The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-08-25

tablished at Augher and Auchnacloy.
Both of these he attended and became
proficient, but his father did not con-
tinue prosperous, and he was reluctant
ly compelled to take his boy from
school to work as a labOrer on the
farm. In this Iaborious occupation he
continued for years, spending his
nights in study, storing his mind with
all the knowledge he could CLEAN from
the books that came in his way. So
great were the prosecutions under
which the Catholics suffered that even
the prudent Patrick Hughes could en-
dure them no longer. He resolved to
emigrate to America.
Accordingly in 1916 he came to this
country and settled in Chambersburg
Next year his son John joined him at
that place and afterward his wife and
children. At this time DIR. Clarke says:
John worked for a year or more with
his father, working in stone quarries,
mending roads and applying himself to
any honest labor that presented itself.
But it was not long before he became
aware of his providential proximity to
the College and Theological Seminary
of Mount st. Mary at Emmitsburg,
Md, nor was he long in applying,
though unknown and unintroduced,
for admission to its classes upon the
condition usual in such cases Of his
rendering in return by teaching the
al
services as he could perform. But
there was no vacancy at the time.
Disappointment did not discourage
him, but he went from time to time to
the college to seek admission and was
told each time there was no vacancy.
Far from becoming disheartened, he
became only the more vigilant in
watching his opportunity, and for this
purpose he went to Emmitsburg and
obtained work there in order to be at
hand when the long sought vacancy
should occur He worked as Il day la
borer on a little stone bridge over a
small stream on the road from EN-.
mitsburg to Taneytown. His deport-
ment and associations gained for him
a consideration not usually accorded to
laborers. Here he made the acquaint-
ance of Rev. Mr.. Cooper, the benefactor
of Mother Seton, who was then pastor
at Emmitsburg.
$50 anxious was he to enter the So
cred Enclosure of the mountain that he
begged Mr.. Dubois, the president, to
h IN nit
cancy occurred. He was not embar-
raised when told that the only situa-
ton vacant was one in the garden. He
joyously accepted this position as one
step toward the priesthood. In return
for his superintendent of the garden
he was to receive board, lodging and
private instruction. There seems to
have been a chain of providential cir
cumstances leading the way to Mount
st. Mary's. His duties were faithfully
discharged in the garden, and his hours
of study were availed of to the best ad
vantage. His Latin grammar was fire.
quently his wade mecum in the garden,
and the observation of this fact by the
president led to his being relieved
mostly of the garden and introduced as
q regular student in the college in
1920"
In 1925, having already received &C.
clesiastical tonsure and subdeaconship,
he was made a deacon and attached
himself to the diocese of Philadelphia.
He was ordained a priest by Bishop
Conwell at st. Joseph's church, Phila-
delphia, Oct. 10, 1896. He was after
ward appointed to the pastoral charge
of st. Joseph's. Here his sermons at
tracted general attention. In 1929 he
preached a powerful sermon in st. Jo-
seph's church in commemoration of the
great event just accomplished in Ire
land through the untiring efforts of
Daniel O'Connell. This sermon was his
first great effort at pulpit eloquence,
and it was grand success. 1t was aft
erward published in pamphlet form and
was inscribed to Daniel O'Connell.
In. 1887 Bishop Dubois of New York,
having asked on account of age and
infirmity some relief from the cares Of
the episeopate, the holy see appointed
Father Hughes coadjutor. He was
consecrated bishop of Basilopolis in
New York on Nov. 26 by Bishop Du-
bois, assisted by Bishops Kenrick of
and Fenwick Of Boston
In 1889 the holy see, in consequence