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at South Fork, and the Webster mines at Ehrenfeld, built the church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at Ehrenfeld, Father McEnrue attended this church from Wilmore, after which he was appointed to the church of The Immaculate Conception, Irwin, Penn'a, where he died on February 26, 1910. His remains now repose in the old cemetery of St. Bartholomew's church in a concrete vault, surmounted by a splendid monument close to a double one equally magnificent which, in his filial devotion, he had erected over the tombs of his parents, and within the shadow of the church where he often served Mass, where his first Mass was said and his first sermon was preached, awaiting a glorious resurrection and an eternity of happiness.
He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Kate Harbison, of Irwin, and by a niece and a nephew, children of his brother, the late W. H. McEnrue.
Pastorate of Rev. Francis McCarthy.
Rev. Francis McCarthy, who had been assistant to Father Ed. J. Burnes, for a short time in 1872, succeeded Father McEnrue in October, 1877, and continued in the pastorate until July, 1879.
Father McCarthy was born in Pittsburg, but was ordained in Rome. He joined the Jesuits in 1880, and is now Chaplain at Governor's Island, N. Y., but has recently been in very feeble health. He is a distinguished orator, and it is said that so well versed is he in Scripture that he can quote any text without referring to the Sacred Volume.
Pastorate of Rt. Rev. M'sg'r Martin Ryan.
The pastorate of Monsignor Ryan extended from July, 1879 to April, 1890.
There are 443 baptisms recorded in M's'g'r Ryan's time, some of which were from Chest Springs congregation. The St. Augustine congregation was also considerably reduced in size and numbers during the latter part of this pastorate by the formation of the parish of St. Thomas, Ashville.
The St. Augustine congregation, as well as all other congregations in the country, became a parish after the publication of the decrees of the Council of Trent about the year 1887.
From Souvenir of Loretto Centennary," the following biographical sketch of M's'g'r Ryan is quoted:
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