McMahon, Very Reverend Arthur Lawrence, O.P., S.T.Lect., b. at Waterbury, Connecticut, 14 September, 1863. Education: St. Joseph's Convent, Somerset, Ohio; Dominican scholasticate and Louvain University, Louvain, Belgium; further studies in Vienna, Austria; St. Stephen's Biblical School, Jerusalem. Entered the Dominican Order 1877; ordained 1892; novice master and professor of theology and Scripture, St. Joseph's Convent, Somerset, Ohio, 1897–1904; professor of theology and Scripture, Immaculate Conception College, Washington, D. C, 1904–1907; superior, Western Province (1907–1912), and provincial of the Province of the Holy Name (1912–), Dominican Order, resident at San Francisco, California.
articles: Alexander Natalis; Alvarez, Diego; Antoninus, Saint; Barbus, Paulus; Baron, Vincent; Bunderius, Joannes; Burgis, Edward Ambrose; Dedication, Feast of the; Didon, Henri; Eckhart, Johann, Meister; Esther; Faber, Felix; Faber, Johann Augustanus; Ferre, Vincent; Galilee; Gravina, Dominic; Henry Suso, Blessed; Henten, John; Holt Sepulchre; Versions of the Bible.
McMahon, Frank A., Wheeling, West Virginia.
article: West Virginia.
McMahon, Reverend Joseph H., a.m., Ph.D., b. in New York, 18 November, 1862. Education: Manhattan College, New York; Mt. St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland; St. Joseph's Seminary, Troy, New York. Ordained 1886; former director (and organizer), Cathedral Library, New York; rector (and founder). Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, New York, 1901–; lecturer on educational, psychological, and literary subjects. One of the founders of the Catholic Summer School. Member of the Committee on Circulating Library System, New York Public Library. Compiler of various liturgical books; contributor to the magazines.
articles: Adoration, Perpetual; Ambrosian Library; Apostolic Union of Secular Priests; Association op Priestly Perseverance.
Macmillan, Reverend John Chrysostom, d.d., rector of All Saints, Cardigan Bridge, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
ARTICLE: Charlottetown, Diocese of.
McNeal, James Preston Wickham, A.B., LL.B., b. at Baltimore, Maryland, 22 September, 1878, son of J. V. and May (Preston) McNeal, and brother of Rev. Mark J. McNeal, S.J. Education: Loyola College, Baltimore; University of Maryland. Employed in the Treasury Department, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Baltimore, 1899–1906; admitted to the Bar 1906 ; in the service of the American Bonding Company of Baltimore 1906–; Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, 1913– ; married Anna M., daughter of James David Watters, late Judge of the Harford County Circuit Court, Maryland.
articles: Eccleston, Samuel; McSherry, James (2); McSherry, Richard; Mar^chal, Ambrose; Neale, Leonard; Tanet, Roger Brooke.
McNeal, Reverend Mark Joseph, S.J., A.B., Litt.D., b. at Baltimore, Maryland, 17 May, 1874. Education: Indianapolis Classical School, Indianapolis, Indiana; Georgetown University, Washington, D.C; Woodstock College, Woodstock, Maryland. Entered the Society of Jesus 1893; professor of belles lettres in the Freshman Class, St. Francis Xavier's College, New York, 1900–1905; president of the Theologians' Academy, Woodstock College, 1907–1908; ordained 1908; professor of rhetoric and oratory in the Sophomore Class and Hirst Librarian, Georgetown University, Washington, 1909–1911; stationed at St. Andrew-on-Hudson, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1911–1912; professor of rhetoric and oratory in the Sophomore Class at Georgetown University, Washington, 1912–1914; professor of English literature and commercial correspondence. Catholic University of Japan, Tokio, 1914–. Has made a tour of Indiana for geological research and electric railway surveys. Member of the Philosophical and Theological Academies, Woodstock College. Charter member of the reorganized American Association of Japan. Contributor to "America".
articles: Arsenius Autorianos; Baltus, Jean Francois; Beauvais, Gilles-François-de; Eugenius I, Archbishop of Toledo; Eugenius II, Archbishop of Toledo; Eugenius of Carthage, Saint; Eulogius of Alexandria, Saint.
McNeill, Charles, b. at Glenarm, Co. Antrim, Ireland, 21 April, 1862. Education: St. Malachy's College, Belfast, and Belvedere College and Catholic University, Dublin, Ireland. Former clerk in office of Collector General of Rates, Dublin (twelve years), and Department of Agriculture, DubUn (six years); at present, resident at Dublin. Former General Secretary of the Gaelic League. Member Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, and Gaelic League.
ARTICLES: Irish Confessors and Martyrs; Kenraghty, Maurice; O'Brien, Terence Albert; O'Cullenan, Gelasius; O'Devany, Cornelius; O'Donnell, Edmund; O'Hely, Patrick; O'Herlahy, Thomas; O'Hurley, Dermod; O'Queely, Malachias; Roscommon; Tanner, Edmund; Walsh, William.
McNicholas, Very Reverend John T., o.p., s.T.Lect., b. at Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo, Ireland, 15 December, 1877. Education: Immaculate Heart School, Chester, and St. Joseph's College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Dominican scholasticate, Somerset, Ohio; Minerva, Rome. Entered the Dominican Order 1894; ordained 1901; former professor of philosophy and canon law (four years), and (1904^ 1908) master of novices. Immaculate Conception College, Washington, D. C.; director of the Bureau of the Holy Name Society and editor of "Holy Name Journal", New York, 1908–; rector of Church of St. Catherine of Sienna, 1913–. Instrumental in bringing about and prominent participator in Holy Name Congress, Baltimore, 1911. Author of "The New Marriage Legislation" (pamphlet); contributor to "American Ecclesiastical Review".
articles: Alanus de Rupe; Brittain, Thomas Lewis; Burke, Thomas; Quam singulari.
Macpherson, Ewan, b. in St. Andrew's Parish, Jamaica, 29 April, 1854; d. in New York City, 28 December, 1915. Education: Collegiate School, Kingston, Jamaica; Duncan's, Southampton, England; Jesuit scholasticate, Stonyhurst, Blackburn, England. Former teacher, Stonyhurst College, Blackburn, and Oratory School, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, and St. Patrick's College, Carlow, Ireland; formerly private tutor in Portugal and Scotland; came to the United States 1886; for a number of years engaged in teaching and in journalistic work, principally on the "Louisville Commercial", "Courier-Journal", "Musical America", "New York Tribune", etc.; on the editorial staff of The Catholic Encyclopedia, New York City, 1905–1912. Translated Mercier, "Logique" (New York, 1912); contributor to: "Harper's Magazine"; "Scribner's Magazine"; "The Messenger".
articles: Aistulph, King of the Lombards; Alan of Tewkesbury; Alberoni, Giulio; Azores; Beche, John; Bokenham, Osbern; Charlemagne; Dahomey, Vicariate Apostolic of; Dominican Republic; Eata, Saint; Egwin, Saint; Ethelbert, Saint; Etheldreda, Saint; GARcfA Moreno, Gabriel; Guiana; Hunter, Sylvester Joseph; Maffei, Francesco; Malvenda, Thomas; Map, Walter; Martini, Antonio; Mason, Richard Angelus; Massa Candida; Meignan, Guillaume-ReniS ; Nicaragua, Republic and Diocese of; Santiago del Estero, Diocese of; Thalberq, Sigismond; Valens, Flavius; Vespasian.
MacRory, Reverend Joseph, d.d., b. in Co. Tyrone, Ireland, 1861. Education: St. Patrick's College, Armagh, and Maynooth College (Dunboyne student), DubUn, Ireland. Ordained 1885; lecturer in Scripture and Hebrew, Maynooth College, Dublin, 1885–1886; founded the Academy, Dungannon,
