The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-05-16
DEATH OF FATHER DAILY, 0. P.
A WELL KNOWN MISSIONARY OF
THE ORTHWE ST SPENT
YOUTH IN MINNESOTA-W WAS
STATIONED IN MINNEAPOLIS
FOR TWO YEARS.
(Communicated.)

It was with deep sorrow and regret
that we learned of the death of one
of st. Dominic's most faithful and
DAILY. He accompanied his parents in
boyhood days, in their long journey
across the country from Lowell, Mass,
to a spot, then a forest, and now
known as Henderson, MINI. He was
the only son of large family, and
the writer remembers well, to have
heard him tell of the fearful struggle
it cost him to tear himself from his
old father, in those days Of danger
and hardship, to obey that voice which
necessarily called him to enter the
religious state, and to spend his life
yard for the salvation of souls. After
seeing the family comfortably settled
in their little log cabin and quite able
to take care of themselves, he again
renewed his entreaties to be permitted
to study for the priesthood in the Or
der of st. Dominic.
Consent being at last obtained, he
started down the Mississippi for st.
Louis; but no sooner reached there
than he was taken down by an attack
of typhoid fever and lay for some
weeks, in a small hotel-a stranger,
at deaths door.
The father, worried and full of re-
greet for letting him depart, started
after him, but he had recovered and
left st. Louis the day previous to
his fathers arrival. He spent about
three or four years in Memphis, and
it was from there he entered the Do
minican novitiate at st. Rose Convent,
Springfield, Kentucky. He was or
dained March Is, 1869. The first years
of his ministry were spent in the
South, where he won the hearts of all
who met him by his fervent zeal, his
burning eloquence and particularly by
his filial love and piety towards our
Blessed Mother. He was eventually
assigned to the mission field and la
bored most faithfully and efficiently in
almost every state of the Union. God
alone knows the great good he accom-
plished, and the many thousands of
souls he brought back to the paths Of
virtue and rectitude.
During the early eighties he was
sent to the Northwestern missions and
for two years acted as pastor Of Holy
Rosary Church, in Minneapolis, MINI.
Although most of his time was spent
as usual, in the many privations and
hardships of those early days preach
ing Christ and Him crucifed, his
name and memory will ever be revered
throughout this region as priest and
apostle according to Gods own heart,
many prayer uttered, at the news Of
his death, among both the clergy and
laity.
In recent years he had been sta
toned in the East-and when shat
tered health compelled him to give up
for long period to the Sisters of
Charity, in New York, and also to the
Dominican Sisters in Houston, Texas.
He was most DESTROYS to seclude
himself completely from the world,
and about year ago begged his SUI
perior to allow him to spend the rest
of his days at that peaceful retreat,
st. Rose Convent, the Motherhouse of
the Order in America
He soon began to fail rapidly and
was fastened to the hospital Of St.
Mary and Elizabeth, Louisville, KY.
Here he was lovingly attended by his
brethren, and surrounded by them and
many sisters Of the various orders in
the city he peacefully passed away
to possess and enjoy forever those
eternal rewards promised to the good
and faithful servant.
Many of his sisters and nieces were
present at his death. To them, we
extend our heartfelt sympathy and
regret in these sad and lonesome days.
But withal, how unspeakable must
be their hope and consolation in re-
membering the beautiful ending Of
such well-spent life for the glory of
God and the salvation Of souls. May
he rest in peace.