The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-12-23
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The League of the Sacred Heart
and the Blessed Virgins Sodality are
i established in practically all the par
Il ishes of the diocese. Other societies
established are: The Christian Moth
ers, Children of Mary, st. AIMS So
ciety and the Holy Name Society. In
the Cathedral parish. moreover, there
exists the Cadets Society flor smaller
boys), the Crusaders Club (for larger
boys), founded in 1911, and the Holy
Angels Sodality The two fraternal
societies which number members
throughout the greater part of the
diocese are Knights of Columbus and
the men and women branches of the
Catholic Order of Foresters.
The knights of Columbus have two
councils; the one at Crookston was
established April 81, 1907, and the
one, at Bemidji in 1920. The present
status in 1922 compares favorably with
the status in 1910 when the Diocese
was established. During these twelve
years the Catholic population has in
creased by half. Fifty-four churches,
thirty presbyteries, three schools, six
Sisters houses, and one academy were
erected. The Academy of the Bene-
dictine Sisters is in course of con-
Pstruction, while the two hospitals at
Crookston and Moorhead, to which
large additions were made and which
were entirely renovated, are practi-
cally new buildings, modern and up-toE
date in every respect.
Twenty new parishes, thirty new
missions, and twelve new stations
have been founded. Seventeen priests
have been ordained for the Diocese,
fourteen have been incardinated, four
teen Religious are pastors; whilst
about twenty-five priests, no longer
residing in, the Diocese, have done
brief mission work therein.
At the origin of the Diocese there
were thirty priests in the Diocese,
seventeen secular priests Of whom
eight were incardinated, and thirteen
religious. The Sisters numbered
fifty. At present there are thirty-eight
secular priests, twenty-eight of whom
are incardinated, fourteen Religious;
total fifty-two; and one hundred
and four Sisters. The spiritual
life has evidently grown apace. All
these items are only index figures of
the warm and active faith that the
Catholic people of the Diocese possess.
The future will continue to bring many
more developments, for the community
is, and will always remain, farming
community, and people living in rural
sections are always attached to their
homes and their church. Much of the
land is not yet settled, and, with the
increase of population, the advent of
more efficient farming methods and
greater church facilities, this Diocese
, will advance forward rapidly, and be
, for the Church and Country bright
ray in this North Star State.
, The Benedictine Abbey at College
+ vile, Minnesota, sent missionaries at
, an early date into the Northern sec.
tions of Minnesota. These Fathers
not only built up many pioneer white
parishes, but they also took charge at
a later date of all the Indian Missions
, Veteran Missionaries of the Order OF
st. Benedict in this section of Mime
, sofa were: Very Rev. Aloysius Her
manutz, o. S. B., v. c.; Rev. Thomas
/, Borgerding, 0. S. B.; Rev. Roman
, Homar, O. S. B.; and Rev. Felix Mel
lis, o. S. B.; all of whom are still
, | working in the Crookston Diocese
; The Benedictine Fathers have al
: present in the Diocese eleven parishes
in perpetuum and two missions which
are attended by fourteen of their mum
Der.
There are three orders of womer
working in the Diocese: the Sisters
of ST. Benedict, of st. Joseph, and Of
: st. Francis. There are two hospitals
under the care of Sisters. ST. Vim
cents Hospital and Training Schoo
! for Nurses is in the City of Crookstor
! and under the care of the Benedictint
J Sisters. This hospital was built il
n 1902. !. In 1919 100000 addition wa!
;, put to it and the older section thor
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|, growing demands of the communit,
and the needs of the many efficien
l. doctors that Crookston has. This hos
J. pital is now up-to.date in every re
! spect and, owing to it's excellent man
r agement, it has always enjoyed gen
: erous patronage. st. Ansgar's Hos
pital and Training School is located
in Moorhead and is under the care o
Z the Sisters of st. Francis. This hos
pital formerly belonged to the Swed
! ish Lutherans. In 1921 Rev. Alfret
, Mayer, O. s. B., saw that the hospita
was to be sold and he induced tn,
= Sisters of st. Francis to buy it. II
} 1922 a new $4,000 addition was added
1t has been well patronized and it
rooms are always filed since the Sis
u ters have taken charge; it has proved
a great asset to the doctors and tn,
community of Moorhead.
nj The diocese has ten schools, beside
g the Young Ladies' Academy now bein,
q built. Two are Government Industrial
Schools conducted for the Indians b,
g the Benedictine Sisters, the st. Bene
y dict Indian Boarding School at Whit,
g Earth, founded in 1873 by Mothe
q Catherine, and the st. Mary's Indial
Boarding School at Red Lake.