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LIFE

BIGHT REVEIEN©

PATRICK PHELAN,

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THIRD BISHOP jpy KINGSTON,

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LIFE

RIGHT REVEREND

PATRICK PHELAN,

THIRD BISHOP OF KINGSTOIS^

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LIFE

BISHOP PHELAN.

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TO THE READEli.

Nrarlt five years have already elapsed since we were bereaved of
a worthy Bishop, who had taken possession of every heart and whoso
whole life had been one continued seriea of acts tending to the welfare
of a loving people* Ere I mention the name, Bishop Phelan, which
to this day sounds sweet to every ear, you must readily understand
whom I meant ; and though it demands an abler pen than mino '
to portray his character and expose his virtues, 1 hope it will not be
considered presumption, on my part, to attempt to give a sketch of
his life, as I chanced to have a knowledge of umch of his labor, and
took a pleasure in watching his zeal. Not that this generation will
ever forget him, and the rising one will loVe to speak of his worth ;
but my object is solely to perpetuate his memory, and solicit in his
favor the prayers of a people — for whom ho prayed much— -and Who
will no doubt return gratitude for gratitude.

HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH.

The subiect of the present memoir was bom in January 1705, in.
the Puri8h ( i Ballyragget, County Kilkenny, Ireland, Ho was of '
" pious and Catholic parents," as testified by the Parish Priest — the
Rev. Edward Walsh — who furnished his Baptistcrium, oh the occa-
,Bion of his emigrating to America ; and henoo their excmplai-y and
virtuous lives made suoh a deep and lasting impresslor upon his
religious character, that his whole life was characterized by virtuous
Works, and his zeal showed forth conspicuous, whether as a simple mis-
pionary or a distinguished Prelate. lie was baptistcd on the first day of
Fcrbuaiy, and on tliia ooca£iiou he received the ohorished name of Patrick

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EIEE OP BlSnOP PffELAN:.

— a name which scometl to htive a certaia iufliicnco over him, by re--
ciillin:^ to his mind the Christian courige and perseverance or' tho'
(sJreat Patron Saint — a name whioh, however, he did not require to*
bespeak his love for, and fidelity to, the Irish race and creed: for"
whoever heard liini speak of his native country, or preacli the piue--
j^'ric of the Apostle of Trelaitd, ncedcd-no more to know his feelings-
«»f undying attachment to that people, and the emotions he would ex-
perience in alluding to the old land of Erin — in line, a name which,
he merited to bear, and wliich, like St. P.itrick, he bore, by leading a
life of sanetityy.and by maintaining the union of the hoirt with God.-

llis piirents (Joseph Plielan and Catharine Brennan) destined liim
from his infancy to serve in the holy ministry, and they left nothing
undone thiit their ^yishes might be realized, he on his part making hii*
life, even at that eai-iy period, correspond with tliose lioly wishes. As
" truly religious pareuts" they, watclied carefully, over iiim, and con-
tinued to int-truct him in the Christian doctrine, until he ariived at
tiic age when he could be sent to school. He remained studying at .v
good English school until he came to th.e age of (Iftcen ywus, inl
made such proficiency and piotniscd so- much fcr the futlu'e, by his
past good ct)nduct and application, that the tcaclier became hiterested
in his favor, so as to nY\iO his father to semi yoving Patrick- to study
L;itin. Tliis must have pleased huu very much, as it tendixl'to p:o-
mote his views, ftn- he seems to have always had an ardent desire to
serve (jod in the Holy\Ministry. We learn that v.'hih-t his associates
:anused tjiemsolvcs, as youths are accustomed to do, his dilight was
to lie in church, both. bi:^i'ore and after 3lass, on SnnuViys and lloly-
ilays, insfcriicting the children in their Catecliiam,-and reading some
])'ums book for their editieation. By this means he seems to have
stored up that fund;(»f knowledge, and acquired in ai'ter life the f icility
at' conveviirg such to his hearers — so much so, that he cxc.'llf'd- iii
religious lectures. Almighty (lod, by reason of his corrcf^ponding
witli ilis grac.\ gifltd hiu! with that rare talent of seizing the atten-
tion and alf.cting the hearts of his audience, even when he ti-i.'ated of
the most simple subject.s. His zeal' even then showed itself, and In;
displayed such wisdoni in his tender yea.rs, that he was respected in ;i
particular manner by all who knew him. I^Iauy of the coii'rregation
delighted to remain listening to him read for tlie children, and he on
bis ).)art felt happy in passing tlie Su)ulays and Jlolydays i^i this man-
ner — se'. N'ing Ood, and contributing his mite towards the s.dvation of
his neigldjor. This good conduct rendered him dear to the entinr
Palish, and, as I shall show hereafter, their a.jipreciatiua oC hi;i worth
dis))I;)yod it.vlf on the occasion of lii ■; dc])avting fin' Amcica.

I might seem to have exagg<>ratcd conci'rning the I'.ievits of the
vonnjj Pju'lan, but anvthing I c< uhl say wouh' not rnual th. fnllowing
t In'ravter, given him by his own l.*avish Prlvst. Tt soeii.s jippvoprir.te
bi in.Hcrt it h'.ire, as it I'clatcs not on'.v to his childiiood but e.lso to his
boyhood.. The il.'V. lild-.vard ^'v'als'h, Parish Prie.-t of 13 .lly.'ugj.ct,
liaving occasion, the iirst day of ^fav. U»l, to wv'A: t.i the Lvov..

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LIFE OE Bisnop phelan:.

Philip Laracy, of Boston, concerning Patrick Phelan, says: — '• I nm
" particuhirly anxious for his welfare — I havo known him in child-
" hood : in his childhood he gave presages of his subsecjuent virtue
'• and merit. I had an opportunity of witnessing the conduct of .his
'•boyhood: that conduct was exemplary. Providence had allotted
''that I have been his Parish Priest these four years, and in that
'* C:ip.icity I pledge my public character that no one ever gave a Parish
'' Priest more gratifying satisfciction. I never met a young man of
'•better conduct."

To return to tli£>. subject of his education, we learn thai tlie Parish
Priest, the llev. Pather ilosey, had established a Latin school, and,
us he was intcresteil in Patrick's success, he offered him his choice of
commencing a course of classics or accepting a situuticm ui the Bank
of Dublin; but Patrick, whose sole intent was to prep:ire his studies
so as to be able to embrace, at some future day, the ecclesiastical state,,
preferred to choose the former. He then commenced the study of
Jjatin, under tlie direction of Father ILosey, but in conse(pience of
this reverend gentleman being shortly afterwards removed froui tli«
Parish, the school broke up. He Vv'as then sent to Freshford, whers
lliere was a Latin school established by the Parish Priest, the llev.
Fathei- Grady. Here he remained for tliree years, and Almighty God
blessed his labors with such success and enabled him to make such
proficiency, that he himself became an a.ssistant teacher, as v.^e lessru
from one of the certificates of character which was furnished him,
when there was (juestion o^ his leaving Ireland. As this document
has ref'oronca to his life and conduct at Fresliford, it will .be proper to
insert it here. Wa learn, conscipientl}-, according to tlie attestation,
made the first of 3Iay, 1821, by a number of priests and a rcspcct-
jible body of laity, that " Patrick Phelan resided for some years in the
'• Town of Freslitbrd, and assisted tlicre iii teaching the classic?-', "t a,
''numerous and req)ectable school — that his conduct there had betu
'* every way laudable and correct, his attention to those under his care
•'' assiduous and unremitted, and his exemplary moral demeanor not
" only unexceptionable but liighly edifying."

About tills time: he was bereaved of his good fiflicr, and, as we
bhould naturally su[)[)ose, this loss wo,uld have weighed heavily on the
uiind of Patrick, were it not that a firm f lith sustained him in his
ufifietion. Knowing as he did the holy iiitentioiis of that fond parent
in his regard — how he sought to encourage and advance him in hi«
t;tudies, and conscious that his last prayer was breathed for his son's
welfare, Patrick could not but experience the greatest sorrow; more-
over, that at that moment, the loss might have ap])cared to him as a
means of frustrating his picms designs, or at least of rendering the
liroseeution of his studies much more diflicult. However, Providciieo
watched over him, and paved the way foi;^him to continue his course
of classics. The College of Castleinarket or Jjowhillmore, Ballyna-
ilill, in the Queen's County, had been in the course of erection, and
Vim just completed at the time; so that his mother, who tdways so

LIFE OP BISHOP PHEIAN.

onded his wishes, and his, faithful brother Daniel, consented to his
going , there, though they required to pay for his education. This
they \^illingly did, and they received a happy recompense, by reason
of his success. It could not be otherwise, for in order to attend more
assiduously to the work he had commenced, he made it a point of duty
to shun idle company ; and at times he would bring his class-books to the
garden siynmer-house, in order that he could be in complete retire-
ment. He studied under able Professors at this College, and in the
course of three or four years, he completed his course of classics and
polite literature. Patrick now conceived the wish of entering May-
nooth College, but, as means were wanting, he found himself necessi-
tated to await the will of Divine Providence. It was not long, how-
ever, until he succeeded in fijiding a situation as teacher in the family
of a private gentleman in Carrick-on-Suir, Conoaty Tippevary, and by
this he raised some means to advance himself further in his studies ;
but owing to an incident of a religious nature which, as wo learn,
happened to him at this time, he determined to leave for America and
continue his course of divinity there. Were it not for the occurrence
of that circumstance, which he made known to his parent, he would
have appeared to bo acting imprudently, if aot rashly — for it was
with some rcluctaace that his mother and brother gave tlieir consent
to his departure,, and Father Carroll, the Parish Priest of Mooncoin,
oifered to take it ujx)n himself to see Patrick advanced in the study
of Divinity, in case lie remained. Even the lliglit Rev. Dr. Marm,
Bishop of Ossory, rccjuestcd him to remain with himself and pursue
the study of Divinity in the College of Kilkenny. The impression
that Crod luid called him to America, and thtit there should be the
field of his real usefulness, was deeply made aiad it remained.

■9, sorr(
brother
set sail
put to
passag(
guardi£
Boston
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THE YEARS OF HIS PRIESTHOOD.

In the year 1821, when the news of his intended departure
spread through the parisli, it caused much regret and sorrow that one
who had already rendered himself so useful to both parent and child,
and who promised to be an ornament to the church, at some future
day, should snatch Inmself away from so many fond friends and rela-
tives, and seek his fortune among foreign strangers Avho perhaps could
not furnish oiii! s^olitary a.cquaintance. His virtue however could not
remain hid, and the consequence was, he found friends and a liomo
every where he went. On the day of his departure not loss than fivo
hun(U'ed pei';sons of the Parish and vicinity assembled, through love
and renpect, to convey him on his journey, and they accompanied him
as far as Castle-Comer. Here, at the urgent request of Patrick and
his brother Daniel, they stoi)pcd and prepared to return, alter bidding

him

LIFE OF BISHOP PHKLAN",

nsented to hx^
ucation. This
mse, by reason
to attend more
a point of duty
iss-books to the
juiplete retirc-
?e, and in the
of classics and
entering May-
iuisclf necessi-
Qot long, how-
r in the family
pevary, and by
n his studies;,
, as wo learn,
r America and
the occurrence
rent, he would
y — ^for it was
tlieir consent
of Mooncoin,.
in the study
IV. Dr. Mann,
[f and pursue
le impression
hould be the
lined.

id departure
row tiiat one
lit and child,
some future
ids and rcla-
lorhaps could
er could not
and a homo
CSS than fivo
hrough lovo
npaniod him
Patrick and
iftcr biddina:

ft sorrowful farewell to one whom they esteemed so mnch. His
brother accompanied him to Ihiblin, whence Patrick determined to
set sail for America. It so happened that the first ship that wus to
put to sea was bound for Boston, and he without further delay look
passage in her. On his arrival in Boston, he placed himself under the
guardianship of Cardinal Cheverus, who, at that time, was Bishop of
Boston. The Rev. William Taylor, of Boston, who had charge of
transmitting to Montreal a copy of Patrick's Exeat, informs ns, in •
his letter of the 6th May, 1825, that "on his arrival at Boston, ,
"he presented himself to Bishop Cheverus, and was canonically
" adopted as a child of the Diocese of Boston," Here I take the liberty
of furnishing some interesting extracts from the letters of character,
which Patrick either brought with him, or which were forwarded to
Boston after his departure from Ireland. That extract from the let-
ter of the Rev. Edward Walsh, P. P., of Ballyragget, and sigaed by
a number of clergymen as well as of many of the laity of the Towu
of Freshford, which I have already fumislicd, ought to suffice to make
known his character and worth, but others under whose care he was
fostered, looked upon it also as a pleasing duty to publish his virtuous
life. The Right Rev. Kyran Marum, Bishop of Ossory, hi ftJisiah-
his Exeat, the 27th of April, 1821, speaks admirably of him, and
certifies to his " probity and prudence." and ends by saying " iuteger-
" rima vita aliisque eximiis cordis et ingenii dotibus commcndanms/'

The Rev. Patrick McGrath, P, P., De Ooning, Diocese of Ossory, '
in a letter, dated the 24th April, 1821, certifies to his being, two
years in that Pailsh, " and of good irreproachable morals — pious and
"honest." The Rev. N. Carroll, P. P, of Mooncoin, in the same
Diocese, in furnishing a certificate of character, the 21st April 1821,.
says : " Patrick Phelan is of honest, industrous, and truly religious-
" parents — his fiimily in general were well instructed. Ilis conduct at
" all times has been uniformly good ; his attention to his studies and
" religious duties unremitting •, and I have no doubt on my nnnd that,
*' if circumstances may allow his perfecting a course of studios, of his
" becoming a respectable priesl,"

Having remained at Boston for three months, he was sent by
Bishop Cheverus to the Semin'iry of Montreal to pursue his ecclesi-
astical studies. From his former conduct, we cannot but infer that
these studies Avere scrupulously attended to, and th:it the three ye; 5?"^
wliich were to prepi've him immediately for the Holy Ministry, found
him giving his undivided attention to the sublime subjects which wove'
propounded to him. On the 2Gth day of Scptembev, 1825, in the
thirty-first year of his age, he received the Holy Order of Priesthootf
at the hands of Bishop Lartigue, first Bishop of oMontreal. He wan-
the first Priest ordained in the late Cathedral of St. James, Montreal
— two days after its consecration — and the one thousand one hundred
and sixty-first Priest whom Providence desigued to labor in the Holy
Ministry in Canada. His wishes were now fulfilled, and that long-
dcaired moment arrived which was to render him capable of effecting

LIFE OF BISHOP PIIELAN.

3«11 tlie good whicli a heart like his desired. Ilis zeal, notwithstand-
ing all the dilhculties ho had to cneoiniter in the course of his stiidief«,
<iid not in the least r.bate, hut ratlier increased. It soon became
juanit'est that the young Priest devoted liiniselt' so faithfully and suc-
cessfully to his calling, that he endeared himself to idl who had t\
knowledge of his labors. lie did not fail to attract, belbrc many
weeks had elapsed, the attention of the Sulpician conniuuiity ; and. at
the earnest solicitation of the Seniinavy of ISt. 8ulpice, Bishop VAic-
■ verus allowed him to remain to iidniinister to the wants of the Irisli
Catholics, who Nvere emigrating to Canada, and iixing their abode at
Montreal. According to Father Taylor, already mentioned, he merely
" departed to complete his studies in the fSeminary of j^Iontreal, and
'• had Bishop Chevi'rus' expressed permission to aggregate himself to
" the Sulpician comnnniity there." On the 21st day of November,
of the same year of his ordination, he was received as a meuiber of
(St. Sulpice, and he renainod attached to the connuunity and serving
the Irish congregatidn for nearly seventeen year.s, luitil shortly betbru
lie was called to the l*]piscopacy.

Here we enter a new epoch in Father Phelan's life — when ho lia«
to take charge of an importMnt station, the duties of which he iulfllled
with untiring zeal and ability. His own virtuous conduct and hi.s
instructions and preaching enabkd him to organize the Irish congre-
gation. The hajjpy results of his labors are still visible at MontreaJ,
where he was universally esteemed, for he may be said to have sown
there the seeds of a healthy Irish Catholic comnnniity. When not
in the jndpit or confessional, or instructing the cliildren, he was lound
on some duty <tf charity; but always ))reiiclii!ig to his jieople by
example. At the same time W(; must not forget that it \Vi!s not owing
j.olely to his own strength or ability th:;t he was so successful in tho
minislry, or th;it his exertions were crowned with such fruit. It was
Alniighly (lod who blessed his labors, and produced the desired results,
for Father IMielan gave himself fre(piently up to prayer, to that end,
that Clod wou'd shower down Ilis graces on Ilis ]H'ople. His con-
fidence iu the intercession of the Blessed \'irgiu Mary was sneh (as
I may have occasion to show herealU'r), that we cannot but iiiiir that
lie coiist:nitly placed his congregation under her ))ious j»roti'clion ; ibr
it re(|uii'('(l more than ordinary aid to bring about the ri'lbrniation in
morals which took jilace in the city during his time. As lor ircrea-
tion — it may ])e said to have consisted in vi.'itinn' the luhewaiin C.itlio-
lie, or iUo aged and distressid, and by depicting the judgments of
Cold against the ui'gligout and careless, he would arouse the oni>,
whilst liy words of coiisolati(ai and tenderness, he would sustain llio
others. All (his tinu* he had his cycH over the yiuUh, and frt'ipu^itly
collected them together to be instructed iu the Christian doeirine, and
]»repared for tlu'lr Holy Connnnnions. Theimprovenient in their con-
duct may be said to have had u happy inllnenco over the parents, ho
much so, that it attacheil tlu-m more to their jiriest, and ti'nded (i>
draw them uj the iiiiniiictions, thereby creating in their souls a rcUsU

for holy
and howl
mcnts ofj
virtue, o|
morals, Ij
means, w
ijifornuitl
repeatedll
aware tlij
rising geil
lind liis \\
exist to i|
ing tho s|
Jnaster ai
ticular ze
;4tandiug
liame assc
Jmd "M.
■to be dep
land lS:,i)
I the Hcco
'^I'^ather F
duties will

fharged, f|
low to ac(
|iuitti'd to
f.e.xhibiled
il.s:;4, wh(
he only 1
he truly s
Huidauiitei
the sick a
tongregtit
|\;:ain, di
ilo we tim
ntne.ssis
fer tlii>
tluriug til
'("anal, W(
ficc ision 1
'Jiislip.^
?|o Its hi-
jilieU'ectUii
The ,
blaiuhi'in
l^riest, ai
iMiarilab
rent aud

mtwithstand-
)i'lii.s studios-,
poon became
iillj and Mie-

wlio Imd ji
bclbro }nany
lity; and, at
Bisliop (,1ie-
i)t' tlio Irisli
eir abode at
'd, ho merely
fonti'cal, and
a Jiimsolf to
' Noven>))cr,

mombiT of
and w>rvii!^
lortlj beloro

ivlioii lio lias
ilioJ'u!li!loa
t(;t and hi.s
I'if'li ('(inm'o-
t MontroaJ,
liavo sown
When not
- was lijund
JK'ojilo by
not owiit;^
'nl in tiio
It was
id ivsnltjJ,
tliat end,
His con-
.-ucli (iirt
iiiU /• lli;it
linn; till-
nation in
>i' I'tcrea-
in C.ithd-
iincnt.s (if
(iie tine,
slain llio
>'<|nt iilly
line, and
licir f(in
ri'nis, H>
ndtd li)
a iclisU

LIFE OP BISHOP rilELAN.

for holy things. Cliikh'cn and parents were thus taught to love Cod
and liow to serve llim. Having first attended to the spiritual retpiirc-
incnts of the people committed to his charge, until he formed them to
virtue, or, at least, until he brought about a ha}>py change in their
morals, he now inidertouk to oncourago their intellectual culture by
means, wliieli, at the same time, would provide them with Catliolio
hiformation. Thus, durhig the years 11S20 and ISoO, wo tind him
repeatedly encouraging C.itholic literature in ^Montreal. He was*
aware that a good sound Catholic education would alone protect tho
rislnt: ucncration and make them useful members of societv, so wu
find liis name constantly connected with the schools. Hocunicnts still
exist to prove to us that ho devoted much of his time in superintend-
ing t!io schools, and by liis presence giving encouragement to both
jnaster and child. I'rom the beginning he seems to have had a par-
ticular ze;il ibr the instruction and formation of youth, and notwith-
jEtanding the other nunierous duties ho had to })eri'nrm, we (ind his
lamo associated with tho conducting of tho sclu)ols in 18111, 'ij2, 'iW,
Old 'o4. The 151st .Alay. ISlj;}, we lind him procuring Catliolic books
•to be de)V)sited at the 1! "collet schools. The same he did in 18iJ7
and ISol); and in tho year 1F40, wo find him encouraging schools at
^the Kccdllot Institution for Irish children. 2sow, when wo coii.^ider
■rather JMielan's labors in connexion with the scliools, and tlio other ,
..duties whiel), owing to the unhappy events of the time, had to be dis-
■i^harged, and that under trying circumstances, wo feel embarrassed
'Ijiow to account ibr the sncces.-lul management of every matter com-
iiuilteil to him, and for the great jiulgnicnt and presence ot' mind
'fc.\hil)iled under tins ordeal. .1 am alluding to the cholera of 18r,2 and
l^'.'A, when he had to do mnro than ordinary duty, ibr ho w.is tlun
he only Irish ])ri('st in .Moi-.treal. It was on this paiuj'iil occasion that
he truly showed himself the Pri(\-t ol' (iod and the p(op!e; and his
Undaiuited courage, accompanied by a zeal for tho spiritual wclliiro of
liie si(!L and dying, made such a great inijarssion on the minds of his
I'ongregtition, that they ever ai'ter had unlimited coulideiice in iiini.
a\;;ain, during the troubles of tho aboHivo Insurrection <if iS.'jT-'.'iH,
nilo wo lind Father riiehni liic jiriest of order, and tluro are living
Vitness{ s to-day t',» tislil'y to the great iiilhn nee which ho txerei;nl
Cer tlie ('allio'ie Irish in and around .Alontrral, Suhstipu ntly,
ibu'ing the distnrbanco whicharose among the Irish on tho Lachino
'Canal, we Iciirn wliat contro; he had o\er their minds, liir on that
iu'cision his niddm apjiearance amongst them, with a 11 w words frtnu
Ms lips, snllieed to (|uell that wild commotion, when passion had risen
^o its hi-hesl, whilst an unncd f(;rce would then liavo proved but very
p,iK'ir<'i'tual.

The year IS;!,") witnossed alt th.'st nudiee could suggest, or that (i
slandering jmss nuild pmdnce, to tarnish the character of that saintly
JM'iest, and bring into disnpnte the eonduel of the inmates of tliat
l'!!ar!!:dile Institution, the Ilr.lil Diin; but tJod pinteeinl ilu? inno-
tent aud bullied tho dibits of tho aich-cnouiy, who, no doubt, wrought

LIFE OP BISHOP PHELAN.

through the instruraejitality of Iloyt, Dr. Brownlee, Bourne, Slocum, J <« (,f ;
and others of the same stamp. I allude to the fictitious " Disclosures" ^ <* to i\\
of the notorious Maria Monk, who, as the Philadelphia Times, of i
July 28th, 1849, remarks: "'Since the publication of her book, has ;
''plunged into every excess of female inicjuity," and only finished heri
criminal career — whilst an inmate of the New York Prison, September
8th, 1849 — when she was summoned before the tribunal of God.
*rhe slander was hatched by a Protestant clique at New York, and
was nourished by their abettws, who imported it into Canada, and
thought to make it show signs of life, by endeavoring to cause the
girl's niother to perjure herself. In this they failed, for the mother
swore, before W. Robertson, Justice of Peace, on the 24th October,
1835, that her dav.ghtcr "was frcrj^uently deranged in her head; that
" when at the age of seven years, she broke a slate pencil in her head ;
'' that since that time her mental faculties were dcranginl, and by
" times much more than at other times ; that as to the iiistory that
'* she had been in a nuimery, it was a fabrication, for she was never iu'j
*' a nunnery ; that at one time she wished to obtuiii a place in a nun-
" nery for her, but without success." It is a sutisfaetion for all lovers
of trntii to know that, though a Protestant New York paper, with its
eliquf writers, invented and ])ropagiited this Protestai\t slander, the
Protestant p:ipers of Montreal defended the reputation of the Catholic (luestii
clergy. The respectable jcmrnals of New York exposed the true ' ,»(' (su,-
charaeler of the "awful diselosui'es," — es|teeially the New York Cam- | -with t
mrrviil Adrcrti'scr, whose editor, Col. W. ]j. Stone, came exjnrssly ■
from New York to test the truth or falsehood of Maria Monks pub- ';.
lication, and who, as ho remarked to one of the nuns of the Ilotel
Dieu, ''Sh(mld be satisfied with nothing short of a minute exaniina-
"tlon of any and every part of the Institution." lie with his
friends " were most actively engaged for about three hours," in exam-
ining the buildings, until they satistied themselves tliat the " Awful
Disclosures" contained a tissue of calumnies. '' The result is," said
the ('ohinel, " tluj most thorough ccmvietion that Maria Monk is an
" arrant impostor — that she never was a nun, and was never within
** the wmIIs of (lu* cloister of the Ilotel J)i('u, and eoiiS('(|nciitly that % this w;
** her disclosures are wholly and uiwMjuivoeiilly, from hegiuMiug to \'n(l,
"untrue." When the cluirges vn'W, first made agiiiu.st the priests and
nuns, they were, as we learn from the Montreal (i<i:,r(f<\ condennieii,
in the strougvsit terms, by the whole I'mtestant Press of Lower Can
lida. I will not tri'Spasts any i'urther on tlu; p.ilienee of tlu> reader
than to I'urnish the f()llo\ving extracts from a writer in the FrnnlcHii
Jit /laalhiri/. IF.e says, " 1 was fortuiiati* enough to meet at a friend's
''house, a very inlelligeut I'reshyteriarv cKrgymiiii, tlie j{ev. iMr.
'' Kason, the l>astor of Maria. Monk's UKtllu'r. He expresse(| to me
" liis astonislnncnt at learning (hat tlieve were many I'roti slants in llie
''United States who believed the statenu-nts of Maii.i Monk,
'' (>Miarg('S so monstrous, said lie, should not be crediled witliout a
*' ruck uf eviuonuu.. lie further dechiicd thai there were no Protestuuta

i5.y

acts ol
that he
but th;i
i!nd mil
instane
and CXI
iuteresi
devotee
one loo

to assi

LIFE OF BISHOP PHllAir.

Bourne, Slocum,
s " Disclosures"
Iphia Times, of
f her book, has
•nly finished lier
ison, September
ibuiial of GoiLf
New York, and
to Canada, and
!•;• to cause the
ibr the mother
I 24th October,
her head ; that
3il in her liead ;
ranged, and by
he Jiistory tliat
ihe was never in '
phice in a nun-
ion ibr all lovers
: paper, with its
mt slander, the
of the Catholic
posed the true '
New York Com- k
came expressly ■
I iNFoiik's pub- i:

<'!' the Hotel

Miite cxamina-

lle with his

Ills," ill exam-

t the " iVwI'ul

esult is," said

I Monk is an

s iKiver within

si'(|ii('iitly that

Jimiiiu' to vMid, I

ic pricsis and ''■

f(\ (itiidi'iiined,

il' Lower Can-

ol' llu> reader

tlie /'i II II /i/ ill

1 at a Irieiid's it

llie Uev. 31 r. |

tressed to iii(<

tistiiiils in llio

iMaria Monk.

cd without u

10 I'rolestuuts

*' of ;■ , character, in Canada, who gave the smallest shase of belief
*' to the '•' Disclosures." This I found to be the case without excej)-
" tion. The lliglit Rev. and Rev. clergymen, whom the autlior of
*' this work has so wantonly assailed, and represented as guilty of the
*' grossest immorality, are known throughout Canada to be the most
" excellent and exemplary of men. Dr. Lartique, the amiable, pious
" and learned Bishop of Montreal,, is univerwdly revered as the father ,
'' of the poor, and the best friend of the forlorn orphan. The Rev.
" Mr. I'helan, a clergyman, who is also the subject of foul abuse, has,
" during fifteen years' residence in Montreal, secured to himself, by
" inmnnevable acts of charity, a high place in the affections of the
" Irish, Knglish, and Scotch Catholics and Protestants of the city.

I would not have alluded to this painful subject, were it not that
I imagine some ignoraut person may ([uestion why it was passed over
in silence, and that some Protestant, into whose hands this memoir
may fall, might assert that we dreaded to mention the matter, and
conclude thereby that we were not prepared to prove that the "Awful
Disclosures" were a ^fabrication. The rising generation, who may
hear of Matia IMonk, and who may be often associating with their
separated brethren, can probably benefit by the few remarks I have
UKide on the subject. It is most painful to me to have to call uito
(piestion the revered name of Father Phelan, as if the least shadow
of su,-])icion or (ioul)t could be attached to his conduct in connection
with the prostitute lAFaria ^lonk.

J}y eoiisidering more attentively or examining mdwe minutely tho
acts ol' ]'riest Piielan during his pious labors at Montreal, we learn
that he was uot only a spiritual director and father over his people,
but tliat he had actually tcv become a counsellor in temjioral matters,
mid many ixirsons relied si\lely on him to adjust their accounts. For
instance, to begin with the year 18;}2, seven years al'ter his ordination,
and examiiK! his dei'ds, vear after year, mitil 1(S42, we find that he
interested hiiiiself in the well'are of the poor Irish ol" tlu; city, and
devoted his lile. night aud day, to their service, so mi' ti so that each
one l(toked upon liiiii as a friend and benefactor. The (!oiise((aenee of
this was, (liat many of tliem entrusted their little means to his safe-
k(;eping — others were found applying to him yearly, and soniefiines
ol'tciier, to cast,. an eve over their accounts, in order that they would be
properly reuidated. Again, tlu! many deposits of money which wen^
made to him, bespeak tiu^ conlidence that was reposed in him by all
who leanie(l of his holy life. Some of these d.^ponits, to the amoiuit
of ;ifl,K5((, were sent from St. doliu's — others were sent from Hytown
(now Ottawa) -otiiers, in line, were made by persons leaving tin?
country, with the understanding that, in ease they died or did nut
return, t lie good priest would have the money to disiiose of as ho
tliou'.rht |»ropei'. It fell t(t my lot to reside in Montreal Ibr a number
of years, a lew id" which I passeil tlu>re during the time i'^allier Phelan
li!!',! ("are of tiio Irish ccaigrcgatioii, and as T jiad ottenlimes occsasioii
to associate with nuuiy of both ridi. uud poor who. wuro fed by hia.

1-2

LIFE OP BISHOP PHELAN.

jii

instructions, I had an opportunity of lenrniiig liow much lie wr.s
i^cstoaaiod. Oi'tontimos did the words (wiiich I heard tiftci-wardi
repeated at Bytown, and wliich, yoars lu'terwardH, wero .so ol'ton licard '
at Kingston and througliout too IJioco.so), '■ What a good mm he is !"
groot niy cai-, and then the person who uttered them wouhl find a

pleasure and pastime in prai.^iii;.

iest's u'ood ([U;ilit

ties or m rehi

ehi

ting some of his charitable acts. Shortly after Father Phelan's con-
secration as Bi.shop, it so happcmed thut his duties called him td
Montreal, wliere he consented to preach in St. Patrick's church on the

' [

ifcion,

Sundiy following. As I chanced to be present on the occ:
could perceive the great attachment which liad been formed for him,
und it was most interesting to sec the feeling that was exhibited v.'hilst
he was moving from the altar to the stairs of the pulpit. On his
entering the pulpit, you could witness amongst the congrogalion that
xnoLion whieli iiidic.ited happiness and coniidence, each one disposing
liimself to receive the admoniti(m or advice given. This tlien was
.followed by a revcretitiil and dead silence — all of which indie. ited that
liis presence. ag;iin amongst them rendered them happy, raid they
found an additional happiness in tendering him, by their conduct, that
recpjct and gr.ititude which, by his sixteen years of arduous labor
amongst tliem^ he could claim at their IuukIs.

In his endeavors to promote the haj)piness of liis congregation, he
■directed his intention towards the removing of those Jow groggeries
which are the b uie of a community, and v.'hieh render the preacher's
('(forts abortive, and he suceeeded to an extent at whic'a no other could
probably have aimed. His exertions in t!ie cause of tvinperancc are
htill proving i'ruitl'ul, and v.'ill serve, perha]>s, jur many yee.rs to come,
.t.) peij)etuale his memory. AViien he found iiiiittrrs rijje to glean tiio
fruit, he cstablisiied, iu']8-n, the "St. I'.ilrirlc's 'J'ot d Abstineneo
Society,"' which, as the 'JViic Wi'/ix'sh of .Inly l!hh, ISill, remarks,
" to-d.iy can boa.st of l.dOO members," and it adds: " Wi^ know of no
^' soeiety that has worked Uiore unostcnt.itiously, or that h;is yet
*' accomi)li.ihed hall' the good iidiieved by the St. Patrick's Total
"Abslinenee Society," The tMIowii'ig year, IS 12. a change took
l)lac,', wliieli bore he.ivily on tlu! Irish (•ongreg.iti(ai of St. P.ilrick.
At the s(tlicilation of Right Itev. Uemigius (J lulln, l>i,-:hop ol' Kings-
ton, F.ither iMiel.ni einu( to I'pper Canad i, and btcamji Parish J'riest
of IJytiiwn (now Otlawa), .aftii- he had b 'cn rai.^'d to tlu! dignity of
N'ie.ir (Jeneral, His removal eaiiscd much sorrow iimongst those lo
whose interest he had devoted so many years of hi.s lil'e and labors,
and there wi're m.uiy who could hanlly ever reconcile their minds to
havi- him dip.u't I'rom amongst them. They, in their way ofjudging,
considered it a lo'S, and a lo,->s which tlu'y imagined to lie ii'r(parable ;
yet liod rewarded their respect and love for ijieir priest, by providing
tliem with other saintly pastors of t.alent and eneniv. ]'revio\is to
.l''ather Phel.m's depirture, the Irish troops, whom he servt'd, wishc(l
ilo acknowledges the debt of gratitudi! they owed liim, ho thoy iiresented
liiiu with «n ornuuicuted silver ruiiu-biix, to luurk how they iijipreci-

atcd
Irish
addrcl
take tl
cxces>]
poses
word, I
of M(
* luakcd

I g»'''^iM
"To

'■' bei-a;
" vou
'• for I
" belw
*• here;
'^ posfi
'■* emot
'" vou,
'" t!

hnnii
"A
ings,
wluli
eaid 1
have

" Thn:

'• reipii

'• trea.'

*' reimi

'• you

'' lavis

'• tenq

" I

•' r.ani

'• apo-

'• d« [it

'• \\m

'• bey(

'• you-

'•V.Pil

'' es a

" und

much he wnsi
ird aftvji-wanli
so oReii hciird
d mm lie is /"
Moukl {irul a
tics or in lohi-
Phelaii';-! cori-
callcd hi 1:1 t»
church on the
lie nccafcion, [
lucd for him,
:Iiibitod v.'hiLst
Ipit. On his
Lii-ogntion tliut
onu dis])i)s;iiLi;
'l;i.s tlu'ii w.is
indie. ittd tiiat
py, ;uid (iicy
conduct, that
tirduous hibur

ijiTcption, lie

•w !:;r(»;:>';^vrios

he |»ro.ichcr'd

lio otiicrc'juld

iip.'ranco are

eai\s to come,

to uId.ui the

Ab,-;iiiK;nco

il, rcniurks,

know ol* no

liat lias yot

riv'k's T.".tal

•!ianii(! took

St. i'aliick.

'p ol' Kini;s-

'.iir^h ]»rii.<t

! disunity of

:'st timsi! to

and labors,

r minds to

ol'judLiiii^ir,
irreparable;

V providiiiiT

'revious to
I'll, wished

V presented
y ajipreci-

tlFE Of BISHOP PIIELA'N*.

15-

atcd his Hcrvicop. As notliiiip; could better express th.c feelings of the
Irish Catliolics, ou the oceasioi- of his departure, than the inovinp;
address wb.ich was presented to him, on the 10th October, 18421.1
take the liberty of inserting it h.ere. It exprof^ses the sorrow, almost
excessive, which they cxpeiicnccd in being bcreaA'ed of hiui — it ex-
poses u;ucli of the good achieved- through his instrumentality — in a
■word, it sums up the great services rendered to the Irish coiniminity
of Montreal, tinough his zeal tnid labors; and at the same time it
makes a pilblic acknowledgment of their love, tlieir cbtccui, and theiv ,
gratitiide.-

*■' To THE Rev. Patrick Piiklax,—

" Ivor., and dear Sir. — It was only this morning wo learnt of j'our
beiiiu: imUKdiitelv about to be removed from an;on'.;' us, with whom
you have dwelt in the most all'ectionate and unremitting intercourse-
lor the hist sixteen years; aiul altliough the brief period intervening
belwoefi the late hour when We nceived intimation of our intetided
bereavement and the time fixed icr your d(i>;iiture precluded the
possibility of any approjiriato or httin!^,' manil'cftation of the deep
emotii'iis of resj)ect, admiration and reverence with Avhieli we regard
you, still we cinnot pi'miit you, unrecordidly and silently. (0 di'p.irt
in the manner desired and coutomplatcd by your own retiring
humility and modest worth.

" \'\' e seek not, Kev. and de.ir Si;', bv anv ercfyrossion of th.e feel-
in::s, sad(hned and siibdiu\l, which now agitatvi and nearly over-
whelm us, to' aehnowiedge tlu' vasf and incalculable debt of gratitude
luul love we owi' von; we lei 1 and coidiss that your sirviccs to us
havi' been indeed inappreciable, and above any earthly compensation
or human acknowledgment. In our daily snpplicatii ns to the
Throne of Orace. we will iu'plore Our I'';;ther wh.o is in Ifeavcn to'
rei|nite ycnir manifold services to us; and, as iu the exhaustlcss-
trea /iires of His |)i\ ir,e (Ir.-ice mi'.v alone ]»e found your adecuuite

* t. i

reiiUnieralion, we will hnn.bly liut fervently boseccli Him to repay
you thi! unllring /eal. the boundless charity, and enduring' love, so
hivi'lily expended on us, not only in our spiritual, but evtn in our
teu'poral advancement.

'■ ll Would Ic' e(|ually vain and impossible, did we endeavor to
r.annnerate the hi.pl'V. the bless.'d re; tilts and ac'dc vemeuts of ;iour
.apo-loiic mission and e.\ertions in Ihis Oity and I'l'ovincc. Jn the
d. [ilh ol' our present iiiilietlon. it is consoling' to know that their
'• Vi pntalion h.is b.'en Ion<.rand loudly proelainied: that it hase.xtonded
'• b yond the limils of {I.inad;i; and that it will jirecede and bles.s
'•you — when sev( r<'(l I'lt.m us—'in the new iiouio i)f your more ex-
'• t, nded duties and exalted sphei'e.

'"iSixtein years sinco yon found us a dlvid.ed, and now yon Icnvft
'' i';t il uni!( d people. !)l,'>-tin,!ini-'iteil ll'.en lor our wastel'nl jiioi'ii.'Ien'
'■•nun brutalizing intemperance, we are iiov; prc-vniir.cnt fir tho^e in--

11
ill

XIFE OF BISHOP PHELAN.

"*' dustrious haWts snd that self-denying abstinence, which raise and
" ennoble man in the social and moral scale.

" Our former extensive, and oftentimes distressing, wants have
"*' been superseded by more than relative independence, amounting in
^' many cases to wealth and opulence^ And while on the one hand,
*' your unceasing labors have tended to repress and diminish the
" number of disorderly tavei'ns, whence the juvenile mind imbibed.
^' the seeds of licentiousness and crime, you failed not, on the other,
" to encourage and augment the number of educational establishments,
*' where the rising generation are certain to acquire those instructive
'*' and moral lessons which will hereafter exalt them into useful citizens
*• and honorable men.

" You have been to us a friend in our adversities, a comforter in
*' our calamities, a counsellor in our necessities, and a kind and indulg-
" cnt Father at all times ; and well and aptly may you stiy to us, in
^' the language of St. Paul to the Corinthians : * Quis iniirmatur et
'"egonou iufirmor? Quis scandalisatur et ego non uror?' Who
*' amongst you has suffered, and I have not partaken of his suiFerings ?
" Who amongst you has been scandalized, and I have not actually felt it?

" In contemplating the success of your spiritual labors, for our
" moral regeneration and religious advancement, it could not escape
'' our observation, nor can we avoid declaring how eminently applica-
*'ble to your present j»osition, surrendering tip your charge, are the
, ''words imputed by St. John to the Saviour himself: 'Whilst I was
^' with them, I kept them in thy name. Those whom thou gavcst
" me, r have kept, and none of them is lost. Because the words
'• wliich thou gavest me I have given to them, and they have received
*' them, and have believed that thou didst send me,'

" Advanced, according to your distiuguished merit, in the I'anks
" of that Holy and Apostolic Church, of which you are, and havo
•" long been, so eminently useful and ornamental a pilhir, and about to
*'be removed to a more extensive licld, the exercise of your transcend-
"ci»t ze;il, ability and benevolence, perhaps we should rejoicii at what
" we caw hai'dly yet i-egard but as a great and afflicting personnl
''calamity; but the blow has fallen too suddenly upon us, and its
"effects are yet too stunning to permit of our exhibiting the disinter-
*'estedness and magnanimity which unmixed exultation would at this
'^moment imply.

" \Vliithen;oi;vcr you uu\y bo removed, our fervent prayers shall
*' a?!ceud to the .Most High iur your temporal well'are and etiTual ha]>-
"pincss; mid W(> ;h;ill over gratefully cherish the remenibranci! of
<*yonr i)ietv, y.mr lorvor, imd your worth, with the most hallowed
^' i'eeliniJiS of oiiv exi.'lenee.

"With hotirtrt oveHlowing with gratitude, esteem, veneration, ami
■"anguish, lleverend ami Dear Sir, we most I'eluctantly say to you—
^' I'arewcll,

l*eter Dunn, Wm. Casey,

Thomiui NougIC| Jumoa MuNVaruoek,

•Jo

Til

IllndPri
ing that
i himself
of jirivi
I never
liim. ■
fcinner,
Igrog-slv
ijiitions.
*the pco
bel'ore 1
.spread
ulllieter
lilHt*. t
and cui

from. .1

Sj kiml n
i uc((U.uii

'I great c

T cottvei-

vhich raise and

ng, wants have
e, aiuouuting in

tlie one hand,
d diminish the

mind imbibed
t, on the other,
; establishments,
lose instructive

useful citizens

a comforter in
^ind and indulg-
u say to us, in
s inhrmatur et

1 uror?' Who
i" his suiForings ?
-actually felt it?

labors, for our
luld not escape
inently applica-
charge, are the
' Whilst I was
m thou gavcst
use the words
y have received

LIFE OP BISHOP PHEI.AN.

, in the I'anlcs
are, and havo
r, and about to
yoxn transceml-
rejoico at what
ictiiig porsoiial
i(»n us, and its
the disinter-
II would at this

Jir.iycrs shall
id eternal haj)-
UK'nibraiict! of
most hallowed

oneration, and
say to you —

U'uock,

Andrew Conlan,
A. Doyle,
D. Cottcrell,
J. P. Sexton,
Henry O'Donaughue,
-John Curran,
Charles Curran,
John Matin,
Thos. Hewitt,
John Mahony,
Daniel Murphy,
Edward Murphy,
John M, Tobin,
Francis Josej)h Ryan,
Council Gallagher,
Thos. McNaughton,
Daniel Mahony,
John Cassidy,
Christopher McCormick,

P, Muldoon,
M» H. Darraugh,
James Gleeson,
Patrick Murphy,
M. McDonnell,
Francis Clark,
Michael Purcil.
John Warnock,
James Lahay,
P» IJrennan,
Alex. McCambridge,
John McCann,
John Fitzpa trick,
P. Dromgoole,
Matthew llyan,
Michael Kcl'y,
John Kelly,
IMichael llyland,
Peter Henratty."

J THE YEAKS OF HIS EPISCOPACY.

^ Let us now convey our readers to Bytown, and there wo again

I fmd Priest Phclan engaged in the duties of the missioner. Cousider-

iing that God had called him to that part of his vineyard, he devoted

himself heart and soul to accomplish all the good he could, regardlesji

of privation or fatigue. Duty always seemed a pleasure to him, and

I never found him so happy as when he had plenty of work beforo

him. His presence in Bytown soon attracted to him many a hardened.

fciinncr. and many of those whom intemperance had chained to tho

grog-shop, wen: attracted and bcnelittod by his inf.tructi(>ns and admo-

Jiitlims. It dill not vo(piive long lor him to form acf[uaintauce with

%he people, because his virtuous lil'o ar.d diaracler had reached there

jbel'ore him, and, tliouJi his stay in Bytov/u was but short, his namo

• .spread fir and ne.ir. To my knowledge, I am aware that persons

ulilicted with bodily diseases, have travelled on foot about i'orty

, ijiMt^fc to visit Father Phelan at Bytown, and God rewarded their faith

^^ and cvinlidenee by a speedy recovery. Some time beibre his departure

'i from. IJytown, I liiid occasion U> ])artal-'e of his hosjiitality, by his

I kind re(piest, and I took llie opportunity of visiting sortie iriends and
^ uc<|U.aintanecs in the locality — wlt'-n I was most surprised to learn tho

II great osteeiii and rev<u'eiu;e in which liu AVas held, considering tho
A trief ])eriod he had been amongst tlienu In fact, almost the eiitiro
^ cwivcraatiou iu cvoljy family I visited, tui'iicd on their good pricat—

tIFE OP KISIIOP PHELAIf.

I
|i {

f i '

liow he l:iborciI in their regard, and how lio seemed so fully ItitcrostCfll
in thcif welfare. Ifowovcr, Ahiiighty (iiod designed hiui for a inon
cxilted position in His church, so that one year of duty at Bytowu
liad not transpired before he was called to I'ank amongst the Hier-
archy. In 184)J, the Bulls from Rome — bearing date the 2()th
Fcbi'uary — arrived, by which the lute J'ope Gregory XVI, raised him
to tfiC See of Cari'hio ui, prrrfihus uiJidcHnui, and appointed him
Coadjutor to the llight Reverend ileniigius (jiaulin, liisliop of Kings-
ton. Having always cherished and preached obedience, lie at onco
bowed subtnixsion to that auihoriiy which forms the key-stone of
Catholie unity, aiul set about preparing hims'clf for that high and
onerous charnv. to which his rcuularily of life, S')undncf-s of iuduiucnt
mid virtuou.s (pialitics entitled iiim. His consecration as Bishop took
)ih:ce in the Church ci' Notre Dame, .Montreal, on the 2()th Augui-t
of the t^ame y;'ar, the Right Rev. Ignatius Roilrgct, the present Bishop
of 31o:itr(.'al, being the consecrating Bishop on the occasion — tlie
assisting Bishops being the Right llev. I'eter Flavins Turgeoii, Bisliop
of i-'idiuy, u!id the Right ll^^x. .Michael I'ower, Bishop of Torofito.

On tlie 8tli ol' tlie following montli he b!es;^ed thy ioundation, or
corner stoiu>, oi' that sjilendid c itliedral ;it Kingston, which had been
commenced, and which was to be a monument raised to the Living
(led, dodieali'd to His service, and in honor of " St. 3Iary of the
Imm-iculate Concei>tion."' Mvw. I take tlio liW>rty of making an
extract from a Jh-otcstant pv'.riodical v.'hich furnislics an account of
the proceedings on t!ie occasion, as it may prove interesting to the
pcoplo of Kingston, for many of tliem took a willing part, therein.
Otliers again who mi.y come after, and who will, ])erhaps, take a plca-
hure in adding their mite to Complete that grand edilice, may wisli to
read of its counnencoment o? some of the cireunistanees tonnected
therewith ; — " The corner stone of this building, which promises to
''be an ornanuni; to the To\<'n of Kingston, Wa.s laid yesterday in the
'• presene;^ of :\ gr.'at concourse of ])eO])le, and with all the imposing
'' ceremonies of the Chni-eh to wIkih! service the; edilice is devoted.
'■ TI)C Right Rev. Bishop I'lielan officiated in chief upon the occat-ion.
''After the performance of a solenm High .Mass at the Church, a
" pnicession was lotnied, headed ))y t"lie ])U[)il:'. of the Kingston Xuns,
'• all dressed in while, and making ii very interesting ealure in the
" bui-ine.s of the day, and followed by the priesthood and the Rishop,
" and the piincipal inhabitants of ilie Town. The nnflnislied walls
'' of the edilice were decorated Avith grcvn' boughs, and a pl.itlorm
"erected t()r tlu; accommodation ol' the actors and mnw of the spw-
'• talors in the interesting' scene. •''' •'' '■' •'•• At the close the
'' llisliop iiddrissed tlu! coiigri'gated mass of people, about 4, (100 in
'• number, upon th'! business that had brou'dit tlu ni touelher. Thi'V
'•had as eu;bled, 1;e observed, to build a H(uise for the Lord.-
'' Although the l^nrd filed all si)acc — was every whei'c — was inlinity
'■ itsi'lr. vi't hi! had designed that u])on earth he s^iudd bo found ii.<»re
'•(.;.- peri iJly la cjrtaia localitit;j by those wl;o j.'ought lum, tmd tho.fi:

'< « Ecus
I" erosity
!" had be
j" erectio
j<'est, m
i" consola
I" edifice
!" observe
- '' faith, f
♦'com pre
f find att
,,# to undo
'f' ed not
'I' the int
Christ,
acknow
cnt fait
''of Kin
'' harmon
' do so.
' minds t
^:«' bv all a
*<ful in
ii" shadow^
'W cupied
4f ' devout
Ji" religion

It* made tc

we obs(

"'Mr. H

numy (r

This

it Kingst

ihc futur

luniber o

ind great

hisDL

'ft would

eteiordtion;

'In ordei' i

j^^Jishop r

'lit ailing —

nan litr t

iVo uniy

u)f. proiit

ircaljj oj

fully interested
liim for a luon;
iity at Bytowu
in;v.st the Ilicr-
date the 2()tli
.VI, raised him
jippoiiitod him
i.sliop of Kings-
ic'C, he at onco

Lt^^ OP Btsirop PntLAtr.

*wcrfe the Temples erected to the Most High, emphatically in the
•' * House of God ! ' It was creditable to the religious faith and gen-
" erosity of Kingston, that a building so worthy of it and the country
" had been commenced. Many of those who had contributed to its
*' erection would find their contributions returned with manifold inter-
" est, in the solace and comfofts they Would hereafter derive from the
*' consolations of religion administered in the building itself The
edifice in which they all took so lively an interest was, his Lordship
*' observed, the work of faith, and there was no triie religion without
faith, for if nothing were to be believed but what was known or
c kcy-stonc of «' comprehended, then there could be no belief in God, whose essence
that high and ,'< and attributes no hu'man power of intellect could prcsuipe thoroughly
PS of judgment ,^* to understand. He was aware that many stood before him who belong-
as Bisliop took •^' ed not to his foith. But they were Christians, and showed honorably
le 20th Angu.'-t '|l* the interest they felt in the spiritual welfare of their brethren in
present Bishop ■# Christ, by their attendance that day, and by their support. Ho
occasion — the t# acknowledged thankfully the support received from those of a differ-
ent faith, and from the depths of his heart he exhorted the peoplo
'of Kingston, upon religious questions, to live in brotherly love and
' harmony together. It was their duty as Christians and citizens to
' do- so. He should do every thing in his power to inculcate upon all
' minds the Christian duty of harmony, and to promote it jn-aetically
. Mary of tin,! I" by all available moans; and he prayed to God he might be success-
of mailing an ^ful in the holy work. The above sentences are but the merest
shadowy outline of the elaborate address of the Bishop, which oc-
cupied noaily half an hour in the delivery, and was listened to with
' devout attention, worthy of the many valuable practical truths of
' religion with which it abounded,

. " Uiwn the conclusion of the ceremony, a liberal subscription was

ir' made towards the completion of the building. Ifpon the platform

we observed the Honorable 33. Daly, the Honorable 11. Baldwin,

'Mr. Heyden, Dr. Melhoir, Mr. Dorbishire, Mr. Desibarats, and

'many other persons of rospeetability."

This seems to have been Bishop Pholan's first public official act

t Kingston, and it would appear to have its nuHming in reference to

|he future. It might be said to be a type signiiicative of the great

umber of churches, religious establishments, religious confraternities,

ind groat good, of which he was to connnonce to lay the fimndation

his Diocese; Bdoro we follow up any further his labors as Bishop,

It would be well to learn i'rom St. I'aul, in his instructions attd ad-

lnonition;4 to Titus, some of the characteristics and duties of a Bishop,

»' of the spec- Jn ordoi- that we may, with interest and hatisfiiction, see the life of

the closii tli(5 ^Jishop Plielan show forth the virtues and fulfil the obligations of liis

ailing — thereby proving to us that God had ])repared this apostolio-

lan Ibr the responsible charge which he had consented to accept.

Ve may truly say that he was '• intlinvt crime, as the tifeintrd of God ;

of. proud, not nuly'cct to aiujer, not qlreti to wine, no striker, not

yccdij of JiUhy lucre: hU (ficcn to ItoHpitalitij, (je.ntle, sober, juat,^,

urgeoii, Bishop
' of Toronto.
Ibundalion, or
riiich had been
. to the Liviiiu'

an account of
cresting to the
: part, therein.
)s, take a plea-
may wii-ii to
leos' toimectcd
.•li promi'-es to
ti'i-day in the
the imposing
'(' is devoted.
1 tlie oceai-ion.
the Clmreh, a
ingston Nuns,
eatuvo in the
d the Hisliop,
!in!;-.lii'(l walln
1(1 a pi.itlorni

x'Ut '1 ,(;()() in
'llicr. They
r the IjokI..
-was inliiiity
1' li'inid n;on'
ni. ;nid tlui.-i;

LIFE OF mS-HGP MIELAN.

rao befit

rwere al

|.B0 with

cerned,

ing iuij

n tlie

i/o?^, continent.'^ TiTUS i., 7. He showed himself " an example f)
jgood works, in doctnne, in integriti/, in gravitj/." TiTUS II., 7. In
.almost all his moral discourses, even in his first address to the mixed;
audience on the occasion ofblessing the corner stone of the cathedral, he
fieemed to have constantly before his eye the admonition of 8t. Paul
to Titus, as given at the beginning of the third chapter. Obedience,
parity, and brotherly love were , almost always inculcated, and thereB departu
ai'e tew of his hearers but can vouch for the observation. In this, asSwiil ass
I have just remaikcd, he only fulfilled the duty inculcated by St,:-! never k
Paul, who -desires Titus to admonish people " #o be snhject to priiiccn'ior after
and poice^fn, and obei/ at a word, and to be ready to every good icork. ,wretche
To apeih evil of no man, not to be Utigiovs, but gentle : showing all {-Niiiii ne
mildness toxoirds all men.'' The eflcct of his following up to thc*jgit alwaj
letter, this adiiionilion. was soon pcrcoplible in Kingston, and the mad- ^ho labc
•dened minds and feverish hearts of many who, perhaps, thirsted for Sentativ
Mood, pievious to hi« arrival, soon underwent a calm, and during his |||)reachit
<i;iy, prejudice and hatred were almost unobservable — all this in con- atouainte
ecquenee of his repeated allusions to charity, and he himself gave the m'onsidei
example, for lip practised what he preached, '^'pwith th<

ILirdly had he commenced to live amotigst his people, when he bo-Meither n
gan to exercise the functions of the Episcopacy. He was always aa|tinie wa
«i!traj>;ier to idleness, and th.e last years of liis life only forved to brinf''|lKingstG
<mt in relief his former labors and exertions in the holy cause of the ^hearts;
salvation of souls, Not three weeks had transpired, from the timo ^^i^'ivenli
<Tf his consecration as Bishop, before we find him on the missions, ,^ionuuu
pving coniirmation at J3olleviile and elsewhere, It may not seem Mit w*J i'is v|
«f place or snpcrfi'ious to remark, that it so liappcncd, that his firbtj^thi^^ stai
and last public oflici il act on the missions took place at Bellcviile. I »nd to ii
may observe, in the meantime, tl^ongli 1 shall l\ereaft'^;' take eecasioiijjgil'ted h
to treat niore fully of his labors on the missions, that whenever hi'
vii^ited the missions to give conlruKit'ca, he wrought as the missionary J|he dovoi
in propiring the childnn. lie continued, year aftc r yeav, I may s.tjSof meril
he ncivor ceased, to visit his DioC' so, and we find, by examining tlirj|ccrning
lv-.r^'isters of each l()e;ditY, tliat, en the whole, he visitol for eoniirm;!-
tion encli mis.sio!i of the Dioeose as much as fiiur time!; (.md many ol
them ol'teuer), during tlie fov, yciM-s ^^<^■\ spared h.jiu to his people
liOt it be Avell observed that I haw; not taken into consideration hi.'
three visits to Bytown, his visit to (lloucester, Osgood, Jlichmond
L'()ngin,i|. I'lantageix't, Caledonia Spciti -.s, Mount St. Patrick, Snaki' jj|):'ompte
Hiv>M', 8d C'hute, 2d ("liute, P.ikenl; r,!i, J{ cnisy, Nation lUvi-r — all a V^tomitau
which missions being for a lime attached to tlie Diocese of Kingston ii; 1 wi
Jseither tiid I iuckido the great number of \i;;:ts made- to the mi,s.sioii- '<|couside'r
for the pur])o.se of blc'^^ing' conuteries, bells, corner-stones of churches

• find fi)r other useful and neoossary obj^'ots connected with the g'ood c.
the Diooose, Ag; 'U, if circumstances permitted, it was not u]iusu;ii
for him to favor jioo.' mis.sioiis by his presence, in order to encourap
the people thereof to assist their priest, whether as to his maintenanci'

* QX relieving him from some pecuniary difficulty which uiight happci .flfc)iu;red J

aediatel

ppendi

ions, fo

or liina-

e will

people.

i.ieoi,)ie w
iod, an
he rest
stablisl

LIFE OF BISHOP PIIELAN.

" an (sample r>/m^ befal him in his exertions for the benefit of his mission. His vi*ita
ITUS II., 7. Inftwere always attended with success. Here let me observe — and I do
Dss to the mixed»80 with the utmost gratification — that, so far as my mission was con-
the cathedral, ho8«cei*ned, he never visited it without leavini^- behind him a holy and lasfc- '
tiou of St. PaulBing impression. His presence never failed to effect a happy changf
or. Obedience,"»on the minds of some hardened sinners, who cither then, or after hisr
Kated, and thereS departure, would retuni. to their God with compunction and penance. I
ion. In this, jiaBwill assert, and I pen this in the presence of the Almighty, that I
iculcatcd by StS never knew him to visit the mission, without witnessing, either then
ibject to privcc^kor a.1itcYwards, som wonderful — almost miraculous — change in some ,
wcry good icorh. .wretched soul, nearly intidelized by neglect and careless habits. Hii
ie : sliowwg all . .A'isit never failed to produce visibly a blessing amongst the people, and
nving up to thfi*:|^t always gave me the greatest consolation, for it called to my attention
3n, and the mad- ^he labors and visits of the Apostles (of whom he was a true repre-
aps, thirsted for &ci:»tative), during their time, and how their presence, example and
, and during his lipreuching produced such godly results. To tlie stranger, unac-
■all this in con- atouainted with the J3ishop's lite and exertions, and who would have
bimself gave the afc^^'^sidered attentively the extraordinaj-y amount of labor connected
nth these visits, it might seem, at fii-.-t sight, that the Bishop had
r)le, when he bo-!Meither neglected Kingston and its vicinity, or that little or none of his
ie was always aMtime was spent with his own congregation. But, no ! the people of
' served to brinfiSKiugston, one and all, saw hiin, and that to the contentment of their
oly cause of the ^hearts; they heaid him with profit and advantage; they felt th»
, from the tinio i#icavenly instructit ns which he delighted to impart to them ; and tj^e
in the missions, ,^uonumenls erected there, and institutions he encouraged, still tcf-tify '
lay not seem oi:t|»o his vigilance over every h)calily under his charge. A Bisho}) of
d, that his fir(-tiMtJii>^ stam}> could not tail to take possesj^ion of the hearts of his p;'opJe!,
t Belleville. iMiand to make his instructions prove effectual. It -is true the Almighty
take oceasioinl gifted him with a robust constitution, and endowed him with a pati-
t v,henev(;r licBonee and perseverance which are not eomnion to every individual, but
the missionary jhc devoted them to the -service of (jod, thereby making them a causa
yeav, I may s.ijSof merit. Now, lept I should be suspected to have exsurgcrated toii-
.^erning the Bisiiqp's extraordinary laboi's, which he counnenced ini-
aediately after his call to the Ejiiscopacy, I will furnish in the
•Vppcndix, which I mean to add, a synoj)sis of hi.s visits to the mis^
ions, ibr the purpose of giving confirmation. Let each one examine,
'or liimself, and he will not be long in drawing the just inference, and
pie will also have occasion to admire the zeal and charity which
P.itrick, Snaki 'prompted such labor, and enabled him to luidergo the fatigue con-
m Iliver — all a it|Comitant.

so of Kinut;ton, ,1 T will now invite the reader -to turn his mind to Ivingstcn, atid
to thcmis.-ioii -s^iconsider what was taking place there for the spiritual welfare of the
nes of churche? ipjeoplo. The good Bisliop was aware that confrateniitios of pioua
ith the good (I'M'eopie would, by their united prayers, draw down many blcs.-^ii'gs from
k'as not u>msu;i '^lod, and that their pious example would exercise great iulluerieo over
[>r to encourapJJthe rest of the connnnnity, so, on the 7th June, 1? 14, we find hiia
lis nmintommci' ^establishing in the Town of Kingston the "Confraternity of tho
might happoi|jfc'iU,'red Heart of Jesus," in order to make reparation for the outragef

exammmg tlip|
■•1 for ('oniirnK)l
!!; (.uul many oh

to his people
jusideration hi:
Dod, Jiicliniond,

LIFE OF BISHOP PHEtAN

;i|iu

II';

'if

committed against the heart of Jesus during his mortal life. A
M 'ond intention he had,' was, that people might benefit by the numer
ous ind ulgences with >vhich the confraternities of the Sacred Heart of
Jesus have been enriched by the Holy Sec, The following year we
litid him enlisted in behalf of the sufffercrs of the great fire at Que-
bec, and on Sunday, 'te 22ad June, I" imagine I see him, with that 5
taiergy and feeling which he coidd show on an Qeoa;^ion of this nature,
appe.il to the people for a subscription and collection in their favor.
His appeal was immediately met with the handsome sum of $228
Two years afterw:i ds, it fell to his lot to learn the heart-rending ac-
counts of the suffering people of Ireland. His sympathies with those
of liither land soon became manifest, and then could be recognized
that magniwiimous Irish heart and Irish feelings, which of all men, h?
could be ranked amongst the first, to show and make understi/od, it'i«i!Hl
Consequently, on the 7th IMarch, 1847., the people flocked totiards '«i^stac)o
liim to offer their mite in favor of their suffering brethren in IreLv.d. >jhieh th
I may with reason, observe here, that too much credit anno* !'.■ given
to the people of Kingston for their generosity on every rcf n.-ion which
demands the exercise of charity towards the poor and distressed. It
would be unjust on my part to pass them unnoticed, for whilst I am
penning these lines, they are again distributing abundantly th'eir S
means, towards the relief of the distressed j^eople of the West of j
Ireland

l)ack grouna, no matter what may

resemble their Irinli brethren of Montreal, l^oth people were trained ■•'^" table
up by Bishop Phelan, and I do not think I would be far wrong Averrt "■'essed ol
I to infer tl'.at he contributed much in forming hearts like theirs. ■••i|('^ the 01

It is worthy of 1 .murk, that whenever the Bishop made an appea? ^eedless t

Whi

ne moi

ncourap

rder ot

ers had

rhatthis

t— that it

J|elf, who

** kni >wn

'-' vMtJi'il

un. A

the ch
[otel Di
lot in va:
le poor
TO years

Whenever there is real necessity, they never stand in the femes gav
md, no matter what may be the object; and in this they "■'^ it," foi

to the people on behalf of any one, for nrry useful or necessary ])wr

pose whatsoever, you could, disicern the interest he himself took in the

matter. You could observe him labor with all the energy possible to

move the Ibclings and touch the hearts of his hearers. Neither

(•ouragc nor words were wanting to obtain the object he had in view ; j

but when there was iiaGotion of making an appeal on his own behalf,

he would approach the subject, as one would be led to imagine, with a

.sort of diffulencc or pain. This I had occasion to observe whilst at

tending him on thts mi,ssions. The improvements he was making for

the benefit of the Diocese, and the proper and becoming home he was

preparing for its Bishop, recpiired hi);i rt .•.,11 'jccasi(>nally cu th''

])eo]>le of the miss: >: is to assist him. lih 'n ■ .'!'.' wfts-sv hat it

rendered him almost unable to give cy "• ■■■ '1 1 'Us want*. On such

occasions ho always felt so emba]TaSv**ed, m endeavoring .to solicit tin*

:>ubs!criptions of the people, that one acquainted with him would loo! f^^ Dioct

surprised to find him apparently so timorous and delicate, as if he wa.s ' 'l|nacquai

begging favors, or as if he was not well aware that his people Avere in

some measure obligated to contribute something towards the support

and I 'cent maintenance of their Bishop. In these apj)eals on his own

I) )*saU', I consider he always failed, at least so far as words were concerned

ideration

gahi, ho)

rofit, in

cir Bisl

ent — th

fer to t

ofusc 11

vor.

Not on

locose, )

<|Utside tl:

the m

1850, he

'li|et:iblishi

ad, " it
those z
the Go;
Christ,
of the

'^.the Sci

lortallife. A

by the numer

acred Heart of

lowing year wc

fit fire at Que-

him, with that

of this nature,

in their favor.

sum of $228

urt-rending ac-

hies with thoao

bo recognized

I of all men, he

ie understi .d

©eked to'TViudH

ren in IreLvid,

ann(r ]■■,• given

or •! a which

distressed. It

or whilst I am

tmdantly th"eir

t' the West oi'

r stand in the

i in this they

le were trained

ar wrong werrt

iko theirs.

lade an appea?

necessary ])ur

slf took in tlu>.

y possible t^)

■crs. Neither

had in view ;

s own behalf,

auiiie, with a

vc whilst at

s making for

home he Wiis

nally (u t]i<'

■sv , .liat it

its. On such

to solicit the

m would i'oci

e, as if he wa.s

)eople wore in

the support

lis on his own

ore couccrncd

MFE OP lil(?HOP PHELAN.

Whilst laboring foF the benefit of those in distress; he did not for

ne moment loose sight of his Diocese, for this same year (1847) he

ncouraged, by an authentic document, that most famous and ancien*

rder of the Blessed Virgin, called the "^capillar," although mem

ers had been received therein since the year 1841. lie was aware

ihat this confraternity was spread throughoutso many Catholic nations

-♦—that it was favored in a; particular manner by the Holy Virgin her

tftilt', who is the patroness and advocate of it, so much so, that it " is

'** knv wn by daily experience, that the Scapular is a sovereign pressor

'•'■/ v'ltioii and remedy against all the evils of this life, both spiritual

■ iic; 'I juiporal." He consequently lost no time in removing every

4^stao]e which might hinder people from enjoying any of the blessings

>^hieh the observance of the rules of the Order was calculated to ob

in. And the following year, 1848, we find him appealing once more

the charitable people of Kingston in favor of the Orphans of the

otel Dieu Hospital, and. we may rest assured that his efforts were

lot in vain, for both the people and himself always sympathized with'.

" e poor inmates of that institution, w^hich he had established ibout.

years before. I have heard the Bishop himself say, that he at

■|jnies gave them " the last copper in his pocket, as they were wi^rthy

^ it," for said he, "I have known them to have taken from thoir

n table the last half loaf they had in the world, to relieve some lis-

essed objects of charity that had come to them for I'elief." I am

ct the only one to authenticate these few facts^ nor do I think it.

-^eedless to refer to them— for they show, in the first place, the coii-

ideration in which that establishment was held byjthe Bishop, and

gain, how well any contribution made by the people, would be set Ut

rofit, in relieving sutFering humanity. The Kingston people, lik'.^

eir Bishop, appreciated the services of the religious of this establi.sh-

ent — they do Bo even at this day — and a.s a proof of this, I may

ifer to the donations made them, and to the generous feeling and

profuse liberality, shown on the occasion of Bazaars got up in their

Ivor.

Not only did the good Bishop provide' for the wants of his own

'locose, but h'v charity led him to feel for the many souls, who wcwj

<(titsido the pal(> of the Catholic Church, and who required the presence

••>#' the missionary to admit them into its bosom, so on the IGth July,

1850, lie issued a Pastoral Address to the- clergy and l.tity, for the

"ilBtablishmout of the Association tor the Propagation of the Faith iu

liJie Diocese of Kingston I will observe here, tor the benefit of thoso

injicquainted with the nature of this. Association, that, as the address

lad, " it has for its object, to assist, with alms-decd.s and prayers,

those zoidou.s apostolic missionaries, sent by the Church to preach

the Gospi^ ti> all nations, fulfiiling thereby the precepts of Jesus

Christ, who said, ' (,'o te(U'h nil V'tfiona. hi(/ttisi)if/ thmn ht. the name

of the. Father, and of the San, <ui,l if the llohi Ghost. Matt=

tXXVIii., 19., inip.ii-ting to them the knowledge of Salvation, and, as

/l^the Scripture says, ' to enlighten those that are wated in dark'nesn,

ill it i

LIFE OP BISHOP PHELAN.

** and in the sliadow of death .' Luke I. 79. It likewise assists tlicr
*' iiifiuit churches Uitely established, where persecution, oppression, or
'^ want of means, rendered numbers oC Catholics unable to provide
*' i'or the in-iiiitenanco of rolijii(;n, and the education of youth." Ho
was too well Jiwarc of the great good cftected by this society, not to-
|)ass it unnoticed ; for bej^ides the reward which each member would
merit for his charit.hlo donation, he would also be entitled to reap a
henelit from tlie Tndidgerices which the Sovereign Pontiii's grt'iited in
favor of the Associ-ation. The Bishop's address, on this occasion, is
jso replete with fhie sentiments, and of a nature to move tiie hearts of
the people to take interest in- this noble work, that I cannot refrain
from ujaking a lew extracts, by which Ave at this day might profit, as
they furnish matter for useful reflection : ''It would,'' says the pre-
late, " ill bi,'C-)n)e us, as children of the same Fatlicr, and mcmbei's of
*• the Church ol' which Jesus Christ is the liead, to remain any longer
'• inactive, withirit uniting our elForts also with them for the udvance-
''jneiit <if an Institution f-o worthy of the zeal and charity of every
^' (Catholic heart. For how can s(» many intidel nations beliovc; in Him
*•' of whom they have not heard '} and iiow shall they hear without a
'• Preacher'/ and how shall they preach u'dess they be sent.— lioM.X. 14.

" What wouM h;:ve become of us mi form(>r times if Preachers had
'•not been sent to impart to ou)' l'orcfithcr« the liglit of the Gospel'^
*' "Would we enjdv all tho benefits of religi<M» whicli we now possess?
*'My Dear IJrctiiren, if we remain insensible to thir s))iritu;d Avants of
*• !«> many nations and kingtl(»ms, wl:o are dtstitnte of the advantages
"of Faith, we deserve not tho name of Christians, and sh.ould they
'•perish eternally, thmugh our avarice and inditference. Cod may rc-
'•(piireat our hands an aceonnt of tie* blood of His Divine Son.
*■ Secure then iiir yourselves tho advantaiics of this Society ami en-
'• deavcr to merit f rycuu'.si'lves and this Province theel.oicest l»lessing»
'•of Heaven, by ycnir small but united contrihutinns, and fervent
"prayers. ' (-{ive,' says Ji'sns Christ, ' and ii will be given to you
•* again; good measure, and ]ivessed down and shaken together, for
*^' with the same measure Ihat you shall mele withal, it shall be
'■measured to y<m again.' Lt'KK yi. ill). Thus, Hretlnen, lis our
*• IJlessed lledeemer assures, that a cup of cold water giveji in tho
" mime of Jesus, will not pass without it»» reward. You shall like-
*• wise bi' er(iwn<'<l with blessing'* pvnpoi tinnable to your zeal and
'•charity Inwards this truly pious Instilutinii.

" When w<' reflect upon the commendations given by our iJlesscd
'•Saviour to the pntu' widow's nlVering. we Would fiiil in our duty to
*^lhe poor, if we did not invite (hem also to a partieipation of tho
'•benefits of (his society; for, although it may not be in their power
**to give the snndl mite preserilied. it is- in their jiower always to pray
'"ll»r its sricoi'ss. Ther»>H)re, dearlv )>elo\ed llrelhren, the knowledge

•yiiur iiiviriabh' aiia(iinu'nt

\vliii'!i we b.ave (sf your

•haiity and

Ill

*• to the faith once delivered to the Saints, tills us with conlideiu'e tiuit
♦• you will not fail to concur with us in u cause so iniiH)rtant to religiou
" and benelieial to yourselves."

lake an
rho hac
ware, t
11 this
iiic sum
gl^eut, ()\
gl'cgatio
<to theli-
iftd friei
^stress;,:
4kert hit
', On t
ficar G;
lards M
|t)t have
bo till
lanner,
sts of t
will-, the
Bislit)p"s

5u,st ii'i\
The
escript
©f i ra'i
teption (

taving f(
,, to inv(
«M!hurcii
sinners
We de;
Me'.-ey
ChapVl
* will be
** ihiniac
" Merry.
** ally f'oi
*• head a
In' 1
Ihe Uus.-
«r the. c

•nly a I'.i
ind pe.ie
%y a cirt
l)ioceso
- rieavei
** peace i
kima'lf I

LIFE OP BISUOP PHELAN.

rise assists tlicr
, oppression, or
ible to provide
f youth." Ho
society, not to-
member would
tifK'd to reap a
tilis gri'.iited in
!iis occasion, is
'e the hearts of

cannot refrain
lui^lit pi-otit, as
' says tlie pre-
nd nicnibei's of
I) a in any longer
:>!• tlio udvancc-
lai'ity of every
b('liev(! in Him
liear without a
■>. — llOM.X. 14.
' Preachers had
of the (nispel?
1 now p()s>'.ess?
iritu:d wants of
the advantages
d .sl'.ould they

(tod may re-
Divine Son.

iciely and en-

y\wA ))lessing8

and iiMTent

iven to you

fniit'lher, for

it shall 1)0

tliren, as our
iven in the

lilt .'■liall llke-

oiM' /.eal and

y our Mlessed
I our duty to
pation of the

their power
ilways In pray
lie knowledgo

at(a( hnienl
niHdenee that
int to reiigiuu

In 1852, on the 1st August, Bishop Phelan had once more to
lake an appeal to his congregation at Kingston, in favor of thosa
^ho had sutfered by the great fire at Montreal. He was no doubt
ware, from their past conduct, that their charity would be also shown
11 this occasion, and so it was, for tlie C(jllecliovi made amounted to
ilie sum of $140. His sympathy fur these sufferers must have been
gi'eat, owing to the tliought that many of them once fcn'med his con-
gi'egation, and that he liad wrought st) long amongst them; and they'
<»i their part could not but look \\\nni the good Uishopus a benefielor
itid friend, who had not yet forgotten them. Htill charity ibr the
«fistress;.;d, rather than any natural or human motive, urged' him to
^ort hiiuself in the cause of their relief

On tiie 8th July, 1S54, lie appointed the Rev. Patrick Dullard as

'icar General, and I would remark, without any do;?ire to lean to-

[iu'ds aduhition or dissembling, that a iKore prudent suleclion could

jot liave been made ; for this good man was knt)wn then, as he is now, '

be tlie model of a good priest, and characterized, in a particular

anner, for his regularity (»f life, and as-.-iduity in Undying the intcr-

Lsts of the congregation he served.- His eouni-iel bore great weight

will', the IJishop, whose faithful friend and !idvi..er he was — lor the

Bishop's prudenei! and humility was such, tluifc he seldom, even in the

fur.t trivial dilliculties, would act, without Ih'si seeking advice.
The same year, on the 14th October, alter having ri;eeived a
Itesoript i'rom Kome, the Bishop e.'Hablished in the Diocese the Society
©f inrer, called th(^ "(ioldeii Association of tlie ImiiKienl ite ('ui»-
^option of the Blessed Virgin 31ary," alias the " (i!(»ldi'n Crown,"

tuviiig for its object " to do^ homage to the 3IoKt Adorable Trinity,
,, to invoke tlu^ Immaculate Virgin, Mother i\\' (Ind, to as^ist tho
*' Ohureii in all her diilieiilties and trialvt, and elleei the conversion of

sinners."' At the end of hi.s i'astoral on (he occasion, he adds;
• We desire that an engraving or ]rict\ne of our Blessed l^ady of

iMeyey shall renvain, if jxissihle, always exposed in each Chureli or
I Chaprl, in uienioi'y oi' the erection ol' this Society. ''' ■*• =<■ This-
** will be a standing monument to attach this Pious Association of the
* Ihimaeulate Oonceptiott morn ami mme to the lUessed liady of
"Meivy, and remiml them of the irleasing dnty of praying eontinu-
"ally tor the wants of the imtversal (Miurch, in union with her chief
** head and all the mein)wrH thereof.'' '

lu' IS").'), owing to the (Jlstnrbed state of l']uro|)e. by reason of
the Uus^iin war, the good Hishop sighed lor tht^ peace and prospuity
#f the Ohristiaii world; and on this occasion he showed hiinseif nofc
#nlv a I'dthl'id snhjeet of the Hritish Crowir, hut also a I'riend to order'
ind pe icii- in a word, the model of a gocnl ilisliop. We lind him,
ky a circular, bearing dote April 12th, cMlling upon the priests of hid
l)ioeese to unite with the "faithful to invoke the henedietions of
** rleaven on the Ailied Armies, beseeching (hid to grant that durabit*
** peace might be speedily restored to ('hristtaidom." He expressed-
fcimadf thus: " As faithful Catholics, and Brilishsubje.'ls, weeaiHWl'

LIFE OP BISIIC^ PHELAN.

1 i'

fl„

*' remain inclifFerent a.s to the issue of the present war with Rnssia,
" and its importance for the general interests not only of the British
*' Empire, but also for the protection and prosperity of the Christian
" Churcli. Our sympathy with the Allied Armies, would, however,,
" be of little or no avail, unless we were excited by them to raise up
" our voices towards the Lord of Hosts in their behalf, imploring
" Him to preserve them from all the horrors and calamities of this
*' war, and to restore peace to the entire Christian world." It might
appear to an unreflecting mind, that he should have borne so'ue
>;ympat]iv towards the Russians, by reason of the resemblance which
the Greek Church bears to that of which he was Bishop; but let it
be obs:!rved that he knew his duty as a good British subject, as well
as a faithful Bishop of the Church of Christ, and that swerve from
that duty he never would.

At the demise of llight Rev. Remigius Gaulin, which took place
on the 8th 3Iay, 1857, Bishop Phelan succeeded as Bishop of Kings-
ton, taking the title thereof by reason of liis having been appointed
coadjutor with the right of succession. Would that God had spared
him a little longer, to bear this title — for the happiness of his clergy
and the welfare of bis Diocese.

THE GOOD TRAITS IN HIS CHARACTER.

Havinii already noticed the principal acts (ospp<'ially those for
which I could find dates), in tlu; Bisluip's lilc, it still remains iur nu'.
to say, what charaetori/.(Hl him in particular. Were one to ((ue^stiou
ami ask, what virtue was \\c remarkable lor having jiractised? I wonld
lie at a loss to give a direct answer, because he seemed, at one time
or the other, to have reduced every oue to practice'. \ ni(>au to allude
to xitiHv of the many good ijualilies, I'or which I couf^ider his liii; \\\\.
characterized — which came under my observation — and to which
Kingsl(at and the Diocese of Kingston can bear witness. It was not
my intention, and be.-ides. trme and thi> circumstances under which I
hib(»r will not permit, furthermore J do not imagine it would be ex-
pected from me — to notice every good trait in the. IJishop's chanicter
whieli came to my knowledge, m* which might be apparent to the
geaerality ol' people. A W(U'k «»f this nat\ir«^ does not deniaml it
Rnrthcrmore, there are few, who were acijuainftHl with the Bishoj)'.>4
<!areer, but can supply any tleiiciency which ijiight be observable in
this litllv! work

Kiiisr. — Let m(! s|H'ak to the reader of the llishop'g </«wj/i/iH /?>
vf(ti'>fs l/ir /itrsKcd Vinilii Muri/. It is not necessary to enter into an)
great dotuil to unike tiiis known, fur uny |>erson who wuh witnesH U

is acts,
Ions fror
placed
trough t

' bis Di
be Cath

Bvout c

Seople, 01
evotion

W ^^ ^^
iotion w;

Sotectioi
ishop w
lowed h
vhich, i
Ircular t
Ding cal
ibjeet
^jn then
rom abo
lind fre(
iimacul
Inuated
..^ily thri
•^ fervent
•<" be now
4' to the I

^' iiiii", *•!''

\?' able HO

|jenten 1

ind fait!

fcstablislu

^onlidenc

-f Veiuira

'*' Laity,

•" Associi

-«• Holy !i

■" lor 'th(

*«' l»relat(

" anther

" devoti(

-" sullieii

!^'' strong

f" and til

Address

inaculat

people I

j,of the u

XIPE OP BISHOP CHELAN.

ir with Rnssiia,
r of tlie Briti8l»
if the Christian
tvoold, liowever,
cm to raise up
3hiilf, iniplorini];
amities of this
■Id." It miyht
ve borne

soMie

js acts, heard his pastoral addresses, or was present at his instnic-

|ons from the pulpit, could not be ignorant of tho great confidence

placed in tho powerful intercession of the Holy Virgin, and how he

[rought to extend and perpetuate this devotion amongst the faithful

' his Diocese. Were you, either morning or evening, to have entered

le Catliedral during the month of May, you would have heard this

3vout client of Mary either exposing his own wants, or those of his

Seople, or publishing her glories, or the happy ettccts resulting from
©votion to her. Tlierc would he be found at the steps of the altar,
miblanco whicli l(|l an example to his congregation, to testify before all that his de-
lop ; but let it Ijjotion was real, and to invite all to place themselves under her niaternal
subject, as well njrotection. As has been already noticed, the first act he performed as
Bishop was one in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. He again
owed himself contributing to her honor by encouraging the Scapular,
liicli, if I am not greatly deceived, I saw himself wear.) In his
rcular to the Clergy of the Diocese of Kingston, in reference to his
ii)g culled ujjon by the Pope to signify to him his sentiments on the
bjcct of the Innnaculate Conception, and the authoritative Uoelara-
u of his clergy if5«J'» thereon, and to appoint public prayers, in order to obtain light
om above on so solenni and so important a subject, he opened his
ijaind freely, and gave to understand that he was an advocate of the
,|jijmaculate Conception. Furthermore, he wouUl appear to have in-
jpnuated that the only good we expected to clfcct, could bo obtained
,.^ily through the intercessiim of the Immaculate Virgin. " Your
•/* fervent i^rayors," says the Bishop to his clergy, " no doubt, will not
•f ' be now wanting to obtain for the church a pledge of new coiujucsta

§' to the I'aith, of redoubled confusion to her enemies, and of ransom-
' ing, through the intercession of the Immaculate Virgin, of iunumer-
•f able souls, hitherto innncrsed in error, heresy tiud sin." In his
|jenten Pastoral addn'HSof 1815, lie calls the attention of the clergy
Mid faithful to a confraternity in honor of 3lary, which had been
tiistablished by Bishop (Jauliii. lu tliis address he again publishes his
p»iiliilenc;5 in llt»ly Mary's intercession. He says, '* We conjure you,
rf> Venerable Hrethrin of the Clergy and beloved children of the
''* Laity, to redonbhi yt)ur fervor in practising the devotion of th(*

it swerve from

lich took place
ishop of Kings-
)een appointed
od had spared

PTER.

lally those for
emains for ini^
w. to ((U('>itiou
ised? I would
1, at one lime
uean lo allude
r his lil'i! \va.
nd to which
[t was not
inder which I
would bo v\
»p's character
•areut to the
demand it
the liishctji's
observable in

ifri'iitutn fit

niter into an^
18 witness U

As.xocialion of I'r.iyer, called the Arch Confraternity of the Most

'' Holy and lunnaeulate Heart of Mary, Mother of (lod, as established

(Min version of hiiuuus in this Diocese, by our Veneralde

'' Pielate. the IJi.shoi) ol' Kinirston, in the year 1H4I}. The

'" for the

to, the |{i.slio|) ol' Kingston, in tlie year IMI.J. Jlui various

•'authentic accounts given us of the immense good produced by this

"(l('Voti(»n throughout the; Christian workl, wherever it is practised,

-" suniciently attest the motives which induce us to rc(H)iuinend it so

•''strongly lltr the reformation of morals, the propagation ol'the I'aith,

r" and the siinctiliiMtioii of souls ill this jioly time." In his Pastoral

Address for Ihc; establishment oi'the "(Jolden Association of the Tin

maculate CoiiciDtion of the iJlessi'd Viruin Marv." lie calls unon tho

.jK>ople to invoke licr, and, from tho addross, it is plain, oven to thouw

*of the meanest capacity, that tiic good Bishop himself placed grcttt

ill'ii

LIFE OF BISHOP PIIELANS

.ii

'lii

confidence in her intercession. '' Let lis," s:iya he, " therefore, invoke' '
"the intercession of the I nnnacvilatc Virgin, as the help of Christians,^ .
•'the couitbrtrcas of tlio afflicted, and refuge of sinners. Yesf^-
"beloved brethren, this sweet name, Mary, will be to you a tower of |
"strength against your cncniics, a shield of protection, and a safe '^
"anclior of hope in the agony of death, ' Mater misericord las tu noa
"ab hoste protege, ct in hora mortis snscipe.' " I was aware that the
Bishop himself, in private, also practised devotion towards the Blessed
Virgin. Whilst ho Was a priest in Montreal, I had occasion, one
afternoon, to cull at his room in the Seminary, and I found him en-
piged in reciting the Beads. "Whilst I was enjoying his hospitality at
Bytown, 1 remarked (as my bed-chamber was next to his), that the
last prayers he recited, before retiring to rest, wore those of the Beads.
He paced slowly tlirongh his room whilst lie recited them. This
custom he seemed to have strictly followed up Whilst Bishop, and I
had ample oppoitunity of knowing tliis, b'.'canse, for six months, only
a simple partition divided our bed-t3aumber.j, and I olVen felt surprised,
knowing liow fatigued he was by the labors of the day, and the night
being far advanced, to hear him pace through his room' saying his
Beads. Thi.'!, I consider was always his last vocal jv.-ayer at night.

Secondlv. — Let me notice his ckantjj trurards t He. pun'. This
matter 1 treat of with a certain reluctance, because it recalls to my
mind many sorrowful idesi:?, which I cannot commit to paper, any
further than to observe, that they wrought on my mind', and convinced
me that the Bishop himself was oi'fentimes poor; thougli he was too
delicate to make it known either to his ])ricsts or his people. Let it
be remembered, the Cathedral, the Episcojial residence, the Christian
Brothers' ef-tabiishment Were to be finished, some of them being
already greatly in debt. The Hotel Dieu Hti.sjiital liad oftentimes to
depend on him, yet, notwithatamling, he seldom made an appeal in his
own favor. Towards the poor he always showed himself a friend, and
seldom any obj(!ct of charity left his door with an empty hand. His
liouse was daily vi.'ited by tiiimbers of poor, and, if' circumstances
permitted, he would always afhdd them some relief. Wiioever heard
him address the j)eopl(^ in fivor of those who suffered by the great
(ires at Quebec and Montreal, or by the famine in Ireland, could easily
recognize in him that generous heart and those charitable feelinga
which he possessed in an en;inent degree. Who i's not aware of tho
Keeling apprals which ho used to nndie on St. Patrick's Day, and on
other occasions throughout the year, hi order fhat relief might bo
brought to the indigent. He felt tlu; greatest pleasure in encouraging
u society of j^ious and charitable ladies, established for the jturixise of
i.x;lieving ])oor childrt'ii ami clothing them, so that Ihey <(»uld be sent
t^) school and pi'e|)art'd for their first C')nnnunions. They bore tho
deserved title of " Jiadies of the IJenevolent Society," and nuuiy tx
ftithcr or mother luul reason to bear in loving remembranco hi'.n who"
*'!!cuuraged hueli an association. In conse(|nence of the maT\y charitable
ie)u:Uiuns uiudo through the instrumeulality of tlic.su pious pcruoua.'

Iilueatio

flready :

ind as li

^ing it t

"..fiBrst tho

.yyouth, I

|o that 1

now led

!ven at

ioecso

le was

good B

fcct ol'

htnise,"

ftery se

ItudenI

on fool

quaint'

oec isio

would

ior it i

ospecii

identil

>yatel'.!

rnooni

MNUS I

LfFE OP BISHOP' PrrflLAN'.

2fF

therefore, invotel,
^Ipof Christians^ J
sinners'. Ycsf
you a tower of ||
ion, and a safe |
ricord;a3 tu nos

ven at this day, the Catholic community of Kingston appreciate'

tieir services. The worthy Bishop delighted in hein<j; able to bene^t

le poor in any way, but, as to hiuiseif, lie never could be contented

spare any means which came to his hands, for he woukl either dis-

ibute tlie money for charitable purposes, or expend it in improving

lither for the benefit of Kin;2;ston or the l)ioccse. I was often pained

IS aware that the |o henr liim express a desire to \mt Rome, if he had the means, (for

ards the Blessed each Bishop, and he was particularly invited, is expected to pay at

id occjisio)!, one feast one visit to the lioly Father, if circumstances permitted.)

found him en- Bspeclally on the occasion of the dogmatic deiinition of tl:c Imuiacu-

iis hospitality at feto Conception, ho ardently desired to be present. '^ I would like to

•»;p)," said h', •• but. Lord have mercy on us, hovr can I think of go-

♦*i'..; and no mcana; I suppose I never will have mean:^ to ,^o." It

trao, ii' lie had made known his position to his clergy, liiey would

ive givi.;ii the last farthing to relieve him; but, alti.ough he had

livori'l r.umy of them, and contributed generously to beuelit {!;eir

kwr lui sions, yet he was so considerate, that, ratlior than cx;)cso'

iieni to an> iiietnivenieneo, he would not even allude to the Uiattcr,.

L\st the missionary might stand in need of all the nie;uis he oould-

ilc(juiie.

t TlllllDLY. — //As r:('nl in promothifffduv.iflnn. From his childhood
|lc was trainetl up to midei stand and appreciate the advantages of
filucatioii, ei-peeially mi education based on religion. As we have

) his), that the
'se of the Beads,
id them. This

Bishop, and I
ix uionths, only
n felt surprised,
•, and the night
)om! saying liis
yer at night.
ho. poor, " This

recalls to my

lo paper, any
, and convinced

h he was too
eople. ],ot it

ilreatly .seen, he himself in his young days panted after knowledge,.
♦nd US he grew up, liis happiness oftentimes consisted in e( niuiunioa-
jiiiig it to otli(;rs. Is'o sooner was he ordained priest, than one ol' his
tlui Christian »i|lir.>-t thoughts turned towards the education of youth — and not only
f them beinir v*|youtli. hut lie even sought to enlist those of riper years in the cause,
io that t!iey also might improve themselves, and acipiire a ta,-;to for'
" nowled.^e. After l\is consecration as Bishop, he sought (nery means,
ven at great inconvenience, to promote education throughout tiio
io.'e 0, nid some of the establishnu^nts of Nuns and Brotiiers, wi;ieh
e was iiislrnmental in forming, still live to tell jjosterity that the
#ood Bishop contributed his .share in educating and firming the intel-
ret of their fathers, lie even left what was called the "Bishop's
house," in Kingston, in order that it? might be converted Into a nun-
nery school, and took as a choice to live, as T might say, anumgst the
Itudcuts of Kt'giopolis ('olK'ge; which he was instrumental in selting
on loot, ami i'or which he had pro\ided Profes,>'orri. To those ac-
quainted with colleger liie, and the necessary bustle and noi.se which must
oceisioii.illy reign there, it would ajipear surprising that the Bishop-
wm\ld h.ive selected (hat Itic.ility as his residence, and I can account
i'or it in no other way than that he had always been attached to youth,
ospccially those who sought after knowledges and that he wished to
identily liimsell' with tlawe who labored to train them up, and keep (i

W.'ltltllt III r>V(> (iVl>f tliiiif I!1(!!"!!m [}

I oftentin)es to
1 appeal in liis
fa friind, and
.yhand. His
circumstances
i' hoover heard

by th(! great
il. could easily
table feelings
aware of tho

^^•^y, and on
iof might bo
1 encouraging
he i»urpo)se of
ould ho sent
ley bore tho
ami many a-
■■CO liiiM who'
tiy charitublo
ous per«ou3..

» \\ »r n/

« I IlkV.I V 111.

Mioourago by his {)re.sem;e tlieir lathers and mothers to send their
kmxH thiilier Ibr instruction. Ills zeal iil tho cau.so of cducutioui

iiii

\0M

■'I

,28'

LIFE OF BISHOP PIIEI«A'N,

also manifested itself on the occasion of his visits to theschools, where
you mighbsee him take such a lively interest in the advancemei>t of
the children, and always paying such kind compliments to those who J
merited them, as would move one and all to continue their little course
with more heatt and fresh courage. I might also venture to afisert
that one of the principal objects he had in view in encouraging the
Association of the "Benevolent Ladies" was, that poor children might
be educated and formed to virtue.

Fourthly. — His zeal in the cause of Tempcrana'. This was so
well known to every one, that I feel at a loss how to interest the
reader, for the Bishop's labors in this cause are, to a certain extent,
bearing fruit even at this day. He was well convinced that nothing
could prove more boneticial to a community, or be calculated to draw
down greater blessings from Heaven,, than the exercise of temperance,
60 he lost no time, wliethcr as Priest or Bishop, in inculcating into
th'i hearts of his hearers the indispensable necessity of practising that
virtue Ho was indefatigable in his exertions in this cause, and he
did not alone confine himself to the pulpit to remedy the evils of in-
temperance, and pave tbo way i'or tlie contrary virtue. He also
labored in the streets, and sought the negligent and guilty, in order to
gain them over to Clod. This he did, to my knowledge, during the
years of his Episcopacy. He had the expi>rienco of years in the min-
istry, and none knows better than the priest the curse intemperance
brings in a family, so that it requires the vigilant eye of the pastor,
his prayers, and those of the faithful, to efiect a change, when by that
vice people become thoughtless and obdurate. It is almost next to
impossible to banish intemperance from a locality in which it has
taken deep root — yet, notwitlustandiiig, Bishop Phelan succeeded
during the years of his priesthood in working wonders with regard t<>
this vice— all through perseverance and his ctwn good exam|)le. Whiit
can be more creditable to Montreal, or any city inhabited by Irish-
men, than to bo able to number over 4,000 faitiil'ul members of a
Total Abstinence Society. They have theri'fore good reitson to offer
up many a prayer for him wlu) reformed their city, and set this society
(»n foot, to b(! an exanii)le to others. When Cod called him to the
Diocese of Kingston, he made it one of his lirst duties to preach
temperance, not only in Kingston, but throughout the missions, and
to encourage that virtue by issuing cards and medals to remintl tln^
bearer of the good resolutions he had made. In his L(Miten Pastoral
Address of IS-lf), he thus exorts the children of, his Diocese; "Wo
" most cordially exhort you to enter into the Soeiety of Temperance,
"so well calculated to eradicate all the evils that follow I'rom the vice
" of drunkenness, and to promote your temporal and eternal hapjii-
" ne.s>4. A strict adheranee to its rules will not fiil to render this
" sacrilice agreeable to (lod, who, we trust, wil' acee{)t of it as a sub-
" stituto for the fast and abstinence wliich the debility of constitution
"and the multiplicity of hard hibor preverit }()u from observing
" Moreovor, us this is the season that is set apart to comply with the

"obligl
and a

recepl
been
on till
lis lab[
imperj
learts
%eU as
irords
iny pec
\h\
•i^tcres^
Ms exel
much \\
•ilhis
rshadol
enteJ
»nlessi|
le fati]
iious td
have
Biiany c(
llructecl
1^ him
%wM aj
iompani
that he
r^nee be;
,<*!M)anied J
||)ahtor »
■,jiions,
fnues V
[nstruci
»ast,or i
-fiishop
.Vaspi'.f
on tlie
Sacrain
This V
him m
Bend tl
the W(
>i!i wh;
,he wa
■lis the
'1 rope
tulway

tIPE 6'A BISHOP PHELAN'.

lie schools, where

id tliat nothin _
culated to draw
5 of teuiporance,
neuicating into
practising that

obligation of confession and communion, the practice of temperance
and sobriety will' facilitate for you a more ready and more worthy
reception of it. Alas! dearly beloved' brethren, intemperance has
been too often the cause of the neglect of this duty, and of bringing
aavancenietj,t of'«on the heads of the guilty the severest censure of the Church," In
ts to those who Mis labors on the missions, he seldom forgot to touch on the subject of
.lieir little course «Bmperance, and to endeavor to strike 'vith terror and disgust the
venture to Jifisei-t m^ of those whose God v/«s their belly, and to convince them, aa
encouraging the 'tell as others, of the evil effects of intemperance. The very last
r children might lirords he ever preached in my mission, were those of an exhortation to ",

, my people to fly intemperance.

'■<■'. 1 his was so Fifthly. — Mis labors on the mission to assist tlve missionary — tlte

to interest the interest he took in visiting the missions.---l have already alluded to
certain extent, Jus exertions on the missions; but to do the zealous Bishop justice, ,
Uiuch more must be said. I merely hinted at the matter, whereas of
ij^ his labors or exertion under otlier circumstances, none could bear ■
^fishadow to the extr.iordinury Avork with which he would tax himself
Wbi entering a mission. I mean by this the exercise of the duty of the
•Ipnfessional and the catechising of the children, whom perhaps the
s cause, and he A^ fatigued pastor could not have prepared. lie was aware that pre-
the evils of in- »ious to his arrival the missionary of the jjlaee did his best endeavors
%) have all the children ]ii-cpared, but it generally happened there were
Biany confessions to be heard, and perhaps some persons to bo in-
Itructed. No sooner would the IJishop have arrived, than you would •
IjBe him wend his Avay fi^om the presbytery to the church, and there he
•||ould at once commeneo to relieve the priest. I may say, and I ac-
iouipanivjd him on his visit to thirty missions and sections of missions,
iihat he seemed relieved from the fatigue of the journey when he had
(■♦nee begun to do missionary duty. It' it was a priest who accom-
|b;uiied hini, he woiikl ''oon cut out work for him, in order tlrat tho
i|);ifctor of the place might get all the relief possible. In country mis-
■jiions, owing to the distance some children have to travel, it is some-
inies very dilhenlt to prep:ire tlicni, and most all the work, that is, of
Instructions, examinations aiwl confessions, ooiiies together, so that tho
■istor is sometimes p.iined at not being fully ]irepared to receive tho
?ishnp. JTis Lord.-liin was always sensible of the diiliculty, and he
>|v.is po,-;sessed of too line a feeling to rcjiriniand or appear displeased;
0)1 the contrary, if there was nothing for him to do hut to confer tho
Bacrameiit of eontii'Uiiitii.n, he appeared t(t nn! not to feel so happy.
This was not so oLsei'vabii^ to jniy as to myself, because, by being with
him so long, I cinild not l:iil to remark it. I have even known him
Bend the pastor to tho presbytery to rest, he himscdf taking charge of
(he work amongst the children. All his labor did not, consist solely
<ia what I have jn;<t mentioned, for if he had a s])are moment at all,
(he was constantly oeeu]>ied in consoling or counselling some persons,
^lis there were always nuiiibi^rs who wished "to speak to the lii.shoj)."
'I ri>peat hero what 1 said bd'ore. li(> never (elt so hajipy (at least I
lulways thought so), ua when he had plenty to do on the missiune, I

itue. He also
ilty, in order to
Ige, during the
'Sirs in the min-
3 intemperance
) of the pastor,
>, when by that
dmost next to
which it has
u succeeded
ith regard to
iiple. What
d by Irish-
lenibers of a
I'ion to offer
t this society
him to the
s to prea(!h
iiissions, and
reniinil tlu^
ten I'astoral
tce.se : " Wo
remperanco,
)iu tho vice
■rnal happi-
render this
it as a sub-
constitution
observing
ly with thu

s®

WFE OF BISHOP PHELAN.

<will add furtlicrmoro, I consider that he appeared to cxperioncc more i
.comfort and happhiess in serving God on the missions than performing
•easier labor at home — and I think, that, exclusive of any other testi-
mony, the consideration of the many visits to which I iiave already
alluded, would serve to corroborate these statements which I take upon
myself to nialce. It was not that ho experienced much bodily com-
fort, for oftentimes in the sections «f missions the fare was not ahvaya
the best, but that did not signify, the Bishop was always contented 1
with it. We must also take into considenition that he was accustomed I
to s:iy mass and preach on almost every occasion of his visits, Tho I
exertion alone of preaching?, which would sometimes last so lon:^ — for
he sought to bonciit the fathers as well as the children — that I often j
felt surprised how he could endure such bodily fatigue. All these I
things considered, we can e:isily say why he was such (pormit the i
terms) a weleonied guest among priests and people. It will not, con-
sequently, be wondered at, that hundreds would collect to escort him I
cither into or out of the missions, and felt sorrowful at parting with!
him. lie was understood to interest himself so much in the spiritual '
and temporal wellhre of the missions, that he seemed to make hia
home thoroin ; and the iDissionary himself was always left happy, byi
reason of the great good effected for the prosperity of lus people. ^
This may account, in some measure," lor the improvements whicii wero
being made during his day. For, owing to tho khidness shown thol
■clergy by the IJisliop, thoy took it as a plcasiiw!; and easy task to labor ^
under him; and the lively interest he took in the well'aie of the mis-j
j'ioiis prnini)ted them to eontribute their share of cxeition and means
for the interests of religion and the benefit of their oongrcg.itions.

k^lXTIlI//. — ///,s hoApiiitlitji and Idvihirss to liin J'ricslti on the\
occ'jsioii of thvlr rislfti t^) him. — It iijfnrds ujo a pleasing duty to!
allude to tliis trait in \\v.\ Bishop'n character, for, unworthy iis I was,*
I often enjoyed his kind hospitality, and often experienced affjction
which I had no right to expec^t. On this subject I can say nothing
new, ibr wliat Priest of his Dioce.s(i did not also receive marks of
kindness at iiis l.aiids. Kaeh one \secuied iuHy av.ai'o of the warm
reception tiioy Uiight expect when paying their visits, aud C()nHC([uently,
when tti"rc was <ii)osti(.m of con,sult;;(.ion, or tivating of matters con-
nected v.'iih the Dii.ssious. many of the priests pretertrd to apply in
person tluAigh a written conunuiiieation v.'ould have sufficed. It wm
not therefore unusual to find daily at tho Epi'-eo])al rejdd'ence s(nno
Prio;-t who had cov'ic i'rom the iiiissior.a 'Ib<y all felt tluy had a
home there, aiul if tin y had m )t money in thdr (Hirse, they would not
•have reason to expjrieU'.'e any inconvenience, in his dav, no Prie.-t
found liiinself a istrangci' in tho city. No sooner would tie Priest
have eiil.i'f'd the pidae i and paid his obedicjuce. than the. V' ry lirst
<luosti()ii ])Ut by till! Bishop woidd be if he had taken dinner, or tea,
UH the case might be, and oftener still would ho call the servant to
prepare something to cat, without putting any (juestion at all. lie
avould seem pained if tho visiting Priest would, during his stay in tlie

oUy, accep

table. Tl]

Immble aa

would disc

no frown t

The kind

.Korry wher

Ret at all t

it. His \s

was rcgan

meal. Noi

he could t

servimt an

commodat

could not

time can i

8eve;

of the Bi;

with him,

a share oi

memoir I

testant, v"

business,

ever left 1

and gentl

orality of

missions,

trivial, y(

that insp

have h;id

children,

good Bis

might no

attach tl

children

fdled to

yo.irs, in

excited

or so uid

}>Lib!ie al

desist ui

ner app

fither t(

Cin-isF.

11 av
and ton
might n
1 made

LIFE OP BISHOP rnELAK.

ioncQ more
perlbraiing
other testi-
ive already

I take upon
3odily com-
not always f

contented
accustomed
isits. Tho ;
lon::^ — for
hat I often

All these
permit the

II not, con-
escort him

iitin^ with
he spiritual
> make hia

happy, by
lii.s pcoijle.
wliicli woro

shown tho
ask to labor
of the niis-j

and means i
'i^Mtions.
icsls on the i
ij^ duty to!
y ilS I w;)S, H

:d afii'clion-^
say nothinr-iJ|i
i ni;irk.s ot"' '■'■
I' lh(! warm
nsc((ucntly, i
ialt(M's con-

<' "li''y '•» ^f.
'd. It wafl ■*§':

Irnco s(aHO ^'l

tl;<y liiul n'}^''

f would not , ;.

. ii'i Priest' /,•

tie JViist

'. v ry lirst ,

ler, or tea, ''

servant lo

t all. He

stay in Ilia

«Uy, accept of an invitation to dine or sup olscwhcro than at liis own
table. The priests were always received with open arms — tho luoat
humble as well as the most learned — and diirinj^ their visit they
would discern in that open and pleasin,:; countenance, w h he bore,
no frown to indicate that their presence there was no loii. / required.
The kind Bishop, unless he was pressed with business, always seemed
.Borry when his priests would take their leave of him. His table was
set at all times, and come when the priest would, he was welcomed to
it. His kindness at table was what I might term excessive, for he
was regardless of himself, provided he could make one enjoy a good
meal. Nothing ia his houf e was too good for the visiting priest, provided
he could be made to feel happy. 1 have ovctj known him call his
serv.mt and order him to take the mattress from his own bed to ac-
commodate the missionary priest. His good niture on every occasion
could not fail to endear him to his clergy, and leave an impression that
time can never efface.

Seventiilv, — His mihhirss mid gnitlmcsa. — These good qualities
of tho Bishop were so well knov,'ij to every psrson who was ac(i[nainted
with him, that I will merely allude to thewi, in order that justice, or
a share of justice, might be done that great and good piolato, whoss
memoir I am endeavoring to pon. No p.nson, bo lie C.itiiollc or I'ro-
testant, who had ocoasion to deisl with iiiin, whether on a matter of
business, or an ailair of dilKculty, or simply in a soci d convevs:ition,
ever left his presence without b'.iing a',ie to bear vvilues,^ to his kind
and gentle manner. Thosa (jualities wer(! so avoU known to the gen-
erality of poople, that numlx'is of them, both in the city and en tho
missions, would trespass on his good nature with siibjoists the ma^t
trivial, yet he always manil'ef?ted a gentleiiv'ss and c.ilinnoss of temper
tliat inspired confidence and tended to eli'o<;t the goodwiileh he might
have, had in vicv*'. I have olton ivmark'.id on the missions how littlo
children, who no doubt must have heard tl'.eir n '.rents t:ilk about their
good Bishop, would throw themselves in his \. ly, in order that ho
might noti(;j tlii',111. rfo never hesitatcsd to do ,o, and by kind words
attach theiii to him, so as to make thein promise him to be good
children and obey their pirents, This littlo mark of kindness seldom
failed to have its linppy oIl'.H't with tliem, and would no doubt, in after
years, iiiilniMie.; them to good. IT the Bisliop did appcir sometimcH
excited or discontented, it W:>s when he htul to inveigli ;gaiaHtPC;Mulal
or se aulilous sinners. Wli'ii the glory of (Jod was coii(;onii^,d, and a
jiublie abu'^e had to bo orrccted, he was inexorable, and would never
desist until he h.ul ell'cctvd a reiaody thereto. If afterwards the sin-
ner appeared p-Miitent before hiiii^ he \vo\ild show hiiiiself a khid
fither to him, and by his gentleness towards him, gain him over to
(Jiirisf.

Having now gone over the principid avis of Bisliop Phelan's life,
and touched up/u s iiuo of the nniiy good trait,'* in his eharacter, it
might not seem amiss to rin-all the reader's attentinii to the n-ferenco
1 made to fcjt. Paul's admonitions to Titus, in order to see if my

tm& OP Bisfiop pmstAN".

observations were not applicable. It may also prove interesting to
learn here that the Bishop had pledged iiimseif to the intercuts of
his Diocese, not only on the occasion of his consecration as Bishop,
when the ring (a type of his union or alliance with that Diocese)
was placed on his finger, but also in his Pastoral Address of 1845,
whore he speaks thus :" Oar hearts being:filled with the warmest
"affection for you, we have not ceased to of!iir up our most fervent
"prayers to the throne of God in your behalf — and shall, with God's
" a^sistanoe, always feel the deepest interest and solicitude for yonr
"spiritual and temporal happiness." It is satisfactory to know that
lie fully redeemod-^this pledge, as the Diocc!«e itself can testify, or as
the stranger, if there be one, can have observed during the perusal
of this little work. As one periodical remarked : " For a period of
" thirteen years he discharged the onerous duty of Bishop of Kingston,
" with a zral and fervour beyond the power of man adequately to por-
" tray." " He was," says the Mirror, with the Dublin 7 ablet, "a warm
" declaimer, an eloquent preacher, a benevolent citizen, a most loving
"Bishop; but he was, before all, a venerable senator, a Prelate com-
"bining in his administration and functiMis the majesty and dignity
"of a Prince of the Church with tha iiiiiuility and tenderness of a
"Father of the Faithful, and with the patriotic fire of a Bishop in-
" spired with' the memories <jt' the famous councils of Kilkenny."
As the True IVitncKS very justly observed, ho was "indefatigable in
" his labors for the good of his tiock. His Lordship was always
" regardless of himself. No one ever better exemplitiod in his' own
"person the words of Our Lord about the 'Good Shepherd,' who
"gives his life for the sheo.p,"

niS DEATH.

I hav« at last come to that soirowful moment which caused snchj
pain to the Diocese — that moment in which this worthy and dis-j
titiguishcd Bislioj) was snatched away, leaving bphind him a sorrow-]
ing clergy and a ihourning laity — that monuuit which, tliough
actually past and gone, is yet apparently present to many, whoso
grief is still as fresh, jis when the tolling bell conveyeil its moaningj
or the gloomy cenotaph icceived ita prize. It would bo suportiuoui
on my part to attemj)t now to convoy even a faint idea of the sorl
row and feelings of distress with which the people of Kin'j;Rton ancM|
of the Diocese were alteoted, when the sad and jiainful news of tlidP-
J>isho[)'s demise reached their ears. 'J'he few extracts wliieh I wil||.
produ<;e, and which have reference to his death, will ^pejdc mor
fully than I can do the sentiments of the people at the lime, an
.show how I'rotcstants as well as Catholics felt the loss of thcsaintl
Bishop,

eresting to

intcrcsis of

as Bishop,

at Diocese)

ss of 1845,

le warmest

lOst fervent

with God's

le for yonr

know that

cstify, or as

the perusal

a period of

)f Kin},'Hton,

itoly topor-

et, "a warm

most lovinof

^relate com-
and dignity
orness of a
Bishop in-
Kiikenny.''
jfatigabie iu
was always
in his- own
^herd,' who

I^E OF BISBOP 'PEELkTX.

caused snchi
liy and dis-l
111 a sorrow -I

icll, tiMHlo^hi

iHiiy, whose
ts nio.'Uiiiij;^
siipi'rfluoii^
of tl;o tiorl
i Huston aiK
news of th(
vhieh I will
^:poflk mnn
lime, an<l
f the sainth

I may observe, with the Mirror, that " on the day of tno burial of
Sbhop Gaulin he contracted a severe cold, from e^cposure to the air;
but the symptoms of his illness did not show themselves in a danger-
•ous form. On Sunday, the 24th May, finding himself somewhat re-
lieved, he proceeded to Belleville, in accordance with a promise
previously made to the Rev. Mr. Brennan, to whom he was much
attached, in order to attend the consecration of ihe new cemetery.
Here, from exposure to the open air a second time, he caught an in-
flammation of the lungs. Upon his jaeturn to Kingston, the disease
increased in virulence, and oa the night of Saturday^ the 6th June,
1857, he breathed bis last, in the aims of his faithful and beloved
clergy." ^

*' It is with deep sorrow that we have to ^record the loss of our
"good and beloved Bishop of Kingston, Mg^- Phelan, in the 63rd
" year of his ^, and after a busy and useful life spent in the service
" of his Redeemer. Many an eye will be dimmed with tears, and
"many an Irish heart be oppressed with grief at these sad tidings;
^' for if ever there was a man jprofoundly and «niversally loved, that
" man was his Lordship, the late Bishop of Kingston. * * * *
J " It is not easy te describe the sorrow which this great calamity has
" caused — not to the .people of Kingston alone, but throughout the
" Province — amongst Protestants as well as Catholics ; for by all men,
" of all creeds and countries, was the deceased respected. On Sun-
" day morning, when the death of their Bishop became known to
•i" them, one ciy of grief aixjse from the faitliful of Kingston, a crowd
"of whom had collected around the doors of the Palace. The vCvS-
" sels in port hoisted their colors half-mast high ; a mark of respect
" which was continued until 8:30 A.M,, on Thursday morning, when
" his honored remains were consigned to the vault that had been pre-
" pared for them in *he Cathedral" — True Witiiess.

" Death has been busy during the past month in the Diocese of
" Regiopolis. Only a few short weeks ago the amiable Bishop Gaulin
" was conveyed to the dark and silent tomb, foliowed by a cortege of
" mourners, foremost among whom was his coadjutor, Bishop Phelan,
*' his successor in the Diocese.

" He appeared on that day to have a preset of many years be-
*' fore him to'carry out the large-hearted and benevolent schemes for
" the good of his people, which he had in view. But, alas! while we
" write the muffled bell tolls forth his requiem, and the tears of hi«
"devoted people proclaim that the hand of the destroyer has struck
" down, not only a prince of his church, but a good man, one who
*' was known in the lowly dwellings of the poor as a father to the
" fatheriebc and a consoler of the distressed.

" It wai', therefore, a severe shock to them, indeed we may say lO
" the citizens of Kingston generally (where he was esteemed and
" respected by all classes and denominations), when it was announced
" on Sabbath morning that the Bishop of Regiopolis was no more.

"On Sabbath morning the body, arrayed in the Episcopal robc^

LIFE OF BISHOP PIIELAN'.

" lay in state in the palace, where it was vinited by thousands, anxious
" to pay a mark of respect and affection to one who had so long held
" sway over their church, and who was dear to all of them as a father
" is to his children. The remains of the venerable Bishop were also
" visited during the day by a large number of Protestants, including
*' many of the most respectable and influential persons of the city,
" who appeared- te feel, although differing in religious creed, that
" death dissdved all distinctions, and in Bishop Phelan's death recog-
"nized the loss of a great and good man. But it was the tears shed
" by the poor, the lamentations of the friendless and destitute, poured
" forth on that Sabbath morning around- the cold remains of the good
'' Bishop, which told in characters the pen cannot depict the paternal
"character of the father they luid lost. On many a toil-bronzed
"cheek the big tear rolled down from eyes that moisture had not
" softened since perhaps they- were children', while tlife last words he
*' had addressed to them came back to them, bringing with them the
"many gushing memories of the- past. It was an affecting, solemn,
" and iujpressive scene, and one whick will not soon piss from the
" recollection of- those who witnessed it.

"He was an Ii'ishman by birth, and ever cherished a warm affec-
"tion for. his native land : he well understood tlie generous traits in
" the character. of his countrymen, which enabled liim to exercise a
"powerful swiiy over them for good, and he was justly held by them
"in the highest esteem and- reverence, as a father of their church
" whose entire soul was in the work to which he had' devoted his life
" By the poor of his people his loss will be severely ftlt, for he was ji
" man of simple and unostentatious habits, easy of access, and had
" rare tact in fathoming the intricacies of the human mind, whicl
" enabled him to administer the balm of consolation with peculiar
" efficacy to the wounded spirit, to encourage the we»k and comfort
" the afflicted.!

"In thus paying • a tribute of respect to the late Bishop Phelan,
"we follow the dictate of our feelings for him as a man and a Chris-
" tian minister, without reference to his creed. Although differing;
" from him in faith, and more than once in antagonism to the measure
" of his clwM'ch, we were privileged with a degree of intimacy wit'
" him during the last ten years, and had thei-etbre many opportuiiitiei
" of becoming' a^quttinted with those many amiable and kindly traits i
" his character which makes his loss ap|x;ar to us, as it will to man
"other Protestants in s>miltir.oircumstances-,- to be that of a persont
" friend.

"On Monday merning, the- remains of the deceased prelate, aftoj
" being enclosed in a lea(ien coffin,' which was covered with a ban
"some black walnut shell, were conveyed to the cathedral, and d*
"posked. in ft-ont of tho'itltar, being covered with an elegant canop;
" of blaok velvet, trimmed with white fringe, and surmounted wi
" plumes of white ostrich feathers, around which some hundreds
" tapers, ia. siiver-Stauds, threw a flickcring.light, The cathedral wa

" claborat
" architra
"cornices
"Broad
" roof, hu
" tasteful
" crape, w
" the prie
" remains
" and ano
*• cathedra
" from dii
" half-pas
" conduct
" Catholic
"Itb
" readei's
" the grci
" Canada
" more ui
" of the 1

" that
" us for
" ing in \
" since th
" our teai
'' offered'
" efforts (
I " ing thii
'' would f
" that gr(
" fruitful
" sorrow,
" low ; th
" acfjuaii
" Kingst*
" Fin
" ing a h
" his W(n
"niinistr
'< Archbi
" regulat
" upright
'<and'af'
'< Churcl
" to brea
"tor th(
" Brock>

LIFE OF BISHOP PHELAy.

35.

mds, anxious

so long held

n as a father I

op were also

ts, including]

of the city J

creed, that]

death recog-|

le tears shed I

itute, poured I

s of the good!

the paternal I

toil-bronzed I

ure had not!

ist words hel

th them the!

'ting, solemn I

iss from the!

I warm aiFec-
•ous traits inj
to exercise a|
leld by tlicm i
their church,]
,'oted his life.|

for lie was a
ss, and had

mind, whieh^
i\-ith peculiari

and eoaifortr

ishop Phelan,!
and a Chris-I
ugh ditt'erin^i
the measures
ntimacy with
opportunities!
iiidly traits iil"
will to nituij
of a persontii

prelate, aftoj
with a banc
dral, and dtj
egant cano])j
uounted wit
hundreds
cathedral wi

"elaborately decorated with the symbols of woe, the arches of the>
"architrave where the altar stands, were hung with black cloth, the

cornices and ornaments being dressed in crape f-nd white serge..
"Broad streamers of crape, proceeding from the centre of the arched.

root^ hung in festoons radiating towards the wall, forming a very
" tastef Vil and elegant device ; the win\iows were all draped with blaclc

' crape, which threw a^ sombre and gloomy light over the pale faces of"
" the priests wh© surrounded the bier. AH Monday and Tuesday tlic
" remains thus nsposed, while the melancholy tolling of the bell ever
" and anon struck dismally on the ear. Daring these two days the
" cathedral was visited by some thousands of people, many of them
" from distant jwrts- of thC' Province, On Wednesday morning, at
" half-past eight o-'<3loek, the funeral obsequies commenced, and were
"conducted with -the solemn and imposing form prescribed by the
" Catholic ritual onsuch occasions." — -Kingston Aihertlner.

" It becoines a painful duty for me to have to announce to the
" readers of the Thic Witness the tmexpected and lamented dtath of
" the great and venerated Bishop Phelan, than whom no one man of
" Canada — imd- it may not beexag-geration to say of America — was

more universally beloved'; or had gained such coBiplete possession
" of the hearts of his acquaintances. The Almighty, to convince us
" that ' man shall go'into the house of his eternity,' perhaps to punish
" us for our deeds, claimed; His right, and'merciless death, as if glory-
" ing in his conquest, bove off his prize. One month had not elapsed
"since the death of one Bishopy before we ^vere called- upon to renew,
" our tears and deplore tlie lo.ss of another, who may be said to have
"offered himself a martyr through his charitable zeal. My feeble
"efforts can but give a faint idea of our painful position — of the feel-
" ing that, on this sorrowful occasion^ pervades every breast. It
" would also be presumptuous for me to attempt to do full justice to
" that great and good man, who is gone to- reap the reward' of his
"fruitful labors. Let the Moceso speak; and declare in accents of
" sorrow, that it has lost its greatest consoler and benefactor here be-
"low; the priest — afather; the pioor — a friend; tlie stranger— a fond
"acquaintance; society — one- of its greatest philanthrorists; and.
" Kingston — a treasure.

" Finding that his histmoments were approaching, and still'breath-
" ing a heartfelt prayer for the prosperity of his Diocese, he appointed
" his worthy Vioar-Grcneral, the Very llcv. Patrick' Dbllavd, as Ad-
" niinistrator thereof: which appointment was duly ratified by the^
"Archbishop, of the Ecclesiastical Province of Quebec. Hiiving'
" regulated. the temporal and spiritual affairs of his Diocese — as an
" upright, and; saintly. Bishop — he resigned; himself to the will of God ;
"and after having, received i the last Siicraments and rites of the
" Church from the hand* of the Very llbv.Mr. Dtollard, he turned
" to breath no more. On yesterday, (11th June), the .solenm office
"for the dead was chanted; after which the Kov. Mr. Kelly, of'

"Brockviilc, pronounced the weil-mcrited, cuiogium. The life audi

LIFE OF BISHOP PHELAN;

" labors of the deceased Prelate were admirably Well sketched, and
" the preacher was listened to with marked attention. Amongst the
" Hierarchy present were the llight Rev; Igi Bourget, of Montreal ;
"Right Rev. E. GuiguCj of By town; Right Rev; John Farrell, of j
*' Hamilton ; and Right ReVi Ai Pinsonneaultj of London, C. W.
" Amongst the Clergymen present, I noticed the Rev. Mr. Granet,
"Sup. S. Si, Montreal; the Very Rev; Mr; Gordon, of Hamilton;
"Rov» Mr. Connolly, Pi P.j Montreal; the Rev. Mr. Langevin, Sec.
" of the Archbishop of Quebec ; Rev; Mr. O'Claire, of Quebec ; Rev.
"MefeerSi Leblanc and Valade, of the Episcopal Palace, Montreal;
" ReVi Mr; Birmingham, of Charleston, S, C., U. S. ; Rev. Mr.
"Mackey, of Ogdeueburgj U; S. ; Rev. Mr. Proulx, of Oshawa;
" besides the entire Clergy of the Diocese — numbering in all four !
"Bishops and about forty-five Priests. At the conclusion of the
" High Mass, the Riglit Rev. Bishop Farrell being celebrant, and
" Rev. Mr. McDonagh, of Perth, Rev. Mr. Connolly, of Montreal,
" Deacon and Sub-Deacon, the Bishops pronounced the solemn abso-
" lution of the dead. As the weather was too unfavorable, the coffin
" was not lowered into the vault of the cathedral until after 6 P.M.,
" when a procession of clergy and laity was formed for that purpose^
" amidst the heartfelt prayers of thousands of the Prelate's grateful |
" people. Thus has closed the grave over one whose arduous labors
" redound to the interest of the Church in Canada. This worthy
" Bishop, whom God raised to forward His gracious designs, may be
" said to have been in a manner idolized ; and though called away, ho
"will still live in the hearts of his bereaved children; He has lettj
"us; but we yet see him thrnv.ghout the Diocese. The magnificent j
" churches, religious houses, &c., which were commenced or finished
" under his administration, will endear him to posterityi Let the
"missions of Bytown, Montreal, Kingston, Perth, Belleville, Port
" Hope, Brockville, Alexandria, and Petcrboro', and all the others,
"tell future generations who ho was." — Correspondent of True
Wihiess.

" His loss has been deeply deplored, and his obsequies were j
" kept with marked devotion; IndefaMgable in all the duties of a good
" pastor and faithful Bishop, his memory will not die, but will be kept!
"in eternal recollection." — Irish Pircctori/.

Memori
the purpose
numbers co

1843, Sept.
Oct.

1844, May

Sept.

Moy Ms ioul rest in 2>cace, — AmcUi

„ 1845,April
h " May
" July

itched, an^
mongst the

Montreal;

Farrell, of
ion, C. W.
yir. Granet,

Hamilton ;
figevin, Sec.
lebec; Rev.
, Montreal;
; Rev. Mr.
)f Oshawa;
in all four
sion of the
lebrant, and
f Montreal,
olemn abso-
,e, the coffin
rtcrGP.M.,
lat purpose^
te's grateful
luous labors
Phis worthy
gns, may bo
ed away, ho
He has leftj
magnificent |

or tinished
f, Let the
eville, l*ort

the others,
it of True

equies wero|

Lies of a good i

will be kept

APPENDIX.

Memorandum of Bishop Phelan's visits through his Diocese for
the purpose of giving confirmation — giving the localities, dates, and
cumbers confirmed : —

1843, Sept. 6. Belleville, 104

Tyendinaga, 92

Osgood, 17

Oct. 18. Kingston, 104

Gloucester, 47

Picton, 166

By town, 123

Osgood, 17

670

1844, MaylG. Cobourg, 37

Port Hope, 24

Poterboro', 129

Lindsay, 139

Sept. Perth, 152

Smith's Palls, 48

Richmond, 97

Brockvillo, 110

Prescott, 136

871

1845,AprillO.Bytown, 75

May 15. Kingston, 150
July 4. Gananonuo, 3

Cornwall, Long

Sault Point, 83
St. Andrew's, 102
St. Rnphaol's, 180
Alexandria, 84

<i
it

1845, July,

August.
Nov. 7.

L'Original, 130

Plantaginet, 87

Cal. Springs, 4

Bytown, 146

Wellington, 32

1076

184G, Feb'y.

August.

" Nov. 8.

1847, Feb'y.

u
u
((
((
((

((

1848, Sept.

Komptville, 8.^

Merrickville, 84

Winchester, 53

Matilda Canal, 1 1

Mariatown, 45

Gananoquo, 33

309

River Trent, 55

Percy, 33

Aspliodtil, 66

Douro, 109

Lindsay, Ops. 95

Emily, ' 135*

Pot«rboro', 60

Cobourg, 37

Tyendinaga, 111

* 707

Cornwall, 180
St. RaphHol's, 166

i.'l

•38

'riJ'E OP BISHOP PHELAJf.

1848, Sept. Alexandria, 202
" Oct. 18..Picton, 123

1849, Aug. IS.iPonh,

071

198

25. Amherst Isl'd, 43

July 6. Kingston, 4it

Oct. 0. Kingston, 32

Smith's Falls, 123

Kitley, 124

,Nov.'9. Loboro', 13

8ai

1854, Oc

1855, Feb

'.ta

1 "

-241

1852,

from Jan. 22d to Feb.

Ist I "

((

and 2d.

i II

1850

Jan. 14. Ops., Emily,

'Cobourg,

Jun

((

" 20. Peterboro',

100

Lindsay,

Jul3

" 22. Douro,

Emily,

iyid

((

" 24. Asphodel,

Ennismore,

091

ston

25, 2H. Percy,

Peterboro',

701

the

" 27. Trent,

120

Duro,

Jub

" 29. Belleville,

Asphodel,

((

Feb. li. Tyendinaga,

Percy,

Aug

" 19. Mt. St.Patrick 55

.((

April 18. Kingston,

((

'Sniike River,

((

Aug. 22. St. Raphael's,

■ II

((

3d Chute,

" 24. Alexandria,

.97

{(

2d Chute,

" 28. St. Andrew's,

107

Sep.

((

" 28. Pakenhum,

" 29. Cornwall,

127

Oct.

IMarchl. Eauisy,

((

Nov. 5. Piescott,

((

June 0. Kingston,

((

Aug. 21. Picton,

810

Sept. 12. (iananottue,
" 17. Urockville,

38
138

1850

Jan

1853

, May 8. St. Raphael's,

((

" 22. Prescott,

144

" 20. Kingston,

120

((

" 24. Matilda,

Juno 1. Picton,

144

tt^W

" 25. Winchester,

" 5. Pertli,

201

13 year.'j.

" 28. Cornwall,

July 31. Cobourg,

•<.

" 29. St. Raphael's

, 108

'< Belleville,

121

Oct. 3. Alexandria,

Oct. 10. (Jananociue,
" liong Island,

5(1

((

" St. Andrew's

198

Nov, 7. Ciundcn,

•

1300

841

1851

, Jan. Camden,

.._

► "

Sheflield,

'54,Jan.29,30 Bedford. Crosb)

lluiigerl'ord.

Feb. 12. Najmneo,

I^Iarniora,

" 14. Tyendinaga,

((

Feb. 2. Tyendinaga

J'.Penitentiary |

r)th Con.

Kingstoi

' 1

" 23. Kemptville,
" 24. Merriekville,

Juno 29. Kingston,

1^1

July PeterlM)ro',

loi

March 1. Bedl'ord,Crosby 22

Sept. 8. Brewer's Milh

1, 31

June 19. Cobourg,

Out. 2. Lochiel,

LIFE OP BISHOP PHELAN.

iFalls, 123
'124

Teb. 1st

1854, Oct. 4. St. Raphac'/e, 69
" 8. CornwaU, 99

Dl'O

lol,

1855,

jpluicl'."*,

itOll,

11,

irir,
ville,

tKMlUC,

IhIuiuI,
Ion,

u
u
((
l(

a
((

■ u

715

Feb. 11. Hungerford, 9
'< 15. Marmora, 2

" 18. Sheffield, 76

« 21. Tyendinaga, 110
" 23. Napanee, 5

June 8. Kip;j;ston, 120
July 15. Brockville, 150
lyid blessed the corner
stone of the church on
the 16th.

July 18. Gananoque, 18

" 20. Alexandria, 126

Aug. 1. St. Raphael's, 60

'• 5. Williamstown, 114

" 9. Trooptown, 52

" 12. Prescett, 116

Sep. 16. Camden, 54

Oct. 3. Oananoque, 5

1856,

1032

1856, Jan. Sheffield, 8

'' Hungerford, 28

((

March. Kingston,

May 22. Peterboro,
^' 21. Kean,

and blessed the church

there

May 27. Duro,

June 1 . Port Hope,
" 8. Kingston,
" 15. Loboro',
" 19. Tyendinaga,

July 18. Merrickville,
" 20. Kemptville,
" 22. Nation River,
" 31. Gananoque,

Aug. 3. Wolfe Island,
" 19. Smith's Falls,
" 24. Williamstown,
St. Raphael's,

Aug. 31. Alexandria,

Sept. 7. Cornwall,
" 9. St. Andrew's,
" 28. Cobourg,

Oct. 7. Wellington,
" 9. Picton,
Napanee,

.22

180

53
164
31
61
89
137
20
15
67
58
53
20
53
52
70
96
46
92
1

1447

a*^ AVhich madv 152 Visits, and 11^520 persons Confirmed, in
13 ycarjj,

rd.Crosbyl3J
ineo, *f

idinagu, 4<
!nitcntiary
KingHton, fA
uston, 14^
•rlM)ro', lOl
rt'or's Mills, 3j
hicl, 4|

■tf^M

A LIST

OF THS

CLERGYMEN ORDAINED BY BISHOP PHELAN, WITH
THE DATE OF THEIR ORDINATION.

the:

1844, FeWj. 11th. Patrick McEvay,

1844, Dec. 21st, Denia Begly.

1845, May 18th, Bernard Coyle.

1 846, July I9th,. Alexander Mc-Donell.

1847, August 8th,. John Vincent Foley.

1847, Augupt 8th, John O'Neil.

1848, Dec. 23, Michael Mackey.
1850, Deo. Ist, Jamea Richard Rossiter.

1851, Jan. 6(ih, John Hogan.

1851, April laih, John Burk.
1 851 , April 1 2th^ James Farelly.

1852, Oct. 3d, John R. Meade.

1852, Oct. 3e^ Kyran O'Keef.
1854, Jan. 15th,. Thomas McMahon..

1854, April 23!il, Michael Clune.

1856v March 25th, Edmund B. Lalor.

1856, April 6th, John O'Brien.

185(>, April 6th, William Harty.

1836, May llth.. Rev. John Francis FarrcU consecrated Bishop.

1856, Sept. 20th, Henry Byrne.

In nil, 10 Prie»t» aiu} 1 Bishop, exclusive of those who rcccivedl
•omc of the lesser <i<r<icD9). I»<at «f which I took no notice.

•1841,

1844, J
1850, J
1852, J

1854,

THE ]
ME

VN, WITH

THE PIOUS ASSOCIATIONS AND RELIGIOUS CONPRA-

TERNITIES ESTABLISHED AND ENCOURAGED

BY BISHOP PHELAN.

• 1841, " St. Patrick's Total Abstinence Society," Montreal,
The Temperance Association, Kingston, encouraged.
The Association of the " Ladies of the Benevolent Society,"
encouraged.

1844, June 7th. The " Confraternity of the Saered Heart of Jesus."
Tho " Order of the Scapular."

1850, July 16th. The " Associatio» for the PiropagatioB of tho
Faith."

1852, Jan. 19th. The " Arch Confraternity of the Most Holy and
Immaoulato Heart of Mary^" encouraged in his Pastoral
Address.

1854, Oct. 14th. The " Goldea Associatbn of the Immaculate Con-
ception of the Blessed Virgin Mary/"^ alias the " Golden,
Crown."

THE RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISH-
MENTS ORGANIZED OR SET ON FOOT DURING
BISHOP PHELAN'S ADMINSTRATION.

d Bishop,
ho reooivedM

College of Regiopolis, Kingston.

Christian Brothers' School, Kingston.

Female Academy, St. Andrews.

Female Academy, Belleville.

Select and Free School, Alexandria.

Hotel Dicu Hospital and Orphan Asylum, Kingston^

Congregational Couvout, Kingston, encouraged..

SOME OF THE MANY CHURCHES ERECTED DURING
BISHOP PHELAN'S ADMINISTRATION.

it Kingston ....
Brockville . ,

Stone.

•c

a
a

Church <

221

96'

Goth

'stone

■ li

Perth

Port Hope...

.(f

Coburg

Williamstown
West Port...

Napanee

Alexandria . . .

100

85
100
'60

50
52
50

16 sq
15 sq

Goth
Goth
Goth
Goth

brick

Stone
stone
stone

((

.(<

.((

Emily

((

Hungerford .
Kottiptville . . .

fr'mo

((

Loboro'

.<(

Winchester. . .

.t(

St. Charles...
Camden

Merriokvillo .
Wolfe Island.

)IJRINCt

•c

rick

fi-'mc
* " * '

INDEX.

HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH.

To the Reader 3

His birtli , ih.

^lis Baptism ib.

The solicitude of his Parents for him 4

His good and exemplaiy conduct during youth ib.

Jlis study of the Chissics .., lb.

His desire to study for the Holy Ministry 5

THE YEARS OF HIS PRIESTHOOD..

His departure for America 6

His reception by Bishop Cheverus. 7

The characters given him ib.

He goes to Montreal ib.

His Ordination ib.

He joins the Sulpician Community 8

His labors in Montreal ih.

His care for Youth ib.

He encourages Catholic Literature 9

The interest ho took in iho Schools ib.

The Cholera xb.

The troubles of the Insurrection in Cauada ib.

The Disturbance at Lachine ib.

The Maria Monk affair exposed 9

The confidence the people placed in him a 11

The esteem in which ho was held 12

The reformation of morals lie effected ib.

Total Abstinence Society Instituted ib.

Jlis appointment to Bytown... ...i.... i/a.

The parting address to him 13

THE YEARS OP HIS EPISCOPACY.

His removal to Ottawa..... 15

lie is called to the Episcopacy 10

His Consecration us Bishop ..,,.. ih.

LIFE OP BISHOP PHELAN.

The laying of the corner stone of the Cathedral 16

His visiting the Missions 18

The establishment of the Confraternity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus 1 9

Appeal in favor of the sufferers of the great Fire at Quebec 20

Appeal in favor of the poor of Ireland ib.

His appeals in his own favor ib.

The Institution of the Scapular 21

His appeal in favor of the Orphans ib.

The Association of the propagation of the Faith ib.

Appeal in favor of those who suffered by the great fire in Montreal 23

llev. Patrick DoUard appointed Vicar Gene|al ib.

Establishment of the"6olden Crown." i6»

His conduct during the Russian War ib.

Bishop Gaulin's death 24

THE GOOD TRAITS IN HIS CHARACTER.

His devotion towards the Blessed Virgin Mary 24

His charity towards the poor 26

His zeal in promoting education. • 27

His zeal in the cause of temperance 28

His labors on .e mission to assist the missionary etc., 20

His hospitality and kindness towards his {nriests 30

His mildness and gentleness 31

Extracts concerning his life and labors .,....,. 32:

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His visits for the purpose of giving coafirmatioDy etc. 3T

List of the clergymen ordained by him ,.s .,. . 40

Pious associations and religious confraternities established 41

Religious and educatioaal establishments organized ib.

Some of the many churches erected during his administration.... 42;

POSTSCRIPT.

A. brief notice of the two first Bishops of Kingston ,

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Before having penned the last words of this little memoir, it
(occurred to me that it would not be out of place to add the following
brief notice of the two first Bishops of Kingston, lest no other would
give a synopsis of their lives. My main object, however, is to oflFer it
to the good people of Kingston, from whom I have received many
marks of respect and unexpected kindness. It is true it is a meagre
return of gratitude from me ; but it, with the life of Bishop Phelan>
may prove interesting to them, and profitable to the souls of the
Bishops, and that ie all I desire. The matter is no doubt very short,
but let it be remembered (and I do not regret it), it was attended
with some little research on my part.

1762, July 17th. Bishop Alexander McDonell was born atlnchlagan^

InvernesshirC, Scotland.
1804. He first arrived in Upper Canada, and found but tWo wood«n

Catholic Churches and one stone Church in the whole Pro^

vince*
1816. He returned to England.

1819, Jan. 12th. He was named, by t*ius VIIi, Bishop of JRhesine

(m Mesopotamia), suffragan and auxiliary to the Bishop of
Quebec, for the l*rovincc of Upper Canada.

1820, Deoi 31st. He was consecrated Bishop in the Church of the

Ursulines, Quebec.

1825. He again went to l^ngland. .

1826. He returned tt) Canada i

1826, Jan. 17th. Upper Canada beltlg fbrrtiisd into a Diocese by Pope
Leo XII., Bishop McDonell was promoted to this See — ■
under the title of Bishop of Kingst^ni Rev. Thomas Weld had
been named his Coadjutor, under the title of Bishop of Amydes,
" in partibus,'^ dx,, b\tt as he was promoted to the CardinaU
shipj Pope Gregory XVl; appointed the Revi Remigius
Gaulin as Coadjutor td the Bishop of Kingston.

1839, Juno 11th; The foundation stone of the Catholic College, in
Selma Park, Kingstortj U. C.j was laid, in presence of a highly
respectable and nuiltorotis audience, by the Right Rev. Bishop
McDonell, Bishop of Kingston, accompanied by his Coadjutor^
Right Rev. 11. Gaulin, Very Rev. A. McDonell, and otheif
dcrgymeu;

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1840, Jim. 14th. Right Rev. Bishop McDonell died at Dumfries;.

Dumiresshire, Scotland — in the 78th year of his age.
1861. The present Bishop of Kingston, the Right Rev. E. J. Horan, .

was instrumental in procuring his remains, and having them.

deposited, in one of the vaults of the Cathedral, Kingston.

1787, June 30. Remigius Gaulin was bom at Quebec.

1833. Hfe received from Rome tiro Briefs A'postdic (tlatcd at Rome

in May) — ^by one of which he is named to be Bishop of

Tabraoa (in Numidia), ^Hn partihun infidelium," and the
i - other, Coadjutor, with the right of succession to the Bishop of

Kingston^ U. C. . He had (then charge of the Parish of Sault

au Recoilet.
1833, Oct. 20. He was consecrated Bishop at St; Jame's Church,

Montreal, by Right Rev. J. J. Lartigue, Bishop of Telmesse.
1839, June 11th. He assisted Bishop McBonell at the laying of the

foundation stone of Regiopolis College.
1857, May 8th. He died in Lower Canada, whither he had gone for
f the benefit of his health, and his remains were con\eyed to

V, Kingston, to be interred in the vault of the Cathedral. He

had nearly completed his 70th year of age. .

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PRIxESTS ORDAIj^ED BY RIGHT. REV. REMIOIUS.

GAULIN.. .

1 836,. October 23d-John Fox;

1836, October 23d— Hugh Eitzpatrick..

1837, March 11th — Alexander Kiernan..

1837, June 4th — Amable Charest.

1838, January. 28th — Peter Lefevre. .

1838, November 25th — Augustine Vervais. .

1838,. November 25th— Philip O'Reilly.

. , 1838, December 2d— Charles Burk. .

' ■ 1843, May 21st^Peter. Cool'..

Most of whom are now in eternity; and. may the Lord have'
mercy on their souls ; and\ may Hb grant eternal rest and happinesa
to those Bishops. ■ . ^ "

May I ask the charitaUc reader for a Pater and Ave. in my ov:n>

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