The Irish standard., 1902-07-19

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DEATH OF ARCHBISHOP FEEHAN.
Most Rev. Patrick y. Eeehan, the
first archbishop OF Chicago, died un-
eXpectedly OF heart failure at o'clock
last Saturday afternoon ut the archi-
episcopal palace at the age OF u years,
after spending fifty years in the SER
vice OF God and humanity. He was Il
land, and was educated for the priest
hood at the celebrated Seminary of
Maynooth. Having resolved to devote
himself to the American mission, he
left his native land in 1852 and went
to st. Louis, Mo-, where he became
pastor of the immaculate Conception.
There he otiiciated faithfully until
1866 when he was appointed bishop Of
Nashville, Tenn. to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation OF Bish-
op Whelan. After laboring earnestly
and successfully in the South for tif
teen years, he was appointed Arch
bishop of Chicago in 1850.
His career in Chicago is known to
the whole world. When he assumed
charge there We're 1G0 churches with
$50 priests; in 1900, OF twenty years
after, there We're 276 churches, 475
priests, 2 seminaries with 195 stu
dents, Z colleges for boys, II acade-
mics for girls, 166 schools, & orphan
asylums With 1856 inmates, and 30
charitable institutions. The total num-
Der of children in the Catholic insti-
tutions supported by Archbishop Fee
han two years ago was $4,000, and at
the time Of his death the number was
more The Catholic population of Chi
cago to-day is about 100000. During
his administration the archdiocese at
tanned the reputation of being the
richest in the United States next to
that of New York. 1t may be truly
said of the deceased prelate: by his
fruits you shall know him." The
homes for the aged, the hospitals for
the sick, the houses for young women,
| the orphan aSylums, the founding
asylums, the school for deaf mutes,
the industrial school for girls, the
training school for boys, the parochial
schools attended by 10000 children,
the seminaries, colleges and academies
| all attest to the care of Archbishop
Feehan to meet the requirements of a
growing city.
Though Archbishop Feehan was a
learned man, he seldom spoke in public
and left no literary productions behind
him. He devoted all his energies to
ecclesiastical duties and to the uplifting
of humanity. The eleemosynary insti-
tutions established by him are nobler
than pulpit eloquence or the abstruse
treatises on philosophy which few can
enjoy and which the great multitude
cannot appreciate. The dead prelate
was practical philanthropist. He
not only attended to the spiritual
wants of his flock but also to the
physical and mental requirements OF
the needy and the unfortunate
Deeds, not Words" was his motto
and the charitable and industrial insti
tutions of Chicago are enduring monu
ments to his fame.
When in his prime Archbishop Fee
han was noble specimen Of Irish man.
hood, standing six feet and three in
ches in height and showing in his face
Il high degree of intellectually, in
tensitied by an expression of mingled
bcncvolence and tirmncss. He love(
his native land With intense devotion
and took Il deep interest in every
movement for the advancement of the
race to which he belonged. He Ell
coulaged the \. O. II. in it's work OF
bcnevOlence and patriotism and gave
words of cheer to the United Irisl
League of America. Irish history was
taught in his parochial schools. He
was loved and esteemed by his coun
trymen at home and abroad and Cath
olics and ProtestantS of all nation
alities respected him as a real prince
of the church.
That he was highly honored by the
hierarchy was manifest by the large
number of archbishops and bishops
who attended his funeral obsequies
last Thursday. He was Il devoted
churchman. a true citizen and noble
friend whose death is mourned by
rich and poor, young and old humble
and great. Protestant and Catholic in
the city where he lived so long and
performed such splendid work for God
and his fellow creatures. He was
| broad and liberal in his views and