Evening journal., 1921-03-24
CARDINAL GIBBONS
TAKEN BY DEATH
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cially pronounce him dead until |
11.3S o'clock
Immediately after the death of
the cardinal Father Connolly, as
chancellor OF the Arch Diocese, Off
oially notified Bishop owen b. Cor
rigan, auxiliary bishop Of Baltimore
and pastor Of ST. Gregory's Church,
of the death of the prelate. Bishop
Corrigan at once sent a cablegram
TO Pope Benedict in Rome, while
Father Connolly sent kilograms to
every archbishop and bishop in
America.
News OF the death Of the cardinai
quickly spread. and before noon
large crowd gathered in the rain in
front of his residence on Charles
street
when Mayor Broenning was noti-
fed Of the Cardinals death, he had
the bell in the city hall dome tolled
for several minutes and all the flags
on the municipal buildings placed at
half mast.
Because OF the fact that the Car
dinal died at 11.33 o'clock on Holy
Thursday the bells in the Catholic
churches throughout the city were
not tolled. 1t is a rule in the Cath
olic church that all the bells and or
gans in the churches must be silenc-
ed during the singing of the Gloria
in ENcelsis at the masses on Holy
Thursday morning and remain si-
fenced during the singing OF the
Gloria at the masses on Holy Satur-
, day morning, out OF respect for the
commemoration Of the death OF
Christ.
2 The final stage OF the Cardinals
illness began on Sunday. After hav-
ing recovered sufficiently from the
5 failure of his health in November to
be able to move about his home and
, even to go out. the Cardinal became
very much weaker on Sunday and
was unable to leave his bed His
heart action became alarmingly
81 weak and his temperature fell on
q that day. Since that time his physi-
y clan. DR.. Charles O'Donovan, has
been in almost constant attendance.
- but it was felt that the Cardinal
a could not again manifest the re-
: markabie recuperative powers which
he showed several months. His death
had been expected at any time since
Sunday.
Because OF the Cardinals extreme
frailty and his advanced age-he was
sc years old-all preparations were
made for the end.
' Monsignor John Bonzano, apostolic
delegate at Washington, came to
Baltimore and spent the larger part
OF Tuesday at his home. Bishop
owen b. Corrigan. the vicar-general
y OF the diocese. has spent a large
part Of his time at his eminence's
bedside for several days. The public
was informed OF the change in the
condition Of the most distinguished
- clergyman OF the Catholic Church in
the United States.
The first evidence OF the failure OF
. Cardinal Gibbons strength was
3 given November OF last year, when
he was seized with a momentary
; faintness and seemed about to fall
while delivering a sermon in Havre
de Grace. Five days earlier he had
gone to the home OF Robert Shriver
> at Union Mills to rest. He returned
there from the Havrc de Grace ex-
perience. His condition became
e worse and he was forced to remain
= In bed. A Bon Secours nursing sis
= y ter was sent TO the Shriver home to
= nurse him.
on December 81, Bishop Corrigan
issued a statement to all pastors,
u asking them to request their people
to pray for the recovery OF the Car
9 dinal or for his happy death.
The Cardinal was anointed for
death the second time. the first time
. having been two weeks earlier. II
:. was thought by those most inti-
mately associated with him that he
y would never be able to leave the
" Shriver home.
4. In this illness. however. he mani
:, tested the same tenaciousness and
resolution which he had shown all
a, his life and he surprised his friends
not only by recovering sufficiently tG
"a make the trip by motor to his resi-
dence in Baltimore on January 3, bu
once there, grew stronger.
The Cardinal subsequently mad
frequent short motor trips in the cit
. and its neighborhood and move
about his residence in a wheel chair
He never recovered sufiicien
| strength to take again into his hand
] the administration OF HIS a
| the executive head OF the Arch Dio
| cese OF Baltimore-and his man
] other duties in connection with tn
| church. For three months the mem
! bers OF his household guarded hlr
against any experience which Nigh
exhaust his fral strength. only hi
own resolution made IL possible 10
him to get about again as he di
after his return from the Shrivo
home.
James Cardinal Gibbons was Dor
in Baltimore July %. 1894. His pa
rents. Thomas and Mary Gibbons
y had come to America from Irelan
in 1929. They returned TO their ma
tive land when the future cardina
was years old.
He got his early education in Ire
land and then, upon his father
death. returned with his mother Z
America. making his home in Ne'
orleans, where, when II. he clerke
in a grocery store.
He entered St. Charles College a
Ellcott city. Nd. and graduated &
1857. He then entered st. Mary