The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-05-05
WHAT Of FUTURE!
Church Work Of Sixty Years In
San Francisco
Undone in q Week, With Loss
of Many Millions.


visitation of earthquake and fire at
San Francisco. says the Catholic COL
u.nbnn. So far no loss of life among
the religious has been announced but.
as Archbishop Hiurd;tn said in his APP
peal for help. the work of sixty years
has been undunc in less than IL Week.
The men and women of these later and
less rigorous days will have /" take
ny the task begun under such diff
ru!lics in the o;,riy '4OS and prosecuted
$" we'll and SO earnestly. Who knows
what heroes will develop from the
needs of the times. and how many
new chapters of high and unscliiSh
nnde"Nor will be added I" the already
rici, chronicles nl the Catholic Church.!
Millions of dollars worth of prop
.rty has been destroyed. st. l"na
tius College conducted by the JcSuitS
had an Attendance of nearly four hum
dred students The destruction of this
establishment, the greatest Jesuit in
Stltutlun IN me WEST. erected III II
cost of II couple of millions, occurred
during the first rlvishingS OF the fire.
The church was Il fine structure. 1t,
too. was destroyed.
The other churches in the track III
destruction We're: Notrc Dame DIES
VICTORIES. st. Eonil;rc. ST. I:rend;rlls
81. Dominic's. ST. Francis. St. Ignatius,
ST. Joseph. st. Marys Paulist. st.
rntricks. ST. Rose. IS. Peter and Paul.
Dolores aud Holy Cross
Par"rli;ll schu"ls We're attached t."
ST. t:onifare. Dominican Sisters: st.
.rendan's, Sisters nf Mercy: st. Fran
nls Presentation Sisters: ST. Joscphs.
Sisters of the Holy Name of Jesus.
ana BROTHERS Of Mary; st. P.,tricks.
Holy Name: Mission Dolores. Sisters
"f Notrr Dame
The converts and academies de-
;troSed, so far aus can he :tSrcrtHineu,
are: st. Francis Day Home and Sew
ing School. Holy Name Convent. Notre
Dame Convent. Presentation. S;,rrcd
Hospital st. NinccntS Convent,
Yonths' Directory. ST. Joscph'S Home
ana Hospital. Holy Family Kinder
.:,rten.
\ temporary detention hospital was
established in the basement of the
Sacred Heart School. conducted by the
dominican Sisters AT the corner of
Fillmore and Fell streets. The Sis
terS kindly turned over Il part of their
already crowded quarters t" the in
sanity commissioners, ;,n,l Il number of
patients We're housed there.
On the steps of shattered churches
and on the green slopes of parks and
cemeteries the people of san Fran
cisco assembled at the usual hours
for religious services. Priests ccc-
!,,ated MASSES in the Jewish ccne-
terry. aud every creed knclt with bowed
heads while the services We're IN prog
ress ...
ON the steps of st. Mary'S Cathc-
,lrtl. and on the upheavcd pavement
"t Golden Gate avenue. overlooking
the blackcncd waste that commenced
Just across the street. Archbishop
Montgomery celebrated Mass at 6
o'clock. The service was attended by
thousands. covering the church steps
and extending we'll up and down the
street.
The Archbishnp's words and HIS ref
rrence to the death Of Fire Chief Sui
tears streaming down hundreds OF
iHces upturnetl to the tiny altar in the
open doorway of the vcstibule. while
Tie broken sobs swept in a wave of
su,nt from end to end of the congre-
%aticn.
Five Masses were celebrated at st.
Mary's Cathedral.
Close t" the graves in Calvary Gene
'rry. on the narrow porch of a tiny
house that stands within the grave
ward enclosure. three Masses were
celebrated for the congregation of
Holy Cross church. They were largely
attended. and the theme of the SER
mons was hope ANA courage in the face
Of adversely.
The Brothers Of Mary of st. Mary's
Institute, Dayton. will be heavy losers
by the disaster in San Francisco and
;,ls" in SAN Jose. According to the
reports their schools and community
residence have been destroyed.
The plants of the two Catholic pa
pers the Monitor and the Leader have
been entirely destroyed.
There We're thirty three churches in
san Francisco last week and twenty
nine schools and academies Many of
them are now in ashes The loss to
tae Church will approximate $4,000
900.
The Mission Dolores was one of the
historic churches Of the city. 1t was
built by the Franciscan Fathers. who
settled that region 1870 years ago and
who named the then embryo city after
their illustriOuS founder St Francis