USA > Kansas > Linn County > A centenary of Catholicity in Kansas, 1822-1922 ; the history of our cradle land (Miami and Linn Counties) ; Catholic Indian missions and missionaries of Kansas ; The pioneers on the prairies : notes on St. Mary's Mission, Sugar Creek, Linn County; Holy Trinity Church, Paola, Miami County; Holy Rosary Church, Wea; Immaculate Conception, B.V.M., Louisburg; St. Philip's Church, Osawatomie; Church of the Assumption, Edgerton, Johnson County; to which is added a short sketch of the Ursuline Academy at Paola; the diary of Father Hoecken, and old Indian records > Part 16
USA > Kansas > Miami County > A centenary of Catholicity in Kansas, 1822-1922 ; the history of our cradle land (Miami and Linn Counties) ; Catholic Indian missions and missionaries of Kansas ; The pioneers on the prairies : notes on St. Mary's Mission, Sugar Creek, Linn County; Holy Trinity Church, Paola, Miami County; Holy Rosary Church, Wea; Immaculate Conception, B.V.M., Louisburg; St. Philip's Church, Osawatomie; Church of the Assumption, Edgerton, Johnson County; to which is added a short sketch of the Ursuline Academy at Paola; the diary of Father Hoecken, and old Indian records > Part 16
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Asa Bernard Houser,
Steaman Ed Croan,
Chas. Oscar Hilderbrandt,
Cath. Elizabeth Morris,
Eustace McWilliams,
Pearl Elizabeth Reitinger,
Vincent McWilliams,
Margaret Ruth Healy,
Ernest Papst,
Ellen Louise Nolan, Mary Theresa McLain,
Chas. Bernard Sheehan,
Joseph James Plain,
Mary Lillian Connelly,
Ferdenand Bernard Martin,'
Helen Josephine Maloney,
George Vincent Lawler,
Marion Rose Clark,
Thos. McKenna Hodges,
Blanch Schouaerts,
Phillip Sheridan,
Theresa Allen, Mary Agnes Dalton,
Martin Bernard Houser,
Lloyd Michael Reitinger,
Lena Elizabeth Lawrence,
Algier Mathias McCarthy,
Ellen Patricia Crolly,
Basil John Johnson,
Thelma Lucille Koehler, Margaret Frances Plain, Margaret Cecelia Williams,
William Eugene Schwartz,
Michael Francis Sheehan,
John Francis Harkin,
Thos. John Sheridan,
Cornelius Patrick McLain,
Bernard Sheridan,
Margaret Mary Keenan, Frances Elizabeth Renner,
Asa James Houser, Henry Lawrence, Robert Lehr, Frank Houser,
Mary Houser,
Mary Elizabeth Bergen,
Mary Ruth Healy,
John Bernard Keenan,
Mary Agnes Nalty,
Charles Joseph Hilderbrandt,
Nathaniel Porter Graham,
James Rohrer, Dennis Mahoney,
Mary Helen Morris. Lethia Frances McCarthy,
Catharine Elizabeth Hodges.
Frank Vincent Plain,
Cleo Mary Smith,
Catharine Bernice Morris,
Ellen W. Sheridan,
Mary Agnes Cunningham,
The Right Reverend John Ward Administered the Sacrament of Confir- mation to the Following in Osawatomie, Kansas, on September 14, 1913. Reverend M. Burk, Pastor.
Albert Everett, Paul Joseph Fenoughty, Leo. Fenoughty, Albert Michael Chamberlain, John Chamberlain, Joseph William Rue,
James Hammond, Albert Olson, James Joseph Dehan,
Pearl Frances Chamberlain,
Catherine Ethel Sullivan, Anna Catharine Rue.
Walter Cyril Nalty, William Thos. Brueck, Chas. Borrowiska,
Bernice Rose Hilderbrandt, Mary Speicher, Veronica Leontine Harkin,
Carmela Ursula Lewis,
Josephine Elizabeth Morris, Elizabeth Theresa Clark,
Margaret Anastasia Coughlin,
Harry Barnett, Paul Ambrose Coughlin,
Lucretia Frances Coughlin, Elizabeth Vohs.
Josephine Allen, Maud Mary Koehler,
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REVEREND THOMAS H. KINSELLA, A. M., LL. D.
Father Kinsella became pastor of Holy Trinity church and missions on the departure of Father Burk, Decem- ber 4, 1914, and remained until April 14, 1919. During his stay a few im- portant improvements were made, such as the paving of the street in front of E the church, plastering the extensive basement, and improving the winter chapel, also the school building and grounds. Nothing was added to the church, however, except the large Crucifix over the altar which was do- nated by Miss Lucy Mallory in mem- ory of her parents. Mrs. Charles Lyon gave the beautiful baptismal font. A set of large brass candlesticks for the REV. THOMAS H. KINSELLA (At 35 Years.) main altar was donated by Mrs. Mar- cella Clark's estate. Miss Mary Dal- ton donated a full set of black vestments in memory of her father, Joseph Dalton and Mr. Frank Fenoughty donated the large central chandelier, which adds much light and beauty to the whole interior of the church. On Sept. 10, 1915, Dr. J. L. Porter, a distinguished and wealthy non-Cath- olic citizen of Paola, died; he bequeathed in his last will a certain amount of money to each of the churches of the town. Holy Trinity church received $1,000 from his estate with a sense of sincere gratitude on the part of the Catholic people. All the churches of Paola unite in decorat- ing his grave each year and it is to be hoped that the custom will con- tinue.
It seemed that there was nothing more to be done now except the frescoing of the interior of the church. A new, up-to-date school build- ing was, however, the dream of the pastor; but, unfortunately his failing health caused him to leave to his worthy successor the realization of that hope.
During the four years and four months of Father Kinsella's pastor- ate he learned the almost forgotten story of the early Jesuit missions in Miami and Linn counties, and of the no less heroic struggles of the secu- lar priests who followed them during the territorial days and during the formation period which preceded and followed the great Civil war. The more he delved the more he found to engage his attention. Going back forty, sixty, eighty years, he was led to see the designs of Providence working in Europe and America, a century ago, to make Florissant, Mo., and this nameless section of the future state of Kansas, veritable
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fountain heads from which would flow the waters of Regeneration and the blessing of Christian civilization to the whole middle west.
With patience and untiring effort he compiled and composed this History of Catholicity in Miami and Linn counties, but gave special attention of course, to the history of Holy Trinity church as being the inheritor of the glories of other days-days though not remote, neverthe- less as primitive in circumstances as the wildest flights of the imagina- tion could picture. Father Hoecken's Diary in the Appendix to this volume will give some idea of the utter misery and degradation of the Indians, less than one hundred years ago. The Diary is of great value and may be regarded as one of the most important literary treasures of the state of Kansas. It was originally written in Latin but, through the kindness of Very Rev. Father Wallace, S. J., president of St. Mary's Col- lege, a translation was furnished, which had been previously published in "The Dial."
During his last years at Paola, Fa- ther Kinsella was assisted by Rev. Mich- ael J. O'Farrell and. after him, Rev. Francis T. Fitzgerald who rendered efficient assistance to the end of their term in office. Osawatomie was now raised to the dignity of a parish under the care of Rev. Eugene F. Vallely on April 1, 1918. Father Fitgerald re- mained, however, until April 14, of the following year when Father Kinsella resigned his charge of the parish. He then accepted the chaplaincy of the Ursuline Academy as being more suited to his age and infirmity. The transfer was made on the day after Palm: Sunday-April 14-a day remin- REV. THOMAS H. KINSELLA (At 45 Years. ) iscent of an event that took place fifty years before, on the same day in 1869. when Father Kinsella arrived in New York from Ireland, being then in his fifteenth year. Father Kinsella was born at Knockhouse, in the County Kilkenny, a few miles from the city of Waterford, in 1854. He went to school in Ireland and afterwards in New York City. After a few years as a clerk in Louisville, Ky., he went to St. Joseph's College at Bardstown, Ky., in 1874; then to Mt. St. Mary's College, Maryland, for seven years; going thence to St. Meinrad's Abbey, Indiana, to pre- pare for Ordination which took place in the Cathedral of Leavenworth on the 17th of July, 1884; Rt. Rev. John Ward, D. D., and Rev. Chas. Curtin being ordained at the same time. After celebrating his first Mass in Topeka, the home of his brother, on the 20th of July, he was appointed to the Cathedral, from which center he attended all institu-
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tions and missions around the Episcopal City. There were seven differ- ent places to visit each month. The list may prove interesting as show- ing the varied human interest that center at Leavenworth. The Kicka- poo church, a mission seven miles north of this city; the military prison at Fort Leavenworth and also St. Ignatius chapel in the Fort proper, within the city, St. John's hospital on week days. South of the city was the great state prison at Lansing and beyond that, about two miles, was the little church at Delaware; the "Poorhouse," six miles west of the city was as the apple of the bishop's eye. On a fixed day, once a month, for twelve years, over the worst roads imaginable, and before day in winter time, the Father was on hand to say Mass and give Holy Com- munion to a very miserable, a very sad, and yet a very devout body of poor people.
No word can describe the unsanitary conditions of the Leavenworth county poor house in those days. It is all changed now, however, and that county can feel proud of its care of God's poor. Seven years at Leav- enworth had now passed; then three years at Horton, from which place he was recalled to Leavenworth to take charge of the Catholic veterans of the Soldiers' Home and, in conjunction with that important position- a Governmental one-he assumed also the chaplaincy of St. Vincent's Orphanage for six years.
He remained about seventeen years as Chaplain of the National Military Home, the last ten of which were ex- ceedingly pleasant in every way. Then, he requested a change and after three years as pastor of the Sacred Heart church in Leavenworth he was ap- pointed to Paola where he found it his duty to visit the famous State Hospital for the Insane at Osawatomie each month and to say Mass twice a month in the town church a mile distant. It can thus be seen that his experiences were many-sided and quite full of in- terest. Father Kinsella traveled ex- tensively in Europe and America and came in contact with many people of REV. THOMAS H. KINSELLA, LL.D. prominence; he saw and enjoyed the (At 65 Years.) best productions of art in all its forms, and visited the great Sanctuaries of many nations-not the last of which was his old home in Ireland. In 1900 he saw the Passion Play at Ober- ammergau, visited Lourdes, saw Pope Leo XIII, Queen Victoria, and Edward VI. The Paris World's Fair was in progress at this time.
It is interesting to note that Father Kinsella was the twentieth pas-
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tor of what we now call Paola, since the days of Father Herman Gerard Aelian, S. J., who came in May, 1839. After him came Father Francis Xavier De Coen, S.J., who came in April, 1845; then came Father John Schoenmakers, S. J., and companions in 1847; Father Paul Mary Pon- ziglione, S. J., the last of the Jesuit missionaries came in 1851 to 1858. In 1854 Kansas became a regularly organized Territory, in 1860 it was admitted into the Union. During these latter years great numbers of people came to settle on the land and henceforth the bishop of the dio- cese ruled the church of Kansas. Paola with its many mission stations was served by the following pastors:
Rev. Ivo Schacht was sent from Leavenworth at the end of 1858 and began the organization of Holy Trinity parish.
Rev. Sebastian Favre came in 1862.
Rev. Francis J. Wattron, the first resident pastor, in 1865.
Rev. Anthony Joseph Abel in 1874.
Rev. Daniel J. Hurley in 1877.
Rev. Aloysius Carius in 1883. ( ?)
Rev. Michael J. Gleason in 1885.
Rev. James J. O'Connor in 1889.
Rev. Nicholas Neusius in 1891.
Rev. Thomas Quick in 1891.
Rev. Thomas E. Madden in 1892.
Rev. Maurice Burk in 1893.
Rev. Anthony Dornseifer in 1894.
Rev. Francis Taton in 1895.
Rev. Maurice Burk again in 1903.
Rev. Thomas H. Kinsella in 1914.
Rev. Adolph J. Doman.
Families of Holy Trinity Parish, January, 1919.
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Clark, Geo. P.
Allen, Robert B
Clarke, Miss Lizzie
Balocca, Secondo
Cunningham, William H.
Boehm, Michael
Connaghan, Frank
Brady, Patrick
Clarey, Michael
Brueck, W. B.
Cole, John
Butel, Chas. D.
Conn, Mrs. Jas. A.
Bogle, Mrs. J. D.
Connor, James
Boone, Mrs. Charles
Clark, John
Buckley, J. F.
D
Becker, M. J.
Dempsey, J. G.
Boehm, Frank C
Debrick, Mrs. Gus
Coughlin, Thos. F.
Dalton, James
Coughlin, J. M.
Dalton, Charles
Coughlin, R. E.
E
Coughlin, E. H.
Edmiston, George
Clark, W. D.
Doherty, James
Dalton, Mrs. Joe
Coughlin, Mrs. Margaret
Cunningham, George
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F
Finn, Miss Katherine
Finn, John M. Finn, Lawrence J Finn, Edward
Fenoughty, M.
Fenoughty, Frank
Fenoughty, Charles
Fergus Mrs. F. E.
G
Gast, Oscar
Gallagher, Leo
Gallagher, Edwin
Graham, N. P.
Guy, Mrs. Rose
H
Haefele, Fred
Hogan, Mrs. Thos.
Hogan, Patrick
Hogan, M. A.
Houlihan, John
Harkin, Bernard
Hodges, Alex,
Houser, Asa
Hainline, Mrs. W. M.
Hurley, William J.
J
Johann, Mathias Johann, Dick
Johnson, John F. Johnson, Frank
K
Koehler, P. W.
Koehler, Leo
Koehler, Frank, Sr.
Koehler, Fred
Kelly T. T.
Riley, James
Rohrer, James
Reiter, T. A.
Rigney, W. L.
S
Sheehy, Richard
Sheehy, W. J.
Sheehy, James F.
Shiel, Thomas
L
Lyon, Mrs. Chas. T.
Lyon, Mrs. John
Langan, Martin
Langan, Morris Lavelle, P. H.
Lenahan, Thomas
Lehr, Robert Loch, John
M
Mallory, Miss Lucy
Morris, John, Sr.
Maloney, Mrs. W. T.
Mahoney, Mrs. Patrick
Mahoney, Dennis
Moews, Frank
Martin, Barney
Miller, Mrs. Leon
Miller, John H.
Miller, Mary
Maloney, Patrick
McGrath, Thos.
McLain, John
McWilliams, W. E.
McGrath, J. T.
McAnarney, F. A.
McCabe, Miss Mary
N
Neylon, James
Nolen, F. G.
Nolan, Jos. M. P
Peterson, Mrs. Oliver
Pickles, Alice
Pickles, Thomas J.
Pickles, John
Papst, Eugene
Plain, A. T.
Poteet, Mrs. Jasper
Palmer, Will K.
Powers, M. M.
Prendergast, T. V. R Reitinger, Frank
Regnery, Wm.
Riley, Mrs. Margaret
Riley, John L.
Killy, W. F.
Koenig Chas. M.
Kinney, Mrs. James
Keenan, Jos. F.
Keenan, Peter
Kaiser, N. J.
Kaiser George
Kaiser, Edward
Sheehan, John, Sr. Sheehan, John, Jr.
Schwartz, T. E.
Sheridan, B. J.
Sheridan, John W.
Sheridan, F. M. Sheridan, B. L.
Scherman, Andrew Smith, Leonard Strausbaugh, Harry
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Strausbaugh, A. Strausbaugh, J. A.
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Wolfe, Mrs. Margaret
Woodson, Mrs.
Williams, Mrs. Sarah
Wright, Mrs. Margaret
Wiest, James
Welsh family
Y
Yeker, John J. In all about 500 souls.
The Right Reverend Bishop Ward Administered the Sacrament of Con- firmation to the Following in Paola, Kansas, October 14, 1915, Rev. Father Kinsella, Pastor
William Joseph Fenoughty,
Joseph Michael Buckley,
William John Sullivan,
Henry James Allen,
Vincent Peter Koehler,
Joseph Francis Dalton
Charles Anthony Boutelle,
Charles Ernest Reiter,
Ralph Raphael Johann,
Vincent George Sterbenz,
Patrick Cecil McWilliams,
Philip Joseph Peterson,
Robert John Peterson, Eugene Joseph Schwartz,
William Bernard Clark,
Bernard Jerome Rigney,
William Matthew Koehler,
Frank Aloysius Koenig,
Wallace Francis Hainline,
John Thomas Clark,
Joseph Martin Nolan, Raymond Joseph Clark Jerald Martin Koehler, Richard John Dalton, Lola Loretta Sullivan,
Leo Francis Nolan, Elizabeth Margaret Dalton,
Catherine Margaret Wilson,
Mary Ursula Chamberlain,
Anna Bernadette Dalton,
Maria Norah Regnery,
Anna Frances Gratton,
Katherine Mary Brueck,
Katherine Agnes Langan Norah Agnes Sheehan, Ruth Margaret Boehm,
Mary Elizabeth Sheehan, Agnes Martha Monach, Cece ia Ethelreda Loftus, Jennie Anastatia Poteet,
Cecelia Louise Toelle,
Ida Josephine Kaiser, Julia Agnes Brown,
Lenora Maria Reiter, Louise Katherine Clark,
Catherine Rose Loftus, 1
Clara Mary Barnes,
Margaret Frances Graham
Rose Cecelia Borovika.
The Right Reverend John Ward Administered the Sacrament of Confir- mation to the following in Paola, Kansas, September 5, 1917, The Rev. Father Kinsella, Pastor.
Herman Joseph Toelle, Theodore Peter Toelle, Leo Therence Schwartz, Richard Charles Nalty, Edward Francis Schwartz, Raymond John Nalty,
Charles Joseph Lawrence, Henry Peter Koehler
Weston Edward McWilliams, Edward William Fry,
Charles Raymond Morris,
Gregory Eugene Hodges
Stiles, Mrs. Bert Sullivan, Dennis M. T Theno, Henry J. Theno, P. J. Toelle, Mrs. Henry V
Vohs, Anthony Vohs, Mrs. Jasper
Mary Elizabeth Clark,
Mary Elizabeth Boravika
Louise Mary Buckley,
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Alexander James Hodges
Oliver Thomas Brueck,
Thomas Patrick Rigney,
Elsie Josephine Fry, Anna Charlott Sheehan, Catherine Dorothy Williams,
Myrtle Mary Keenan Florence Dorothy Regnery,
Laura Elenora Dauch, Ursula Genevieve Nalty,
Leo James Reiter Frederick Wm. (Killy) Peterson,
Charles Edwin Theno,
August Paul Reiter, Edward James Doherty
Clifford William Doherty,
Bernard Herman Stiles,
Elias Francis Stiles,
Michael John Allen
Augusta Elizabeth Papst,
Robert Edwin Allen,
Ruth Maria Borovica,
Herbert Paul Hainline,
Maude Smith, Catherine Dorothy Williams,
Anna Catherine Burns
Raymond Anthony Vohs, Mathew William Coughlin Joseph James Guy, Albert Joseph Borovica,
Adelaid Mary Kaiser,
Margaret Bernadette Papst,
William Bernard Maloney,
Bernice Mary Nalty,
THE VERY REV. ADOLPH J. DOMANN, V. F.
VERY REV. A. J. DOMANN, V. F.
Eighty years have now passed since the days of Father Hoecken. The ancient race has entirely disappeared and a new people have taken its place. Paola has grown to be a beautiful lit- tle city surrounded by well cultivated farms and handsome homesteads. Holy Trinity church stands alone in all its magnificence, shorn of missions and all extraneous incumbrances, free of debt, with school and pastoral residence in keeping. Father Domann is, therefore, the pastor of Paola proper. He has been chosen for this position on ac count of his excellent quality of head and heart and because of his success in the former parishes of Burlington and Westphalia.
He was born at Winchester, Kas., in the parish of Corpus Christi, Mooney Creek, on the 13th of January, 1871. He was sent to St. Joseph's school at Leavenworth for his early training and there received his first Holy Communion in 1884. He went
Joseph William Rignery Lawrence Patrick Nolan, Harold Paul Williams, Peter Edward Plain, Stephen Bernard Sheridan,
Genevieve Ursula Miller Bertha Elizabeth Guy, Loretta Mary Stockhoff, Teresa Agnes Mary Loos, Hazel Elizabeth Mobley, Elizabeth Mary Sheehan, Olive Bernadette Nalty, Dorothy Mary Papst, Anna Josephine Bolocca
James Francis Conn,
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to St. Meinrad's College, Indiana, in 1888, and the following year entered St. Benedict's College, at Atchison. In 1894 he began his theological studies at Kenrick Seminary, St. Louis, and was ordained by Rt. Rev. L. M. Fink, O. S. B., the 21st of June, 1899. Burlington, Kas., was his first mission. From there he was transferred to Westphalia on April 1, 1916, and to Paola April 14, 1919.
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Holy Trinity church at once became an object of his zeal and admi- ration. He engaged some of the finest artists in the United States and had the church frescoed in oil, adorned with hand painted medallions, the pillars done in rich onyx colors and the electric lights augmented and rearranged. The church is now complete and is certainly one of the most beautiful ecclesiastical edifices in the whole state of Kansas. It was reopened Nov. 27, 1919.
On Sept. 10, 1920, Father Domann bought the three lots, 125x175 ft. just across the street, East, from the present school, for play grounds for the children. It is possible that the prospective new school will be built on this plot of ground. The cash price was $1,500.00.
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PARISH ACTIVITIES.
The Altar Society.
This organization is the oldest and most honored Society of Holy Trinity church. Its history goes back to the days of Father Wattron, Paola's first resident Catholic pastor who came in 1865.
The beneficent deeds of this society are beyond reckoning. It was organized by the wives and daughters of the first Catholic Settlers of Miami county and the members have inspired every good movement in the long struggle all down the years. The history of the Altar Society is simply the history of Holy Trinity church and more can not be said to add to the glory of this most faithful and most beautiful organization, known as the "Ladies of the Altar Society."
Much fine needlework, lace, and embroidery were destroyed in the fire of 1906. At the present day, however, the new church boasts of an uncommon supply of most splendid handworked Altar cloths and all other Altar linens; of fine Vestments, Copes, Veils, Albs, Surplices and other things which the deft fingers of the Ladies and the Ursuline Sisters freely supplied.
The main Altar is the gift of the Altar Society aided by the contribu- tion of $140 from the treasury of the Sewing Society.
THE YOUNG LADIES' SODALITY.
The Sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary was organized in May, 1878, by Father Hurley. During the building of the first brick church the members assisted greatly in raising funds to help pay for it. After Father Hurley was removed it continued to exist but did not flourish until Father Taton came in 1895; he reorganized it under the name of the Immaculate Conception and became affiliated with the Sodality in Rome. After the present church was built, the Sodality bought and paid for the Blessed Virgin Altar which cost $200; a Chalice, $115; also Vestments and Cope amounting in all to about $230. They donated more than $100 to help pay off the church debt. The Sodality has, for years, helped to maintain and augment the library for which $160 has been contributed. The members gave socials and lawn parties for the benefit of the school and in many other ways have helped to improve the social life of the parish as well as its devotional and religious spirit.
THE LEAGUE OF THE SACRED HEART. Paola, Kas., May 14, 1899.
A Short Sketch of the Apostleship of Prayer League of the Sacred Heart, Holy Trinity Center, Paola, Kas.
A Diploma of Aggregation to the Apostleship of Prayer was applied
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for by Rev. J. J. O'Connor in November, 1889, but no steps were taken for the establishment of the League until May 17, 1891, when Rev. Father Neusius who was then pastor, after having briefly explained the name, object, practices, and benefits of the Apostleship of Prayer at High Mass, had the first reception of Associates after Mass on the following Sunday ; giving each Sunday a little more instructions on the practices and bene- fits of the League, also explaining and establishing the first Fridays and Holy Hour, beginning with the first Friday in June, 1891. On the first Friday in July it was requested that there should be a meeting of the associates the following Sunday to see if they should be organized into bands and promoters appointed on trial.
On Sunday, July 5, 1891, the first band of fifteen was formed with a promoter on trial, and arrangement made for them to receive leaflets. also for a box to be placed in the church for leaflets so that those associ- ates who did not belong to the band could help themselves to leaflets.
Father Neusius then being removed was succeeded by Rev. Father Quick who blessed the statue of the Sacred Heart donated by one of the associates and was zealous in promoting devotion to the Sacred Heart and in keeping the First Fridays, but he did not do anything to pro- mote the League as a Local Center, to receive new associates or having promoters.
He was succeeded by Rev. Father Madden, who took no interest in the League although through the zeal of the associates, the first Fridays were kept with the exception of once or twice during his stay.
From June 20, 1893, to October 1, 1893, our parish was visited but once a month by Rev. Father McGuire of Fulton and the first Fridays were missed and the leaflets were not received.
Father Burk took charge October 1, 1893, and was making arrange- ments to renew the work of the League and to appoint new promoters when he was removed, Rev. Father Dornseifer having taken charge Octo- ber 2, 1894. He soon began to infuse new life into the League and on the First Friday in January, 1895, a number of new associates were received and invested with the badge of the Sacred Heart.
On the first Sunday in January, 1895, the first promoters' council was organized and consisted of the promoter appointed on trial by Rev. Father Neusius and new ones appointed by Father Dornseifer. From that time the promoters' meetings were held every month and the minutes all recorded. Father Dornseifer held the first promoter reception in Febru- ary, 1895. He was succeeded July 17. 1895, by the Rev. Father Taton un- der whose diligent care the work of the League has grown until it had at the beginning of the year 1899 a membership of over five hundred asso- ciates, eighteen promoters, and seven promoters on trial.
ALICE S. PICKLES,
First Promoter of the League of the Sacred Heart, Holy Trinity Center.
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LADIES' SEWING SOCIETY, HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, PAOLA, KANSAS.
Organized May 10, 1894.
Purpose : Furnishing Parochial Residence.
FIRST OFFICERS:
Mrs. Jacob Koehler .President Mrs. T. T. Kelly Treasurer
Mrs. J. J. Alton Secretary
The charter members were:
Mrs. Mary Klassen
Mrs. Henry Allen
Mrs. Peter Keenan Mrs. Ann Allen
Mrs. B. McCarthy
Mrs. J. J. Alton
Mrs. F. Mallory
Mrs. Marcella Clark
Mrs. A. Nunnick
Mrs. J. Charland
Mrs. F. G. Nolen
Miss Lizzie Clark
Mrs. W. Nalty -
Mrs. Wm. Fritz
Mrs. M. J. Pickles
Mrs. Anna Finn
Mrs. Anna Powers
Mrs. J. Fleming
Mrs. B. J. Sheridan
Mrs. Thos. Hogan
Mrs. J. C. Sheridan
Mrs. Alex Hodges
Mrs. A. Strasbaugh
Mrs. J. Koehler
Mrs. A. Vohs
Mrs. T. T. Kelly
The amount taken in by the society has been about $4,250. They first furnished the priest's residence excepting dining-room which was furnished by the young ladies of the parish, and have kept the residence supplied ever since; they paid for the first baptismal font, gave $100 to St. Patrick's school funds when it was being built; $140 for the altar of the new church; helped to pay the debt on the church and helped sup- ply flowers and other things for the altar. They gave $30 to K. of C. War funds, $20 to the Red Cross and were very active in Red Cross work.
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