The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
OPENING DAY: PALM SUNDAY,
MARCH 2STH; DED c AT N
DAY-FlRST SUNDAY AFTER
EASTER, APRIL ttTH.
To the Friends and Patrons of the
New Cathedral:
Beloved Brethren:

To the Friends and Patrons OF the
New cathedral:
Beloved Brethren:
The day is nigh, when to you and
to me it will be given to say: This
is the day which the Lord hath made:
let us be glad and rejoice therein" ;"
The day is nigh, when the New Cathe-
dral of ST. Paul will be ready for its
solemn dedication to the worship OF
the Eternal and Almighty God.
Eleven years ago the resolve was
made to endow the Diocese of St. Paul
with Cathedral worthy Of its name
and of its Catholicity, and ground was
purchased to be the noble site OF
noble edifico.
Ten years ago the architect was
ordered to prepare plans and speciii-
cations sure to result in a masterful
monument of modern ecclesiastical
architecture.
Nine years ago work was begun
on the foundation-Walls. Eight years
ago the cornerstone was laid, amid
memorable concoursc of Catholics
coming from all parishes of the Dio-
cese Since that time work upon its eY-
er-growing proportions went forward
uninterruptedly; and in the present
year of grace, 1915, it reaches entire
completion in it's outward parts, and
sufficiently so in it's interior to permit
use and dedication.
| make the long-eXpected announce
ment. Palm-Sunday, March 2Sth, the
Cathedral will open it's doors to its
friends and patrons, and Mass will be
said beneath the majestic dome. The
ceremonies of Holy Week will take
place in the Cathedral with all the pomp
and splendor of the Church's sacred
ritual to which for the first time Ill
st. Paul ample room will have been
lent in spaciousness of sanctuary and
aisle. Easter Sunday, too, will be
celebrated in the Cathedral: and
then, on the following Sunday, April
11th the great edifice will be formally
dedicated 10 the sublime purpose, il
view of which its every line was
traced, its every stone laid in place
The first Sunday after Easter, Abr
I1tfl, VIII Bc CfI5 Z StUtic"LttI . W.
Sunday. &
On its Dedication Day, this will be
the ioy-of the Catholics of the Diocese
of St. Paul, that the Cathedral is
worthy OF the high mission assigned
to it--that of summing UP in one
glorious oblation their Christian faith,
their Christian hope and love, and
sending it highward to the throne of
the Eternal God, from whom they ask
acceptance Of it, and His abiding
blessing upon themselves and those
near and dear to them.
The Cathedral stands upon its hill
top, great temple, which none see
without admiration, without eXulta
tion that it is there to speak of men
to God, and of God to men. Nc
mistake has been made in it's con
struction A more fitting site could
not have been chosen: a grander and
more graceful form of architecture
could not have been adopted: work
manship more skilled, more heedful
could net have cared for it's ever!
part, from first foundation to topmos
spire. This gives delight to oul
hearts, and of itself is no small re
compense for whatever sacrifice, o
time or money we may have made il
the furtherance of the great undertak
ing.
And, let us hope, on the morning o
Dedication Day--this other Joy vii
Il Iln& 11f 4, ~
is the Cathedral of st. Paul, will b,
free from debt, as it should be if W,
are to say to God--It is thine, o Lord
thine wholly and without reserve.
l give the financial status of the Ca
thedral.
Cost OF ground, $94,O9629. Cost o
the Cathedral itself, as it will be ol
Dedication Day, $1,497, ,0O592 Tota
cost of site and of edifice, 1851 1922
Receipts from subscriptions: 81
056,030.20. Receipts from ground
occupied by the old Cathedral an
from other sources, 100000. Tote
receipts, to January 18th, 1915: 81
453,230.20.
That the Cathedral, on Dedicatio
Day, April 18th, be free of debt, it
necessary, meanwhile, to obtain th
sum of $137,S72.01.
1 send forward the appeal to tn
friends and patrons of the New Cath
dral On those l put my dependence
Other sources of receipts are exhaus
ed. Furthermore, nothing is to be e.
pected from the current revenues
the Cathedral when opened to publ
worship: the burthen of ordinary e,
penditures for continued maintenance
will be all that those revenues ca
bear.
/ make the appeal for $137 7,S72 OIL
small sum. in view of the large sun
already obtained, in view of the gre;
work that has been accomplished,
view of the well-proven generosity
the friends and patrons of the Cath
dral. Reading the figure, s137,S72t
e-the total sum yet to be raised