The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-04-05

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i RENDERED BANQUET TO ARCH
BISHOP BOWLING AT ATHLETIC
CLUB ON MARCH 27-SPEEcHES
| OF WELCOME BY MEN PRoML
NENT IN SOCIAL, BUSINESS AND
RELIGIOUS LIFE OF THE CITY,
| ARCHBISHOP RoMfSEs CO.
! OPERATION IN HIGH CIVIC AIMS.
The business men of ST. Paul intro
duced Archbishop Bowling to the civic
and public life of the city on Thurs
day evening, March 27 at sumptu-
Gus banquet served in the dining hall
of the St, Paul Athletic Club. Speak
ers, representing various walks of
life in the community, gave vent to
their enthusiasm and good feeling in
welcoming the Archbishop to the city.
The hall was tastefully decorated
with ferns and palms, while large ro-
settes with the Papal colors, tied with
the episcopal purple, added a per
SOnal touch to the whole scheme The
speakers table was lined from end
to end with solid mass of flowers,
while large bouquets set off each one
: Of the many tables The dining hall
was filed to capacity, many of the
} guests having come from Minneapolis
!, for the occasion 1t was most cos
, mOpOlitan gathering, representing
every shade of belief, with members
of the various professions and the diff
, ferent branches of business in the
city. The general impression was
one of deep admiration for the distin
, guished citizen, the illustrious pre-.
, late who had come to make his home
, in the capital of the state.
II During the banquet an excellent
: orchestra added to the gayety of the
evening. Before the speeches began
views Of early st. Paul and the pres
6 ent-day city were thrown on the
, screen. A life-sized portrait of Arch
bishop Ireland brought forth vocifer
Gus applause The venerable prelate
stood before the assembly, smiling
graciously, as if in the act of address
ing them. Moving pictures of The
scenes at the laying of the corner
{ stone of the new Cathedral gave !;
!. touch of new life Suddenly there wa
5 flashed several hundred feet of rec
h depicting the arrival of the new Arch
; bishops party in ST. Paul. To tn,
great delight of all, the Archbishop
saw himself as others see him, as h,
stood in the picture smiling and bow
ing to the crowds that surged abou
him in attitude of welcome
The Speeches.
J. Mr.. Paul n Myers, president of tn,
st. Paul Athletic Association, intro
duced the tcastmaster of the evening
Mr.. C. A. Severance. In a graceful
speech Mr.. Myers pointed out tn,
:, great work for democracy and goot
!, citizenship wrought by Archbishop
| Ireland, and the esteem in which tn,
;, country held him. He added, "W
;, transfer that esteem to Your Grace
7. Mr.. Severance.
Mr.. Severance stated that the frs
. house of worship in the present stat
of Minnesota was that erected il
: 1927 by early French traders at From
tenac. The traders brought mission
r aries with them to the shores of LAX
n Pepin, and there the first chapel, dec
y icated to st. Michael was built. With
# in few rods of that chapel Will
t. Maria now stands. The larger nun
p ber of early settlers here were Cath
d olics, added the speaker. But. he sale
II st. PauLwas always a community i
which religious tolerance prevailed
# No one here asks what a mans RI
e. ligion is: his citizenship is the onl
[e thing questioned Much of this broa
IS tolerance, Mr.. Severance continued,
st due to the wonderful character {
n. Archbishop Ireland. He affirmed, 81
n every question of patriotism and d.
10 mocracy Archbishop Ireland was a
Y ways our first citizen" He also sal
4 that when he, Mr.. Severance, was r.
ar ceived in audience by the Holy F.
10 ther, the Pope spoke for ten or fiftee
minutes id recounting what the gre;
Archbishop had done not only for til
ISuuICu DuJ dlSO Luz uculOCIdCy
~ America. Before his death the Arc
| bishop said to Mr.. Severance: e
| not fear, God will not permit Amerie
to perish
|F Mr.. Preus.
The next speaker then was Mr..
A. o. Preus, state auditor. In h
- morous vein Mr.. Preus related no
- he, the son of a Lutheran ministe
- had resisted the temptation to ent
= the ministry and had embraced tt
~ turmoil of political life. He spoke
. the regeneration of Europe throus
% the teachings of ST. Thomas and
i Bernard I'VE welcome you,' he sal
:. turning to the Archbishop, "beeau
10 you are going to teach us religion
% ness and good citizenship, for we a
a religious people"
ar
adi Mr.. Kelly.
he Mr.. j. Kelly, an attorney of ID
he Moines, was called upon to deliver
to "super-valedictory" to the form
Is; Bishop of that city. He said:
re- stand as sponsor for the past dee
We Iof Archbishop Dowling while he W
to with sus We now turn aim over
,ur the people of ST. Paul. You must
10 for him what we have tried to do
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