The Catholic bulletin. [volume], May 30, 1914, Image 19

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growth therefrom a subject Of con
gratulation and joy.
More than fifty years ago, before
Minnesota was admitted as a state,
the first city parish was organized, in
the episcopacy of Bishop Cretin, un
der the transmitted name of St An
thony of Padua soon other sacred
edifices began to rise the Church ac
companied the growth of the city with
equal steps. Today, within the city
limits, eighteen parish churches and
over forty chapels-of-ease, wherein
fifty priests daily offer up the Holy
Sacrifice sisterhoods that minister
with gracious toil to the needs of the
sick, the destitute and the orphan
schools and academies which furnish
a sound and even liberal education &
Catholic body in goodly proportion to
the vast population of the city—all
these at once emphasize and multiply
the old-time footsteps of Louis Henne
pin.
And so on this cheering day full
thirty thousand men have assembled
in this populous city to vie, if not in
importance at least in piety, with the
mighty gathering of a year ago in the
capital city of St. Paul. All of whom
Minneapolis, a high-spirited city, and
one not unmindful of the pioneer
standard-bearer of the faith of old,
not only received with hospitality, but
as they marched along street and ave
nue greeted with hearty cheering and
sympathetic applause.
At the head of the procession were
twenty Bishops in their official robes
Of purple, three hundred priests, in
cluding the levites of the St. Paul
Seminary, in ecclesiastical costume,
and five hundred cadets of the College
Of St. Thomas in full military uniform.
After them the citizens and country
folk duly marshaled according to par
ishes, moved onward to the lively
strains of brass and reed instruments
of music, to the cornerstone where, as
soon as the various divisions had
taken their places, the Archbishop of
St. Paul himself delivered an oration
in which his celebrated charm of lan
guage blended with the brightness and
the promise of the occasion.
Here it is right worthy to record,
that the site of the temple, con
spicuous from the grace of its sur
roundings, is entirely due to the
munificence of Laurence S. Donaldson
and his wife and furthermore, that
the City of Minneapolis itself, relying
on its own resources and ready with
its own means, has undertaken and is
able to rear its Pro-Cathedral on this
generously given site, adequately and
without delay.
After the laying of the cornerstone
with all the pomp and ceremony of
the Roman ritual, a public meeting
was held under the presidency of
Laurence S. Donaldson, at which ad
dresses were delivered by James J.
Hill, the Flaminius of our North
west, on behalf of the country at
large by Governor John A. Johnson,
in behalf of the State of Minnesota
and by William P. Devereux and Fran
cis Gross, on behalf of the Catholic
laity.
And now, having thus briefly dis
tinguished the events and chief per
sonages of this day, naught remains
but to commit to the Virgin Mary
Mother of God in dedicatory trust this
temple, whose cornerstone has been
enhanced with such marks of honor,
so as to furnish with each revolving
year strength to piety, encouragement
to charity, radiance to purity and com
fort to necessity and therewithal to
add one more to the splendid edifices
of the city, aye and by its massive
pile to stand out as a landman? to
posterity.
Hereunto are inscribed as on a roll
of honor, the gentlemen who were at
the outset chosen by Archbishop Ire
land to assist him in the building of
the Pro-Cathedral, to wit: William P.
Devereux, vice chairman Laurence S.
Donaldson, treasurer Patrick J.
Downes, secretary William J. Mur
phy, Michael T. Scanlan, Patrick J.
Kennedy, Hubert Kelly, Anthony
Huhn, Morris McDonald, Edward J.
L'Herault, James Byrnes, Joseph M.
Regan, Thomas E. Cooty, Frederick E.
Murphy, John Mahoney, James Shan
nessy, Edward A. Prendergast, William
J. Von der Weyer, Joseph M. Schultz,
John W. Pauly, Peter L. Clarity, Fran
cis A. Gross, Michael Gerber, Very
Rev. James O'Reilly, Rev. James M.
Cleary, Rev. Othmar Erren, O. S. B.,
Rev. Francis Jager and Rev. Thomas
E. Cullen.
The above named distinguished gen
tlemen were glad to greet as honored
guests on the occasion the Executive
Committee of the new Cathedral now
rising in St. Paul. This committee
embraces: Most Reverend John Ire
land, chairman Louis W. Hill, treas
urer John B. Meagher, secretary
Charles H. F. Smith, Henry C. Mc
Nair, Peter M. Kerst, Edward W. Ba
zille, John S. Grode, Francis Erling,
Timothy Foley, Christopher D. O'Brien,
John C. Kennedy, Charles J. McCon
ville, George N. Gerlach, George
Michel, James C. Nolan, Charles
Friend, Jr., Louis M. Hastings, Very
Rev. John J. Lawler, Rev. Thomas J.
Gibbons, Rev. Ambrose McNulty, Rev.
Francis X. Bajec, Rev. Francis X.
Gores and Rev. John Solnce.
In the second place are inscribed
'the names of the Committee of Ar
rangements for the laying of the cor
nerstone, as follows: Laurence S.
Donaldson, chairman William P.
Devereux, vice chairman Francis J.
Williams, secretary Mathias Baldwin,
Frederick B. Chute, Patrick J. Ken
nedy, Cleophas C. Belanger, Hubert
Kelly, Francis A. Gross, John Ma
honey, John J. Kennedy, Peter J. Frey,
John L. Lynch, John Gormley, Dr.
John C. Crowley, John P. Nash, Morris
McDonald, Peter L. Clarity, James N.
Tittemore, Joseph Murlowski, Michael
A. Gerber, Frederick E. Murphy, Wil
liam E. Reau, Joseph M. Regan, Dr.
Clifford E. Henry, J. P. Stewart and
T. J. Malone.
In the third place are inscribed the
officers of the day, to wit: Captain
Mathias Baldwin, grand marshal
I Chief of Staff, Francis Koll Mar
shal's Aides, Anthony Chouinard, John
Kennedy, George Kozlowski, Captain
John J. Walsh, Captain P. A. Walton,
Senator John T. McGowan, Colonel E.
W. Murphy, John Hannan, William H.
Donahue, Henry Sadlier. Divisional
aides: John H. Nightingale, Lawrence
J. Kennedy, Charles B. Hoy, James
Fitzgerald, A. J. EckBtein, James Mc
Conville, Ambrose L. Lennon, A. F.
Eimler, Michael M. O'Farrell, William
E. Reau and Nicholas Mueller.
The St. Paul division was marshaled
by Captain William J. Murphy, who
had as his personal aides, John C.
Hardy, George T. Daly, and John W.
Boerner the divisional aides being
Thomas C. Daggett, Henry Jueb,
Charles Villiaume, Stephen Walther
and Michael Weiskopf.
Finally are inscribed the sacred
ministers of the cornerstone cere
mony: Most Reverend Diomede Fal
conio, Delegate Apostolic, celebrant
Very Rev. James O'Reilly, deaco&£
Rev. Othmar Erren, O. S. B., sub-dear'
con Rev. Francis Schaefer, D. D.,
master of ceremonies and Mr. Francis
Missia, master of chant.
To the above names we formally
add the three clergymen who formed
the inscription committee, viz.: The
Rev. Patrick R. Heffron, J. C. D. the
Very Rev. Humphrey Moynihan, D. D.,
and the Patrick Francis O'Brien,
M. A.
Catholic Institutions of
Minneapolis.
Churches 26
Chapels 6
Priests in charge 50
Parochial schools 11
Pupils In parochial schools 4,517
Academies for girls 2
Pupils 540
Brothers' schools 1
Pupils 362
Hospital 1
Orphan Asylum 1
Home for the Aged 1
THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, MAY 30, 1914. 9
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POPE AND PRESIDENT SEND GREETINGS.
Two messages were received by Archbishop Ireland on the occasion of
the laying of the cornerstone of the Pro-Cathedral of St. Mary, Minneapolis,
which were prized above the thousands of congratulatory greetings evoked
by the event. One came from the Vatican the other from Theodore Roose
velt, then President of the United States. They indicate the wide interest
aroused by the occasion and are as follows:
The Vatican,
Rome, May 3, 1908.
Most Reverend John Ireland,
Archbishop of St. Paul.
The Holy Father sends cordial
felicitations on the occasion of the
laying of the cornerstone of the Pro
Cathedral of Minneapolis, bestows his
affectionate blessing upon the gener
ous and devoted people who have un
dertaken its construction, upon your
own self, upon all present at the cere
nfonies and prays for the speedy com
pletion of the noble edifice.
CARDINAL MERRY DEL VAL.
Sfttamptton tlje (ttarnerHtotte
On the cornerstone of this great edifice, consecrated to the service of
God and a monument to the generosity and religious zeal of the Catholics of
Minneapolis, is this inscription:
DEO OPTIMO MAXIMO
MARIAE SUB TITULO DEIPARAE
VIRGINI SINE LABE CONCEPTAE
DICANDI MATRALIS HUJUS TEMPLI
URBEM ORNATURI IN NEAPOLITAN AM
SACER LAPIS PRIMIGENIUS
PRIDIE KALENDAS JUNIA8
A. D. MCMVIii.
RITE JACTUS FUIT
(Translation.)
To God, Great and Good.
The cornerstone of this Pro-Cathedral Church, dedicated under the title
of Mary, Mother of God, Virgin conceived without the primal stain, and des
tined to adorn the City of Minneapolis, was laid with solemn rite on the thirty
first day of May in the year of Our Lord 1908.
INSCRIPTION ON WESTERLY CORNERSTONE.
A. D. MDCLXXX LUDOVICUS HENNEPIN CHRISTINAE F1DEI AN
TE8IGNANUS REGIONES VESTIGIO ANTEHAC AVAIS HUMANIORI PER
LUSTRAN8 AQUAS JUXTA FUTURAM URBEM DESILIENTES MIRATU8
CON8T1TUIT ATQUE NOMINE SACRO MEMORIAE TRADITIO DECORA
VIT.
A. D. MCMVIII LUDOVICI HENNEPIN FIDES IN HOC TEMPLUM
AMPLI88IMUM 8PLENDIDE MATURUIT.
(Translation.)
In the year of Our Lord, 1680, JLouis Hennepin, the pioneer standard
bearer of the Christian faith, whilst traversing regions hitherto untrodden by
the footstep of civilization, paused in admiration at the falling waters hard
by the city of the future and adorned them with saintly name, transmitted,
on the pages of history.
In the year of grace, 1908, the faith of Louis Hennepin gloriously ripened
into this magnificent temple.
n
Rev. James C. Byrne.
The White House,
Washington, May 30, 1908.
Archbishop John Ireland,
St. Paul, Minnesota.
I take great pleasure in sending my
best wishes on the occasion of the
laying of the cornerstone of the mag
nificent Pro-Cathedral which is to
adorn the city of Minneapolis, a city
whose growth in all ways is a matter
of Just national pride.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.