The life of Father Bernard Donnelly; with historical sketches of Kansas City, StLouis and Independence, Missouri . ff. He lauded the zeal and activi-ty of his clerical helpers, and was glad to return avisit from any of the new pastors. The needs of the Church in Kansas Citywent apace with the growth of the city. He couldnot expect the required financial help from hispeople. With two or three exceptions they wereall struggling to meet the family demands. Hequoted the words of the magician: There isgold in the ground, and with my wand Ill set itfree. The gold in the West was hidden in theRockies
The life of Father Bernard Donnelly; with historical sketches of Kansas City, StLouis and Independence, Missouri . ff. He lauded the zeal and activi-ty of his clerical helpers, and was glad to return avisit from any of the new pastors. The needs of the Church in Kansas Citywent apace with the growth of the city. He couldnot expect the required financial help from hispeople. With two or three exceptions they wereall struggling to meet the family demands. Hequoted the words of the magician: There isgold in the ground, and with my wand Ill set itfree. The gold in the West was hidden in theRockies near Pikes Peak, and in California. Hesaw help and wealth in the very clay of the tenacres. He dug up the earth and shaped it intobricks. He kept his brickyard in service until theearly 70s. He sold thousands of brick, and whathe retained he used in the parish school. It wasbrick from his yards that built the original Academy facing on Twelfth Street. Withthem he completed his residence, making it a two-story building. He readily found purchasers forhis product. The financial results made him able. CO 00 00S SO § i - I o Si 00 CO Si Life of Father Bernard Donnelly 139 to donate $3,000 to the German church of SaintsPeter and Paul. He gave out of his savings $2,000in cash to St. Patricks parish soon after it wasstarted. To the Annunciation parish he contri-buted $500, all he could then afford. He neversolicited for the purchase of Mount St. MarysCemetery, but bought the forty-four acres andpaid for them from his savings outside of the brickindustry. The ten acres v^hich he first intendedfor a cemetery, but because of its rocky soil foundunsuited for burial purposes, he bought and paidfor without any call upon the public. This is thesite of the St. Josephs Orphan Asylum. When the Civil War broke out Father Don-nelly had the basement of a large brick school onWashington Street completed. Further work onthe building was out of the question. But withthe exception of the
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