The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-03-26

social temperament ever ready to assist others and
10 share with them the fruits of his knowledge and
experience. He has always enjoyed the confidence
and admiration of his neighbors, and those who
know him best say Of him that he never sacrifices
principle for eNpediency. Is true to ennobllnG
impulse. firm in the discharge of his duty and un-
nching in his struggle for success in all his un-
dertakings. His charities have been many and gen
erous. He has given large contributions TO the
Catholic churches, hospitals and schools III st.
Louis and elsewhere, 10 the Catholic university and
the st. Louis university. In all he has donated for
charitable and religious purposes princely sums
Richard c. Kcrens is a high type of the Cath
ohc American citizen. For many yeurs ne has been
before the public in the front rank of the servants
of his country. During the civil he was the
soldier-brare faithful and undetermined. In times
of peace he has been the adviser of statesmen and
of presidents He has taken most active part IN
the affairs of his country. notably those OF the he
publican party to which he has been conscientious
ly and Loyalty attached, and throughout he was the
Catholic outspoken, proud of its principles and
practices. Whoever came in contact with him felt
at that he a Catholic, and he was all the
more respected because of this by hosts of friends
who knew him. In business he has been connected
with large enterprises. Not only he the out
spoken Catholic. but practical Catholic IRE
proachabe in his private life, faithful to his church
duties, receiving the sacraments, hearing mass. not
only on Sundays, but also on week days. Quietly
and without ostentation he would slip away in the
early morning from his hotel TO some nelghborng
church to hear mass.
Such man deserves honor; such man deserves
10 be put forth as an exemplar; such teaches
Catholics what they ought to be in private as we'll
as in public life; such man brings honor to hls
church as he does to his country. He breaks pref
udices among the enemies of the church. and he
upifts his fellow-Catholics, teaching them TO be
proud of their faith. and showing in the most un-
Instakable manner that Catholic who honors his
faith does not as result suffer in the estimation
of his fellow citizens because of his faith.
This has been his unvarying course through life.
Only those him know to the full the nobility
of the man. Careful of his family he has brought
up his sons and daughters TO be good Catholics and
TO be Loyalty fond of their faith as he himself Is.
lie is no longer young man; his life has been
eventful and his ways have been where passions
and preiudicese might be expected TO assert them
selves frequently; but during his long career he |
has been faithful and has borne 'the White Lily of
p blameless life"
Now as ever the great need of the church Is
staunch Catholic laymen and exemplary Catholic |
citizens. These daily preach the faith in their own
effective way from their quiet pulpits. A large
number of Catholics of Mr.. kerens' stamp would .
make the power of the church more far-reaching
in this country. Assuredly in selecting Mr. kerens
for this years Laetare medal, Notre Dame has dis
covered another prince among laymen worthy of
her highest honor,