Codex Lethbridge
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Country. St Boniface, Cathedral - St Marys Winnipeg - and St Norberts church having been consecrated in 1889.
According to the prescriptions of the Canon Law and with all the beautiful ceremonies of the Pontifical. The building is of stone and brick and is free from all debt. It has been erected from the generous donations of the poor Slavonic, Irish, Hungarian, English, Dutch, Flemish, French and Italian. The Congregation is a wonderful proof of the Catholicity of the church. In no part of this great North West can a more cosmopolitan congregation be found than in Lethbridge.
The Venerable Consecration of St Patricks Church gave a very substantial aid in its construction and we are sure that dear St. Patrick must have blessed the efforts of the zealous Pastor, who deserves more than the usual amount of credit due to zealous and industrious priests; for, with his own hands he has worked long and hard in its construction, every part of which received his skilled attention. The finishing, ornamenting and decorating can testify to his constant and persevering labor. Father Van Tighem is a Flemish artist of no mean ability, as a visit to this church will bear high testimony. the church can seat from three to four hundred persons, has a tidy, substantial unpretentious appearance and is built in the old monastic gothich [sic] style. Altars, pews in fact everything is tasteful and bright.
Saturday 24 Aug.t was a fast day in Lethbridge. The bishop and seven priests in the evening recited the office of the Martyrs before the relics exposed according to the prescription of the Pontifical.
On Sunday the Consecration ceremonies began at
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at 8’Oclock a.m. and were concluded at 1 p.m. These ceremonies are most beautiful; Faith, Hope, Charity, piety and all religious virtues, prayers and sentiments are expressed in a most vivid manner.
The Society of the St John Baptist among the Slavs is a great credit to the Catholic parish. All its members came in a body and assisted in uniform at the ceremonies.
High Mass, with assisting priest, deacon and subdeacon and other clerics, was sung by the consecrating bishop. The choir under the direction of the Faithful Companions of Jesus, ably assisted by Sergt. Davis of the N.W.M.P. was by far the best ever heard here.
His Lordship the Bishop, gave a short address in the morning and the Venerable and holy missionary and learned professor of divinity Rev Father Fouquet O.M.I. preached an able and most instructive sermon in the evening.
The Sisters, Faithfull [sic] Companions of Jesus gave a dinner to the bishop the clergy and principal representatives of the different Catholic nationalities about thirty in number. Mr. J. Kenny and Mr Curry U.S. Consul, made happy speeches to which His Lordship gave equally happy replies.
On Monday the school children, who number One hundred, presented His Lordship with a beautiful illuminated address, the style of which corresponded with the beauty and value of the designs. His Lordship found it rather heavy and on close examination discovered several gold buttons artistically fitted in clusters and flower branches.
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Country. St Boniface, Cathedral - St Marys Winnipeg - and St Norberts church having been consecrated in 1889.
According to the prescriptions of the Canon Law and with all the beautiful ceremonies of the Pontifical. The building is of stone and brick and is free from all debt. It has been erected from the generous donations of the poor Slavonic, Irish, Hungarian, English, Dutch, Flemish, French and Italian. The Congregation is a wonderful proof of the Catholicity of the church. In no part of this great North West can a more cosmopolitan congregation be found than in Lethbridge.
The Venerable Consecration of St Patricks Church gave a very substantial aid in its construction and we are sure that dear St. Patrick must have blessed the efforts of the zealous Pastor, who deserves more than the usual amount of credit due to zealous and industrious priests; for, with his own hands he has worked long and hard in its construction, every part of which received his skilled attention. The finishing, ornamenting and decorating can testify to his constant and persevering labor. Father Van Tighem is a Flemish artist of no mean ability, as a visit to this church will bear high testimony. the church can seat from three to four hundred persons, has a tidy, substantial unpretentious appearance and is built in the old monastic gothich [sic] style. Altars, pews in fact everything is tasteful and bright.
Saturday 24 Aug.t was a fast day in Lethbridge. The bishop and seven priests in the evening recited the office of the Martyrs before the relics exposed according to the prescription of the Pontifical.
On Sunday the Consecration ceremonies began at
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at 8’Oclock a.m. and were concluded at 1 p.m. These ceremonies are most beautiful; Faith, Hope, Charity, piety and all religious virtues, prayers and sentiments are expressed in a most vivid manner.
The Society of the St John Baptist among the Slavs is a great credit to the Catholic parish. All its members came in a body and assisted in uniform at the ceremonies.
High Mass, with assisting priest, deacon and subdeacon and other clerics, was sung by the consecrating bishop. The choir under the direction of the Faithful Companions of Jesus, ably assisted by Sergt. Davis of the N.W.M.P. was by far the best ever heard here.
His Lordship the Bishop, gave a short address in the morning and the Venerable and holy missionary and learned professor of divinity Rev Father Fouquet O.M.I. preached an able and most instructive sermon in the evening.
The Sisters, Faithfull [sic] Companions of Jesus gave a dinner to the bishop the clergy and principal representatives of the different Catholic nationalities about thirty in number. Mr. J. Kenny and Mr Curry U.S. Consul, made happy speeches to which His Lordship gave equally happy replies.
On Monday the school children, who number One hundred, presented His Lordship with a beautiful illuminated address, the style of which corresponded with the beauty and value of the designs. His Lordship found it rather heavy and on close examination discovered several gold buttons artistically fitted in clusters and flower branches.
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