The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-12-14

In space disposal impossible to do anything
like justice evenu Archbishop of
brief outline signal which
Church in the Of his adoption
half century he noted figure the religious social pot
cal life churcman preate
highly by all whose breadth
made him valued counsellor national
affairs patriot whose loyalty his country only his
love for God 1t would require volumes with anything like
adequate detail and accuracy the chief of life every
of which filled with nssent calls public and
private service.
We position that biography Archbishop
andaccurate in detail comprehensive in scholarly
if the Right Reverend Bishop OGoman Of Sioux Falls D. the boy
hood companion lifelong friend and cndan of the late Archbishop
busy Bishop
write the life of Archbishop Ireland ought be writ
that Bishop Ooman will also complete the Life of Bishop Cen''
which Archbishop Ireland engaged when the last illness forced
him to lay aside his pen.
The village
church. County Kilkenny Ireland September H. 1885, the of
ad and ana yufn Na1sno lie was the second oldest OF
ter well educated especially in mathematics and Irish history
with the latter OF which he thoroughly conveant His mother
deeply religious of judgment whose
interests centeed in home and family From his fatheta
snewy vigorous mpusve tenacious Of oponhe future Arch
bishop derived that rugged constitution keenne of intellect
strength OF character and determination of will which were his dis
spiritual nature and love for work which blended with the paterna
traits admirably equipped yscaly intellectually and
ualor the brilliant which the future held store for him.
Arrival in ST. Paul
At early John village school where he
made rapid in his studies But he not to complete his
the close of the second quarter of the nineteenth century Ireland
died from effects of
emigration of thousands the population In the spring
the 1919 Richard Ireland sailed for America and Immediately
after landing in New York for Burlington Vermont whittier
his sister Nancy had preceded him the autumn of 1850
Burlington where John school, The migration of the
during which John attended school In Chicago they made the
acquaintance of John OGoman and his family who had from
the Northwest In April 1862 they left Chicago and travelled by easy
Galen Ill., where they boarded the Nominee for
decided make the then frontier village their home
First seminarians of the Diocese
Less than before their arrival St. Paul had welcomed
ZEAL gentle disposition and love poor already
him all the inhabitants The families welcomed by him
John Ireland Thomas OGorman attracted his attention
by their intelligence pey He made them members of his
household and under his tuition they made rapid their
especially The sanity preate of the
need Of priests the growing Catholic population
aspirations and convinced himself of the genuineness Of their
religious vocation One day he called them from their recreation
them ne before the altar his humble Cathedral and dedicated
them the service of God the first mnarian Diocese of
In 1858 they France under the of the
Reverend Augustine Ravoux Vicar General of the placed
When Bishop Deve Bey had conseeraed his former priest
pn Cf as hS sf0R OF ST. pa ne offered to educate for n
vocation the prieshood and that why Bishop Cetn sent these
two boys to the classical Seminary Of exmieux In this
learning py remained four years. completing
that time classical which usually took eight giving
evidence OF that keenneS intellect intense application study
which characterized his whole When he graduated he
nearly all the prizes the he appreciated most being the first
for French Orn At the end of his classical he
the Marst Schoascae Montue Touon the south of
France where he made his philosophical and theological studies
customary graduates study philosophy
the seminary Be and theology Bourg Bishop Cretn sent
John Ireland Monu where the Congregation of the aTists
lately founded by Father Colin had established its Many
of the cnfere of Father Colin had studied with Bishop Cren and
his personal friends and they offered educate free of
cost the young eve Of his aro diocese At the completion OF his
John Ireland returned ST. Paul receive ordination at the
Crein in the Cathedral December 81 1861.
Civil War Chaplain.
With all the ardor and intense activity his the
priest upon calling
realized that force had been injected into the religious life Of