The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-23
CARDINAL GIBBONS PASSES
 FoUR-sCoRE MARK TO-DAY.

aU preate of the Roman Catholic Church in America, will be eighty years old to-day.
 He was born in Baltimore on July 23 1884 The parents of the future Prince of the Church Thomas and Mary Gibbons migrated from sTre4 land to the United States in 1929, making their home in the monumental city. In 1886, when the Cardinal was but two years old, his parents returned to Ireland, where the father died short Fly after. Remaining in the old country but a short time after the death of her husband, Mrs EGibbons returned to the United States but nov led to New Orleans, where her son was sent to the public schools and gwen his early education Between the age of 15 and IF the Cardinal cIerked in a grocery store but then he an-s nounced his intention Of studying for the priest- hood. To this end he went to St. Charles Coli llege at Ellicott City, Md, from which he was graduated with distinction On June 30 1867 he received his final orders as priest from the late Very Rev. Archbishop Kenriek in the Bal timore Cathedral, and was assigned as assistant at St Patrickls Church, Baltimore His next duties were as assistant at St. Bridgets Church at Canton, Md; private secretary to Afchbishob. Spalding, then head of the Catholic Church ii America, chancellor of the archdiocese of Balti- more and vice councilor of the PIenary Goiinl cil of the Catholic Church. Tn 1870 he was Bishop of North Carolina K
 There his work attracted the attention of Roman Catholics throughout the country Showing the ability for organization and admin listration which have brought him to his present
 
 in which he himself taught established the Benedictine order in the state and the Sisters of Mercy in Wilmington, made thousands of con verts, ordained many priests and erected dog en churches
 On the death Of Bishop McGill in 1879 Bish op Gibbons was selected to fill the vacant see at Richmond Va. Archbishop James Bayley, of Baltimore, when he felt his health failing, ask ed the authorities at Rome 10 appoint Bishop Gibbons as his coadjutor. Archbishop Bay h.. H. ILL 1877. Bishop Gibbons was elevated to What was then the highest ecclesiastical position among the Catholics of the United States He was nom inated as Cardinal by Pope Leo XIII in 1883.
 The Cardinal holds decided vie1sIsson a wide variety of public questions, but he is especially Ioutspoken in his denunciations of socialism and woman suffrage. In an address on the latter subject Cardinal Gibbons said
 'sThe mission of the Church is to define faith and morals In other matters individuals decide for themselves. Personally, I am op- posed to female suffrage because I am in favor Christian religion has exalted woman to her present sphere. She is no longer the slave of man nor the toy of his caprice, but the equal the peer, of man. She is the queen of the domestic kingdom and her proper sphere is the home. She is justly honored everywhere by reason of her sex Now if she were to embark on the ocean of political life it is very much to be fear ed that her dignity would be impaired if not jeopardized Obvious is the effect of this pres ent agitation on many women. As. soon as wo- men seek to enter the arena of politics, they may expect to be soiled by its dust. And the grace and charm inherent in women would be very seriously impaired by her rude contact and contention with men in political life. Women's sphere is the home.
 We read that Themi stocles was on one oc-1 casion approached by his son, who asked a considerable favor I cannot grant you what you ask' said the great general, you must go to your mother. It is true that Greece rules the world; that Athens rules Greece; that I rule Athens, but, my son, your mother rules me '
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