Jewels from Jane, Oct. 24

St. Joseph's Mother House
6400 Minnesota Avenue
St. Louis, Mo.

Mark 50th Anniversary of Laying of St. Joseph's Chapel Cornerstone; Bishop of Marquette Pontificates

"The Most Rev. Thomas L. Noa, Bishop of the Marquette (Mich.) Diocese, pontificated at Mass on Wednesday morning, October 15, at the St. Joseph Mother House, 6400 Minnesota Avenue. The date marked the 50th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the present chapel and the 297th aniversary of the founding of the Congregation of St. Joseph in Le Puy, Velay, France. He was assisted at Mass by the Rev. Leo Ohleyer, O.F.M., chaplain.

"Among the members of the Mother House community with whom the Bishop visited are two postulants who left his See city for St. Louis a few weeks before he was installed on September 24: Mary Jean Desrochers [S. Mary Baraga] and Elizabeth O'Donnell. The Bishop on the day following his visit to St. Joseph's Mother House was present at the consecration ceremonies in Belleville, Ill., for the Most Rev. Joseph M. Mueller, who succeeds Bishop Noa as Coadjutor Bishop of the Sioux City Diocese.

"The Sisters of St. Joseph teach in the grade and high schools of the Cathedral of Marquette, having been invited there by the saintly Bishop Baraga. They also are in charge of schools in Negaunee, Ishpeming, Kingsford, L'Anse, and Hancock, Mich., and conduct a hospital in Hancock."

Reprinted from THE CATHOLIC HERALD October 24, 1947

The cornerstone was laid in 1897. The building was finished in 1899.