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

full energy his later This project
epopa the last work undertaken by him for the honor and
glory Of God and the Of the OF reg4h DeGe
of the Most High Cathedral Of monumental proportions unusual
city stately Pauls browning
hilltop AS this ambitious project mauguated FRO
City Minneapolis energetic direction it
completed and set apart for its sacred purpose.
Founder of The Catholic Bulletin
The Of elimination of project which he
had mind for time namely the founding OF Catholic news
paper to serve not only as the Official organ OF the out
alton OF adequate and intelligent knowledge OF the teaching
practice and policy of the Church the a He had always
been of the Catholic press he realized the Invaluable
assistance which and welconducted Catholic
progress Cahocy in
functions nadequatey understood by the masses and SO little
shed The Buenwhose first appeared January
19and appealed to priests and people to support the pubca
ton and help the sphere influence of the
Church teaching The immediate and and
efforts for the spread Catholic truth through the medium of
diocesan paper had borne abundant fruit
Writer and Preacher
AS writer apoligist Archbishop front
rank Of American ecacs His facie pen-vrle and trenchant
always of Church and Country ever ready
defend of champion The
claims Of religion impartial hearing before the bar of public
advantage opportunity place the Church
their proper light and bearing before his of every con
the former he appealed with all the authority recognized leader
tany the latter spoke logic responsiveness of
religious teacher who understood the yeang the human heart for
acceptance He mnmzed title of the deposit of
faith but he possessed peculiar of placing the doctrines Of
the Church before the Catholic their auring
and OF showing the harmony that between the fundamental
sought religious controversy the Church
tackled in her teaching practice policy he stepped into the
valiant adversary went down to deeat before his Vigorous o
saughs No critic Of the Church challenged him second
debate They his superior intellectual equipment
gracefully possible withdrew from the field The collection his
under the title of The Church Modern Society his
mared thought the subjects with which they deal The mastery
Catholic Bulletin and be obtained a this office.
Archbishop Ireland noted preacher well vigorous
writer attracted to
the of which he pastor which taxed the
developed perfected his ability and auency as
speaker and Joined to feend of thought of and
great occasion throughout the For he
preached the first Sunday of month his Cathedral and
his most important made these
sion There earnesness and about his delivery
which capvated his audience and held them pebound during his
His object not to charm but to convnce and
he did both, for he possessed
eloquence rich, wheresover it's
Wandered free and triumphant with thoughts
AS clear the brooks stone of lustre and gave,
With the flash of the gen. it's soidity, too
National Figure.
No sketch of Archbishop Ielands life could the least
tension completeness without reference however brief and rag
mentary to the part which he played in national affairs He
regarded by all of the devoted and patriotic of American
gloried institutions he loved her
starry flag and constitution he eoced the opportunities for mate
rial which she offered to all and the freedom OF worship
which she the humbest of her children He had
taken the which the Union and earned the
Next God he loved America In him religion patriotism went
hand hand and necessarily He could conceive Of deeply
religious who true patriot especially that
ed allegiance the Catholic Church He embodied in himself the
highest attributes of churchman and the nobest qualities of c
No dared mpeach his patriotism because of his religions
and dared challenge his religious sincerity because his
love for the land of his adoption
For many years Archbishop Ireland national figure states
of than ordinary ability whose counsel sought by
Of prominence walk of life and especially by the leaders of
the Republican to which he owned political allegiance For
many years strength his party the National
Capital and had he chosen the political rather than the g
ous world as the sphere OF his activity there is no position within
the gift Of his fowmen short of the Presidency ITSELF which he
might attained His ability divine the trend of
their relative values map
Of action advocate before the public enabled him
to WELD immense influence i'll national affairs
Suffice recall the important part he took the negotiations
which preceded the Spanish American when the unofficial
of Pope Leo KILL he pleaded for amicab settle
of the difficulties between the nations and would have
ceeded averng the not for the brought to
upon President Mckinley by certain and interests clam