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CARDINAL MORAN: A Jubilee Sketch.
A Triumph of Piety, Patriotism and Work,
(SVDNEV "FREEMAN'S JOURNAL.")
CAREER OF THE CARDINAL.
His Eminence the Cardinal was
born at Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow,
Ireland, on September 16, 1880. Wlien
quite young lie 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, lie studied
the higher branches of, education for
some time before leaving his native
country to commence his college career
in Rome.
DR. CULLEN'S LITTLE NEPHEW
Ireland was remarkably well represented
in the Roman College when Dr, •
Cullen, with his little -nephew under
his wing, assumed his position at the
beginning of 1843 as Rector of tin?
Irish College. Among those who were
about this time going through the academics
were Dr. Croke (Archbishop of
Cash©]), 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.
M'Hale, V.Q. <Tuam). In the group
with Patrick Francis Moran were Dr.
Murray (Bishop, of Maitland), Archbishop
Azarian (Patriarch of Armenia).
Monsignor Maddalena (Archbishop of
Corfu), Archbishop Chajab (Patriarch of
the Chaldeans), the Most Rev. Dr.
Dunne (present Archbishop of Brisbane),
Monsignor Cameron (Bisliop of
Arcscbat, in Nova Scotia), and many
other students who became illustrious
prelates. Thomas D'Arcy M'Gee might
have had this bright band in his gaze
when he wrote—
"They were a band of brethren richly
graced,
With all that most exalts the sons of
men—
Youth,
courage,
honour,
art
well
placed—
When
shall
we
see their
parallels
again?
The very flower and fruitage of their
age.
Destined for Duty's cross
or
Glory s
page."
THE STUDENT AT ROME.
The young student went through a
course of humanities, philosophy, and
mathematics while attending lectures
iu the Roman College. His head professors
of mathematics were Frs. Vico
and Sestini, men of such sterling and
universally recognised ability that attint
breaking-up of the Jesuit .houses
through Europe in 1848 and 1849 they
individually were- seized on, one for the
Observatory at Paris, and the other
for that of Geneva, by the then Republican
Government^ of France and
Switzerland. In philosophy young Mr.
Moran attended for • three years the
lectures of the celebrated Jesuit Fathers,
Forn and Manera, and of the
Italian Professor C. B. Solymani. Besides
these learned lecturers, Frs. Passaglia
and Perrone gave lectures in
Dogmatic Theology; the Germans
Voight and Sell r ad or lectured on
Morals, Patriai on Momoneutics, Riltz
on Scripture, etc.- Among the colleges,
whose students crowded its walls were
the German, the Irish, the Scotch, the
French, and six Italian colleges, besides
a vast number of enthusiastic
young men, both lay and _ cleric, from
the same countries and from the United
States, Canada, South America,
and Spain, who used to reside privately
in the city, and attend lectures attlie
Collegio Romano. Mr. Moran was a
.very zealous member of more than one
archasological society, under the presidency
of the famous Cavdinal.Mni. The
connection thus formed gave him in
after years ready access to th© archives
of the Propaganda and the Vatican,
and through these latter to the leading
literary preserves of the Continent.
The ecclesiastical students attending
the lectures in the Roman College were
at the stormy time of the Revolution, in
,1848 transferred to the Propaganda or
'Urban College. Here Mr. Moran distinguished
, l .
The rivalry. betweftn-.the colleges,-. of
diffcrottt .nationalities
theological career Mr. Moran was
selected to appear at a large reunion
of the Cardinals of the Congregation
de Propaganda as a picked student,
and to. expound the holdings of the
Catholic Church against Atheism and
Heterodoxy.
He won the Doctor's Cup in a brilliant
public defence of.Catholic Doctrine
and Catholic Theology.
. ORDINATION AS A PRIEST.
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 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)
n cablegram, sent by t..o Bishops of
the Province ^ congratulating him on his
appointment to the See ofc Sydney.
HIS FIRST
WORK.
For fourteen years after his ordination
the life of Dr. Moran in Rome was
that of a high-class scholar. His researches
in the Papal archives, and in
those of _ the head houses of tjie religious
Orders in Rome, were unwearied
In the motlies-house of the Franciscans,
Carmelites, etc.. in Rome
there are caskets and pigeonholes full
of the Irish correspondence between the
years 1550 and 1800. Dr. Moran 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
from 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 Plurikett, Archbishop
of Armagh."
VTOE-PR ESIDENT OF THE IRISH
COLLEGE.
Ho was in 1856 appointed Vice-President
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
religions
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.
FRIEND OF AUSTRALIA.
Further, he familiarised himself with
all tlie 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 MTRncroe of Sydney,
visited Rome to urge the Holy Father,
Pope Pius IX., to establish episcopal
• Sees in A'ustralia, tlie petition was
drawn up and personally presented, »is
Archdeacon M'Bncrpe 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, Armidak and
Goulburn. Between 1859 and 1866 Dr.
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 his Lordship the
late Dr.
Murray, . and
the
late, Dr,
Quinn.
•.-.•• '-.'V,
BISHOP OF OSSpilY.
In -1866 PivrfeBdor Moran was invited
to Ireland?
of.
Dublin*--^
in the
samp^^^^®^ 0*'
Moran, became "
secretary, a ;
n^ti^^Ji&^iSPffPied
by
the.^ate i
Cardinal Cullen, the yet-undismrered
Cardinal of Australia was Pressor of
Hebrew and Scripture in the Diocesan
College of Holy Cross, Cloi.liffe 0n
the 5th March, 1872, he was consecrai
ted Bishop of Olba and Coadjutor of
Ossory, and tlie 18th day of Au-nstin
the same year saw him enthroned at
Kilkenny as Bishop of the d.ocose
wlich episcopal office he held til! liis
appointment as Archbishop <,( Svdnoi
on March 21st, 1884.
PREPARING THE WELC0W
SYDNEY.
TO
The preliminary meeting t„ extend
to Archbishop Moran a heartv welcome
to Sydney, held on Wednesday April
30., 1884, was truly gratifying,' uid a
complete success. The mMinjr was
Simply announced as a preiiniinarv ow> •
and although the promoters of: t-lio
movement were perfectly conscious that
tliey had general support and sympathy
in setting about making the liecpssary
preparations for the ireception of the
eminent prelate, it was scarcely expected
when the night proved so dfendfnlly
wet and unfayorahlo that there
would bo anything like a crowded attendance.
Tlie fact that the large
meeting room in the Town Hall was
filled to tlie doors before eight o'clock,
however, afforded a pretty good indication
of the warm interest taken in
the matter by the. Catholics of the
city and suburbs. A considerable number
of sympathisers who an-ived late
had to go away disappointed, not being
able to get near the room. Tlio
assembly was a thoroughly representative
one. Sir Edward Strickland occupied
the chair.
THE CARDINAL'S LAST CEREMONY
IN IRELAND.
The last ceremony performed by the
Cardinal in Ireland was the laying of
the foundation-stone of the tiot- Church
of St. Patrick, in Kilkenny. The
proceedings were touched with regret
at the thought 0f the loss that diocese
would sustain when Sydney's new
Archbishop had departed from Ireland's
shores. The route of the procession
from the church to the now
site was enlivened with decorations, and
at intervals green banners spanned it.
the inscription on which was: '1/ojig
life to the Archbishop of Sydney."
At the religious ceremonies the
speaker of the day, the Rev. J. G.
Hayden S.J., spoke hopefully of the
future of Ireland, and said the presence
of his Grace reminded them that
he had laboured amongst them, that
he consoled them in their sorrows, and
that he governed with prudence and
love the Church of God. These were
the thoughts that awakened sorrow and
regret in their hearts, but there womW
be an alleviation of their sorrows in
the thought that his Grace would bear
consolation and hope, to their brethren
in Australia. The assembled people at
the'laying of the foundation-stone numbered
fully 5000, inany of whom in
their anxiety to witness the ceremony
—the last performed by his Grace, previous
to Ins departure for Sydneyclimbed
to the tree tops or seated
themselves . on the snrroundinp; walla.
The Very Rev. Dr, Hayden entertained
a number of the priests and laity of
the parish at dinner in the evening,
when his Grace the Archbishop promised
if the church was finished within
two years that he would return to
consecrate it. .
DR
TRTSH
moran and the
HIERARCHY.
vhich
Among the many addresses
have been presented to the Most
Dr. Moran since the announcement or
his elevation to the Archiepiscopal Nw
of Sydney (says the "Dublin Freeman
in a leading article at the time of tlm
Archbishop's dfiparfcurfr for Sydney),

none ba™ 3 touched him more deeply
than tliat which has emanated from
(h. Hierarchy. Headed by the
Cardinal-Archbishop, bimjself the venerable
Episcopate of the Church m Ireland
have put in the form of an "address
their hearty and affectionate
n-eetings to Dr - Moran before his departure
for the distant Boene of his
future Apostolic labours. It is a
signal compliment, and one of -which
3ny prelate might be proud. It is the
earnest expression of afieotidn and conjrratulation
by a body of' ecclesiastics
who "represent all that is cultivated,
venerable and dignified-in the Universal
Church. For years back the Most Rev.
Dr Moran haa himself been an eloquent
and oonspiouous member of that
body and while the address iB a pleasant'evidence
of that fine esprit de
uorps which links the Irish prelates us
one no liishop 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 membej-
of the government of the. Irish
Church, he has devoted hia time and
intellect to historic researches -which
have left a permanent monument 111
the history of the Church to hia untiring
industry and ability. So, too, with
respect to the temporal oondition of his
people. In him they have always found
a sterling guide, philosopher and
friend; and on more than one occasion
a sturdy and well-equipped champion.
Such a man is specially qualified
to succeed in directing and controllinp
the vigorous and energetic Catholicity
of a young nation. The present
generation at the Antipodes have
formed their conception of a gifted and
popular Irish prelate after a high standard—the
Most Rev. Dr. Croke, who
spent a considerable period in their
midst; hut we have no fear that the
new Archbishop of Sydney will fail to
fully realise and justify the conception.
1)1! MORAN AND HIS OLD DIO-
CESE.
I imi:i the "Kilkenny Journal'' dated
tiiiiiM. fi, 1884, the following particulars
apiniar with respcct .to the Cardinal'.-.
voyage to Sydney: —
A letter dated Naples. July :il.
1SS4 has been received in the tow11
from the Most Rev. Dr. Moran, 111
which he describes the voyage so far as
hi'ing very agreeable, and weather delightful.
There are six hundred passengers
on board the steamer, including
four priests, six nuns, and some Brothers
of St. Patrick. Mass is celebrated
every morning by the Archbishop
111 his private oratory, and on Sundays
mi (hck, after which his Grace gives
instructions to the Catholic passengers.
All are in excellent health, and look
/onvaid hopefully to a prosperous voy-
PAPAL
13LESSING.
He I ore proceeding to take charge of
hi.- new See, the then Archbishop
-Moral, spent a fortnight in Koine. At
hi- Imal audience with the Holy Father,
Consignor O'Haran (who Lad resigned
his position in the Irish College
'11 accompany the Archbishop as privaii
secretary) and several priests
lor 'ho Australian mission were present,
at the ceremony. The venerable Father
l >t Christendom seemed very much
"nued with tenderness as Dr. Moran

knelt down at his feet and asked his
blessing. The Holy Father lifted his
pale white hands, saying: "From ray
immost soul I impart to you, Monsignor,
to these young missionaries,
and to the whole of Australia, the
Apnstohc Benediction."
In the whole history of the Church
111 Australia, the new prelate speeding
011 his way to Sydney was the first to
bear
with
him
the
dignity
of
being
"fully
invested"
as
Archbishop
with
pallium
and with
oomplete ecclesiastical
authority.
John Bede Polding was
a Bishop—his
real
title
was
Vicar-
Apostolic—when he was pulled ashore
in a
small
boat
in
Sydney
Harbour
from the sailing ship Oriental, on September
13, 1835.
Roger Bede Vaughan
had
the
minor
rank
ot
Coadjutor.
Archbishop
when he landed from
the
mail steamer Nubia
011 December
16
1873.
FIRST GLIMPSE OF
AUSTRALIA.
J lie Orient Company's Liguria left
"the other side" 011 July 25, 1884, Captain
Conlon in charge, and reached
Adelaide on the first day of September.
Besides the new Archbishop and his
serretary, Monsignor O'Haran, then
fresh from the Irish College, Captain
Conlon's care included a number of
priests for the diocese, among whom
wei'o lie v. William Coffey, Rev. James
Furlong, now at Enmore, and Rev. Dr.
Fa hey; five Sisters of Mercy for the
diucese of Maitland and Wellington
(N.Z.), two Sisters of St. Brigid, and
lour Brothers of St. Patrick for Goulbum.
Poor John Kelly, who had been
the Archbishop's faithiul attendant in
Kilkenny, of course carno out by the
Liguria. John got his first, impression
of white Australians from a horde of
newspaper reporters, who rushed the
gangway and even climbed up the
sides ot the mailboat, at Adelaide, to
interview the Archbishop. "Did you
ever see such a lot of heathens?" said
the amazed bodyguard, who had never
seen the Bishop or Archbisliop stormed
111 this fashion in Ireland. But John
Kelly softened and broadened to more
liberal views of Australia, when the
s'eamer came up with the reception deputations,
and lie saw prelates, priests,
and lay gentlemen making their way
on board to pay respects with all possible
courtesy and reverence. When Mr.
Kelly, of Kilkenny, after the Archbishop
had landed, found the Governor's
carriage with footmen and orderlies,
his conversion to a wholly favorable
opinion of Australians must have
been well-nigh complete. The keenwitted,
well-mannered, good-humoured,
and intensely patriotic retainer died at
St. Mary's Cathedral Presbytery in
1'JOO.
RECEPTION AT ADELAIDE.
There was a public reception in Adelaide,
111 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 in
Adelaide—a mark of respect never be.
lore paid to a Catholic prelate in Australia.
The late Archbishop Reynolds
mis not allowed to do honours alone.
Bishop Murray, of Maitland, Archbishop
Murphy, of Hobart, and Bishop
-Moore, of Baliarat, had journeyed to
Adelaide to participate in the welcome.
Monsignor Beechinor of Tasmania, who
had made the Archbishop's acquaintance
in Home twenty-four years before,
was also there. There was a prooession
to the Cathedral, the
7 Te
-
Deum" was sung, and addresses from
the clergy and laity presented.
THli GOVERNOR'S HOSPITALITY.
While in Adelaide the Archbishop,
through Sir Patrick Jennings, reoeived
a graceful letter from Lord Loftus, Governor
of New South Wales, in which
Ins iixcellcncy placed his carriage and
tho hospitality of Government House,
Sydney, at his service.
AT
MELBOURNE.
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
Very Rev, Dr. Fitzpatrick (Vicar-
General), Dr. Corbett (now Bishop of
Sale), and Dr. Reville (Bishop of Sandhurst),
and the late Prior Butler, were
the chief representatives of the clergy.
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 Harbour
shortly after 7 o'clock on the morning
of September 8th, 1884. While the mail
steamer was ncaring the Heads
Archbishop
Moran
was
saying
his
daily
Mass.
The Holy Sacrifice was offered
up bj
Bishop \li>ore and Bishop Murray.
ARRIVAL IN SYDNEY.
The Catholics of Sydney made history
011 that eventful day. It was estimated
1 Hal 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 Park and
111 the streets adjoining St. Mary's.
The mail steamer anchored at Watson's
Bay, and the late Very Rev. Dr.
Sheridan, Administrator ot the diocese,
was the first to board the vessel. The
members ot the committee, headed by
Sir.Patrick Jennings soon came up 111
the Government launch Nea, and the
-wary with four prelates and over. a
hunuitd priests quickly followed. His
Lordship Dr. Lanigan (Bishop of Goulburn),
his Lordship Dr. Cani (Bishop of
Kockliampton) hia Lordship Dr. Torreggiani
(Bistop of Armidale), and
Aiousignor Byrne (of Bathurst), were
with 1I10 advance guard. Of this distinguished
group only one—Monsignor
Byrne (now Bishop Byrne)—joins hands
in the joyous celebration of the Cardinal's
silver jubilee of his arrival in
Sydney; the remainder have gone to
tiieir eternal reward. Then, one by
one came the flag-decked steamers
with their loads of eager spectators;
and all had decorations or bunting of
some description, the immortal colour
predominating. The Government, as a
rare privilege, had allowed the Prince's
•Stairs to be used tor the Archbishop's
lauding. Up to that the official wharf
had been reserved for the reception of
Governors and visitors of the highest
distinction. Captain Loftus (son of his
Excellency tho Governor) was in attendance
to welcome the Archbishop on
behalf ol the Governor. It was 011
tho stroke of twelve o'clock when the
Archbishop landed, and the scene was
a memorable one as tho tall figure
moved through the crowd to the Governor's
carriage. The procession to
the. Cat'n dral evoked the greatest enthusiasm.
Curiously enough, two members
of the Benedictine O.der, who
may be said to have represented the
past Church in New South Wales,
were waiting on the steps of the Cathedral
to welcome the new prelate. These
were the Venerable Archpriest Sheehy,
who was Archbishop Polding's Vicar-
General ; and the Rev. Fr. Placid
CJuirk, M.A. Fr. Quirk has long since
passed away, but the Venerable Archpriest
Sheehy is still a prominent figure
in ecclesiastical circles, and had the
pleasure of being entertained by the
Cardinal 011 the 8th inst, at a private
luncheon given in honour of hia Australian
silver jubilee. There was another
Benedictine who figured in the
historic welcome, the late Dean O'C'011-
-nell, who had the distinction of being
the first native-born Australian priest.
It was Dean O'Connell who, as the
steamer came up the harbour, pointed
out St. Mary's Cathedral to the Archbishop
as the starting point of Catholicism
beneath the Southern Cross.
The Very Rev. Dr. Sheridan read the
address of the clergy, and the lla,ity's
address was read by his Honour Mr.
Justice Faucett.
Addresses were also presented from
nearly every diocese in Australia.
Eighteen members of Parliament -were
among those who oocupied front benches
in the Otethedrsl.
RAISED TO THE COLLEGE OF
CARDINALS.
The Archbishop, summoned "by tho
Holy Father, left for Rome on the
feast of the Sacred Heart, 1886. Writing
from Rome, the Archbishop, under

date July. 27, ttllls what happened
thus:— -
It has pleased the Holy Father to
honour 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 newlydivided
See of Three Rivers, in Canada.
The assisting consecrating prelates are
Dr. Kirby and Dr. Donnolly ef Clogber.
How wonderful are the ways of
God, showing the faith and unity of
His holy Church, and linking togetherSeessoremote
as those of Sydney,
Central Africa the northern part of
Canada, and Ireland. I intend to
start from Rome 011 the 10th of next
month, and I will sail from London
for Sydney on IGth of September. The
Holy Father is as welL aB you could
wish. It is in accordance with his
own wish that Dr. Walsh is to bo consecrated
in Rome."
Returning to Sydney a Prince of tho
Church, it was no marvel that his Eminence
received a magnifioent 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 2G.
The Sisters on board included the first
community of tlic Little Company of
Mary, or Nursing Sisters, for Sydney.
It was a felicitous circumstance that
the day of the arrival was the feast
of a Cardinal-Saint. The day is a memorable
one—November 4, 1886.

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