CONTENTS Dedication iii Prefatory Note v Biographical Sketch of the Rev. Martin Dowling i Sermon at his Funeral 10 Memorial Masses 21 Biographical Sketch of the Rev. Thomas McLoughlin 25 Sermon at his Funeral 39 Sermon at the Funeral of the Rev. Joseph Hayne, 52 Sermon at the Month's Mind of the Rev. John Barry Creeden 59 Sermon at the Funeral of Mrs. Mary Bigley 67 Sermon at the Funeral of Mary Ellen McLoughlin, 76 Sermon at the Annual Requiem of Deceased Alumni of Fordham College 83 Sermon at the Dedication of St. Gregory's Church, Harrison, N. Y 95 Sermon on St. Augustine at St. Augustine's Church, Ossining, N. Y. 107 Sermon on Sacred Relics and Pilgrimages 120 Address on Independence Day, 1896 128 Address on the Day of President McKinley's Burial 140 Address at the Laying of the Corner-Stone of a Fire Engine House, Mamaroneck, N. Y. 150 Address on Independence Day, 1903 15Address at Meeting of St. Joseph's (Troy) Alumni, 166 Address at a Meeting to Erect a Memorial of the Battle of Heathcote Hill 175 Washington Rock, Mamaroneck — Movement for its Preservation and the Erection of a Tablet, 198