St. Mary's of the Pines

Ascending the hill by a slender path one reaches St. Mary's of the Pines, standing on a knoll. Here occasionally there has been a baptism, a marriage, and a funeral, three important events in the life of man. The chapel was erected by the family, neighbors and friends in 1866.

Two of the sons, James and John, said their first mass here. (James was ordained at Collegeville, Minnesota, and John at St. Francis, Milwaukee.) Charles, the artist, the father and mother, Father John, as well as others have been buried from it, and one son, Andrew, was married here.

The station shrines encircling the chapel and the cemetery are from designs by Delaroche and others. They were painted by Charles, and erected in 1889. Returning from a trip to Palestine that year, Father John brought a little soil from the site of the stations in the Via Dolorosa at Jerusalem, "and this was incorporated in these making this hill-top a veritable Holy Land."

The father, mother, and two sons sleep on the slope in front of the boulder-made church. The inscription for the elder Durward reads:

*	* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *	*
*	Bernard I. Durward	*
*	Poet	*
*	Painter, Professor	*
*	Born	*
*	March 26, 1817	*
*	Died	*
*	March 21, 1902	*
*	* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *	*

For the mother the following appears:

*	* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *	*
*	Theresa M. Durward	*
*	Mother of Priests	*
*	Born	*
*	Feb. 7, 1821	*
*	Died	*
*	April 22, 1907	*
*	* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *	*

The inscription for the priest reads:

*	* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *	*
*	Beloved	*
*	Father John	*
*	Born	*
*	March 7, 1847	*
*	Died	*
*	Sept. 9, 1918	*
*	He Wrought in Words	*
*	and Builded of Stone	*
*	and by Grace in the	*
*	Hearts of Men.	*
*	* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *	*

A stone for the artist stands at one side, a portion of the inscription reading:

*	* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *	*
*	Charles Dorward	*
*	Born	*
*	Sept. 27, 1844	*
*	Died	*
*	Nov. 12, 1875	*
*	* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *	*