The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-10-16
DIOCESE OF LEAD

Lead: Right Reverend Bishop Law
naries in the East. The result of hisN
visit is that twenty-five students have
been added to the diocesan list of
those preparing for the priesthood.
These young men volunteered to ex-
change their home diocese for that of
Lead, and they will labor in the Lead
Diocese later on as priests.
Timber Lake: st. Joseph's school
has opened with an enrolment of $50
pupils The building is two stories
in height and contains twenty-five
rooms 1t has the full capacity of
eight grammar grades and four years
high school, When first opened sew
eral years ago the school enrolled
only sixty-five pupils, while today it
has more than doubled that number.
The increase this year has necessi-
tated the addition of two more Sis
tiers to it's teachers.
Plans are we'll under way for the
establishment of a branch of the
Daughters of Isabella in this parish.
ST. Joseph's parish was organized in
1910, with only seven families, and
was attended until three years ago
as a mission from Isabel by Rev. H.
Kipp, who is the present pastor.
Much credit is due Father Kipp for the
Jealous way in which he has worked
in the interest of the people. Today
the parish has more than seventy-five
families and can boast of being one
of the most progressive parishes in
the diocese.
Sturgis: ST. Martins Academy has
opened with an enrolment of rs
| pupils, both boys and girls. st. Mar
| by the Sisters of St. Benedict. The
motherhouse is at this place. This
school is modern in every way and can
boast of being one Of the finest in the
| state st. Martins Academy was
founded by the Sisters of the Order
| of Saint Benedict, who in 1888 emf
grated from their native land, SwitZer-
land, on account of the persecution
then being carried on against the re-
ligious. At that time they dared not
go outside the convent in a religious
garb. They sought refuge in the New
| World, and after writing the Right
Rev. Bishop Marty, of sanity memory,
they received a hearty invitation to
build their new home in Western
South Dakota. Under the guardian.
ship of Rev Mother Angela the little
band left their convent home at Melch.
thai, Switzerland, crossed the Atlantic
and eastern United States to the town
of Yankton, S. OAK, where the good
I Bishop Marty was awaiting them
They spent year at Yankton, learn
} ing the English language, and some
| thing of American ways. They theT
i set out for period of still harder
/ exile to be spent in the Black Hills
J T a region which was still in a pioneer
Il condition. They arrived in Sturgis il
Il April, 1889, and took up their abode
. in little log hut in the valley. Her,
/ the rain poured in on them. Thei
4 little money was all tied up in build
r ! ing funds, and for many days they dit
not have the Wherewithal to purchas,
k food One day kind Providence sen
them aims in the shape of a ten dolla
e bill. marked From a Friend" o.
t December 8, 1889, the first building
d was ready for occupancy. From tire
e members, the community founded b
y Mother Angela. under the direction G
# Bishop Marty, has grown to eighty
n four. On November Is, 1915, Mothe
n Angela left the convent for he
Q heavenly home. For some years prio
ri to the death of Mother Angela tn
IS business affairs of the convent wer
d placed in the hands of Rev. Mothe
oil De- Sales, who is still superior undo
ei the, direction of Right Rev ]. ]. Law
# Ter, Bishop Of Lead st. Martins ha
" added land and buildings until it !
q. one Of the largest and most fourisl
ling institutions in the state. In ~