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MAY 28, 1938
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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S HSSUCIKT1U1V OF GEUitmA
Late Msgr. Pace Had
NATIVE OF FLORIDA
RENOWNED SCHOLAR,
FAMED AS EDUCATOR
yice-Rector Emeritus of
Catholic University Was
Once Pastor of Cathedral
at St. Augustine
(By N.C.W.C. News Service)
WASHINGTON—The Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Edward A. Pace, Vice-Rector ESneritus
of the Catholic University of America
and one of the country's leading edu
cators, died at Providence Hospital
cators, died April 26 at Providence
Hospital here. He was in his seventy-
seventh year.
Monsignor Pace entered the hospital
on January 4, 1934, and left it only on
rare occasions thereafter. One of his
legs was amputated in 1934. When he
observed the golden jubilee of his or
dination on Memorial Day, 1935, he
said Mass in the hospital chapel. He
had received a special dispensation to
celebrate Mass sitting down. He took
advantage of this special dispensation
as frequently thereafter as his condi
tion permitted.
Monsignor Pace is survived by a
sister, Miss Elizabeth Pace of this city,
and a brother, Charles F. Pace, Finan
cial Clerk of the United States Sen
ate.
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward A. Pace,
,Vice-Rector of the Catholic University
of America, occupied a distinguished
place in American Catholic culture as
a brilliant scholar and philosopher,
.vigorous educator and pioneer in the
field of education, and as a potent force
in Catholic letters for nearly a half
century.
Associated with the Catholic Univer-
sity from its infant days. Monsignor
Pace was credited with a large part of
the development, influence, and pres
tige of the pontifical institution which
was the scene of most of his long
academic career. With his many-sided
ability, Monsignor Pace has been de
scribed as a profound philosopher,' a
great teacher, a prolific organizer, and
a daring innovator in the sphere of in
tellectual achievement.
Monsignor Pace was bom in Starke,
Florida, July 3, 1861. the son of George
E. and Margaret (Kelly) Pace. He
.was educated in die elementary schools
of Starke, at Duval High School in
Jacksonville, and at St. Charles Col
lege in Ellicot City, Md„ where he re
ceived the degree of Bachelor of Arts
in 1889. From the Propaganda Uni
versity in Rome, he received the Bach
elor of Sacred Theology degree in 1883
and the Doctorate in Sacred Theology
in 1886 and 1891, the University of
Leipzig conferred upon him the degree
of Doctor of Philosophy.
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| PASTOR AT ST. AUGUSTINE I
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He was ordained to the priesthood in
Rome on May 30, 1885 and upon re
turning to the United States, he was
appointed pastor of the Cathedral
Church of St. Augustine in Florida,
.where he remained until 1888.
While Monsignor Pace was complet
ing his studies in Europe, and making
his pastorate in St. Augustine, mem
orable because of his preaching, his
observance of the liturgy, his appreci
ation of the rights and needs of file
common people and the simplicity of
his manner, the Most Rev. John B.
Keane, appointed as first Rector of the
newly-established Catholic University
of America, was searching Europe and
America for the best minds for file fac
ulty which he was organizing. In 1888,
he invited Monsignor Pace to prepare
for a post as Professor of Psychology
at the university, which was schedul
ed to open in the autumn of 1889. Mon
signor Pace went to Europe immedi
ately and studied as a research scholar
in the psychological laboratories at the
Universities of Louvain, Leipzig, and
Paris, for. they were the meccas of the
pioneer psychologists of the world. He
assumed his chair as professor of phil
osophy with the opening of the aca
demic year, September, 1891, which po
sition he retained until the fall of 1935,
when, upon his retirement, he became
Professor Emeritus.
Administrative duties were under
taken by Monsignor Pace with the
growth and development of the uni
versity and he served as Director of
Studies, (1912) said as General Sec
retary (1918.) for many years, becom
ing on September 23, 1924 Vice-Rector.
He also served a term as Dean of the
School of Philosophy in 1895.
A pioneer in many activities. Mon
signor Pace was instrumental in lay
ing the foundations for “The Catho
lic Encyclopedia," of which he had
been an associate editor since 1994, The
Catholic University Bulletin, The
Catholic Educational Review, The New
Scholasticism, Studies in Psychology
and Psychiatry, and Psychological
Monographs. All these journals are
accepted today as established period
icals, but their inception was largely
in the mind of Monsignor Pace and
much of the work leading to their es
tablishment feU upon his shoulders. He
was vice-president of the American
Council on Education in 1924 and pres
ident in 1986.
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^ TRINITY COLLEGE FOUNDER I
Monsignor Pace was one of the
founders of Trinity College in Wash
MSGR. EDWARD A. PACE
ington, taught at the Catholic Sisters
College in that city, lectured at the
Catholic Summer School of America
in Plattsburg, N. Y., at the Western
Catholic Summer School in San Fran
cisco and gave extension lectures when
the Catholic University carried on
such work in New York.
He was awarded the Papal Medal
"Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice," and was
invested with the rank of Right Rev
erend Monsignor in 1920. He was also
a member of the American Psycholo
gical Association, the American Cath
olic Philosophical Association, ' the
American Philosophical Society, and
numerous other learned organizations.
For many years, he was Honorary Pres
ident and Director of the Internation
al Federation of Catholic Alumnae.
Numerous honors were conferred
upon Monsignor Pace. The Catholic
philosophers of the United States,
holding their annual meeting at St
Louis in December, 1931, made their
entire convention a tribute to Monsig
nor Pace and to his work for Catholic
philosophy in America. He was ten
dered a testimonial dinner on Decem
ber 29 of that year when the philoso
phers were joined by leading citizens
of St. Louis to commemorate the sev
entieth anniversary of the birth of the
distinguished prelate. The papers read
on that occasion were bound into a
testimonial volume to which file Most
Rev. James H. Ryan, then Rector of
the university, the Rev. Dr. George
Johnson, the Rev. Charles A. Hart,
the Rt Rev. Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen,
the Rev. Dr. Francis A. Walsh, O.S.B.,
and the Most Rev. Thomas J. Shahan,
Rector Eineritus of the University,
contributed.
prophet aptly fit: "The lips of the priest
shall keep knowledge,’ and who is at
present celebrating the golden jubilee
of his priesthood, and led a life most
fruitful in the Church of God; he has
been an example to his students and
fellow priests in kindness, modesty,
and piety; he has accomplished so
much in these fifty years that we can
refer to but a few of his achievements.
. . . He is in very truth our Uni
versity’s special pride and glory.”
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THE FUNERAL
"Truth has been bereaved by the de
parture of her apostle who spent a life
of 77 years in discovering, coordinat
ing. simplifying, teaching, preaching
and defending her."
Thus spoke the Very Rev. Ignatius
Smith, O.P., of the Catholic University,
at the funeral services for the Rt. Rev.
Msgr. lid ward A. Pace, Vice-Rector
Eineritus of the Catholic University of
America.
The Most Rev. Michael J. Curley,
Archbishop of Baltimore and Chancel
lor of the University, was celebrant of
the Solemn Pontifical Mass of Requiem
in the National Shrine of the Immacu
late Conception on the University
campus.
His Elxcellency the Most Rev. Amleto
Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Dele
gate to the United States, occupied a
place in the sanctuary.
Other members of the Hierarchy in
attendance included Archbishops John
Gregory Murray of St Paul and Ed
ward Mooney of Detroit, and Bishops
Patrick Barry of St. Augustine, James
H. Ryan of Omaha, Rector Emeritus
of the University; George L. Leech of
Harrisburg, Edwin V. O'Hara of Great
Falls, Peter L. Ireton, Coadjutor of
Richmond; John M. McNamara, Auxil
iary of Baltimore, and Michael J.
Keyes Titular Bishop of Aereopoli.
Among the members of the Board of
Trustees at the services were Justice
Pierce Butler of the Supreme Court,
Clarence E. Martin, of Martinsburg,
W. Va.; the Rt Rev. Msgr. John T.
O’Connell, of Toledo, and the Rt Rev.
Msgr. Edward J. McGolrick, of Brook
lyn. The Rt Rev. Msgr. Michael J.
Ready, General Secretary of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Conference,
and the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Bernard A.
McKenna, of Philadelphia, also were
present in the sanctuary. Interment
was in Mt Olivet Cemetery.
Sisters Arrive to Open New
Athens Catholic Hospital
Missionary Sisters of the
Most Sacred Heart Come
to Georgia
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HONORED BY GEORGETOWN
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Georgetown University conferred
upon Monsignor Pace at its annual
Founder’s Day ESxercises on Novem
ber 25, 1935 the decoration of the Cam-
illo Cardinal Mazzeila Academy of
Philosophy in honor of his 44 years
in the Chair of Philosophy at the
Catholic University and the golden
jubilee of his ordination. The Very
Rev. Dr. W. Coleman Nevils, S. J..
then president of Georgetown, de
scribed him as a “most learned Doctor
of Scholastic Sciences, who has spent
most of the golden years of his priest
hood as an aspiring professor, whose
lectures and published works have
won renown and highest laudation."
At the same time the Apostolic Dele
gate to the United States, His Excel
lency the Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni
Cicognani, who made the presentation
on behalf of Georgetown, paid the
venerable prelate a gracious tribute,
referring to him as “one who has spent
his life in the work of teaching," and
as “a distinguished author of many
philosophical and educational works
that have brought him world-wide re-
It was Monsignor Pace as vice-rector
of the Catholic University, who pre
sented President Roosevelt to the
Chancellor for the honorary degree
of Doctor of Laws on June 14, 1933
and who prepared the citation which
was broadcast throughout file United
States. Throughout his career he
was noted for the beauty and effective
ness of his English and in his tribute
to President Roosevelt, he reached a
high peak in his composition.
Two years later ,at the annual en
campment, on June 12, 1935. Monsig
nor Pace was himself the recipient of
the honorary degree. Doctor of Laws,
from the university he had served for
nearly half a century from the Most
Rev. Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of
Baltimore and Chancellor of the Uni
versity. This degree has been granted
but rarely at the Catholic University
and is reserved usually for heads of
states or their representatives.
GOLDEN JlIBILARIAN
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On May 30, 1935, Monsignor Pace
quietly celebrated with his family, the
golden anniversary of his ordination
to the priesthood, but at the 1935 com
mencement the university gave public
recognition to his services as well as
paid fitting honor to his 50 years as a
priest. The citation pronounced in his
honor at the convocation states: “This
professor, whom the words of the
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — A me
morial Mass for Rt. Rev. Msgr. Ed
ward A. Pace, vice-rector emeritus
of the Catholic University, who died
at the age of 76 ,in Washington, D.
was held at the Cathedral, Rt. Mon
signor James Nunan officiating.
EIGHTY BOY SCOUTS who had
served 250 hours on the altar were
awarded the cross "Ad Alteri Dei” by
Archbishop Cantwell at the annual
Field Mass attended by more than
1,000 Boy Scouts in Los Angeles.
BY JOHN MOTE
ATHENS, Ga.—Missionary Sisters of
the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus arrived
in Athens May 12 to take charge of
St. Mary’s Hospital. Although they
operate many schools adn hospitals in
Pennsylvania this is the first time
that they have come to the South.
St. Mary’s Hospital was acquired by
the Catholic Church through the un
tiring efforts of Father Harold Barr
of Athens and His Excellency, Bishop
O’Hara.
The old nurses home at the rear of
the hospital has been rebuilt into a
very attractive home for the Sisters.
The hospital is being remodeled and
new and up-to-date equipment is be
ing installed. When completed St.
Mary’s will be one of the best equip
ped hospitals in this section. The Sis
ters hope to be able to open the hos
pital in July, at which time more Sis
ters are expected to arrive from the
mother house in Reading, Pa.
The order of Missionary Sisters of
the Most Sacred Heart was founded
in Germany in 1899 by Father Hubert
Linckens, M. S. C, Father Linckens,
realizing the need for missionary Sis
ters in the South Seas, received per
mission to found the order in 1899.
On August 5, 1902, five Sisters set
sail for the Marshall Islands in the
South Seas. A few months later Seven
Sisters sailed for New Pomerania. Sis
ter EYancisca was the first Superior
General and served the order in this
capacity until 1920, at which time Sis
ter, Electa, who was provincial hi
America 1909-1920, was made Superior
General.
Although young in age. the order
has received its baptism of blood. Five
Sisters Suffered martyrdom in New
Pomerania, August 13, 1904. It seems
probable that these martyred Sisters.
Sisters Anna, Angela, Agnes Agatha
and Sophia, will soon be canonized.
Their case is being investigated at the
present time.
The first Misionary Sisters came to
the United States in 1908 for service
among the Slovaks in the coal fields
of Pennsylvania. Since 1980 the or
der has spread rapidly in Pennsyl
vania.
The order maintains a mother house
at Reading, Pennsylvania. It has at
present five hospitals: Sacred Heart,
Allentown, Pa., Good Samaritan,
Pottsville, Pa., Sacred Heart, Norris
town, Pa., St- Joseph’s Health Resort,
Wedron, III., and St. Mary's, Athens,
Ga.; two homes for the aged, Knights
of St. George Home, Wellburg, W. Va.,
and Sacred Heart, Allentown, Pa.; a
“retreat house", St Josephs-in-lhe-
Latin Contest Rating
Among Winners Awarded
Catholic School Girls
(Special to The Bulletin)
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Association of
Universities and Colleges in Geor
gia and the Georgia Classical Asso
ciation, An announcing the winners in
the 1938 Georgia Latin Tournament,
include Miss Cecelia Stulb of Mt St.
Joseph’s Academy, Augusta, as
finishing third in Division 1, Group
B. with a rating of 90, three points be
hind the winner, and Miss Betty Mar
riott, as fnishing second on Division
IV, Group B, with a rating of 74,
eight points behind the winner; Miss
Marriott is also from Mt. St Joseph’s
Academy.
FR. O’DONNELL CUNARD
LINE MASS SUPERVISOR
New York Port Chaplain
Will Inspect Ship’s Chapels
NEW YORK, N. Y.—The Rev. John
J. O’Donnell, pastor of the Shrine
Church of the Sea, Tenth Avenue and
Twenty-first Street, has been appoint
ed by the Cunard White Star Line
supervisor of all Catholic equipment
for the celebration of Mass aboard all
ships of the line calling at New York.
Father O'Donnell has been named port
chaplain by Cardinal Hayes; he or one
of his assistants, the Rev. Robert P-
Dugan, the Rev. Francis X. Quinn, or
the Rev. Bartholomew J. Singleton,
will visit all Ships of the line for this
purpose. Special provision is made
also for special meatless menus on
days of abstinence. Catholic stewarts
are in charge of the chapels and altars,
and Mass is available for passengers in
all classes.
Hills, at Malvern, Pa., and thirteen
schools.
The order has Sisters in Oceanica,
Australia, Africa, Germany, China.
North America and a newly-accepted
post in Peru. The Sisters now in
Athens are: Sister M. Columba, M. S-
C., R. N., member of the American
College of Hospitals Administration,
Superior, Sister M. Virgilia, M. S. C,
R. N„ R. A., Sister M. Leandra, M. S.
C., R. N.. R. A., and Sister M. Syra,
M. S C dietician ,
Congratulations
and Best Wishes
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