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«THE FAITHFUL ANGEIL^*
'The faithful angels are those bless
«d spirits who triumphed over their
tetoptation and remained loyal to
God, their creator. They were reward
ed for their fidelity with perfect hap
piness in heaven, that is, with the
happiness of seeing, of knowing, and
of possessing God without any fear
of ever losing Him. They are per
petually engaged in act of adoration
and thanksgiving. These heavenly
princes receive and present to the
throne of grace our humble, confident,
mad persevering petitions.
HOur Blessed Lord gives usj some
Idea of the happiness enjoyed by
these blessed spirits when He com
pared their happiness to that of the
just. Christ, speaking of the just,
says: "Neither do they die anymore.
are equal to the angels and are
the children of God, being the children
of the Resurrection." (Luke xv, 36.)
Again He says in reference to the lit
tle children, "Their angels in heaven
always see the face of my Father."
(Matt, xviii, 10.) The happiness of
the just essentially consists in the
possession and enjoyment of the
beatific vision, the vision of God, face
to face. The happiness of the faithful
angels consists in the same. The hap
piness of the just is everlasting. So
is the happiness of the good angels.
"The just shall enter into eternal life."
(Matt, xxv, 36.) "The just shall
reign for all eternity." (Apoc. xxii,
5.) Genuine happiness is not like
mundane, transitory and fleeting, but
permanent-and everlasting. Present
enjoyment, without the assurance that
it will never cease, would be imper
fect and the fulness of bliss would be
Impaired.
The faithful angels are not only en
gaged in chanting and proclaiming
the glory of their Creator, but also
necessarily burn with an unquench
able zeaL_for. everything that adds to
His-external, glory here on earth and
for the salvation of mankind. St.
Paul tells us, "They are ministering
spirits sent to minister for them who
shall receive the inheritance of sal
vation.'' (Hebr. i, 14.) They minister
to mankind in the role of messengers,
ctjpimuniqators. of thje divine will,
mediators, in the role of guardians,
PXincelv.
sentinels of the soul, which
J.S„ of. such transcendent dignity that
it..mys.t not be left unguarded from
tlbp moment of birth until the moment
of death. The divine creative wisdom
established ah intimate connection
between the several parts of the ma-
...THE...
CHILDREN'S HOUR
ALL KINDS OF GIRLS.
"Wasn't Elsie Bradley invited Jo
g®' with the rest of you girls to the
woods tomorrow?" asked Mrs. Howe
aft Grace talked happily of her plans
for the coming day.
Grace shook her head.
."But why not, dear? You've been
to' the same class together for a good
Wtoile now, and it seems unkind to
leave her out of your good times."
Grace flushed at the reproof in her
mother's tone.
"The girls don't like her very well,"
she explained, adding hastily as she
saw another question coming, "I don't
know why, except that she's different
^from the -rest of us."
•jjs'She might be different, and-still be
very good companion," Mrs. Howe
suggested, but said nothing further.
/The next morning, however, as
Qcace was packing her lunch into a
box 4hat could be thrown .away when
it,. was empty, fcer mother surprised
her with a queer request. Giving her
a small, wide-mouthed pickle bottle,
slje said:
'/'I wish, dear, that you would All
this witli stones today. Take any size
shape you can get into the bottle,
but pack them in as closely as you
can, with as few chinks as possible."
^Wondering at the unusual request,
Qjflace put the bottle into her box.
^'It won't take long, because the
girls will help me, and, anyway, I
think perhaps it will be fun. I won
der why mamma wants such a thing,
though."'
it was late in the afternoon before
the girls got back from the woods.
Grace *could hardly wait to show the
clOsely*packed bottle of stones to her
mother.
"See, mamma, didn't we pack it
wfll? We found most of these stones
down-by the brook, and the girls help
ed 'me to fill the bottle. What did
you want it for, anyway?"
Without answering, Mrs. Howe turn
ed the stones out onto the kitchen
table.
"How many shapes and sizes you
hsve, Grace! Couldn't you have got
them all of one shape?"
"Why, mamma!" Grace's tone was
surprised and aggrieved. "You said
yourself that I could take any shape
or size that I could get into the bot
tle. And we had to take different
shapes to pack in well together, and
tiny stones to fill in the clinks be
tween the bigger ones. I thought we
did it so well, and now you don't like
It!"
"O my dear," her mother laughed,
fcan't you guess why I asked you to
"do this queer thing? You've discov
ered that in filling a bottle you must
jjhave stones of many different shapes
jitnd sizes. Does it surprise you now.
DOCTRINAL TURGICAL.l
Sermon on the Apostles' Creed.
•The Faithful Angels" Is the theme
of th» twelfth sermon of a series
on the Apostles' Creed. Thi$ ser
mon was prepared by Rev. John A.
Faley, of Mount St. Charles college,
Helena, Mont.
terial world, and between the nuM
terial world and man,, between man,
and the spiritual. There is a con%
stant intercourse and interdependence
in creation. The eternal wisdom di
rect and governs the lower orders of
creation by means of the higher. The?
angels are superior to man, "Whom*
God made a little lower than the
angels."
God governs and protects man
through the angels, and thus conv
pletes that beautiful harmony, so con
spicuous in the lower orders of crear
tion. Holy scripture adequately
attests this latter truth. The appear*,
ance of angels as messengers, co
governors of creation, extends throughr
out holy scripture. They literally peo
ple the scenes of sacred history. They
are as fully concerned with the events
of the Apocalypse as they are with the
events of Genesis. The spiritual hisr
torv of mankind opena with the angels
actively engaged on the stage of this
lower world. It is revealed that they
will be as actively engaged when the
world has run its predestined course.
Under the old dispensation they are
repeatedly revealed as affecting, on a
large scale, the concerns of indl
viduals, nations, kingdoms, and fami
lies connected with the patriarchal
line through whom the Messiah was to
come. Under the new dispensation,
an angel appears to Zachary to an
nounce the transcendent mystery of
the incarnation to St. Joseph to in
form him of the miraculous birth of
Christ to shepherds on the occasion
of Christ's birth. They minister to
Christ after His temptation and dur
ing His agony in the Garden.
(Continued next week.)
LIFT YOUR HATS!
Of the many simple and beautiful
professions of faith, expressions by
which we openly declare our belief,
such as the sprinkling of Holy Wa
ter, Sign of the Cross, rising to our
feet at the reading of the Gospel,
etc., what is more touching and in
spiring than the lifting of their hats
by men as they pass the church? The
very act is a recital of the Apos
tles' Creed—"I believe," as plainly as
if the words were spoken. Do our
Catholic men fully realize this privi
lege which is theirs in making this
simple and beautiful profession of
Faith?
The man going to or coming from
his daily toil, the business and pro
fessional man, the student and little
school boy should lift his hat. Think
of all open acknowledgments of
Christ in one day by the simple act
of lifting the hat. It is a sight to
touch a heart of stone and cause the
angels in heaven to smile. Lift your
hats!
to think that we have many different
kinds of people to make up this big
world of ours? Is it so serious to you
that Elsie Bradley is a little different
from you and from your special
chums? Perhaps j'ou'll find her all the
more interesting on that account,"
Grace looked thoughtfully at the
heap of stones, big and little, round
and sharp-cornered, that she and the
other girls had gathered and packed
into the bottle so carefully.
"I see what you mean, mamma," she
said at last. "Perhaps Elsie will fit in
somewhere after all. I'll talk to the
girls."
It was as good as a promise, com
ing from Grace, and Mrs. Howe
smiled, well satisfied, feeling sure that
Elsie would have a happier time from
that day on.
A LESSON IN COURTESY.
"Excuse me, am I near the Wound
ed Soldiers' Institute?" asked a blind
veteran of a passing pedestrian in
Paris as he tapped his way along the
sidewalk. "I've only been there twice,
and I'm hot sure of the way."
"You are close to it now let me
take you," came the reply.
Arriving at the door, the guide
said to the janitor: "Kindly take
:his man to the section for the blind."
"Take him yourself," growled the
janitor. "Under the archway on the
)ther side of the courtyard."
The civilian did so, but on the way
ut addressed the janitor again
'Couldn't you be a little more obliging
o the blind?" he asked gently.
"There are too many, and I haven't
he time," was the surly response.
"It seems to me it is your duty to
ielp them," said the other. "I can
find time—and I am Marshal Foch."
THE IMPORTANCE OF TRIFLES.
Trifles may be little things, but each
represents an act, a word or an idea
that may have a widespread influence
upon our lives. To pass even one of
them by as a thing not worth our
attention may be to overlook a great
opportunity. "Mere trifles," as some
thoughtless persons call them, have
been transformed into the gigantic
forces upon which the progress of na
tions depended. Science, art, music,
literature, engineering—all have enjoy
ed wonderful advancement through
the growth of ""mere trifles."
A boiling tea kettle was not a "mere
trifle" to James Watt, though it might
have been so considered by many oth
ers less observing than he. But Watt
made it the basic idea upon which
the steam engine was invented. It
was just a scrap of conversation that
he overheard—a "mere trifle—" which
led- fcli Whitney to invent the cotton
gin. The leading member of the com
pany with which he was singing had
a slight cold at the beginning of a per
formance—-a "mere trifle," but it gava
Edmund Keene, itn understudy, a
chance to "take the lead." From that
(Continued on Page 7.)
Fir
GREAT FALLS, MONT.
NT INDUSTRIAL
NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, MERCANTILE HOUSES,
STORES, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE.
A SHORT SKETCH OF THE CATHO
LIC DIOCESE OF GREAT FALLS,
MONT., ST. ANN'S CATHEDRAL,
CATHOLIC SOCIETIES AND IN
STITUTIONS.
Rev. Lawrence B. Palladino, S. J.,
published a large volume—"INDIAN
AND WHITE," A. D. 1891, to com
memorate that same year, the Golden
Jubilee or the Fifth Anniversary of
the first Catholic Indian Mission in
Montana. The same author is now
engaged in writing a second volume
concerning the development of the
Catholic Church in the Treasure
State, especially amongst the early
settlers down to the present day. Here
are a few reliable facts and dates,
taken from the above named book re
garding the early history of the Cath
olic Church in Montana when it was a
territory, which will be of interest,
especially to the early pioneers who
may have witnessed some of the in
cidents narrated in that work. Over
300 years ago the Jesuit Missionaries
christianized and civilized many of
the nomadic Indian tribes of Canada.
Father Ignace Joques became the
apostle of the Iroquois and sealed
with his blood the Faith that he had
come to preach. In the year 1812 a
band of these converted Isoquois
Indians made a journey to the un
known regions of the great Northwest.
They finally settled down in the
country of the Flathead Indians lying
at the west of the base of the Rocky
Mountains, Montana. These civilized,
Catholic Iroquois were kindly received
by the Flatheads and through inter
marriage, became members of that
tribe. Having learned of the admir
able qualities of the Jesuit mission
aries, a delegation of four braves from
the Flatheads, went in the Spring of
1831 on a long and perilous expedition
to St. Louis, Missouri, a distance of
3,000 miles hoping to bring back with
them at least one of the "Black Robe"
missionaries. But alas! to their great
disappointment, they were not suc
cessful. It was only after a third ex
pedition to Saint Louis, that their
petition for a Catholic missionary
priest was granted: Rev. Peter J.
DeSmet, S. J., and his followers. The
illustrious Jesuit missionary, Rev.
Peter J. DeSmet, S. J., left Saint Louis,
Mo., April 5, 1840, for the distant
Northwest. On June 30, he was met
at Green River, Wyoming, by 1,600
Indians who had blazed the trail 800
miles over mountains, Tivers and bar
ren plains, in the hottest season of
the year, to meet the long-looked for
Catholic priest, known to them as the
?aithful
and trusted "Black Robe." On
he banks of the Beaverhead—Jeffer
son River, at the lower end of the
Boulder Valley, is the spot where
Christianity was preached for the first
,ime in Montana. The bulk of the
ndians who were present at this
nemorable religious gathering, where
he Holy Mass was offered for the
irst time in the Treasure State, was
composed of the Flathead tribe, al
though there were *epreseatatives
fronj. the Nez Perces, Pend d'Oreilles
ind Kalispell tribes. Father DeSmet
iiscovered to his great delight, that
ill of the Flathead tribes were well in
structed in the fundamental doctrines
of Catholicity by the aforementioned
latholic Iroquois, so he solemnly
baptized them and administered to
hem the other sacraments. Father
DeSmet taught the Indians and the
whites, both by word and example,
that work was not ignoble that man
•nust earn his bread by the sweat of
his brow that the words of the
Psalmist should ever be remembered:
"The earth was created for the abode
of man, and to manifest the glory and
the perfection of the Lord." During
his 41 years of missionary life, Father
DeSmet crossed the Atlantic 19 times
visiting Popes, kings and presidents
in behalf of the American aborigines.
By actual calculation he traveled 180,
000 miles on his errands of charity.
The United States Government, appeal
ed to Father DeSmet on four differ
ent occasions, to act as pacificator
among the restless and hostile Indians
and the- cruel white settlers. He was
the only white man with whom the
Indians would sit in^ council and he
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was instrumental in averting several
bloody wars. Even Protestant writers
declare that Father DeSmet was the
most sincere friend that the Indians
ever had. This renowned missionarj
died at St. Louis, May 23, 1873, at
the age of 72 years and was laid tt
rest in the cemetery of the Jesuit
Provincial house at Florissant,
suburb of St. Louis. Jesuits workec
also among the whites. One car
form some estimate of the tireles*
labors of the Jesuit missionaries froir
the Baptismal Register still pre
served at St. Peter's Mission, whicl
shows that there were 2,732 Indians,
baptized at that one mission betweer
the years 1855 and 1879. But these
missionaries were equally as active
amongst the early white settlers in
assisting them to -build commodious
church edifices at Fort Benton, Havre,
Lewiston and large brick churches at
Billings and Helena, which became
the projCathedral of Helena diocese
also at- Missoula, which church thej
still retain, but on account of the
limited number of Jesuit Fathers the
generously surrendered the missions
at Billings and Helena when Bishor
Brondel came to Montana. They alsc
erected substantial convents, school*
and churches at half a dozen Indiar
missions which are still used for the
original purpose for which they were
built, namely: the civilization as well
as the christianization of the
aborigines, who were the first owners
of the soil and the only genuine Amer
leans.
Vicariate of Montana. In the early
part of June, 1877, the Right Rev.
James O'Connor, Vicar Apostolic
of Nebraska, visited the Vicariate of
Montana, which was intrusted to his
care. He was the first Bishop that
had charge of the growing church in
this new territory. He gave con
firmation at Virginia City, the first
city that he visited, then he went to
Helena, Fort Shaw, St. Peter's Mis
sion, Fort Benton and all the differ
ent Indian Missions in charge of the
Jesuits and Sisters of Providence.
Bishop O'Connor was a seer and spoke
of the future prospects of the church
in the Treasure State, in the most
glowing terms. In a letter to Father
Paladino, dated Omaha, Nebraska,
March 31, 1879, the Right Rev. Bishop
penned the following appreciation of
the excellent work done for religion
in Montana, by the Fathers of the
Society of Jesus: "You and I may
not live to see it, but the day is not
distant when Montana will be one of
the most fruitful and flourishing, as
well as the most beautiful portions of
God's vineyard, and this will be owing,
in a great measure, to the labors and
virtues of those who have already
borne the burdens and heats of the
day." Bishop Lenihan testifies that
the prophetic words of Bishop O'Con
nor have been fulfilled, to a great ex
tent, even at the present time, but
that a more glorious development
awaits the Church, in this progressive
commonwealth, in the near future.
Rt. Rev. J. B. Brondel, D. D., was con
secrated Bishop of Vancouver, British
Columbia, by his classmate, Bishop
Charles Segers, December 14,1879. On
?April 21, 1883, Bishop Brondel was
named administrator of the Vicariate
of Montana to succeed Bishop O'Connor
and the following March 7, 1884, Pope
Leo XIII erected this Vicariate into a
diocese with Helena as the episcopal
see and Bishop Brondel as its first
incumbent. The new Bishop discov
ered that over one-third, or 15,000
out of the total population of 40,000
of the new territory were Catholics
that there were four secular priests
and 12 Jesuits there were four hos
pitals and 16 churches, besides con
vents and schools for the Indian chil
dren also two parochial schools and
two academies for white children.
During the twenty years of Bishop
Brondel's incumbency, the church made
rapid strides, so that at the time of his
death, November 3, 1903, there were
53 priests anc( 65 churches with a
Catholic population of 50,000, out of a
total population in the whole state of
250,000. The Jesuit Fathers attended
to the spiritual wants of the Catholics
©frGreat Falls from its first settlement
the §rst c&urcfc was
?recteJ and dedicated tMt same year
tf Sairit Ann, thfe inbther of the'Biess-'
id Virgin. Rey. J. J. Dols was ap
ointed the first resident priest of
xreat Falls, February, 1891. He soon
laid the debt of $4,000 on the new
:hurch, which was about one-half of
Its original cost. He bequeathed suf
ficient funds to furnish a room in the
Columbus Hospital that was built by
the Sisters of Providence under the
direction of Venerable Mother Julian
Father Dols bequeathed also the cot
tage that he occupied to St. Ann's
congregation. Father Dols was called
to his regard May 30, 1898, a"hd was,,
mcceeded the following month by
lev. H. B. Alleys, who during his
hort administration made substantial}
mprovements on the rectory and laid
he foundation of a new brick church,
iut which was never completed untili
he advent of the first Bishop of Greats
^alls. Rev. C. Pauwelyn succeeded
father Alleys on August 3, 1901, as
lastor of St. Ann's church until the
•iocese of Great Falls was created,!
vhen the new Bishop, by virtue of his!
office, became pastor of St. Ann's
church, which became the pro-Cathe-j
'ral. Father Pauwelyn remained at
he pro-Cathedral as assistant pastor
acting rector, but was allowed to
Iraw the same salary as when he was
astor, until he was transferred tof
xlendive, August, 1906. Rev. Thomas*
-VlcCormack succeeded Father Pau
velyn from August, 1906, to Jufiej
'909, when he returned to his dio
cese in Ireland. Rev. James Moly
aeux followed Father McCormack
rom June 3, 1909, to February 2, 1912,
•vhen he was transferred to Glasgow,
VTontana Rev. D. J. Dineen succeeded
father Molyneux from February ?,,
!912, to June 21,1917 Father Dineen^
vas transferred to his former charge
Glasgow after the death of Father
Molyneux. Rev. M. T. O'Brien suc
ceeded Father Dineen June 21, 1917,
md is still at the Cathedral giving ex
cellent satisfaction, like his prede
cessors. All of these priests were chan-:
:ellors .of the diocese of Great Falls!
ind each one was given the powers
)f a Vicar General, to grant matri
nonial dispensations, in the absence
the Right, Reverend Bishop from
tome, Rt. Rev. Mathias C. Lenihan,
}. D.
On May 18, 1904, the late Pope
'ins divided the state of Montana
nto two dioceses, making Great Falls
he Episcopal See of the eastern por
ion of the state, with a territory of
'4,158 square miles, leaving to the
original diocese of Helena the
nountainous -district with a territory
if 51,922 sjjuare miles, The Very
teverend Mathias Clement Lenihan,
-1. R., V. F., who was Dean and an
rremovable Pastor of Marshalltown,
owa, was appointed the first Bishop
the new Diocese of Great Falls by
lis Holiness, Pope Pius of happy
nemory. Bishop Lenihan was con
•.ecrated by the late Most Rev. Joseph
r. Keane, D. D.f assisted by the
iresent metropolitan of Dubuque,
-"•ut who was, at that time, the Right
lev. James J. Keane, D. D., Bishop
Cheyenne and the Right Rev
Joseph B. Cotter. D. D., Bishop of
Vinona. Most Rev. John Ireland
ireached on that memorable oc
casion. At the banquet, in Hotel
fulian, following the consecration
ceremonies there were present three
Vrchbishops, 16 Bishops, and over two
mndred priests and monsignori, be
•ides a large numtter of prominent
aymen from Marshalltown, Dubuque,
Vail, Denison, and Chicago. Bishop
Lenihan was formally installed in his
lew See, at St. Ann's church, Great
Palls, November 9, 1904, by Archbish
op Alexander Christie, of Portland,
Oregon, at which ceremony the other
irelates of the Province of Oregon
'Sity,- of which the Bishop of Great
"'alls is a suffragan, and a large num
ber- of priests and lay people were
-oresent. In his sermon at the in
stallation ceremony the new prelate
announced that he would name thei
pro-Cathedral "SAINT ANN" in honors
of the Blessed Virgin, which was the.
title of the first church that he builtl
at his first mission at Vail, and whichf
he was pleased to learn was the name
of the first church built at Great Falls.
He selected as a legend for his Epis
copal escutcheon "Fides et Charitas,"
which two virtues, "Faith andj|
Charity," he wished all his priests
and people to practice in a pre-emi-j
nent degree as well as. aiming to,
practice these virtues himself. He de
veloped, at length, the words of his"Jf
text "We should liye soberly, and
justly and piously in this world."
(Titus 11, 12.) It was quite natural
for the new Bishop to speak on the
virtue of sobriety since he was the
President of the Archdiocesan Total
Abstinence Society in Iowa, when he
was chosen, head of the new diocese.
He was a consistant advocate of
Christian Temperance during his 25
years as parish priest in his native
state of Iowa. Both as priest and as
Bishop he administrated the total
abstinence pledge to all candidates
preparing to receive the Sacraments
of Holy Communion and Confirma
tion, until they were 25 years of age.
Bishop Lenihan has always been an
ardent advocate of state Prohibition
and Woman Suffrage since he came
to Montana. He has the satisfaction
of knowing that the majority of
voters in all the counties of the state
save one—voted for both these
measures and today they appear on
the statute books of Montana.
St. Ann's Cathedral. The first three
years after Bishop Lenihan came to
Montana were years of extreme de
pression and bank failures all over
the United States. During this time
not a single building was erected in
Great Falls and many of the store
buildings on Central avenue were
vacant. The new prelate knew that
a permanent cathedral had to be built
in thi3 See city, and he rightly con
cluded that this time, when thousands
of workingmen were idle, would be a
most propitious time to build the new
cathedral. Early in June, 1906, the
foundation was prepared and all of
the funds in the church treasury,
which were saved by the Calvary
Cemetery Association and which were
less than a thousand dollars, were ex
hausted. On July of the same year
the cornerstone was laid and on
December 15, 1907, the building
solemnly /k^ted tp the boaor a»d
glory of the Triune God under the
invocation of St. Ann, the mother of
the Blessed Virgin Mary, MothieFof
God. This Was the first permanent
cathedral that was finished and
dedicated in the whole Province of
Oregon City, comprising the states^ of
Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho
it*.
Saint Joseph's church. A substantial
brick church, dedicated in honor of
Saint Joseph, was built at the West
side of the city during the summer of
1912. The foundation of a new church,
on the corner of Eighth avenue and
Sixteenth street, is finished and some
time in the near future, this building
will be used both for a church and a
parochial school. The Townsite Com
pany has generously donated lots for
these two churches and four blocks of
property for a future church and
school, in Black Eagle Addition. This
building will be erected this year.
Statistics. The following compara
tive statistics are taken from the Cath
olic Directory and will give one an
idea of the marvelous growth' of the
Diocese of Great* Falls from the timo
it was segregated from the Diocese of
Helena which comprised- the whole
state of Montana, 1904, to the present
time, 1922. Diocesan Priests, 1904,
11, 1922, 49 Priests of Religious Or
ders, 1904, 5, -1922, 16 Total number
of Priests, 1904, 16, 1922, 65 Number
of Churches, 1904, 24, 1922, 125 Mis
sions and Stations, 1904, 28, 1922,140
Ecclesiastical Students, 1904, 6, 1922,
26 Academies and Schools, 1904, 1,
1922, 14 Orphans' Home, 1904, 0^
1922, 1 Hospitals, 1904, 4, 1922, 7
Catholic population, 1904, 10,000, 1922,
39,450. From the foregoing statistics
it will be seen that the number of
priests, churches, Missions and Ec
clesiastical students is much greater
in the Diocese of Great Falls, which
is only 18 years old, than the original
diocese which comprised the whole
state of Montana, during the preced
ing 64 years. Today the Diocese of
Great Falls is blessed with sixty-five
pious, learned and most zealous mis
sionary priests who have been instru
mental in bringing many converts in
to the Church and in building over
one hundred cburches, schools and
parochial residences during the past
ten years.
Recapitulation. Inhere three
different Religious trders of Men
and seven different Religious Or
ders of Women in the Diocese.
ft ds«$n schools- *nd
academies located in the following
places. Great Falls—St. Mary's Insti'
tute and High Sctrootrxonducted by
the Sisters-"of. ItuuiHity—JJome for
Working. .Girls, ,conducted. by Domin
ican Tertiari^s. Mother I^ouset Sacred
Heart—Actfdtet&y—Mothfer HoUse and
Novitiate .* of Sisters of" fTumility.
RT. REV. M. C. LENIHAN, D. D., BISHOP OF GREAT FALLS.
and the Vicariate of Alaska. This
magnificent Gothic building of cut
stone could not be duplicated today
for less than $200,000, which is about
twice the original cost, which shows
the wisdom of Bishop Lenihan and his
building committee, in prosecuting the
work during the dull times. Another
reason which hastened the completion
of the new cathedral was. in order to
use the old church building as a
temporary school. When Bishop
Lenihan came to Great Falls there
was not one child under Catholic in
struction. Today there are over 1,000
Catholic children who are daily in
structed by three orders of Sisterhood,
in that city alone.
STATE CHAPLAIN RT. REV. M. T. O'BRIEN, GREAT FALLS, MQNT.
Roundup—St. Benedict Parochial
School, Ursuline Sisters. West Great
Falls, St. Thomas Orphans' Ursuline
Academy: Billings St. Patrick's
Parochial School, Sisters of Charity
(Leavenworth). Havre—St, Leo's
Parochial School, Daughters of
Jesus. Livingston—St. Mary's Paro
chial School, Sisters of Charity. Miles
City—Sacred Heart Academy, Ursuline
Sisters—St. Xavier—Indian Indus
trial School, Ursuline Sisters—St.
Paul, Indian" Industrial School, Ur
suline Sisters—St. Labre—(Ashland
P. O.) Indian Industrial School, Ur
suline Sisters. Three more parochial
schools will be orected the coming
year. There is one Diocesan Or
phans' Home at Great Falls and six
large hospitals in the follcfwing cities:
Great Falls—Colirmbus Hospital—Sis
ters of Charity of Providence. Bill
ings—St. Vincent's Hospital—Sisters
of Charity (Leavenworth). Fort
Benton— St. Clare's Hospital—Sisters
of Charity of Providence Havre—
Sacred Heart Hospital—Sisters of St.
Francis. Lewistown—St. Joseph's
Hospital—Daughters of Jesus. Miles
City—St. Mary's Hospital—Presenta
tion Sisters. Names of Parishes and
Pastors. St. Ann's Cathedral, Great
Falls—Right Rev. Mathias C. Lenihan,
D. D. Very Rev. Michael T. O'Brien,
V. G. Rev. Mathcw McHugh. Great
Fails, St. Joseph's church. Rev. Wm.
P. Callahan. Great Falls, St. Thomas
Orphans' Home Rev. Joseph Pollak.
Great FaUs-^-UfsuJin@ Academy. Rev.
Thos, Tannysme* Great Falls—Sacred
Heart Academy, Assistant at Cathe
dral.' Belt--Rev.'^ Arthur, Richard.
Billings—Rev: John A. Pettit. Rev.
Joseph Drolet. Asst.' Chinook—Rev.
Ilenry Pratschncr. Circle Rev.
Nicholas Rguh, O. S. B. Columbus
Rev." Patrick Sheehy. Culbertson—
Rev. William O'Rourke. Denton—
Rev. John Corcoran. Forsyth—Rev.
George K Ledoux, S. S. E., Rev. M.
J. Trigory, S. S. E. Fort Benton—
Rev. Edward Curran. Fromberg—
Rev. John Leahy. Gyser Rev.
Timothy O'Shea. Glasgow -r- Rev!
Daniel Dineen. Rev. John Finucane,
Asst. Glendive—Rev. Michael Web
ber. Hardin—Rev. Louis Taelman, S.
J. Havre—Rev. William A. Shepherd,
S. J. Rev. John T. Corbett, S. J., Asst.
Hilger—Rev. Aloysius Muller. Hing
ham—Rev, MichaeL Colgan. Laurel—
Rev. Francis Shevlin,. Lewistown—
Rev. V. G. Van den Broeck. Rev. Wm.
J. Raymond, Asst. Livingston—Rev.
Joseph Blaere. Malta—Rev. Patrick
Sheehy. Mile3 City—^Rev. John J. O'
Carrell. Rev. T. Connolly, ASSt.
Moore—Retf. John Molyneux. Plenty
wood—|tev„ John Hennessyy Plevna
Rev. T. O. Rocque. Poplar—Rev
Louis Seethaler, -Ov8-J^. JIM. Lodge
-Rev. Bernard Magulflf Roundup
Kev. Thos. Hennessy. Rev. John Hig*
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