The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-10-23

RETROSPECT aoF EDUCATIONAL
WORK IN THIS ARCHDIOCESE
SINCE 1s51-oNE CATHOLIC
SCHOOL THEN IN WHoLs
sTATE-NoW THERE ARE 9,
!: PARocHIAL SCHOOLS, IL HIct
]: SCHOOLS, TWO COLLEGES AMI
A a sEMINARY-WoRk OF ARCH
]: BISHOP IRELAND IN CAUSE OF
Il EDUCATION.
i During the past seventy years st
Il Paul has grown from an insignificant
river town to a large city, the capita
i OF the State. The growth of education
in this diocese during this, period has
4 been in keeping with the progress o
civic affairs. The following is briel
sketch of the development of Catholic
II education in the Archdiocese of st
i Paul since 1851. 1t is to be noted that
4 at that time the Diocese of ST. Pau
i covered the whole State of Minnesota
the following sketch, however, deals
with the territory comprised in the
present Archdiocese.
In July, 1851, Right Reverend
/ Joseph Cretin, newly appointed
Bishop of st. Paul, arrived at his See
| large stone and brick building down
town served as residence, school
| and seminary, under the direction of
| two priests.
| In 1855, the Directory tells us,
there wer four students of theology
/ in the Seminary" We are also in,
formed that the. school for boys was
/ kept in the spacious and elegant
rooms of the lower story of the Bish.
| ops house"
| The Sisters of ST. Joseph arrived
in ST. Paul in November, 1851, and
4 established the first Catholic school
| in Minnesota. This school was held
| in the little vestry of the modest
church until the following year when
new school building was erected on
Bench Street. The first. day the regis
tration numbered ten pupils. Shortly
| afterwards the Sisters of st. Joseph
| opened a school across the river in
ST. Anthony. .-l3
/ Christian Brothers.
In 1871, at the earnest request of
| Bishop Grace and of Father Ireland
| then rector of the Cathedral, the
Christian Brothers opened a school
for boys in the Cathedral parish. Two
Brothers comprised the first com
munity, and in 1875 they were joined
by two more. Glasses for boys were
also opened in the Assumption school
that year, while in 1876, two more
| Brothers were appointed instructors
in ST. Mary's parish school.
/ Bishop Ireland
On December 21, 1875, Father Ire.
land was consecrated Coadiutor.
Bishop of ST. Paul. The scholastic
system Of the Diocese at that time
comprised the following. Sisters OF
st. Joseph conducted schools at, ST
Paul, Minneapolis, Mendoza, Hastings
and Saltwater; Sisters of st. Benedict
at Shakopee and New Trier; Domini
can Nuns at Faribault; School Sisters
of Notre Dame at Red Wing and St
Peter; Good Shepherd Nuns, st. Paul;
Visitation Nuns, ST. Paul. Sisters OF
4 Christian Charity at New Ulm, Hen
i derson and Minneapolis.
st. Josephs Academy in st. Pau
had seventy-fve pupils, including
boarders and day scholars. The Visi
tation Academy had forty-six pupils
and Bethlehem Academy in FaribauIt
cared for thirty pupils.
Bishop Of St. Paul.
\ On July 81, 1884, on the retirement
of Bishop Grace, Right Reverend John
Ireland succeeded to the See of st
Paul. In that year the academies anG
4 schools in this Diocese were as fol
i lows: st. Joseph and Visitation
i Academies in ST. Paul. Holy Angels
4 and a select school at st. Anthony in
4 Minneapolis, both in charge of the
Sisters of st. Joseph; Bethlehem
i Academy in Faribault, in charge o.
the Dominican Nuns; a select schoo
at Hastings id charge of the Sisters
rof ST. Joseph; Ursuline Academy a
Frontenac; st. Joseph's Academy a
Henderson, in charge Of the Sisters
1: of Notre Dame; and st. Michael'
Academy at New Ulm, in charge of tn,
Il Sisters of Christian Charity.
4: ParochiaI Schools in 1884.
III At that time the following parochia
4 schools were also listed in st. Paul
Il two schools for boys and girls in til,
Cathedral parish; two schools also il
the Assumption parish: parish schools
A Of st. Mary, st. Louis, st. Joseph
Sacred Heart, st. Francis de Sales
and ST.. Michael. In Minneapolis
there were the parish schools of 81
Anthony, Immaculate Conception, 81
4 Joseph, st. Boniface. Holy Rosary
and St. Elizabeth There were ais
schools outside the cities at Hastings
i Saltwater, Red Wing, Shakopee, Jol
dan, Belvidere, lie Sueur, New Uln
q st. Michael, Benton, New Triel
! Chaska, st. Peter, Glencoe, and Sleep
II Eye.
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