The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-05-13

ana cham made or gold from the
Black Hills which had been given
to Bishop Marty by the people of
Lead and Deadwood and by him
willed to the Bishop of the Black
Hills. After Bishop Martyrs death
this pectoral cross and chain came
into possession of Bishop O'GOrman
| If Sioux Falls in whose diocese the
Black Hills then were. and later it
was given to the Right Reverend
| John Stariha, first Bishop of Lead,
| ~ whom it was left TO Bishop Busch
| mis- successor in the See. Bishop
| Busch also presented Bishop Lawler
| With a check for $1,000, about one
| bird of the collection for Home and
| Foreign Missions, taken up this year
| the Diocese of st. Cloud Bishop
Then and Bishop Bowling offered
! heir congratulations to the new
| Bishop and wished him a long and
| fruitful episcopate.
| When Bishop Lawler rose to reply
ne was greeted with prolonged APP
| Dlause. He thanked the Bishops and
| priests who had hOnored the occasion
! with their presence and made feel
ing reference to Bishop O'Gorman
| who had been his boyhood pastor in
Rochester, Mimi, and to whom, under
God, he owed his vocation to the
! priesthood. He also thanked Bishop
Busch for his generosity towards the
/ Diocese of Lead and for the spirit
Z NH IN
Public Reception.
! In the evening a public reception,
I! attended by the citizens of Lead,
| without respect to creed or nation
atty, was held in the high school
! assembly room. Judge Russell OF
| Oeadwood, presided and after few
| Introductory remarks called on
| Mayor Howard who welcomed the
! Bishop on behalf of the municipality
[ md wished him great success in his
| work. The Honorable John Walsh,
| Municipal Judge of Lead, gave a brief
| history of the Diocese and dwelt on
| Bishop LAWYERS qualifications for the
work which lay before him. He was
-OllOWtu Dy III a. II. AlIcIIS IllC
| member on the medical staff Of st.
| Joseph's Hospital, DeadWOOd, and by
| Attorney John IT, HeffrOn, also OF Dead
| wood, both of whom welcomed the
Bishop and babe him Godspeed in his
new field of labor. On behalf of the
| members of the Cathedral parish,
| Messrs. C. P. Pinsonnault and Frank
| Abt, made brief addresses of welcome
| and congratulation. The program was
| nterspersed with musical numbers
! yiven by the Cathedral choir under
he direction of Professor Frolic,
solos by Mrs. Frolic, James O'Hara
Mrs. w. l.. Treber and Peter Nc
ntyre. At the conclusion Of the pro
gram the Right Reverend Bishop
Lawler delivered thel following ad
lreSs:
| Bishop LAWYERS Address.
| You have overwhelmed me with the
warmth and cordially of your wei
come. Though | have been a resident
IF South Dakota but a day, have al
'eady become quite an enthusiast
Why, this afternoon, | caught myself
cumming the chorus of your latest and
most popular song: Just a Mile
| Above the Sea-" How could but feel
| encouraged when | read the promise
contained in these stirring lines:
The city boosters will be there,
/ Right jolly fellows they will be,
they'll relieve you from all care,
lust mile above the sea-"
70 be relieved from all care will Ger
tainly be a great blessing to me.
| am glad to be here tonight, GLAD
to have the opportunity of meeting sc
many of my future neighbors and fel
low townsmen. Though, aspiring fol
a long time to lofty heights, l did moi
| expect to reach the summit so soon
| For years l have been advanced from
| one post of duty to another, until
| at present find myself at the highest
| point in my ecclesiastical career
Just mile above the sea-
Much as | appreciate your greetings
I realize that they are referred rather
! 20 the office l hold, than to me per
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the spirit in which they are offered
In the Cathedral this morning | EN-
phasized the distinctly spiritual side
, of my mission, which will be my work
by excellence. This evening ! desire
to dwell shortly upon another phase
If my future labors among you-or
ny duty of perpetuating Christs min
stry of beneficence among men
Though the care of the churches o.
the diocese must engage my thoughts
and energies primarily, and pre-em
. inently, it is not to be my exclusive
charge, nor is it to be my only work
! While insisting upon the supreme i'm
1ortance Of the supernatural, canno
lose sight of man as O social being
Hand in hand with zeal for the spirit
ual well-being of the flock entrusted tt
my care, must go lively interest il
their social condition-in their mate
rial prosperity and happiness, What
> ever is of service to fellowman, either
: concerning his temporal advancement
: or his eternal interests cannot be {
p matter of indifference to me.
To show that goodness is profitable
to all things-"having promise of thu
e life that now is and of that which i!
D to come, to keep in view all you
d relationships both to the world arount
I you and to the world beyond you-ar,
e duties which will be interviewer like
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