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

| thy Church.; grant him, we heseech
| thee, by word and example to lead
those whom he guides, that, together
with the flock committed TO his care,
he may finally enter into life ever
| lasting. Amen.
| During this time the Most Reverend
| Archbishop, vested, remained kneel-
| ing before the altar. At the end of
the prayers he arose and proceeded
| to the throne, the exclusive right Of
a Bishop in his own diocese. He was
attended here by the Very Reverend
| Doctors Schaefer and Moynihan.
Father Byrne then, in the name of
| the whole archdiocese, made an ad-
dress of welcome to the Archbishop.
Father Byrne said:
ADDRESS OF WELCOME TO MOST
REV. AUSTIN BOWLING, D. D.
May it please Your Grace:
In the name of the Clergy Diocesan
and Regular | bid you welcome, We'll
come to the Archdiocese OF st. Paul,
to the Cathedral City, to the churches,
to the educational institutions, to all
/
/ your new charge A thrice heartfelt
| and enthusiastic welcome, We are
complying with the prescriptions of a
ritual indeed, but we are not carrying
| out a mere formality. Our joy to greet
you, we are confident, is as great as
was the sorrow of Des Moines to see
you depart.
| No doubt it was great trial to Your
Grace to bid farewell to your first, and
| therefore dearest episcopal charge, to
consign to other hands the fruits of
those first arduous years in the epis-
| copal Office, to sunder ties which had
| been welded together in the fires of
difficulty and strenuous endeavor, to
| fOrego the joy of reaping the rich
/ harvest now due to your seven years
toll This day in which you take pos
session Of your new See would be a
sad one, did you not find here another
| flock just as willing to heed your voice,
another clergy just as prompt to spend
and be spent in the labors Of the vine
yard Of Christ, another rich opportu-
nifty for the display of energy and zeal,
In fact, here elevated to the chairman
ship of the sacred senate Of this Prov
ince in cooperation with it's eight CO
equal Bishops, you will occupy a posi-
| ton Of far-reaching influence and inn
p0rtance among the first in the coun-
try and therefore in the world. Here
in your special charge, the Diocese of
st. Paul, are $50 priests, Diocesan and
Regular, here two houses Of Christian
Brothers Incompatible in training stu
dious youth, here 1900 women dedi
Gated by holy VOWS in many religious
orders. here a Catholic population of
100000 souls forming your flock Here
are educational and charitable institu-
tions equal to any in the world. All
these are evidences of the work ac
complished, and are SO many mute ap-
peals and strong incentives to do still
greater things for Gods glory. Fur
thermore, here you will find among
those who are not of your fold thous-
ands who will prove, as they have
proved in the past, good neighbors and
Iappreciative listeners to every sound
word you have to say for God and for
country. 1t is to this great field of
labor that we welcome you,-greater
than which was not offered to an Ath-
anasius or Chrysostom,-and we are
here today to profess our hearty and
Ithorough-going cooperation with you.
Reasons for Allegiance.
Two considerations Will render this
our filial allegiance as easy in per-
formance as it is full in profession.
First, Bishop having the fullness of
the priesthood and sent to us by the
Apostolic See, you come to us with the
same right to rule and to teach in
spiritual matters that your predeces-
sors the first Apostles had. All that
they had by divine appointment and a
special charism of the Holy Ghost you
have as their successor and by union
with the chair of st. Peter. To you,
therefore, Immediately we look for
guidance in faith and morals; to you
belongs the prescription of salutary
discipline; in word, yours is the rule
of this portion of the Lords flock. All
this we profess because the words of
ithe~Apostle are as true today as when
: they were pronounced to the bishops
of Ephesus: Take heed to yourselves
( and the whole flock, wherein the Holy
: Ghost has placed you to rule the
Church of God (Acts Xxx, 2S). Your
perfect accord in teaching with the
. successor of st. Peter will always be
a guaranty of the truth of your mes
sage. For to st. Peter was given to
the end of time the assurance of the
r assistance of the Holy Ghost: Thou
1 art Peter and upon this rock I will
build my church and the gates of Hell
5 shall not prevail against it." Matt
7 xvi, 1S). To Peter was given the office
of Strengthening his brethren Il prayed
, for thee that thy faith fail not; and
thou being once converted, confirm thy
l brethren (Luke xii, 32), Union, har-
: mony, and oneness with the chair oil
Peter, therefore. make your mission
I Apostolic, make you an Apostle of the
V Faith to us, and give to the Archdio
cese of st. Paul a SOLITARY participa
t tion in the Apostolate of Jesus Christ
This is the Faith which brave mission
b aries from afar brought hither ane
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