Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-19
= II 4 NV
Archbishop Keane Visits Cresco.

newly installed Archbishop of Dubuque,
I made his first visit to Cresco, on
Thursday, Lee. 14th. Arriving on the
afternoon train he was met by the
4 Very Reverend Dean Murtagh, pastor
of the Assumption Catholic Church
land a delegation of the prominent
members of the parish. Thence was
i conducted to the parochial residence.
During the afternoon of same day,
His Grace accompanied by the Rever-
! end pastor visited the Assumption
School, where he was graciously re-
i ceived by Sisters and pupils.
8 The following short and appropriate
\ program was rendered:
"Song of Welcome"-Senior girls.
!. ''Words of Welcome Minims and
Juniors.
" Greeting to our beloved Archbishop
on behalf of the pupils Of the school. =
Master William Drew.
! God Be With You"-Senior boys.
Z The prelate after paying q high trib-
ute to the Sisters for the great and
mobile work they are achieving, talked
ITO the children on the all-important
! question of higher education, and
: urged them to study for the higher
athings of life; to have true apprecia-
ton for the good and the beautiful.
From the school he went, to st.
sJoseph's Mercy hospital He was
highly pleased with the work done by
the self sacrificing religious Of the in
stitution.
I On Thursday evening at seven
thirty the Archbishop lectured in the
Assumption church to large and en-
! thusiastic audience. Taking for his
theme tie .Divinity of Christ, the
learned divine proved himself pro-
found theologian and orator of marked
ability. He held his listeners, Catho-
T lies and non-C Catholics in rapt attention
by the candor and the conviction of
his arguments. His ideas were ex-
Fpreqsed with simplicity and clearness,
this combined with the logical and
scholarly manner in which he. treated
his subject, was the secret of the great
impression created on his hearers.
After listening to the arguments
biblical and otherwise, which were ad-
vaneedinep proof Of Christ.s divinity, it
would seem TINT the most rabid infdel
sho1ld be'sconvinced. The discourse
was free from bias or narrowness and
was one by which Christian of any
denomination could profit.
His Grace proved beyond doubt, that
he is eminently fitted for the high
spiritual office, entrusted to him, and
that he will ever be a potent influence
l for good. ~ s4
! Friday morning at: 10 o'clock the
Confirmation ceremony was begun
with High Mass, celebrated by Rev.
I James Ryan of Calmar. The choir was
: composed of the school children.
After Mass one hundred and thirty
/ we're confirmed. Before the admins
\ tration of the sacrament. the Metro.
politan spoke to the parents counseling
them to make the home attractive and
/ pleasant for their children.
z At the close Of the confirmation
!. ceremony. His Grace, assisted by the
!, Rev. Clergy and Acoylites proceeded to
the new church which he dedicated.
z The following priests Of the Ueanery
were present:
1 Very Rev. Thomas J. Murtagh,
y Cresco. a. ~ FL
Rcv.sJames Ryan, Calmar.
Rev.5JohnT. Wagner, Cresco.
4 Rev. Thomas Fitzgerald, Plymouth
T. Rock. ri
Rev. John Norris, Lourdes.
I Rev. John ]. sMurtagh, Cresco.
7 The class confirmed are:
Mary Carolan. Mary Walsh, Nellie
Geraty, Consuelo Laub. Helen Bouska,
/ Gertrude Steinmetz, Alice Glass, Nellie
DAILY, Thelma Wanless, Genevieve Zend-
er, Cecilia Laub, Mary Nolan. Esther
! Judd, Regina Owens, Loretta Fleming,
I Mary Bedford Harriet Wentworth,
Loretta Wentworth, Julia Garfield,
Genevieve Ruddy, Margaret Daily.
! Josephine Lydon, Angela Geraty,
Mary Ellen Lydon, Rosetta Malauaphy,