New-York tribune., 1893-07-06
DR. MGLTNN md BISHOP MDONNELL
AN INTERESTING STORY FROM CHICAGO ABOUT
THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THEN.

AN INTERESTING STORY FROM CHICAGO ABOUT
THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THEM.
THE Brooklvn Eagle" printed vest riay report
of conversation at Chicago between CORE pondcli
Of that now spapor and Dr. McGlnn. who has been
visiting the World Fair with li~ sister and her chil
dr,n. In speaking Of his Journey 10 Rome. Or. Nc
Glvnn Is reported 10 have said: e. went 10 Rome.
not that that journey material 10 my case, or That
.hcic was anything left unsettled here Icy Mon>rnor
Sa1oln tha, had 10 he adJudicatcd on hv The Holy
Faith r, 1T br aus pom sci NO 1 nor SatOli 10
personally pay ..y respect, to ia" rope and receive
from his august haud- the apostolic lcn'dicion. II
was n formalIy and oct of oourt' y Oh NY part
that glad 10 perform
The reporter thcn said " There has been runor
that yOu Vet" gong 1" J." restored q" Nmir "l' parish
OF -. Stcphcn's.'
"W,ll. hardly can LAY that expect that" replied
Dr. Mcrlynn. but / viii -ay HAS publicly. prola-
bly, In the Church Of -. Peter and Paul. Of which
my old friend. Father Malone j. pastor. ] 10 not
think III" tine is lar distant. lut no arrangement,
have been made Hct Tor permanent pa -i"fat" Tor
mo-
Your friend. think f sraner that since your
faculties have been restored they have been deAarr'd
the pleasure of assisting at your mas
Il am sorry that they havr not mad that pi'l
cgc but until last Easter sunday not even my
sister nor her children were allowed 10 b. present
at MY mass. Lriorc Christmas notified h,hop
eIcI>,nno mat my faculties lad been restored
TO me and tha, / would like 10 have hi, permission
to say mas, publicly IN church In le di"c'>". II"
replied That for the present ne did not think # nd
vI.alle 10 grant such permission. bat wrot" ~" that !
chuld say mas, In absolute privacy In The chapel 81
-, Johns College, Absolute privacy mean, That IL"
one not even the members Of NY Lou-"hod. could b"
present This was very asgralaling. for had been
30 !ong under ccnsurc that my younger ni"c"' hld
never heard me say mass and all OF them an Sious
~. Il. ttI ftff
Christmas mass private one. After that "a"
Mon,ignor >uNh on the matter and asked him To write
to Bishop McDonnc telling him tlnt had been fnlly
restored. and asking him To give me IN" Necessary
permission 10 celebrate mass IN public Monign"r
Sat0lll, knowing how clos" Bishop McDonn'H J. u
Archbishop CoIrigan. dd moi wish 10 do 50 at ihni
,iinc. though j" had ti" authority to rFtmPi"IlN
order the Bishop to grant Ia" permission
asked for. lie Instructed m,. however 10
wri,c myself 70 Bishop Mcdonnell. saying
that as my faculties had been fully restored nothing
stood In the way any longer Of permitting NJ" IT,
celebrate mass publicly in any church In Irooklyn
and 10 state to the Bishop that what wrote him
was written after consultation and 10y th" authority
of The PapaI Ablegatc. thought this wonld settle
the matter. but II didn't. ! got no reply from u"
Bishop for zine, and when II did come 1t 'mply
brought 1h. p.rlnis,o that the member, Of my house
hold should bc present al my mnI' on Easter HuhHaN
in T. John. Chapel. but that no one eIs" should
attend. In this IN" lA>hop showed now much hr +
under the influence of Archbishop torngan. fur 1t
WAS a direct refusal 10 comply With the clear wish
or Mon.ignor Sato. ana hc Viii probably hear from
IN, AlJcy,,- on the matter. have been in no
hurry Int now that ! have returned from Rome, ana
an ;.s much priest and in as good standing q, ever
/ Wa / think my friends will soon have h" haPpincsS
Of assisting at public mass ~ Which VIII De- lhc
celn,rnnt probably I'm Father Malone church. After
th,t Thu Eagc will learn later as 10 my permanent
arrangement, for th" "Xcrci'r o. my ministry.
Efforts 10 find I1>hop Mcdonnell last evening w"r"
,ruitlc.s Al his nome II was stated That he was III
New York, and might remain all msht.