Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-06-11
PRIEST ORDAINED
WITH HIGH MASS
Services Held at St. Joseph's
Church and Banquet
School Hall.

8..1a:l 0)yle VS. o,dlina1 to
the Holy Priesthood of St. Francis
Seminary, Milwaukee, Wis, on June
1st, 1914
A large crowd of people went to st.
Joseph's church, Tuesday morning to
witness the celebration of the First
Mass by Rev. Bernard Doyle, who was
ordained to Priesthood, in st. Francis
Seminary, Milwaukee.
The ceremonies were very impressive.
The solemn High Mass was sung by
the young priest, assisted by Father
Morris and Father Herman, as deacon
and sub-deacon; Father Shannaghy act
ing as Master of ceremonies, while a
large number of priests from the neigh
boring parishes filled the sanctuary.
The sermon was preached by the
pastor, Rev. FIR. O'Reilly, who spoke
on the dignity and excellence of the
priesthood and the. honor and respect
due tc thespriest. He showed how the
priest is the ambassador of God; and
that if it is considered great privilege
to be sent from this country as an
ambassador to a foreign court, how far
greater is the privilege to represent
the court of Heaven among the nations
of the earth. That while the power of
earthly representatives is limited, the
authority of Gods ministers extends
over the entire world. ''As the Father
hath sent Me / also send you, going
teach all nations, etc"
Christ not only empowers his minis
ters to preach in his name but he also
commands those who hear them
to listen and obey. ''Whosoever will
not receive you nor listen to your
words, going forth from that city, cast
the dust from off your feet, amen, |
say to you, it will be more tolerable for
the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the
day of Judgment than for that city"
''He that neareth you heareth me,
etc"
The speaker went on to show that
since God commanded that the priests
of the old law who were only the fore
shadowers of the priests of the new,
to be obeyed and respected under pain
of death, we are still more emphatically
commanded to honor and respect the
priests of the New Law who are the
representatives of Christ Himself. The
priest is not only Christ's representa-
tive, but he is even put on level with
Christ Himself, ''He that hears you
hears me.
The sacred ceremonies of the morn
ing were followed by an afternoon of
great pleasure and joy to the newly
ordained Levite who felt quite at home
in the company of five other fellow
priests who hailed from his native
parish of Brumard, c. Lonford, Ireland,
and who are now his co-laborers in
various parishes in the diocese Of La
Crosse. These priests are as follows:
Rev. Dean O'Rellly, Baraboo; Rev. M.
Morris, Kendaltown; Rev. j. Shanna-
ghy, Rising Sun; Rev. P. Briefly,
Black River Falls; and Rev. E. Kier-
nan, Reedsburg.
In the evening banquet was served
in ST. Joseph's school dining rooms at
which most of the members of the con-
gregation attended, and which will
certainly be remembered with pleasure
by all those who were fortunate enough
to be there. The dining room was
beautifully decorated, the tables were
richly laden with food and flowers; and
great honor is due to the good ladies
who were so untiring in their efforts
in making the affair a memorable
event
The banquet being over, several Irish
and American airs were rendered on the
violin by Miss Mary Morris, with flute
accompani ment by Father Shannaghy
and her brother, Father Morris.
After this Father Herman of Reeds
burg who acted as POSTMASTER enter
tanned the audience with several witty
stories and proved himself to be a
POSTMASTER of the first order. All the
clergy present and several laymen re-
sponded to toasts varying in character
from 1.-The Irish as Missionary Race"
to 'Women's Suffrage" Father
O'Reilly in responding to the toast
''The causes of priestly vocations in
Brumard' utterly surprised the audi
ence when he announc that there are
in different parts of the world over six