The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-12-23
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build school for the children. We
may not get Cathedral for many
years to come. but we must have a
school, Work, therefore, on the
Cathedral High School to comprise the
grades and complete high school
course with a commercial department
was begun in the fall of 1910 and 1t
opeaed les doors to the pupils in
September, 1911 Father Wurm, with
the lanitor, privately at night. laid
the cornerstone, the Bishop fearing
that the completion even of this first
building, owing to lack of funds,
might not materialize. God, however,
so blessed the work that in 1912 the
Cathedral also was erected, the first
services being held therein in Feb.
1919. The entire Cathedral parish
property, with Cathedral High School,
Bishops and Sisters residences, all
well furnished. are valued today ut
three hundred thousand dollars, and
are free from debt since December,
1915. Education has been the Bishops
work OF the Church throughout the
diocese, he. saw the need OF religious
communities which would take up the
task of educating the young. With
this thought In mind he induced the
Mother House of the st. Joseph's Sis
tiers OF, Bourg, France, to have their
Sisters erect an rp-to-date academy
in Crookston and improve their
academy at Argyle. Both institutions
are furnishing abodes of highest edu-
cation today. Moreover, the Sisters
of st. Benedict of Duluth, at his
persevering invitation, came to Crook
stoR to establish a Mother House.
Novitiate and Academy, the erection
of which ON Mount ST. Benedict
represent valuation Of $250.000.
They opened their academy in Sept,
1922, and from the very first day this
institution has grown and prospered.
To unity the educational system, His
Lordship published an outline of
studies for the parochial schools of
the. diocese and his council and en-
couragement of the Sister teachers
has ever been en- incentive to carry
on their work in q spirit of sacrifice
and efficiency, There are today in the
diocese ten parish schools, four Of
which also comprise a High School
course, three Academies. and two In
dian Industrial schools for the Indian
children. The sick likewise have en-
joyed his paternaI protection, as is
evidenced by the enlargement and
modern equipment of the st. Vincent's
Hospital of Crookston and the pur-
chase of the st. Ansgar's Hospital by
the Sisters of st. Francis in Moorhead.
Both hospitals can. well compare with
any hospital In the Northwest. As
Ordinary of the diocese Bishop Cor
bett considered himself intimately
bound up with the priests and their
various pastoral duties and cares. To
the priests he was true Bishop and
Father. They came to him in the
hours of trial and sorrow and left him
encouraged and ready to meet their
responsibilities with will that knows
no defeat. Spiritually and materially
His Lordship has helped to build up
the diocese so that today it Is we'll
organized ia every sphere of activity.
and. besides improving the existing
churches and rectories, over sixty
churches and more than thirty pres
byterles have been erected and
furnished together with supplying
Sister teachers with suitable and
modern homes. Every parish and mis-
sion IL duly incorporated and the
blessed Virgins Sodality is establish
ed In practically all of the parishes
of. the diocese. Other societies es-
tablisl1ed ares The Christian Mothers,
Children of Mary, st. AIMS Society
and the Holy Name Society. In the
Cathedral parish, moreover, there ex-
list the cadets society for smaller
boys, the crusaders club for larger
boys and the Holy Angels Sodaitty.
The two fraternal societies, which
number members throughout the
greater part of the diocese. are the
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, established April 21,
1907, and the other at Bemidji, estab-
lishad in 1920. The work of Bishop
Corbett has especially been made eff
Gcieut by his pastoral letters. to
which the priests eagerly look for.
ward to every year and which, one and
all. breathe the spirit Of the good and
fearless pastor of the flock. The
Statutes of the diocese. the first edi.
tior OF which he published shortly
after his installation as Bishop. have
been constant guide to the pastors
in all that concerns the good admin
istration OF the spiritual and temporal
affairs OF their charges. His Lordshir
held a synod in September, 1921. al
wilivit sie promulgated ss.s :t :..
or the Diocesan Statutes. These
StGtntes received the highest praise
aud ccmneHdation nom pFelates and
PRIESTS and SOME Rishnrs have adopted
them for use IN their own dioceses
Neither must we forget ths paetcral
visits TO and ILLUSTRATIONS in the
Sarous parishes and missions Of ths
diodsse, which he visited regularly CIV
cry three years and at every call ID
the pastors. I'm a word. Dishop Cor
bett's activities have been untising