The sun., 1918-09-18
CARDINAL NOTED
FOR HIS PIETY
His Generosity and Noblsness
Inspired All Around Him.

soventy-SVontn year.. f1ls tutnoT Whp
an inn keeper. Both parents died when
he was only years old and he was left
almost entirely to mako his own way.
He succeeded in wrestling q fair edu-
cation from very limited opportunities,
studying at st. Marcartans, q college
In the neigh borhood Of his home. He
proved to be a brilliant student and one
popular with his fellows, who roared
with laughter over his antics. for the
future Cardinal was a great comedian
and mimic. He had in those early
days q reputation as peacemaker and
diplomat, adjusting and smoothing over
tels that convulsed tho college world.
Through the interest of an uncle
young Farley was able to come to
America to seize tho opportunities of
land additionally friendly to Irish lads,
and On this country he continued the
education begun at the little college in
Ireland, attending st. Johns In Ford
ham and st. Joseph's Seminary in Troy.
After four years of final hard work at
the American College in Rome young
Farley was ordained as a priest in the
Holy City on June IL. 1870. He was
nearing therefore the fftieth anniver-
sary Of his ordination when death called
him.
Returning to America Father Farley
spent the first two years OF his priest
hood as assistant rector OF st. Peters
at New Brighton, Staten Island In that
parish his vigor. ability. intelligence
and influence upon men and women
came to the discerning notice Of Cardi-
! nal Archbishop McCloskey. who asked
Father Farley to become his secretary,
and for twelve years the priest held this
post almost In fact to the date of Car
dinal McCloskey's death.
This secretarial intimacy with the
first American to be elevated to the Car
! dlnalate had great influence on
Father Farley. He imbibed much Of the
| gentleness and simplicity and habit Of
PLAIN living that characterized the first
| American Cardinal. This secretarial
| service colored and Influenced his en-
| tire life. and perhaps no better train
! ing could possibly have been had by
him in preparation for the great work
he was to do as Cardinal and Arch
! bishop Of the diocese Of New York.
While serving under Cardinal McClos-
| key Father Farley was also rector Of
St. Gabriels. poor and populous
parish on the East Side Of Manhattan.
| HIS was a life Of constant toll and con-
siderable hardship. In st. Gabriels
ne showed himself capable of the great
est sacrifices for his people. He was
great friend of the poor. and II be-
| came a neghborhood saying that no
man ever went hungry II Father Farley
knew 1t. In 1884 Leo XIII. appointed
him private chambe rlain and he was
thereafter entitled to use the title Mon
signor." In 1891 he was appointed
vicar general Of the archdiocese OF New
York, and 1892 domestic prelate to Pope
Leo. In 1895 apostolic prothonotary and
| in the same year auxiliary bishop under
Archbishop Corrisan.
In this capacity Bishop Farley took
upon himself a great burden of work
In the diocese. and his influence and
popularity increased SO rapidly and
solidly that long before the demise of
Archbishop Corrigan It was generally
assumed that Bishop Farley would be
his successor. When Archbishop Corri-
gan died In 1902 the clergy and the
Bishops were practically unanimous IN
asking for the appointment Of Bishop
Farley a. his successor. He was ap-
pointed, and from the first day of his
complete authority ne showed himself
to be one OF the master administrators
Of the Church. II 10 interesting to sur
vey briefly the tremendous sweep Of his
authority
| no succeeded 10 the largest ana
wealthiest diocese in the United States.
Its Catholic population in 1910 was
| 1.21s,920. and there were then 1913
children In the parochal schools. In
eight years these figures have OF course
largely Increased. There were 331
churches under the Archbishop's care
Of which lat were In the otty and 1874
In the country. Besides the churches
the chapels In both city and country
number ls3. More than nifty new
churches were built since Mgr. Farley
became Archbishop. He had under him
s2s clergymen. sos OF whom were
diocesan priests and SEA belonged to
religious orders. There were ninety
paroch.al schools In the city and nifty
eight In the suburbs, the Increase OF
educational facilities having been very
marked In Archbishop Farley's admins
tration. and there was nothing OF which
he was prouder in his whole career.
He was created and proclaimed Car.
dinal of the Roman Catholic Church or
November 81. 1911. at the time that the
late Pope Piux X. named Archbishop
OConneU OF Boston and Diomede Fail
COMO. Apostolic Legate at Washington
Also as members Of the Sacred College.
Regular In His Habits.
He was of very regular habits. and
this was one of the reasons he was able
to accomplish 30 much. Every morning
he arose at 6 o'clock, and every day III
performed the same religious dutie,
that the Roman Catholic Church re-
quires of the humblest of her priests
He spent the first part Of the new day ir
meditation. and In saying the "dIvn,
cffice" for the day. This breviary
which changes every day and which
every priest wherever he may be Is re
quired to say daily. consumed about or
hour OF tho Cardinals time. At quar-
ter past every weekday morning
Cardinal Farley said mass in his owI
little chapel. This 10 on the third fiool
of his residence. extending from tn,
frcnt to the back. Every Sunday morn
ing that he did not have to 60 out o
the city he said the s o'clock mass /,
the cathedral, or did so at least unit
his declining health and the necessit,
. Of conserving his snergy prevented fire.
quent appearances. In his own chape
no was often attended by Mgr. Levi
: or Bishop Hayes and by two boys fror
. tho cathedral college.
He was accustomed TO breakfast at
/ Quarter past 8 o'clock. usually wit
I Bishop Patrick J. Hayes or with Mxl
Lewis, Bishop Hayes. chancellor q
. the diocese. had been associate
q with the Cardinal for more tina
tia quarter OF q century and tn
I lconhdencs and affection that the Card
nal displayed In and for Bishop ,HayS