History of the diocese of Sault Ste, Marie and Marquette; containing a full and accurate account of the development of the Catholic church in upper Michigan, with portraits of bishops, priests and illustrations of churches old and new . lapsedand this seems almost humorous. Factstalk louder than words. There has beennothing wanting in the good will of thepastors. Father Vermare found fourhundred dollars in the building fund andincreased it to twenty-three Jacques set himself to work, withall his youthful energies to push this al-most stale subject of common interestto a successf
History of the diocese of Sault Ste, Marie and Marquette; containing a full and accurate account of the development of the Catholic church in upper Michigan, with portraits of bishops, priests and illustrations of churches old and new . lapsedand this seems almost humorous. Factstalk louder than words. There has beennothing wanting in the good will of thepastors. Father Vermare found fourhundred dollars in the building fund andincreased it to twenty-three Jacques set himself to work, withall his youthful energies to push this al-most stale subject of common interestto a successful issue. He bought fromGeorge Cummings the south end of lots17, 18, and 19, each 50x78; lot 15, 50x69,abutting on the old church property onthe north side and fronting on Fourth street, all for a consideration of threethousand, three hundred and eighty-fivedollars. Besides he swelled the buildingfund to almost twelve thousand untimely removal has checked his ac-tivity, much to the regret of the Frenchpeople of Marquette. As it was expected the new pastor tookup the question where his predecessor leftit and pushed it to an issue. At lengththe contract was given to Lipsett and Sin-clair for the sum of $32,500. The new. REV. PACIFIC WINTERHELD, O. F. M. church, built in Spanish renaissance stylewill have a seating capacity of 770 in themain auditorium and 230 in the balcon-ies. The corner stone was laid on , 1906 and the building is, at this writ-ing, under roof. If financial conditionspermit it may be ready for occupancy ayear hence. The St. Johns congregation still wor-sliip in the old church. It has a mem-Ijership of 400 Canadian-French families. 208 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF Unfortunately it has no school of its children are admitted, upon paymentof tuition, to the Cathedral schools. PAULS city owes its birth to the JacksonIron Company, who began mining in thefall of 1846. The operations were ratherlimited until 1857. Then,
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