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 . n to go con-trary to their rules of keeping only onepriest where no absolute necessity de-manded it. Father Francis was assistedduring this pastorate first by Father PeterWelling O. F. M. (September 7th to No-vember 9, 1890) and Father IgnatiusWelkins, O. F. M. (December 4, 1890 toJuly 19, 1891.) Upon the retiring of the Franciscans,Rev. Joseph Hoeber was made
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 . n to go con-trary to their rules of keeping only onepriest where no absolute necessity de-manded it. Father Francis was assistedduring this pastorate first by Father PeterWelling O. F. M. (September 7th to No-vember 9, 1890) and Father IgnatiusWelkins, O. F. M. (December 4, 1890 toJuly 19, 1891.) Upon the retiring of the Franciscans,Rev. Joseph Hoeber was made pastor,from August i, 1891 to August 22, short time during the summer of 1891,Rev. A. Poulin was assistant. Rev. F. Sutter from August 28, 1892to May 13, 1893. Rev. F. Eis, from May 29, to October24, 1893. Rev. A. C. Keller from November 5,1893 to June 21, 1901—the day of hisdeath. During his illness Father OttoZiegler, O. F. M. and afterwards I^ev. performed duties of assistants. Rev. A. W. Geers, from June 23, 1901to March 22, 1907. Rev. A. Waechter, the present pastor,from March 22, 1907. The St. Joseph congregation maintainsa parochial school since September 1888,opened under the direction of St. Josephs. ST. Johns irish church, menominee, mich. Sisters. The neat and substantial brickbuilding was erected in Father Langnerstime. Many substantial alterations weremade by Father Geers for the accommo-dation of higher grades. Tlie curriculumembraces eight grades and there are fiveteachers employed at the institution. The congregation, over three hundredfamilies strong, is composed of Germanand French, with some sprinkling of othernationalities, particularly Italians andSlavs. SAULT STE. MARIE AND MARQUETTE 269 DOLLAR BAY. ST. FRANCIS D ASSISI CHURCH. In 1889 the Lake Superior SmeltingWorks and a copper wire mill was locatedon the bay. Around these two industriesgrew up the present prosperous village ofDollar Bay, at first called Clark. Beingonly four miles f
Size: 1635px × 1528px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidhistoryofdio, bookyear1906
