Evening star., 1934-07-22
HONOR TO Be PAID
CARDINAL GIBBONS
$1,000 Persons to Attend
Service Marking Cente-
nary OF Birth.
BY JAMES WALDO rAwcErT.

monument sixteenth street and Park
road The occasion is the centenary
of ine birth ~ The great Catholic
prclate and statesman
More thar ! 3 600 persons are ex-
pected 20 attend The memorial Ma.
Gen Paul y Malone. commanding
the Third Army Corps area. Will de-
liver the principal address. Right
Rev Msgr ? c Gapan pastor of the
Shrine ~ the Sacred Heart VIII give
the invocation and Very Rev Msgr
Harry A Quinn, secretary 10 Most
Rcv. Michael ] Curlet Archbishop
ot Baltimore. the benedlctiou-
A tribute Of flowers will BE- offered
IN behalf Of several score Of Catho-
lie societies. Wreaths from points as
far distant a. Pacific Coast cities as
we'll as from Washington and Ba.tl-
more will be placed around the cafdi-
nails statue in homage 20 his name.
5000 Coming From Baltimore.
The ceremony win begin at O'Clock.
Immediately following the arrival Of
Baltimore delegation Of 600 wor-
shippers
Miss Mary I. McGee, president the
Curley Club. Yesterday announced that
members will assemble Al Mount Pleas
ant street and Park road At 3 pm.
and march TO the monument in a
body
Carmine Garofalo. faithful navi-
gator. Washington General Assembly
Fourth Degree Knights Of Columbus.
accompanied by the executive officers
and sir knights OF the assembly, viii
present the Fourth Degree wreath.
James Gibbons was born in
Baltimore on July % 1894 the son Of
poor immigrants from County Mayo
ireland. His parents were Thomas and
Bridget Gibbons both Of farmer
stock. They had come 10 America
from a country impoverished by mis-
government and disorder. and their
share Of the worlds goods was small.
The future cardinals elementary
endowment was the noble character
Of his mother. the former Bridget
Walsh James was the eldest OF her
sons. the fourth of her six children,
and he adored her
Tragedy Hung Over Home.
But tragedy hung above the home
The health of Thomas GIBBONS
steadily declined In 1897 the sick
man took his wife and babies back
to Ireland The change was a source
of benefit, it doubtless explains how
the invalid was able to resume farm
ing to live until his boy was l3;
IL also gave James the advantage Of
q good classical education.
Conditions in Erin, however, were
such that the family decided to emf
CRATE again This time 1t was 10
New Orleans that they came. James
found work as grocer's clerk, and
It was not until 1854 that he de-
cided to study for the priesthood, He
entered st. Charles College, near Bal
timore. in the Autumn Of 1855 and
was graduated three years later.
similar period he spent at st, Marys
Seminary, and then, June 30, 1861,
he was ordained to the priesthood in
the Baltimore Cathedral by Arch
bishop Kenrick.
Career Was Brilliant.
His career in the church was brill
liant from the beginning to the end.
Successfully assistant at St. Patrick's,
pastor at st. Bridget's, Canton, and
chaplain at Fort McHenry, he quail
fed for larger fields of labor In
1866 he was appointed secretary to
Archbishop Spalding, and in 1866 he
was named assistant chancellor of the
Second Plenary Council Of Baltimore.
He was but "a years old when he be-
came Bishop of Adramyttum assigned
10 the new Vicarate Apostolic oI
North Carolina. At the moment of
his conservation. August Is. 1868, he
was the youngest bishop OF the Ro-
man communion, and in 1870. when
he was summoned TO the Ecumenlcal
Council of the Vatican, he Sui had
200 seniors in the hierarchy
The next chapter in his expanding
service opened in 1872, when he was
appointed bishop of Richmond. His
powers were developing day by day
his popularity with all classes was
immense. and his influence was ma
tional in application, especially after
the publication, early IN 1871 OF his
book. The Faith of our Fathers,
destined to attain a total circulation
of more than 1000 600 copies before
bis death.
Elevation Wei Received.
He was a logical successor to Arch
bishop Bayley, and news OF ms eieNa-
ton to the direction OF the Oldest
archdiocese in the United States was
received with JOY by ProteStantS as
well as by Catholics.
To describe his laborS from October,
1877. would require ponderouS vol
ume. He preached and taught studied
and wrote administered and built.
Every moment Of his waking hours.
every fiber of his being was dedicated
to the welfare and progress OF his
church his country and the human
race Nothing was too large for him
to attempt, nothing too small Ior
him 10 notice. one OF his blographer>
saws OF him. His position as
brilliant ecclesiaStiC the ranking proi-
ate Of the Catholic Church IN the
United States. and as a citizen whose
patriotism was undOubtcd, exhibiting
judgment. breadth Of view and vi
sion in his public utteranceS- was
unique
The archbishop received the red
hlyetta June SO 1886. the twenty
nth anniversary Of ms ordination 70
the priesthood. He was the second
American cardinal His people ceie-
b,ated with loving enthusiasm his
Jubilee in 1911. and President TAFT.
former President Roosevelt Euhu
Root. James Bryce ana other emi-
nent men who knew him Well, part.cl-
psJed in the festival
National mourued when March -
1927. it was announced that Cardinal
Gibbons was dead