The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-03-29


until from a tiny plant it has become
sturdy tree of Iuxuriant foliage and
of a thousand branches. 1t is on ac-
count of this faith that we welcome
you, beloved Archbishop, with that
same reverence and love with which
we would welcome the first Apostles
of the Divine Master.
There is another reason more per-
sonal why we extend to you a special
welcome today. We have special
needs in this Diocese which you are
pre-eminently and providentially fitted
to meet. Here under the inspiring
genius of our late Archbishop educa7
tional institutions and seminary, col
leges for youths and maidens, high
schools and grade schools have at
tanned a marked degree of develop
ment. 1t speaks volumes for the abil-
ity of the heads of these institutions
that when the guiding hand Of their
creator was paralyzed by sickness and
death, these institutions have contin-
ued with vigor to carry on their allot-
ted work. But they could not go on
forever thus. They require at the
head Of the Diocese one who takes a
deep interest in Catholic education
and places it where it belongs in the
foremost line of importance. Such an
attitude toward Catholic education we
have learned with extreme gratifca-
ton is yours. 1t would be long to
enumerate all our other needs and to
relate how we have learned that you
seem providentially selected to satisfy
them. shall emphasize only one. We
are passing through period of great
unrest. Mems minds are bewildered
by the rapid succession with which
theories are received and discarded.
The appalling calamities elsewhere
brought about by extremists leave the
most fair-minded men undecided
whether it we're better to bear the old
injustice rather than risk the accept
ance of suicidal greed masquerading in
the guise of new justice for all. The
seams of the social fabric are agape,
and free triumphant democracy seems
prepared Samson-like to pull down the
pillars of society and to perish in it's
ruins. In this ferment of ideas and
conflict of interests were you to bring
genius and learning alone, you would
add only one more voice to the discor-
dant tumult. But besides genius and
learning you bring kindly, benevol-
ent, charity-inflamed heart for all; and
in democracy like ours charity, if it
can only be discerned, wins the vic
tory,-"whether prophecies be made
void and tongues cease and all knowl-
edge be destroyed q Cor xiii, 81. A
kindly all-accessible and all-comfort-
ing heart is the rich treasure, beloved
Archbishop, that you bring us. People
will recognize in you, therefore, a sim
gle-minded friend and a loving father
and be readily swayed by your gentle
guidance. Take up, then, the pastoral
staff which has fallen from the hand
of the illustrious dead. While we pre-
serve green his undying memory, the
homage and love which we gave to him
we transfer to you. If the lowering
clouds still gather and the threatening
be with you in tempest and in rain. If
under happier skies, which God grant!
you will see the maturing and realiza-
ton Of all your noble wishes and plans,
we shall willingly share in your labors
and in Your joy. Again l bid you a
cordial welcome.
At the end of the address the Most
Reverend Archbishop spoke to clergy
and people as follows:
SERMON OF ARCHBISHOP.
come to this great post of honor,
with it's burdens of duty, by COM
mand of the Supreme Pontiff. My
first thought is that of loyalty and
reverence towards the Holy See. The
Holy Father has designated me to
carry on the great work of religion
in the Northwest, and | shall, with
your help, strive to develop the strong
spirit of Catholic Faith here.
Today, my dear people, the Holy
Father gives proof to you of his con-
slant solicitude for your welfare in
the appointment of a new Archbishop
to rule over this See. Unworthy,
though may be, the Holy Father has
designated me to take the place for
merly occupied by the great Arch
bishop Ireland.
The man who has preceded me laid
the foundations of religion and spir-
itual growth deep and solid. He
builded so we'll that there should be
little trouble or difficulty in continu-
ing the traditions of this See. Ever
since the day of it's erection by Rome,
and under the guidance of that illus
trious man., Archbishop Ireland, st.
Paul has been brought into most init
mate and tender relations with the
Holy See. Without the least shadow
of doubt or contradiction can it be
said that under the regime of Arch
bishop Ireland, and due chiefly to his
grand work, there is not a diocese
in the whole country that has more
solid influence in Rome or that is bet
ter known there, or that enjoys in
Rome the same protection that is the
good fortune of the diocese of St.
Paul.
This See has profited from such
close relations and such solid protec-
tive force. United in this way with the
center of authority, the Church here
has been strengthened UNNECESSARILY