The Wrong Route

The Diocese of Marquette, all 16,000 square miles of Upper Michigan

The copy of the Life and Labors of Rt. Rev. Frederic Baraga, First Bishop of Marquette, Michigan, to which are added Short Sketches of the Lives and Labors of Other Indian Missionaries of the Northwest by Fr. Chrysostomus Verwyst, OFM.

A slightly less formal picture of Bishop Baraga

We got our hands on Bishop Baraga’s diary. Part of the fascination with these documents is how mundane they often are, giving a very accurate picture of the life of a holy person.