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 . e must return, in our narrative, to was inclined to shun. To dwell withinsight of the nations flag unfurled overFort Holmes was sufficient guaranty ofsafety to the early homesteader. Ac-cording to the best traditions the ubiqui-tous Irishman, John Graham, a surviv-or of the Hudson Bay massacre, broke inupon St. Ignace in 1818. Louis Grondincame from Canada in 1
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 . e must return, in our narrative, to was inclined to shun. To dwell withinsight of the nations flag unfurled overFort Holmes was sufficient guaranty ofsafety to the early homesteader. Ac-cording to the best traditions the ubiqui-tous Irishman, John Graham, a surviv-or of the Hudson Bay massacre, broke inupon St. Ignace in 1818. Louis Grondincame from Canada in 1822 and twoyears later his brother Pierre Grondinfollowed. Other contemporarv settlerswere: Franc^ois Perreault, Alichel Jean-dreau, Michel Amnaut, Louis Charbon- 126 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF neau, Jean Baptiste Lajeunesse, IsaisBlanchette, Louis Martin, Francois Tru-quette, Charles Cettandre, Frangois DeFevere and the Americans, Hobbs, Puf-fer and Rousey, soldiers of the Revolu-tion. The McNallys, Chambers andMurrays came in 1847-48-49- Theirspiritual wants were attended to fromMackinac Island until 1836 when theyconsidered their number strong enoughto have a church of their own. FatherBonduel, the pastor, willingly acceded to. SACRED HEART CHURCH, CHAMPION, MICH their wishes and commenced the erectionof a chapel. Squared timbers were inreadiness in the spring of 1837 and withthe closing of the year Mass was cele-brated in the new edifice. The first childbaptized in the new church was AgnesLabutte, January ist, 1838. AfterFather Bonduel, 1838, the priests fromthe Island, in their succession, Santelli,Skolla, Van Renterghem and Piret, at-tended the mission. Father Pierz fromArbre Croche, resided in St. Ignace dur- ing Father Pirets temporary absencefrom January 15th to June 6, first resident pastor having chargeonly of St. Ignace, was Rev. S. Carie,a French priest, whom Bishop Baraga en-gaged on his first trip as bishop to Europein 1854, but who arrived a year later o
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