The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-12-23

to-date physical and chemical labora-
tories, gymnasium, classrooms, and
auditorium. 1t is heated from a cen
trail heating plant that also heats the
Cathedral.
Next came the Cathedral It's cor
nerstone was laid by the Rt. Rev.
Bishop on Sunday, June Is, 1912. It
was blessed Feb. 2, 1913. A large
pipe organ was installed-the Carne-
large donation-and the Cathedral
decorated in 1915-1916. It's total cost,
fully completed, was $125,O00. The
architect, Mr. Sullivan of Duluth, the
contractor, E. Jackson of Bemidji. !. 1t
seats 1000, and is of the Gothic style
of architecture and made of red
pressed brick. It has three imposing
towers and an asbestos Single roof
Inside, it has large choir loft, one
front and two side balconies; the
sanctuary steps are of Vermont mar
BILE and the sanctuary and vestibule
floors are ofTeerematic thing. Oil
paintings representing the life and
passion of Our Lord, together with
portraits of the Saints, relieve the
stencilled and blended co1oring of the
high walls and arched ceiling.
During the time the Cathedral was
being built 100000 addition was put
to the ST. Joseph's Academy This
Academy is fine brick structure, To-
| Gated in the central part of the city.
The first building was a small ordi-
nary brick structure, totally unfit for
| the purpose.
st. Vincent's Hospital of Crookston,
under the charge of the Benedfctine
Sisters, was the next building prob
lem. This hospital was first built in
1902 under Mother Scholastica; but
the growing needs of the community
demanded larger building. An
| $4,000 addition was put to it in 1919
and the older building renovated so
| that it might be called new hospital
valued now at $15O,OOO.
The Rt. Rev. Bishop bought beau.
| tiful thirty-five acre site on the south
ern outskirts of the city, July II, 1917
which was intended for a college fo1
boys. And on Dec. 8, 1920, there was
secured for the Sisters of st. Bene
dict very beautiful sixty acre strip
of land, encircled by the Red Lake Ri
yer, on the northeastern outskirts OF
| the city. This site has become the Mo
Their House of the new community Use
parated from the Duluth community
of Benedictine Sisters recently estab
lished in the Crookston diocese, and
also the site of new $250,000 college
for young women which is at present
being built.
/ There was no one in 1910, when
viewing the $4,000 Cathedral parish
property, so rash as to visualize the
Cathedral property worth $250,OOO and
free from all debt on January 1, 1917
(Andn that growth only typifies the
growth of the entire diocese.) MOI
in 1910 did the Rt. Rev. Bishop have
hopes of very bright hue for such
a quick and happy progress.
The circumstances surrounding the
laying of the cornerstone of the new
school that year will show how gloomy
appeared the future. The basement
of the school was finished; the corner
| stone was ready to be laid. Father
Wurm,' says the Bishop, '.go out anG
lay that cornerstone this evening wher
it is dark I'll stay here in the house
| We can't let the people know that We
Lstarted the building without complet
ing it, yet believe and hope in God
the Father Almighty" And Father
Wurm took lantern at nine O'Clock
and with the janitor laid the corner
stone. But the people never had tx
learn that the erection of the schoo
had to stop one day This and the up
building of the whole Cathedral prop
| erty was made, possible by the gener
Gus gifts of those within and those
without the diocese, Cathedral parish
toner's, the diocese through assess
ments and gifts, the fraternal socie
| ties, generous donors outside of thu
diocese, and non-Catholics of Crooks
ton.
There are in the Cathedral parish
about twenty Catholic Syrian families
Many of these were here when tn,
diocese was established and some hay,
come from Syria since. A priest o