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 . his he was not disap-pointed. The spacious basement which SAULT STE. MARIE AND MARQUETTE 199 a couple of months before looked like asand-pit was transformed into a beauti-ful place of worship. Streams of lightrevealed to the gathering multitude thetasteful arrangement. The pews al-though of home-make proved to be very-comfortable, the white and gold altars,like
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 . his he was not disap-pointed. The spacious basement which SAULT STE. MARIE AND MARQUETTE 199 a couple of months before looked like asand-pit was transformed into a beauti-ful place of worship. Streams of lightrevealed to the gathering multitude thetasteful arrangement. The pews al-though of home-make proved to be very-comfortable, the white and gold altars,likewise of domestic design, adorned, be-tween the glittering candlesticks, withcut flowers greatly pleased the artisticmind of the people. At the stroke oftwelve Bishop Vertin with his assistants Mr. Joseph Bosch, of Lake Linden, inmemory of his wife Mary, nee Vertin,the St. Marys altar was also donated. The organ was purchased at the costof three thousand dollars. The pews,railing, side altars and the episcopalthrone are the work of Grammer, of Chi-cago. The Cathedral was consecratedon the 27th of July, 1890. Up to this time the Bishop was the pas-tor of the cathedral himself. Willing toconfer this title on his resident priest, he. BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF CALUMET AND RED JACKET. TO THE EXTREME LEFT IS OLD SACRED HEART CHURCH AND HOUSE. entered to the melodious strains of Eccesacerdos magnus. After the usualblessing of the new place of worship thebishop sang Pontifical-Highmass. This basement remained the home ofthe congregation for seven years. Grad-ually the upstairs was finished and thefurniture installed. The beautiful whitemarble altar is a gift of the bishops fath-er, Mr. Joseph Vertin, Sr. of Hancock;the St. Josephs side altar a donation of ordered Father Langan to build a resi-dence on the northwestern corner of theCathedral. It was erected at an expenseof four thousand dollars. Rev. Joseph M. Langan, who had cometo Marquette October 14, 1888 became thefirst pastor and held the
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