The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-01-30
ArohSiahop 1rao HaIe.


The Most Rev. John Mao Hale ID. D., Arcl,s
bishop of Tuam, was horn in 1891 at Tubber.
nayene, a small village in the county of Mayo
1t will thus be seen thatS his chiidhood yyaa
passed in the most stirring times ia thefyhoIe
of Teland's history, and doubtless his after
career was mainly influenced and shaped ont
by the impressions of what he had himself
seen and heard in Ireland at theIclose OF She
last and commencement of the present century
Having learned the rudiments OF the clasEics
at school in the neighboring tewh OF CASTLE
bar, surprising his tutor and bis combanions
by the rapidity and case with which heS MAG
tered the difficulties OF the ancient languages
he entered as student the college Of May
nootn, the ecclesiastical training ground which
has produced such abundant fruits for IrelapdA
His talents soon pfHeBd- him foremost III the
acatleilical lists. the esteem and i'm ng
assut4isIg piety, bis unvarying dfli face, his
wonderful facility for mmataring tue knotty
points Of theology, and tho infrieacies of ls0tk
the dead and the living languages His zeal
and success throughout his cpilegiate course
paratively, ne Yas appointed saccessfveiy lee
tnrer ana professor Of dogmatic- theology .
sphere in which lie soon distinguished hiinSslE
hy both voice ana pom IN most bril- nnn-
hshed, underline signature OF Hierophikusn
series of controversial letters, embracing the
question of Bible societies-the Rrotestanb
Church in Ireland and Catholic characterization.
These letters, distinguished as they were foEt
an intimate knowledge f- the go iecfs aud q
vigorous, irresiatible and most httrartive y1c
and at once placed him in the foremost rank OF
Catholic controversial writers. AT MaynOothy
in 1877, he likewise composed aud publisbed q
most convincing and splendidiy written t76nt-
ise on 1.-THE Evidence and Doctrines Of tie
Catholic Church. which immediately attained
tho fame of being translated into French Ger
man and other languages Having held the
/ was appointed the coadiutor bishop of Bis ma
tive diocese, Killalas cNm iRre succossioRfs, and
eonsecrated under the title Of Bishop Of Ala-
pnblished aeGnnd eRrias OF LET fnra the eaIno-
snSiects ID those of which he had treatea in
| his prcsiqpa epistl aese q traeted sntyer-=
| sal attention, both among the friends aud foes
of Catholic E7nancfpntions On the aeath of
/ his Grace, the Most Rev, DE-. Kelly, OF Taafn,
Dr. Mac Hale was appointed to bhat archiepis-
diocese. During Lord Meibonrne'a Ministry he
/ published very many cQgent letters on tis4s
question of the Catholic Establ ista4stea 20 and
Education, under the ignattire Of - ohm Areli-
published ina single yolasne t5s eaf ire series
1 of letters mp 20 that date q
further series Of the same kind brought He&sEe
the public Wow hFehb iahop Mac HGlcs as al
know, has taken an active, successful aud
most conspicuous port HOs only in al tho Eeli=
! goRs questions, but Ia the politics Of the day,
and has lived to see reaped all the frnits Of hip
religions and political struggless lie has ar
tanned the highest eminence as q pulpit ora tori
not obly ia Ireland and England bpt atso IN
y Italy, His magnificent SERMONS delivered ~
RouIe,iu 1852, have been translated into ttRl~
Ian by the ,Abbate de LuccR, now Apostolic
Nuncio at Vienna, 1t is understood that tho
brilliant speeches delivered on the hustiRgs,
before gislatiye Commissions and eisewhe
in favor Of n repeal Of the Union between lge-
land and England, are likely to be Published
in collective form. Besides his mastery come
positions in the EDglish language Irish i tofa-
, ture IS immensely indebted 70 tue zeal and
Iabons ef Archbishop Mac Halo, WHO has trans
| lated into fIi6 Dnrest IrisE1 and Published
above sixty Ok Moora'a s Irish kAelndles3 IN the
, Same precise metre as the original large
i octave volume, containing six books Of HQineEss
: Tliad With corresponding Irish translia
J | tiOn, 81 heroic METRE by the AGelbihlep5 IA
also been issued from the press. Finally the
PentateHch, In English and Irish tFan1latse
! aceomp MED with tho most lucid nofea ems
commctts, forming the Rrst yolaIpg Of tlse
Bible, hoe appeared, Thege works CLOSE en-
= title III to the warrnesf ada ION 9 tt9FaKy
/ studeui and the eteFnsl gE tusae G5 Ale cessn-
Z tfynien hose languages ho has - saecs efuliy
labored to ferpetHnfe aus enriehss 81 late
F8afB tie Archbishop e0rfTsct BIAS 9fen calm,
Quiet nnl Beatti8g his prgua position lis
/ cninionf on She chief qacstt0nS Of tbe Gag
affecting ireland are too well known TO need
rehearsfii1l hefs every sentences he hes uttets
cd hns eit taken up as 8 tpxt for the political
educatiou cf III " 10 aspire TO be true lowers
: Of theif country and their religion. Long az
his life mas been, asa It has not beeH fpo loue
{ ! for his gfeat work, tho good old saaf has
enough SO the lion ia hilh 20 fsEht agaih tht
good faat ia which 10 has 50 f5esl yietositss
engaged DID, dfcrJeTd Citizen.
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