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 . t influx of peoplemade it altogether inadequate to the de-mands. Like the rest of his townsmen,Father Bourion believed in a great futureof the town. To him the six-years-oldchurch was not only too small, but notsightly enough. And—(we would like towrite this between the lines)—he secretlyhoped that Negaunee would soon outstripMarquette in growth, wealth, improv
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 . t influx of peoplemade it altogether inadequate to the de-mands. Like the rest of his townsmen,Father Bourion believed in a great futureof the town. To him the six-years-oldchurch was not only too small, but notsightly enough. And—(we would like towrite this between the lines)—he secretlyhoped that Negaunee would soon outstripMarquette in growth, wealth, improve-ments and everything that makes a townmore desirable to live in, and that theBishop who had just come to Marquettecould be induced to make it his espiscopalcity, so he resolved to build a church farin excess of the times. To carry out his plans, he purchased three lots on thecorner of Pioneer avenue and Case street,and at once commenced the building ofthe foundations. On November 10, 1867,Bishop Baraga, so enfeebled that he hadto be carried on his chair, laid the corner-stone, the second one in his diocese, andthe last on earth. It was a gala tlay forNegaunee. The autumn contributed oneof her best days. Crowds had gathered. REV. PAUL LOTZ, O. F. M. around the corner to witness the cere-mony. With bared heads stood the menwhile the aged pontiff was being borneto the place of solemnity. Not a whisperfell while the tremulous hands of saintlyBaraga cemented the corner-stone, andhis words, distinct and clear, rang out toheaven craving blessing upon the new-house of God and the future account of his infirm condition, the 210 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF Bishop asked the pastor to address theassembled people. We give here FatherBourions full sermon, purloined from anold scrap-book in possession of Mrs. The-opile Rois, his sister, and must confessthat, aside of the grammatical shortcom-ings, we have admired the masterly effort,in view of the fact that Father Bourionwa
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