The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-08-14

the great Catholic Protectory at Pawl-
ing, near Philadelphia.
Brothers Adrian and Heraclian sue
ceeded Brother Emery as principals
of the Cretin High School. The former
is in the east, while Brother Heraclian
is vice. president Of De la Sale In
stitute, Chicago.
The Brothers School in Ssinneapo-
lis has not SO long "a history as the
one in st. Paul. Some twenty years
ago Brothers E. Lewis and Gideon
opened a school in the Immaculate
Conception, .Zarish., Owing to circum-
stances the. school closed its doors after
two years. Minneapolis then remained
without a Brothers school until 1900.
when Brother Athanasius, now Of
Memphis, Tenn, opened the Henne-
pin Institute (the name under which
the school was first known), on Nicol-
let Island, at West Island avenue and
Grove place. @.
After two years, i'll health compelled
Brother Athanasius to give way to
Brother Heraclian, who in turn was
succeeded by Brother 1carian. Brother
Emilian, the present director, has been
in charge for four years. During his
time an addition has been made to
the school building and the number Of
students has been doubled
The chapel in the Brothers resi-
dence is perfect little gem and is
the gift of Mrs. J. s..ECoushlin in MEM
ory of her husband who was a former
pupil of the Brothers in st. Louis, Mo.
The chapel is one Of the first in the
United States to be. dedicated to st.
John Baptist de La Sale, founder Of
the Christian Brothers
The graduates ofa,De La Sale IN
stitute already perneate all branches
of commercial life: in the great Flour
City" Of the Northwest.
Besides the schools Of st. Paul and
Minneapolis. the Christian Brothers
have recently opened High School in
Duluth, MINI. According to q Minne-
apolis paper, Bishop McGolrick has
announced hint .tisL ahas con-
tributed ten Thousand doiiars to the
building fund of this new school. The
Brothers, school in Duluth is In charge
Of Brother Baldwin, long identified
with Catholic education in Chicago
The school bids fair to become as ef-
fective..a factor for good as have beer
the Brothers schools in the '"Twir
Cities"
In the Archdiocese Of st. Paul, az
in other dioceses of the United States
the greater part Of the education Of
the young is allotted to the Sisters
of whom there are more than one
thousand in Archbishop Ireland's juris.
diction.
| The Sisters of st. Joseph make ur
more than one-half of the religious
women of the Archdiocese. They have
a Provincial House and q Novitiate ir
st. Paul. Mother Seraphine, who by
| the way, is Sister of Archbishop
Ireland, is the Provincial. At leas,
three members Of the Archbishop's
family belong or have belonged to the
Order of st. Joseph. The Sisters arr
quite progressive and "up-to-d date
Many of their teachers in literature
music and the other arts have beer
pupils Of the best masters in Europe
or the United States.
In st. Paul they conduct a full,
equipped college for women-St. Cath.
erine's-situated on an eminenc(
overlooking the Mississippi rive" and
having seventy acres Of finely wooded
campus. The college is accredited b!
the Minnesota State Board Of Public
instruction and empowered to confer
degrees. Besides this college, tile Sis
ters Of st. Joseph conduct St. Jo
sepl's Academy and ST.. 4Agatha's Con
servatory Of Music and Arts in 81
Paul; in Minneapolis they have st
Margaret's Academy, High Schoo
for girls and commercial and prepara
tory department courses in music an.
expression; and the Holy Angels
Academy, a boarding AMI dag schoo
for girls. In Graceville, Minn., the!
also have st. Mary's Academy, {
boarding school for girls. Fully one
half Of the parochial schools Of 81
Paul and Minneapolis are under tn
direction Of the Sisters of st. Joseph
=. The famous School Sisters Of Notr
Dame, with 1875 members, conduct i
1 schools in the Archdiocese, while tn
Sisters Of st. Francis are in chars
OF, 10; the Sisters Of st. Benedict o
13, the Sisters Of Christian Chart.
of s and the Felician Sisters Of 2. Th
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