The Irish standard., 1909-02-06

The sudden and unexpected death #
the Rev. William O'irien PardoT, S.
j., is an irreparable- .osg alike 70 the
Jesuit Order, to the Church in gel1er-
al, and to the Catholic and nom
Catholic laity, says Mary Gilmore Car
ter in the New York Eleemans Jour-
nal Of Jan. 80.
He was one Of the comparatively
few apostles who appealed equa.'y to
the sheep within and without the
Catholic fold, and ait 1oleh the Prov;-
dence of God never Vet left a vacant
human place unfill ID still it seems
impossible for mere finite judgment to
name a satisfactory successor t: the
sanity Father Pardow and his specit-
ic mission. Apostolic zeal was his
cause, and well indeed did his lif. rs
q son of st. Ignatius, serve it. Intel
lcctually. and oratorically, he was
gifted far above the average, and god-
a.isssts scientific and oc.:'l]t circles grop.
I'd their way to spir :,:al truth by the
light Of his spiritual influence. ~
Father Pardow, although looking 25
years younger than 1.;s actual age
was born on June 13, 1s47.- AS child,
re was a pupil of the Academy If the
, Sisters of Charity c. st. Peters
Church, Barclay st. !Ia passed OH to
the College Of ST. Fra 1"is Xavier, from
which he was gradua-ed with the de
gree of A. B. in 1854. Here is an cx.
ample Of the results Of Catholic c1u-
cation-a soul of sanity life-se"vice
Ct God and men, an intellect resrcctcd
by the most notable scientists and
scholars of the age, q cart attracting
the love Of classes ANA masses. aid a
life that was at once an inspiration t.
all Of noble ideals, anil a reproach I"
men Of worldly or material tast., ana
pursuit.
In Montreal and IN Woodstock Col
lege, Maryland the young scholastic
took postgraduate courses in prepar-
alton for his entrance into the Jesuit
Order, upon which gal he had set his
heart. After his profession he taught
Latin and Greek until 1875. when his
exceptionally brilliant power having
won recognition. he was sent to ]:u-
rope for five years study of theology,
Biblical criticism, Heinew and oratory.
AS priest of the Jesuit Order, Father
Pardow became both beloved and rot
ed, and in 1889, he vas made Frcs-
ident of st. Francis Eavier's C,llcge.
now one Of the most er1inent seats nf
learning in America, second otly To
its own Fordham University, the Alum
hi of which shows such d. music Of
names identified with the foremost
sanctity, talent and fame of the times,
that the wonder grows that Catholic.
or even nom Catholic parents should
hesitate in their cholce of universities
for their sons, between religious and
secular educational seats of learning.
In the spring of 1879. Father Par
dow attracted public attention by a
series of notable lectures and sermons
on up -to-date subjects Ct universe. in
terest, the sermons seing delivered
from the pulpit of st. Patrick's Co+le-
dral. The final serr,cn of the series
was on the subject % THE Revolt Of
Science from the Catholic Church,"
and in it Father Pl dow most con-
vincingly denied any desire upo1 the
part of the Church to abridge legiti-
mate liberty of thous:.t. OF curse,
as he said, with Justice and truth. abb
sclute liberty of th3isllt is the bcas:
OF the savage only. Setting asid' re-
ligion, science and the schools sts2 in
with dogmatic theses, and it Is a. ir.
rational to blame the Church for It's
authentic spiritual ut.ecances. az to
defy the whole curriculum Of jnteIl,:
tual lore.
When Father Pardow's term as
Provincial had expl-.'I, Father Pur-
brick, then the Tertiar- Master y. the
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