The Irish standard., 1915-09-01
REV. PATRICK KENNY
Former Pastor of St. Anthony de
Padua's Church
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Continued From Page 1917
I, PIP. 73, ff.) tells us that when he ar
rived in St. Paul on June 16, 1854, he
found the bishop in the church teach
ing catechism as was his wont. Reg
ular schools for boys and girls were
opened with all speed whenever and
wherever it was possible, and placed
under the direction of priests or reli-
gious communities. Within the very
first year of the bishops arrival a
school was organized in the cathedral
building and conducted by the Rever-
ends Edward Legendre and Marcellln
Peyragrosse; later on the Reverend
Daniel ]. Fisher was commissioned
to teach the children, and Father Ra-
voux became the superintendent. In
1855 four brothers of the Society OF
the Holy Family arrived in St. Paul
and took charge of the school for
boys; the intention was that they
should also establish novitiate here,
secure recruits for their order, and
thus provide for future needs in the
schools that were to come. In the
mission of Pembina there was a large
school attended by numerous children
which was under the direction of the
Sisters of the Propagation of the
Faith. Among the Winnebagoes, set
tied firsa at Long Prairie and then at
Blue Earth, who were in charge of
Canon de Vivaldi, there was school
for Indian children under the direc-
ton of sisters. The Sisters of St.
Joseph of Carondelet arrived in St.
Paul in 1852 and soon opened schools
for both the elementary and higher
education Of girls in St. Paul and St.
Anthony Falls. The Benedictine
Fathers of St. Vincent, Pennsylvania,
came to the diocese at the invitation
of Bishop Cretin in 1856, and soon
opened a school of higher learning
for boys near St. Cloud, Stearns coun-
ty, which has grown to large proper
tons and bears now the name of ST.
Johns University.
The Sisters of St. Joseph erected,
soon after their coming to the city, a
large and commodious hospital, the
St. Joseph's Hospital, for the accom-
mediation and care of many patients.
Gifts of charity for the poor and need
were collected and distributed through
the St. Vincent de Paul Society or
other similar organizations. The
Catholic Almanac of 1856 has the fol-
lowing note on this subject: Most
of the members of the Society of the
Living Rosary, and of the Archcon-
fraternity of the Sacred Heart of
Mary, have formed a charitable con-
fraternity for the relief Of the poor
and of the sick" On January
II, 1852, he organized the Catholic
Temperance Society of St. Paul, which
shortly afterwards, on February 16,
1852, took part in procession march,
ing to the legislature and bearing a
petition for the enactment of law re-
stricting the sale of intoxicants within
the Territory of Minnesota
Through the death of Bishop Cretin
the see of St. Paul was deprived of its
first chief pastor. In letter written
during the month of March, 1857, the
Most Reverend Peter Richard Ken
rick, then archbishop of St. Louis, ap-
pointed Father Augustine Ravoux of
St. Paul administrator of the diocese
"sede vacante." Father Ravoux was
fully conscious of the responsibilities
laid upon his shoulders, and tried to
work we'll for the souls entrusted to
his care until new shepherd should
arrive. The chapel used up to that