The Paducah evening sun., 1910-02-11
TIE FADUUAH EVENING BUE

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st. Patriclx's parish. located I'm the
southeastern part of the city,. Not
withstanding he was born on an In
diana farm, down in Dayiess county,
he IS thoroughly Irish, and no man in
Indiana is better posted on the his
tory of the Emerald isle than he.
st. Patrick's was not a great church
when he took charge of Il, but il has
grown under his administration. and.
despite the fact that churches that
took away many OF the German,
French and Italian members of his
congregation have been established in
the territory from which his church
drew its members, st. Patrick's has
continued to grow, and IL is one OF
the biggest churches, from a MEM
bership standpoint, in the city.
Loves Old Friends.
The new bishop Is n man who does
not forget his old friends and de-
lights to have them about him. When
he took charge OF ST. Patrick's one
OF the first things he did was to fill
number of the positions In his house
hold with people he had known down
in Daviess county. II was on Feb
ruary 22. 1855. that he took charge
of his church and the members were
planning to celebrate his twenty-fifth
Anniversary in an appropriate man
ner on that date this year. II was to
have been secret. however. as a
surprise was planned. Possibly his
appointment to Louisville will pre-
vent this, as 1t Is not known for sure
that he will be here at that time. II
he is the celebration will take place
but he knows all about Il now.
The new bishop has been identified
more or less with all public enter
|prises in indianapolis for years, par
|ticularly of things concerning the
people in the part OF the city in
which his church is located. Il was
largely through his efforts that the
Virginia avenue yiaduet. which cen
meets the north and south sides, and
eliminated a deadly grade crossing,
the scene of many fatal accidents,
was built. Intensely patriotic, he
bears a proud distinction. He was
the first man in Indianapolis TO raise
am American flag over n school build
ing. and that building was the boys
school at st. Patrick's This Is the
home of Wallace Foster, regarded as
the original school house flag man.
and II Is probable that he obtained
his first idea from the examples set
by Father O'Donaghue.
Likes Newspaper People.
The new bishop has a liking for
newspaper people. and he IS always
ready TO receive them when they call.
He never objects to anything pub
lished about him, and blunders that
would make the average man furious
he regards as a joke aud laughs and
talks about them n a manner 10 put
the writer at case. He IS always
willing 20 help the new reporter. On
one occasion a reporter for an In
dianapo4s paper called TO see hiIn re-
garding some Improvements that
were to be made about the church.
He found the bishop suffering with
bad case of the grip.
81 am a mighty sick man." he said.
"and | don't see how I can show you
around. oh. well, what's the use; I
can't feel any worse"
He then put on fur cap. and for
some time piioted the reporter about
the place. explaining what was con
templated in the way OF improve
ments.
For a number Of years Father
.ODonaghue has borne modcstly the
title of Bishop Of Pomarlo. an ap-
pointment he received when he be-
came auxiliary bishop OF Indianapolis.
Extremely democratic iu his taste and
clothes, a number of his friends con-
cluded that a man with such a tide
should pay more attention TO his per-
sonal appearance. II was a delicate
subject upon which 10 approach. him.
but the committee did Il in a mauner
that was not distasteful to him. A
few days later he appeared in a silk
hat. to the amazement Of the people
who had been accustomed to seeing
him in one of the slouch variety. He
only wore Il few days. however. and
then he went back to his first love.
Had His Little Joke.
One day a man selling a Catholic
book called to see the Bishop Of
Pomario. The book was one that the
bishop wished. and he bought IT,
Profuse in his thanks, the agent
asked him TO give him letter recon-
mending the book. saying IT would
help him IN selling 1t throughout the
bishops see.
81 am perfectly willing to give You
the letter." said the bishop, "but
don't believe 1t would do you much
good"
"Oh, yes. Il would" replied the
agent. "If you say the book Is a
good one, your people will believe L.
and know It viii help me greatly"
But you see I"
please give me the letter." said
the agent.
What l was about TO say was thia
My see is located somewhere In the
northern part of Africa. never have
seen any OF the members and 1 DO
not know what language they speak.