The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-01-14
CAPE PRIESTS
TO ATTEND FIR.
SHAW'SFUNERAL
National Figure In st. Vim.
centian Community Was
Well.KnOwn Here.
DIED IN CHICAGO;
BURIAL AT PERRYVILLE
Wished To Make St. Vincent's
College Leading To
Priesthood.

A large delegation of priests from
st. Vincent's College in the Cape will
20 to Pcrryville next Friday to attend
the funeral of Rev. Thomas A. Shaw,
c. NJ, former superior at LaSalle,
H., and director of S.. Vincnetian
missions in the Middle West, who died
of old age in Chicago Sunday night.
Father Shaw was widely known in
the Cape and on his visit. here he met
and talked with many Of his old
friends made here several years ago.
His death occurred on a northern
trip which he was making for his
health. He was feeling badly when
he was in the Cape the last time last
fall, and at that time, he expressed a
doubt as to whether or not the trip
north would do him any good.
Father Shaw was national char
acter in the Catholic priesthood and
he was known throughout the United
States both for his work in organic
ing missions as we'll as looks that he
had written and had published.
I'm recent years, hc ha3 been in re-
tiremcnt in Perlyvillc II st. Mary's
Seminary and it was from there that
he went to Milwaukee lat September
for his health. Shortly after his az
rival there, he was taken to St.
Marv'S hospital, where he remained
for two months. He then was taken
to St. Joseph's hospital in St. Louis.
Until about two days ago, he was
able to sit up in bed and wrote to sew
cral of his friends.
Father Shaw was born in Liverpool
of Irish parents in 1897 He came
to the United States q boy and
settled at LaSalle. Subsequently he
went to Pcrryville, where he studied
for the priesthood at H., St. Mary S
Seminary and was ordained in St.
Louis in 1861 by Archbishop Kenrick.
From 1870 to 1877 he was the di-
rector of seminaries at Niagara Uni
versity and after that he devoted viz
tualIy all his time to conducting
missions and retreats. II was while
doing this work that he travelled from
coast to coast and acquired his nat
ional acquaintance.
From 1S9 to 1907. he was superior
at LaSallc, H.. where the headquar-
tiers for the missions Of the Middle
West and at the same time he served
as director of the missions.
After Father Shaw went to Perry
vile. he spent much Of his time in
chronicling the history Of the St.
Nnncentian community in the United
States. He is the author of "Thc
LaSalIe Mission" which is published
in two volumes, and much of his his
tory of the community has been pub
lished in magazines.
Father Shaw was preparing to pub
lish his history of the community in
book form, and it is probable that the
compilation Of the work will soon be
completed and published as whole.
After he went into retirement at
Perryvillc, Father Shaw made more
frequent visits to ST. Nincent'S Col
lege in the Cape and he planned with
the faculty here to make the college
= greater school where pupils should
study for the priesthood. He had a
special interest in the Cape's school in
developing it along that line.
A requiem mass will be said in St.
Vincent's Church in Chicago tomor-
row and the body will he sent from
there to Perryville, where it is ex-
pccted the funeral will be held Friday.
Burial will be in the cemetery con-
nccted with ST. Mary'S Seminary.
JURY SETTLES $4,000 SUIT.