The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-11
FORMER PASTOR OF ST. PAUL
CATHEDRAL COMPLETES FIVE
YEARS LABOR IN THE BLACK
HiLLS-PEoPLE OF LEAD AND
WOOD COMMEMORATE
FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS IN
STALLATIoN AS HEAD OF DIo.
cESE.

IN nOnOr or the fifth anniversary
OF the arrival in Lead of Bishop Law
ler, the Knights of Columbus Of Lead
and Deadwood rendered him recep-
tion last week in the K. Of C. hall.
Delightful musical numbers were Civ
en- by Messrs. Peter Mcintyre and
John Cain, and the Misses Margaret
Mcintyre, Rosamond Dunn and Helen
Loomis. Members of the High School
orchestra rendered musical selections.
Addresses were delivered by Mr.. Rob-
ert E. Driscoll and Grand knight John
L.. Neary. Among those present were
the Rev. Fathers O'Reilly, Boyle, Bel
knap, Hoban and Eardley. The ad-
dress of Mr.. Neary was as follows:
'Rt. Rev. and dear Bishop: On this,
the fifth anniversary of your installa-
tion as Bishop of Lead it is fitting
that we, the Knights of Columbus in
the name of the Catholics of the dio-
cese, should express our appreciation
of your very successful labors for the
extension Of the Church in South Da-
kota. 1t is well to call to mind the
disturbed times that had prevailed be-
fore your arrival and the gigantic work
that confronted you at the beginning
Of your episcopal administration here.
You came to us SO well equipped to
meet the trying conditions that we
had a right to expect much of you.
You came to us with a broad vision
Of the things that were necessary for
the spiritual and material develop
ment of this young diocese 1t is need
less to remark that our anticipations
have been far surpassed by your
splendid achievements. You found
here a diocese that was treated as a
vast missionary field. You found this
entire territory west of the Missouri
river attended by some twenty timer
ant missionaries. Masses were gener-
ally celebrated in private homes,
school houses, stores and halls. God
had few temples Of His own. Realiz-
ing full well that religion would never
increase or even live In the hearts Of
the people under such conditions, your
far-seeing wisdom replaced the mis-
sionary plan with the parochial sys-
tenn.
when you began to put your plan
into operation by increasing the clergy
and multiplying parishes the remark
was commonly heard that it could not
be done. They who spoke thus had
in view the magnitude Of the obstacles
in the way and the general apathy of
Catholics. To them the task seemed
to be hopeless as they had not taken
into account the zeal, energy, courage
and optimism Of our beloved Bishop.
Under his guidance the seemingly i'm
possible has been accomplished. That
a wonderful Transformation has taken
place may be seen from the fact that
in FIVE years fifty-five young priests
have been added to the clergy; one
hundred and thirty-one new churches
have been erected; fifty-four parochial
residences have been built or bought;
fifty-two new parishes have been Gre
ated and ten schools have been open
ed. God now has his own house in
nearly every community. As one trav-
els through the diocese today the cross
Of Catholic church greets him In
every city, town and settlement. A
rnost enc0,ara9ing phase ar thfa nhe-