The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-06-19
FIFTY GOLDEN YEARS
BETHLEHEM ACADEMY, FARIBAULT, MINI, WILL
CELEBRATE ITS GOLDEN JUBILEE
NEXT WEEK
NEXT WEEK.

celebrated in the Church of the I'M
the Rev. II. Cahill of Tracy officiating,
assisted by Rev. j. ]. Molloy of
Shieldsville, as deacon, Rev. J. Do
herty, assistant pastor of the parish,
as subdeacon, and Father Meade as
master of ceremonies. The sermon
will be preached by the Rev. w. P.
Mcintyre, 0. P, of Minneapolis. In
the afternoon at three o'clock the
Alumnae. will hold a business session
with the president, Miss b. Coughlin
of Faribault, in the chair This will be
followed by literary and musical
program and an address by the Rev. J.
M. Reardon of st. Paul. At six o'clock
a banquet will be served to the
alumnae and their guests in the din
ing hall Of the Academy. Mgr. Slevin
will preside as POSTMASTER and
program Of brief addresses will bring
the days proceedings to close
Memorial Day.
The third day of the jubilee cele-
bration will be Memorial Day. The
Very Reverend ]. A. Shiel, O. p. of
Minneapolis, will officiate at the
ISolemn Mass of Requiem, with Rev.
w. r. Lawler, o. p, of San Francisco,
Cal, as deacon, Rev. W. p Mcintyre,
%. p, of Minneapolis, as subdeacon,
and Rev. ]. r. Volz, o. p, of New
Haven, Conn, as master of cere-
monies. The service will be brought
to a close with Benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament.
History of Bethlehem Academy.
It may not be uninteresting to our
readers to place before them in brief
outline, at least, the history of Bethle-
hem Academy during the half century
of it's existence, to record the chief
events in the life of the Sisters of
st. Dominic who have presided over
it's destiny since that memorable eve
of St Dominic's day, August 3, in the
year 1865, when the pioneers of the
community first set foot in the
nascent village which was destined
to be the scene of their future iaDofs
At that time the Athens of Minnesota,
as the picturesque city of Faribaulr
has been named, had little to offer in
the way of attractions to a teaching
community in search of location for
new foundation beyond the rugged
banks of the Mississippi, unless they
could see in the budding promise of
untitled but fertile fields, the teeming
harvest which was to reward the in
dustry of rapidly increasing popu-
lation. Whether or not this vision was
vouchsafed to the white-robed Do
minican Sisters, who could see the
smoke of the redman's wigwam curl
ing up to the sky as they drew near
the struggling village which was to be
be the home of their future labor, it is
safe to say that their hearts were
! filed with joy as they reached the
end of their journey and took posses
sion of the humble abode in which
they were to begin their work for the
education of young girls and assume
the duty of teaching in the parochial
| school,
The First Convent.
This band of pioneer nuns, con-
sisting of Mother Regina, Sisters Jo-
sephine, Gertrude, Imelda, Veronica
and Benvenuta, had set out from their
Motherhouse in Benton, Wis, for
Faribault at the request of the Right
Reverend Bishop Grace of st. Paul.
They travelled by boat from Dubuque
to ST. Paul, where they were joined by
Bishop Grace himself who accom-
panied them by stage to their destina.
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