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OND,AY, DECEMBER 24, 1956,
► on-ourFather
John Nog
an
ixty Years In Priesthood ,
_THE LUCKNOWSENTINEL, LUCKNOWONTARIO
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if yo askFather ,John., to tell j ;,,gccri, and St..M:ary's, ' a hospital
oir th highlights, of his life he
will shrug with modesty and
r►urniur 'nothing exciting' hap
'1; pened to Ire".
•2,
!sties to.
ighbors
It is full
a heart • 4.
�piness,
is true that the years have
rolled !over • this trpriest with ti°
steadY beat- •fWhich some' find
onotQnous, s'o•m e ., comforting.
But to Father John Hogan they
were years of service to God,: of
work in. innumerable parishes in
Western Ontario,` work which.
ound .signiifi'cance ,in •.the .multi-
plicity of • details . surrounding,
Itt the lives of his. ,parishioners.
Wednesday, Father • John, his
ish. eyes alight .•wirth ,pride,, reg:
eived• gifts to mark .his 60 years.
s a priest, •. oif • the. Roman Cath-
lic' Church. The . ceremony was
held at .[Sit ;,-Mary's : Hosrpital.
held at St. M.ary's. Hospital.:.
Nearly •40 priests • frorn the ,dis-
trict. were present to •honor him:.
He. ''is the oldest priest in'' the.
diocese. .•
The .Most. Rev. ..John 'C•: Cody,
Bishop of London; made • a' .pres
entation': on• behalf:' of • thew, dio-
cese; the: Rt. Rev. w S° Morri-
son, dean of. London,' : made,: a
presentation • 'on beh'aif of the'
deanery,.
• Father John was born', of pion-' •
eering parents,' .William'';H•ogan
and Mary Dean, on a homestead , tt•
at Kingsbridge in Huron ••Cour g
ty, His. parish was that of.'•St. 2
Joseph's in ' Ashfield" Township.
As__a.;youngste r •he . learned, the: c.!
ways of the country. fir Vit -•hand,.. fi:
and ,gained his: book .1earnin, i'
from. a rural `school,• then, !fro•nm g
•Goderich High School. Destined.; E.
to be a :priest, he entered,St. Jer t
ome's.'C.ollege in Kitchener,.mov-
ed to Assunipti:on College in
Windsor, ,,and then to finish • his r--
training at ;Grand,. Seminary in. t�
Montreal:
.. In .1896, at the age of 27,' he g
kr}elt :in St. • Peters Cathedral, 2
London, and was ordained to • the D
priesthood' by the Most .Rev:.15.en• t
nis O'Connor. • •
..As a. young assistant, he 'start -
4 ed'••his ,work at -..Our' .Lady of i
Mercy• parish • in . Sarnia,' moved
to Mount Carmel, then ,to •Wind-
sor, and atthe: turn of the cen-
tury came • back. to 'Strathroy. ..°
He . has much:: to praise ,in . thc,
way .men lived . in Victoria's
reign "Those men and. .women' r'
who tilled the land had a re-
markable strength and vitality“,
he remarks..
Yet he: too had to have sonde a
of that strength,' His parish at •
Strathroy, for ..instance, was 401
Miles long; 2,0 miles wide: • It t ' h
stretched 'from Watford in the
west to London in the 'east and.
comprised .of • churches at Strath-
roy, Watford and . Adelaide.- .
"1 used. to visit ,rhy• iparishion- . g
era in..a horse ' and; • buggy , and ' I.I `
in • winter •' took , the cutter. We D
used •to' drive on top, of the. snow . •
banks because the ,roads were
not plowed out", he : says. `•`I . re-
m.ernber ;many of the families i ' G
used to visit in winter had very
little toeat except bread and i •
potatoes and. 'vegetables.' • Some -t,
times 'they 'had • a 'little rhea t, l ..--
mostly pork: they put ..dowvn' ,4
hemselves"
He; thought nothing of tray 1- •.•
ing i,ap,,.to 50 miles a dad on ,hi,.;
rounds and soon 'became a fam
iliar !figure ' in the Middles t”
ouniryside,• .
From Strathroy he 'went hark iti
to Windsor„ Came east azlin ,
this time to St, 'Thomas, thO'lr .
during the First World War wa 11,'
:priest at• Clinton, which had the' t4.
mission church at Blyth. . r
Thin the, ' wanderlust; Str'u'ck
him and he left t'he Diocese of
Lon on for ten years to serve Grr
at 1terdown in New ':York
State. On his; return he was with
the Christian: Btothers' in' Tor-
onto and 22' year ago, was .ap-
l7ointcd chaplain to. the" House
of* Providence; •a home for the
:.ends, •,
wazmt
oliday
full 'of .4
><d joy.
Merry
to -Grill
of,
torr the inc yrai,te, in London.
• Officially he•. retired from .the
_,post last year ,,but still assists, -
"Being retired doesn't mean:
you 'don't . work even 'at my
;Dgc'", he snorts. His `,parishion-
cry , men and women tin. whom
the 've' of life is closing,. love
flim fel his Irish hurn'�or, h� i •
kindliness and' understanding.
He is above all. a very ' modest
man. /
Two of his 'brothers, Michael
and William; farm around Luck-
now; one sister, Mrs, Vern
Brady;. lives in Strathroy; an•
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other, Mrs. John Brady, nearby
in Metcalfe Township. Father
Jing ,Hogan, who died some time
ago in Lucan, was ;also a bro-
ther, •
What is . hehooking forward to
naw, "Why, 1 hope that next
summer I'll have a family gath-
ering, perhaps back home .in
Huron Cetnty, 14-11—invite all •my
relatives • from Ontariot and from
across the border".
IIQLYROQD STUDENTS
PRESENT SCHOOL CONCERT
the program which included
choruses by the pulpils; recita-
tions by ' June Ackert, Brenda
Bushell; .Yvonne and Janette
Eckenswiller, Sharon, Linda and
Tommy O'Donnell, Douglas end
!Day.id Eadie and 'Eldon Ecken.
swiller; song by the senior boys;
solos by June ..Ackert, Sharon,
• Terry and Tommy O'Donnell;
duets, Yvonne . and Janette Eck-
•enswiller, Lind "a O'Donnell and
Eldon. Eckenswiller; .a star drill
by the girls and a series of five
plays. The Christmas 'story was
read by the teacher with all the
pupils taking !part. •
The 'National Anthem • was
sung acid then Santa • .Claus ar-
rived. Lunch was served to ,all.
S.S. No. 4,. Kinloss • (Holyrood
School), held their Christmas
ocncert' in Holyrood Hall, Mon-
day evening, December 10th, lir-
ected ,by ' ,Mrs. R. • Osborne, the
teacher, and . Miss Donna Os- . Inspiration,.
borne at •the piano, Mr. Donald. determination.
MacPherson was chairman for • recipe for success
perspiration ' and
make a good
DESCRIBES INTERESTING
MARITIMES TRIP • '
Elsewhere in this issue; ap-
pears an. interesting story of
a .goodwill tour to the Mari-
times' during the past. Sum-
° mer, sponsored by the • On
`t.ario Soil and Crop Improve:.
'menf Association. '
The article was written by
Miss Margaret iSalkeld, .dau-
ghter of Mr, and Mrs. T J..
Salkeld. Margaret Was .one' of
the rnembers• of the party,
and her vivid .description of
' the tour -will be found 'both
interestingand informative.
The story was written dun.-
• •ing the past summer,' but
space did .not permit . ,its
publication at that time.
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