Progress of the Catholic church in America and the great Columbian Catholic Congress of 1893 .. . nted boy a vocation to the priest-hood. He was sent by the bishopto Meximeux, France, where hewent through the Preparatory Semi-nary, and entered the Grand Semi-narv at Hyeres for his theologicalcourse. Returning to Minnesota in1S61, he was ordained by Bishop Grace on the 21st of December. * The young priest was soon on his way to the front as chaplain of the Fifth Minnesota regiment, and for fifteen months he served, fearlessly H confronting all dangers, so as to MOST REV JOHX IRELANDi ARChbishop
Progress of the Catholic church in America and the great Columbian Catholic Congress of 1893 .. . nted boy a vocation to the priest-hood. He was sent by the bishopto Meximeux, France, where hewent through the Preparatory Semi-nary, and entered the Grand Semi-narv at Hyeres for his theologicalcourse. Returning to Minnesota in1S61, he was ordained by Bishop Grace on the 21st of December. * The young priest was soon on his way to the front as chaplain of the Fifth Minnesota regiment, and for fifteen months he served, fearlessly H confronting all dangers, so as to MOST REV JOHX IRELANDi ARChbishop of excite the admiration and reverence st. paul, minx. of those most prejudiced against his faith. When his health yielded to the constant and laborious duty on the field, he was recalled to St. Paul and became pastor of the Cathedral. Here his zeal, activity, and energy made him a marked man. The building up of the state by immigration, the study of its early history, the cause of temperance, all found in him an active advocate, while no one was more exact and devoted in his priestly duties. ,o6 THE COLUMBIAN JUBILEE. On the 12th of February, 1875, he was appointed by the pope, bishop ofMaronea and vicar-apostolic of Nebraska. To prevent his diocese fromlosing so able a man, Dr. Grace went to Rome and pleaded so successfullythat the bishop-elect was made his coadjutor; as such he was consecratedon the anniversary of his ordination, December 21, 1875. His work as anadvocate of temperance became more general. He entered warmly intoprojects for forming Catholic colonies in Minnesota, engaging capitalists inthe East in the good work, and obtaining most consoling results, so thatsome districts are permanently Catholic, with schools under Catholic direc-tion. It is a sign of the general appreciation with which he is regarded thathe has been for several years president of the State Historical Society ofMinnesota. He attended the plenary council of Baltimore in 1884, and onhis return
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