PEOPLE WE HEAR ABOUT

New Zealand Tablet, 28 April 1921, Page 37

PEOPLE WE HEAR ABOUT

I Irish papers of recent date announce the death of: . v:-, V* ...-'tap . - v. yv *■ * :• TjL *< i the Very Rev. Dr. Keane, 0.P., the well-known Dominican 5c.! v - ■ ~ ‘<94* iff priest, who died in Dublin, on Tuesday evening, February 8. Very Rev. Father Michael Antoninus Keane, 0.P., was born in 1851. He was educated at Mount Melleray, Co. Waterford, and at Clonliffe College, where among his professors was the late : Archbishop- of r Sydney; v In 1874 he received the rare honor of D.D., Catholic University of Ireland, and was ordained the same year. In 1897 Dr. Keane delivered a famous panegyric on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of -; Daniel O’Connell, commemorated at the instance of Pope Leo XIII. in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh. ; Mr. W. A.‘ Redmond, who was recently called to the English' Bar at Gray’s Inn, intends to practice on the Liverpool circuit. It was on the same circuit that Charles Russell, afterwards Lord Russell of Killowen, began the career as an 'advocate which was destined to become one of , the most brilliant in English legal annals: : The late Mr. John Redmond had a passing connection- with the great city in which so many Irish people have made their home. He was nominated for the Kirkwood Division of Liverpool in 1885, and was defeated.,, Mr.. T. P. O’Connor stood for the Scotland Road Division at the same time—• and Avon the seat he holds up to the present day. The late Archbishop Whiteside, of Liverpool, was in many respects the most popular prelate of any in England. In the great Mersey Port, where he spent much of his life, in which he ruled hundreds of thousands spiritually as its first Catholic Archbishop, Dr. Whiteside was known as the friend of the poor;” and a non-Catholic eulogist says that - no more ■. appropriate title could have been applied to him. Of the poor he was the -especial friend and protector. Pie was qSsidubus, modest and} warmhearted in the pursuit of. any project to help those in distress. His good works were seldom brought into public notice.: The . Archbishop was a great lover " of children, who found in him a sure and constant champion and benefactor. He .delighted to'be' among them and ~ they responded with enthusiastic affection. His services 1 w§re ungrudgingly, given to the fatherless, the outcast, and the fallen, and he leaves a long record , of success in rescue work. As a spiritual overseer Archbishop Whiteside did great T,work,: for the Catholic Church. The Archdiocese flourished under his rule. At home he Avon the love of both priests and people. He was a prelate of high attainments, but he will be most pleasantly remembered by those who knew him best for the humility and holiness of his personal character. The death has been announced at Montreal of a deaf and dumb nun,' Sister Mary, of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, of the Community of ■ the Little Sisters of Our Lady of the Seven Dolors. She was the first nun to make her profession in this special Congregation for deaf and dumb subjects. There are only two Communities of this kind in the entire world —one at Larnay, in France, which is under the care and direction of the Religious Order known as . “Les Soeurs de la Sagesse;”, the other at Montreal, in Canada, directed by the nuns of the Order of Pi evidence. In Payis there is a Community of blind nuns known as the Sisters of St. Paul. The deaf and dumb Sisters at Montreal jwimber 28 some, are English, others French. They follow the religious life as'perfectly as they can. They devote themselves to the care of the deaf and dumb, whom they edify and encourage by their holy lives; and help in various works under the guidance of the Sisters of Providence. ~ , ; , -v.. ...... ...One of the addresses at the most recent meeting of the French Institute, which includes the various “Academies, was a tribute to Cardinal Mercier. The, speaker was M. Lacour-Gayet, fellow of the University , of France, who represented the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. The address was heard by President Millerand,, former! President Poincare,’ M. Ribot, M. Bourgeois, Mr Barthou and, other past and present Ministers and officials. In, his peroration M. Lacour-Gayet said: “The Archbishop of Malmes has taken a prominent place among the moral personalities of the .war. Faith and patriotism have made of this heroic priest v a conquering hero. The Primate ; of ’

Belgium, whom the Academy bf -Moral : and’ S* olrt m Sciences is proud to number among its foreign\membersJ has well "deserved the following judgment fropi our friepd| M* Emile Boutroux: ‘Cardinal Mermen is the man -Who*, . armed with integrity, purity of heart and evangelic char? ity, has forced Might down upon its knees.’ ” ■*: r"'; i;, La r Croix l says:—“Sad news has come from Rome announcing the death of . Cardinal, Camassei, Just recently we announced with joy his elevation to the Cardinalate| v. *. -• ’ % 4 , ' vij i 4 ,•» and referred to what the . ; Church might "- expect from his untiring devotion and the great <; knowledge 'he has. of -people .and things in. general; especially-in the East. ;} Wd also- spoke of his .'intense desire to promote God’s interests throughout the world. His ' Eminence ' Cardinal Campssejj, was Patriarch at Jerusalem. He suffered much during" the war at the hands of : the Turks, who exiled him to.> Nazareth. 5-His characteristic virtue was kindness. It is) easily realised; therefore, how' much lie was - loved by alb those who knew him. ; Ali his friends and, with them, the pilgrims to Jerusalem who fe met ; Cardinal Camessei there will pray for the repose of his soul.” i , ‘