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Show I SAN FRANCISCO. I ! 1 ' (Special Correspondence.) The celebration of the golden Jubilee of Very Rev. J. J. Prendergast, V. G., of the archdiocese of San Francisco last Tuesday, was an event that will be long remembered. Ordained a priest in All Hallows college, Dublin, Ireland, June 29. 1859. he spent fifty years in San Francisco doing good. Zealous in his duties, loyal to every principle of a true Catholic shepherd, and faithful to his flock, he has served at the altar for fifty years without a spot or blemish on his character. His stainless life has won for him not only the good will and esteem of his superiors, but of all Catholics, Cath-olics, lay and cleric, In the archdiocese. When he came to San Francisco the church was in its infancy. He alone of the pioneer priests, who helped the saintly Archbishop Alemany to plant the mustard seed of Catholicity in the distant shore of the golden coast, now remains to see it fructify a thousandfold. thousand-fold. Erudite as a scholar, profound as a theologian and wise and prudent as an adviser, The Intermountain Catholic hopes that his useful services will be prolonged for many years, and that his great archbishop, who has the greatest confidence in him, his vicar general, will for many years have the benefit of his ripe experience and learning. |