The Catholic bulletin. [volume], May 30, 1914, Image 12

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(From the address of Most Reverend Archbishop Ireland at the
Civic Dedication, November 2, 1913.)
"Noble Edifice, whose name is the Pro-Cathedral of St.
Mary, of Minneapolis, thou art to be 'the house of God, the
gateway of Heaven,' the home among men of God's supernal
world, where men will come to God, to praise Him, to worship
Him, to give glory to His mercy and His truth, where God
will come to men to pour out upon them the sweetness of His
love, the richness of His grace, to upbuild within them His
own image and likeness.
"This is why, Noble Edifice, we bid thee a triumphant
entrance into our fair city of Minneapolis—this is why we
acclaim thy advent in joyousness and exultation. Thou
comest to us the tabernacle of the living God.
"Long reign thou, Pro-Cathedral of St. Mary, to bring
God nearer to men, to bring men nearer to God—to do thy
share in bestowing upon us what is far more precious, far
more needed for peace and felicity than copious gifts of
earthly wealth, than beauteous adornment of earthly arts—
the guardianship in time and in eternity of the Eternal and
Almighty God."