The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-09-21

The PreIate Spent r,uch Time:
Abroad and Was ia Love with
New Zealand. 5l5
Interesting Facts About the Land Z
League and Flis Opposition to
the No Rent Policy.
Confined from last week.}

E{lG lNV ESCl1L EOiASys
Continued from last week. Ait
1t is noticeable fact that Archbishop
Croke, the most typical of all Erishmen,
has spent no small fraction of his life
abroad The son OF a Protestant mother,
he was carly in life taken in hand by a
Catholic unc1e and brought up in the faith
of the Catholic Church IN the county Of
Cork. But before he was out Of his teens
he was sent abroad to France to be eou.
Gated for the priesthood, and for several
years he first studied and then tanght
in the various colleges with which irish
piety has studded the continent, from
whence he was brought back to Ireland
by the death of his brother, an event
which is fixed in the archl,ishop's r1em-
ory by the recollection OF meeting the
wrath or phantom OF his deceased broth,
er the first night he slept in the chamber
in which the body had laid. ~.
After this we again find him outside ct
Ireland as professor at q foreign college,
from whence he was shortly afterward
promoted to the Irish College at Rome.
notwithstanding fulfilling these fmport-s
ant functions abroad, he passed through
every grade Of the ecclesiastical hierarchy.
There is no post in the Catholic Church,
from a curate to an archbishop that he
has not flied. He has been curate, parish
priest, administrator, dean, bishop and
archbishop, ,discharging in the meantime
many duties more educational than eccle-
siasiical. Ills most important office be-
fore his selection as Archbishop sof Cashel
was the I3ishopric of New Zealand. Car
dinal Collen selected him and sent him
out, having we'll justified confidence In
the energy and administrative capacity
of the stalwart Irisbman. Ills headquar.
tiers were at Auckland, and his commis-
sion was to clear the debt Of the cathe-
dral and establish the Catholic organiza-
ton in that colony On a business-like
basis.
DR.. Croke Is enthusiastic about New
try on the face of the globe; the best to
live H. the best to work in and the best
to enjoy life in. The climate seems to
him to be perfection the general educa-
ton and intelligence which prevails
among the colonists higher than that In
any other colony. Nothing could be
more enthusiastic than the description
given by DR.. Croke of his old diocese.
He attributes the superiority OF the col
ony largely to the fact that the Maori
wers necessitated considerable Influx c1
British officers, who, when they had done
their fighting, elected to settle down ON 4
land grants. Whatever tho cause, he be-
lieved that New Zealand would soon be /
recognized as the brightest jewel In our
imperial diadem, and he noted with keen
delight the success which had attended
the bold initiative taken by New .ZeeAand
in the enfranchis hisement Of u women
Throughout the Australian colonies, fn-]
cluding New Zealand, the Catholics are
everywhere Ehe second denomination. Nt1-l
merically they are one in four in New
South Wales, where they are the strong
est, to one In seven in Western Australia
and Queensland, where they are the Nleak-,
est The most respectable colOnists every
where in Australia regarded from the con-
ventional view Of responsibility, are tho
Augheans. For the most part the coll
onists are extremely tolerant and the re-a
!ations between the various churches
leave nothing to be desired.
Here and there, no doubt, YOU
may find an extreme ssctar'an, but
for the most part nothing can exceed the
liberality and generosity Of the colonfstS
in dealing with ministers OF religion.
Travelled, z said DIR. Croke, "fro1n one end
Of the island to the other and never had
to pay a hotel bill or my railroad fare.3
Free passe everywhere on the lines, free
board and lodging wherever YOU tthat
is sonnet hing like hospitality and thatssg
the hospitality that Is practiced III New
Zealand. ~ ii M g3}} 5$s I'LL
Only on one occasion was reminded
5of the sectarian Intolerance which d0ess
SO much harm at home. A Presbyt erians
minister who had been preaching against
the Church of Rome found himself with.
me when I VAS making a journey some
miles up country. When got out .Qf.
the railway station found that & N.Y.
friends had sent q carriage for me tn3
convey to the town, which was situated I
about a mile away. 81 The Presbyterian
minister hah also alighted at the same.
station. The rain was coming down In:
a perfect dellge: II II vent up to my Pres
byterian friend and told him that there
vas plenty Of room in the carriage and
hoped that he would accept q seat S@ It ~
would not do, however, he would have
no truck til the represent 3of th4S
Pope of Rome, and, declining my sfnVitArl
ton, he walked OH sturdily ID the Spollr4s
ing rain, which must have drenched htnl
To- the skin. E hat Syas almost only
instance Of intcl raIee vi hich 4 lnots ansE
the colon '' 5ssls,.
ST TIo wEs aI1ont the education Dues 4
Il asked Dr. Croke. III IS hat ig the ErgatS
touchstone which tests the anfa
men y op pinions as togS conn 81
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