The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-11-06
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BISHOP o'GoRMAN'S JUBILEE

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BISHOP o'GoRMAN's JUBILEE
clergy which we published last week.
The address was engrossed and illu-
minated by Sister of st. GATHERINGS
College, St. Paul, and was an artistic
masterpiece. 1t was in book form en-
closed in beautiful case. The letter
ing was in purple ink with gold
capitals and paintings representing
st. Joseph, the patron of the Diocese,
St Thomas, patron of the Jubilarian,
st. Michael, and the projected new
Cathedral of which he is the tutelary
saint. On the purple cover the arms
of Bishop O'Gorman were impressed
in gold.
After the presentation of the adj
dress the POSTMASTER introduced the
Most Reverend Archbishop who was
greeted with prolonged applause. In
the course of his address he spoke OF
his lifelong association with Bishop
O'Gorman, of their early years in
France, of their labors in Minnesota,
of the work which Bishop O'Gorman
had done as pioneer priest, mission
airy and professor, and finally OF his
labors in the diocese of Sioux Falls.
Spiritual Gifts.
At the close of the Archbishop's
address, the Rev. d. f. Desmond of
Huron, presented Spiritual Bouquet
of Masses and Holy Communions to
be offered up for the Right Reverend
Jubiliarian on November 5, the flftieth
anniversary of his ordination. 1t was
an artisticaIly prepared scroll, the
work of a Boston friend of Father
Desmond. 1t is set in magnificent
frame and is a beautiful work of art.
In presenting it, Father Desmond
made the following address:
II am pleased indeed to be, this
fifty-times blessed night, the medium
of presenting to Your Lordship, on
the part of the priests, Sisters and
parochial school children of the do
cese, another kind of address, another
kind of gift than that of which you
have just now been the happy
recipient The Psalmist says: Beatus
populus qui scit jubilationem, blessed
is the people who knoweth jubilation.
We are all happy in the Diocese OF
Sioux Falls today. Gathered around
you, my Lord Bishop, and sharing in
your happiness, are many friends,
true friends. Here is the illustrious
Metropolitan of the Province, Arch
bishop ireland, several of your fellow
Suffragan Bishops and other Bishops
to all of whom we extend a genuine
welcome. And here are one hundred
priests of the diocese all gathered for
one purpose, viz: to do honor to our
beloved Bishop on the God-given feast
of his golden jubilee in the priest
hood
my Lords, We are a cosmopolitan
priesthood in Dakota, for our people
are from all nations under the sun.
Yet we live as if we were all of one
family, such is the brotherly love
that animates us. For such happy
and desirable condition we give
credit to the great wisdom Of our
Bishop in his dealing with his
priests. No Bishop could possibly be
more just or prudent in the paternal
government of his diocese. Maintain
ing strict discipline, his charity
towards his priests is unbounded; no
wonder he is beloved by us all for
his warm-hearted sympathy in our
lives of toll and, betimes, of hard
ship. Surely to our Bishop the beau
tiful words of Ecclesiasticus apply:
"A sweet word multiplieth friends and
appeaseth enemies, and a gracious
tongue in a good man aboundeth.'
81 appeal to my fellow priests and
but speak their sentiments when
say that with such a Bishop as we
possess, displaying such wisdom,
such justice, such discernment, can it
be a matter of surprise that the Do
cese of Sioux Falls is today, l will not
only say, well-ordered diocese, but
that it is among the foremost of the
dioceses of America for everything
that can challenge respect.
Knowing all this and more, how
could his priests be silent this day?
Therefore for them / speak and an
nounce that with the good Sisters of
the diocese and the Benjamins of
their schools we offer to Your Lord
ship spiritual bouquet of Masses
and Communions. AS the exact day
of your jubilee will be the fifth of
November, that will be the great day
when the sweet perfumes of sacrifice
and prayer will ascend to heaven for
you On that morning 100 Masses
will be celebrated for your intention
by your dear priests and 1857 Holy
Communions will be offered for the
same intention.
MAY Your Lordship breathe daily
the sweet aroma of this heavenly
banquet and when Gods day will
come for you, may you enter into
eternal rest amid the divine perfumes
of paradise.
Bishop McGolrick, Bishop Garrigan,
Bishop Lawler, the Abbot Placidus,
Mgr. Ryan, and Father Tomazin, also
delivered brief addresses in which
they spoke in complimentary terms of
Bishop O'Gorman's career as priest
and Bishop, each in turn dwelling on
some particular phase of his life work