The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-09-23
FIR. KEATING'S FUNERAL.
Father Thompson's Eloquent Sermon
Bishop CAROLS Remarks.

Bishop CARROTS Remarks.
Sorrowing thousands on Tuesday paid
their last respects to the late Father
+. ] Heating, whose mortal remains were
: tenderly laid to rest in Butte. The
service at the Church of the Sacred
Heart, on East Park street, was sol
emn and impressive. and conducted ac-
Cording to the beauty and Splendor of
the Catholic Church. and it was parti-
cipated in by members of the clergy
from all parts of the state and by some
; from adjoining states, says the Butte
Miner.
The large auditorium of the church
was filled to overlooking long before the
hour set for the service and at $3.50
o'clock those who had come to mourn
extended far out into the street. The
service was conducted by the Right
Rev. John P. Carroll, bishop of Helena,
and he was assisted by large repre-
sentation of priests from the various
parishes of the diocese.
Among the visiting priests present
were: Father Conway of Grand juno
ton, Colo, who assisted at Fath5r
Keating's ordination to priesthood at
Cheyenne, Wyo ten years ago; Father
Talman, S. J., superior priest at the Ig-
natius mission; Father MaheT, S. j., of
Missoula; Father Hayes of Cheyenne,
Wyo., who was one of Father Keatings
classmates at college, and Father Lesh
ner and Father Ries of Salt Lake.
The societies following in the process
sion to the grave included: The Young
Ladies Institute. the Ladies' Catholic
Benevolent society and the different
branches of the Ladies' Auxiliary soci-
ETY. of the Ancient Order of HibernianS,
numbering more than LOCO. The altar
boys of the Church of the Sacred
Heart, numbering about seventy, pre-
ceded the hearSe, and the boys were
attired in their black soutanes and
| white SUPPLIES. Following came the
| Knights of Columbus, the three divi-
sions of the Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans the Sacred Heart Temperance
society and the Altar society.
The chanting of the office of the dead
signaled the opening of the service at
| the church, followed by solemn high
mass of requiem, with Bishop Carroll
assisting. The officers of the mass were
as follows:
The Rev. Lothian. celebrant; Rev.
| Father DeSiers of st. Patrick's church,
assistant priest; the Rev. Father Sulli-
van of the Cathedral parish, Helena,
deacon; Rev. Father Venus, Helena
| parish, sub-deacon; the Rev Father
| Boschi of the Holy Savior parish, Mea-
derville, and Rev. Father Barry of St
Patrick's parish, deacons of honor; the
Rev. Father McGlynn of st. Patrick's,
and Rev. Father Foley of Deer Lodge. |
acolytes; Rev. Father Ries of Salt
Lake, censor bearer; Rev Father
O'FarIell of Townsend, thurifer bearer:
Rev Father Leschener of Salt Lake, |
master of ceremonies.
The Sermon
AT the conclusion of mass the Rev. |
the sermon, which was beautiful in it's |
simplicity. While it held Father Keat-
ing up as a splendid example to those |
who mourned his loss and as a char |
acter of almost divine conception, it |
spoke of him as merely a man, of hui |
man instincts, needing the prayers of |
his friends.
Wisdom: Being made perfect, he full |
filled in short space, a long time" |
Father Thompson said:
Right Reverend Bishop, Reverend |
Fathers and Dear Friends: l stand |
before you on this very sad occasion, |
and one long to be remembered by the |
good people of this parish of the Sacred |
Heart, to fulfill two-fold duty. 1 have !
been requested to speak to the parents,
relatives and parishioners of the dear
departed priest in the name of one, the
very mention of whose name, on this
sad occasion, causes the tears to flow
in streams down our cheeks. | refer /
to your kind and loving pastor, Father
Callaghan. We who are familiar with
his beautiful character and priestly
qualities are forced to 'eXclaim oh, if
Father Callaghan were only here to
say a few brief words over the remains
of him whom he had learned to love,
and to whom, on account of his virtu-
Gus, conscientious and priestly life and
executive ability, he had entrusted the
care of his entire parish.
Il cannot represent Father Callaghan
on this occasion, nor can fulfill the
second duty imposed upon me, namely,
to express, in words, the meaning of
the death of Father Heating; to ex-
press, in words, the loss of him who
seemed to have lived years in the par
ish of the Sacred Heart
Held in High Esteem.
1T is an exceptional day that sum
mons the people to pay their last sad
respects to priest. This day marks
an important page in the history of
this parish. Today not only the Cath
olic people of the city, but also the non
Catholic are assembled in this church
to publicly manifest the high esteem
and reverence in which they held Fa-
Their Heating. The world tells us that
the names and deeds of great and good
men are forgotten short time after
their death. This l do not believe I
firmly believe that it takes the passing
of a generation to destroy the life, the
deeds, and especially the example, of
a good and Jealous priest.
How many seated in this church to-
day have not impressed and stamped
on their memories the many beautiful
instructions and eloquent sermons de-
livered from the altar by Father Keat-
ing? How many parents have not
brought their infant sons and daugh-
tiers to the baptismal fount and asked
Father Heating to pour upon the heads
of their little ones the blessed bap-
tismal water? How many in this
church today have not knelt in Father
Keating's confessional to confess their
sins to Almighty God and to ask par
don and absolution through this zeal
GUS priest? How many have not list
ened to his fatherly advice and admin
istrations given in the confessional,
urging them to relinquish a life of sin
and to return to the path of innocence
and holiness? How many, on the first |!
Friday of the month, or on Sunday
morning, have received our blessed
Savior in holy communion from the
consecrated hands of this dead priest?
How many young couples have not
stood here before Gods altar and asked
Father Heating to assist them in pro-
nouncing those solemn words which
made them lifelong \arJpanions-lnan
ar wife-until death do them part?
"HoW many, listening to me here to-
day, have not witnessed Father Keat-
ing administer the last sad rites of the
church to the sick and the dying?
That voice which you were accus-
toned to hear Sunday after Sunday