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while one Catholic of those that loved him whose 

 memory it perpetuates, comes to bow before St. 

 Mary's Altar, as his eye rests upon that marble 

 tribute, he will offer up to God his earnest supplica- 

 tions for the happy repose of the soul of Bishop 

 Quarter. 



In reviewing his brief but brilliant career, every 

 one will be astonished at the vast amount of labour 

 performed by him in so short a time. The condition 

 of the diocese on his arrival has been already noticed. 

 Its condition imm.ediately before his death, and his 

 determination to improve it farther, is thus described 

 in his last pastoral address : 



"The great increase in the number of the Catholic popula- 

 tion of this city may be inferred from the following facts: In 

 the year 1844, when we took possession of this See, there was 

 only one Catholic church in the city of Chicago. There are 

 now four, together with the chapel of "the Holy Name of 

 Jesus," attached to "the University of St. Mary of the Lake." 

 This one Catholic church, then under roof, but not finished, 

 accommodated all the Catholics on Sundays. The German 

 Catholics, the Irish and American Catholics, assembled within 

 its walls to assist at the divine mysteries, and were not pressed 

 for room. The German Catholic churches of St. Peter and 

 St. Joseph have since been built; the Catholic church of St. 

 Patrick also, which has lately been enlarged by an addition 

 capable of containing as many as the original edifice. The 

 University of St. Mary of the Lake has been built within that 

 time, to which is attached the chapel of the Holy Name of 

 Jesus; as also the Convent of "the Sisters of Mercy," which 

 has its domestic chapel. Now, all those places, set apart for 

 the worship of God, and for the celebration of the august 

 sacrifice of the Mass, are crowded every Sunday to overflowing 

 with Catholics. What stronger proof is needed of the great 



