The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-30
Need for orphanage.

arose. Need for Catholic orphanage
began to be felt There was no place
in Minneapolis where dependent chill
dren could be cared for. In 1876 it
was decided that Minneapolis should
take care of the orphan boys of the
diocese and, accordingly, on January
q of that year, they were sent to the
old Winslow Hotel, where they were
taken care of. The congregation of
the Immaculate Conception, both men
and women, took keen interest in the
unfortunate children who had no
parents to watch over them.
Thanks to the zeal of Father Nc
Golrick, who was young and ener-
getic, the parish thrived with the pass
ing years. During the year 1873 the
Catholic Benevolent Society and the
st. Vincent de Paul Society were or
ganized. These societies brought the
people together and strengthened the
bonds of the parish by uniting all in a
common work.
The obligation of educating the
young was one which was never over
looked by those in charge of the
Church of the Immaculate Conception
They realized that on the schooling of
the young depends the welfare of the
church of the future. Thus it was
that in 1882 there arose new educa-
tional institution in the parish-Holy
Angels Academy, which also served as
a residence for the Sisters teaching in
the parish school. 1t was placed in
charge of Mother ST. John.
Three years later, 1885, the problem
of taking care of the orphan boys of
the diocese was permanently solved
when it was decided to build an or
phan asylum costing $4,000. Mr.. La
velle was chosen as architect and
when the building was completed
Mother Xavier was placed in charge
and under her management the insti-
tuition prospered.
Father McGoIrick Made Bishop.
The time had now arrived when
the first pastor of the Church of the
Immaculate Conception was to be call
ed to another field of labor. st. Paul
had been made an Archdiocese on May
4, 1888, with the Most Reverend John
Ireland as it's first Archbishop. Ever
solicitous for the welfare of the Cath
olics under his spiritual jurisdiction,
he saw the need for another diocese
in the northern part Of the state. Ac-
cordingly, the Diocese of Duluth was
established on October 8, 1889, and
Father McGolrick was called to pre-
side over it. He was consecrated on
December 81, 1889. Thus, after twen-
ty-two years of devoted service in
which he endeared himself to every
member of his parish, the first pastor
of the Church of the Immaculate Con-
ception was transferred to new field
where he would have wider scope for
the exercise of his ability.
The departure of Father McGolrick
marks the close of the first epoch in
the history of the Church of the I'm
maculate Conception-the second
church to be established in Mime
apolis. Too much credit cannot be
given to the pioneer Catholics, many
of whom passed to their reward long
ago. 1t was their devotion that laid
the foundation for the present pros
porous condition of the Catholic
Church in Minneapolis and at the same
time had much to do with the success
and progress of the municipality.
There are names closely associated
with the early history of the Immacu-
late Conception parish that cannot be
overlooked in any history of Mime
apolis. Anthony Kelly, Angus Nc
Dougall, Thomas Gaffney, Daniel Sulli-
van, P. N. Tobin, Terence Connolly,
Thomas Gavin, M. w. Nash, Thomas
Quinn, Henry Prendergast, Timothy
Corbett, Roger Vail and host of
others were a credit to the community
in the development of which they
played an important part.
Only one who was full of zeal and
enthusiasm for his work, coupled with
energy and executive ability of no