The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-03-05

| hod at Philadelphia, but hearing of the
| Indian mission i'm Michigan, he deemed
| his usefulness To be of greater value
there. lie left the order and applied 20
Bishop Baraga for permission to come
10 Michigan; it being granted. he set
out at once. He arrived at the Sauit
! and was ordained there on August Z,
1855.
Immediately after his ordination Il =
was sent To ASsinnins Here he felt
satisfied He set to work To learn the
Indian language, in which he acquired
great lluency. In 1860. in addition 10
L'Anse, he received charge of the con-
gregation ut Houghton. Every alter
nate Sunday he walked To HOughton
from L'Anse to celebrate mass. This
he continued for "A year, when he was
relieved of the duty at L'Anse. But.
even now, he had a dual charge. The
St Annes church at Hancock had just
been dedicated and to its passionate he
was appointed. Services were con-
Quoted at both churches every SundaY.
aga. Father Jacker was assigned 20
Marquette To take charge of the dio-
cese The bishop returned, sick man,
and from then till his death, which
soon followed the services of Father
Jacker were Indispensable. After the
death of the bishop, Father Jacker re-
turned To Hancock From there he
col,
Heart Church. He remained i'm charge
for about five years, when he was sent
To st. lgnace. Having been sent 20
Marquette by the death OF Bishop
Mrak. he was made administrators of
the diocese for the third time. His
duties being finished he accepted the
passionate of st. Anne's church at Han
cock, which he resigned i'm order To go
To Eagle Harhor, but i'll health COM
PEELED him To so To Detour. lncreaS-
ing feebleness caused him to abandon
this mission and he returned to Mar
quette. where he died on September
LIST. 1887. His body was taken to Han
cock. where, after lying in state over
Sunday. il was Inferred in the Catho-
lie cemetery.
About this time the mines in Kce-
wenaw had been reopencd and the
missions in that county demanded Il
competent man. Father Alban Scha-
cider. .. f.. NJ, was chosen for the
place. He is priest honored and
cndcared among all classes and sects
for his cordiaity and sincerity.
TO the school Sisters of Notre Dame
We owe "A debt that can never be re-
paid. Through trials and ,triumphs
they have been with us. as silent mis-
sionaries, teaching. praying; kind and |
gentle patient ever Their pupils haze
attained the standard i'm the world of |
religion and commerce, but they Will
never forget To whom their success is |
due. |
With the coming of the railroad and |
all such factors in civilization, Chris
tionity had become firmly established
but among the Christian population
there are many vices, and none so de-
testable as that of cursing and USING
the holy name of Jesus in a blasphem-
GUS manner. At the advent of Father
Bcde. o. T.. NJ. and apostle of love and
mcekncSe. was hcraldcd the eradica-
ton of profanity. Through his ind =
fatlgable zeal the Holy Name society |
was introduced into Calumet. This
body is an assured medium of much
good and its results are certainly far
reaching.
The ages Of infedelity, ignorance ana
savagery have passed. Michigan, aye,
the entire United states, is Christian
Catholicity has flourshed, thanks tn
those servants of God, who. forgetting
themselves, forgetting home ties. for
getting everything, have labored un-
ceasingly that the redman may hear
the message of Christ and live true
Christian lives and that the white set
tiers who have come Ia these shores,
might be preserved in their faith. The
words of Jesus Christ. Going there
fore. teach we all nations" have been
well preserved and taught by our mis-
sionaries of the northern country.
From Bishop Baraga To Bishop Els,
these words have been "A sacrifice of
love. and an exchange Of celestial
greetings from priest tn people.
our annals OF missionary life would