The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-03-18
MONsIGNOR MAJER
summoned BY DEATH
He Was Pastor of st. Adalbert's Polish
Parish for More Than a Quarter
of Century.

of a Century.
Right Reverend Mgr. Dominic A.
Majer, pastor of st. Adalbert's Polish
Church, Charles and Gaultier streets,
st. Paul, died at the parochial resi-
dence Saturday evening, March II.
Two months ago he was stricken
with pneumonia, and although for
some weeks hopes of his ultimate re-
covery were entertained, his advanced
age rendered him incapable of over
coming the ravages of the disease
His funeral obsequies took place at
st. Adalbert's Church last Wednesday,.
The Office of the Dead was chanted by
his brother priests at half-past nine
o'clock This was followed by Solemn
Mass of Requiem, celebrated by Rev.
James Pacholski, of Winona, assisted
by Rev. James Vojtowitz, of Grenville,
S. D., as deacon, and Rev. August Ba-
binski, of Superior, Wis, as sub
deacon. The Rev. A. Ziskovsky of
st. Paul Seminary was Master of Cere-
monies. Rev. Henry Jajeski of Min.
neapolis preached in Polish and the
English sermon was delivered by the
Most Reverend Archbishop. Bishop
Trobec of st. Cloud, Bishop Rhode of
Chicago, Bishop Lawler of St. Paul
and Mgr. Plut of Shakopee occupied
seats in the sanctuary. The pail
bearers were Revs. Joseph Gle
minski and Stanislaus Iciek of Duluth;
Anthony Ogulin and Paul Kupfer-
schmidt of st. Paul; Peter Roy of
Ivanhoe and Ambrose Kryjewski of
Wilno. The remains were inferred in
Calvary Cemetery. s..
Mgr. Majer was born in Poland on
December %, 1888. He made his clas-
sical and philosophical studies at War
saw and his course of theology at the
University of Vienna He was or
dafned to the Holy Priesthood on July
7th 1862 and spent fourteen years in
priestly ministration in Galicia He
came to America in 1876 and was
pastor of church in Chicago for one
year During the following five years
he had charge of the parish of Pine
Creek, Wis. In September, 1883 he
came to the Diocese of st. Paul, and
was appointed pastor of the Polish
parish of st. Adalbert, where he re-
NAMED until the time of his death.
During these twenty-eight years he Ia
bored unreservedly for the welfare of
his people. About year ago, realizing
that the present parish church was
too small for his increasing congrega-
ton, he began the construction of a
new church, which will cost when COM
pleted about 100000. The new church
is almost ready for occupancy. 1t
| is to be dedicated next month
Father Majer was made a Domestic
Prelate by Pope Plus X in May 1906,
in recognition of his services in the
cause of religion and shortly after
wards he was invested with the purple
robes of the Monsignorship by the
Most Reverend Archbishop of St.
Paul
Extract from the Archbishop's Sermon.
We can offer no better appreciation
of Mgr. Majer's life and work than the
following extract from the Arch
bishops sermon:
A great loss has come to us: Mon
signor Dominic Majer has been taken
from us. We bow in humblest sub
mission before the supreme will of the
Almighty God, whose mysterious or
derings have imposed upon us this af-
Fiction. To the will of the Eternal
Ruler, to the all-conquering laws of
His Providence, we offer uncomplain-
ing obedience: to Him all things, all
men belong: by Him all things, all
men are given and taken, as He de-
crees-always in wisdom, grace and
mercy We may, however, speak out
the feelings of our souls, which the
sacrifice we are hidden to endure i'm
periously imposes: the more sincere,
the more poignant our regrets in los
ing Monsignor Majer, the more mer-
itorious our submission to the omnipo-
tent will, that calls him away.
The Parish of ST. Adalbert mourns
Monsignor Majer. Well it may. Was
he not the model priest, the model
pastor? Beauteous was his Christ
like life. Without stain or reproach
he was in his long life of more than
three score and ten years. He lived
with God, for God-the embodiment of
every priestly virtue, the exemplar of
every Gospel precept or counsel
truly the man of God, the supernatural
man. able in every word, in every act
to say to those around him: Be imi-
tators OF me, as / am the imitator of
Christ. How Jealous, prudent, untir-
ing in activity, unselfish in vigil and
work, was he as pastor of the flock
entrusted to his guidance! Who, young
or old, strong or weak, amid his par
ishioners, did not feel the touch Of his
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