The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-08-13
DIOCESE OF SIOUX FALLS

Sioux Falls: Columbus college will
| open it's doors to the young men stu
dents of South Dakota, Iowa and Min
nesota on September Is, and all will be
in readiness to care for at least 200
students.
This institution was founded
by the Right Rev. Bishop Thomas
O'Gorman and was located at Cham
berlain for several years. After be.
ing conducted few years it was de-
cided by the bishop that the city of
Sioux Falls offered better advantages
in many ways to the school and stu.
dents, hence the reason for it's being
brought here. IN 81
Young men of all creeds will be
welcome to enter the school. The fac:
ulty will be made up of priests of
the diocese and will be under the di,
rect supervision of the bishop.
The following priests have been
chosen by the bishop as officers OF
administration: Rev. Patrick T. Mon
Afghan, IL. D., president; Rev. Martin
1T. O'Connor, A. M, vice president;
Rev. William L. Mulloney, secretary
and registrar; Rev. John M. Brady
A. M, J. c. B., dean Of discipline;
Rev. Walter Dineen, treasurer and
business manager; Rev Henry Hoer
fner, A. NJ, assistant dean of disci
tpline; Rev. Henry Goudreau, A. M.
ldean of studies.
| Other members of the faculty are
Rev. Clarence J. Schilling, A. B.;
Rev. Louis Drummer, A, M; Rev. Man
ual Rua, Phi. D., D. D.; Rev. Pau
Mcclure, A. B.; Rev. Clarence
Garry; Vincent K. Calvin, athletic
director. s"
The new Columbus College is
everything that a modern college
should be, not only in !equipment bu
in courses of. study ,as well. The
courses offered by the college are
the eighth grade, four years higl
school,. one year college; the full col
lege course to be in operation at the
end of four years, ana two years
commercial course. In the third ant
fourth high, as also. the first year!
} college, the college 'swiH offer boil
classical and scientifinIcourses. The
science course will prepare. the stu
; dent for medicine, engineering, etc.
while the classical will, satisfy no
only the boy preparing for the priest
} hood, but also the one contemplatin!
law, journalism, etc.. as well.
) Madison: Mgr T. A. Flynn, tn
popular priest in charge at 81
/ Thomas Aquinas parish, recently cele
/, brated the 4Oth anniversary of hi
ordination to the priesthood. Monsigno
Flynn is one of the. best known Cath
Ollie clergymen in the state or north
) west
In 1881, Father Flynn, then younl
man of u, arrived on the plains o
Dakota, coming from his home il
Milwaukee, Wis, to Yankton, wher
he was ordained priest by the lat
Bishop Marty. He has the honor O
having been the first priest to b
> ordained in Dakota Territory. Afte
his ordination he went to Flandreal
4 where he took charge of the parish
He also was given charge of mission
4 at Madison and Badus, with tn
privilege of choosing betwee
8 Flandreau and Madison for hi
8 permanent residence. He chos
Madison.
During his pastorship of the Mad
son parish, Mgr. Flynn has bull
!, three churches. The first church wa
"a small frame structure, built in 1873;
Before the erection Of this churc
] Mass was held in various places !
the towns, such as schoolhouses, pul
lie halls or the dining room of hotel
= The old frame church served tn
. congregation until 1914. when fin
< new brick church was completed.
the winter of 1918 this church too
= fire and was almost entirely destro
: ed. Mgr. Flynn at once laid plan
: for the erection of new church an
II in March, 1919, these plans were r
allied with the completion of h
:, third church. 81
l.. Since his ordination, Father F1yn
G. has received two notable ecclesia
e tical appointments. In 1900, he We
is made vicar-general by Bisht
a O'Gorman and two years later r
ceived the title of Monsignor fro
e Pope Leo KILL.
is During his residence in Madison
1t has attained admirable success, bull
ID ling up a large Catholic congregatio
l6 When he first arrived the congreg
re ton had scarcely 20 families; it nc
is numbers upwards of 260 families.
q Three young men from the paris
IN have taken orders of the priesthoo
re They are Father Garry, Faith
Roche, assistant to Father Fiyn
10 and Father E. O. Connolly, who is t
OF parish priest of st. Johns Parish
II Sioux Falls.
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