The Life of John, Cardinal McCloskey; First Prince of the Church in America, 1810-1885

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1918. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Mass at half past nine. A singular incident occurred shortly afterwards. His Diary tells us the story: When he came down stairs after Mass, some one told him that there was a woman in the hall, who said she was the mother of the new Archbishop of N. Y. She had brought her trunk with her and proposed to stay. There was no priest in the house, so the Archbishop interviewed her himself. She said she was the mother of the new archbishop and proposed to stay with him. 'But, ' he said, 'I am the new archbishop and you are not my mother.' 'I know, ' she said, 'but you are not the new archbishop, you are the Bishop of Albany; is not that enough for you?' The archbishop had to send for a policeman. Meanwhile she locked herself in the reception room, and refused to open the door. When the policeman came he was obliged to enter the room through the balcony window of the reception room. She was taken to the station-house, where the archbishop had to go to make a charge against her. When he entered the place, the official in charge told him what the woman had stated, adding that she told a very straight story for a crazy person. She was then called up from the cell below where she was kept, and repeated her story: that she was the mother of the new archbishop, etc. The archbishop then made his statement how she had introduced herself into the house and had refused to leave: after which he turned to go -- whereupon she cried after him: 'Are you going to leave me with these rascals. They attempted to ruin me, etc., etc' The archbishop turning to the now indignant official, said: 'she tells a very straight story, ' and left. On August 27, the solemn installation of the new archbishop took place in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Mott Street, New York. The text of his first se...