The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-09

| of Europe, in the City of Rouen
His education in architecture was the
work of the famed school, the Insti
tute of Beaux Arts in Paris. 1t was
continued, through means of the
premium of merit there awarded him,
by travel to Rome and through diff
ferent parts of Italy. Later he was
associated with the work of the
National Department of Architecture
in France. Having come to America,
he won signal honors as Chief of
Design in the erection of buildings
for the Worlds Fair at st. Louis. It
was there that he was discovered by
me, and as the result of the knowl-
edge of him l there obtained, led
by me to st. Paul.
Besides the Cathedral of st. Paul
the Northwest owes to him the Pro-
Cathedral of Minneapolis, the Church
of the Incarnation, of Minneapolis, the
beauteous chapel on the grounds of
the College oc St. Thomas, and one
of III" gems O. architecture, in which
in Ii; '.r'f Jays he was taking spe-
cial he new Cathedral of
Sioux With those monumental
edifices, went forth from the
Offices of Mr.. Masqueray many minor
churches-each one indicating at
first sight the impress of the masters
hand-in Minnesota, the Dakotas,
Iowa and Wisconsin. What he had
done shows how deep the loss is that
we have suffered through his death.
What he had done, however, remains,
not only as memorials of his talent.
but as reminders to us of what we
must, by every means in our power,
strive to have done in future years.
To buildings, other than churches,
was his hand also put-each one,
again, translucent of skill of pencil,
and of executive good taste. He was
always the artist. Wherever his hand
did turn, art sprung up. Among
those buildings we must number as
of special note residences for the
Seminary of st. Paul, the College of
st. Thomas, st. Paul, the Dubuque
College, Dubuque.
One of the greatest of the achieve-
ments of Mr.. Masqueray was the
plans drawn by him, upon the invita-
ton of the official authorities of the
State of Iowa, for the beautifying of
the grounds of the State Capitol at
Des Moines. So well did those plans
please the State authorities of Iowa,
so well were they valued by the peo-
pie of Des Moines, that present
among my hearers this morning are
two representatives of the distin-
guished Governor of Iowa, w. L.
Messrs. Harlin and David
son, come from Des Moines to ST.
Paul to do honor to the memory of
Emmanuel Louis Masqueray.
Of Mr.. Masqueray as the man, the
gentleman, the Christian, l need not
speak at length. His manner of life
is known to all. He was the cul-
tured gentleman, modelled on the
best traditions of his native France.
Charitable and kindly he was to all:
always anxious to please, careful
never to offend. And courtly he was
in every word, in every stepping.
Deeply sensitive to the approach of
rudeness, he quickly bade his feelings
be stilled, and forced politeness where
it at first had refused to show itself.
His mind was we'll stored with the
fruits of long reading and correct
A charm it was to meet
him-a charm that grew the sweeter,
as one drew nearer to him, and knew
him in closer intimacy. One feature
in his life, we'll known to all who
were acquainted with him, which was
of his whole tenor of
mind and heart, was his continuous
and kindly bearing towards his aged
mother. She had in him all her
human joy: he was to her the most
unselfish, the most devoted of sons.
In the disposition of Providence,
Mr.. Masqueray was snatched sudden
ly away. Death came as he was on
his journey to his daily work. He
was hurried to one of our hospitals.
1t SO happened, let us believe Provi-
dentially, that priest was there at
tending another sick person. The
priest spoke to Mr.. Masqueray, who
that he was not very well.
Immediately the priest told him of
God and of his own soul and pro-
nounced over him the words of
sacramental absolution. After that he
remained unconscious to the moment
of his death. The sacrament of the
holy oils was also administered to
him. Not many weeks before, while
under the first spell of his malady,
and while at the time in full and
unabated consciousness of self, he
had made his Christian confession,
and had received in full joyousness of
soul the Sacrament of the Blessed
Eucharist. He was through his life
a man of strong Christian faith, We
now commend him to the love and
mercy Of the Almighty God. Our
prayers go to the skies for the repcse
of his soul.
In all this lesson is read to our
selves The lesson is, Christian
friends, that we know not the hour,
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