The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1914-05-30
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Church of Our Lady of the Gulf, Bay
st. Louis, Miss, and Rev. F. c..
Renter, st. Cecelia's church, Ames.
Iowa.
Archbishop Party in Washington.
The Most Rev. jeremiah Harry,
Archbishop of Manila. on his recent
visit to Washington called on Presi-
dent Wilson who was most cordial to
him, and sent message through him
of good will and kindly greeting to
the PHILIPPINES. "Tell them," said
the President. chat the Government
of the United States is most anxious
to serve them in any way possib lie
and to promote their best interests. -
The Archbishop also had a pleas
ant visit with Secretary of State
Bryan, who recalled his own most
cordial visit to the Archbishop when
he was in Manila, Philippine Islands.
Georgetown University to Celebrate
Anniversary.
In celebration of the 125th ami
versary of the founding of George
town University, commencement ex-
ercises of the four departments
namely: Academic, law, medicine
and dentistry, will be held jointly on
the campus, June 18th.
Seating arrangements for 1000
will be provided on the beautiful
lawns in front of the Healy building
which faces the entrance to the Uni
versity, and where stands the statute
of The Most Rev. John Carroll s. j.,
Project Apostolic of the Catholic
church in the United States and first
Archbishop of Baltimore.
The principal address to the
graduating class, which numbers
400. will be delivered by Governor
Martin L. Glynn of New York, and
President Wilson has accepted an in
vitation to be present. Other ad-
dresses will be delivered by alumni
of the University, among whom are
some of the most prominent and
learned men in this country.
More than 1900 students of this
great Jesuit college have signified
their intention to revisit their alma
matter on this occasion, and the cele-
bration will occupy four days in all.
At the invitation of the Most Rev.
John Ireland, Archbishop of St.
Paul, Rev. Lewis J. O'Kern, G. S. P.
of Washington, D. c., will give two
retreats in the city of st. Paul, MINI.
The first win be for women, to be
held at st. Joseph's Academy from
June 16 to 20 inclusive; and the Sec
ond for men at st. Paul's Seminary,
June rs to 20 inclusive.
Archbishop Ireland arranged these
retreats in order that the men and
women of Saint Paul might be af-
forded an opportunity to take part
in series of spiritual exercises of
this kind.
Father O'Hern is one of the best
known of the Paulist community and
comes of family that has given
four sons to the Church, and another
to the United States Army-namely
Major Edward P. O'Hern, Assistant
to the Chief of Ordnance at Wash
ington, D. c., and considered one of
the most able officers of the U. S.
Army and an expert on ordance.
After his ordination in 1907,
Father O'Hern was sent to the Paul
list Mission at Winchester, Tenn,
where he labored for years in
preaching the Word of God to Cath
olics and non-Cat holics alike. all
through the South, and no one is
more beloved than he in this section
of the country. 1t was during this
time that he answered the mis-state-
ments against the Catholic Church,
by the late Episcopal Bishop Grafton
of Fond du Lac, Wis, which were
pub lished in a series of articles in
the Paulist Magazine of the Cath
Ollie World"
He was next sent by his superiors
to Rome. that he might complete
his studies and be we'll equipped to
teach Dogmatic Theology in the
Paulist College, and after 2 years in
the Eternal City he received the De-
grees of Doctor of Divinity and Doc
tor of Canon Law, returning to the
United States in Sept. 1912.
He not only teaches in Saint
Thomas College, lectures at the
Apostolic Mission House, but repre-
sents the Catholic Archbishops OF
the United States in the appointment
of Army & Navy Chaplains.
Pastor O'Hern succeeded the late
Rev. Alexander P. Doyle in the last
named field, and has been a Jealous
and most successful worker, accom-
plishing great things for the Army
and Navy Chaplain. 1t was he who
planned and carried out the recen,
Chaplains' Congress held at the
Catholic University, and his address
before the Naval Committee Of the
House of Representatives, attracted
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