The Irish standard., 1908-09-12
SHOW THEIR LOYALTY.
To tho Cause Of Catholic Education in
Superior.
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Especial 10 Irish Standard).
superior, Wis, Sept. S-Your CORE
spondent was present at the opening
OF the Cathedral parish school here
lhis morning, and was deeply i'm
pressed with the. intelligent loyalty to
the cause Of Catholic education shown
by the members Of this parish. More
than four hundred children marched
into the Sacred Heart Cathedral To a.
tend the solemn high mass with which
the work Of the school year was he
gun.
At s:45 the pupils. under the direc-
ton Of the Franciscan Sisters. began
to take their places in the line for
the procession to the. church. First
came the boys headed by the little
beginners who gazed timidly at one
another and at the black robed sister
leading them. Behind the little fell
lows came the larger boys and the
youths now entering the grades for the
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ranging, like the boys. from the tots
Of four in the lead to the larger girls
CT the higher grades. forming the rear
guard of the procession. This Juvenile
regiment was off1cered by the demure
sisters and by some Of the larger bows
and girls. The boys took their places
In the pews of the right half of the
church and the girls occupied nearly
all Of the left half Of the building.
Back of the school children a large
number Of the parents filled all the
remaining pews.
AS the last of the children took their
places the sacristy gong sounded anil
the solemn high mass commenced.
Father Owens was celebrant, Father
Lee acted as deacon and Father Judge
was sub-deacon. James McGill acted
as master Of ceremonies, Marian
Crawford was censor bearer and the
acolytes were Francis Madden and Leo
Flynn. The choir was composed of
q number Of the larger pupils and I'M
der the direction Of enc of the sisters.
sung the mass in spirit of simple,
earnest devotion.
stranger in thu city might we'll
wonder at all this enthusiastic inter-
est In the parochial school: for as ye,
the generality OF our people in the
Northwest do not appreciate the ad-
vantages of the Catholic school train
ing. and one might we'll ask why is
this parish so evidently a happy ex-
ception. He would have found his an
swer. however, after the first gospel
when the venerable pastor Mgr. Fardy,
weak. palsied. and scarcely able to
walk. tottered out from the sacristy
robed in his omcial purple. and turned
to his school children beaming with
Jealous love. A short sermon was all
that his weakness permitted him to
give: but it was filled with the relig-
ious zeal, the high souled. dauntless
purpose OF the man who for more than
dozen years has lavished his strength
upon the cause Of Christian education
in the parish Of the Sacred Heart.
After mass the pupils marched back
to the school buildings and the work
of Organization was begun. 1t was
thought that the splendid new school
building completed last March would
afford ample room for the increasing
numbers of the pupils. but already both
the old and new buildings are well
filled. The enrolment this year is
thirty per cent larger than that Of the
opening day year ago. ana the Moth
OF Superior expects an enrolment Of