The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-10-01
SERMON OF ARCHBISHOP KEANE

4 E .E 80
Seminary opened September 8, 1885,
| poor in material equipment, but rich
| in the gifts of mind and heart, which
| it's first president brought to it. He
| carried the varied duties of President,
Professor of Dogmatic Theology and
| Spiritual Director Those who with
me, shared his daily anxieties, or who
came under the influence of his tute-
| lage, count those days among the hap.
| piest of their lives. His kindness, his
| considerateness, his piety, made him
loved by all. AS President, he was
wise in counsel, prudent in execution
and disinterested in all things He
was skilled in the art of character
building, a master in methods for i'm
| parting knowledge. During the four
years of his too short service at St.
Thomas, he did much to impress the
young men, especially aspirants to the
priesthood. with his own peculiar CHAR
acter. Sc
Professor at University.
In 1890, he was called to the Chair
of History in the Catholic University
OF America by my sanity predecessor
In the See of Dubuque, who had laid,
the foundation and was then President
or that great national institution OF
higher learning. He discharged the
duties of this honorable post with dis
tinction and at the same time contrib
uted helpfully toward the solution of
important problems which were then
vexing the soul of the Church in this
country. He was one in sentiment
and thought with the greatest leader
ever given to the Church in America
by the providence of God. With the
great Archbishop of ST. Paul, whose
name my reference has moved you to
speak, he enjoyed the confidence of
the Church and the country. He did
much to aid in the ordering of the de-
tails of the recently established Apos.
tolic Delegation at Washington. Later
he was chosen and acted as a member
of the Taft-Semi-official Commission
to the Holy See for the settlement OF
certain difficulties arising from our
taking over the Philippines from
Spain.
is Consecrated Bishop.
He was consecrated Bishop of Sioux
Falls on the 10Th of April, 1896, and on
the End of May following he took pos
session of his Episcopal See. The Do
cese of Sioux Falls was then just
emerging from the cradle of it's in
fancy, where it had been cared for
with exemplary zeal and apostolic de-
votedness by the sanity Bishop Marty.
You know how Bishop O'Gorman fos-
tered its growth, assisted it's develop
cation of it's noble Cathedral and the
opening of its college, it's splendid
maturity. When Bishop O'Gorman
came to Sioux Falls, the Church was
represented in the territory included
in the Diocese by 81 diocesan and IA
priests of religious orders and 10000
members. There are now 1913 diocesan
and 25 priests of religious orders, car
ing for $4,000 souls. There were then
so churches with resident pastors and
81 mission churches. There are now
172 churches with resident pastors and
1913 mission churches. There were then
IA parochial schools; there are now
Al. The number of religious women
engaged in educational and charitable
works has multiplied hundredfold.
The claims and the mission of the
Church have been presented and are
now regarded with sympathy by thou
sands without the fold. The Catholic
body has been more securely knit to-
gether by more enlightened Faith in
the Dogmas of the Church and in the
bands of a stronger Charity of Broth
erhood When assigning causes for
this marvellous progress I am not un-
mindful of the manifold advantages
offered by your state to the home
seeker, nor do l overlook the great
zeal of the Apostolic Bishop of Lead,
who in 1902 was charged with the
care of portion of the territory; but
you will agree with me that this prog
ress is very largely due to the vision,
courage, wisdom and labors of Bishop
O'Gorman.
His career is closed, his work is
done and he is called home. We are
taking leave of priest, Bishop OF
exemplary priestly life, faithful to all
the obligations of his exalted Office,
true to the great traditions of the
Episcopal order, pious, mortified, con-
scientious, regular. The memory Of
his life and labors will live, his in
f1uence will continue long to make the
diocese of his love reflect in it's life
his splendid character There remains
for us but to cherish his memory and
to pray for his soul.