The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-09-03
REV. JAMES ENGLISH
Pastor of st. Mary's Church, Butte,
Mont, Passes Away.

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Pastor Of st. Mary's Church, Butte,
Mont, Passes Away.
One of the best known priests of
Butte, Mont, Rev. Father James Eng
fish, died in Deer Lodge, that state,
Friday, August 10. Father English was
born in the parish of Temple Braden,
County Limerick, Ireland, in the year
1872, and was but SO years of age. He
lost both parents at a very early age.
AS child he attended the National
School of Dunnaghmore, in his native
parish. He was afterwards sent by
his guardians for classical instruction
to Mr.. London of Kilteeley, who had
acquired a widespread reputation for
ripe scholarship in Ireland and who
afterwards became Member of Parlia-
ment for his native constituency. In
September, 1891, he entered Thurles
College, where he continued his CLASH
cal education. Having completed his
classical studies, he took up a two
years course in philosophy, followed
by four years training in Theology
He was ordained to the priesthood in
1899 by the late Archbishop Croke.
Three months later he came to Mon
tana and on October End of that year
was assigned an assistantship at St.
Patrick's in Butte by the late Bishop
Brondel. Here he performed his du-
ties with that humility and zeal which
ever characterized his life. On the es-
tablishment of st. Mary's he was chos-
en- pastor. Bishop Carroll delivered
the funeral sermon. He said in part:
"But two weeks ago urged and al
most demanded that Rev. Father Eng
lish take a long vacation. Little did
I then think that SO soon would he be
snatched from me. Little did I think
that on last Wednesday night, when
the first news of his serious indispo-
sition reached me from Deer Lodge,
that within twenty-fou hours he would
be in his last agony.
little did you think, you good peo-
pie of st. Mary's parish, that when
he left you week ago last Friday
you would never look upon his face
| in life again. Oh, the uncertainty IF
human life! Neither the wishes and
prayers of men, nor all that warm
hearts and skillful hands could do
availed aught to arrest the rapid march
of the dreaded enemy.
1.-THE uplifted sword has fallen, the
thread of life is cut and death claims
another victim. The silent and mo-
tionless body before us brings home
to us the awful reality of the stern
decree: 1T is appointed to men once
to de-
1.-THE death of Father English is a
great loss to me as Bishop of this
diocese, for he was one of my coun-
sellers, wise faithful and true. His
death Is a great loss to the priests of
the diocese, for he was to them an ex-
emplar of every priestly virtue. But
who shall be able to tell the height
and depth and breadth of the loss that
his untimely taking off is to the par
ish of st. Mary's? Ask the Sisters and
the children of the school, and with
fearful eyes they will answer: oh, he
was a kind father to u.s. Ask the
people of Dublin Gulch, and they will
exclaim between the sobs of their ach-
ing hearts: He lived only for u.s.
Ask those who surrounded his bedside
when the sands of life We're quickly
running down. and they will tell you
that his only longing was to be back
again at ST. Mary's, and that even
when consciousness had left him he
talked only of his church and his
school and his people,"
The modest will of Father English
was executed at Deer Lodge August
II, two days before he died. After
making suitable provision for funeral
expenses. 1t bequeaths $1,000 for
masses for the repose of the testators
SOUL the amount to be distributed as
equally as possible among the differ
ent parishes. To his nephew, Michael
English, he leaves $1,70O to enable him
to complete his course at college. TIC
another nephew, Tobias English, he
leaves $500. The furniture and books
are left to the successor of the. dead
priest. The balance of the estate goes
to nephew, James English of st. Paul