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Show t Eatest Irisft news ; Armagh. The parishioners of Cooley. a few miles north of Dundalk, are at present pres-ent celebrating the golden jubilee of their pastor, Rev. Hugh Murphv, P. P. Father Murphy was born in the parish of Killeshill, County Tvrone. on Aug. 28, 182S. He is thus an octogenarian, octogena-rian, the oldest priest in the archdloce3 of Armagh. Deny. Rev. J. Tinney and Rev. D. Mulhol-land Mulhol-land have been ordained at St. Alal-achy's Alal-achy's college, Dcrry, by Most Rev. Dr. Tohill. Dublin. On Tuesday, Dec. 22, there passed away a the Mater Misericordiae hospital hos-pital Dublin, the Rev. Brother An-' thony J. Flood. Provincial of the Do La Salle Brothers in Ireland and England. Eng-land. Brother Anthony was a native of Thomastown, near Rathangan, County Kildare, where his family is one of the most respected in the neighborhood. neigh-borhood. He joined the De La Salle order in London over thirty years ago, and passed his first years of religious life at St. Joseph's college, Claplsim. The death in announced of Dr. Charles P. Coppinger, which took place at his residence, 17 Merrion square. Dublin. He was a distinguished distin-guished sergeon, who had a most extensive ex-tensive practice. For many years he acted as consultin surgeon to the Mater Misericordiae hospital, and he had published several important works on surgery. He had reached his 63d year. He received his early training train-ing at the Cecilia Street Medical school, and was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. Clare. The death is much regretted of Mir. Michael O'Dea, Ballygannon, Kfifer-ont, Kfifer-ont, who was a brother of Most Rev. Dr. O'Dea, bishop of Clonfert, and Mr. M. O'Dea, Ennis. The funeral, which took place from the cathedral Ennis, was very largely attended. limerick. ' The Rev. P. J. Glynn, O. S. A., who died after a brief illness, was a native of Limerick, having been born there about sixty-eight years ago. On attaining attain-ing the age of manhood he joined the Augustinlan Order, and became attached at-tached to the House at John street, Dublin. Sligo. The death of the Right Rev. Monsig-nor Monsig-nor Loftus, P. P., archdeacon of Achonry. occurred recentlj' at Bally-mote. Bally-mote. The deceased clergyman was a splendid type of priest and Irishman, and widespread regret will be felt at his death. Reading Aloud. (From the Sacred Heart Review.) Among the pleasurable things that serve to draw a family together, and to increase happiness and contentment in the home, we reckon the practice must we call it an old-fashioned practice? of reading aloud. Our present era is an era of clubs, and societies and reading circles. Where should there be a pleaa-anter pleaa-anter reading circle than around the household fire? What an encouragement to the boy or girl to see the father listening attentively at-tentively to the reading: to hear his kindly words of praise, to note his evident interest and his delight in his child's proficiency! What a rest and relief to the weary mother, as she sits over her sewing or mending, to hear the story, or biography, or poem, that carries her thoughts' to other things than the many cares that throng into her days. How pleasant, in after years, in the memory of those hours and of those books! "We read that aloud together to-gether at home" what a sweet, special, delicate flavor lingers around such books as these. Is not this practice better bet-ter and more elevating than card playing, play-ing, or gossip, or going away from home to whist parties, reading circles and clubs? Let our Catholic parents resume this happy old custom with the coming new year. Let them show this personal i interest in their children's leading. Begin Be-gin with some bright, excellent story, and add a few lines from Thomas a'Kempis, or a page from Father Bow-den's Bow-den's "Little Lives of the Saints." Take an interest in your children's reading, read with them or to them; few appreciate appre-ciate the good that results fromthis custom. ' |