. History of the Catholic Church in the United States. ; Domenech, Journal dun Missionnaire^auTexas et au Mexique, Paris, 1857, pp. 87-100. Bishop Odin to BishopBlanc, May 18, Sept. 23, Dec. 10, 1844 ; Aug. 3. 1846 ; March 4, 1847 ;Jan. 18,1849 ; Oct. 6, 1849 ; Boston Cath. Observer, i., p. 73 ; FreemansJournal, vii., pp. 161-338 ; ix., Sept. 9, 1848 ; Pittsburgh Catholic, iii.,p. 139; v., p. 339; U. S. Cath. Magazine, vii., pp. 313, 490; BishopChanche to Archbishop Eccleston, Feb. 20, 1846. 2 Bishop Odin to Bishop Blanc, Dec. 9, 1850 ; May 23, 1851 ; August16, Dec. 13, 1853 ; Freemans Journal
. History of the Catholic Church in the United States. ; Domenech, Journal dun Missionnaire^auTexas et au Mexique, Paris, 1857, pp. 87-100. Bishop Odin to BishopBlanc, May 18, Sept. 23, Dec. 10, 1844 ; Aug. 3. 1846 ; March 4, 1847 ;Jan. 18,1849 ; Oct. 6, 1849 ; Boston Cath. Observer, i., p. 73 ; FreemansJournal, vii., pp. 161-338 ; ix., Sept. 9, 1848 ; Pittsburgh Catholic, iii.,p. 139; v., p. 339; U. S. Cath. Magazine, vii., pp. 313, 490; BishopChanche to Archbishop Eccleston, Feb. 20, 1846. 2 Bishop Odin to Bishop Blanc, Dec. 9, 1850 ; May 23, 1851 ; August16, Dec. 13, 1853 ; Freemans Journal, Dec. 30, 1848 ; Sept. 31, 1850 ;May 8, 1853 ; Domenech, Journal dun Missionnaire au Texas et auMexique, pp. 307, 349, etc. DIOCESE OF GALVESTON. 291 his cathedral, and his pious wish was gratified in1849. Bishop Blanc, of New Orleans, and BishopTimon, of Buffalo, once Prefect of Texas, came to joinin the solemn dedication, which took place on the 26tliof November, 1849, Bishop Blanc celebrating thesolemn pontifical mass, and Bishop Timon CATHEDRAL, GALVESTON. Rev. Gregory Menzel was laboring among his country-men at New Braunsfels and Fredericksburg, as wellas at Bastrop and Austin, urging Catholics for the sakeof the future of their families to gather near eachother so as to enjoy the benefits of church and October, 1849, three Oblate Fathers of Mary Im-maculate, an order to which Bishop Odin had ap-pealed in Canada, proceeded from Montreal to Browns-ville. These religious. Fathers Telmon, Soulerin, and 292 THE CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES. Graudet, laid the foundation of tlieir missions inTexas. Hiring a place to live and offer the holy-sacrifice—for there was no church—they opened asubscription list. A few put down their names fromspeculation, but there seemed to be no faith. SomeMexicans came to mass, but nothing could rousetheir piety. Julius P. Garesche, an ofiicer in theUnited States Army, was their great stay and could not even se
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