The Irish standard., 1909-07-17
IN PASSING

" THOOmO
The greatest convert maker in North
America is Father Martin Callaghan
5000 non-Catholics into the Church.
OF that number. $50 are Cinnamon.
Dr. Charles ]. O'Malley. the poet
editor of the Chicago New World, has
been the recipient of congratulations
from his Catholic brethren of the press
in the United States and Canada on
obtaining the honorary degree of Doc
tor of Literature from St. Ignatius
College, the Jesuit institution found
ed by Father Damon Of blessed mem
DRY when Chicago was no bigger than
Minneapolis is now. DR.. O'Malley
never imagined how his services were
appreciated by the Catholic editors
until after this mark Of literary dis
tinction was conferred upon him.
Lady Day in August Is assigned to
the knights Of Columbus at the Alas
kan-Yukon-Paciac exposition in Seat
tie 1t will be great day in the his
tory Of the order in the far west.
Some Of the national officers will be
present and it is expected that 1000
members will receive. the fourth de-
gree. There are large and hourishing
councils of the order in the cities on
Puget Sound and on the Pacific coast.
They will have representatives Of the
order from British Columbia in at
tendance on Knights Of Columbus day.
Police Commissioner Bingham, VIII,
was removed by Mayor Mcclellan for
refusing to carry out his orders, has
been rusticating in Canada since his
in New York and told them he is
willing to be the reform candidate for
mayor at the next municipal election.
He has not ghost Of show to be
of George B. Duffy in the rogues gall
lery, when said Duffy was never con-
victed Of any crime, and refused to
remove it at the order Of the Mayor,
is not a fit man at the head Of Great
er New York.
A Connaught priest, Father McDer-
mott, Of Balla, County Mayo, who is
said to be hostile to the Irish
language movement, is coming to the
United States, with the appreciation
of Archbishop Healy Of Tuam, to solicit
funds for the erection Of new church
in his parish. The reverend gentle
man will surely find out that the priest
who is opposed to the revival of the
ancient language Of Ireland will not
be accorded "a caed mile failte' from
his countrymen in ,Americas ,sfhe time
has gone by for Irish priests to come
to this country on collection tour.
The Irish in the United States are
building new churches Of their own and
cannot afford to build churches on the
other side Of the Atlantic.
Gov. Thomas B. Marshall, Of In
diana, speaking to the graduates Of the
Catholic convent school Of st. Mary
of-the Woods, located in Vigo coun-
ty, Ind, said among other things: ION
this special occasion and in this sacred
spot where for sixty eight years such
young women have gone out to be the
mothers Of Christian homes. we find
the meaning of true education. No
man can have a true education who
does not appreciate his duty to God,
the State and home. My heart is glad
dened when I get into an institution
Of learning to find some one to teach
the old faith to an old world Of SIM"
The governor is not Catholic, but
he realizes the importance of sound
religious education in these days of
indifferentism and inf1delity.
liere Thomas George Ford, an Irish
American resident in Italy. This gen.
tleman, who belonged on the mo-
theirs side to the family of George
washington, was, it is interesting to
remark, q Dublin man. He was born
in the year 1927, his father being
Mr.. James Ford, and his mother,
Mary, daughter Of Thomas George
Washington, also Of Dublin. The lat
ter, who was a contemporary and
cousin Of the great George Washing
ton, died in 1888 at the advanced age
of IS, and is buried in Glasnevin. The
Washingtons Of Ireland were de-
scendants Of the Norman invaders.
The great George Washington was of
Norman origin, and had neither Gel
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