The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-02-14

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donations for the finishing and adorn-
ment of the Chapel dedicated to the
Mother of God in the New Cathedral
OF st. Paul, have issued the following
formal appeal to the Catholic women
of the Archdiocese to cooperate with
them in this labor of love by contrib
uting according to their means toward
the work Of making this Chapel
shrine of devotion worthy of "Our
Lady" and fitting expression of their
love for her who is their model and
intercessor.
THE LETTER.
To the Catholic Women of the Diocese
OF st. Paul:
We are sure, it is with you, each
and every one, as it is with ourselves
that thrill of holy joyousness rings
through your hearts, as you learn of
the precious opportunity now allowed
to the Catholic women of the Diocese
of st. Paul to pay to Our Lady," our
beloved Mother and Model, a notable
tribute of love and veneration. We
are sure, it is with you, each and
every one, as it is with ourselves-that
the answer to the opportunity will be
whole-hearted and unhesitating.
In the great Cathedral, now crown
ing the hill-tops of the Capital City of
Minnesota, there is to be the Chapel
OF "Our Lady"-a monument to Mary,
the Virgin Mother of the Incarnate
God, the chosen one among the daugh-
ters of Eve to be the nearest and
dearest to the Saviour of Bethlehem
and of Calvary, and, in consequer pe,
the nearest and dearest to all Girls
Ilans, and, in a special manner to all
Christian women, who see in Mary,
not only the honor and the glory of
the children of humanity, but in a
special manner, the honor and the
glory of it's womanhood. To the Catho-
lie women of the Diocese of st. Paul the
invitation has gone out to take into
their charge the Chapel of "Our
Lady, in the great Cathedral, to make
of it a shrine of such beauteous come
illness, that the tens of thousands who
year after year will contemplate it
must say-The prophecy of Mary's
own "Magnifcat is fulfilled in Min
nesota, fulfilled through the piety and
the love of the Catholic women of
Minnesota: For behold, from hence
forth all generations shall call me
blessed"
Into our charge, Catholic women of
the Diocese of st. Paul, the Chapel
of Our Lady is given. Into our
charge we take it. The Chapel will
be furnished with altar, statue, mural
decoration, the best, the loveliest that
art and workmanship can provide,
through the generous offerings of our
selves, the Catholic women of the Di-
ocese of st. Paul, and of such other
lovers of Mary as we may be able to
induce to take part with us in our
notable task.
A monument to Mary! None other
more worthy of the honor. Thus
shall he be honored," was it said,
whom the King hath a mind to hon
or And whom did the King, the
King of Kings, have mind to honor,
whom did the King of Kings honor
as Mary was honored by Him? The
hour had come when the Eternal
Word in His mercy towards mankind
was to be made man. A daughter of
Eve was to be chosen to be His Moth
er-to say to Him: Thou art my
child: to hear from Him: Thou art
my Mother. 1t was the highest hon.
or in the gift of the Deity, the closest
union with the Deity to which human
creature, upon the uplifting hand of
Omnipotence, was ever permitted to
aspire. Who was the chosen one? 1t
was Mary. To Mary the archangel
bore the message-"Thou shalt bring
forth a son, and thou shalt call His
name Jesus" To Mary it was given
to say; Behold the handmade of the
Lord: be it done unto me according
to thy word
A monument to Mary! 1t is mon
ument to the highest holiness, the
most exalted merit of soul to which
Gods human creation ever did, ever
Will dIIdlu. III SAAA0I was
the more uplifted: but in Christ it
was the humanity of the Second Per
son of the Triune God. In Mary it
was mere humanity: but how lovely
still in its radiance, how sublime in
it's grandeur! An archangel from
Heaven hailed her: Full of grace"
The Church, divinely appointed inter
prefer of the things of the Kingdom of
God, proclaims her the saint of saints,
the mirror itself of divine justice, the
queen of saints, the queen of angels.
Stainless, immaculate, resplendent in
grace was she, since she was fitted
to the Motherhood of Him who was
God in human form, the Saviour of
mankind. The ages of Christendom
tell of Mary's holiness. In her they
have put their pride: in her they have
seen their dream of human perfec-