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Show Tatber Stmilan's liMhmg I i Church Work In Garfy Dapsl , SCHOOL OF THE HOLY CROSS. After the Sisters entered the new hospital. Father Scanlan, who had been long desirous to provide the children of his flock with a school in the eastern part of the city, saw his opportunity of founding a nucleus for a future school in the new building. There were ample accommodations, and to what better advantages could he turn a part of the building than to educational purposes? pur-poses? With this object in view he made known his wishes, which were cordially received and heartily approved approv-ed of by the authorities at Notre Dame. In September of that year, 1SS2. school was opened in the large, airy room of the basement- From the beginning the school prospered. Scholars numbering sixty were in daily attendance. Its influence in-fluence for good was so manifest that it received every encouragement which its zealous founder couid offer. It continued con-tinued its work most successfully for fourteen years, and in 1896, during the temporary ' absence of its patron pat-ron and founder, to his regret re-gret and under circumstances which were beyond his control, it was closed, and has remained so 6nce. Its untimely demise was deplored by many parents who enjoyed its advantages. ALL HALLOWS COLLEGE. - Jan. 8, 1881, the lot on which All Hallows Hal-lows college was; afterwards erected was purchased. It- was three months prior to the purchase of hospital block. I and was originally intended for the future new hospital. Before a change in the original ' designs was agreed upon, some opposition to Father Scan-lan's Scan-lan's newly formed idea was made. The Sistera then in charge, Mother M. Charles, Sisters M. Holy Cross, M. Fi-delee Fi-delee and M. Bartholomew, held a conference con-ference .with Father Scanlan, and all save the last mentioned were in favor j of selecting the corner 10x20 on Fourth East and Second South. The objection to the ten-acre block was its icmote-ness icmote-ness from the center of the city. At that period there were no electric cars, and Eleventh East was a suburban part of Salt Lake. No modern residence resi-dence was yet erected there. The disadvantages dis-advantages of lack of churches in that part of the city, and of the inconveniences inconven-iences of going to church on Sundays were all urged against the building of the future hospital in the place where it is now. These objections vere brushed aside by a prorr is? fr m Father Scanlan that those inconveniences would be all overcome, and that he-would he-would see their spiritual wants would not be neglected. His better judgment prevailed, and ail yielded to the reasons which he gave for a change of location. loca-tion. All being satisfied, the present college was set apart for educational purposes. Four years later, in the spring of l$sr.. plan.-? of the present building were ma do by Henry Monheim, ground was broken and the work of construction begun, in September of the following year school ; was cntned. Rev. P. Blake, then pastor pas-tor of Park City, assumed the prtisi- I I dency, and. with a corps of efficient teachers. All Hallows college became j one of the leading factors in the inter- ; ! mountain region. The first year it w;isj! I opened 115 pupils were enrolled. (, I these forty-nine were boarders and sixty-six day pupils. The following ! ' year, 1S97, the school term opened with j ! seventy boarders and eighty-three day j j nupiUj. I NOW BISHOP SCANLAN. Soon after the cpening of All Hallows j college, in September. 1SSU, Father j Scanlan received news of his appoint- ; ment as Bishop of Salt Lake. The new.- j through the Associated Press reached j this city Sept. 16. A present member of the Tribune staff called at the col- j lege and congratulated the Bishop- j elect on his appointment. It was the i first intimation which Father Scanlan j had received. He told the reporter that i it was a mistake, and. being assured by Mr. Jessup that there was no mis- f take, that a dispatch to that effect had j reached their office, he wad unable to j realize to him.'elf how his parish, large in area but small in a Catholic populu.- tion em l 111 :issnme the dirn.itv of a ' diocese. To him personally the simple garb of pastor was preferable to the episcopal ermine. So he expressed him-' him-' self to the numerous friends who came to extend congratulations the following day. The news was soon confirmed . by a letter from his superior. Most Rev. P. Wr. Riordan. Archbishop of San Francisco. Rome, proverbially slow, did not send official notice, or wh:;t is termed canonically "Bull-s." till the following fol-lowing April. Then, for the first time did he learn the nature and extent of his official jurisdiction. He was appointed ap-pointed Bishop of Larand-im and Vicar Apostolic of ' Utah and the counts of Eureka. Lander, Lincoln, White Pine, Nye, Elko in the state of Nevada, embracing em-bracing an area of nearly 155.000 square miles. In territory- his jurisdiction was mere extensive than that of the Arch- bishop of Baltimore, New Orleans. I New York, Philadelphia. St. Louis, St. Paul and San Francisco, whose archdioceses arch-dioceses all combined would cover an area of 139.221 seiuare miles, i. e.. 15,7. square miles 'ess than that assigned t the future Bishop of Salt Lake. In the province of New York are eight sur-fragan sur-fragan dioceses, namely: Albany, Brooklyn. Buffalo, Newark. Ogclens-burg, Ogclens-burg, Rochester. Syracuse and Trenton, with an area tit 71,031 sauare miles, which is less than half the territory over which Bishop Scanlan's jurisdiction jurisdic-tion extends. ' After receiving the Bulls, in April, preparations were made for his consecration, conse-cration, which took place in St. Mary s cathedral. San Francisco, oi June 21, 1SS7. Archbishop Ricrclan, assisted by Right Revs. Eugene O'Connell and F-Marugue, F-Marugue, officiated on the occasion: Very Rev. J. J. Prendergast .reached. On his return to Salt Lake he made All Hallows college his episcopal residence, resi-dence, where he remained till August, j 1SS9. During those two first years of his episcopacy the college, under his j immediate direction, and the faculty I and pupils, inspired by his edifying ; priestly life and wholesome example, to- gether with his good, solid instruction, made rapid progress. To devote his entire en-tire time and attention to the workii:g of the college would mean a neglect of other episcopal duties, such as the visitation visi-tation of the diocese, administering confirmation, con-firmation, erection of new churches and other religious institutions, according to the needs of the diocese. Seeing that he could not faithfully do all the tatter and oversee the work of the college at the same time, he invited the Marist Fathers into his diocese in 1883 for the sole purpose of taking charge of All I Hallows college. With this mutual understanding un-derstanding they came. In September of the same year All Hallows college began its first session under their direction di-rection and rule. Rev. J. J. Fox was president. That it has been successfully success-fully conducted may be learned from its increasing populas;ty each succeeding year, and today the number of boarders board-ers who grace the institution show in what high esteem the college is held in Utah. M-mtana. Wyoming. Colorado and Nevada. On leaving All Hallows college Bishop Scanlan and his priests made their residence in the building which was afterwards and is at present used as St. Ann's Orphanage. That property, 10x10 rods, was purchased in 1888, and was intended for the future cathedral of the diocese. The same year Bishop Scanlan sent a plot of ground, i with its elevation, to an architect iu - Chicago, asking his opinion as to how-it how-it would suit for his future cathedral. The answer received was "that the lot was not sufficiently deep for the imposing im-posing building which he contemplated." contemplat-ed." He then decided on abandoning his original plan, and of sec iring a larger lar-ger lot and. if possible, a nior desirable desir-able location. In 1SV) his wish wast gratified. Half the block in which h-i now resides was offered for sal. anil he at once secured the opiion whicU was given him. The same year he commenced com-menced the erection of his present residence. res-idence. It was completed in lN'.U. and in May of that year he moved into it. ST. ANN'S ORPHANAGE. The former residence was now v;i- '" . cant. A long cherished wish presence. l itself to his mind as to the' most desirable desir-able use that could be mode of his old residence. He had been for a long time, seriously considering the great need of an orphanage, where orphans and children chil-dren of neglected parents could receive attention, be educated and otherwise prepared for the battle of lit'.-. n July of that year he preached to hi:-, people in St. Mary's church, made known his plans and expressed a wish that they would co-operat.' with him in the work contemplated. The following week a committee of ladies waited on hi.4 lordship. lord-ship. They all endorsed his plan-? and promised substantial aid iu tie- carry- -ing out of his wishes. It was then tin-ally tin-ally decided to open a new instiiution, to be known as St. Ann's Orphanage. Application for sisters to take charge of the new institution was made to St. Mary's convent, Notre Dame. Jnd. The invitation was accepted. Oct. 15. ix:n. I j th-ee sisters from St. .Mary's arrived I and took charge of St. Ann's. Their I zeal and motherly care in looking after the little ones entrusted to their care have won for them th confidence and esteem of many grateful he-arts. Twice since it was first opened Bishop Scanlan Scan-lan was obliged to enlarge the building in order to accommodate the many ap- plicants. Since it began its charitable work ever 3W children have been received re-ceived there. At present with seventy-six seventy-six children the utim st limit, of n.r-! n.r-! c-ommodation is reached. For three ! years past Bishop Scanlan realized that the good work which he wanted to j accomplish could r.ot be effectually car--i ried out in the present home. Th- lot J was too small, and no further addition ! could be made to the buUoitigi In dune, j an option was f-ffered him at a very reasonable figure of fifteen acres 'of land south of T-wiftrt South fPd i j between Fourth and Fifth East. Thi-s option he secured. The same month i Thomas Reams of Park City was ; shown the lot. and his message to Bishop Scanlan was "not to give up thei j option." The secret and inspiring influ- price of his noble and Moving wife did i the rest. What words were spoken i.-i known only to the Good Master, but the effect of two charitable, gen erou : souls, pouring out their sympathy and love for "little homeless children" wis made known in May of the .present year, when Mr. and Mrs. Kearns called en Bishop Scanlan and quietly told hini that $50,000 was at his disposal to build -a. home that would suit all his wants. Now was verified for the first time during dur-ing his lordship's lonsr residence of twenty-six years in Salt Lake the words: "Nihil habentenm. sed tanien omnia possidentem" having nothing, he possessed all things.' Plans and specifications spec-ifications were drawn up by C. M. Xeti-har.seii. Xeti-har.seii. Ground was broken in June, and tl corner-stone was laid An?. -7 before arT immense concourse of people. Bishop Scanlan officiated, and preached on the occasion. Other speakers wer- his excellency. Governor H. Wells. Senator Sen-ator Rawlins. C. S. Varian and Thomas Kearns. The orphanage is now in course of erection, and when completed complet-ed will be known as "The Keam.-r St. Ann's Orphanage." ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL. Encouraged by his good luck. Bishop Scanlan thought that tiie present year would be mo.t opp rtune to make a. commencement of hi cathedral. He appealed to seme generous friends and received a most satisfactory answer by getting from five different person $10,000 each. Ground for the new cathedral cathe-dral was broken in June, and the work of excavation immediately bean. Th- retaining walls are being built at present. pres-ent. ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH. To provide for the spiritual wants of Catholics living in the western part o the city, 4xS rods jvas purchased for a Church in lSc-i). In June. 1SH2, the adjoining ad-joining corner on Fourth South and i Fourth West was purchased. On that last purchased lot was a brick cotrag and frame building, which has been since used as a church. It was opened for service and blessed by Bishop Scanlan Scan-lan Oct. 16. 1892. (To be Continued.) |