The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-02-04
ST. PAUL SEMINARY HOLDS GEL
EBRATloN OF ST. PAuL'S DAY
BISHOP HEELAN OF SIOUX CITY,
IOWA, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
DELIVERED BY REV. DR.. WOLFE.

The patronal feast of the ST. Paul
seminary was celebrated with the Gus
tomary sofemnity on the Feast Of the
Conversion of st. Paul. Right Rever-
end Edmund Heelan, Bishop of Sioux
City, pontifcated at the High Mass.
The officers Of the Mass were Rev. Jo-
seph Barron, arch-priest; Rev. Denis
+. Clark, deacon; Rev. Peter F. Meyer,
subdeacon; Rev. Charles Martin and
Rev. Hugh O'Brien, deacons of honor.
The ceremonies were under the
charge Of Rev. Aloysius Ziskovski, as
sisted by Mr.. Walter Byron. The choir,
under the direction of Rev. Francis
Missia, rendered Yon's Mass, Regina
Pacis."
The sermon was preached by Rev
John NJ. Wolfe, d. d.
Several priests of the diocese came
to honor the seminary by their pres
ence on its patronal feast and to greet
Bishop Heelan, who journeyed from
Sioux City to pontifcate on the occa-
sion. After dinner, Bishop Heelan ad-
dressed the. seminarians in very
kind and very inspiring discourse.
Or. Wolfe's Sermon.
DR.. Wolfe's sermon was an able and
eloquent panegyric of the Apostle of
the Nations. The speaker sketched
the setting or st. Paul's life and mis-
sion, recalled the conversion of Paul
depicted the vast extent of his work
and the Importance of it in the expan
sion of Christianity. He then contin
ued in part:
There Is no pretense in this to deal
exhaustively with the labors of the
great Saint and Doctor; and, more
over, there is no desire to immortalize
him as a builder OF material things
of dioceses. He will live forever as
the former of Christ in men," as hav
ing brought Gods eternal Son, and
Life-giying Spirit, redemption, grace
and faith to their souls. 1t is as d
builder of faith, Of historic Christiani
ty, that he will live, because through
it, with the tools of the Spirit he
erected an imperishable edifice of su
pernai beauty which shall forever fas
cinate their imagination, and thrill the
hearts of men.
He was gifted with an infinite adapt
ability OF extraordinary gifts. He wa'
the friend Of so many that he seems
to be the friend OF ALL Equally a
home in the court of the proconsul
Sergius, and On the river banks O
Philippi, he expounded the law will
the same easy vigor to the Stoics ant
Epicureans before the Athenian Areo
pagus, in the stuffy shops with Pris
ella and Aquila, and in the audience
chamber of Agrfppa imbedded by tn,
purple Of splendor. Surrounded a
times by peasants, tradesmen. soldiers
sailors, Greeks, Romans, barbarians
princes, sooth-sayers, jailors, magis
trates, he towers above all and domi
mates, remaining alike kind and Chris
like. to the jailer of Philippi an
the runaway slave of Colossae.
A Fearless Soul.
With an Intensity Of purpose tha
carried ali before it. sensitive, impet
uous, courageous, independent; brave
bold, wise, mighty. fearless, powerful
unyielding.; deadly in earnest to cor
vert; restless, aggressive, masterfu
always, his life reads like the hero Q
a romance. slssss s,
Cast out Of the synagogue of Ant
6ch,. beaten with rods in the marke
place o. Philippi, attacked by fierc
mob in Thessalonica, facing the mocl