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ST MARYS MARY'S A MONUMENT I TO BISHOP Cathedral Which Is Crowning Crowning Crown- Crown j ing Achievement of Prelate Prelate Prelate Prel Prel- ate to be Dedicated FIDELITY OF JESUITS SHOWN IN HIS WORK I Description of Magnificent Edifice of Which Entire Community Is Proud The TIle crowning achievement of nearly two score years of faithful work for his church which has been of inestimable inesti inert mable value to the life Ufe of the community comma comma- I in which he has labored with the i fidelity of or one of the old fathers will come tomorrow when Bishop Laurence Scanlan of or the Catholic diocese of Utah will participate in the dedication of the cathedral of St. St Mary Magdalene I ILife Life of Bishop Scanlan I IThe The story tory of tho the life of Bishop Scanlan Scan Scan- i iIan lan Ian reads like a page paje from irom the history history history his his- tory of the old days of the church Fidelity Fidelity Fi Pi Fi- Fi 1 delity to duty duh steadfastness of f purpose and unshrinking essaying of herculean tasks were required by bv the mission of Bishop Scanlan just as s they were of the pathfinders of d the church when the they planted the cross in the wilderness an and heralded the civili civilization tion that was I to follow Obliterate the work that has hu been done in Salt Lake City and in Utah by the Catholic church under the leadership leadership lead lead- of Bishop is Scanlan c and there tK no ht i h would be a hiatus u that could not be filled tilled The moral work the creation of higher ideals of life the fostering of nobler principles in the minds of his bis f followers the he training in in religion rei ion and the appreciation of or the duties of or the i citizen and the i individual cannot be measured by the standards of the world But Dut it is not alone in a moral or in ina a spiritual way that Bishop Scanlan has directed his efforts for the benefit of his church and for the advancement ad of the cause of religion in Utah The material side of his work has also been well done done- doneso so so well done that there thero are m many nv monuments to him all of them monuments that mark hi his usefulness to the church and to the community B Bishop hop Laurence e Scanlan then a priest was asi assigned ed to duty in the then Continued on page paste 2 ST. ST MARYS MARY'S Con Continued tinned from 01 territory of ot Utah during lurin the summer of thirty thirty vuc ix years yeans eans ago atO today today- when there was wag but little that could be eon considered encouraging to the church Lifts Church Mortgage It was wa with characteristic coer energy y and inspired eal that lIe he undertook his hia monumental labors The Tho only oDly property of the church at th that t time was the theold old St. St Marys Mary's Iary a cathedral situated on the outskirts of the buin business K district distri t a c athe the west aide side of Second East street between between be be- tween South Temple and anil First fint South streets This Thi wa was wa a visible allt et There was wall an au invisible which he be as as- a burned a debt of The first tint duty that confronted the young youn priest wa wi Wa t to rai raise e the mort mortgage age lie He began his labors labor with the same samo energy that h he ha has continued to display during all the succeeding years It was vi-as ot I long until the tho little church hurch was wan fr free from debt Then there was such a jubilation in inthe inthe inthe the church and aud among its it's members as 88 ashad ashad had not been known before Tins This task Father Scan Sean Ian cat cast about him him for other fi fields of activity ity There were many Catholic children in ma the territory and in sur stir rounding territories who were being beinA do- do the privilege of education except in ma the rude schools of the frontier It was his hi elut duty to secure for them the means of gaining an education at home The result was the founding of St. St Marys Mary's Iary s 's academy which was built in 1876 at a cost ost of about This was considered at that time a 1 stupendous dous dotis accomplishment but it wag waS only a forerunner of ot what the far seeing and ener energetic man mau had bad in view The buildings buildings build build- in ings s and auel grounds today represent not less than to the church There was crying need for a hospital In those days das there was no first class hospital pital within hundreds of miles The sick and the tho injured suffered tortures being denied proper treatment unless they thES had the means of taking a long journey In hundreds hundred of cases such a journey lourney was impossible Father Scanlan set about to provide a place where broken bodies could be repaired The outcome of his efforts was the establishment of Holy Cross hospi hospital ta 1 The or original inal buildings were on Fifth East street between South Temple and First South streets on the tho west side sido of tho the street Tho The buildings were not large largo nor imposing but they represented to the little church an outlay outlay out out- lay Iny of rents that were a constant drain dram drainon dramon on the finances Buys Hospital Site To rid the church of the rent incubus Father Scanlan purchased for the tho church the ten acre acro tract of land now occupied by the hospital in the square bounded by South Temple Templo and First South streets and Tenth and Eleventh Ele East streets This tract of ot land which was then far from the residence section was bought for That was in 1881 Some critics considered it folly to buy this land but tile the wisdom of Father Scanlan was seen in 1892 when whon the church was offered for the property The offer was declined The buildings 8 and equipment are are easily worth at this time with theland tho the tholand tholand land valued at a much lar larger er sum With the establishment of the Starrs St. St Marys Mary's arrs arr's school for girls and the new v hospital in condition to minister to the needs of the people Bishop Scanlan continued his efforts with the result that All AlI Hallows Hallo colle college o for boys was founded The first building was constructed constructed con con- in 1885 and the colle college e was opened the following year The Tile original original original nal building is still in m use as a a. school thou though h other buildings s have been added which with the two and one half acres of land occupied by the sch school ol are re valued valued val cal at not less than Needs of homeless and dependent lent children were imperative and in 10 1898 Bishop Scanlan secured for the church the tract of land in the suburbs which is now occupied bv by the K Kearns St. Ann Anns Ann's s 's orphanage e. e Tho aid of the tho church e was reQuested and nuu church e was reQuested nuu Mrs Irs Thomas Kearns Reams wife of former fonner United States Senator Kearns donated more than for the construction of suitable buildings s. s This handsome donation which was wag wasen given en as quickly as suggestion was made is a lasting tribute to the piety and generosity o of Mrs Irs Kearns The Tho happiness and aud comfort comfort com coin fort that this institution have brou brought ht to barren little lives and hearts can never bo be estimated Simultaneously with the completion of the orphanage orphana e ground was broken brokenfor brokenfor brokenfor for the ma magnificent cathedral cathedra which bich will willbe willbe willbe be dedicated tomorrow Bishop Scanlan Scanlan Scan lan Ian had been at work for man many months makin making preparations for this work and when he could see his way yay clear for tho the commencement of his most recent and greatest task ho he went ahead That wasten wasten was wasten ten years realS ago Work Worle has continued nearl nearly all 11 hl the tho time since that day There were times when hen there was not the money in hand to keep the work going but Bishop Scanlan did not cease his persevering efforts until the hu huge e building was wal completed Bishop Scanlan has bas had personal char charge e of all the tho operations He lIe has supervised the most minute details of the work and as a result there is no finer fiDer church edifice in the west than the cathedral of St. St Mary Magdalene There was delay at tho the be beginning by reason of exorbitant demands of con ron tractors Finding them not amenable to reason Bishop Scanlan himself took char charge e of the work Labor Record Remarkable During the entire ten years not a aman aman aman man has been killed or injured while whito at work on the building There has never been a wage dispute nor a dissatisfied dissatisfied dis dis- dis satisfied od man leave his work No man manUS was US ever er asked whether he belon belonged ed to the Catholic church or to a labor union union Union wa wages 1 were paid The most moat friendly relations existed between Bishop Scanlan and his men at all aU times and among amODA the persons now con congratulating ratu lating him on the achievement of his project are aro non-Catholic non workmen whom he ho employed years ears ago The cathedral which cost more than is of the beautiful and sod distinctive dis dis- dis Romanesque R type of the thIrteenth thirteenth thirteenth thir thir- century when the severe seere Roman architecture was wa being mer merged ed into the Gothic There is a slight ht preponderance I of the Roman in the general Jeneral architectural tural features One of the distinctly I Roman Reman features feature is II the series Beri of gargoyles gar gar- four of which are on each tower at the tho corners The These e Jar gargoyles or water spouts are carved stone atone e. e projecting pro pro- ully four foor f feet t beyond the building line Each wei weighs h. h four tons toos and the huge blocks of sandstone n bronc from which they are carved wei weighed hed twelve tons in the rough The facade is 15 marked b by two wide double doors each flanked by a narrower narrower narrower nar nar- rower single smilie door supplying ample entry entry entry en en- try and exit facilities Over O the entry is a partly Gothic arch designed for fora a bas baa relief crucifixion group in io embossed embossed em em- bossed metal which is not no yet in tion Above this arch is a circular window twenty-three twenty feet in iu diameter and above this is ii a triple window each section see sec ec tion six feet in diameter The most imposing feature of the exterior ex cx- tenor is the towers These are two in number Dumber one at the east and the theother theother theother other at the tIe west corner earner These towers towers towers tow tow- ers are broken in their ascent tapering toward the spires pires tho the brea breaks co coming j I at twentieth twentieth course of stone This Riv giveL the towers delusive optical effect ct of extreme hei height ht On 81 all four sid sides of each tower is 15 a Do niche for lor statuary The central gable able is surmounted by a acron across across cross cron and ei eight ht pinnacles surmount the towers Gray Kyune sandstone is used throughout the structure there being no trimmin trimmings I to detract from th the appearance appearance ap ap- ap- ap of solidity and aid permanence This is a native nativo stone of peculiar beauty The entrance to the cathedral is twenty feet above e the sidewalk level It is gained by a series of terraced steps Interior of or Cathedral The fhe cathedrals cathedral a interior presents an au ap appearance rance of unusual grandeur It is is cruciform and on each side of the main nave ua are four lar large e stained glass win windows dows These are arc works of art by Zet Zet- tier of the tho Royal Bavarian Art Institute Institute tute Munich Bavaria aria They mire life five flye feet in width by twenty-six twenty feet teet in height ht In each fach transept is one large window twenty three feet in width and thirty-six thirty foot feet in height T The Tle east cant window window win win- dow in the tIme transept represents in iii soft glowing colors tho time resurrection of Christ The west window winlow represents the finding of Christ in the temple templo by his parents The interior furnishings I of the time cathedral cathedral cathe cathe- dral are in keeping with tho simple grandeur of tho the building All AU tho the pews and altars are of massive construction in solid sawed quarter oak The Tho pulpit and altar rail are aro of the tho same saml material harmonizing perfectly with tho the other furnishings The Tho Stations of the Cross fourteen in number representing scenes from the life lifo of Christ beginning with his arraignment ar ar- ar before belore before Pilate and ending with tho the Laying in the tho Tomb are of terra cotta in bold relief This Journey of the Cross is peculiarly impressive Each of tho the relief relict designs cost more than thau and all were donated donated do do- to the church by individual memo mem bers Above the organ is a circular window of stained glass lass Tho The desi design n is il of St. St Cecelia surrounded by br fourteen figures the tho Celestial Choir each playing a n different different dif dif- if- if ferent instrument The central window window win win win- dow is six feet in diameter Donor of or Organ Dead B Beneath neath tho the window on a sma small gallery gallery gal RaI- lery running across the nave is tho the great reat or organ an so constructed that it does not interfere with the art window and aud does not shut out the light In this gallery is the grand rand or organ an which was donated at a cost of more moro than by hy the late Ellen Hayes of Ely Nov Nev It was Miss Hayes' Hayes deepest wish wish that I she bho mi might ht I live e to attend the dedication dedication dedication dedica dedica- tion of the cathedral and hear tho the organ or or- gnu gan an played at this service Miss Hayes died in San Francisco only a a. few days ago I The main altar and the tho two side aide altars one for the Blessed Virgin Mary and the other for St. St Joseph are of pure white Carrara marble of exquisitely exquisitely artistic workmanship TheM altars altars al al- al tars which are arc tho the finest in the western west west- ern era part of the country were vere constructed constructed con con- in Italy and brought here especially for this cathedral They Thoy reflect re reo re- re fleet the Ji lights from the nave and appear ap pear to be bo of burnished gold old Amon Among the tho principal contributors to the building fund who were interested in tho the cathedral by Bishop Scanlan were James Ivers J. J J. J Daly and O. O J. J Salisbury who gave ave each Mr Mrs Mi Mary Jud Judge t Mrs Thomas Kearns an and W. W S. S McCornick tho the latter a ft non- non Catholic who gave avo each Samuel Samuel Sam Sam- nd uel also a non Catholic who gave e a John John ohn who gave e a Mrs Mary Judge gave ave in addition addition addition addi addi- tion to her cash contribution a stained glass window which cost 1000 Mr Mi also furnished the oak altar rails and pulpit Amon Among those thos who have donated to the tho cathedral are tho the following Ellen Hayes of Ely Elv Nov Nev J. J C. C Lynch of Nevada Neada W. W J. J Halloran the estate of Patrick Phelan Phelan Peter Buller Mrs McCaskell McCaskell Mc Mc- Caskell Richard A. A hope of Ely Nev Nov the Very Rev Father Kiely vicar vicar- of St. St Mary Magdalene Ia dalene cathedral Mrs Thomas Marshall 1 John Keogh and Mrs Kerwin a. a |