[LEO]NE XIII PONT. MAX. GLORIOSE REGANTE
LAPIS ISTE ANGULARIS
SOLEMNITER COLLOCATUS EST
AB ILL[USTRISSI]MO ET R[EVERNDISSI]MO J.T. DUHAMEL
OTTOWAIEN. ARCHIEPISCOPO.
IN HONOREM SANCTAE BRIDGITTAE
TERTIO NONAS MAII. MDCCCLXXXIX
Leone XIII Pontifice Maximo gloriose regante,
Lapis iste angularis
solemniter collocatus est
ab illustrissimo et reverendissimo J.T. Duhamel,
Ottowaien(sis) Archiepiscopo
in honorem Sanctae Bridgittae
Tertio nonas Maii MDCCCLXXXIX.
While Leo XIII, Pontifex Maximus was gloriously reigning,
this corner stone
was solemnly placed
by the most illustrious and reverend J(oseph).T(homas). Duhamel,
Archbishop of Ottawa
in honor of St. Bridgid
on the third day before the Nones of May 1889 (May 5)