The Irish standard., 1909-08-14

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 Minneapo-
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, parish. Owing to circum-
stances the school closed it's 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 a perfect little gem and is
, the gift of Mrs. J. S. Coughlin In men,
ory of her husband who was 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 of8sDe La Sale In
stitute already permeate 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 Mime.
apolis paper, Bishop McGolrick has
announced Atat u rsse ~ IziH hAs con
tributed ten Thousand dollars to thi
building fund of this new school Thu
Brothers school in Duluth is in charg'
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 beef
the Brothers schools in the "Twil
Cities"
In the Archdiocese Of st. Paul, al
in other dioceses of the United States
4 the greater part Of the education o
1.-THE young is allotted to the Sisters
of whom there are more than on
thousand in Archbishop Ireland's juris
diction.
/ The Sisters of st. Joseph make VI
more than one-half of the religious
women of the Archdiocese. They hav
a Provincial House and a Novitiate II
st. Paul. Mother Seraphine, who b.
the way, is a Sister of Archbishop
Ireland, is the Provincial. At leas
three members of the Archbishop
family belong or have belonged to tn
Order of st. Joseph. The Sisters ar
quite progressive and "up-to-date.
Many of their teachers in literature
music and the other arts have bee
pupils of the best masters in Europ
or the United States.
In st. Paul they conduct a full
equipped college for Women-St. Cath
erines-situated on an eminenc
overlooking the Mississippi river an
having seventy acres Of finely wooded
campus. The college is accredited b.
the Minnesota State Board Of Publ
instruction and empowered to cOnfe
degrees. Besides this college, tile Sis
ters Of st. Joseph conduct st. 10
seph's Academy and st.. 4Agatha's Con
servatory Of Music and Arts in s
Paul; in Minneapolis they have S
Margaret's Academy, a High Schoe
for girls and commercial and prepare
tory department courses in music an
expression; and the Holy Angel
Academy, boarding anil dag schot
for girls. In Graceville, MIMI, the
also have st. Mary's Academy,
boarding school for girls. Fully one
half Of the parochial schools of 3
Paul and Minneapolis are under tn
direction Of the Sisters Of st. JOSEPH
The famous School Sisters Of Notr
Dame, with 1875 members. conduct /
schools in the Archdiocese, while tn
Sisters Of st. Francis are in chars
OF. 10; the Sisters Of st. Benedict {
10, the Sisters Of Christian Chart
Of s and the Felician Sisters Of 2. Th
Dominican Sisters from the fame
sinsinawa Mound. Wisconsin, have q
academy and two schools. The Sister
:, Of the Visitation have a flourishin