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Show 4- ; j Diocese of fiekna. Rt. Rev. Bishop Brondel Administers the Sacrament of X Confirmation at St. Ignatius Indian Mission on the X Great Feast Day An Army of Mounted Indians Greet His Lordship and Form a Picturesque Es- X cort Orphan Children Have an Outing Father X Day Sails From Philadelphia Sisters on Retreat X t All the Church and Social News of the Montana X X Capital. 4 4- 4 4 4 4- 4- 4 4 4 -f BY BESSIE M. LAWLOR. (Correspondence Intermountaln Catholic.) Helena, July SO. Bishop Brondel visited St. Ignatius' Mission on the Feast of St. Ignatius, and administered administer-ed confirmation to a large class. This makes his eighteenth annual visit to the mission on the Feast of St. Ignatius. Igna-tius. The Bishop was met at Sliseh Station on the Northern Pacific road, about twelve miles from the Mission, by the whole tribe of Indians on horseback. horse-back. A carriage drawn by four horses was in waiting for his Lordship, the Indians on horseback forming a picturesque pic-turesque escort and body guard. Father Dillon, of the Jesuit Order is superior, with two or three assistants. Upon the Bishop's arrival all the congregation went to the Church, where he pave Solemn Benediction. St. Ignatius Church is the largest In Montana, and has a seating capacity of 1,500. |