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 . 8, obedience called Fa-ther Pierz to La Pointe to receive in-struction from Vicar General Baraga, forthe establishment of a mission at GrandPortage. It happened that, while he wasabsent/ Bishop Rese arrived unexpected-ly in the Sault, August 30th, and found,to his unmeasured surprise, the scraggyvillage in possession of one of the finestchurches in the state, a
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 . 8, obedience called Fa-ther Pierz to La Pointe to receive in-struction from Vicar General Baraga, forthe establishment of a mission at GrandPortage. It happened that, while he wasabsent/ Bishop Rese arrived unexpected-ly in the Sault, August 30th, and found,to his unmeasured surprise, the scraggyvillage in possession of one of the finestchurches in the state, as he was pleasedto remark in his comment on the work ofthe missionary and the substantial aid ofhis flock. Rev. Pierz did not return until theyear after (1838), and then only for afew weeks. Following the order of thebishop, he again settled at La Croix, fromwhere he visited, from time to time, atregular intervals, however, the Sault andother missions on the Lakes until 1845—July 1st being his last baptismal entry—when he was superseded by the JesuitFathers. We may add that Father Proulx,mentioned above, baptized in 844, twelve persons. The first resident Jesuit was Father , S. J. We take the time of service. REV. .1. J. CONNOLLY, S. J. from the first and last baptism as recordedin the baptismal books; our experience isthat this is about the correct date of ar-rival and departure and have, therefore,adopted it throughout this book. Accord-ing to this. Father Point remained in theSault from July 2, 1846, till the 24th ofthe same month and baptized thirty-fouipersons in that time. Rev. B. Pedelupe,S. J., was his successor but also remainedonly a short time, from September 16,1846. till December 13, 1846. Upon this. 48 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE Of the mission was formally accepted by thatSociety and Rev. Jean Baptist Menet, S.]., was appointed the first actual him new order of things came tothe Sault. Brother La Coste opened aschool in the sacristy, a
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