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Show Salt afte Diocese. Jts Past History What Has Been Accomplished in . the past Thirty-Two Years Its College. Acade mies, Hospital and Orphanage Material Growth ' ' and Steady Increase in Membership. The news furnished from .-ill nrf s of ihe dio-1 dio-1 cv.-e of Salt' Lake in riuir the proM.-ni year i, cu- I oouraging, showing steady growth in Catholic I popuation both in Utah and. the pari of . vada Ihat is under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Saitv Lake. The ierrit ry embraced in flic diocese (,f Salt Lake is the largest of :e,iy dio.v-o ie. A'vvir. In Utah the number of s.mare mil.-, is sl'.K (. i which is added live counties in the eastern jari of ihe btate of Nevada. 7 1 . 7 s square miles, making a I grand total of l.VJ,7"f'. square miles. NEVADA. i Dur'r ; '. -o-cnt year Ui.-hop Soatdan. in hi-? j visitatioi.; n ail Nevada over which his spir- i itual 'juri de. v n extend-. Old mining enps which hav. b, partly abandoned, how mining districts dis-tricts which have sprung lip in the i ! few years, I and raihrid towns were included in his iiii:e:-; I Iji some place- new churches .were built.; whilst ri others now sites were secured for . churcho o ! built during1 the coming year, ilot of ihe traveling travel-ing was by stage, which was lieee-arily .-low and hazardous. Two months were eon-unied in visiting visit-ing this distant pari of the diocese. SALT LA K K. I The congregation in Salt Lake has, during, the j I past year, increased numerically per cent. The i I old church wl.ere services have been held for ihe j J pasi thirty-five years, no longer afford- adi-inie I accommodation for the number of worhipr.s v.b.o j I attcml at the three ma-.-cs on Sundas. Hence the j I necessity of .the eomjdetiou of the new cathedral. J ! which may be ready for occupancy bcfore: nexi ! f "hristBin. j ; TI1K XLW CATIIKHKAL. : 'Work on Ihe new cathedral, during the pres- j , ; rnt year, lia- been pti-iied a rcj.ddiy s it could be ( rT . convcjiictly .done. One of the' U tower-, wjii'eli j VI cruament the front el' the structure, vs, built, i X -whilst the second, which is Hearing rv-inp !,? .-.-.HI j Ik tiuif-'tn.ti in-ih: e.iily -pr.it vf -aiV,s--tv---H:r!,?Mftit'4' , , girding-."Xvhieh serves as a basis for the- metal l:-th- I t ing, was also cfnipk-t-J dnriiiu- the year. ' The pi?- I ; tering. which was ' discontinued when ' 'the cold i weather set in. will bo, eo;nr.ioneel e;irlr in the ! spring. The. designs d' the new stained glass win- I lows which are now In-ing irisnnfaeixuvd in J Munich, were recen'ily sent to t he Bishop 1 1 r hi j v -final approval. The oWigus and -rjdeei- eh--vn j will, in artistic beauty and as objec'. e.: sens. -om--1 pare, with the best in any -a.hei.lral in America, j These are. to be iini-heo and sit in their places- dur- j iug the summer months. The new -:;:diedral when j comitleted, both interiorly and exteriorly, will he an ornament to the. city, and one of groat oh- ! ". jects of attraction 1o visitors. All ei.k.cu-. irres- j i pcetive of creed, feel ju-ily v.;-.-';;,l of ihi- nu-gniti- j cent structure, and are an si- Usly awai-ing its final ! eomjdelion. v ST. PATKICK'S ( liUKf il. j St. Patrick's Ciiureh. in the western part of the 'I city, has grown too Mnell for ihe number of Calho- j lies who atieud mass in that part "i" the city. The j j increase in railroad employees has augmented the t f Catholic congregation, and as a great number ! i make their homes UJ viciuily of St. Patrick's ; i -hurch the., buihling is no longer aide to jseeom- I I jnodate all who attend there. j j ALL 1J ALLOWS COLLEGE. j r Since the completion of the new wing this pop- I nlar institution hns made rapid strides in forgiua: ' ; i5 V-v the front rank as :m edneatioie.tl instiln- ' ; v lion. Its patrona:r extends to all the susTonr.ui'ig j ! I states. California, and Nevada :.1V- repres-nied : there, whilst Montana. Colorado. Idaho. -Wyoming j s fiit 1'tah n1ronize it almost exclusively. 'i'lje .list of boarders and day pupils now on the register list II ; i larg r than any in its ia-: hintory. The man-- man-- j agenieni is 1 borough in all its devils, whilst its i, i modern and progressive principles and methods j . ? f have won for ihe institution the patronage of all ; ! . th" surrounding states. j ST. MAin"S ACADKilY. j ! -The name of St. Man's academy is linked with j ; lhe history of church almo.-t from its inceptiou. i f t was founded in 1575. For thirty years it has beeu j t one of the leading female academies in the wesL ! ! The original "building, which after a few years I I frove"'! to small for the accommodation nf its I ' j t'oardors. was enlarged to four times its original i ! .'rapacity. The standard of education has been the i l very best from the beginning. Modern and up-to- date the young graduates of St. Mary's find no j j liifficulty in filling honorable positions in the Vorld after their school days end.' j HOSPITAL OF THE HOLY CROSS. I Like St. Mary's academy the history of the hos- !pital of the Holy Cross dates back to 1875. Humble in its foundation, it has grown to be one of the finest and best institutions of iis kind west of the Missouri river. The founding of ihe hospital was ui the earnest solicitation of prominent minirtg ,. j pud smelter men who were in Utah at, that time'. A Ittrong personal appeal was made by Marcus Daly, then residing in Ophir, and Fred Meyer of Sandy, to Bishop Seanlan. Two months later, in 2ovem- ler, 1S75. a building on Fifth East was secured and rented, and the hospital of the Holy Cross opened j its doors for the miners and employes of the smelters smel-ters of Utah. The old building &oon proved too y femal for the many applicants. Its success was I guaranteed from the begin.ning, and that success '. I was due to four iw-rsons wtio labored unceasingly ' : j to console and minister to the wants of its patients, f Those, who labored hard and untiringly in those t r-arly days, were Bishop Seardaii, Dr. Allen Fow- I ler and Sisters M. Holy Cross and M. Bartholo- luew. Laboring under difficulties and unable to ae-' I rommodate the many applicants who wished, to be f (treated in the old hospital of the Holy Cross, the . , present site, a ten-acre block, was secured in 1SS0. ' ffwtf later-the. patient of the old hospital ! 1 " , ! were transferred to the new Holy Cross Hospital. ! Each year adds to the beauty both of the grounds. and the building itself. The adding of a new wing j which more- than doubled the capacity of the build- . j ing became a necessity three year- ago. and even" i with this large- addition there are times when the e.iuj!est ion is so great that-- applicants have to : await their time for a vacant room. The new hos-j hos-j pital has kept pace with all modern requirements, lew hospitals in the oast have an operating'- room that would compare' with that of the Holy Cross. The private rooms and public wards arc'kepf, seru-. pulously clean, the sisters with a corps of trained ' nurses are on the alert day and night, attending to the wounds, aches and pains of the patients. Vigilance, Vigi-lance, attention and kindness are the mottoes of the Sister Superior, who insists that they shall be carried out by all who are under her charge. Kearns St. Ann's Orphanage. The founding of the old St. Ann's orphanage in lUl was providential. The old home was used as a parochial residence by Bishop Seanlan and his clergy for three years. When he moved into his new home he did not know to what use he would turn the old adobe residence. Various schemes presented pre-sented themselves. lie had been for a long time : contemplating the necessity of providing a home-for home-for indigent children and orphan. Ho consulted. ; with prominent and charitably disposed- members of his congregation as to the feasibility of turning the old adobe building into such a home. 'Tt.wilbj be an humble Ix-siMLing,''' he remarked, ''but . God j I -Messes all worthy and Iv.miblc underiH lungs." The generous support offered prompted Bishop; Sean-' Sean-' lan to put his resolution into action, and on Oct. j" 15, ISi.H. the old parochial -residence became' St. f Ann's orphanage. Under, ihidir'eetio'n and motherly mother-ly care of three sisters ot' the-Iloly Cross, St. Ann's j soon won the coutidence" of- all.-, who needed such j home. In less than a year'im a &1 it ion-was nv'de. . to the old building. ;,ed w'l thin-.three years still j another wing was addcu to-the old adobe building. I The grounds were grpyt'bSg 'smaller, and as no fur- thcr additions eouk'r-i m.ule a new problem pre-t pre-t sen ted itself. What v VJ to. be done with the con-i con-i tiuuously increasing mjnber of applicants; Would j the Bishop's prediction ",'thnt God would bless all worthy and humble ui U'rtakings," be verified;. In June, 1898, an option on fifteen 'acres, where the present orphauage st,; :!ds., was -secured. Bishop I Seanlan took this opi on. not knowing that he could ever jtay for it.iHe had .not in mind even .the generous donor - wi-l afterwards paid for the beautiful building now; giiown as Kearns' St. Ann s orphanage. In July. ! one nion'h after securing secur-ing the option, ILmoralc Thomas Kearns, then oC Park "City, was sliowrJthe site, and told of the struggles of the old S Ann's. After a shorty de-liberation de-liberation he sent thj iollowim: message. " Tell Bishop Sennlau not t ;-ive up that option." The secret inspiration of fi?. noble and charitable. wife, whose sympathy for tUe homele.-s was well known, soon Kavo deei-ive ac" to Keavuq' good in-Continu'j' in-Continu'j' on Page 5. VA '. , .'r. '" .. ' . : J salTuk diocese. I Continued From Page 1. . I tentions. That deeisloiji was that the large tract of ! land should be purebW-d. Tl-o following May Mr. : vaud Mrs. Kcarns called nn Bishop Scania n with ; the joyful news that 850,000 was at his disposal. I "God had blessed his jhumble and worthy under- ; taking." Work was 50911 begun and the following ! year the sisters and children of the old j St. Aun's j were located in Keaijns St. Ann's orphanage. Two' years ago Senator jkerns spent .. $3,000 in the erection of a modern laundry plant for the insti- -tution. There are atpresent ISO children in the hom'e." They have tlyoYOUghly graded classe?. Stenography Sten-ography and typewriting are taught, by au efficient j teacher. Some of the children who ;vaduatecl in j ... -r "JZ 'ZZ those branches arc now iiiiing lucrative p.'irior in this city Mid elsewhere. Ogden. Old St. Joseph's church stili. stand. ;;s :: r.:.-;lu. incut of the thrifty and pioneer Catholics of Og-de:. Og-de:. Y hen their number did not e::ceed u-n fami-i fami-i thy wanted a church. Fp to i77 m::,; was j ci lercd v, ,.nco a month iu tile old liberal insiitmo v.hii-h stood nearly opposite the law Sr. Joseph".! j church, h. theold sire was nnreh.v-ed. ud ! ;n May e,j tin- following year the construct hm (if , the old church, began. It wa- comnl.-tcd t! - fol-! fol-! "owurg year and or. F.cst;-r Sun. Jay. 177. it v.is j dedicated and opened fur public worship. On week j 'a-v-s ehureh was converted ir.ro school room, I a tid the large attend;! nee was so encouraging thai j the people of Ogdou. with their usual push and 1.0-I 1.0-I t:vity, petitioned for a sister's school, j Sacred Heart Academy. Yielding to the demands made uputi him Bishop Ncanlai; encouraged by die good .-.piril manifested ou al! sides, purchased. May '!, !7s. ih -corner lot on whi h ihe old Sacred Heart Academy ! still stands. The following year the building was ready for oooupauey, raid on the 17th of Scuiem- bcr, jTt', school M as onaied undi r the dircciou of nine sisters of the Holy Cro.--. From its opein:g its success was phenomenal. KTevon years later, notwithstanding the (.recti! of St. Joseph's s-chool. the building was too small to meet the demands of new boarders and day pupils, more room was needed. This necessitated the erection of the new-Sacred new-Sacred I Tear L academy, which is -one of the lines;, and best educational institution-; in the intcrmoun-tain intcrmoun-tain region. The number of boarders has been constantly increasing. The past term has been the most successful in its history. St. Joseph's school, still conducted in the old Sacred Heart grounds, has been the most successful success-ful parochial school in the diocese. New St. Joseph's Church. The crowning of Father Cushnahan's successful success-ful labors found its completion in the erection or ! the. new. Sc. Joseph's , church. For more than twenty years he has labored faithfully and zealously zealous-ly in building up the church in Ogdeu. His history as a missionary priest is so interwoven with the history of the church there that they are inseparable. insepara-ble. The new church, which is au architectural gem both inside and outside, is the first object. of attraction for all who visit Ogden. A now altar has just been erected. This in beauty and design together with its elaborate carving, makes St. .Joseph's .Jo-seph's church a house of worship worthy xC any city iu the land. " "" Park City. Park City still continues to be the leading mining min-ing camp in Utah. The church has a large attendance, attend-ance, and under, the spiritual direction of Father Galligan continues its good work.. During the year four converts were received into the church. There were thirty-five baptisms and ten marriages, which show a large percentage of increase. The school conducted by the sisters of the Holy Cross continues contin-ues its good and efficient work. - Eureka. I At no time in the history of Utah has the church been more prosperous than the past year. Father Donohoe aided by his zealous congregation mado some important improvements in ihe church during the year. The parochial school conducted by the sisters of the Holy Cross is largely patronized, and stands high in the estimation of all classes. ..The devoted pastor feels justly proud of his church a.ud school. Bingham. The "Old Reliable" a very appropriate' name I given to Bingham in early days, has proven to be ; the must reliable of all the mining camps. Whilst ; 'Bingham has n neat Catholic church where mass is celebrated the first Sunday of tho month, thf Catholics Cath-olics there now want a resident- pastor.- -In- tiro past year they have increased over 100 per cent, i Families have settled down there permanently and ! want for themselves and their children all the spiritual spir-itual consolations of the church. Sunnyside. ! This coal mining district, situated about 200-miles 200-miles from Salt Lake, has a large and. growing Catholic population. They are principally Austri-ans Austri-ans and Italians. A priest visits there occasionally, occasion-ally, and many who look to the spiritual interests I of their families, would gladly see a church erected there. Castle Gate. This is also a coal mining district and has many Austrian and Italian Catholic families. Here a church was erected six years ago. It is visited by an Italian priest who conducts services for the benefit of all the' families who are residents of Castle Cas-tle Gate. ' Stockton. About fifty miles from Salt Lake is the city of Stockton, which was once a prosperous mining camp. It had a large lake adjoining the town and smelters on the borders of the lake. The lake dried up and the smelters soon disappeared. In the last J two years now vaincs wrre.-'iseovcreu wm"ii I. a v-! v-! given new impetus t-. -hi d-stnei. Fiie po: ri.-u is incre:!-!;:',', ami will: steady :".'" .v.. - ; many C'alholic-.: h;.v made it their h"m. 1 . v ' .-pirit::;il leif -hi scr ices u:v 'tt Id then ".-' . '. . i :ily. 1 hiring !. present y.-a . t !:..-. i;.-- 1 : marked r-gn in the r-n-'eriaf rou ! '. .' I Ir.irch .vi ! li ri c. -iii hu; ! i;i'-re:;.'- it- !:icmb v-ear, ! who began l.is Libers as a:i humid": or ia !-7''. . . . j lias rtiiM'ii rejoice n id- - V' --a ;ii Id o;-s j -ng ili" na-t tiii :t.. -:ve ;.v.; .'ti !.' y':. tc,etivd hi- wori; had o,:iy oV. ; :: dly mio :-:, -.-I one (to.i n members in hh city. I' of his la.-:::- . which simple and primitive he -.-:-.s deverutf'-e.'. on tiie miiu vs of -he nenr-by taitdi!:.' :ih)y-. ii plan lei ihe ran-tard .-ed. which iuis fruetitii-d. raai 1 with tiie comp'ciio:i , his grand cath' firai c-.iti j be rv lily said, tied lias iiN - .i io-, work-, ai! , I which w-tv v.v'e-r i-.y and good. I.i.oking l;i-'k vp-'c j r.H ids underUiklit j--. in' their hiiMt.ie begii'.ra.nv, . . ;nl i'oeir s'jeei. s-a'id . achievi r-t-'io what he --j --j diiin' f ; suiferi :v.c hum:e.-,iiy av.d betpi- -s cbiidi'en I h i- entitled t the u'w.'d wi-!i of t 1 1. era:-: ; c .mmuuuy. With this entire c - nmaadty the 1 ;-:ti-iuntaiu (.'athoiic uniic in 1 ci.hier iiri-"-i ril.ts greetings to the level I'.ef.-.l :a: i -t.-.idy Iclt"' ! tin'. 1 has -aceiM'i the b:-rk i Ir.-r fo;- the pa-; ; thirty-two vera'.-. |