The Sauk Centre herald., 1925-01-01
FIRE DESTROYS OUR
LADY OF ANGELS
CHURCH CHRISTMAS
Continued from First Page)

e Wyand of the Methodist church ais
o rendered the use of his church to tn
e Irish Catholics until such time a
e they had permanent meeting plac
of their own. This offer came abou
a 80 minutes before the Methods
;, church caught fire. -
= These tenders demonstrate tha
there is a splendid feeling of coop
t Grafton and religious tolerance on tn
t part of the clergy of Sauk Centre.
, Religious services of Our Lady O
) the Angels church are being held il
the Community Club rooms and tn,
Herald understands they will be con
tinued there until such time as def
!, mite arrangements have either beer
made to consolidate the two parishe.
or the new church is completed.
In the event that consolidation il
decided upon two priests would be
required to handle the work of ST
Paul's parish. St. Paul's church
seats about 600, but it would be nee.
essary to hold at least four Masses
every Sunday to meet the needs OF
both parishes. T.. i,*s.s@':
1t is quite generally taken for
granted that if the consolidation
should be brought about it would
mean the removal Of Rev. John Fear
on from Sauk Centre. Rev. Anthony
Arzt, pastor of St. Paul's, is recog-
nized as one of the very big men in
the Diocese Of st. Cloud. A year
ago he celebrated his Silver Jubilee
anniversary as head of st. Paul's.
When he took over the work at ST..
Paul'ss he found large indebtedness
and inadequate church facilities. He
has overcome all these difficulties, be-
sides erecting magnificent church
edifice and modern parish house.
He is dearly beloved by each and
every one of his parishioners.
Rev. Father Fearon is a much
younger man. He is also an unusual
business executive with splendid pas
toral ability, and it is more than
probable that if a consolidation is
brought about he would be placed at
the head of some large parish by
Bishop Joseph Busch. ., ,~''' =
e -
The second church fire in Sauk
Centre in many years occurred short
ly afternoon Saturday when the
Methodist church was found to be
on fire on the exterior of the roof
over the choir loft.
When the alarm was first turned in
the Fire Department became some
what confused and the impression
seemed to be that Fishers Bakery
was on fire, steam being seen issuing
from the roof, and the hose was laid |
on Main street. However, they soon
discovered the mistake and the fire
department had streams playing on
the church within comparatively few
The flames were extin-
guished with small fire damage but
there is a considerable loss by water.
The adJusters and officers of the !.
church are working on the loss at the
time and it will run some
where between $1,000 and $1,000.
fully covered by insurance. "
Until such time as the repairs to
he church are completed, services
Will be held in the Masonic Temple
each Sunday. This will include the I
'egular morning service, Sunday
school, Epworth League and evening
ervice. The entire church will have
o be re-plastered, re-decorated, and
epainted on the outside.
The origin of the fire was probably
aused by sparks either from the F.
treat Northern train or nearby CHM \
leys. # z
The church building is one of the ,
argest in Sauk Centre with seating i
apacity of about 800. The member
h1p has increased very materially un-
ler the leadership Of Rev. S. s. |
WAND, the present pastor, the be- +
inning of 1925 finds an active men,
ership of about 800 with an average
ttendance at the Sunday School of
5O. This information was furnished S
ne Herald by one of the prominent !
nembers of the official board of the
hurch.
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The following church history which =
'as carefully compiled and published !
4 the reater Minnesota Edition of +
ne Herald, November 4, 1915, will =
e of interest at this time: II
According to the Quarterly Con- {
erence minutes The First Metho-
lst society northwest of st. Cloud EV
Ias organized by the Rev. B.. A. p
emp in Sauk Centre, November :
865. The original members were : :
:. H. Tubbs, Betsy H. Tubbs, Henry :
. Tubbs, Sarah Longfellow, Naomi Ii
'uPuy, Loviza C. Moore, Sylvester n
ohannon, Dean Stabler, Thomas Il
olmes, VIM. j. Holmes. The first c
uarterly conference was held in Sauk v
entire, Dec. 9th, 1866. Under the y,
astorate of J. H. McComber ('66 tot .
~ parsonage was built, but be- g
g too expensive a house for the a
it was sold during the Iii
astorate of Charles T. Barkloo. Will cl
am Copp supplied the charge from W
e fall of 1869 till the spring of