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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
11
The Holy Family church in Mitchell was formally dedicated in a lengthy service led by Bishop O Gorman. The event featured a Pontifical Mass, choir performances, a dedicatory sermon by Father Moran, and a 125-person confirmation class, marking a historic day for the community.
The closing feature of the Holy Family church dedication was a banquet for Bishop OGorman in the Knights of Columbus hall. Three tables hosted the Bishop, guests, priests, and church women organized the affair with purple and white decor and musical interludes by young women at the piano. Toastmaster Mer Flynn praised Mitchell Catholics and local leaders in remarks with addresses by Mayor Hitchcock and others.
Mitchell Catholic society dedicates a Gothic 62 by 132 foot church on Third Avenue East and Kimball Street with a 172 foot tower. It features a stained glass crucifixion window, Apostles portraits, fourteen high bas relief statues, and a soon to be installed pipe organ. Bishop O Gorman, born Boston 1834, led historical work and church leadership. his Sioux Falls installation and Taft commission visit mark notable moments in South Dakota Catholic history.
Father Hennessey oversaw the church’s early construction begun in 1882 with a line of successors through 1899 until Father Shea led the project that produced a new church. The completed building is praised as the finest Catholic church in South Dakota and a credit to its reverend leaders and parishioners.
A local notice urges residents to see new furniture offerings as room and usefulness return, suggesting a want ad will connect sellers with cash buyers.
The record traces Bishop Uttermann’s rise through missionary work in Southern Minnesota and his roles with the Paulist Watchers and the Church in New York. He led St. Thomas Seminary in St. Paul, taught ecclesiastical history at the Catholic University in Washington, and was consecrated bishop of the Diocese of Sioux Falls in 1896.
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