The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-03-05
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that it would he better To have his
apostolic see at Marquette, as the
present situation was not favorable To
communication with the outside world
So with papal permission. Marquette
became the See. But the Bishop was
AT Calumet. Hancock. Houghton and
Keweenaw as often as he was at Mar
auette, owing To the steady influx of
miners who demanded his personal at
tcntiOn. y
Want and exposure had done their
work. The Bishop gradually weakened
till on the nineteenth of January. 1865,
his pure soul left this earth to join it's
creator. He was buried at the Cathe-
dral in Marquette. Bishop Baraga was
a man, whose extraordinary achieve
ments as pioneer OF Christianity win
not allow his name To he forgotten as
long as there are souls i'm Upper Mich
ipan who are capable of approaching
true manhood.
TO Father TerhorSt, a protege Cf
Bishop Baraga. we owe the founding
of the Orphanagc at Assinnins. The
details of the life of this missionary
are meager He was born i'm Munster,
Westphalia, October 8. 1924. After n
collegiate course i'm his own country.
ne came to America, and was sent by
Bishop Baraga To Lower Michigan to
complete his course of theology under
Father Mark. The, unexpected with
drawal of the Jesuits from Sault Ste
Marie in July 1860. left the small pa
rochia school without teacher, and
not being able To find another, Mr..
Tcrhorst was requested to take the
place. Although very distasteful 10
the young man, he fulfilled his duties
To- the best of his ability until he was
relieved by the arrival of a new teach
En- Father Ttrhorst Nas ordained in
teacher proved incompetent and pc
was removed: Father TerhOrst much
Ia his dislike, was again asked To take
the place, which he filled for three
months.
70 compensate him for his services,
pastorship of LAnse. At this point
there was a school for Indians, but the
teacher was as competent as his coli
league at the Sault. Father Terhorit
desired the Sisters to come, but that
was impossible. owing To the pecuni-
airy circumstances of the mission. In
a letter, he was advised by the Bishop
,Ff.s. III.
discourage him and on the arrival If
the Sisters of st. Joseph i'm Hancock,
he went there and prevailed upon them
To come to his place. They went gla l.
ly with him, although the Bishop had
To sell his own watch in order To pay
for the transportation of their baggage.
Thus came the sisters To the mission.
Father Terhorst built Il convent for
them and erected "A church at L'Ansa
and Keewenaw Bay. His greatest joy
was to be with the children of men,
living with them. doing their work,
never seeking recOmpense. He died
as he had lived, inbued with the love
of God How many orphans he hHd
cared for, how many lives he had glad
dened how many homes he had
frightened. God only knows. lie took
his place i'm the cemetery among them
with whom he had lived and labored.
\ plain wooden cross marks his grave
as he desired.
At present, Father Faust occupies
the position of the late Father Ter
horst He is a sanity man whose in
iiuence upon the lives and destinies OF
his spiritual children cannot he over
estimated. To the children at the or
phanage, who are deprived of parents.
he is both father and mother, and their
own could not love them more.
y priest of special note whose name
is indissolubly connected with the
building of many churches in Hough-
ton and Keweenaw counties, is Father
Edward Jacker. He was born in Ger
many in 1927. He acquired his early
education at the Gymnasium. where
his father was a professor. At an early
age, he conceived the idea of coming
Ia American to join the Benedictine
order. He landed in America in 1854.
He Dlrsued his studies for the priest