Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
BISHOP O'CONNOR
LEARNS OF WAR
AS SHIP DOCKS
Local PreIate Returns from Eu-
rope After Visit to the
!. Vatican.

Sunburned, happy and apparently
In the best of health, Bishop O'Con-
nor, of the Newark diocese, returned
from Europe today on the George
Washington, of the North German
Lloyd line Although only recently
from countries that are likely to be
the scene of one Of the greatest wars
in history, the bishop was practically
unaware of the present crisis in Eu-
: rope until a reporter who boarded the
George Washington from the revenue
: cutter today handed him copy OF a
morning newspaper.
Bishop O'Connor said some news or
the war had come to him and the
other passengers on the George
washington through fragmentary
wireless reports received as the vessel
neared port. but that little Sttenuoh
had been paid to these tidings.
aThere were no preparations for
war going on when l left Cherbourg'
France" said Bishop OConnor.
s.There we're not even indications Of
inpending trouble. Everything was
quiet and natural in Paris, which |
left shortly before boarding the
steamship, and the same was true ol
England.
"There is little to say about my
trip, except that / enjoyed 1t very
much. Nothing that | can recall nap
pened while 1 was abroad that might
interest the newspapers or the pub
lie. The outline of my trip as given
in The Star before l departed was
carried out to the letter.
Bishop O'Connor went abroad prl-
rnarilv 10 make the quintennial visit
to the Vatican, which is exacted OF
bishops the world over. The visit al
linina," this trip is called IN the
Church; that is, it is visit to the
threshold of the Holy Father. the
bishops call on the Pope, make an
official report of conditions in their
dieeeses, and to bring to the supreme
head of the Church the Peters pence
offering which the faithful nave
made. -.
on April %. He went Immediately to
Rome. where he made his official re-
port to the Pope. While at the Natl-
can Bishop O'Connor was made an
assistant to the pontifical throne.
Seven bishops and archbishops We're
elevated to the rank of cardinal
during his stay there. Among the
new cardinals was the Abbott Don
Gasquet, of the English Benedictines,
who was a guest in Newark last WIN
ner.
The bishop was asked today if he
brought with him any Papal honors
for priests of his diocese, but he de-
clined to give any information on
this subject.
The bishop remained two days in
Rome, after which he went for a
tour of Switzerland, Germany, Bel
GUM and France. In Carlsbad he met
DIR. Daniel Elliott, former county ply
stefan; John F. Stanley, jr., of New
ark, and some other friends.
This was Bishop O'Connor's fourth
trip abroad. 1t was the second time
he had visited the Vatican since Pope
Plus x. was elevated to the seat of
Peter.
Several priests of the Newark do
cese met Bishop O'Connor on the
North German Lloyd Line pier today
Abbot Ernest Helmstetter of ST.
Marys church, this city; Rev. Charles
A. Smith, chancellor of the diocese,
and Rev Eugene P. Carroll, Hoboken,
were among them. William F. O'Con-
nor, of Newark, brother of the bishop,
also was on the pier at Hoboken.
Bishop O'Connor was accompanied
on his trip by Rev. DR.. William ].
Guinan, rector of the Church of the
Holy Rosary, New York.
Several other dignataries of the
church were numbered among the
many passengers carried by the
George Washington. These included
Bishop John r. Schwebach, of La
crosse, Wis; Bishop Joseph J. Fox,
of Green Bay, Wis; Bishop Eugene
Garvey. of Altoona. Pa, and Rt.
Rev Leo Haid, o. s. B., of North
Carolina. Some of the latter besides
making their quintennial visit to the
Vatican also attended the eucharistic
congress at Lourdes, France. last
month. Bishop O'Connor did not at
tend the congress.
After his baggage had been passed
by the custom house inspectors Bishop
O'connor went directly to the episco-
pal residence, $50 South Orange ave-
nue., South Orange, which he reached
shortly before noon.