The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-06-12
AN APOSTOLIC MISSIONARY

Elsewhere in this issue we pub
| lish review of the Memoirs of
Father Mazzuchelli, 0. p" trans
lated from the original Italian by
Sister M. Benedicta, Q. S. d., of
st. Clara College, Sinsinawa, Wis,
and lately issued from the press
| of w. F. Hall Printing Company,
Chicago.
The book is introduced to the
public by the Most Reverend
Archbishop of ST. Paul, whose
sketch of Father Mazzuchelli s
career embraces the thirty-four
years Of his missionary activity,
and not merely the period Of
which Father Mazzuchelli gives
an account in his Memoirs
All who are interested in the
history Of the Church in the Unit
| ed States and especially in the
story of it's establishment in the
Mississippi valley will rejoice to
learn Of the publication Of the
memoirs Of Father Mazzuchelli,
o. p" in a form accessible to
English-speaking readers, because
it gives an. account Of what one
devoted missionary did to extend
the influence Of Catholicity among
the Indians and early colonists Of
what are now the populous states
Of Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin.
Father Mazzuchelli tells us in
his Memoirs that he was moved
to write this account Of his mis-
sionary work between the years
1880 and 1914, in order that he
might acquaint his superiors in re-
lligion with the condition of the
Church in a region little known in
Europe and for the purpose Of
contributing to the ecclesiastical
history of the United States docu-
ments which would one day help
to make clear the beginning Of the
Dioceses of Dubuque, Milwaukee,
and Detroit. The latter half of
his apostolic career shows that he
was not content merely to plant
the seeds Of Catholicity in the
hearts Of those to whom he
Drought the Gospel message and
to build churches for the Offering
up Of the Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass.
The program which he marked
out for himself shows breadth
of vision and an appreciation of
the needs of the future such as
few missionaries of his day pos
sessed. Ellis plans were three
fold-the organization of a society
of specially trained priests to
serve as auxiliaries in the ordinary
parochial work and to reach out
among Indian and white popuIa-
tions more extensively and more
perseveringly than the single
handed diocesan priest could af-
ford to do: the establishment of a
college for higher learning for
young men: the foundation of a
religious order of women pledged
to Christian education in what
ever form circumstances might
counsel. "
|
The first project, though ap-
proved by the Sovereign Pontiff,
was never inaugurated: the sec
ond was put into actual operation
for number of years, only to die
out because of the circumstances
of the time: the third was given
permanent form in the Congrega-
ton of the Most Holy Rosary of
Sinsinawa, Wis, which has come
down to our own day as -four
fishing society of Dominican Sis
tiers engaged in the work of Cath
Ollie education.
1t is the love of this Congrega-
ton for it's sanity founder that
prompted the publication of these
Memoirs" in English, in order
that the world might learn the
lofty motives that actuated him
in all his missionary activity and
zeal for souls.
This valuable addition to the
missionary history Of the Catholic
IChurch IN the neighboring states
lis worthy of the widest circula-
ltion. 1t should find a place in the
library of every historical society
of the country. in every public
library, no less than in the libra
fries of our Catholic institutions
land of our Catholic people who
ARE capable Of approaching the
heroic deeds done for God and
country by their forefathers in the
faith. Copies of this interesting
work can be procured from the E.
NJ. Lohmann Company of st. Paul,
Mimi, or by addressing the SIS
tiers of St. Dominic, ST. Clara Col
tlege, Sinsinawa. Wis. The price
of the book is $1.50-a very mod
crate cost indeed, when one con-
lsiders the excellence of tie press
work and the eIeoancp nf the hind