The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-17
FATHER DOHERTY, C. s. P.

benefit of st. Vincent's hospital The
hall was comfortably filled by about
1900 people who braved the inclemency
of the weather to listen with rapt at
tention to the eloquent remarks of the
young Paulist father.
The speaker carried his hearers with
him through all the exciting scenes in
and about Manila, both before the sur
render of the Spanish forces and after
wards when the insurgents made their
outbreak. The reverend gentleman
styles himself as an eXpansiOnist, and
does not speak in the highest terms of
the rank and file of the insurgents.
Prior to the lecture, a reception was
held in the afternoon, where Rev. Faith
err Doherty met several of the Worces-
ter clergy and business men who after
wards were seated upon the platform
during the progress of the lecture.
Frank Carr presided at the organ and
after several selections the lecturer
leaning on the arm of Rt. Rev. Mgr.
Thomas Griffin proceeded to the plat
form. They We're followed by Rev.
Bernard S. Conaty and Stephen Sails
bury, with the other guests of the eve
ming. They were: Rev. NJ. T. O'Brien,
L
Donald of Millbury; Rev. Daniel F.
McGillicuddy, Rev. NJ. P. Kavanagh,
Rev. John j. Lunney, Rev. Patrick A.
McQuillan and Rev. James V. Kelley
of Holy Cross College; Rev. w. 7.
Finneran of Cordaville, ex-Mayor A,
b. r. Sprague, Major Edward I. Ray
mond Daniel w. Abercrombie, Halleck
Bartlett, William Hart, Daniel Down
ey, II. w. Butler, J. f. OConnor, John
Lynch. DR.. John r. McGillicuddy, DR.
John T. Duggan, Aldermen George F,
Wall and Philip J. O'Connell, Capt. P,
L. Rider, Capt. John J. Rodgers, Eu-
gene M. Moriarty. Timothy Warren
Henry NJ. Shaughnessy, Richard H
Mooney, D. c. Leonard, David Goggin
John Timon and Peter Baker. Among
those on the platform was Patrick
Conaty of Taunton, the venerable faith
er of Rt. Rev Mgr Thomas j. Conaty
and Rev. Bernard S, Conaty of Sacred
Heart parish.
Monsignor Thomas Griffin acted as
the presiding officer and introduced the
speaker of the evening. Mgr. Griffin
said: I'VE are all eXpansionists this
evening and can very easily be car
ried under the azure sky of Manila by
one who has been there and who has
been under fire and in a position te
study the people and the country. We
can call ourselves eXpansiOnists in the
cause of charity for the proceeds OF
this lecture are to go for the benefit
of St. Vfncents hospital. We will have
the pleasure of listening to the story
told by the eloquent Rev. Francis B.
DOherty."
Rev. Father Doherty was accorded
an enthusiastic reception by the audi
ence as he stepped to the front of the
platform. He said:
Very Reverend Father, Ladies and
Gentlemen:-Th welcome accorded
me by the good people of Worcester
differs greatly from that accorded ms
by the weather. The reception giver
me by this audience makes me forget
the harshness of the weather, and with
out a great stretch of imagination l car
again imagine myself in the sunny
climate OF Manila.
There comes within the range OF
every ones experience little happen
ings which often bring far-reachine
consequences 49, events unconsidered
which change the entire current OF
ones life. Little did I suppose that one
year ago when in the midst of the
SHOWS of the Canadas, that the forces
of war and the circumstances of selec-
ton were conspiring to hurl me across
the Pacific and finally back again here
to address you. The Paulist fathers are
nothing If not patriotic, and when the
time came to send a priest to the front
it became my good fortune to be select
ed. Then it was said Send Father Do
herty.' and so 1 went. At the call to
arms, the youthful strength of the ma
ton arose, cowboy and clubmen clasped
hands and, to apply a Catholic poets