The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-13

| come from monastery IN England.
He showed great activity as mission
airy in Fall River, Custer and Pen
nington counties. Until spring, 1904,
he tended to the Sacred Heart Church,
Custer, Custer county, South Dakota;
to ST, Luke's Church, Buffalo Gap, Gus
ter county, South Dakota to st.
James Church, Edgemont. Fall River
county, South Dakota; to Oelrichs,
Fall River county, South Dakota, a
station without church. The people
later bought store building on tax
title, fitted it out as a Church, NAM
ing it ST. Blanch; to Hill City, Pen
nington county, station without a
| church. Later the people built St.
Rose of Lima Church; to Keystone,
Pennington county, South Dakota, a
station without church, where soon
fine frame building was erected.
which a few years after became an
entire loss to the congregation through
congregation has built another
church.
On the 28th day of May, 1900, the
Benedictine Sisters of Sturgis, S. D.,
had located hospital in little frame
building On the present location. In
1901 they had completed a three-story
stone structure. In summer 1902, the
Sisters received a private chaplain,
Rev. d. j. Manning. He lived in the
old hospital, the three-story frame
building on the first floor with three
rooms and a bath.
On the 2Sth of October, 1902, the
Diocese of Lead, S. D., had been es-
tablished. Thereby all the priests
west of the Missouri river in the state
of South Dakota, came under this jul
risdiction. Right Rev. John n. Start
ha was the first Bishop of Lead.
In winter, 10000, Rev. James Hayes
was sent to Custer Custer county,
South Dakota, as the first pastor of
that place. In spring, 1904, Rev. Pat
rick Feely came to Hot Springs and
stayed a few months. He also acted
as chaplain of the Sisters and had his
quarters in the chaplains rooms,
where for several years all parish
IGSluSu.
From July, 1904, to September, 1906,
Rev. Andrew j. Ryan became pastor
of st. Anthony's and chaplain of Our
Lady of Lourdes Hospital In winter,
1905-06, Father Ryan sold the Catholic
Church building on Battle Mountain
to Mr.. Huebner on College Hill, who
with this lumber built the rooming
house across the street from his hotel
In 1906 the Battle Mountain SAM
tarium had been completed and Rev.
Andrew J. Ryan was appointed it's
first resident chaplain He never
took UP his residence there, but in
September, 1906, he left for the South
on account of ill health. A Methodist
resident chaplain was appointed for
the place.
From July, 1906, to March, 1907,
Rev. VIM. Pitsch was chaplain and
pastor.
From April, 1907, to May 8, 1907,
Rev. Nicolaus Stolz, was chaplain and
pastor
| From July 5, 1907, to August, 1900,
Rev. Joseph Judnic became chaplain
of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital"
and pastor of st. Anthony's Church.
During his time the Church was in
corporated as ST. Anthony of Padua
Parish, Hot Springs, Fall River coun-
ty, South Dakota.
In spring, 1908 Bishop John N.
Stariha came to Hot Springs from
Lead. He took up his residence on
5O9 Jennings avenue, now the Mar
coux residence. Ill health had COM
PEELED him to make this change.
st. Anthony's Church, the former
frame school building was still in the
same condition as Father James Ryan
had left it. In 1908 Father Judnic set
to work to make improvements. The
building was moved away from the
corner of the sidewalk, furnace was
installed, the partitions of the rooms
were removed and one large hall made
of it, to the northeast of the building
a sacristy was added, new roof put
on the entire structure, the inside neat
ly plastered and painted A cross was
put on the Church by Mr.. Joe Denis
and Mr.. Louis La Page. Mr.. Louis
La Page lifted it in it's place almost
at the risk of his life. In spring, 1910,
the Ladies of the Altar Society bought
a new altar. A choir loft was then
erected in the Church and new or
gan purchased
In May, 1908, Rev. JOS Judnic had
been appointed Catholic chaplain of
Battle Mountain Sanitarium, with res
idence outside of the grounds. From
that day to this Mass has been said
in the sanitarium chapel on every
, Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation.
} In May, 1910, the Sisters Hospital
/ received 9 private chaplain in the
| person at Rev. Theophile Eisele. Rev.