DEATH OF CARDINAL MORAN

New Zealand Tablet, 24 August 1911, Page 1626

DEATH OF CARDINAL MORAN

THE PASSING OF A DISTINGUISHED PRELATE

A GREAT SCHOLAR, PATRIOT. AND ADMINISTRATOR

As was briefly stated in a part of our last issue, his Eminence • Cardinal Moran, Archbishop of Sydney, passed away on the night of August 15, in the eightyfirst year of his age. It appears that his Eminence was in Sydney on . Tuesday night in connection with Church matters, and he returned to Manly and retired as usual. He was not again seen until his personal attendant entered his room at 9 o’clock on Wednesday morning and found the body lying • across the bed. Evidently his Eminence had got out of bed during the night and thrown a cloak over his shoulders. He must have had a sudden seizure and fallen back dead. On the previous Sunday he opened the new presbytery at Chatswood and delivered a vigorous speech. The immediate cause of death was heart failure.

The late Cardinal Moran was born at Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow, Ireland, on September 16, 1830. When quite young he showed a studious, blended with a religious, disposition that was remarkable, and his boyhood gave indications of the characteristics of his life. After receiving an excellent primary training, he studied the higher branches of education for some time before leaving his native country in 1841 to commence his college career Linder the Jesuits, and later on at Propaganda College.

Ireland (says the writer of an illustrated Monograph, issued in connection with the late Cardinal’s Sacerdotal Golden Jubilee in 1903) was remarkably well represented in the Roman College when Dr. Cullen, with his little nephew, the late Cardinal, arrived in Rome. Among those who were about this time going through the academies were Dr. Croke (Archbishop of Cashel), Bishop James Quinn (of Brisbane), Bishop Matthew Quinn (of Bathurst), Very Rev. Dr. Forrest (first Rector of St. John’s College, Sydney), Monsignor Forde (of Dublin), Dr. T. Mcllale, V.G. (Tuam). In the group with Cardinal Moran were Dr. Murray '(Bishop of Maitland), Archbishop Azarian (Patriarch of Monsignor Maddalena (Archbishop of Corfu), Archbishop Chajafy (Patriarch of the Chaldeans), the Most Rev. Dr. Dunne (present Archbishop of Brisbane), Monsignor Cameron (Bishop of Areschat, in Nova Scotia), and many other students who became illustrious prelates.

As a Student in Rome.

The young student went through a course of humanities, philosophy, and mathematics while attending lectures in the Roman College. In philosophy he attended for three years the lectures of the celebrated Jesuit. Fathers, Forn and Manera, and of the Italian Professor C. B. Solymani. As a student the late. Cardinal was a very zealous member of more than one archseological society, under the presidency of the famous Cardinal Mai. The connection thus formed gave him in after years ready access to the archives of the Propaganda and the Vatican, and through these latter to the leading literary preserves of the Continent.

_ The rivalry between the colleges of different nationalities was great, trying, and testing. Twice during his theological career the late Cardinal was selected to appear at a large reunion of the Cardinals of the Congregation de Propaganda as a picked student, and to expound the teachings of the Catholic Church against 'atheism and heterodoxy,

Ordination to the Priesthood.

He finished his theological studies : towards the end of 1852, but as he was still under the canonical age, he was not ordained priest until the feast of St. Joseph, 1853. It is of interest here to note that it was on the feast day of his ordination, the feast of St. Joseph, 1884, that Cardinal Moran, then Bishop of Ossory received from the late Dr. Murray (Bishop of Maitland) a cablegram, sent by the Bishops of the Province, congratulating him on his appointment to the See of Sydney. For thirteen years after his ordination the life of Cardinal Moran in Rome was that of a high-class scholar. His researches in the Papal archives, and in those of the head houses of the religious Order in Rome, were unwearied. In the mother-house of the Franciscans, Carmelites, etc., in Rome there are caskets and pigeonholes full of the Irish correspondence between the years 1550 and 1800. He was struck by this quantity of terribly real correspondence, and he considered it an injustice to Ireland and her clergy that it should not be known. His first work was a series of sketches of the Penal times in Ireland, compiled wholly from original correspondence. His next was published in 1861, and is entitled Memoirs of the Most Rev. Oliver Plunkett , Archbishop of Armagh.

Appointed Yice-Rector of the Irish College.

He was in 1856 appointed Vice-Rector of, the Irish College, under the late Archbishop Kirby, and also occupied the important post of Professor of Hebrew in the College of the Propaganda. Professor Moran, as he was then styled, continued to devote himself to the study of Irish historical records, both religious and political, stored away in the archives of the Vatican and in the houses of the religious Orders. As a result of these searches, Irish literature has been enriched by numerous works from his pen. Further, he familiarised himself with all the modern advancements of the Church, and in a particular manner he concerned himself in the spread of religion by Irish prelates and Irish priests in Australia and the United States. So - far back as 1859, when Archdeacon John McEncroe, of Sydney, visited Rome to urge the Holy Father, Pope Pius IX., to establish episcopal Sees in Australia, the petition was drawn up and personally presented, as Archdeacon McEncroe explained on his return to Australia, by ‘an.able.and most courteous young friend, Professor Moran of the Irish College.’ This historic petition of 1859 was followed by the establishment of the dioceses of Maitland, Bathurst, Armidale, and Goulburn. Between 1859 and 1866 Professor Moran acted as agent in Rome for his old friend, Bishop James Quinn of Brisbane ; and up to his appointment as Bishop of Ossory in 1872 Professor Moran attended to the wants of the dioceses of Maitland and Bathurst, as the personal friend of the late Dr. Murray and the late Dr. Quinn.

BISHOP OF OSSORY.

In 1866 Professor Moran was invited, by Cardinal Cullen to return to Ireland. His uncle was Archbishop of Dublin. Returning to Ireland in the same year Professor Moran became Cardinal 'Cullen’s private secretary, a post previously occupied by the late Bishop Murray. While associated with Cardinal Cullen, ' Jhe

yet-undiscovered Cardinal of Australia was Professor of Hebrew and Scripture in the Diocesan College of Holy Cross, Clonliffe. On the sth March, 1872, he was consecrated Bishop of Olba and Coadjutor of Ossory, and the 18th day of August in the same year saw him enthroned at Kilkenny as Bishop of the diocese, which episcopal office he held till his appointment as Archbishop of Sydney, on March 21st, 1884.

The last ceremony performed by the Cardinal in Ireland was the laying of the foundation-stone of the new Church of St. Patrick, in Kilkenny. The proceedings were touched with regret at the thought of the loss that diocese would sustain when Sydney’s new Archbishop had departed from Ireland’s shores.

Address from the Irish Hierarchy.

Among the many addresses which have been presented to the Most Rev. Dr. Moran since the announcement of his elevation to the Archiepiscopal See of Sydney (says the Dublin Freeman in a leading article at the time of the Archbishop’s departure for Sydney), none have touched him more deeply than that which has emanated from the Irish Hierarchy. Headed by the Cardinal-Archbishop himself the venerable . Episcopate of the Church vin Ireland have put in the . form of an address their hearty and affectionate greetings to Dr. Moran before his departure for the distant scene of his future Apostolic labors. It is a signal compliment, and one of which any prelate might be proud. It is the earnest expression of affection and congratulation by a body of. ecclesiastics who represent . * all that is cultivated and venerable and dignified in the Universal Church. For years back the Most Rev. Dr. Moran has himself been an eloquent and conspicuous member of that body, and while the address is a pleasant evidence of that fine esprit de corps which links the Irish prelates as one, no Bishop could be more fittingly and deservedly made the recipient of the unusual compliment. Dr.. Moran has been all that the address . describes him. An esteemed and venerated member of the government of the Irish Church, he has devoted his time and intellect to historic researches which have left a permanent monument in the history of the Church to his untiring industry and ability. " b

Audience With the Holy Father.

Before proceeding to take charge of his new See, the then Archbishop Moran spent a fortnight in Rome. At his final audience with the Holy Father, Monsignor 0 Haran (who had resigned his position in the Irish College to accompany the Archbishop, as private secretary) and several priests for the Australian mission were present at the ceremony. The venerable Father of Christendom seemed very much moved with tenderness as Dr. Moran knelt down at his feet and asked his blessing. The Holy Father lifted his pale white hands, saying'; From my inmost soul I impart to you, Monsignor, to these young missionaries, and to the whole of Australia, the Apostolic Benediction.’ In the whole history of the Church in Australia, the new prelate speeding on his way to Sydney was the first to bear with him the dignity of being * fully invested as Archbishop with pallium and with complete ecclesiastical authority.

First Glimpse of Australia.

The Orient Company’s Liguria left ‘ the other side’ on July 25, 1884, Captain Conlon in charge, and reached Adelaide on the first day of September. Besides the new Archbishop and his secretary, Monsignor 0 Haran, then fresh from the Irish College, Captain Conlon ’s care included a number of priests for the diocese.

On arriving at Adelaide there was a public reception in which the Governor, Sir William Robinson, joined; His Excellency placed his carriage at the Archbishop’s service, and offered the hospitality of Government House during his stay—a mark of respect never before paid to a Catholic prelate in Australia. liie late Archbishop Reynolds was not allowed to do honors alone. Bishop Murray of Maitland, Archbishop Murphy' of Hobart, and Bishop Moore of Bal-

larat had journeyed to Adelaide to participate in the welcome. In • Melbourne the Archbishop had a cordial welcome, the large and influential deputation from the laity being headed by Sir Bryan O’Loghlen and the Hon Nicholas Fitzgerald. The late Archbishop Goold entertained Archbishop Moran and a distinguished company at Brighton. All the prelates who had met the new Archbishop in Adelaide, including Bishop Reynolds, accompanied him right on to Sydney. The Liguria entered the gateways of Sydney Harbor shortly after 7 0 clock on the morning of September 8, 1884.

ARRIVAL IN SYDNEY. The Catholics of Sydney made history on that eventful day. It was estimated that more than 100,000 people of all creeds and nationalities assisted in the reception, counting those who lined the streets as the procession passed, and those who assembled in Hyde Bark and in the streets adjoining St. Mary’s. ; , The Very Rev. Dr. Sheridan, then Administrator of the diocese going on board the mail steamer, was the first to welcome the distinguished prelate (says the Freemans Journal). The procession up the harbor included 50 steamers, all bright with banners and flags, and all crowded. There had never been before such a reception •as it for, including those on the steamers, those assembled at the landing-place, and those packing the streets on the line of march from Circular Quay to St Mary s Cathedral, 100,000 people took part in the demonstration. While coming up the harbor, the . music l of the bands was almost drowned by the thrilling shouts of welcome and the thunderous cheers which never ceased more than a second or two. At the Quay, Captain Loftus, son of Lord Loftus, was waiting with his Excellency’s carriage, in which the then Archbishop drove to the Cathedral, headed by an imposing procession of all the Catholic societies. The landing took place exactly at 12 o’clock; but so great was the crowd in the streets that more than an hour passed in reaching the Cathedral. How over 6000 men and women managed to squeeze themselves in the building remams to . this day a mystery, but they were there. After the T e Deum ’ had been sung, no fewer than twenty addresses of welcome, all richly illuminated, were read and presented. Addresses, among others, were presented by large lay and clerical deputations representing the dioceses of Maitland, Bathurst, Amidale, _ Goulburn, Brisbane, Rockhampton, and the Vicariate of North Queensland. Dr. Sheridan and Judge Faucett read the two - principal addresses. Eighteen members of Parliament, including the Speaker were present in the Cathedral, the decorations of which were on an elaborate scale. At the Benediction in the evening, the late Bishop Murray was the preacher. The prelates who assisted in the ceremonies were Archbishop Reynolds (Adelaide), Archbishop Murphy (Hobart), Bishop Murray (Maitland), Bishop Lanigan (Goulburn), Bishop Torreggiani (Armihampton)^ ° P M °° re (Eallarat )’ and Bishop Cani (RockOn the day of the Archbishop’s arrival there was rw gl a? d banquet at St. Mary’s presbytery, at which r Sheridan presided. His Grace occupied the post of honor, and all the Bishops and nearly all the clergy tbp n 1? T 1 ? Wh ° had assisted ** the ceremonies in the Cathedral were present. In responding to the toast of his health, . the Archbishop made a singularly beautiful and touching speech, and the speeches of the ablv i? ° f aifcland and other prelates were remarkon K I ? f Ue * fc ,f nd felicitous. Archpriest Sheehy spoke on behalf of the clergy of the archdiocese. P _ , The new Archbishop proved himself to be at once a working Bishop.’ After all his travelling by land and sea it would be natural to suppose that on reaching Sydney he would have rested himself,‘and put off the commencement of active duty till he had recovered from the worries and trials of the preceding months but he did not suffer even the day of his landing to pass before performing some official acts. In g the afternoon he visited Government House, and this visit was returned. His first visits to the religious estabhshmenis were n made at St. Vincent’s Hospital and St. Vincent Convent, conducted by the Bisters of

Charity. The next day his Grace, in company with Dr. Sheridan, made quite a long list of visits. The remainder of the week was spent in visiting the various parishes, and. on the following Sunday his Grace delivered an impressive sermon at the celebration of the Feast of the Exaltation,

CREATED A CARDINAL.

The Archbishop, summoned by the Holy Father, left for Rome on the Feast of the Sacred Heart, 1885. Writing from Rome, the Archbishop, under date July 27, tells what happened thus;— It has pleased the Holy Father to honor the Australian Church by promoting me to the Cardinalate this morning. Five other Cardinals were made, including Monsignor Melchers (Archbishop of Cologne). The title of Susanna has been assigned to me. I have been deputed to consecrate Dr. Walsh to the See of Dublin on Sunday next, and with him I am to consecrate two other Bishops, viz., Monsignor Sogara for Central Africa, and a French-Canadian for the newly-divided See of Three Rivers, in Canada.

His Return to Sydney.

Returning to Sydney a Prince of the Church, it was no marvel that his. Eminence received a magnificent welcome. The mail steamer Liguria, with the Cardinal on board, left London on September 18, Counting priests and nuns, ‘ the Pope’s consignments,’ as someone so described them, numbered 26. The Sisters on board included the first community of the Little Company of Mary, or Nursing Sisters, for Sydney. His Eminence arrived in Sydney on November 4, 1885.

PROGRESS OF THE ARCHDIOCESE.

It would be impossible with the space at our disposal to give even a brief account of what the late Cardinal did for religion during the twenty-seven years that he had ruled over the See of Sydney. Speaking at the blessing of additions to the Convent of Mercy, Singleton, on Sunday, August 8,1909, the Rev. Father Meagher referred to the distinctive features of the late Cardinal’s career, and the results of his labors, which he summarised as follow:

‘ I was looking over a directory of ’BB, and I have made a comparison of the state of the archdiocese then and now, showing the increase in good work,’ said Father Meagher. ‘ln ’BB there were 55 parishes in the archdiocese, now there are 71— increase of 30 per cent. Then there were 140 churches, now there are 188 an increase of over 34 per cent.; and in this you must consider the magnificent Cathedral of St. Mary’s, in itself the work of a lifetime; and I believe his Eminence contemplates, in the course of, a few weeks, the laying of the foundation stone of its completion. And, I am quite sure, when he does so he will have the sympathy of the whole State. In ’BB there were 124 priests, now there are 196 —an increase of 58 per cent. Then there were 79 Brothers, now there are 213, an increase of 170 per cent. In ’BB the Sisters engaged in teaching and in hospitals numbered 428, now there are 1235. Then there was but one ecclesiastical seminary, now there are two in working order, and a third in course of construction. The completion of St. Patrick’s College, Manly, that conspicuous monument that first meets the eye of the voyager entering Sydney Harbor, like St. Mary’s, would be the work of a lifetime; but, large as St. Patrick’s is, his Eminence is building another seminary to deal with the overflow. The other colleges in the archdiocese in ’BB numbered three, now there are six—an increase of 100 per cent. In ’BB there were 17 boarding schools for girls in the archdiocese, now there are 27. There were 23 superior day schools in ’BB now there*are 48. The primary schools then numbered 80, now there are 180, in addition to two poor and three night schools. That is the work of religion in the archdiocese of Sydney. Coming to works of charity, the increase is still greater. There were three hospitals in the archdiocese when his Eminence took charge; now there are teri, including the Hospice for the Dying, the Foundling Home at Waitara, and the Horae for Mental Invalids, There were three

orphanages in the archdiocese at that time, now there are seven.’

At the conclusion of the Catholic Congress, which was opened in Sydney in September, 1909, Pontifical High Mass was celebrated in St. Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday, October 3, his Eminence Cardinal Moran presiding. At the conclusion of the Mass addresses from the Bishops of the Province, from the clergy, the laity,. the H.A.C.B. Society, etc., congratulating his Eminence on the silver jubilee of his episcopate in Australia, were presented. Then followed the ceremony of .laying the foundation stone of the additions which are to complete St. Mary’s Cathedral. Up to date the Cathedral has cost £275,000, and its completion will involve at a rough estimate an expenditure of from £IOO,OOO to £120,000. On the following day the blessing and official opening of St. Columba’s Missionary College, Springwood, took place. The portion then completed was sufficient to accommodate eighty students, and had entailed an expenditure of £8000; when completed the total cost will amount to £15,000.

Some of the Principal Works.

Among the works which had been carried out during the late Cardinal’s episcopate in Sydney, the following is a partial list: —St. Patrick’s Ecclesiastical College, Manly, at a cost of about £70,000; St. Mary’s Cathedral, £100,000; the Palace, Manly, £12,000; St. Ignatius’ College, £20,000; St. Joseph’s College, Hunter’s Hill, £70,000; Holy Cross College, Ryde, £10,000; Sacred Heart Convent, Rose Bay, £60,000; St. Vincent’s Ladies’ College, £20,000 ; St. Benedict’s Hall and Schools, £12,000; enlargement and improvement of St. Vincent’s Hospital, £23,000; Hospice for the Dying, £6700; Hospital for Women and Children, Lewisham, £12,000; St. Joseph’s Hospital, Auburn, £7000; St. Anne’s Orphanage, Liverpool, £4000; Home for Aged Poor, Randwick, £12,000; Magdalen Home, £15,000. In the four years of the Cardinal’s episcopatelßß4-88 expenditure., on buildings under his direction amounted to £428,000. What the sum is up to date it would be difficult even to form an estimate. These are only a few of the many churches, convents, schools, and charitable institutions built during the past twenty-seven years.

The late Cardinal presided at the first Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in Australasia at Sydney in 1885, at the second Plenary Council in 1895, and at the third Plenary Council in 1905.

Last year his Eminence started collecting funds for the completion of St. Mary’s Cathedral, with the result that the promised subscriptions to date total £72,500, about two-thirds of the amount required.

His activity for a man of his aee was something wonderful. Scarcely a Sunday passed by that he did not officiate at the blessing and opening or the laying of the foundation stone of a church, school, or religious institution. Last March he proceeded on along voyage to Western Australia to officiate at the consecration of the Right Rev. Dr. Clune as Bishop of Perth; and less than a fortnight before his death he presided at a dinner given at the Cathedral presbytery, Sydney, in honor of the Irish envoys.

The late Cardinal visited Dunedin in February, 1886, and officiated at' the opening of St. Joseph’s Cathedral, and made a second visit to this city in 1896, when he consecrated the Right Rev. Dr. Verdon. Three years ago he visited Auckland, on the occasion of the opening of the Catholic Cathedral there. His Lordship Dr. Verdon is a first cousin of the deceased Cardinal.

The following Press Association messages appeared in the daily papers during the past week:—

There are many tributes from the press and public men. The late Cardinal was referred to as a great churchman, administrator, and statesman. Numerous messages of sympathy were received. The Government, as a mark of respect, issued a special black-bordered Gazette. t

Archbishop Kelly, who was appointed the late Cardinal’s Coadjutor, succeeds him.

Permission was obtained to inter Cardinal Moran’a body in St. Mary’s Cathedral.

A constant vigil was kept over Cardinal Moran’s body in St. Mary’s Cathedral until the interment on Sunday. A special Gazette refers to the loss the public has sustained in the Cardinal Moran, and directs that flags be half-masted on all the Government buildings. : _ . The messages of sympathy include those from his Grace Archbishop Redwood, his Lordship Bishop Verdon, his Lordship Bishop Cleary, a number of Catholic bodies in New Zealand, two from Rome, and one from the Vatican. One message reads : * The Irish College mourns the loss of a guide, benefactor, and friend.’

The London press generally noticed the death of Cardinal Moran, and refers to the Australian Catholics’ loss and to the late Cardinal’s militancy and unceasing efforts on behalf of Home Rule for Ireland.

SYDNEY, August 18.

Enormous crowds thronged St. Mary’s Cathedral in an endeavour to view the Cardinal’s body, which was lying in state. Hundreds were unable to gain 'admittance. There were many painful demonstrations of grief. MELBOURNE, August 18.

Lord Denman (the Governor-General) has sent an autograph letter to the Archbishop of Melbourne expressing his deep sympathy at the death of Cardinal Moran. He is sending his aide to Sydney to represent him at the obsequies. LONDON, August 18.

Mr. Redmond has cabled to Cardinal Moran’s secretary expressing the Irish party’s sorrow.

THE SOLEMN OBSEQUIES.

A press message states that there was a Pontifical Requiem High Mass in St. Mary’s Cathedral on Saturday. Among those present were representatives of, the Government, and the Anglican Primate, several members of the Ministry, the Lord Mayor, and Mr. Redmond .(Irish delegate). In the course of a eulogy of Cardinal Moran, Archbishop Kelly said—‘Who does not feel his loss? In loving Ireland (his Motherland), and Australia (his adopted country) he loved every individual citizen at Home and here. If possible he had a more tender sentiment and regard for the interest of those outside than for those within.’

Messages of sympathy and tributes to the late Cardinal came from all parts of the Commonwealth, and from all classes of the community, including the Anglican archbishop. It is estimated that nearly a quarter of a million people viewed the funeral procession on Sunday. The hearse containing the remains left St. Mary’s Cathedral, and proceeded via Liverpool, Elizabeth, and College streets, and thence returned to the Cathedral. It was followed by the Church dignitaries, clergy, members of Catholic societies, guilds, in regalia (including a representative of the New Zealand Hibernian Society), the children attending the Catholic schools, the Irish Rifle Regiment, representatives of the Gover-nor-General and the State Governor, Mr Hughes (representing - the Commonwealth Ministry), and several members of the State Ministry, and official heads. Many public men were also present at the obsequies as a token of respect to the departed Cardinal.

Immense crowds thronged the Cathedral. Archbishop Kelly performed the last rites as the coffin was placed in the vault. The service was simple, most solemn, and impressive. The choir rendered the solemn music, and the combined Cathedral bells tolled.

DUNEDIN.

On Friday morning a Solemn Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of Cardinal Moran was celebrated in St. Joseph’s Cathedral, at which his Lordship the Bishop presided, Very Rev. Mgr. O’Leary (Lawrence) and Very Rev. Father O’Donnell (Gore) being deacons at the throne. Right Rev. Mgr. Mackay, V.G. (Oamaru) was celebrant, Rev. Father Delany (South Dunedin) deacon, Rev. Father Corcoran subdeacon, and

Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., master of ceremonies. There were also in the Sanctuary Rev. Father O’Donnell (Queenstown), and Rev. D. O’Neill (South Dunedin). The solemn music of the Mass was rendered by a choir consisting of Rev. Fathers Liston and Morkane and some students from Holy Cross College, , : At all the Masses on Sunday at St. Joseph’s Cathe- V dral, the Sacred Heart Church, and St. Patrick’s Basilica.the prayers of the congregation were asked for the repose of the soul of Cardinal Moran,' and feeling reference was made to the loss sustained by the Church in Australasia by his death. Rev. Father O’Donnell (Queenstown), speaking at the 9 o’clock Mass at the Cathedral, paid a feeling tribute to the memory of the deceased prelate, who was a great churchman, a great scholar, and a great lover of his 4 native land, and it was especially owing to his exertions that interest in the fight for self-government for Ireland was maintained in Australasia.

Rev. Father Coffey, Adm., dealt at some length, with the life and labors of the great Cardinal from the time that he left Ireland as a boy with his uncle, Cardinal Cullen, to study for the priesthood in Rome, to his latest civic act of entertaining the Irish envoys on their arrival in Sydney, when he wished them every success in their mission, and promised to assist them in every possible way. During his residence in Rome —about a quarter of a centuryboth as student and later as Vice-Rector of the Irish College, he was distinguished for his learning and industry, and while there made a special study of Church history, and especially Celtic ecclesiastical history, materials for which were tjo be found in the Vatican and other libraries. The result of his scholarship, industry, and patient research was that in after years he was recognised as one of the world’s authorities on antiquarian matters, and an undoubted authority on Church history, and was able when the necessity arose to refute with crushing success the futile and bigoted attempts of those who would besmirch the Church and the character of the Popes by the falsification of history. The rev. preacher next dealt with the late Cardinal’s appointment as Bishop of Ossory, and later on as Archbishop of the important See of Sydney. Some of his ■principal works in the archdiocese of Sydney during the past twenty-seven years were described, among these being the completion of portions of St. Mary’s Cathedral at a cost of £IOO,OOO, the erection of the Ecclesiastical Seminary at Manly involving an expenditure of £70,000, and numerous churches, schools, and charitable institutions in every part of the archdiocese. His zeal and -activity on behalf of religion,, education, and charity were something to marvel at, and extorted the admiration of all, even those who differed from him. Scarcely a Sunday passed that he did not officiate at the laying of the foundation stone, or the blessing or opening of some church, school, or institute for fallen or afflicted humanity. Yet, notwithstanding his busy life, he found time to write many books of an apologetic and historical character, even since his advent to Sydney, and these works have come to be recognised as authoritative text books on the subjects dealt with. In his literary works were displayed in a remarkable degree that ripe scholarship and the result of that deep historical research, the foundations for which were laid during his student days in the Eternal City. Another example of his zeal was the organisation of the first and third Australasian Catholic Congresses held in Sydney. Even although he had nearly reached his eightieth year the work of soliciting papers to be read at the congress of 1909 was undertaken by him, and in fact all . the details of that important undertaking had his most careful supervision. The late Cardinal did not wholly confine himself 'to religious and philanthropic, matters, but took a deep and abiding interest in public affairs. He was a most patriotic Irishman, and next to the land of his birth he loved the land of his ; adoption, and was at all times most optimistic as to the high place it would occupy among the nations of the world. He was one of the most enthusiastic supporters of the federation of the various States, which resulted in what is known as the Commonwealth. He was a great humanitarian, and did not confine himself to

erecting institutes for the reception of the . fallen, the neglected, and the afflicted, but he raised his voice and used his pen on behalf of the workers, and contended that they should be treated generously and justly, and that if labor had its rights capital had also its duties. He had great faith in the ultimate triumph of democracy, and did much to bring about the return of the late Labor Ministry in New South Wales. Like the great Cardinal Manning, he was a great admirer and a true friend of the worker. He was an outstanding personality in Australia; his great.zeal on behalf of religion and education, his incomparable scholarship, his broad views on public affairs, his sympathy with the just demands of the workers, lent at all times great weight to his opinions. . It was almost needless to refer to his work on behalf of his native land, it was so well known. He kept the flag of Irish nationality flying in Australia when bigotry and, intolerance decried it, and he was always the heart and soul of every movement to assist the Irish party and welcome" the envoys who came to plead the cause of Ireland. One of his last public acts was to preside at a dinner given by him to Messrs. Hazleton, Redmond, and Donovan, hen he congratulated them on the success of their mission so far, and wished it increasing success in its continuance. In. conclusion, Father Coffey said that the late Cardinal had left his impress on the religious and civic life of New South Wales, and his memory would be long treasured not alone by the Catholics of Sydney, but by the people of Australasia, and if at any future time a stranger were to visit the New South Wales capital and ask what the late Cardinal had done for the land of his adoption his guide could point with pride to the monuments of religion, .charity, and education which dot the land on every side.

AUCKLAND.

(From our own correspondent.)

The news of the death of his Eminence Cardinal Moran was received in Auckland with the most sincere regret. On Friday morning a Solemn’ Pontifical Requiem Mass was. celebrated at the Cathedral in the presence of a very large congregation. The high altar, 'sanctuary, and pulpit were draped in black and purple. The catafalque was placed in the main aisle in front of the sanctuary rails, and was similarly draped. His Lordship the Bishop was celebrant, Right Rev. Mgr. O’Reilly assistant priest. Very Rev. Father Mahoney (Onehunga) deacon. Rev. Father Darby (Hamilton) subdeacon, Rev. Father Holbrook, Adm., master of ceremonies. There were also present in the sanctuary Right Rev. Mgr. Gillan, V.G., Very Rev. Father Buckley, Rev. Fathers Golden, McMillan, O’Hara, Tormey, Wright, Brennan, Williams, Carran, O’Farrell, and Clarke. The choir, consisting of male voices, in which were Rev. Fathers Patterson, Edge, Smiers, and Ormond, under Mr. P. F. Hiscocks, rendered the solemn Gregorian music, and before the last blessing sang the ‘ Libera.’ As the Bishop and clergy in processional order left the church the organist (Mr. H. Hiscocks) ■ played the ‘Dead March from ‘Saul.’

(By telegraph, from our own correspondent.)

August 21.

The following cable message has been sent by Bro. Kane, district secretary of H.A.C.B. Society, to the Right Rev. Mgr. O’Haran, Sydney:—‘New Zealand Hibernians deplore the Cardinal’s demise and Catholic loss, and tender their profound sympathy.’

Mr. Arthur Myers, M.P. for Auckland East, writes as follows from Wellington to your correspondent: — ‘ Permit me to embrace the opportunity of expressing my'sympathy in the great loss the Catholic community has sustained through the death of Cardinal Moran, whose high mental attainments and culture, and devotion to his Church and to any cause that seemed to him righteous, made him such a conspicuous and influential figure in the public life of Australia.’

1 Rev. Fathers Holbrook and Wright, at the Masses and Vespers at the Cathedral yesterday, made feeling references to the late Cardinal. &