The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-21

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Peters and st. Mary's of the Rocks
in Franklin county.
Oldenburg: Franklin county, the
Rev. Joseph Rudolf, attending also
Enochsburg in same county anc
Pipe Greek in Ripley county.
Richmond: The Rev Anthony
Carius. st. Andrews church, visiting
also Cambridge. Hagerstown, anc
Arlington in Wayne county anc
Laure' in Franklin county.
Indianapolis, Marion county: The
Rev. John Guegen, visiting also, st
Vincent's in Shelby county; Straw
town in Hamilton county, Cumber-
land, Hancock county and Pendle-
ton, Madison county.
Lafayette: The Rev. Michae.
Clarke, st. Mary'S church, attending
also Covington, Delphi and other
stations.
Lagro, wabash county: The Rev
John Ryan, also in charge of Hunt
ington.
At Logansport and Peru: The
Rev. Patrick McDermott.
Fl. Wayne: The Rev. Julian Be-
mott and the Rev. Edward Faller.
they also attended several stations
in Allen, LAGRANGE, Steuben, Noble
Whitley, De Kalb and Wells cour-
ties.
South Bend: The Rev. Edward
Sorin, the Rev E. DeliSle, the Rev
Francis Cointet; the Rev. Francis
Gouesse. At Our Lady of the Lake
the Rev. Theophilus Mainault
From their institutions, these
priests also visited Mishawaka
Michigan City and st. Johns in
Lake county, also Goshen, Leesbure
and Plymouth.
Terre Haute, Vigo county, Monte
yuma, Clinton and Merom: The Rev
Simon P. Lalumiere.
st. Mary Of the Woods. Vigc
county: The Rev. John Corbe.
At Indianapolis: The Rev. A
Granger, Master of novices for the
Novitiate of the Brothers of St
Joseph.
nURING his episcopacy, Bishop
~ st. Palais visited Europe three
times, 1849. 1859, 1869-the regular
lad limina" visits to Rome incum-
bent upon all bishops. We have al
ready referred to his constant need
of priests. On his first visit to Eu-
rope he went to Switzerland at the
Abbey OF Maria EinSiedeln and pre-
vailed upon Abott Henry Schmid to
send him a colony of BenedictineS
for his diocese. His request bore
fruit about year later, in 1852. At
that time, the Rev. Joseph Kundeck,
pastor of the German congregations
at Jasper, Ind, and vicinity, visited
Europe and again presented the re-
quest of Bishop ST. PalaiS for the
establishment of a Benedictine
monastery in Indiana. This time
the Abbot consented and in Janu-
airy 1858 two Benedictine priests, the
Rev. Ulrich ChriSten, a native of
Switzerland, and the Rev. Bede
O'Connor, a Londoner of Irish de-
scent, arrived in Indiana. The site
selected for the new institution was
in Spencer county, in the extreme
southern part of Indiana. Thus was
founded that wonderful Benedictine
Abbey and Seminary at Saint Mem
rad, which has since sent out hum
dredS of priests to nearly every do
ceSe in the middle west.
The next important event in the
long administration of Bishop st.
PalaiS, was the division of his
diocese in 1857. The growth of pop
ulation in Indiana with its territory
extending 267 miles north and south
and l42 miles east and west gave the
state 100000 inhabitants. Great
distances and growth of parishes
made a second diocese imperative
Therefore. by a decree of Pope Plus
TX, dated Jan. 8, 1857, the northern
half of Indiana was erected into
the diocese of Fl. Wayne with
the southern boundary established
just north of Indianapolis, formed
by a line south of the following
counties: Fountain. Montgomery,
Boone, Hamilton, Madison. Della
ware. Randolph and Warren. The
Rt. Rev. John H. Luers was made
the first bishop of the new diocese.
Our history from this point on will
conflne itself to the diocese of
VincenneS, comprising the southern
half of Indiana. Therefore, except
for occasional references, our mar
rative will not concern itself with
the northern diocese.
WTHEN the division of the do
w cese was effected, Bishop st.
PalaiS was rendered the archepisco-
pal see Of Toulouse, France, but he
declined the honor, processing his
love and chosen preference for
Indiana. In 1867, with the Coop
GRAFTON of the Benedietince Fathers
at St Meinrad. the bishop induced
the Benedictine Sisters from Gov
ington, KY, to come into his do
ceSe. They established themselves
at Ferdinand. in Dubois county, and
erected the convent of the Immac-
ulate Conception. One year later,
the Franciscan Fathers established
a seminary at luxembourg, in Frank
lin county. Other orders estab-
liShed during the regime of st. Pa
laiS were the Ursuline Sisters, the
Sisters of st. Joseph and the Sis
tiers of the Precious Blood Thus,
with the establishment of st. Mem
RAIDS Abbey and Seminary and the
orders of priests and nuns above
enumerated, adequate means were
provided for the educational needs
of the diocese so that the spiritual
nourishment of the vast flock grew
apace with other developments.
The civil and industrial develop
ment of the state Surged by leaps
and bounds. The digging of the Wa
bash and Erie canals begun in 1882.
which was 10 link Toledo with vans
vile by water routes. constituted a
great factor in the development OF
the state and brought thousands of
Irish and German immigrants to
Indiana. The canal project was