The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-07-21
MISCELLANEOUS IRISH NEWS.
DEATH OF THE REV. PETER CONWAY, P. p,
HEADFORD.

DEATH OF THE REV. PETER CONWAY, P. p,
HEADFORD.
This announcement will be received
with profound sorrow through the land.
The good, generous and warm hearted
"Father Peter" is no more. In his death
tried and Incorporating friends, and
religion a faithful and jealous priest. He
died on Saturday last, at three o'clock, of
typhus fever, brought on, it is said, by the
nervous excitement to which he has re-
Gently been subjected. The Jealous, hard
moved from the insolence of Office. He is
gone to receive the reward promised to
those who have loved the poor for Christ's
sake, who were loyal to their trusts and
faithful to the end. In human breast there
did not beat a more generous or sympa-
thetic heart than in that of Father Con-
way. Few men in our time have given
more practical proof of their zeal for the
welfare of the poor than he. In famine
and pestilence he was among them to give
them help and comfort; their joys and
sorrows were his their enemies and op-
pressofs were his also andif, occasionally,
his zeal exceeded that which some call the
strict lines of prudence in advocating the
claims Of his poor Practitioners, the excess
arose from the depth and intensity of his
sympathy, as we'll as from bic determine
ton to stand by and do battle for the needy
and the friendiess. His "want of pru-
dence was the excess of his honesty and
his sincerity. He felt that he was amply
rewarded for all his toll and self-sacrifce
by having secured the affections of his
people, his influence over whom was po-
| tent but gentle, because he lived in their
| affections and in their "heart of hearts,
| No sacrifice was too great for him to make
| for bis flock. This was we'll illustrated by
his taking two long and weary Journeys
across the Atlantic to raise money among
the Irish race in America to build the noble
parochial church of Headford, which will
long be regarded as a monument of as good
and holy a priest and as patriotic an Irish
man as ever breathed. But Father Con.
way needs no such monument, for htf
name willeylivein the love of the people
from generation to generation as that O.
one who was always the fearless ASSERTED
of their rights, the reprover OF the wrong
doer, the generous benefaetor of The
needy, the destitute, and the afflicted; a
one who stood between the oppresSor ant
the oppressed, and who had closed hi
hopored life in the service of Ged and o
the flock confided to his charge. His dealt
throws Q terrible additional interest roun,
the now famous Judgment" We under
stand from the day of its delivery Fathe
CONWAY drooped. In one of our recent is
: sues we quoted some Of the epithets whic
Judge Keogh was not ashamed to heap o.
the good priest, the devoted and self-sacri
ficipg friend Of his flock and Of the peopl
Of Ireland. There are some men of whoI
nothing is to be dreaded but their praise
and whose enmity is the best testimony @
the character of those they assail. Fathe
Conway's funeral, which took place on th
: oath Of June, was immense. The process
A sion left st. Mary's at eleven O'Clock. Th
coffin containing the remains was borne o
a the shoulders Of the people, and was fo
h lowed and preceded by thousands. Nc
/, thing could exceed the sorrow of poor an an
n rich at the loss of the good priest IN
n church was densely crowded when t.
l. funeral arrived here, and some dif1cals
"a was found in getting the remains to II
choir. After the High Mass, at which Il
70 Archbishop of Tuam presided, the renal,
il we're buried within the church, amidst q
ID .wailings and lamentations OF ehe people,