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 . hese effortsthe funds ran low and a debt had to becontracted to complete the edifice. Anindividual was found willing to loan themoney but unwilling to take a mortgageon the church property. In this dilemmathe Breen Brothers mortgaged the Em-met mine to secure a loan of one thousandfive hundred dollars. At length thechurch was completed and furnished andon the 2
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 . hese effortsthe funds ran low and a debt had to becontracted to complete the edifice. Anindividual was found willing to loan themoney but unwilling to take a mortgageon the church property. In this dilemmathe Breen Brothers mortgaged the Em-met mine to secure a loan of one thousandfive hundred dollars. At length thechurch was completed and furnished andon the 29th of June 1873, the Feast ofSaints Peter and Paul, Bishop ^Irak, un-der the assistance of Father Fox, thepastor, and the Revs. Charles Langner. ofEscanaba, and Edmund Walsh of FortHoward, Wisconsin, solemnly dedicatedit to the patronage of St. John theBaptist. The first baptism recorded is that ofAnthony Schreier, November 20, Fox left the parish April 4, Mrak and Father Oliver Comtois,alternately, filled out the few Sundaysintervening before the appointment of thesecond pastor, the Rev. Peter Menard,who arrived I^Iay 9, 1875. Father Menards first effort was to geta residence for himself. This was built. Lot 10 was purchased from S. M. Stephensonfor three hundred dollars, January i, 1879. REV. ALOYSIUS LANGO, BORN AT MILAN, ITALY,FEBRUARY l6, 1861, ORDAINED BY MSGR. SCALABRINI, AT PIACENZA, DECEMBER 23, 1SS9. to the East of the church at a cost of twothousand dollars. He next turned hismind toward establishing a parochialschool. It was a hard task. There wasno suitable building available and nomeans to erect one, as the congregationwas still paying off the indebtedness onthe house and church. But Father Me- 318 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF nard evidently believed in the old sayingthat where there is a will there is away. He induced Mother Agnes ofthe St. Agnes Sisters of Fond duLac, Wisconsin, to send- him their accommodation he rented asmall
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