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The auspicious day of September first dawned and revealed a clear sky with scarcely a cloud to break the warmth sending rays of the autumn sun. Promptly at ten o'clock the bells rang out the hour for the High Mass. At the same time the procession of priests and bishops formed before the episcopal resi- dence. Following the crossbearer came the priests, then Bishops Foley, Mrak, Richter and Msgr. Zeininger, while Archbishop Katzer and Bishop Vertin walked side by side. The imposing pag- eant of ecclesiastics was greeted by the inspiring strains of the "Ecce Sacerdos Magnus."
Bishop Vertin vested as celebrant of the Pontifical High Mass. Officers of the Mass were, Assistant, Rev. H. Bourion, Iron Mountain; Deacons of honor, Rev. C. Langner, Negaunee, and Rev. H. J. Rousseau, Menominee; Deacon of the Mass, Rev. P. C. Menard, Lake Linden, and Sub-Deacon of the Mass, Rev. T. J. Atfield, Hancock; Masters of ceremonies,
Rev. J. M. Langan and Rev. J. Miller, Cathedral; acolytes, Rev. M. Kehoe, Ironwood, Rev. F. X. Becker, Houghton; cross-bearer, Rev. F. Pawlar, Manis- tique; Crozier, Rev. F. Marceau, Calu- met; thurifer, Rev. J. R. Boissonnault, Ishpeming; mitre, Rev. J. P. Kunes, Bessemer ; candle, Rev. T. V. Dasslyva of Michigamme; book, Rev. J. Sauriol, Stephenson ; gremiale, Rev. A. J. Rezek, Mackinac.
Besides the Archbishop and Bishops in the sanctuary were seated Msgr. Zeinin- ger, Father Kersten, administrator of Green Bay. Very Rev. Peter B. Englert, Provincial of the Franciscans, of Cincin- nati Ohio; and priests of the diocese : Revs. G. Terhorst, Baraga ; J. M. Martel, Escanaba ; M. Faust, Menominee; A. Vermare, Marquette; A. \\. Geers. Lake Linden : J. Grenier, S. J., Sault Ste. Ma- rie; John Henn, St. Ignace; Ph. Erlach Ontonagon; Ph. Krogulski. Red Jacket : Jos. Zalokar, Red Jacket; H. Hoelscher, O. S. F., Calumet : P. Girard, Chassel ; J. M. Manning, Republic; P. E. Bordas, Champion; R. Cavicchi, Iron Mountain ; A. Vitali, J. U. D., Iron River : M. Let- telier, Nadeau; B. Regis, Spalding: F. Lings, O. S. F., Escanaba ; Jos. Hoeber, Hancock: A. Poulin, Hancock ; Jos. Haas, Gladstone: D. Cleary, Hancock; N. Nos- bisch. Ironwood; A. Mlynarczyk, Iron- wood ; F. Sutter, Crystal Falls : H. J. Rey- naert, Norway: J. Reichenbach of Rock- land, and others. Occupying the front pews were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wertin of Hancock, parents of the Bishop and his brother Joseph Wertin, Jr., of Red Jacket, Hon. Peter White and J. M. Longyear, and other prominent citi- zens of Marquette were escorted to places
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ual and temporal well-being of his dio- He never permitted a priest, who had a cesans. But we would tell the story only poorer mission, to depart without giving him ten, twenty, and more mass-inten- tions. He did not wish the priest to feel that he was receiving alms, and gave it to him under the disguise of intentions, saying, "Father, if you have no Masses, say these for the deceased members of my family or according to my intention." To poorer priests he would invariably re- turn dispensation alms, which they oc- casionally sent in, with the remark : "Keep this for yourself, as you may find good use for it." To struggling missions he annually remitted the cathedraticum, and in many instances took only one half or evenly divided it between the pastor and his parish. He was not less careful of the spiritual welfare of his priests. Lest a priest should forget, in the daily toil, his own sanctification; as early as 1882, he wrote: "We ordain that every ecclesiastic, secular or regular, in care of souls under our jurisdiction, shall make yearly a Retreat of at least three days at home or abroad, until such times as We shall be able to call them to a diocesan Retreat. This obliges, after January 1883. sub poena suspensionis fer. sent." The first diocesan Retreat was preached by Father Schwartz, C. S. S. R., in 1893 and every second year thereafter. half if we did not at least mention what he did for his clergy. Bishop Vertin well knew that his generalship would be of lit- tle avail if he did not have a faithful clergy to carry out his orders. With this fact before his mind, he strove to obtain a good priesthood. With them he was strict and inexorable in matters of duty, but never lost sight of the many sacrifices which the priest was expected to make daily for the sake of his flock. He him- self was pastor for twelve years and saw the hardships connected with attending to small, scattered missions many of which were attached to most of the so- called parishes. He understood what it meant to build churches, schools and houses with nothing on hand but the willing donations of the well disposed, but not seldom, poor people. He realized the pastor's solicitude for his charges "in labors and painfulness, in much watch- ings, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness" as St. Paul says. (2 Cor. XI. 27.) He knew that if it were not for these willing, self-im- posed privations of the priest many people must needs forego the ministrations of religion. He was well informed, too, that where the priest should share the weal as well as the woe of members of his At home Bishop Vertin was well oc- cupied. He always attended to every kind of diocesan writings himself. We have found even circulars to his clergy copied by himself. This necessarily meant long hours at his desk. When at home, he invariably said Mass at the Convent at six o'clock every morning. After a light breakfast he spent some time saying his office and then sat down at his desk flock, he is not seldom shut out unless misfortune raps at the door. These reasons more than inclined him to be a real father to his priests. No priest ever came to his house but was received with open arms and made to partake of the best the Bishop could afford. His hospitality has become proverbial and will live as long as one of those who enjoyed it lives.
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own venerable Mrak, and the Monsignors Fox and Buh.
At nine o'clock the procession formed at the Bishop's house, slowly moving to- wards the main entrance of the Cathedral which was filled to overflowing. After the usual office for the dead, chanted by the clergy, the Most Reverend Arch- bishop celebrated the Requiem High Mass. Bishop Messmer delivered the sermon. The Mass was followed by the customary absolutions by the Archbishop and the four Bishops, each in his turn according to seniority, and then priests lifting the casket from the catafalque bore it to the vault where it was deposited at the left side of Bishop Baraga. The crypt is closed by a marble slab bearing the following inscription :
Hic in Domino requiescit
Joannes Vertin.
Tertius hujus Marianopolitanae et Marquettensis Dioceseos Episcopus. Natus in Dobliče, Carniolia, Austria, 17. Juli A. D. 1844. Ordinatus Marquette, 30. Augusti, A. D. 1866. ab Illmo. Revdmo. Episcopo Baraga. Consecratus, in Negaunee die 14. Sept. A. D. 1879. Mortuus 26. Febr. 1899.
Magnum pietatis suae monumentum haec Ecclesia Cathedralis quam maxime ex suis facultatibus exstruxit in honor- emque Sti. Petri Apostoli die 27. Julii A. D. 1890 solemniter dedicavit. " R. I. P.
" Here in the Lord lieth John Vertin, the third Bishop of the diocese of Sault Ste. Marie and Marquette. Born in Doblice, Carniolia, Austria, July 17, 1844. Ordained by the Illustrious Bishop Baraga at Marquette, August 30, 1866. Conse- crated in Negaunee, September 14, 1879. Died on February 26, 1899.
This Cathedral, which he built mostly from his own resources and solemnly dedicated to the honor of St. Peter the Apostle on the 27th of July, 1890, is a great monument to his piety.
The life of Bishop Vertin has been an exemplary one to the laity and the clergy, and useful beyond estimate to the diocese at large. In his time more than fifty churches were built, forty seven he dedi- cated himself. He most tenderly cared for the homeless and fatherless children. and in many instances when funds raised for their sustenance were inadequate, he paid for their maintenance at the two orphanages established mostly through his own efforts. During the second dec- ade of his episcopate he ordained the fol- lowing priests :
Rev. Dennis Cleary, A. J. Rezek, Jo- seph Hoeber, and Ludolf Richen for New Orleans, July 12, 1890.
Anthony C. Keller and Joseph G. Pin- ten were ordained for the diocese in Rome, November 1, 1890.
Rev. Adam J. Doser, December 27, 1890.
Revs. James Miller, Joseph E. Neu- mair, Nicholas H. Nosbisch, Julius Pa- pon, Anselm Mlynarczyk and Joseph Wallace on the second of July 1891.
Rev. Frederick Sperlein. July 2, 1892. Revs. Hubert Zimmermann and Fran- cis Maciarcz, June 24, 1893.
Rev. Joseph Dupasquier, ordained in 1893.
Rev. James Lenhart, Ph. D., July 5, 1894.
Rev. Francis X. Barth, ordained at Louvain, Belgium, by Bishop Durier of Natchitoches, La., June 29, 1895.
Rev. Anthony Hodnik, June 1895.
Revs. Joseph Hollinger, Anthony Ža- gar, July 19, 1895.
Rev. Mathias Jodocy ordained for the diocese at Louvain, by Bishop Meer- schaert of Oklahoma, June 29, 1897.
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Rev. Alexander Hasenberg, ordained in his native place by Bishop Vertin, on June 29, 1896.
Rev. Frederick Glaser, August 12, 1896.
Rev. John Kraker, October 25, 1897.
Rev. Henry Buchholtz at Escanaba, Mich., on May 15, 1898.
Rev. James Corcoran, August 28, 1898, in Escanaba.
Rev. John Mockler, Marquette, Au- gust 31, 1898.
Time will obliterate the individuality of Bishop Vertin's work and merits for the diocese of Sault Ste. Marie and Mar- quette among the succeeding generations, but the seed he sowed will continue to bring forth good fruit into endless times. May his noble soul have found the well merited reward among the blest!
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Chapter XIII. THE RIGHT REV. FREDERICK EIS, D. D.
His early education .- His ordination to the priesthood .- The elevation to the episcopate. His first visit to the Apostolic See .- His labors as the fourth bishop of Sault
Ste. Marie and Marquette .- Holds the second Pro-Synodal Conference.
The day after the deposition of Bishop Vertin's remains Archbishop Katzer ap- pointed Rev. Frederick Eis administrator of the diocese. The consultors and one irremovable rector, also met under the presidency of the Metropolitan and put up their candidates for the created vacancy. Father Eis was named by them as dignis- simus, Rev. Honoratus Bourion dignior and Rev. Martin Kehoe dignus. The bish- ops of the Province. too, headed their list with Father Eis. This with the petition forwarded to the Holy Father by the dio- cesan clergy gave Father Eis prestige over other candidates and he was nomi- nated the fourth bishop of Sault Ste. Marie and Marquette, under date of June 7, 1899.
The Bull was received July 23d and reads in translation as follows :
LEO XIII. POPE.
Beloved Son, Health and Apostolic Benediction. The office of the Aposto- late, conferred upon Us, not through Our own merits, from on High, by which We preside over the government of all
churches, by divine providence, striving, with the help of the Lord, usefully to ex- ercise, We are solicitous in Our heart and watchful, that when there is question of committing the government of same churches, We endeavor to give them such pastors, as know how to teach people, entrusted to their care, not only by word of doctrine but also by the example of good work and are desirous and capable, under God, healthfully to guide and hap- pily to govern, the churches commis- sioned to them. in peace and tranquility. Since We have reserved the provision for all churches that are now or that shall in future be vacant, to Our own appoint- ment and disposition and declared thence- forth null and inane all efforts to the con- trary, no matter by what authority, whether knowingly or unknowingly made. Hence, the episcopal church of Sault Ste. Marie and Marquette in the United States of North America, over which John Vertin, of blessed memory, its last bishop, while he yet lived, pre- sided, and by the death of same John.
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prudence, knowledge, promotion of relig- ion and other good qualities. We, there- fore, with special · benevolence towards you, absolve you and hold you absolved, in as much as this matter is concerned, from whatsoever excommunication and interdict and other ecclesiastical sentences, censures, and punishments, no matter what way or for what reason pronounced, if you have perhaps incurred any, in vir- tue of Our Apostolic authority with the advice of the same Brothers, by these presents, we make provision for the said church of Sault Ste. Marie and Mar- quette, in your person, which is acceptable to Us and the above mentioned Cardinals on account of the excellence of your merits. We appoint you its bishop and pastor, fully committing to you the care, rule and administration of that church, in spirituals and temporals, trusting in Him who bestoweth graces and gifts, that said church, the Lord guiding your actions, will be guided by your diligence and stu- diousness unto prosperity and that it will advance in spirituals as well as in tem- porals. As for the rest, we impart to you the faculty to receive lawfully and validly the gift of consecration from any Catholic Prelate, whom you may choose, in favor and communion with this Apostolic See, inviting two other bishops to act as his assistants, or if they cannot conveniently be had, two priests, constituted in ecclesiastical dig- nity enjoying like favor and commun- ion and We grant the same prelate the faculty in like manner lawfully to bestow upon you the aforesaid gift of consecra- tion upon Our apostolic authority, having first received from you the profession of Faith according to the articles proposed
by this Apostolic See and the usual oath of fidelity, in Our name and that of the Roman Church. We command, however, that if without having first received from you this oath and the profession of Faith, the above Prelate presumes to bestow upon you the gift of consecration, and you to receive it, the same Prelate as well as you, by the very fact, be suspended from the pontifical office and from the government and administration of your churches. Notwithstanding the constitu- tion of Our predecessor, Benedict XIV. super divisione matrum as well as the Apostolic constitutions and sanctions, and all others whatsoever, requiring a special and individual derogation to the contrary. Given at Rome, at St. Peter's under the ring of the Fisherman, the 7th day of June 1899. The twenty second year of Our Pontificate.
ALOYSIUS CARD. MACCHI.
Bishop Eis was born at Arbach, dis- trict of Coblenz, diocese of Treves, Ger- many, January 20, 1843. Of the four children, two boys and two girls, born to William Eis and his wife Catherine, née Dietrich, the Bishop was the youngest. The only other surviving member of the family is an older brother residing in Stearns County, Minnesota. In 1855 the family came to Calvary, Wisconsin, but later removed to Minnesota. Young Frederick came to Rockland where began his career. His early schooling in his na- tive land gave him an easy lead, among his companions. What the school of that early settlement lacked, his own diligence supplied. This self-advancement did not escape the ever watchful eye of his pas- tor, the Rev. Martin Fox. Once brought to his notice, he took keen interest in the
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LEO PP. XIII.
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FACSIMILE OF PAPAL BULL APPOINTING FATHER EIS FOURTH BISHOP OF MARQUETTE.
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youth. Aware of his talents, he initiated him into the mysteries of the two lan- guages, Latin and French, and when as- sured of the abilities of the youth, pre- sented him to the venerable Bishop Bara- ga who adopted young Eis, July 21, 1861, as a student of the diocese. The Civil War had unsettled the institutions of learning throughout the country, and the Salesianum of St. Francis, Wisconsin, was not excepted. Among other students Frederick Eis also interrupted his classi- cal course there and, at the desire of Bish- op Baraga, went to the College of Joliet, Canada, where he remained till he com- pleted the course of philosophy and theol- ogy. During his last years at that Col-
was sent to Menominee to clear an old church debt-Father Eis remained in Ne- gaunee ten years and although his zeal had left its indelible marks in the congre- gations where he had labored, it was here that he tangibly established his worth. He first paid off the small remaining debt, and then built the house and the school, both of brick, at the cost of nine thou- sand dollars, but with no indebtedness. In November 1890 he resigned his charge to restore his failing health. During the following five winters he sojourned in Colorado and California, but returned in the summer to the bracing climate of Michigan. Two successive summers, 1894 and 1895, he temporarily had
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lege he was employed as teacher of Eng- lish, Mathematics and the Commercial course.
After his ordination to the priesthood by Bishop Mrak, October 30, 1870, Fath- er Eis was made pastor at the Cathedral in Marquette, and remained there three years. In October 1873 he succeeded Father Jacker at the Sacred Heart church in Calumet. One year thereafter, Bishop Mrak appointed him pastor of St. Anne's in Hancock, where he remained six years. In October 1880 he succeeded Bishop Mrak, his former Ordinary, in the pasto- rate at Negaunee. With the exception of a few weeks,-the fall of 1880, when he
charge of the Bessemer parish. In the fall of 1895 he accepted the parish of Crystal Falls where he remained until his appointment as administrator of the diocese, March 4th 1899, and three months later as bishop of Marquette.
Bishop-elect set the twenty fourth of August, the feast of St. Bartholomew, for his consecration. During the time intervening preparations were being made for the event in and around the Cathedral. Members of the two city parishes took it upon themselves to take care of the decorations which were car- ried out mainly in drapery, though flow- ers were not wanting. Inside the church
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Miller, Mackinac Island, Nosbisch Iron Mountain; chanters, Fathers Geers, Re- public, Sauriol, Escanaba; candle bearer, Father Barth, Stephenson; cross bearer, Father Lenhart, Iron River ; aspersorium, Father Hollinger, Gladstone; chaplain to Bishop Mrak, Father Terhorst, Baraga ; chaplain to Bishop Shanley, Father Keul, Crystal Falls; chaplain to Bishop Foley, Father Baumgartner, Detroit; chaplain to Bishop Richter, Father Faust, Me- nominee. There were about thirty other priests in the sanctuary.
The Pontifical High-Mass and the con- secration lasted over four hours. At the close the new bishop was inthroned amidst the singing of "Te Deum" by al- most the entire assembly.
For the occasion Bishop Shanley of Fargo, North Dakota, delivered the ser- mon. In marked sentences he developed the apostolic succession in the Catholic church, showing how the gift of episcopal consecration makes one the true succes- sor of the Apostles. In conclusion he said in part: "This brilliant ceremonial you have seen this morning, this crimson and gold, is by no means a meaningless show. I might say, that it is the impart- ing of divine power upon a priest of the holy Church, a priest of twenty-nine years of faithful labor in this part of God's vineyard, who has been found worthy in the eyes of his fellow priests and his eccle- siastical superiors to be elevated to this high office in the Church.
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"What is the priesthood? The priest- hood of the Church of the living God is God's minister and dispenser of his graces, the teacher of immutable truth, the sacrificer ( for that reason the media- tor between God and man) the model of
all God's flock. 'I will not call you ser- vants, you are my friends,' sent to teach and preach, given the power to consecrate bread and wine and receiving the Holy Ghost with power to forgive sins and re- tain them. This is the mission Christ im- parted himself to poor weak men. That is the priesthood of the Church, and a bishop is nothing but a priest with the plentitude of these powers within the holy Church.
"I remind you of the high dignity of the priesthood, the dignity which is called by one of the early fathers a divine dig- nity. Another ancient writer declares that the very angels of God bow down before Christ as the precursor of the priesthood. You will understand now why such care is used in selecting and training young men to the priesthood. The first requisite is that mysterious some- thing which we call the vocation. The second requisite of the worthy priest is piety, not piety exteriorly, but real, sin- cere piety-'Be ye holy as I am holy ;' The third requisite is learning, accurate and profound, not merely a knowledge of the sciences called sacred, but an inti- mate knowledge of all sciences which have any bearing upon religion. There is no branch of human knowledge in which a priest might not be versed, it is his duty to become well versed, that he may be a true and capable leader of his flock. The fourth essential of the priest- hood of the High God is a burning but a prudent zeal. He must imitate the di- vine master who went about preaching the truth, must know neither Jew nor Gentile. Every man has a soul to be saved and it is the priest's duty to save souls.
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