in ▁party , ▁even ▁if ▁he ▁was ▁defeated ▁in ▁the ▁D á il ; ▁however , ▁this ▁advice ▁was ▁ignored . ▁By r ne ▁object ed ▁to ▁the ▁execution ▁of ▁Er sk ine ▁Child ers ▁and ▁other ▁anti - T re aty ▁supp or ters , ▁and ▁the ▁policy ▁of ▁repr is als ▁by ▁both ▁parties . ▁After ▁the ▁host ilities ▁ended , ▁while ▁he ▁still ▁maintained ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁political ▁matters , ▁he ▁was , ▁and ▁became , ▁much ▁more ▁interested ▁in ▁the ▁spiritual ▁well - be ing ▁of ▁his ▁f lock . ▁▁ ▁By r ne ▁was ▁very ▁involved ▁with ▁the ▁past oral ▁work ings ▁of ▁the ▁dioc ese ▁and ▁was ▁extremely ▁interested ▁in ▁the ▁changing ▁social ▁conditions . ▁He ▁had ▁a ▁parish ▁of ▁over ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁people , ▁many ▁of ▁whom ▁were ▁living ▁in ▁sub - standard ▁conditions , ▁and ▁who ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁re - h oused ▁in ▁new ▁est ates ▁in ▁the ▁sub ur bs . ▁He ▁super vised ▁the ▁provision ▁of ▁schools ▁and ▁churches ▁to ▁serve ▁the ▁new ▁par ishes ▁created ▁and ▁viewed ▁all ▁his ▁work ▁from ▁a ▁spiritual ▁angle ▁and ▁was ▁considered ▁a ▁wise ▁and ▁pr udent ▁r uler . ▁▁ ▁Two ▁major ▁comm emor ative ▁events ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁as ▁the ▁highlight s ▁of ▁his ▁epis cop acy , ▁namely ▁the ▁cent en ary ▁of ▁Catholic ▁E man cip ation ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 9 ▁and ▁the ▁E uchar istic ▁Congress ▁of ▁ 1 9 3 2 . ▁The