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

graduation and JOY.
More than fifty years ago, before
Minnesota was admitted as state,
the first city parish was organized, in
the episcopacy of Bishop Cretin, un-
der the transmitted name of st. An
thony of Padua; soon other sacred
edifces began to rise; the Church ac-
companied the growth of the city with
equal steps. Today, within the city
limits, eighteen parish churches and
over forty chapels-of-ease, wherein
fifty priests daily offer up the Holy
Sacrifice; sisterhoods that minister
with gracious toll to the needs of the
sick, the destitute and the orphan;
schools and academies which furnish
a sound and even liberal education; a
Catholic body in goodly proportion to
the vast population of the city-an
these at once emphasize and multiply
the old-time footsteps Of Louis Henne-
pin.
And so on this cheering day full
thirty thousand men have assembled
in this populous city to vie, if not in
Importance at least in piety, with the
mighty gathering of year ago in the
capital city of st. Paul. All of whom
/ Minneapolis, high-spirited city, and
one not unmindful of the pioneer
standard-bearer of the faith of old,
not only received with hospitality, but
as they marched along street and ave-
nue. greeted with hearty cheering and
sympathetic applause.
At the head of the procession were
twenty Bishops in their official robes
of purple, three hundred priests, in
Guiding the levites of the st. Paul
Seminary, in ecclesiastical costume,
and five hundred cadets of the College
of st. Thomas in full military uniform.
After them the citizens and country
folk duly marshaled according to par
ishes, moved onward to the lively
strains of brass and reed instruments
of music, to the cornerstone where, as
soon as the various divisions had
taken their places, the Archbishop OF
st. Paul himself delivered an Grafton
in which his celebrated charm of Ian
guage blended with the brightness and
the promise of the occasion.
Here it is right worthy to record
that the site of the temple, con-
spicuous from the grace of its sur
roundings, is entirely due to the
munificence of Laurence S. Donaldson
and his wife; and furthermore, that
the City of Minneapolis itself, relying
on it's own resources and ready with
it's own means, has undertaken and is
able to rear it's Pro-Cathedral on this
generously given site, adequately and
without delay.
After the laying of the cornerstone
with all the pomp and ceremony OF
the Roman ritual, public meeting
was held under the presidency OF
Laurence S. Donaldson, at which adj
dresses were delivered by James ].
Hill, the Flaminius of our North
west, on behalf of the country at
large; by Governor John A. Johnson,
in behalf of the State Of Minnesota;
and by William P. Devereux and Fran
els Gross, on behalf of the Catholic
laity.
And now, having thus briefly dis
sonages Of this day, naught remains
but to commit to the Virgin Mary
Mother of God in dedicatory trust this
temple, whose cornerstone has been
enhanced with such marks Of honor,
so as to furnish with each revolving
year strength to piety, encouragement
to charity, radiance to purity and COM
fort to necessity and therewithal to
add one more to the splendid edifices
Of the city, aye and by its massive
pile to stand out as landmark to
posterity.
Hereunto are inscribed as on roll
Of honor, the gentlemen who were at
the outset chosen by Archbishop Ire
land to assist him in the building OF
the Cathedral, to wit: William P.
Devereux, vice chairman; Laurence s.
Donaldson, treasurer; Patrick j.
Downes, secretary; William J. Muir