The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-06-15
0RD|uE 5N At THE SEMINARY
The ~ o Reverend Archbishop Con-
ferTS Priesthood on Twenty-Three
w Levites and the Subdeacon-
81 N Eleven-Minor Orders and
Tor.-Ire Given by Bishop LawIer-
Seminary Closes for Midsummer
Vacation.

Last week was ordination week in
the st. Paul Seminary. It opened on
the evening of June 2 with the exer-
cises of the retreat conducted by the
Rev. j. H. Gaughan, pastor of the
Church of st. Stephen, Minneapolis
During the early part of the week the
Right Reverend Bishop Lawler con-
ferred Minor Orders on seventeen
students and Tonsure on thirty-one
In addition to this he promoted to the
deaconship several students who were
to be ordained to the priesthood.
The Most Reverend Archbishop Off
ciated at the ordination service held
on Friday, June z. At eight O'Clock
the celebrant and his ministers, pre-
ceded by the students and the young
levites who were to be ordained sub
deacons and priests, went in process
sion from the Administration Building
to st. Mary's Chapel where, on en-
tering, they were greeted by the Sem
mary choir under the direction of the
Rev. Francis Missia. The Most Rev
erend Archbishop was assisted by the
Very Rev. Francis Schaefer, D. D.,
Rector of the Seminary, as archpriest,
and Fathers Ziskovsky and Perigord
as masters of ceremonies.
The following are the names of the
students upon whom the subdeacon-
ship was conferred and of the Dioceses
in which they will labor after ordina-
ton: Revs. Leo P. Gleason, st. Paul;
InCnnh Hannah CT Do111. To
Treacy, Fargo; Leo J. Chapman, De-
troit; Matthias ]. Manternach, Dubu-
que; Herman J. McKenna, Winona;
Michael Schmitt, Bismarck; Matthias
M. Hoffman,, Dubuque; Edward De
Courcy, st. Paul; Anthony Wojciesz-
czuk, Sioux Falls, and Ernest J. Nc
Donald. Dubuque.
The deacons who were elevated to
the dignity of the priesthood were:
Revs. William J. Harrington, Thomas
F. Keane, Michael A. McRaith, J. Fran
els Nolan, Joseph T. Barron, Edward
F. Casey, John J. Cullinan, Walter A.
DAILY, Andrew J. Koller, Francis J.
Rakowski, Joseph B. Webber, Ernest
P. Rickert and Lawrence Lynch for the
Archdiocese of st. Paul; Vincent J.
Ryan, Charles w. Fay, Matthew G. Hart,
William G. Schimmel for the Diocese
of Fargo; Patrick G. Ryan, for the
Diocese of Sioux Falls; David J.
Ryszka, for the Diocese of Winona;
William Fl. Grace, for the Diocese of
Green Bay; Frederick w. Mckinley
and Joseph E. Linkenmeyer for the
Archdiocese of Dubuque; and Paul
Wiese for the Diocese of Omaha. Dur
ing the year the following members of
the class were ordained: The Revs.
Martin P. Weidner and Ignatius ].
Mazurowski for the Archdiocese of
Chicago; William P. Fitzgerald for the
Diocese of Omaha; and John J. Oman
for the Diocese of Cleveland. The
Rev. Terrence T. Kelly will be or
dained at Detroit next month; and the
Rev. Peter J. Gadient of the Archdio-
cese of st. Paul was too i'll to be Or
dained with his classmates.
The ordination services was at
tended by large number of the rela-
tives and. friends of the young priests
who taxed the st. Mary Chapel to the
limit of it's capacity. There was a
large number of clergymen and Sis
ters present from different parts of the
Northwest With the ordination serv-
ice the years work at the Seminary
was brought to a close and in the
afternoon most of the students left
to spend a well-earned vacation among
their relatives and friends The Semi
nary will reopen on Tuesday, Sep
tember 10.