered
splendid address, which was, in part, as
follows:
Right Rev. Bishop. Rev. Fathers,
Dear Brethren: These are memorable
occasions which acquaint us with the
vitality and achieving power of the
Catholic church. Christ endowed his
kingdom with the principle of fruitful
life, and wherever the good seed of
Christian truth had been sown and
nurtured by Jealous care, there, in due
spring works.
/ The purpose which has gathered us
here today proclaims the genuiness
and fecundity of your Catholic faith.
Undertakings, such as this. apply to
profession, the righteous test of sacri-
flee, and wherever the sacrifice is made,
there we can argue back to the spirit
of Christian charity, which is the
choicest product of strong and living
faith.
Today, my brethren, we may dwell
with profit upon the sacred project
which has this present hour its formal
inauguration. The Catholic church;
what does it embody? What needs
does it supply? In developing this no
BILE theme. we shall remind you of
thoughts which you. too, have fostered
of hopes which you have ever cherished
of truths you hold all holy, of fruit,
which you have tasted and found sweet
beyond comparison. Religion pure and
undefiled! Let our hearts rejoice as we
contemplate the chaste outlines of this
future cathedral where God shall be
worshiped in spirit and truth, Let our
souls glow with gratitude and enthuSi-
asm as we reflect that through our
sacrifices, God is to give us lasting
part in the sanctificat ton and enlight
eminent of generations yet unborn.
What. then. is the church, that its
precincts are holy beyond all other
edifices reared by human hands? We
can best answer this question by de-
claring what we ourselves have found
| the church to be.
1 but speak in truisn, verified by the
testimony and experience of all human
| ity, when l say that your soul and
mine cherish aspirations which the
plentitude of earth is far too poor to
satisfy If our earthly longings have
now and then found earthly consola-
ton. the contentment born was of but
short duration, and a new and aching
void soon Knocked the misery of a
needy heart. "As the heart panteth
for the fountains of waters. SO my soul
panteth after thee, my Godr' Yes, the
| loyal Psalnist knew full well the as
| pirations of the human heart. and we
! find the echo of his warnings in the
sweet confession of Saint Augustine:
Thou hast created us for thee. o God.
and our heart is restless, till it repose
in thee" Our souls, my brethren. yearn
for fellowship with God. We know a
| hunger and a thirst which created all
ments are unable to appease or satisfy.
The browning glory of the church is
this, that it gives us the one perfect,
and lasting good-it gives us God. Of
| fering herself to us as our divinely ap-
pointed guide, the church takes us by
| the hand, leads us securely back down
the pathway of time and brings us face
! to face with Him who is the source of
all truth, all holiness-the fount of pure
ennobling love.
Among the visiting clergy were Bish-
op ODea, Seattle; Bishop Scanlan of
Salt Lake, Bishop O'Reilly, Baker City;
! Bishop Carroll, Montana; Abbot Thorn
as. Mt Angel Ore; Father Guinan. All
Hallows college, Salt Lake; Father
Godschalx of Weiser, Father Velbrug-
CHE of Shoshone. Fathers Dempsey and
Dreyer of Nampa and Father Fuchs of
Idaho Falls
The program for the exercises which
began at o'clock in the afternoon was:
March Pontifical ...................Ba Band
Blessing of the Cross
Blessing and laying of the corner
stone.
THE Heavens Are Telling" Chorus and
blessing of the foundation.
Address E. ........ Most Rev. A. Christie
Archbishop of Oregon.
GLORIA .''...-'......... .Cnorus
| Priests March Observation-Disclosures Band
The beautiful cathedral which the
Boise diocese is building at the corner
of Eighth and Hays street, which was
be the scene of the impressive cere-
monies promises to be the
finest church edifice in the inetrmoun-
tain region. The building has a 'front.'
age of IS feet on Eighth street with
frontage of $50 feet on Hays. The ar
chiteetural design is gothic blended
with modern, making a beauty of out
line seldom equaled in an edifice of this
character. At the two front corners
great spires will mount heavenward to
height of over 200 feet. The main en-
trance is through a massive carved
stone archway of impressive beauty
The main walls are of cut stone with
gothic arches over the windows. The
cost of the magnificent structure COM
pleted will be over 100000.
Contractors are now at work figuring
on bids which have been called for,
and in short time the contract will be
let and work will begin. The basement
story was completed some time ago. 1t
is the intention to work large force
during the winter as the labor required
in getting out the cut stone will not be
interfered with by wintry weather
The man who has been noted for his
public spirit, and who secured the
funds and chose the plans for the ca
thedral is Ri. Rev. A. j. Glorieux, D. D.,
bishop of Idaho. The bishop is native
of Belgium. He was one of five chill
dren and the only son of Auguste and
Lucy GlorieuX. He was educated in
the public schools and took a collegiate
course of six years at Courtrai, where
he was graduated in 1852 and entertd