Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-02-02
Discuss Life
OF Cardinal

the K. G.. hall on Wednesday after
noon. A large number were pres
ent and after the business meeting
the club listened to a very well pre-
pared paper by Mrs. H. G. Brown,
her subject being James Cardinal
Gibbons" A sketch of her paper fol
lows:
James Cardinal Gibbons, the Amer
lean Cardinal, as he was Familiarity
called, was born in Baltimore, Md.
in 1884. He was the son of Thomas
and Bridget Gibbons, Irish imml7
grants. who came to seek their for
tunes in the land of opportunity. OW-
ing to failing health, his father, III
1841, returned to Ireland. AIter
Thos. Gibbons death, Mrs. GIBBONS
with six children returned to this
country and settled in New Orleans
James worked in a grocery store Tor
two wears. A mission given in the
parish decided him to become a
nriest It was sacrifice for his
mother to give him up, but she did so
gladly, and at the age OF Il years
ha left New Orleans to prepare Tor
his life work. He entered st. Charles
college, near Baltimore remained Two
wears then took up his studies at 81
Mary's seminary, Baltimore ana was
ordained June, 1861 and assigned to
ST BridgetPs church at Canton,
suburh of Baltimore. This aspect Oh
his career had it's beginning IN the
Civil War period. 1t seemed 10 MIN
that his duty as minister or rellglOn
was only to diffuse sOve and mercy,
so the Young priest became vol
unteer chaplain at Fort McHenry ana
to garrison and captive alike, ne was
at all times the devoted Ambassador
If Christ. In 1868, he was sent to
North Carolina as Vicar Apostolic
and a new set OF. experiences opened
before him. Like his Divine MASTER
who healed - the sick, fed the multi
tude he would minister to the wants
Of the people with love as broad as
faith itself, and at the same time
would carry to- a hostile audience the
message he went to North Cafollna
to give. He was next sent to Rlcn-
mond and here, continued his WORK
ON his missionary journeys he preach-
cd in court house, town halls, ana
J -
meeting the leading citizens Oh
every creed. Out Of the discussion
which inevitably arose in these as
semblages, was born the suDllme
nresentation of his creed emDodled
in "The Faith Of Our FaCners,
and which has been the means OIL
enlightening and converting more
Il, neople than any other volume ever
| written. In 1877 he became Arch-
hishon of Baltimore. In short time
he became as we'll known to Protes-
| tant as to Catholic and was beloved
nv all. In his public addresses ne
began to speak of his firmly implanted
faith in American institutions and to
denounce political evils such as tne
widesnread corruption OF the Dallot
which prevailed at that time. Wnen
tho Archbishop was elevated to the
throne of Cardinal by Pope Leo Kill
one of the chief aspects in which he
| considered the award Of the high sta
tion was that Of an honor TO MS
country, and his fellow men Oh all
creeds and classes. The new Carol-
nal threw himself next into one OF
the greatest struggles of his life, tnat
for the rights of labor. After con
sulting Pres. Cleveland and CaFdlnal
Manning, he wrote the famous plea
contained in his letter on the Knlgnts
of Labor to the Prefect of the FRO
paganda. Feb. %, 1887. Cardinal GID
hons was not too old to crown MS
work for his country by vigorous sup
mort of the government in the World
war. In the Liberty loan campaign
and wherever else he could help, nc
soldier could have responded more
Ioyally to the call of patriotism than
he did. His work in organizing the
National Catholic War Council to
bring to the service of the government
all the Catholic resources of the
country and his encouragement OF the
K. of C. in their work for the Amer
lean soldiers at home and abroad, is
a fresh and vivid memory. With his
old friend Ex-president Roosevelt, he
ioined in a message of cheer to the
troops abroad.
James Cardinal Gibbons died in
Baltimore, March Oath at the age OF
Sc years. He gazed unfearing into
the grim eyes of death as it approa'
ched The smile that lighted his
eountenance and the peace that filled
his soul were due to the vision OF his
faith that revealed to him behind the
stern message, the reasurring glance
Of the Heavenly Father whose Am
bassador he had been. The Cardinal
died beloved throughout the world
Tho nation 1oyingly named s. him as