. Review of reviews and world's work . under the Jesuits at St. JohnsCollege, Fordham. On deciding to be apriest, he entered the Seminary at Troy, andbeing afterward sent to the American Col-lege at Rome to finish his clerical studies wasordained in that city, June 11, 1870. Thecoming Cardinal began his priestly duties as-a curate at New Brighton, Staten Island,but in 1872 he was appointed secretary toArchbishop McCloskey, an office he held fortwelve years. His advancement was steady. Made Vicar-General in 1891, domestic prelate of PopeLeo XIII in 1892, auxiliary bishop of NewYork in 1895, he
. Review of reviews and world's work . under the Jesuits at St. JohnsCollege, Fordham. On deciding to be apriest, he entered the Seminary at Troy, andbeing afterward sent to the American Col-lege at Rome to finish his clerical studies wasordained in that city, June 11, 1870. Thecoming Cardinal began his priestly duties as-a curate at New Brighton, Staten Island,but in 1872 he was appointed secretary toArchbishop McCloskey, an office he held fortwelve years. His advancement was steady. Made Vicar-General in 1891, domestic prelate of PopeLeo XIII in 1892, auxiliary bishop of NewYork in 1895, he finally succeded ArchbishopCorrigan in 1902 as ruler of the metropolitansee, the most important in the Western world,with its one thousand priests, its three hun-dred educational and charitable institutions,and its Catholic population of one and a quar-ter millions. Archbishop Farley is a man of remarkableadministrative ability. There is no field ofCatholic activity that has not* found in himan enthusiastic patron and promoter. Dear-. HIS EXCELLENCY ARCHBISHOP DIOMEDE FALCONIO (The Apostolic Delegate at Washington, a naturalized American citizen who was elevated to the Cardinalate at theConsistory summoned to meet at Rome, November 27) est to his Graces heart is the cause of Cath-oHc education. Until a parish school hasbeen started he will not allow a church to bebuilt, and highest in honor are those pastorswhose schools are the best. While he hasbeen archbishop works and enterprises asvaried in their scope and character as theCathedral College, The Catholic Encyclo-paedia, the Staten Island House of Retreatsand Social Studies, Mt. St. Vincent Col-lege for Women, America, a Catholicreview of the week, and the Fordham Lawand Medical Schools have been inaugurated and successfully maintained, and St. PatricksCathedral has been solemnly consecrated. That Archbishop Farley is also an authorof distinction is attested by his Life ofCardinal McCloskey and his History ofSt. Patricks Cat
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