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HISTOElICAL SKETCH
OP
ST JOSEPH'S PEOYINOIAL SEMINARY,
TROY, N. Y.

The Eight Ket. HBNKY GABRIELS, D.D.,
Bishop ot OaDBNSBURO, N. Y.
WITS AN INTROD UOTION :
I. Life of Bishop Hbnky Gabriels,
II. Early New York Sbminabibs,
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CHARLES GEORGE HERBERMANN, Ph.D., LL.D.
AND AN EPILOGUB
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Rev. THOMAS P. MYHAN, A.M.

NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BT
THE UNITED STATES CATHOLIC
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
1905.

Copyright, 1905, ,
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THE UNITED STATES CATHOLIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

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DEDICATED TO THE
ttbousanO priests,
Living and Dead,
Who Studied in St. Joseph's Proyinoial Sbminakt, Tbot,
BY
^Thbib Professor and Superior,
HENRY GABRIELS,
Bishop of Oqdbnsburq.

UNITED STATES CATHOLIC HISTOEICAL
SOCIETY.
Honorary President.
Most Eev. John M. Farley, D.D.
President,
Charles George Heebermann, Ph.D., LL.D.
Vice-President.
Stephen Fareelly.
Treasurer,
Eichard S. Trbacy, A.M.
Recording Secretary.
John Emmet Cahalan, A.M.
Corresponding Secreta/ry.
Joseph H. Fargis, A.M.
Libra/rian,
Eev. M. j. Considine.
Trustees.
Et. Eev. Mgr. Jos. F. Mooney. Dr. Jose M. Ferrer.
Et. Eev. Mgr. Jas. H. MoGean. Henry Heide.
Joseph F. Mulqiteen.' Hugh Kelly.
Thomas S. O'Brien, LL.D.
Ooumcillors.
Hon. Edward B. Amend, LL.D. John F. Doyle.
Eev. Thomas J. Campbell, S.J. Edward J. McGuiee.
"William E. King. William F. Clare.

' Editing Oorrvmitlei.
Charles George Heebermann, Ph.D., LL.D
Eev. Joseph F. Dblaney, D.D.
Eev. Michael J. Considine.
Thomas Francis Meehan, A.M.

LIST OF ILLUSTEATIONS.
1. St. Joseph's Provincial Seminary, Troy, N. Y.
2. Rt. Rev. Henry Gabriels, D.D., Second President of St. Joseph's
Provincial Seminary.
3. Most Rev. John Hughes, D.D.
4. His Eminence John McCIoskey, Archbp. of New York.
5. Reverend Peter Havermans.
6. Canon Louis Vandenhende, D.D., First President of St. Joseph's
Provincial Seminary.
7. Bishops L. J. -Delebecque of Ghent, Henri Bracq of Ghent,
John B. Fitzpatrick of Boston, David W. Bacon of Port
land, F. P. McFarland of Hartford.
8. Most Rev. John M. Parley, D.D.
9. Rt. Rev. Mgr. John Edwards.
10. Canon Charles Roelants, S.T.L., Reverends Sherwood A.
Healy, Remy Lafort, Patrick W. Tandy, and Augustine Fivez,
of the Faculty of St. Joseph's Seminary.
11. Archbp. John J. Williams of Boston, and Bishops Edgar P.
Wadhams of Ogdensburg, Francis McNeimy of Albany,
Louis De Goesbriand of Burlington, Patrick A. Ludden of
Syracuse.
12. Rt. Rev. Mgr. J. S. Lynch, the Reverends Thomas Kenny,
Hugh Shields, WiUiam Livingston, and Michael J. Con
sidine, of the Faculty of St. Joseph's Seminary.
13. Bishops Thomas M. A. Burke of Albany, Charles H. Colton of
Buffalo, Thomas A. Hendrick of Cebu, Thomas P. Hickey,
and Thomas P. Cusack, Alumni of St. Joseph's Provincial
Seminary.
14. Brothers of Otir Lady of Lourdes attached to St. Joseph's
Provincial Seminary.
16. Most Rev. M. A, Corrigan, D.D.
16. Canon Peter A. Puissant, D.D., Third President of St. Joseph's
Provincial Seminary.
17. Bishops Denis M. Bradley of Manchester, John S. Michaud of
Burlington, Michael Tiemey of Hartford, Philip J. Garrigan
of Sioux City, and Rt. Rev. Mgr. Teeling, Alumni of St.
Joseph's Provincial Seminary.
18. Rt. Rev. Mgr. Joseph F. Mooney, First President of the Alumni
Society, St. Joseph's Provincial Seminary.
19. The Chapel of §t. Joseph's Provincial Seminary, Troy.

EDITOR'S PREFACE.

The United States Catholic Historical Society can
not send forth this volume without returning thanks
to the Et. Eev. Bishop of Ogdensburg. No one was
better fitted to chronicle the story of St. Joseph's
Seminary than Bishop Gabriels, who was present at
its opening and guided its fortunes for the greater
part of its existence. In his possession were most
of the official documents bearing on the liistory of
the Seminary which are known to exist, and he is
personally acquainted with all the sources of infor
mation. Naturally, the former president of the Semi
nary has used the language of modesty and sobriety,
rather than that of enthusiasm, in presenting his story
to our readers. From a historical point of view this
adds value to the work. We feel convinced that the
Bishop's historical sketch will always remain the
chief source of information of the history of St. Joseph's
Seminary. The graceful epilogue on the Alumni Society of St.
Joseph's Seminary, which we owe to the Eev. Thos. F.
Myhan, entitles him to our warmest thanks, the more
so as he had but scanty time for preparation.
To our distinguished artist friend, Dr. Leigh Har-
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6 EDITOR'S PREFACE.
rison Hunt, who was so kind as to prepare the encadre-
ment of the groups of photographs, we take this occa
sion to express our warmest thanks.
In conclusion we acknowledge most gratefully the
aid given to us by the Et. Eev. Bishop of Eochester,
Et. Eev. Monsignor Edwards, Eev. Thos. J. Campbell,
S.J., Very Eev. Dean Wm. Livingston, Dr. T. Gaffney
Taaffe, and Mr. John E. Cahalan in our researches on
the early history of St. Joseph's Seminary, Fordham.
Our sketch is almost wholly based upon the yearly re
ports in the Catholic Almanac. As these come from
oflacial sources, we feel able to guarantee the accuracy
of our narrative.

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ET. EEV. HENEY GABEIELS, D.D.
By Charles George Herbermann, Ph.D., LLD.
As every one knows who has followed the course
of European events during the nineteenth century,
there are no more sturdy children of the Catholic
Church than the Catholic Flemings of Belgium. Many
a zealous missionary and many a distinguished bishop
have they given to the Church in the United States.
We need only mention the names of Nerinckx, De Smet,
Damien, Seghers, Vandevelde, and Maes. From this
vigorous and loyal stock came Bishop Gabriels, many
years president of Troy Seminary and at present
Bishop of Ogdensburg. His worthy parents had ten
children. The Bishop was born October 6, 1838, at
the village of Waimegem-Lede. In his boyhood he
evidenced a high degree of intelligence and unusual love
of learning, and an inclination to the priesthood, which
led to his being sent to the College under the charge
of the Priests of Our Lady of Termonde at Audenarde.
After completing his Classics at this institution he
became a student of the Petit Seminaire of the diocese
of Ghent, where he made his course of Philosophy.
At the age of twenty, in the year 1858, having finally
resolved to dedicate himself to the service of God and
the Church, he entered the diocesan Seminary of
Ghent. Here he pursued his studies as a theologian
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8 RT, REV. HENRY GABRIELS, D.D,
for two years and was ordained sub-deacon in 1860.
His success as a theological student resulted in his
being sent in the fall of that year to the University
of Louvain, where he was to pursue a more advanced
course of studies. With his usual devotion to duty
he gave himself up to the work assigned Mm and suc
cess did not fail to crown his efforts. In 1862 he won
the Baccalaureate of Theology. In 1864 he was pro
moted to be Licentiate of Theology, which degree implies
the faculty of teaching. He was thus declared to
be worthy to be appointed to a chair of Theology.
Shortly before this time Archbishop Hughes had
closed St. Joseph's Seminary, Fordham, having found
it impracticable to recruit from among his diocesan
clergy a competent staff of professors able and willing
to conduct such an institution. The Sulpicians, to
whom he then appealed, found themselves in no posi
tion to take this new charge upon themselves, for
their resources were fully taxed to supply the needs
of seminaries already under their guidance, such as
those of Montreal and Baltimore. It thereupon oc
curred to the Archbishop that the most practical way
of saving and husbanding his ecclesiastical forces and
of supplying not only his own necessities but also
those of his suffragans was the foundation of a pro
vincial seminary to which not only the Archbishop of
New York but also the bishops of the province who
desired to take part in the scheme, and in fact any
other bishop, might send their ecclesiastical students
to be prepared for ordination.
When he laid his plan before his suffragans it was
received with warm appreciation by many of them,

fir. REV. HENRY GABRIELS, D.D. 9
though there were some who never took kindly to the
project. The most important question connected with
the projected institution was: Who shall compose the
faculty of the new seminary? At Archbishop Hughes's
request, Bishop McCIoskey, then of Albany, Bishop
Fitzpatrick, then of Boston, and Bishop McFarland
of Hartford, who were at that time visiting Europe,
made inquiries as to the best means of solving this
question. Naturally their eyes turned to the Uni
versity of Louvain, at that time the only Catholic
University in Europe outside of Eome. They first
apphed to Cardinal Sterckx, the Primate of Belgium,
to help them procure the teachers they were in search
of, but the Cardinal had no priests to spare from his
diocese. By his advice they put themselves in
commumcation with Bishop Delebecque of Ghent,
who had already been much interested in the missions
of the United States and in the American College at
Louvain, which had supplied many excellent priests,
chiefiy to the western missions. Bishop Delebecque
lent a willing ear to the American bishops and promised
them his aid in looking up for them a strong faculty
for the contemplated seminary. Having so large a
supply of university-bred theological scholars in his
diocese, he fixed his eyes on a number of them, fit
by their character, their talents, and their academical
success to be placed in charge of so important a mis
sion. The young Licentiate of theology from Wanne-
gem-Lede was one of the first whose name was sug
gested to Bishop Delebecque, who saw in him a man
thoroughly adapted for the work to be done. He
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offered him a chair in the new seminary without, how
ever, requiring him to sever his connections with his
native diocese. The Eev. Mr. Gabriels, actuated both
by missionary zeal and love of learning, did not hesi
tate long and accepted the Bishop's offer. In this
way the future bishop, when just beginning his clerical
career, was honored with an important chair in the
seminary of the largest ecclesiastical province in the
United States.
Meanwhile, Archbishop Hughes had decided to
locate the new Provincial Seminary at Troy, New
York, as our readers will find detailed in the Bishop's
pages. Everything was ready for the opening of the
new institution. No doubt it cost the young professor
not a few pangs, at the very outset of his career as a
churchman, to bid adieu to his native country and
the parents and family he loved so dearly. The trial
was, however, somewhat softened by his not being
the only Belgian in the new faculty. In truth it was
to be composed almost wholly of his countrymen.
At the head was placed a man distinguished both
for scholarship and high character, the Eev. Louis J.
Vandenhende, who was weU fitted to inspire confi
dence and courage in the members of the new faculty.
The other gentlemen of the Seminary staff who sailed
with the future bishop from Antwerp were: the Eev.
Charles Eoelants, S.T.B., and the Eev. Peter Puissant,
S.T.B. They brought with them a band of Brothers
of Our Lady of Lourdes, who were to take charge of
the household affairs in St. Joseph's.
The young professor, with his companions, reached
New York on the 17th of October, 1864. They were

RT. REV. HENRY GABRIELS, D.D. H
welcomed by President Vandenhende, and having
been presented to Archbishop McCIoskey, the suc
cessor of Archbishop Hughes, forthwith sailed up the
Hudson to their new home. No time was lost; the
day after their arrival the new faculty began their
work. To Father Gabriels had been assigned the
department of Dogmatic Theology, of which he imme
diately undertook the duties. Our readers can follow
in his own recital the story of his labors and those of
his confreres. For us it suffices to say that like his
colleagues, both Belgian and American, he was inspired
by the wisdom, the energy and the zeal of the uni
versally respected president, Canon Vandenhende, and
that all strove to realize the lofty ideal which he placed
before them. As a teacher and lecturer Father Gabriels
was earnest and prudent, careful in his opinions and
always conservative.
There was plenty of work for the young professor,
and he had neither time nor cause for regrets or home
sickness. Of course Father Gabriels was too good
and too affectionate a son and brother not to bear
his family an affectionate remembrance and to pay
an occasional visit to his Belgian home. The first of
these visits he undertook, in company with his col
leagues Eoelants and Puissant, in 1867, and it repaid
him for the years of toil he had undergone since his
departure from home.
Meanwhile, th^ day was fast approaching which
was to bring him new responsibilities and new honors.
The old president had given his best efforts to laying
solidly the foundations of St. Joseph's. He had organ
ized the institution, arranged the different courses,

12 RT, REV. HENRY GABRIELS, D.D.
and endeavored to infuse into the student body
his own spirit of solid piety and earnestness. The
students had responded heartily to his efforts and
had rewarded their superior by their sincere respect
and loyalty. His years now weighed upon the ven
erable prelate, and his Belgian friends urged him to
seek rest from his labors in his native country.
The Cardinal Archbishop was loath to lose so
faithful and so able a helpmate and used his utmost
efforts to detain him. At last, however, he felt it
would be ungracious to continue his objections and
he accepted the president's resignation. On the 1st
of July, 1871, Canon Vandenhende sailed from the
port of New York for Belgium, where he was received
with greatest warmth and loaded with honors. He
died at Ghent.
On the very day which saw the departure of the
first president of St. Joseph's Seminary Cardinal
McCIoskey sent a most gracious letter to Father Gabriels
recognizing his past services and those of his fellow
professors and appointing him Canon Vandenhende's
successor as president. A few days later the new
president went to New York to confer with the Cardinal
Archbishop and receive his final instructions.
The new head of the Seminary felt the great responsi
bility placed on his shoulders by his promotion and he
determined to redouble his efforts to do his duty to the
full. In the preceding year he had undertaken to lecture
on Ecclesiastical History while retaining his original
chair of Dogmatic Theology. He now also temporarily
taught Logic, showing that he shrank from no labor
when the emergency required it. His promotion at

RT. REV. HENRY GABRIELS, D.D. 13
Troy did not pass unnoticed in his native land. In
1882 the University of Louvain gave Father Gabriels
the Doctorate of Theology honoris causa. These
honors "^did not change the new president ; he remained
the same affable, modest man he had always been
and was willing to render service whenever it was
in his power.
Three years before Dr. Gabriels' promotion, Father
Edwards, the procurator of the Seminary, had discov
ered quite a number of German and Irish Catholics at
places called Sand Lake and Poestenkill, some ten miles
distant from the Seminary. They had lived there for
many years surrounded by Protestants, without much
spiritual attendance. Accident revealed them to Father
Edwards. The latter, greatly disturbed, brought the
case to the attention of Father Gabriels, who had suffi
cient knowledge of the German language to undertake
the mission. The appeal of Father Edwards met with
a ready response on the part of Father Gabriels, and
with the Bishop's permission the organization of a new
parish was begun at Sand Lake in 1868. Within a
month the new pastor had gathered several himdred
Catholics, who attended the Mass said by Father
Gabriels at the home of one of these long-neglected
Catholics. The professor for several years went every
second Sunday to his rustic parish of St. Henry's, and
soon it became so important that it received a resident
pastor from the Bishop.
Meantime matters went the usual regular way at
the Seminary. In order to have a clearer and more
methodical system of discipline. President Gabriels
now collected and codified the rules under which the

14 RT. REV, HENRY GABRIELS, D.D.
Seminary had been governed since its inception. The
rules were duly submitted to the Metropohtan of New
York and the other bishops interested in the govern
ment of the Seminary and unanimously approved
by them. They were then published under the title
of Manuale Alumnorum Seminarii Sti. Joseph., Trojae,
N. Y.
The monotony of seminary life was, however, broken
in upon during the years 1883 and 1884. In the former
year was held the Fourth Provincial Council of New
York, and the president was called away from the
Seminary to perform the duties of secretary. This
he did so efficiently that when in the following
year the American hierarchy assembled for the
Third Plenary Coimcil of Baltimore, President Gabriels
was appointed one of the Archbishop's theologians,
and he was subsequently named one of the gen
eral secretaries. He rendered great services in pre
paring various reports and protocols. His visits to
New York and Baltimore were followed by a long
period of conscientious work at Troy. In consequence
of the rules enacted at the Third Plenary Council of
Baltimore the Seminary course was enlarged to six
years, two being awarded to philosophy. New pro
fessors were appointed and old ones passed away,
the president remaining faithfully at the helm.
But this was not destined to last. On December 20,
189,1, the bulls were signed at Eome nominating Dr.
Gabriels' successor of Bishop Wadhams in the See of
Ogdensburg, an appointment equally flattering to the
nominee and beneficial to the diocese. Dr. Gabriels'
activity at the Provincial Council of New York and

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at the Plenary Council of Baltimore had evidently
pointed him out to the prelates of the province of New
York as a man fit to rule and to sustain the episcopal
dignity. For the diocese of Ogdensburg he was spe
cially adapted. That diocese has a Catholic population,
to a considerable degree made up of French-speaking
Canadians, and French was as familiar to Dr. Gabriels as
his native tongue. His knowledge of German also was
likely to be of service. As soon as the appointment be
came known the Bishop-elect was overwhelmed with con
gratulations. However, he remained quietly at his post
of duty, and while preparing for his new sphere of work he
continued in active service at St. Joseph's imtil the fol
lowing April (1892), when he officially resigned. The
consecration of Dr. Gabriels took place on the 5th of
May in the Cathedral at Albany. Archbishop Cor
rigan, who had been for many years the friend of the
new Bishop, was the consecrator. He was assisted
by Bishops McNeirny of Albany and Ludden of SjTa-
cuse. Twenty-three archbishops and bishops, not
only American but Canadian, also graced the occasion
by their presence, while five hundred priests and one
hundred and fifty ecclesiastical students helped to crowd
the body of the great Cathedral. The aged Bishop
of Eochester, Dr. McQuaid, preached an eloquent
sermon. A few ^eeks after. Dr. Gabriels, now Bishop of Ogdens
burg, returned to St. Joseph's to preside at an official
fimction. At the ordination which followed next after
the Bishop's consecration, the young presbj^ers natu
rally desired the distinction of being the first to receive
Holy Orders from their long-time president, and Bishop

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Gabriels was delighted by his officiating to give a
new proof of his interest in the Seminary and of his deep
affection for its Alumni. After his consecration the
Bishop had proceeded to Ogdensburg to take possession
of his see. He was practically unknown to his flock,
but before long he succeeded in gaining the love and
loyalty of his people. Conscientious in the discharge
of his duties, ever ready to go where duty called, affable
to all, both rich and poor, zealous for the interests
of the Church, he was soon known in every part of
his diocese, and where he was known he was loved
and respected. He is equally popular with the Eng
lish-speaking and with the French-speaking members
of his flock. It would be indelicate to write here a
eulogy of the old Trojan president and offensive to
the Bishop's modesty. We shall therefore close this
inadequate sketch by warmly repeating the wish of
all his numerous friends: " May he long live and bless
and rule the diocese of Ogdensburg."

EAELY NEW YOEK SEMINAEIES.
By Charles George Herbermann, Ph.D., LL.D.
An old and far-famed saying tells us that the blood
of the martyrs is the seed of the Church, and the his
tory of the Eoman persecutions amply proves its truth-
But when the Sun of Peace shines benignly uponi
the Church the seed of faith is scattered in a new'
but equally effective way. It is cultivated and nur
tured in the new seed-places of the Church — ^the semi
naries which sprang up wherever Christianity flourished,,
the nurseries of the Catholic clergy.
Of the first three bishops who ruled the see of New
York, the first. Dr. Concanen, never saw his episcopal:
city; the second. Bishop Connolly, was so busied with.
organizing his diocese that he found no time in the-
short years which he govemed the Church in the^
metropoUs to turn his attention to the creation of a.
seminary. It would have been strange, however, if
the third bishop of New York, Monsignor Dubois,
had made no effort to supply this sadly felt want.
He had been a Sulpician himself, had been for some
time associated with St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore,
and had been the founder and president of Mt. St.
Mary's College, Emmittsburg, which was not only a
college, but also a seminary, and the Alma Mater
of many of the most distinguished priests and bishops,
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18 EARLY NEW YORK SEMINARIES.
in the United States. Accordingly, not many years
after his promotion to the see of New York (1826),
he resolved that one of his first duties was to establish
a diocesan seminary. He was convinced that clerics
trained at home, familiar with the needs of the Church
jn this country and of their own spiritual children,
would do far more effective ' work than could be ex
pected from the strangers that had hitherto made up
the bulk of the American priesthood. When, therefore,
in September, 1829, he made his visit to Eome and
laid before the Congregation of the Propaganda his
report of the condition of his diocese, he dwelt with
such energy on the need of a seminary and so earnestly
craved for assistance that the Eoman prelates could
not refuse his petition. Both the Holy Father and
the Propaganda not only approved of his views but
also furnished him with means to the extent of their
ability. On his return to New York he lost no time.
The money he had gathered in Europe was after all
a modest sum. He could not think of establishing
the projected seminary in the city itself, because his
means were inadequate. On looking around in the
neighborhood of the city for a site, he finally pitched
upon a spot at Nyack in Eockland County, twenty
miles from New York. To-day this distance would
prove no great obstacle, but in 1832, when the
choice was made, to go to Nyack meant a day's
travel. The wayfarer went by way of Hoboken and
drove in a wagon over the hills. The country was
pleasing enough, but the inhabitants were far from
hospitable. The descendants of the old Dutchmen
had no craving to become acquainted with " popish "

EARLY NEW YORK SEMINARIES. 19
priests, and regarded with the eye of suspicion these
strangers that came unbidden to settle among them.
But the men whom Monsignor Dubois had put in
charge of the undertaking were prudent men and wise.
To the presidency he had appointed one of his own
successors at Emmittsburg, the Eeverend Mr. Garry.
His chief assistant was Father John McCIoskey, in
after times destined to be the first American Cardinal.
Their modest and conciliatory proceedings soon wrought
a change in the feelings of their new neighbors, who
now were quite ready to aid the settlers in every
manner. The site of the seminary had been pur
chased with the money contributed by the Pope,
while the $18,000 collected by Bishop Dubois in Europe
was spent on the new buildings. Everything pro
gressed favorably, and on August 10th, 1834, the
chapel, which had been pushed more vigorously than
the main building, was solemnly dedicated. Father
McCIoskey delivered the sermon, which contemporaries
assure us was an eloquent discourse. Meantime the
work on the main building was hurried on, and the
completion was well within sight, when, to the dis
may of the good Bishop, it was destroyed by fire.
The blaze was probably due to accident, though voices
were heard charging incendiarism. Such was the
sad end of New York's first seminary. The building
was a total loss, covered by no insurance. It was
indeed a catastrophe, for where was the poverty-
stricken Bishop to find another $20,000 with which
to make a second attempt?
In the darkest gloom, however, an unexpected helper
was foimd. This was the Honorable Cornelius Heeney,

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former partner of John Jacob Astor, repeatedly chosen
member of the State Assembly, and the generous
founder of the BrookljTi Orphan Asylum. He offered
to the Bishop a site for a college and seminary in the
city of Brooklyn, which was eagerly accepted. The
imused material at Nyack was hurriedly transferred
to the new site and building operations were about
to begin. Then came a check. The Bishop asked
for the title of the property forthwith, but Mr. Heeney
declined to comply with this demand, promising to
deliver it on the completion of the building. Both
men were obstinate and no seminary was built.
Bishop Dubois, however, was not the man to be
daunted by this second failure. His conviction that
a seminary was one of the most urgent needs of the
diocese was too profound to allow him to remain inac
tive. In January, 1836, he again raised his voice in
behalf of a new seminary. This time he addressed
bis own flock, ardently conjuring his priests to plead
the cause of the new institution before their parish
ioners, and assuring them of the assistance of the
Bishops of Boston and Philadelphia. The appeal seems
to have found but a faint echo in the hearts of the
people, and the Bishop sought to devise new plans
more acceptable to them. He bethought himself of
the old college at Emmittsburg, which he had founded
and raised to a high degree of success. Why should
not a similar institution, half college, half seminary,
prosper in New York? Accordingly, early in 1838 his
coadjutor, Bishop Hughes, began to look around for a
suitable site for the new seminary. Mr. Lafarge,
father of the eminent artist John Lafarge, owned at

EARLY NEW YORK SEMINARIES. 21
that time a fine property in northern New York, near
the Thousand Islands. The place was called Lafarge-
ville. The owner had spent $30,000 on his mansion,
but was induced to assign the property to Bishop
Hughes for $20,000. The situation was ideal. The
college was opened on the 20th of September, 1838,
under the presidency of the Eeverend Mr. Guth, aided
by the Eeverend Messrs. Moran and Haas and three
lay professors. Success did not answer the Bishop's
hopes and expectations. The students numbered only
eight, six men and two boys. Bishop Bayley, in his
history of the Church in New York, gives us the names
of the following clergymen who were partly educated
at Laf argeville : The Eeverends Miles Maxwell, B. L.
Llaneza, Charles D. McMuUen, and Anthony Farley.
Eev. Fr. Donahue may have been the fifth, as we learn
from Archbishop Corrigan's register of the clergy.*
The next year brought no progress. " Yesterday we
opened our class again with a handful of children. . . .
We might be compared to a big stage coach, drawn
by four horses, but with no passengers," reported Mr.
Guth in September, 1839. It soon became evident that
the Catholics, the bulk of whom resided in southern
New York, were unwilling to send their children to
an institution which, however beautifully situated,
could be reached only after weeks of travel. The
scheme was given up, and St.Vincent de Paul's Seminary,
as it was called, forever closed its doors.
Bishop Dubois's days were drawing to a close. But
it must have been balm to the heart of the old prelate
to see that his successor was no less zealous for the
?See Records and Studies, Vol. Ill, Part 2, p. 290.

22 EARLY NEW YORK SEMINARIES.
establishment of a seminary than he himself had been.
When St. Vincent's Seminary closed, the energetic
coadjutor resolved forthwith to replace it by a new
institution. The Empiittsburg idea was still main
tained, that is to say, the new place of leaming was
to include both college and seminary. But the error
of locating the seminary far away from the haunts
of men was carefully avoided and a site for the new
seminary and college was selected in the immediate
vicinity of the metropolis. In July, 1839, Bishop
Hughes bought the magnificent property of Eose Hill
at Fordham for a moderate price, and thus laid the
foundation of the first successful college and seminary
in the great diocese of New York. Bishop Hughes
lost no time in organizing his seminary and college.
At the head of the college he placed the man above
all fitted to organize it, the Eev. John McCIoskey,
afterwards his successor and the first American Cardinal.
The college, which received the name of St. John's
College, was formally opened on Jime 24th, 1841.
The Seminary, which was placed under the patronage
of St. Joseph, began its work the same year under
the presidency of the Eev. Felix Villanis, D.D., of
the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), prob
ably in the fall. When it became apparent that the
institution at Laf argeville was a failure, the theo
logical students had been removed, and so it happened
that the first theological students of St. Joseph's Semi
nary came in part from Mount St. Mary's College, Em
mittsburg. They numbered in all fourteen. They
were lodged in the main building at first, and after
wards in a side building.

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EARLY NEW YORK SEMINARIES 23
It is difficult to unravel the story of the early fates
of the Fordham Seminary. As all the presidents' and
professors' names in connection therewith were those
of Italian Lazarists, we may infer that the institu
tion had been confided to their charge.
In 1842 Father Villanis was replaced by Father
Anthony Penco, CM.,* who remained at the head of
the Seminary during 1842, 1843, and 1844. With Father
Penco labored Father A. Eoadte and Father Philip
Borgna or Borgua. Of the latter we learn that he
was Professor of Philosophy at St. Joseph's in 1844.
The former occupied a chair there in 1843, but we
have no record of the subject he taught. In 1843
there were in the Seminary thirty-one students of
theology, and accordingly we find that in the year
1844 there were numerous ordinations.
In 1845 the Seminary had thirty-one theological
students, according to the Catholic Almanac of that
year, but only a single member of the faculty is men
tioned, the Eev. Eaphael Eainaldi. In the scanty
notices we are struck by the comparatively large num
ber of students and the small number of professors.
It is possible that the Lazarist Fathers were reinforced
by professors from St. John's College, but we have
no testimony to this effect. What makes it less likely
is the fact witnessed to by Bishop McQuaid of Eochester,
that in 1844 all the students and the faculty, con
sisting of Fathers Penco and Borgna, migrated to
50th Street, near 5th Avenue, probably to the build
ing that became afterwards the rectory of the old
Church of St. John the Evangelist. We copy from
* See Records and Studies, Vol. Ill, Part 2, p. 290.

'24 EARLY NEW YORK SEMINARIES.
Bishop McQuaid: " The students were removed from
Fordham to the old building on 5th Avenue and 50th
Street in January, 1844. The Eev. Fathers Penco
and Borgna, Lazarists, were superiors and professors.
The students numbered about twenty. . . . Mr. Bayley,
afterwards Archbishop of Baltimore, here made his
immediate preparation for ordination. The semi
narists returned to Fordham for the next term in Sep
tember. Thus the Seminary was maintained at 50th
Street for nearly six months. The students were directed,
when they went out for a walk on Thursdays and
Sundays, not to go to the city, and, lest there should
be a mistake made, they were told not to go nearer
than 27th Street." As during this excursion to New
York the Seminary faculty numbered only two mem
bers, it is probable enough, especially in view of the
testimony of the Catholic Almanac, that at this early
•date there were only two professors in the Seminary
faculty. Bishop McQuaid does not inform us of the
occasion of the migration in 1844. Possibly it may
have had something to do with the preparations for
the erection of the separate seminary building and the
chapel, the cornerstone of which was laid on April 3,
1845. Bishop McCIoskey, at that time coadjutor of
Bishop Hughes, presided on this occasion. The plans
for these buildings were designed by the architect Mr.
William Eodrigue, the brother-in-law of Archbishop
Hughes. We may remark, by the way, that Mr.
Eodrigue became the partner of Mr. James Eenwick,
who drew the plans for the present St. Patrick's Cathe
dral. The seminary building and the chapel still exist.
The following extracts from the Catholic Alma-

EARLY NEW YORK SEMINARIES. 25
nac, give, so to say, the official history of St. Joseph's
Seminary: 1841. St. Joseph's Seminary, Fordham, had four
teen students. Eev. Felix Villanis, D.D.,
President.
1842. Twenty-seven students. Eev. FeUx Villanis,
D.D., President.
1843. Thirty-one students.
Eev. Anthony Penco, President, Priest Con. of
Mission.
Eev. Anthony Eoadte, professor.
1844. Thirty-one students.
Eev. Anthony Penco, President.
Eev. A. Eoadte, professor. Priests of the
Con. of Mission.
1845. Twenty students.
Eev. Eaphael Eainaldi, Prof, of Theology and
Moral Philosophy.
1846. No record.
During these years and perhaps later, while the
minor orders and sub-diaconate and diaconate were
usually conferred at Fordham, ordinations to the
priesthood often took place at St. Patrick's Cathedral,
in Mulberry Street. Of these ordinations we have
traced the following with dates:
1841. Eev. Miles Maxwell, January 5th.
1841. Eev. J. Mackey, January 5th.
1841. Eev. B. L. Llaneza, January 5th.
1841. Eev. Chas. D. McMullen, December 18th.
1841. Eev. Carberry J. BjTue, December 18th.
1842. Eev. John Harley, June 4th.

26 EARLY NEW YORK SEMINARIES,
1842. Eev. John J. Conroy, June 4th, afterwards
Bishop of Albany.
1843. Eev. William Hogan, January 29th.
1843. Eev. Francis Donahue, January 29th.
1843. Eev. Lawrence Carroll, January 29th.
1843. Eev. Anthony Farley, January 29th.
1843. Eev. James Keveney, January 29th.
1844. Eev. Michael McDonnell, March 2d.
1844. Eev. Isaac P. Howell, March 2d.
1844. Eev. James Eoosevelt Bayley, March 2d. The
Eev. Mr. Bayley was successively Bishop of
Newark and Archbishop of Baltimore.
1844. Eev. William McClellan, April 14th.
1844. Eev. Michael Curran, April 14th.
1844. Eev. Michael Eiordan, April 14th.
1844. Eev. John Hackett, April 14th.
1844. Eev. John Sheridan, August 15th.
1844. Eev. Thomas McEvoy, August 15th.
1844. Eev. William O'Eeilly, August 15th.
1844. Eev. Sylvester Malone, August 15th.
1844. Eev. Matthew Higgins, August 15th.
1844. Eev. George McCIoskey, August 15th.
1844. Eev. Patrick Kenny, August 15th.
1845. Eev. Francis. P. McFarland, May 18th, after
wards Bishop of Hartford.
1845. Eev. Valentine Burgos, May 18th.
1845. Eev. Patrick McKenna, May 18th.
1845. Eev. John J. McMenomy, May 18th.
1846. Eev. Patrick Murphy, October 21st.
Our records indicate an interregnum for the year
1846. In that year, as we know from other sources.

EARLY NEW YORK SEMINARIES. 27
Bishop Hughes placed St. John's College and St. Jos jph's
Seminary in the hands of the Jesuit Fathers. The
negotiations were carried on with Father Clement
Boulanger, the Superior of the Canadian Mission, and
Father Augustus Thebaud, who was made rector of
St. John's College as well as of the Seminary. During
the next ten years the institution remained under
the management of the Jesuit Fathers, who furnished
the professors. Their lectures were attended not
only by the students of the diocese, but also by the
Jesuit scholastics who were preparing for ordination.
The course of studies was immediately extended and
the faculty enlarged. The following subjects were
treated by various professors: Dogmatic Theology,
Moral Theology, Holy Scripture, Hebrew, Logic and
Philosophy. In 1851 Ecclesiastical History was added to the
above-mentioned subjects. After 1850 Hebrew dis
appears from the curriculum, probably because no
professor was available.
The first president of the Seminary under the new
regime was Father Augustus Thebaud, who. needs no
introduction to our readers. He was a ripe scholar,
who in after life wrote many books on Church History
and Belles-lettres. His memoirs were published by the
United States Catholic Historical Society imder the title
of " Forty Years in the United States of America."
From 1850 to 1855 Father J. Blaettner was president.
He was a tall man, bowed and wearing portentous
spectacles, dignified and learned. He had been a
secular priest for fifteen years before joining the Society
of Jesus; he also had been Canon of the Strasburg

28 EARLY NEW YORK SEMINARIES,
Cathedral and professor in the Episcopal Seminary. He
was a modest man, who was highly esteemed by the
students of the seminary. Father Charles Maldonado
was a Spaniard by birth, whose reputation as a dog
matist extended far and wide in Spain and Mexico,
while Father Cicaterri was a scholar well known in
Italy. The name best known now among the pro
fessors of St. Joseph's Seminary, during the Jesuit
period, is that of the Eev. Isidore Daubresse, who
for many years presided over the conferences of the
clergy of the diocese. It will be remarked that the
professors were, with rare exception, of foreign birth
and foreign education. To this circumstance must
be ascribed the absence of Homiletics from the curricu
lum of the Seminary.
The change of regime brought with it at first a
reduction in the number of the students, but this is
true of a few years only. Very soon the student
tody became more numerous than before, indicating
prosperity and success. We repeat from the Catholic
Almanac the faculties of St. Joseph's from 1847 to 1855.
1847. Sixteen students of Theology and six of
Philosophy.
Eev. Aug. J. Thebaud, S.J., Superior.
Eev. Michael Driscoll, S.J., Director.
V. Eev. Clement Boulanger, S.J., Prof, of Moral
Theology.
Eev. Isidore Daubresse, S.J., Prof, of Dog
matic Theology, a.m.
Eev. Chas. Maldonado, S.J., Prof, of Dogmatic
Theology, p.m.

EARLY NEW YORK SEMINARIES. 29-
Eev. Thomas Legouais, S.J., Prof, of Holy
Scripture.
Eev. W. S. Murphy, S.J., Prof, of Hebrew.
Eev. John Larkin, S.J., Prof, of Logic and
Metaphysics.
1848. The Seminary had twenty-five students.
Eev. Aug. J. Thebaud, S.J., Superior.
Eev. M. Driscoll, S.J., Director.
V. Eev. Clement Boulanger, S.J., Prof, of
Moral Theology.
Eev. Isidore Daubresse, S.J., Prof, of Dog
matic Theology, a.m., and Metaphysics.
Eev. Charles Maldonado, S.J., Prof, of Dog
matic Theology, p.m.
Eev. Thomas Legouais, S.J., Prof, of Holy
Scripture.
Eev. W. S. Murphy, S.J., Prof, of History.
1849. There were thirty students.
Eev. John Eyan, S.J., Superior.
Eev. L. Guibert, S.J., Prof, of Moral The
ology.
Eev. Isidore Daubresse, S.J., Prof, of Dog
matic Theology, a.m., and Holy Scripture.
Eev. Charles Maldonado, S.J., Prof, of Dog
matic Theology, p.m.. Prof, of Logic and
Metaphysics.
Eev. W. S. Murphy, S.J., Prof, of Hebrew.
1850. Students, thirty-four.
Eev. J. Blaettner, S.J., Superior and Prof, of
Moral Theology.
Eev. F. Cicaterri, S.J., Prof, of Dogmatic
Theology, a.m.

30 EARLY NEW YORK SEMINARIES.
Eev. Charles Maldonado, S.J., Prof, of Dog
matic Theology, p.m.
Eev. Isidore Daubresse, S.J., Profw of Meta
physics and Holy Scripture.
Eev. W. S. Murphy, S.J., Prof, of Hebrew.
1851. Students, thirty-one.
Eev. J. Blaettner, S.J., Superior and Prof, of
Holy Scripture and Ecclesiastical History.
Eev. F. Cicaterri, S.J., Prof, of Dogmatic
Theology, a.m.
Eev. Francis Sola, S.J., Prof, of Dogmatic
Theology, p.m.
Eev. Francis Tomei, S.J., Prof, of Moral
Theology.
Eev. Isidore Daubresse, S.J., Prof, of Philosophy.
1852. Students, thirty.
Eev. John Blaettner, S.J., Superior and Prof.
of Moral Theology.
Eev. Francis Sola, S.J., Prof, of Dogmatic
Theology, a.m.
Eev. Joseph Duverney, S.J., Prof, of Dogmatic
Theology, p.m., and Holy Scripture.
Eev. Isidore Daubresse, S. J., Prof, of Philosophy
and Ecclesiastical History.
1853. Eev. John Blaettner, S.J., Superior and Prof.
of Moral Theology.
Eev. Charles Maldonado, S.J., Prof, of Dog
matic Theology.
Eev. Joseph Duverney, S.J., Prof, of Dogmatic
Theology and Holy Scripture.
Eev. Isidore Daubresse, S.J., Prof, of Philosophy
and Ecclesiastical History.

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Reverend Peter Haa^brmans.
EARLY NEW YORK SEMINARIES. 31
1854. Students, forty.
Eev. John Blaettner, S.J., Superior, Prof, of
Moral Theology and Sacred Scripture.
Eev. Joseph Duverney, S.J., Prof, of Dogmatic
Theology.
Eev. Seraphim Schemmel, S.J., Prof, of Dog
matic Theology.
Rev. Isidore Daubresse, S.J., Prof, of Phi
losophy.
1855. Students, forty.
Eev. John Blaettner, S.J., Superior and Prof.
of Moral Theology.
Eev. Seraphim Schemmel, S.J., Prof, of Dog
matic Theology.
Eev. Charles Gresselin, S.J., Prof, of Sacred
Scripture.
Eev. Isidore Daubresse, S.J., Prof, of Mental
Philosophy.
In the course of time differences arose between
Archbishop Hughes and the Jesuit authorities. What
occasioned these differences is not known, though the
fact that most of the Seminary professors were foreign
ers, that the Superior of the mission resided in Canada,
and the provincial at Lyons in France were no doubt
calculated to give rise to misunderstandings and to
make accommodations more difficult. However that
may be, in the year 1856 things came to a crisis, and
the Seminary passed from the hands of the Jesuit
Fathers into those of the Archbishop. During the
years 1847-1856 we note the following dated ordina
tions:

32 EARLY NEW YORK SEMINARIES.
1847. Eev. James Hourigan, February 7th.
Eev. John Curoe, May 30th.
Eev. Eugene Maguire, May 30th.
Eev. Dennis Wheeler, May 30th.
1848. Eev. Bernard J. McQuaid,* January 16th.
Eev. John M. Murphy, January 16th.
Eev. Francis M. Keone, May 3d.
Eev. Thomas Farrell, May 3d.
1849. Eev. Stephen Sheridan, January 14th.
Eev. John Quinn, January 14th.
Eev. John Eaufeisen, October 3d.
Eev. John Carroll, December 22d.
Eev. Henry O'Neill, December 22d.
Eev. Patrick McCarthy, December 22d.
1850. Eev. Michael Madden, May 25th.
Eev. Hugh Sweeny, May 25th.
Eev. Daniel Mugan, August 1st.
Eev. Thomas Mulrine, August 1st.
Eev. Thomas McLaughlin, August 1st.
Eev. John Comerford, November 16th.
Eev. Thomas S. Preston, November 16th.
Eev. John Eegan, November 16th.
Eev. John Murray Forbes, November^l6th.
1851. Eev. Eugene Cassidy, July 19th.
Archbishop Bayley 's list in'his " History of the Church
in the Diocese of New York," besides the names above
given, contains the foUowingj^names, but without date
of ordination. The first were probably ordained be
fore 1844, the others after.
* Bishop McQuaid informs us that Fr. Oriellette, S.J., was.
ordained with him.

EARLY NEW YORK SEMINARIES. 33
Eev. James O'SuUivan.
Eev. John Boyle.
Eev. Edward Eeilly.
Eev. John Quinn.
Eev. Thomas Dunn.
Eev. Thomas Doran.
Eev. Thomas Daly.
Eev. James Coyle.
Eev. Titus Joslin.
Eev. Cornelius Delahanty.
Eev. A. J. Donnelly.
Eev. Patrick Egan.
Eev. Bernard Farrell.
Eev. Patrick McGovern,
Eev. Thomas Mooney.
Eev. William Everett.
When, in 1856, Archbishop Hughes resumed the con
trol of St. Joseph's Seminary, he placed it in chaise
of secular priests belonging to his own diocese. We
copy from the Catholic Almanac the faculties of the
Seminary from 1856-1861.
1856. Eev. B. Farrell.
Eev. P. McCarron.
Eev. F. McNeirny.
Eev. A. J. Donnelly, Procurator.
1857. Eev. W. P. Morrogh, D.D.
Eev. P. McCarron.
Eev. A. J. Donnelly, Procurator.
1858. Eev. W. P. Morrogh, Superior.
Eev. Eichard Brennan.
Eev. William H. Neligan, LL.D.

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1859. The same.
1860. Eev. W. P. Morrogh, D.D., Superior.
Eev. G. A. Eimsal.
Eev. Eichard Brennan.
It is to be remarked that the gentlemen mentioned
as the authorities of the Seminary have no special
subjects assigned to them. The elder men among
them were parish priests, whom zeal led to step into
the breach when the Archbishop was in the position
of having a seminary without a faculty. Father
McNeirny, afterwards Bishop of Albany, was the
Archbishop's secretary, and Fathers Neligan, Bren
nan, and Eimsal were yoimg priests not very long
ordained, who were regarded as men of unusual abili
ties. The records offered to us by the Catholic Almanac,
without assignment of departments and without a
single name identified with the education of can
didates for the priesthood, give the impression of a
makeshift, not of a permanent organization. Either
at this time or somewhat later. Archbishop Hughes
asked the Sulpician Fathers to assume charge of the
Seminary, but they declined. It must have become
clear to the Archbishop that it would be impossible
permanently to draft a seminary faculty from his
diocesan clergy, which at the time was sadly in need
of additions. All these considerations no doubt sug
gested to him the idea of securing a seminary faculty
in Europe, and of establishing a provincial rather
than a diocesan seminary. They were reinforced by
an unfortunate scandal, which at this time stained
the reputation of one of the Seminary professors, the

EARLY NEW YORK SEMINARIES. 35
Eev. George Eimsal (Euhmsal). This unfortunate
man not only contracted marriage while at the Sem
inary, but began a course of lectures attacking the
Church, which did not, however, go beyond the first
lecture.* So various things conspired to impress on
Archbishop Hughes the idea that it was wise to abandon
Fordham as the seat of the diocesan seminary, and
the way was opened to the establishment of St. Joseph's
Provincial Seminary at Troy.
* The subsequent career of the Rev. Mr. Rimsal is not without
interest. His initial attempts to earn his living a la Gavazzi, by
lecturing against the Church he had left, completely failed. He
next tried the law, but seems to have been far from successful,
since during the Civil War he enlisted as a private soldier. Mean
time he was a conscience-stricken man, and after the death of
her who was called his wife, its pricks became so stinging that
they left him no peace. About the year 1869 he sought an inter
view with Father Joseph Shea, S.J., a man noted both for his
wisdom and his kindness. Through his good offices, he found
his way to Rome, and after giving an eamest of his good inten
tions, by doing penance for a year in a Roman monastery, he was
absolved and permitted to resume his priestly functions. In
view of his notoriety he was advised not to retum to the United
States, and accordingly he wended his way to the Far East. At
that time the English were at war with the Afghans, and Rimsal
was appointed military chaplain to a British regiment, under
the name of Father Brown. He distinguished himself in this
capacity, and on the conclusion of the war was appointed to a
rectorship in the city of Bombay. His ability and his activity
there made so favorable an impression that on the bishop's death
his name was sent among those of the candidates for the suc
cession. He was not chosen. The disappointment seems to
have stung him so sorely as to reawaken in him all his unsteady
elements, and not long afterwards he abandoned his place and
left for Europe. He was next heard of as a faith healer in Scot
land. What became of him afterwards is uncertain, though
statements have been made that he is now an Episcopal clergyman.

PREFACE.

This sketch was written at the request of many
friends who were anxious to preserve some memories
dear to them and of concern to the Church in America,
and who knew that the author was about the only one
in fuU possession of the early history of old St. Joseph's
on Ida Hill in modern Troy. It is not claimed that
the record is as complete as its readers will wish it
to be; too many documents that would have made
it more interesting could not be foimd or reached.
However, the fragments here collected will have their
historical value, and wiU, I am confident, be welcomed
by the surviving Trojans, whether ordained at Troy
or at other schools of theological learning. They
have been carefully gathered and jotted down more
in the unconventional form and style of a chronicle
than of a regular history. They are the last conference
of their professor and president to his former pupils.
Ogdensburg, May 5th, 1905. 37

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HISTORICAL SKETCH
OP
ST. JOSEPH'S SEMINARY, TEOT, N. T.

CHAPTEE I.
FOUNDATION.
St. Joseph's Provincial Seminary owed its exist
ence to the zeal for clerical education of the great Arch
bishop John Hughes of New York. Attempts to estabhsh
a theological seminary for the extensive diocese of New
York, both under Bishop Dubois and himself at Nyack,
at LafargeviUe, and at Fordham had resulted in failure.
The last institution, after being first in the hands of
the Lazarists, then of the Jesuit Fathers and, finally,
of seculars, had been closed in 1862.
The very same year, however, a possibility to start
a new seminary presented itself. The Troy Univer
sity, founded in the fifties by the Methodists, failed
through maladministration in 1860, and its main
building, the only one then erected, was privately
offered for sale by the trustees, with its forty acres of
ground, to save it from falhng under the hammer of
the auctioneer. The structure alone had cost about
39

40 , FOUNDATION.

2,000, while the land had been donated to the cor
poration by several citizens of Troy who reserved
a right to free scholarships for future students in their
famihes. Here was an opportunity which did not
escape the practical eye of the famous Eev. Peter
Havermans, pastor of St. Mary's Church, Troy. He
reported the situation to the Archbishop of New York,
and with the latter's approval and aid he purchased
the abandoned university for the sum of $60,000 in
the depreciated currency of the time, — a bargain
indeed. But, to make the house a seminary, instructors were
needed, and these were not easy to procure in a prov
ince where the Church had to employ aU her available
priests in the rapidly growing missions of the coimtry.
Archbishop Hughes decided to appeal to Europe for
help. At his request the Bishop of Albany, later
Cardinal McCIoskey, crossed the ocean in 1863 and
asked the Sulpician priests of Paris to send a staff
of their associates to take charge of the new seminary
of Troy. But these experienced masters of clerical
training did not deem it prudent by the estabhshment
of a third seminary to weaken their already existing
estabhshments in Montreal and Baltimore; and, besides,
they did not think that they could successfuUy govem
an institution which had no enclosure and gates; and
so they declined the offer. Disappointed, but not
discouraged. Bishop McCIoskey, together mth Bishop
Fitzpatrick, of Boston, who was spending two years
in Europe for his health, appUed for professors to the
Archbishop of MechUn, in Belgium, Cardinal Sterckx,
who hkewise refused, for want, as it seems, of subjects,

FOUNDATION. 41
but who advised the envoys to try the diocese of
Ghent. Here finally they succeeded.
Mgr. Louis Joseph Delebecque (tl864), the twenty-
first bishop of Ghent, had always shown a great zeal
for undertakings that would promote and extend the
•Catholic reUgion, and so had favored many missions
by allowing his priests to go and labor abroad. Many
of his subjects had entered the lately estabUshed
American College of Louvain, while others were already
at work in the United States. We may add here, as
another mark of his zeal, that it was under his inspira
tion and guidance that the modern Peter's Pence,
now taken up aU over the CathoUc world, was instituted
in his diocese in 1858, and soon became of great help
to the Holy See.
Bishop Delebecque no sooner heard of the proposed
seminary and of his desired cooperation, than he
promised his assistance and at once devised the means
of supplying it with professors from his own clergy.
Aided in the selection by the Very Eev. John De Neve,
one of the missionaries who had with his consent gone
to America in 1856, and who was now rector of the
American College of Louvain, he chose as president the
Very Eev. Canon Louis Joseph Vandenhende (f 1901),
who was teaching Moral Theology in his diocesan
seminary, and gave him as colaborers, after requesting
their consent for an absence of five years, the Eev.
Charles Eoelants, S.T.B. (f 1901), the Eev. Peter A.
Puissant, S.T.B., now a canon in Ghent, and the Eev.
Henry Gabriels, S.T.L., now bishop of Ogdensburg,
.all three graduates of the Catholic University of Lou
vain. Before his departure from Belgium, Father

42 FOUNDATION.
Vandenhende, as he wiU henceforth be called, received
the degree of Doctor in Theology, honoris causa, from
the same University (July, 1864).
Besides these four priests, Mgr. Delebecque pro
cured also for Troy helpers in its material administra
tion. He asked the congregation of the Brothers of
Good Works, now Brothers of Our Lady of Lourdes,
of Eenaix, to give some of their subjects to attend to
part of the domestic work at the Seminary. The re
quest from such a source was cheerfuUy compUed
with, and Brother Alphonsus, as superior. Brother
Engelbert and Brother Ephrem were chosen to accom
pany the professors.
But at that time the United States, where these
gentlemen were to labor, was in fact disunited, and
the country was stiU in the throes of its four years'
Civil War (1861-1865). Would it be possible or advis
able to start the new institution before the conclusion
of the gigantic struggle? There were serious reasons
for doubt. Although events were beginning clearly to
foreshadow the defeat of the Confederacy, yet nothing
was certain, and, besides, the financial condition of the
country — gold running up at one time to a premium
of 260 in paper — ^threw doubts on the success of this
new and extensive undertaking.
It was therefore deemed prudent that Father Van
denhende should leave Belgium, in advance of his
faculty, in order to examine the situation. If he
found conditions satisfactory he was to invite the
professors to follow him. This arrangement was ar
rived at after due consultation with Bishop Fitzpat
rick, who himself was on his way home; consequently

FOUNDATION. 43
the two travelers set out on their voyage from Liver
pool for HaUfax and New York by way of Ostend and
London in August, 1864.
While they were tarrying in the huge British capital
an incident occurred which ehcited a smile from those
who knew the retiring disposition of Father Vanden
hende. Needing a guide to some point of interest in
the city, he was entrusted by Bishop Fitzpatrick to
young Eugene Healy, who was returning with them to
his native country. The lad, then sixteen years old,
happened to pass with his charge a cricket field where
chosen teams were playing a pubUc game. He could
not resist the impulse to witness the sport and, for
getting all about his errand, he kept the wondering but
patient priest for fuUy two hours, witnessing, though
vmwiUingly, a pastime to him hitherto unknown.
But what could the poor man do? He waited until
his guide was ready to proceed, and then no doubt
pronounced himself too old and too settled in his
habits to learn the points of the EngUsh pastime.
On his arrival at Troy Father Vandenhende found
the proposed seminary building, although far from com
pleted, quite satisfactory: for he wrote to the Belgian
professors to come on without delay, so that the Semi
nary might be opened in the following October. They
at once made the necessary preparations to sail at
the beginning of that month.
Bishop Delebecque showed himself most enthusiastic
about the expected success of his cooperation in the
work of the Seminary. After the dinner to which he had
invited his missionaries, he paternally embraced them
with a Godspeed kiss and gave to Father Eoelants

44 FOUNDATION.
his own oil-stock for emergency cases during the
voyage. Alas! he knew not that he was thus depriving him
self of the benefit of Extreme Unction. This hap
pened on Friday, and on the foUowing Sunday morning,
just as our Uttle steamboat, "The Alster, " was weigh
ing anchor at Antwerp for a stormy twenty-four-hour
voyage to HuU, the holy prelate was stricken with a
fatal heart trouble. His secretary, not finding the
sacred oils in the ambry of the chapel, rummaged the
Bishop's room for the needed Oleum infirmorum, which
of course he could not find, and meanwhile Mgr. Dele
becque expired unaneled. We heard rumors of his
death at Liverpool, but learned it as a certainty only
when we received the first Belgian papers in Troy.
Had the sad event occurred two days sooner, the
Seminary of Troy might have had quite a different
history. Leaving Liverpool October 5th, on the "^City of
Washington" of the Inman Line, at that tune con
sidered one of the best ocean greyhounds, and tar-
r3dng a few hours at Queenstown, where we had the
first gUmpse of Irish life, the seminary party, three
priests and three brothers, accompanied by nine other
priests, five of whom were alumni of the American
College of Louvain, landed in New York on the morning
of October 17th. Father Vandenhende had come from
Troy to receive them, and by him they were brought
to the Cathedral in Mulberry Street, where they were
welcomed by the new archbishop, Mgr. McCIoskey,
Archbishop Hughes having died on the preceding
January 3d, and by his kind vicar-general, the genial

FOUNDATION. 45
Father Starr. In the evening they left for Troy by
the Hudson Eiver boat "C. Vanderbilt," which they
admired for its beauty and size, while wondering at the
blackness of the hands that served their supper thereon.
They had never been so closely in contact with
" darkies. "

CHAPTEE II.
BEGINNINGS. (1864-1865.)
Landing in Troy during the frosty moming hours
of the 18th of October, they wended their way, amid
the charred ruins of several blocks of houses which had
been devoured by the big fire of 1862, up to Mount
Ida, on which they had already from afar seen the
pretentious stmcture with its six steeples, that, after
having been a Methodist coUege for a few years, was
now to be a nursery of CathoUc priests. Curious of course
they were to explore the grounds which facetious
Bishop Fitzpatrick had described to Mgr. Delebecque
as a pretty park with a lake and trees and brooks
and weU laid out roads. That they were disappointed
can easily be beUeved by those who were familiar
with the premises at that time. The trees were a
number of cotton poplars, broken or grown out of
shape; the brooks were streamlets which dried up
during summer; the lake was a smaU artificial pond;
the roads, long uncared for, were anything but smooth.
How different the place is at present ! But such as it
was then, it did not discourage the newcomers. They
intended not to live in an Eden, but to work for the
good of religion, and this could be done even in a
quasi-desert. 46

l.HT. BEV. LDUIS JDS. DELEBECQUE. B.BT HEV DAVID W. BACDN, 3. RX HEV
JDHN B. FITZPATRICK. 4.HT.flEV HENHI R BBACQ., 5.HT. PEV F.P.M^FAELAND.

BEGINNINGS. (.1864-1865.) 47
This date, October 18, 1864, was the real "'commence
ment" day of St. Joseph's Provincial Seminary. Six
bishops of the then New York province had agreed
to use it for their respective dioceses; they were Arch
bishop McCIoskey of New York, Bishops Fitzpatrick
of Boston, McFarland of Hartford, Bacon of Portland,
de Goesbriand of Burlington, and Administrator Con
roy of Albany. The bishops of Newark and Buffalo
had their own seminaries, and the bishop of Brooklyn
preferred to have his seminarians continue their studies
imder the direction of regulars.
Five professors and a procurator were the members
of the new faculty. They were:
The Very Eev. Louis Joseph Canon Vandenhende,
D.D. (flOOl), superior, and professor of Church His
tory and some minor branches ;
The Eev. Alexander Sherwood Healy (t 1875), until
a short time before chanceUor of the diocese of Boston,
professor of Moral Theology and director (prefect of
discipUne) ;
The Eev. Charles Eoelants, S.T.B. (f 1901), pro
fessor of Sacred Scripture;
The Eev. Peter A. Puissant, S.T.B., professor of
Philosophy; The Eev. Henr}^ Gabriels, S.T.L., professor of Dog
matic Theology;
The Eev. Patrick W. Tandy (f 1901), then recently
ordained in Montreal, procurator.
That the estabhshment of a CathoUc semmary in the
" University City" caused a sensation is easy to under
stand. The CathoUcs were delighted and looked with

48 BEGINNINGS. {1864-1866.)
pride on their new acquisition and on its inmates. An
old Irishwoman voiced in her own way the sentiments
of aU when, meeting the seminarians on their regulation
walk, she curtsied to the whole band, saying with
unfeigned happiness: "God bless your reverences!"
The Protestants, however, were most of them rather
suspicious of the character of the newcomers. What,^
some said, is Eome going to do in Troy? A neighbor,
Mrs. W., who had been much annoyed by depreda
tions of the former inmates in her orchard, could not
but apprehend more disagreeable relations with "^these
papists." But graduaUy the Seminary gained the
respect of aU, and Mrs. W. and her family, surprised
at the correct behavior of the young men of St. Joseph's,
not only amended their opinion of them, but became
sincere friends of the institution.
The Seminary was opened for work on the feast of
St. Eaphael, October 24, with a three daj^s' retreat.
There were about seventy students in attendance, of
whom fifty, mostly tyros, were to study theology and
twenty philosophy. The entire course was intended to
last four years, one of phUosophy and three of theology.
After December, on account of the destruction of the
Seminary of Niagara FaUs, many new seminarians
came to pursue their studies in St. Joseph's. These,
with some other accessions, raised the total number
of our students to about a hundred.
The accommodations in the new institution were
far from being agreeable or complete. Only the
southern part of the building and the chapel in the
middle had been prepared for occupation by the intro
duction of steam and gas, instead of the old stoves

BEGINNINGS. {1864-1 866. y 49
and oil lamps. The radiators of the steam apparatus
had been located in the corridors only, and one can
imagine what the poor student quartered on the west
side had to suffer when the wintry winds blew from
the Mohawk valley, and the temperature was sometimes
far below zero. There were not even double windows
to shut out Boreas more effectually. HappUy these
defects were corrected after one year's experience, at
least in regard to the heaters, when the northern part
of the buUding was put in shape for the next school
year, 1865-1866.
Outside, the grounds showed neglect and deso
lation. They were almost bare and the roads were
wretched. It took years of labor and expense to
change the surroundings into the beautiful place which
it is to-day. Alumni of various periods remember how
much care was given to the transformation by the
successive procurators. Fathers Tandy, Edwards, Puis
sant, and Fivez.
Those of the first two years wUl also remember the
man of aU work, good Patrick Cunningham, who had
been the servant of the lately deceased Archbishop'
Hughes. The poor feUow was a consumptive, but he
wanted to be useful to the last, and he was indefatigable
in his endeavors to render service where he could. As^
he was growing weaker, he found the ascent of the
"gentle declivity of Ida HiU," as the mountain was^
termed by a paper, too hard for his breath, and he
purchased at a ridiculous price an ancient buggy and
a superannuated horse which Jerry O'Donnell soon
immortaUzed in his song :
" Smiler was a noble steed, etc."

¦BO BEGINNINGS. {I864-I8&6.)
What was the resiJt? We more than once saw the
Wowing equine lazily drawing the empty vehicle up
'the hill and his mercifiU master triidging patiently
.-alongside. He had not the heart to overtax the strength
•of his faithful quadruped. Neither of the two, as can
well be surmised, was to last very long.
The first months of the Seminary were a period of
organization in many respects. WhUe the poor pro
curator was paying double and more for many things
needed, and this with very limited means and, so to
say, no sources of supply, there was frequently a lack
of ordinary commodities and desiderata which some
times caused suffering and discontent. No strict rule,
-at least no rule such as they had before Uved under
in other institutions, was forced upon the young men,
whom Father Vandenhende preferred to leave to
their sense of honor as gentlemen. NaturaUy one or
another abused this liberty and, "nitentes in vetitum,"
went beyond the tolerated Umit. It was then that,
to their dismay, thej'^ found the " old man, " as he
Avas affectionately caUed, a wise and strict disciplin-
.Tarian. For their own good and for the example of
¦ others, they were summarily dismissed and no interces
sion was strong enough to have them reinstated. A
.few lessons, however, went far to correct the evU.
On more than one occasion, nevertheless, it was
hard to maintain the traditional discipline of a semi
nary. By the end of 1864 the Union armies began
to carry everything before them in the South, and
-all the great miUtary events of these thrilUng times
were anxiously watched, and -victories enthusiasticaUy
-cheered at St. Joseph's. Sherman's march through

BEGINNINGS, {1864-1865.) 51
Georgia, the surrender of Charleston, and other suc
cesses could not fail to reach the ears of the students
and to arouse their patriotism. Thus the second-men
tioned triumph was celebrated by an impromptu
iUumination of the front windows of the house and
by a gentle mobbing of the only "copperhead" in the
Seminary. The demonstration of course was against
the rules, and against charity as well, and it was
quickly stopped by the superior, who was promptly
obeyed; but new victories did not on that account
faU to be received with vigorous cheers. The Southern
sympathizer had then to pay in other ways for his
treasonable feeUngs. Even of clerics, when their
patriotic feelings are aroused, we may weU repeat the
poet's question :
" Tantaene animis coelestibus irae?"

CHAPTEE III.
blessing of the seminary.
The formal inauguration of the Seminary by its
solemn blessing took place on December 1, 1864. AU
the bishops interested in the institution, and many
members of the clergy of their respective dioceses
took part in the ceremony. Archbishop McCIoskey
performed the rite and also afterward preached the
sermon. The Pontifical Mass was celebrated by the
Et. Eev. Louis de Goesbriand, first bishop of Burling
ton. Afterward the prelates held a meeting at which
it was decided to name the Seminary in honor of
St. Joseph, to whom the seminary at Fordham also
had been dedicated. Father Vandenhende had pre
sented the name of St. Eaphael because it was on the
feast of this archangel that the house had commenced
its work; but the bishops preferred to name the new
institution after the patron of the Church and of the
former New York sister institution. 52

CHAPTEE IV.

first ordination.

On Saturday of the Ember week of December, 1864,
the first ordination at the Seminary was held by the
Et. Eev. Bishop of BurUngton. The candidates were
a few clerics who had been prepared for Holy Orders
in other institutions. The gentlemen ordained priests
were: Eev. Joseph H. Cassin (transient), Boston;
died pastor of the church of the Assumption,
Boston, 1896.
Eev. WUUam J. Hussey, New York;
died assistant at the Immaculate Conception
church, New York, 1865.
A few subdeacons and minorists also were ordained.
Henceforth I shall note the year, not the date or
month of the ordinations to the priesthood.
During 1865 were thus promoted:
Eev. James Fitzsimmons, New York;
died pastor of St. Andrew's church. New
York, 1898.
Eev. Hugh S. O'Hare, New York;
absent.
Eev. Daniel J. O'Dwyer, BurUngton;
died pastor of the church of St. Francis of
Sales, Bennington. Vt., 1883.
53

54 FIRST ORDINATION.
Eev. James J. Moriarty, Albany;
died pastor of St. John's church, Utica, 1887.
Eev. John McDonald, Albany;
died pastor of Potsdam, N. Y., 1879.
The first school year of St. Joseph's closed during
the last week of Jime, 1865, after a four days' written
examination and was foUowed by the summer vacar
tion, the only one that was granted for years. It
lasted untu the first week of September.

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CHAPTEE V.
1865-1866.
During the year 1865-1866, the Seminary was at
tended by seventy-nine theologians and twenty-three
philosophers. Among the latter was Mr. John M.
Farley, who left the following year to pursue his studies
in Eome. The new seminarian was to be the illus
trious successor of Archbishops Hughes, McCIoskey, and
Corrigan as metropohtan of the great province of
New York.
This year the faculty was enlarged by the appoint
ment of the Eev. Michael Mullen, a Maynooth alum
nus, as professor of Philosophy. Father Healy surren
dered the chair of Moral Theology to Father Puissant
and busied himself with rubrics and music, as well as
with the spiritual direction of the students.
Father Mullen was bright, but not strong in health.
The priests of the time may remember his caustic
novel, "The Two Lovers of Flavia DomitiUa" in
the CathoUc World, which was stopped after four in
stalments, by order of Archbishop McCIoskey. He left
the Seminary in September, 1866, to return to New
York, whence too he soon withdrew. He died in 1869
as chaplain of the House of the Good Shepherd in Chi
cago. Father Mullen was a constant contributor toi
various magazines, both in Ireland and in America.

56 1865-1866.
Bishop Conroy, meantime, was appointed to the
see of Albany, of which he had been the administrator
after the promotion of Bishop McCIoskey to the see
of New York. His consecration by the metropohtan
took place in the cathedral of Albany, November 15,
1865. All the seminarians had been invited, and under
the direction of Father Healy they sang the solemn
litany. As a return of the compliment the new prel
ate brought the following day an iUustrious company
of bishops and priests to visit the Seminary and to
partake of such hospitality as it could afford. I re
member especiaUy Archbishop PurceU of Cincinnati, a
former teacher of the new bishop, who had preached
an eloquent consecration sermon.
From January, 1866, to December foUowing, these
students were promoted to the priesthood:
Eev. Bartholomew B. Grattan, Albany;
died pastor of the church of St. John the
Baptist, Buffalo, 1902.
Eev. Michael J. Griffith, Albany;
pastor of Fort Edward, N. Y.
Eev. James B. Harrigan, Albany;
died assistant at St. Mary's church, Troy, N. Y.,
1883.
Eev. Thomas Kane, Hartford;
died pastor of VaUey Falls, E. I., 1892.
Eev. Hugh J. Shields, Albany;
died pastor of Ausable Forks, N. Y., 1881.
Eev. Joseph Taney, Albany;
died pastor of MineviUe, N. Y., 1880.
Eev. Michael Tierney, Hartford;
bishop of Hartford, 1894.

1865-1866. 57
Eev. John Edwards, New York;
vicar-general of New York, Domestic Prelate,
pastor of the church of the Immaculate Con
ception, New York.
Eev. John Brogan, New York;
pastor of Epworth, Iowa.
Eev. John McCauley, New York;
died, retired, 1893.
Eev. Michael B. McEvoy, New York;
died pastor of St. Eaymond's church, West
chester, 1884.
Eev. Bernard McManus, Albany;
died pastor of Johnstown, N. Y., 1873.
Eev. Daniel O'ConneU, Albany;
died pastor of Cooperstown, N. Y., 1899.
Eev. John Gray, Boston;
died pastor of St. James' church, Salem, Mass.,
1893.
In May, 1866, the Eev. Patrick Tandy was recaUed
to New York by the Archbishop, and the Eev. John
Edwards, then only a deacon, was chosen to succeed
him. The first procurator of the new institution had
sustained an unpleasant struggle with an almost im
possible situation, and he must have felt it a great
rehef to be freed from the vast responsibiUty of fight
ing an ever-increasing deficit. He died pastor of St.
Jerome's, Mott Haven, N. Y., AprU 21, 1901, aged 64
years. At the end of the scholastic year Mr. Edwards was
called to the priesthood, being ordained in July, 1866.
Shortly after, he began his labors as the successor of

58 1865-1866.
Father Tandy. All who are acquainted with him
know that he was equal to the gigantic task. He put
the books in order, provided for the most pressing
debts, and withal gave satisfaction to the physical
wants of the students. For seven years he labored
day and night, and retired in 1873, on account of his
health, when he could leave his charge with confidence
of success in the hands of his friend and coUeague
Father Puissant. What his career has been since then,
I need not say. The trusted adviser and friend of
his superiors and feUow priests; the ready helper of
aU in need; the wise director of many religious com
munities; the zealous pastor of an important congre
gation; — ^no wonder that Leo XIII of his own accord,
to the great satisfaction of his archbishop and of aU
his friends, made him one of his Domestic Prelates, and
that Archbishop Farley, in 1903, made ^im one of his
vicars-general. To the writer he was ever more than
a friend; he was a true brother.

CHAPTEE VI.
1866-1867.
In Septeriiber, 1866, some one hundred and five theo
logians and sixteen philosophers were within the waUs
of the Seminary. There would have been more,
but some of the bishops sent their clerics to Canada
either to learn French or from motives of economy,
because their education was cheaper there, the value of
the United States currency being now almost equal to
that of gold. Hence Troy was partiaUy neglected.
Father Michael Mullen, as was said before, resigned
his chair of Philosophy in September, 1866, to return
to New York. He was not replaced this year. Father
Vandenhende himself taught the principal branch of
the class and assigned the other branches to other
professors. From January, 1867, to December of the same year
the foUowing priests were ordained;
Eev. John G. Flynn, Hartford;
died pastor of Cranston, E. I., 1885.
Eev. James T. Chorlton, Hartford;
died assistant at the cathedral, Providence,
1868.
Eev. John Murphy, Portland;
died vicar-general of Portland, pastor of St.
Dominic's church, Portland, 1892.
59

¦60 1866 1867.
Eev. WUliam P. FlanneUy, New York;
died pastor of St. CecUia's church. New York,
1884.
Eev. Thomas Kenny, Boston;
professor in Troy, died, retired, 1873.
Eev. James Smith, Albany;
died in the diocese of Denver, 1891.
Eev. Albert A. Lings, New York;
mral dean. Commissary for the Orientals,
pastor of St. Joseph's church, Yonkers, N. Y.
Eev. John J. Lowery, D.D., Albany;
pastor of St. Mary's church, Troy, N. Y.
Eev. Patrick G. McKenna, Hartford;
died pastor of New MUford, Conn., 1873.
Eev. James P. Magee, Albany;
pastor of St. Patrick's church, Syracuse, N. Y.
Eev. Thomas P. Neade, New York;
died assistant at St. Mary's church, New
York, 1873.
Eev. John B. PurceU, Boston;
died assistant at the cathedral, Boston, 1870.
Eev. Patrick Power, Boston;
died, retired, 1870.
Eev. Michael J. Brennan, New York;
assistant at St. Veronica's church. New York.
Eev. WiUiam ConneUy, Albany;
died pastor of St. Joseph's church. Green Island,
N. Y., 1897.
Eev. Patrick J. Daly, New York;
died pastor of Purdy's Station, N. Y., 1877.
Eev. James Dougherty, New York;
pastor of St. Gabriel's church, New York.

1866-1867. 61
Eev. Terence J. Early, New York;
pastor of Irvington, N. Y.
Eev. John Quinn, New York ;
died assistant in San Eafael, Cal.,5l876.
Eev. John J. McDonnell, Albany;
died pastor of Saratoga, N. Y., 1899.
New brothers came to reinforce the first colony and'
to replace those who had to return to Belgium. Of
the latter was Brother Alphonsus, whom Ul health com
peUed to give up his work at Troy. He accompanied
Fathers Eoelants, Puissant, and Gabriels on their-
first visit to their native country, in June, 1867, and
died a few years after at the mother-house of the con
gregation. Brother Eochus (f 1881) succeeded him a&;
superior.

CHAPTEE VII.
1867-1868.
The scholastic year 1867-1868 found one hundred
and forty-five students enroUed on the lists of the
Seminary: one hundred and ten for theology, and
thirty-five for phUosophy. Of these the foUowing were
ordained from January to December, 1868:
Eev. George C. Murphy, New York;
died assistant at St. Bernard's church, New
York, 1882.
Eev. Michael M. Clune, Hartford;
died pastor of the church of the Assumption,
Providence, E. I., 1888.
Eev. James Creary, LouisviUe;
absent.
Eev. James A. Fitzsimon, Hartford;
died pastor of Ashton, E. I., 1905.
Eev. James M. GalUgan, New York;
died pastor of the church of the Holy Name,
New York, 1901.
Eev. Michael Green, Boston;
died pastor of Newton, Mass., 1885.
Eev. William HalUgan, Hartford;
died pastor of the Immaculate Conception
church, Pawtucket, E. I., 1898.
62

1867-1868. 63
Eev. James Keenan, New York;
died assistant at the church of the Transfigura
tion, New York, 1874.
Eev. Michael J. Burns, Boston;
died after long illness, 1901.
Eev. Patrick Loughran, New York;
died assistant at the church of the Epiphany,
New York, 1876.
Eev. Patrick Lynch;
died assistant at Binghamton, N. Y., 1869.
Eev. Peter McCourt, New York;
died pastor of Matteawan, N. Y., 1877.
Eev. Lewis Mutsaers-WUde, Portland;
pastor of Hinsdale, N. H.
Eev. John O'Brien, Boston;
pastor of the Sacred Heart church, Cambridge,
Mass., editor of Sacred Heart Review.
Eev. Edwin J. O'Haire, Albany;
died secretary of Bishop Wadhams, Ogdens
burg, 1878.
Eev. Thomas W. EeiUy, Albany;
died pastor of Whitesboro, N. Y., 1896.
Eev. Peter Eonan, Boston;
pastor of St. Peter's church, Dorchester, Mass.
Eev. James Eooney, Albany;
died absent.
Eev. Arthur J. Teeling, Boston;
pastor of St. Mary's church, Lynn, Mass.,
Domestic Prelate.
Eev. Thomas E. Walsh, Albany;
died vicar-general of Ogdensburg, pastor of
St. John's church, Plattsburgh, N. Y., 1901.

64 1867 -1868.
Eev. Charles Craven, Albany;
died assistant at St. Mary's, Troy, N. Y, 1869.
Ejev. Michael C. O'FarreU, New York;
pastor of Holy Innocents' church. New York.
Eev. Bernard Plunkett, Hartford;
died m Hartford, 1879.
Eev. Edward N. Thornton, Albany;
died pastor of Newport, N. Y., 1877.
Eev. Thomas J. Ducey, New York;
pastor of St. Leo's church. New York.
Eev. Edward A. Dunphy, New York;
professor in Troy; died pastor of EossviUe,
N. Y., 1883.
Eev. John J. Furlong, Hartford;
died pastor of EockviUe, Conn., 1902.
Eev. Bartholomew GaUigan, New York;
died pastor of White Plams, N. Y., 1884.
Eev. Tobias M. Glenn, Albany;
pastor of St. Patrick's church, Watertown,
N. Y., rural dean.
Eev. John M. Kremmin, Boston;
died pastor of Southbridge, Mass., 1886.
Eev. John McParland, Albany;
died assistant at St. Mary's church, Syracuse,
N. Y., 1870.
Eev. Florence McCarthy, Albanj^;
died pastor of MinevUle, N. Y., 1901.
Eev. Francis Martin, New York;
died assistant at St. James' church. New
York, 1874.
Eev. Patrick O'SuUivan, Albany;
died, retired, 1873.

1867-1868. 65
Eev. John P. Eyan, Boston;
died pastor of Hopkinton, Mass., 1881.
In September, 1867, the chair of Philosophy was
taken by the Eev. Thomas Kenny ('67) of Boston.
His health, however, prevented the new professor from
teaching more than a year. He felt obUged to resign
in 1868, and died of consumption at his home in 1873;

CHAPTEE VIII.
1868-1869.
Two professors were added to the faciUty: the
Eev. Hugh Shields, S.T.B., of the diocese of Albany,
who after his ordination had studied two years at Lou
vain; and the Eev. Peter Schmidt, also of the diocese
of Albany, who had pursued his theological course in
France. The former lectured on PhUosophy, the latter
on Church History. Both remained only two years.
The following clerics were ordained from January to
December, 1869:
Eev. Antoine D. Bernard, Hartford;
assistant at Ashton, E. I.
Eev. Martin J. Brophy, New York;
died pastor of the church of the Sacred Heart,
New York, 1890.
Eev. Henry P. Baxter, New York;
died pastor of Haverstraw, N. Y., 1891.
Eev. David Brown, Albany;
died assistant at cathedral, Albany, 1872.
Eev. Michael CaUaghan, New York;
died director of the mission of Our Lady of
the Eosary, New York, 1896.
Eevr Owen Conlan, Portland;
died pastor of Calais, Me., 1888.
Eev. John J. Duddy, Portland;
died pastor of Somersworth, N. H., 1905.
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Eev. Joseph H. GaUagher, Boston;
pastor of St. Patrick's church, Boston.
Eev. Patrick Goodwin, Hartford;
died pastor of East Hartford, Conn., 1877.
Eev. Daniel Healy, Boston;
died pastor of Weymouth, Mass., 1892.
Eev. John C. Henry, New York;
pastor of the Guardian Angels' church. New
York.
Eev. Michael F. Higgins, Boston;
died pastor of the Gate of Heaven church,
Boston, 1886.
Eev. John J. Kennedy, Albany;
Aacar-general of Syracuse, pastor of St. Lucy's,
Syracuse, Dotmestic Prelate.
Eev. John P. McClancy, New York;
pastor of Middletown, N. Y., rural dean.
Eev. John J. McLoughUn, BurUngton;
director in Troy Seminary, sick.
Eev. John J. McNamee, New York;
chaplain of Mount St. Vincent, N. Y.
Eev. Lawrence J.Morris, Boston;
died pastor of the Assumption church, Brook-
Une, Mass., 1900.
Eev. Patrick Muldoon, Albany;
sick.
Eev. Michael MuUany, Albany; .
died pastor of Middle GranvUle, N. Y.,
1891.
Eev. James E. O'Brien, Boston;
died pastor of St. Peter's church, Cambridge,
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68 1868-1869.
Eev. Eugene M. O'CaUaghan, Portland;
vicar-general of Manchester, pastor of St.
John's church, Concord, Domestic Prelate.
Eev. Joseph B. Eeid, Hartford;
died secretary of Bishop Galberry, 1878.
Eev. John Scully, Albany;
died pastor of St. John's church, Schenectady,
1886.
Eev. Stephen P. Sheffrey, Hartford;
died pastor of the church of the Sacred Heart,
New Haven, Conn., 1881.
Eev. Martin C. Stanton, Albany;
retired.
Eev. Michael Walsh, Boston;
died pastor of North Brookfield, Mass., 1885.
Eev. Thomas F. Welsh, New York;
died assistant at St. Gabriel's church. New
York, 1871.
Eev. Damase Archambault, Albany;
died pastor of Brushton, N. Y., 1875.
Eev. John Craven, Albany;
was pastor of Copenhagen, N. Y., sick.
Eev. Moses J. Foumier, Albany;
died pastor of St. Mary's church, Oswego,
1901.
Eev. WiUiam B. Nyhan, Albany;
pastor of Brasher FaUs, N. Y.
Eev. James Scanlon, Albany;
died pastor of Eouse's Point, N. Y., 1880.
Eev. WiUiam F. Brady, New York;
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Eev. James A. MuUen, New York;
pastor of the Sacred Heart church. High
Bridge, N. Y.
The Very Eev. Canon Vandenhende, after five years
of strenuous work, thought himself entitled to a respite
if not to an entire release from his onerous duties. He
saUed for Belgium toward the end of June, 1869, and
chancing to meet there the Most Eev. Archbishop
McCIoskey, who was on his way to the Vatican CouncU,
he offered him his resignation. But the prelate begged
him to return for two years more, which he agreed to
do. He was back in Troy by the beginning of October.
MeanwhUe the Eev. Alexander Sherwood Healy had
accompanied to Eome the archbishop of Boston, Mgr.
WiUiams, to be his theologian during the CouncU, which
was to open on the 8th of December; this led him
to resign his office as director of the Seminary. Father
Vandenhende had proposed to Archbishop McCIos
key, as his successor in this office, the Eev. John
McLoughUn, ordained during the summer, and with
the consent of Mgr. de Goesbriand the young priest
had been appointed. This was the only change in the
faciUty for the scholastic year, 1869-1870.
The Eev. Alexander Sherwood Healy on his return
was appointed to the cathedral of Boston. After the
promotion of his brother James to the bishopric of
Portland in June, 1875, he was chosen to succeed
him as rector of St. James' church in the same city,
but he did not long govem that important parish. In
JiUy of the same year he felt the first symptoms of
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thirty-nine years. At his funeral a Pontifical Mass was
sung by Archbishop Wilhams, who also deUvered a
touching eiUogy.
Father Healy was an able theologian, an interesting
lecturer, and a fine musician. It was he who composed
the first Statutes of the Diocese of Boston, as weU as
a much used Grammar of Plain Chant; he also intro
duced the so-called "Troy Magnificat."

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CHAPTEE IX.
1869-1870.
The school year 1869-1870 commenced with one
hundred and five students, of whom eighty-three
studied theology and twenty-two philosophy.
From January to December 31, 1870, the foUowing
ordinations took place at the Seminary:
Eev. WiUiam J. Bourke, Albany;
died pastor of St. John's church, Utica, 1887.
Eev. Andrew Canary, New York;
died, retired, 1897.
Eev. James H. Conlan, Boston;
retired.
Eev. PhUip J. Garrigan, Boston;
director in the Seminary, pastor of Fitchburg,
Mass., vice-rector of the CathoUc University,
first bishop of Sioux City, Iowa.
Eev. John J. Hayden, Albany;
pastor of St. Mary's church, Gloversville, N. Y.
Eev. Joseph H. Hayne, New York;
died pastor of Irvington, N. Y., 1902.
Eev. Patrick J. Healy, New York;
died pastor of Brewsters, N. Y., 1889.
Eev. James KeUy, Albany;
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72 1869-1870,
Eev. Walter Henneberry, Springfield;
died pastor of Greenfield, Mass., 1881.
Eev. Martin E. Lawlor, Hartford;
died, retired, 1904.
Eev. James S. M. Lynch, Albany;
director in Seminary, pastor of St. John's
church, Utica, Domestic Prelate.
Eev. Michael T. McManus, Boston;
pastor of the church of the Assumption,
Brookline, Mass.
Eev. Edward McSweeney, Portland;
pastor of St. John's church, Bangor, Maine.
Eev. James F. Mee, New York;
pastor of Eosebank, N. Y.
Eev. Isidore Meister, New York;
pastor of Mamaroneck, N. Y.
Eev. Martin O'Flaherty, New York;
died pastor of EosendaJe, N. Y., 1881.
Eev. Michael J. Phelan, New York;
pastor of St. CeciUa's church, New York.
Eev. Peter H. J. Eyan, Albany;
pastor pf CadyvUle, N. Y.
Eev. James F. O'Hare, Eochester;
died pastor of the ImmaciUate Conception
church, Eochester, vicar-general of diocese,
1898.
; Eev. Michael McAuley, Hartford;
died pastor of Windsor Locks, Conn., 1878.
Eev. Thomas O'Brien, Boston;
died pastor of Eandolph, Mass., 1888.
Eev. Charles Eogers, Hartford;
died pastor of Bristol, E. I., 1884.

I.REV. AUGUSTINE FIVEIZ, S, REV. REMY LAFDRT, 3. REV. CHARLES
RDELANTS, 4, REV PATRICK TANDV. S, REV. SHERWDDD A.HEA LT.

1869-1870. 73
Eev. Eoger Ward, Albany;
pastor of North Creek, N. Y.
Eev. Edwards. GalUgan, Boston;
died, retired, 1882.
In June, 1870, the Eev. Peter J. Schmidt and the
Eev. Hugh Shields resigned their chairs. The former
became pastor of the German church in Eome, N. Y.,
where he had to struggle with an obstinate schism
among his parishioners. He afterward retired to his
native diocese of Trier in Germany, where he is stUl
living. Father Shields was successively assistant and
pastor of various missions in the dioceses of Albany
and Ogdensburg and died in his native place, Water-
viUe, N. Y., January 18, 1881.
The faciUty was thus again reduced to six. Father
Puissant taught both Canon Law and Moral Theology;
Father Gabriels added Church History to his lectures
on Dogma; Father Vandenhende continued to teach
Philosophy.

CHAPTEE X.
1870-1871.
The school year 1870-1871 began with about one
hundred and thirty students on the Ust. The ordina
tions from January to December, 1871, included:
Eev. John J. Kean, New York;
pastor of the church of the Holy Name, New
York.
Eev. Dennis M. Bradley, Portland;
first bishop of Manchester, N. H., died 1903.
Eev. Michael Burke, Springfield;
died assistant at the cathedral, Springfield, 1871.
Eev. John Clancy, New York;
died, retired, 1872.
Eev. Charles N. Corley, New York;
pastor of the church of the Immaculate Con
ception, Yonkers, N. Y.
Eev. Thomas J. Cummings, Boston;
died, retired, 1876.
Eev. Bernard A. Goodwin, New York;
died, retired, 1895.
Eev. John C. Harrington, Boston;
pastor of St. Joseph's church, Lynn, Mass.
Eev. Peter Leddy, Boston;
died pastor of Hingham, Mass., 1880.
Eev. Joseph F. Leonard, Albany;
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died pastor of St. Francis' church, Troy,
N. Y., 1900.
Eev. Michael J. McCaU, Boston;
pastor of St. James' church, Salem, Mass.
Eev. Michael J. Masterson, Boston;
pastor of Peabody, Mass.
Eev. Joseph F. Mohan, Boston;
pastor of Everett, Mass.
Eev. Joseph F. Mooney, New York;
vicar-general of New York, pastor of Sacred
Heart church. Domestic Prelate.
Eev. WUUam A. O'NeUl, New York;
died pastor of St. Ann's church, New York,
1901.
Eev. WiUiam L. Penny, New York;
pastor of the church of the Annunciation,
New York.
Eev. Patrick S. Eigiiey, New York;
died assistant at St. Andrew's church. New
York, 1885.
Eev. WUUam H. Eogers, Hartford;
pastor of St. Patrick's churchj Hartford, Conn'.
Eev. Joseph 0. Byron, New York;
died pastor of the church of the Holy Eosary,
New York, 1893.
Eev. Nicholas J. Hughes, New York;
pastor of St. Mary's church. New York.
Eev. J. B. McGeough, Boston;
priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy
Eedeemer.
Eev. Edmund Walshe, Albany;
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76 1870-1871.
Toward June Father Vandenhende sent in to the
Archbishop his final resignation with a request to
have his successor appointed. When aU was arranged,
he announced his approaching departure to the profes
sors, and at the close of the year he left for New York,
from which port he saUed on the Parthia for Liverpool
and Ghent on July 1, 1871.
Father Vandenhende, "the old man, " wiU Uve in the
memory of all the students who knew him as a model
of the holy priest, as a carefiU director, and as an
excellent teacher. His conferences and his retreats are
stUl remembered as the perfection of their kind. No
one was ever heard to speak disparagingly of his work.
In his native diocese he was welcomed and honored.
Made a titular canon and grand penitentiary by
Bishop Bracq soon after his return, he was named
first vicar-general, dean of the cathedral chapter, and
archdeacon by Bishop Lambrecht in 1888. He died,
fuU of merits and honors, in Ghent on July 1, 1901,
having attained the venerable age of eighty-seven years.
On the day of Father Vandenhende's departure,
Archbishop McCIoskey sent to the writer the foUowing
letter, which in his memory and for my own sake I
may be pardoned for quoting at length:
New York, July 1, 1871.
Rev. dear sir :
I write in the first place to salute you as President of the
Provincial Seminary, and to express my best and earnest wishes
for your success in the arduous and responsible office to which
you have been called.
I write also to present through you my best regards and
respects to the Rev. Professors who have so well and faith
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1870-1871. 77
Can. Vandenhende and who kindly consent to continue to
give their valued services to the good work with which they
have been identified from its very beginning, and which with
God's blessing has so highly prospered. As you have been
brothers in the past, so will you be, no doubt, in the future.
I would be glad if you could make it convenient to come
down and see me next week, say Tuesday or Wednesday.
There are many points on which it would be well that we
should confer together at as early a day as possible.
Can. Vandenhende will leave at 2 o'cl. P. M. He is well,
and although withdrawing from the post which he has so
honorably filled at Troy, and returning to his own country,
he will not cease to feel a lively interest in the Seminary and
to cooperate as far as may be in his power for its future wel
fare and success.
Wishing you health and blessing,
I remain, Rev. dear sir,
Very Sincerely your Servant in J. C,
John, Abp. of New York.
Father Vandenhende did not forget his promise to
cooperate with us for the welfare of the Seminary.
He soon secured from Mgr. Bracq, of Ghent, the ser
vices of a new professor to take his own place. The
Eev. Augustine Fivez, S.T.L., who was at the time
studying for the doctorate in theology at Louvain,
consented to sacrifice his prospects there in order to
teach Dogmatic Theology in TrOy, as Father Vanden
hende announced in the foUowing letter (written in
French) : Ghent, August 18, 1871.
Monsieur le President :
You will have learned by the Bien Public that Monseigneur
has designated the Rev. Aug. Fivez for a professorship in the
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78 1870-1871.
Liverpool on the fifth of next month by the S. S. Algeria of the
Cunard line. He engaged his passage yesterday at Antwerp. . .
Father Fivez is very well disposed. His mother, who made
some difficulties in the beginning, is now quite satisfied, and
so are the rest of his family.
You will be on the point of opening the classes when you
will receive this letter. I pray God to bless them as well as
yourself and all those whom He has called to lend their aid
to this great ministry.
I am, Monsieur le Prfeident, with the best and most respect
ful regards for yourself and all those who labor with you,
Your very humble servant,
L. J. Vandenhende.
Father Fivez, on his arrival on the 16th of September,
was received at the dock in Jersey City by Father
McNeimy, soon to be coadjutor bishop of Albany. He
started the same night for Troy with President Ga
briels. On the 18th he commenced his course of lec
tures; with what success his old pupUs deUght to
remember. Father Vandenhende gave the Seminary another
sign of his paternal affection by presenting it with
two beautifuUy decorated carved wooden statues of
the Blessed Virgin and of St. Joseph, which were
placed in the chapel on either side of the altar. They
were made to his order at Ghent.
Bishop Conroy, of Albany, meanwhUe had also given
to the Seminary one of his very best priests, the Eev.
James S. M. Lynch, who was to take the office of
director. Father McLoughUn taking a part of the
PhUosophy course. Father Gabriels kept the class of
History and also taught Logic. There were thus
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weeks Father McLoughUn had to resign on account of
ill health. He returned to Burlington, where he has
since occupied many positions. He was replaced by the
Eev. Joseph F. Mooney of New York, ordained at the
Seminary in July, 1871.

CHAPTEE XI.
1871-1872.
The year opened with one hundred and eighteen
students, of whom twenty-one were students of phU
osophy; six more entered later. From January, 1872,
to the foUowing December there were promoted to
the priesthood: Eev. Patrick J. Brophy, New York;
died assistant at the church of the Trans
figuration, New York, 1874.
Eev. Charles E. Burke, Springfield;
pastor of St. Francis' church. North Adams,
Mass.
Eev. John J. Cannon, Albany;
died chaplain of Kenwood Academy, Albany,
N. Y., 1873.
Eev. Michael Clarke, Boston;
pastor of the church of the Sacred Heart,
Boston.
Eev. John Daly, Springfield.
Eev. James J. Flood, New York;
pastor of St. John the EvangeUst's church,
New York.
Eev. John J. Keogan, New York;
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1871-187S. 81
Eev. John F. Lynch, New York;
died, retired, 1905.
Eev. WiUiam J. McCombe, Hartford;
died pastor of North Easton, Mass., 1895.
Eev. Christopher McGrath, Boston;
died pastor of St. Bernard's church, Newton,
Mass., 1886.
Eev. Michael J. Mclnemy, NashvUle;
died pastor of McEwens, Tenn., 1874.
Eev. John McQuirk, New York;
pastor of St. Paul's church. New York.
Eev. Patrick Malone, New York;
died assistant at the church of the Immacu
late Conception, New York, 1886.
Eev. Francis J. Maguire, Albany;
pastor of St. Patrick's church, Albany, N. Y.
Eev. Edward F. O'Connor, Albany;
died pastor of ClayvUle, N. Y., 1890.
Eev. WUUam J. O'KeUy, New York;
died pastor of the church of Our Lady of
Good Counsel, New York, 1901.
Eev. Daniel H. O'NeiU, Springfield;
pastor of St. Peter's church, Worcester,
Mass.
Eev. Patrick B. Phelan, Springfield;
pastor of the church of the Sacred Heart,
Holyoke, Mass.
Eev. James J. Eenehan, Albany;
pastor of Marcellus, N. Y.
Eev. Thomas F. Lynch, New York;
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Eev. Henry J. Gordon, New York;
pastor of St. Charles Borromeo's church, New
York.
Eev. Patrick H. Beecham, Albany;
died pastor of BaldwinsviUe, N. Y., 1905.
Eev. Joseph C. CampbeU, New York;
pastor of the church Of St. Mary of the
Assumption, Pqrt Eichmond, Staten Island,
New York.
Eev. Daniel J. Corkery, New York;
died pastor of Amenia, N. Y., 1891.
Eev. CorneUus Donovan, New York;
died pastor of St. Mary's church, Poughkeep-
sie, N. Y., 1887.
Eev. WUUam A. Drum, Albany;
died pastor of St. Francis' church, Troy, N. Y.,
1882.
Eev. Anthony MoUoy, New York;
pastor of St. Peter's church, Yonkers, N. Y.
Eev. James W. Power, New York;
pastor of the church of AU Saints, New York.
Eev. Charles EeUly, Albany;
died pastor of St. Francis' church, Troy,
N. Y., 1887.
Eev. James T. Westerman, New York;
chaplain St. Vincent's Hospital, New York.
One of the first cares of the new president was to
have the riUes of the Seminary printed and put in the
hands of aU the seminarians. They were published
under the title "Manuale alumnorum Seminarii S.
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1871-1872. 83
Manuale received the approval of the archbishop and
aU the bishops interested in the institution.
In June Father Eoelants left on a visit to Belgium.
WhUe there he was appointed rector of the American
CoUege of Louvain by the bishops in charge, repre
sented by Bishop McFarland of Hartford. He at once
announced the fact to President Gabriels, adding that
his nomination had yet to be confirmed by Cardinal
Bamabo. Unfortunately the future bishop of Tour-
nay, Father Dumont, who was later to cause such
great annoyance to the Holy See by his insane be
havior, opposed Father Eoelants' promotion, and hence
arose entanglements which, while preventing him from
going to Louvain, caused him to remain away from
Troy imtU the foUowing year.
This was a severe blow to the Seminary. It was
foUowed by another very great loss. Father Lynch
announced that he had decided to leave the post in
which he was doing so much good, in order to enter
the Society of Jesus. Both professors were to be
replaced, but how?
Efforts in Ghent, supported by the Archbishop,
fa^Ued to bring a successor to Father Eoelants. WhUe,
however, we were trying to fill his place, he unex
pectedly sent a cablegram that he himself was to
return and this put us at ease for a time. Yet, through
some misunderstanding, he faUed to saU at the proper
time, and the Seminary remained deprived of his
services untU September, 1873. Meantime Father Fivez
kindly supplied his place.
Father Lynch could not be replaced untU far in
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84 1871-1873.
valued labors. He was succeeded by the Eev. Philip
J. Garrigan, of Springfield, now bishop of Sioux City,
Iowa, who with the consent of his bishop, Et. Eev.
T. O'EeiUy, for three years occupied the responsible
position of director, to the satisfaction of aU.

I. HT. HEV Lnuia DE BDESBHlAND. B, HT. HEV. FHAKCIS MCNEIRNY,
3. MOST. HEV JDHN J. WILLIAMS, 4, HT. HEV EDEAH P. WADHAMS.
S, HT. HEV PATHICK A. LUDnEN.

CHAPTEE XII.
1872-1873.
TtfE^'scholastic year 1872 was ushered in under the
circumstances explained above, with a total of one
hundred and seventeen students, ninety-five theo
logians and twenty-two philosophers. This number
was slightly increased afterwards.
The foUowing gentlemen were ordained to the priest
hood during the year 1873:
Eev. John J. DonneUy, Eochester;
pastor of Victor, N. Y.
Eev. Walter P. Golden, Eochester;
retired.
Eev. Thomas A. Hendrick, Eochester;
bishop of Cebu, PhiUppine Islands, 1904.
Eev. John J. McDonald, Albany;
pastor of St. Patrick's church, Binghamton,
N. Y.
Eev. Edward T. McGinley, New York;
pastor of St. Eose of Lima's church, New York.
Eev. Eichard W. Meehan, Albany;
died, retired, 1884.
Eev. John S. Michaud, Burlington;
bishop of Burlington, 1892.
Eev. John A. Mulcahy, Hartford;
died vicar-general of Hartford, pastor of the
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church of the Immaculate Conception,
Waterbury, Conn., 1900.
Eev. WiUiam Mulheron, Eochester;
pastor of St. Mary's church, Aubum, N. Y.
Eev. Michael W. Newman, New York;
died pastor of Tuckahoe, N. Y., 1887.
Eev. Edward J. O'Gorman, New York;
assistant at the church of the Eesurrection,
Eye, N. Y.
: Eev. Luke G. O'EeiUy, Albany;
died pastor of St. Francis de Sales' church,
Utica, N. Y., 1902.
Eev. George J. Osborne, Eochester;
died, retired, 1901.
' Eev. Hugh F. Eafferty, Eochester;
pastor of Scipio, N. Y.
Eev. John B. Salter, New York;
pastor of Tuckahoe, N. Y.
Eev. Eugene Smyth, New York;
died, retired, 1905.
Eev. Thomas P. Walsh, Albany;
died pastor of Coxsackie, N. Y., 1899.
Eev. John J. Murphy, Boston;
assistant at Stoughton, Weymouth, Mass.
Eev. Thomas O'NeUl, Portland;
retired.
Eev. James T. Canavan, Springfield;
died pastor of MUford, Mass., 1904.
Eev. James J. Chittick, Boston;
pastor of the church of the Most Precious
Blood, Hyde Park, Mass.
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died assistant at the Immaculate Conception
church. New York, 1878.
Eev. Michael Clune, Albany;
pastor of St. John's church, Sjrracuse, N. Y.
Eev. WiUiam J. Foy, New York;
died assistant at the church of the Sacred
Heart, New York, 1896.
Eev. John J. McGivney, New York;
died, retired, 1881.
Eev. John J. McNulty, Boston;
died pastor of the church of Our Lady of the
Eosary, Boston, Mass., 1902.
Eev. Michael Madden, Eochester;
pastor of Trumansburgh, N. Y.
Eev. Thomas Plunkett, Ogdensburg;
died chaplain of the Ogdensburg City Hospital,
1904.
In January, 1873, the library of the Seminary, which
had often before been favOred with donations of valu
able books, especiaUy by the Eev. J. Shanahan, of St.
Peter's, New York, and by the Eev. Lawrence McKenna,
also of New York, received a large apcession through
the generous legacy of a very rich Ubrary from the
late Eev. WUUam McCleUan of Sing Sing, N. Y.
This year we had again a solemn procession of Corpus
Christi on the 'Seminary grounds. This devotion,
which had been omitted for some years, always drew
many participants and spectators, and it was for nearly
aU of them a most edifying pageant. It was mdeed a
grand scene to see the crowd kneel in a square on the
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from the brow of the hUl facing the playground on the
plain. However, on accoimt of the rude behavior of
a very few, mostly boys, the solemn ceremony was
suppressed after one or two more repetitions.
After the ordination and subsequent examinations,
several of the professors with some of their friends
saUed for Europe on June 25, 1873. The party was
composed of the president and Father Mooney, who
were bound for Eome; Fathers Fivez and Van
Campenhaut (Francis) of Troy, whose destination was
Belgium; Father Lynch, whom illness had compeUed
to leave the Jesuit novitiate, and who was going to
Lourdes, where he was cured of his ailments; and Mr.
Peyton, a student, nephew of Bishop Conroy. Father
Puissant had visited his native coimtry the preceding
year. The pilgrims to Eome enjoyed the hospitality of
the Belgian College, and they were favored with a
private audience by his Holiness Pius IX., who showed
himself most friendly to them, bestowing his blessing
upon the Seminary and granting to its main altar the
indulgence of a privileged altar. When he inquired
especiaUy about the Philosophy which Father Mooney
was teaching, I answered him, among other things,
tha;t the text-book of our Moral Philosophy was the
manual of Father Jouin, a German, a Jesuit, and a
convert; he jocosely remarked that the Germans aU
needed to be converted. It must be remembered that
this was at the time that DoUinger and his friends had
broken away from the Church by the Old CathoUc
schism in Germany and Switzerland. We are happy
to add that, very soon after, the Germans became the

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staunchest defenders Of Catholicity in the " Vaterland, "
succeeding in bringing even the "ChanceUor of Blood
and Iron" to "Canossa. "
The returning excursion party in September was
increased by the welcome accession of Father Eoelants,
who had consented to resume his class of Scripture
in Troy. The exceUent professor everywhere received
the sincerest signs of the high appreciation in which he
was held. Bishops, priests, professors, and students
vied with each other in showing how delighted they
were with his return.
The faculty was again complete, but only for a
short time. Father Edwards soon resigned his pro-
curatorship and left for New York in October, to work
there as only he can work. Father Puissant, how
ever, kindly consented to add the burden of the material
care of the house to his other duties, and for seventeen
years managed the finances of St. Joseph's, econom
ically and conservatively, yet to the satisfaction of
aU interested.

CHAPTEE XIII.
1873-1874.
This scholastic year 1873-1874 saw the number of
students reduced to the lowest mark. There were only
one hundred and eight students on the roUs at the
beginning of the scholastic year. A few came later.
On the feast of the Immaculate Conception, 1873,
by order of the bishops of the province the Seminary
was solemnly dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
From that time the devotion of the League of the
Most Sacred Heart dad the Apostleship of Prayer was
regularly practised in the institution and did much
to promote soUd piety among the students.
The ordinations from January to December, 1874,
were: Eev. Patrick J. Brady, Albany;
pastor of St. Patrick's church, Cohoes, N. Y.
Eev. John E. O'SuUivan, Albany;
retired in diocese of S3rraciise.
Eev. John J. Eiordan, New York;
died director of the mission of the Holy Eosary,
New York, 1887.
Eev. John J. Corr, New York;
died assistant at St. Bridget's church, New
York, 1875.
Eev. Daniel T. Cronin, New York;
pastor of Liberty, N. Y.
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187S-1874. 91
Eev. Peter Farrell, New York;
pastor of St. Joseph's church, Tremont, N. Y.
Eev. James F. Fitzgerald, Springfield;
died pastor of St. Matthew's church, Indian
Orchard, Mass., 1880.
Eev. John Fitzharris, New York;
died pastor of St. Veronica's church. New
York, 1891.
Eev. John B. Galvin, Boston;
pastor of SomerviUe, Mass.
Rev. Martin J. Hughes, Albany;
pastor of St. Mary's church, Binghamton,
N.Y.
Hev. James A. KeUey, Albany;
pastor of St. Patrick's church, rural dean,
Oneida, N. Y.
Eev. Matthew M. McDonald, Boston;
priest of the Society of Jesus.
Eev. Francis D. McGuire, Albany;
died pastor of the cathedral, Albany, 1904.
Eev. John T. McMahon, Hartford;
chaplain St. Mary's Home, HartfOrd, Conn;
Eev. Henry J. Madden, Bostan;
pastor of Winchester, Mass.
Eev. WUUam Morrin, Eochester;
died pastor of St. Francis de Sales' church,
Denver, Col., 1903.
Eev. WUUam Morris, New York;
died assistant at the church of the Epiphany,
New York, 1886.
Eev. Daniel J. O'SuUivan, Springfield;
died pastor of Blackstone, Mass., 1885. ^

92 1873-1874.
Eev. Thomas E. Power, Boston;
pastor of Chelsea, Mass.
Eev. WiUiam Eossiter, Ogdensburg;
pastor of St. Joseph's church, rural dean,
Malone, N. Y.
Eev. James N. Supple, Boston;
pastor of St. Francis de Sales' church, Charles
town, Mass.
Eev. WUUam Ward, New York;
assistant at St. Elizabeth's church. New York.
Eev. Andrew J. Brennan, Eochester;
died assistant at the church of the Immacu
late Conception, Eochester, N. Y., 1874.
Eev. Joseph BreUvet, BurUngton;
assistant at St. Germain L'Auxerrois, Paris,
France.
Eev. WUUam J. Hogan, New York;
died assistant at the Immaculate Conception
church. New York, 1892.
Eev. WUUam A. Eyan, Boston;
pastor of St. Margaret's church, Boston, Mass,

CHAPTEE;. XIV.
1874-1875.
¦ There was no change in the faculty for the school
year 1874-1875. The number of students rose again
to one hundred and twenty-five, thanks partially to
the candidates sent by the Et. Eev. Bishop McQuaid,
of Eochester, who continued UberaUy to patronize St.
Joseph's Seminary until the opening of his own beauti
ful Seminary of St. Bernard. The spring of 1875
was signaUzed at the Seminary by an enthusiastic
celebration in honor of Archbishop McCloskey's eleva
tion to the dignity of first American cardinal. The
faculty sent their heartfelt congratulations to the new
prince of the Eoman Church, who honored them with
the foUowing reply: !: New York, March 21,;;i875.
Very Rev- Dear Sir: v;::'! , ..;'! < >¦ '
¦•'¦I'I beg to thank you very sincerely for the kind words of
congratulation which you have addressed to me both in your
name and in that of the Professors of the Prov. Seminary.
j^gBe assured that the new dignity which has been so unex
pectedly bestowed upon me shall never lessen but rather
increase my earnest exertions for the continued prosperity
of the Institution over which you so worthily preside, as well
as my sense of esteem and gratitude toward yourself and Rev.
Confreres who are so devoted to this all-important work.
Wishing you all health and blessing,
I^remain, Very Rev. Sir,
Very truly yours in J. C,
John, Abp. of New York.
Very Rev. Dr. Gabriels,
Prea't of Prov. Sem'y,
Troy. 03

94 1874-1875
We subjoin the names of the priests ordained from
January to December, 1875.
Eev. John Doyle, New York;
died assistant at the Immaculate Conception
church. New York, 1878.
Eev. Joseph P. Egan, New York;
died, retired, 1898.
Eev. James F. CoUins, Albany;
died pastor of Chittenango, N. Y., 1888.
Eev. James J. Keegan, Boston;
pastor of Woburn, Mass.
Eev. James Hayes, New York;
retired.
Eev. John A. Hurley, New York;
died pastor of FishkUl, N. Y., 1891.
Eev. James F. Kiely, New York;
died pastor of St. Margaret's church, Eiver-
dale, N. Y., 1905.
Eev. Hugh F. McCabe, New York;
pastor of St. Mary's church. Mount Vernon,
N.Y.
Eev. Michael D. Murphy, Boston;
died pastor of Hopkinton, Mass., 1891.
Eev. Lawrence J. O'Toole, Boston;
pastor of West Newton, Mass.
Eev. John J. O'Keefe, Springfield;
pastor of Clinton, Mass.
Eev. John Garrity, Springfield;
died assistant at Holyoke, Mass., 1877.
Eev. Frederick Eauber, Eochester;
pastor of church of St. Boniface, Eochester,
N.Y.

1874-1875. 95
Eev. Thomas Eossiter, Eochester;
chaplain St. Mary's Hospital, Eochester, N. Y.
Eev. Patrick J. Martin, New York;
assistant at Ossining, N. Y.
Eev. John M. Mulcahy, Boston;
pastor of Arlington, Mass.
Eev. John Crowley, Albany;
died, retired, 1876.
Rev. John F. Cummins, Boston;
pastor of Eoslindale, Mass.
Eev. WUUam A. FarreU, New York;
died pastor of St. Teresa's church, Tarry-
town, N. Y., 1895.
Eev. Jerome M. Gelot, Burlington;
died pastor of Ludlow, Vt., 1904.
Eev. Michael McSwiggan, New York;
died pastor of Matteawan, N. Y., 1890.

CHAPTEE XV.
1875-1876.
FoK the scholastic year 1875-1876 one hundred and
thirty-five students were sent to the Seminary. There
were two new members in the faculty.
The director, Eev. PhUip J. Garrigan had, after
three years of efficient work, been recaUed by Bishop
O'EeiUy of Springfield to manage the important parish
of Fitchburg, Mass. Here too he was no less success
ful, as is evident from the fact that at the opening of
the CathoUc University of Washington he was caUed
to occupy the responsible position of its vice-rector
and treasurer. From there he was in 1902 advanced
to the higher dignity of first bishop of Sioux City in-
Iowa, which grows and flourishes under his pastoral
care. Father Garrigan's place was taken by Father Lynch,
who, to the deUght of aU, became director for the second
time. The Eev. Edward Dunphy ('68) was the second
new member of the faculty. His chair was that of
Sacred Eloquence, which he taught with zeal and suc
cess for five years.
The year 1876 saw the foUowing gentlernen pro
moted to the holy priesthood:
Eev. Michael Montgomery, New York;
pastor of St. Mary's church, EUenviUe, N. Y.
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1875-1876. 97
Eev. James J. Peyton, Albany;
pastor of the church of the Sacred Heart,
Albany, N. Y.
Eev. John L. EeiUy, Albany;
pastor of St. John's church, Schenectady,
N. Y., rural dean. Domestic Prelate.
Eev. Ignatius P. Egan, Boston;
died pastor of Cohasset, Mass., 1897.
Eev. Charles H. Colton, New York;
bishop of Buffalo, 1904.
Eev. Simon Fitzsimons, Eochester;
pastor of Lima, N. Y.
Eev. Luke Fitzsimons, Hartford;
pastor of RockvUle, Conn.
Eev. Alfred J. Evans, Eochester;
pastor of Ithaca, N. Y.
Eev. Stephen J. Nagle, New York;
died assistant at St. Michael's church, New
York, 1881.
Eev. Francis Cunningham, Albany;
died assistant at St. Patrick's church, West
Troy, 1885.
Eev. Maurice J. Dougherty, New Yofk;
died assistant at the church of the^Holy
Cross, New York, 1890.
Eev. James L. Crosby, New York;
pastor of Nyack, N. Y.
Eev. Michael J. Brown, Ogdensburg;
pastor of Hogansburgh, N. Y.
Eev. John G. Fitzgerald, Ogdensburg;
pastor of Old Forge, N. Y.

98 1875-1876
Eev. Thomas J. Keleher, Ogdensburg;
died pastor of Massena Springs, N. Y., 1889.
Eev. Thomas O'Hanlon, New York ;
died pastor of Port Ewen, N. Y., 1883.
Eev. Patrick J. McCIoskey, New York;
died assistant of St. Agnes' church. New
York, 1879.
Eev. John M. Grady, New York;
died assistant at Port Chester, N. Y., 1888.
Eev. Philip A. Meister, New York;
assistant at St. John Chrysostom's church,
New York.
Eev. Eugene F. Egan, Boston;
died, retired, 1897.
Eev. Michael Lane, New York;
died pastor of Rye, N. Y., 1888.
Eev. Timothy C. Murphy, Eochester;
died pastor of the Holy Apostles' church,
Eochester, N. Y., 1900.
Eev. Edward F. Slattery, New York;
died pastor of the church of St. Catharine of
Genoa, New York, 1901.

CHAPTEE XVI.
1876-1877.
There was no change in the faculty in the faU of
1876. The Ust of students roUed up to one hundred
and forty-one. Of them the foUowing were ordained
between January and December, 1877.
Eev. PhUip E. Ahem, New York;
died chaplain of house of Good Shepherd,
New York, 1903.
Eev. Tobias Fitzpatrick, New York;
died, retired, 1880.
Eev. John B. Mayer, New York;
pastor of St. Nicholas' church, New York.
Eev. John B. O'Hare, New York;
died, retired, 1902.
Eev. Michael J. Quinn, New York;
died, retired, 1882..
Eev. Michael J. F. Scanlan, Albany;
pastor of Barrytown, N. Y.
Eev. Eichard Neagle, Boston;
pastor of Maiden, Mass.
Eev. Joseph W. Hendrick, Eochester;
pastor of Ovid, N. Y., chamberlain to Holy
Father.
Eev. WiUiam B. J. Boddy, New York;
died pastor of Wilbur, N. Y., 1890.
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100 1876-1877,
Eev. Edward J. Byrnes, New York;
died, retired, 1903.
Eev. Michael J. Carmody, BurUngton;
pastor of Brattleboro, Vt.
Eev. Patrick J. Connick, New York;
resigned parish work at Cold Spring, 1905.
Eev. James A. Curtin, Albany;
pastor of St. Joseph's church, Troy, N. Y.
Eev. Timothy J. Danahy, Boston;
pastor of Newton Upper FaUs, Mass.
Eev. WUUam J. Finneran, Albany;
died pastor of CatskUl, N. Y., 1900,
Eev. James CampbeU, Boston;
died, retired, 1904.
Eev. John A. Hart, Albany;
pastor of Norwich, N. Y.
Eev. Thomas S. Hart, Albany;
died assistant at St. Joseph's church, Albany,
N. Y., 1882.
Eev. Jeremiah J. Heffernan, Albany;
pastor of the church of the Visitation, Schuy-
lervUle, N. Y.
Eev. John J. Hickey, Eochester;
pastor of Holy Family church, Aubum, N. Y.
Eev. Joseph L. Hoey, New York;
pastor of St. Francis de Sales' church. New
York.
Eev. Matthew Kuhnen, New York;
pastor of St. Peter's church, Eondout, N. Y.
Rev. Daniel J. McCormick, New York;
died pastor of St. Veronica's church. New
York, 1903.

1876-1877. 101
Rev. Thomas F. McGare, New York;
pastor of St. Peter's church, Haverstraw,
N.Y.
Rev. James J. McNamara, Boston;
died pastor of SaxonviUe, Mass., 1893.
Rev. Edward F. Martin, Springfield;
died pastor of Athol, Mass., 1903.
Rev. John J. McLoghlin (transient), Albany;
pastor of Cortland, N. Y.
Rev. Daniel P. Ward, New York;
died pastor of WUbur, N. Y., 1901.

CHAPTER XVII.
1877-1878.
In September, 1877, aU the old professors were at
their posts. The number of students was one hundred
and fifty-two. During the year 1878 the foUowing
seminarians were promoted to the priesthood:
Eev. Joseph Netzel, Eochester;
pastor of St. Francis Xavier's church, Eoches
ter, N. Y.
Eev. Daniel J. Splaine, Boston;
pastor of Ashland, Mass.
Rev. James P. Connor, Ogdensburg;
pastor of Trout River, N. Y.
Rev. Mathias Hargather, Rochester;
pastor of St. Michael's church, Rochester,
N.Y.
Rev. James J. Leary, Rochester;
died pastor of Corpus Christi church, Roch
ester, N. Y., 1901.
Rev. Joseph H. Bigley, New York;
died pastor of Holy Trinity church. New York,
1900.
Rev. James P. Byrnes, New York;
pastor of Richmond, S. I., New York.
Eev. Francis J. Curran, Boston;
pastor of Beverly, Mass.
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1877-1878. 103
Eev. Thomas J. Dunphy, New York;
died chaplain of Nanuet Convent, N. Y., 1901.
Eev. WiUiam A. Dunphy, New York;
died pastor of White Plains, N. Y., 1891.
Eev. Michael J. Henry, New York;
director of the Mission of the Holy Eosary,
New York.
Eev. Patrick J. McCorry, New York;
pastor of St. Catharine of Genoa's church,
New York.
Eev. John J. Nilan, Boston;
pastor of Amesbury, Mass,
Eev. Anthony Trieb, Albany;
died pastor of Sandlake, N. Y., 1880.
Eev. WiUiam A. McDonald, Eochester;
director in Seminary, pastor of Geneva, N. Y.,
rural dean.
Eev. James E. Hartley, Eochester;
pastor of Palmyra, N. Y.
Eev. FeUxP. Dixon, New York;
died, retired, 1883.
Eev. Francis S. Wilson, Boston;
retired.
Rev. Francis J. Glynn, Boston;
pastor of Melrose, Mass.
Rev. JohnB. HaUoran, Boston;
died pastor of St. John's church, Cambridge,
Mass., 1902.
Through the munificence of the Right Eev. Bishop
McNeirny of Albany, who had just succeeded Bishop
Conroy, the Seminary this year was enriched by the

104 1877-1878,
beautiful main altar of carved wood which is stUl used
in its chapel. It was constructed at Peer in Belgium
by Mr. Leynen-Hoegaerts, of Brussels, who more than
succeeded in satisfying the expectations of the donor.
Its statues of the Blessed Virgin and of St. Joseph
and the groups carved in the front side of the altar
are elegant specimens of artistic workmanship.

CHAPTEE XVIII.
1878-1879.
Again in September, 1878, the faculty counted the
same seven members. Students arrived to the number
of one hundred and thirty-eight. Between January
and December, 1879, the foUowing were promoted to
the priesthood :
Eev. WUUam Doherty, Albany;
died pastor of Marathon, N. Y., 1882.
Eev. MaUck A. Cuimion, New York;
pastor of St. Eaphael's church. New York.
Eev. Hugh J. KeUy, New York;
died director of the Mission of the Holy
Eosary, New York, 1896.
Eev. James J. O'Brien, Albany;
pastor of St. Mary's church, Sandy HUl,
. N. Y., rural dean.
Eev. William O'Mahony, Albany;
pastor of the church of St. Paul the Apostle,
Troy, N. Y.
Eev. George T. Donlin, New York;
pastor of St. Jerome's church, New York.
Eev. Charles H. Parks, New York;
pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas' church, New
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106 1878-1879.
Eev. Edwin M. Sweeny, New York;
pastor of the church of the Ascension, New
York.
Eev. Bernard Duffy, New York;
chaplain of Calvary Cemetery, Long Island,
N.Y.
Eev. James H. Maney, Albany;
died pastor of Our Lady of Angels' church,
WhitehaU, N. Y., 1893.
Eev. James P. McKeown, Springfield;
retired.
Rev. Patrick Ahearn, Albany;
died assistant at St. Mary's church, Amster
dam, N. Y., 1885.
Rev. Peter McNamee, New York;
pastor of St. Rose's church, New York.
Rev. Michael J. LaveUe, New York;
rector of the cathedral, New York, vicar-
general, Domestic Prelate.
Rev. John G. Guentzer, New York;
diedi retired, 1883.
Rev. Thomas Smyth, New York;
retired.
Eev. Michael C. O'Brien, Peoria;
pastor of Hoopeston, 111.
Eev. Charles Antoni, New York;
died assistant at St. Nicholas' church, New
York, 1891.
Eev. Joseph P. Brennan, New York;
assistant at Tuckahoe, N. Y.
Eev. John J. Brophy, New York;
died, retired, 1891.

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Eev. James M. Byrnes, New York;
pastor of TottenvUle, Staten Island, N. Y.
Eev. Luke A. CosteUo, New York;
died assistant at St. Patrick's church, New
York, 1883.
Eev. Charles F. Cowen, Boston;
died, retired, 1900.
Eev. Peter J. DevUn, Ogdensburg;
pastor of Chateaugay, N. Y.
Eev. Daniel F. Feehan, Springfield;
pastor of St. Bernard's church, Fitchburg,
Mass.
Eev. Thomas L. Flanagan, Boston;
pastor of Medford, Mass.
Rev. Michael J. Howard, Springfield;
died pastor of the church of the Holy Rosary,
Holyoke, Mass., 1888.
Rev. Charles J. McElroy, Hartford;
pastor of Derby, Conn.
Rev. Patrick McCabe, New York;
died pastor of Lake Mahopac, N. Y., 1890.
• Rev. Michael Haran, New York ;
pastor of West Hurley, N. Y.
Rev. John J. McMahon, Springfield;
died pastor of Florence, Mass., 1889.
Rev. John A. KeUner, New York;
pastor of St. Gabriel's church. New RocheUe,
N.Y.
Rev. Dennis F. SuUivan, Boston;
died pastor of the Sacred Heart church,
Lynn, Mass., 1905.
Rev. Thomas Moylan, Boston;

108 1878-1879,
pastor of St. Joseph's church, Roxbury,
Boston, Mass.
Rev. James H. O'NeiU, Boston;
pastor of Rockland, Mass.
Rev. WUUam A. Ryan, Albany;
pastor of St. Agnes' church, Utica, N. Y.
Rev. John A. Wolff, New York;
died assistant of St. Boniface's church, New
York, 1887.
After eight years of faithfiU service in the cause of
clerical education the Rev. Joseph F. Mooney asked
to be assigned to parish work. His request was
granted. He has since distinguished himself as a
zealous and successful pastor and as an eloquent
preacher. He was successively promoted to various
posts of responsibility and dignity, and he is now,
whilst permanent rector of the parish of the Sacred
Heart, the trusted senior vicar-general of New York
and a Prothonotary Apostolic of his Holiness.
Father Mooney was succeeded at the Seminary by
the Rev. Comelius V. Mahony, D. D., who had com
menced his studies in Troy and finished them in Rome,
where he was ordained and where he received his
degree of Doctor of Theology.
Father Edward J. Dunphy also resigned during this
vacation and for some years zealously worked in the
parish of Rossville, S. I. He was constantly in poor
health and died an edifying death in 1883. The chair
of Sacred Eloquence was assigned to the Rev. Dr.
Mahony in addition to his regular work.
The rest of the faculty remained as before.

I. HT. HEV. THDMAS M-A. BUHKE, 2, HT. HEV. THDMAS A.HENDHICK,
3.HT. HEV. CHAHLES it. CDLTDN, 4, HT. HEV. THDMAS F. CUSACK,
S,HT. HEV. THDMAS F. HICKEY.

CHAPTEE XIX.
1879-1880.
The students in September, 1879, numbered one
himdred and twenty-four. From them were caUed
to the priesthood during the year 1880:
Eev. Francis F. Eippin, Eochester;
died assistant at the cathedral, Eochester,
N. Y., 1883.
Eev. John J. Gillen, Boston;
died assistant at Natick, Mass., 1881.
Eev. David J. Leahy, New York;
assistant at St. Boniface's church, New York.
Eev. James J. McCarthy, New York;
assistant at . . . New York.
Eev. John F. MuUany, Albany;
pastor of St. John the Baptist's church, Syra
cuse, N. Y.
Eev. John H. Walsh, Albany;
died pastor of New Lebanon, N. Y., 1885.
Rev. Dennis J. Curran, Rochester;
pastor of Corpus Christi church, Rochester,
N.Y.
Eev. Michael A. F. Holmes, Eochester;
pastor of Macedon, N. Y.
Eev. Patrick H. Callanan, Boston;
pastor of Newton Lower FaUs, Mass.
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110 1879-1880.
Eev. John J. Carroll, Chicago;
pastor of St. Thomas' church, Chicago, IU.
Eev. Daniel J. ColUns, Boston;
died assistant at St. James' church, Salem,
Mass., 1897.
Eev. John B. Creeden, New York;
died pastor of Ossining, N. Y., 1903.
Eev. WUUam J. Doolan, Hartford ;
pastor of Southington, Conn.
Eev. James F. McLaughUn, New York;
died pastor of MonticeUo, N. Y., 1898.
Eev. Thomas J. McCIoskey, New York;
priest of the Society of Jesus.
Eev. WUUam J. Millerick, Boston;
pastor of Stoneham, Mass.
Eev. Michael J. O'DonneU, Boston;
died assistant at St. Vincent's church, Boston,
Mass., 1892.
Eev. Ambrose F. Eoche, Boston;
pastor of West Quincy, Mass.
Eev. James P. Cummiskey, New York;
died assistant at Saugerties, N. Y., 1885.
Early in 1880 our household suffered a sad loss by
the death of Brother Anselmus, the first to die of the
congregation of Our Lady of Lourdes, after having
given his services to the Seminary for nearly fourteen
years. He was a saintly reUgious, much beloved by aU.
In June, 1880, the priests ordained in 1870 celebrated
in the halls of their Alma Mater the tenth anniversary
of their ordination. A Solemn High Mass was sung.
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1879-1880, 111
memory of the event they presented to the Seminary
a life-size statue of St. Joseph, the patron of the insti
tution, which was placed in the Uttle circular plot
fronting the house, where it stiU stands as a memorial
of their gratitude and attachment to their Alma Mater.
At the end of the scholastic year the Eev. James S.
M. Lynch resigned his position for the second time, to
the great regret of all. He devoted hhnself to the
ministry, in which he worked with the same zeal and
success that had marked his career as director in the
Seminary. His wise efforts extinguished the last
sparks of a long schism in Utica. Afterward he became
pastor of St. John's in Syracuse and vicar-general of
the diocese. Subsequently he returned to the church
of St. John at Utica, which he altered and completed.
He was honored with the purple of a Domestic Prelate
by Pope Leo XIII. in the year 1900.
The Eev. John F. Woods, D.D., a graduate of the
American CoUege of Eome, took the place of director
and at the same time taught Sacred Eloquence during
the few years he remained in Troy.
It was this year, if my notes are correct, that the
bishops interested in the Seminary finaUy consented
to grant the seminarians a respite from study during
the winter term. It had been long noticed that a
continuous study for nine and a half months was too
severe a strain on many young men, who became
debUitated and exhausted by the middle of the year.
Then leave of absence, which could not well be limited,
had to be given, to the great detriment of discipline
and to the discontent of those to whom a simUar privi
lege was refused by the attending physician. The wmter

112 1879-1880,
vacation, of a determined duration for aU, obviates many
of these difficulties, but until then such vacations had
not been customary. The Cardinal graciously con
sulted the other bishops and the vacation was granted
and came to stay. It proved so beneficial that other
seminaries graduaUy adopted the practice, which, I
think, is now almost universal in the United States.

CHAPTEE XX.
1880-1881.
The students for the year 1880-1881 numbered one
hundred and eighteen. The priests ordained from
January to December, 1881, were :
Eev. James J. Fitzgerald, Boston;
absent on leave.
Eev. Joseph H. Conroy, Ogdensburg;
pastor of the cathedral, Ogdensburg, vicar-
general of the diocese, Domestic Prelate.
Rev. John F, Broderick, Boston;
pastor of St. Teresa's church, Boston.
Rev. Joseph A. Lanahan, Albany;
died pastor of St. Vincent de Paul's church,
Albany, N. Y., 1895.
Rev. Charles A. Meredith, New York;
died pastor of Suffem, N. Y., 1904.
Rev. George P. O'CaUaghan, New York;
died pastor of Lake Mahopac, N. Y., 1891.
Rev. Peter F. Magann, New York;
died assistant of the church of the Holy
Name, New York, 1888.
Rev. Thomas J. Quinn, New York;
pastor of Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y.
Rev. James C. Rigney, New York;
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died pastor of the church of Our Lady of
Mercy, New York, 1898.
Rev. Christopher B. O'EeiUy, New York;
died pastor of St. Martin of Tours' church,
New York, 1905.
Eev. James H. Day, Eochester;
pastor of Mount Morris, N. Y.
Eev. Charles Flaherty, Eochester;
retired.
Eev. James J. McCarthy, Eochester;
died, retired, 1891.
Eev. Matthias D. Mussmaecher, Eochester;
died pastor of St. John the EvangeUst's church,
Greece, N. Y., 1890.
Eev. George J. Eisler, Eochester;
pastor of Caledonia, N. Y.
Rev. Andrew J. Clancy, New York;
died pastor of St. Ann's church, New York,
1894.
Rev. James P. Donahue, New York;
died, retired, 1904.
Eev. James G. KeUy, New York;
died pastor of White Plains, N. Y., 1900.
Eev. Joseph F. FlanneUy, New York;
pastor of St. Veronica's church, New York.
Eev. Edward F. Moriarty, Boston;
pastor of St. Peter's church, Cambridge, Mass.
Eev. Michael J. McEvoy, New York;
pastor of the church of Our Lady of Mercy
New York.
Eev. Dennis Nolan, Odgensburg;
pastor of Ticonderoga, N. Y.

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Eev. John J. Gallagher, New York;
retired.
Eev. James J. Walsh, Hartford;
assistant at St. Mary's church, New Britain,
Conn.
Eev. John A. Waters, New York;
pastor of Port Chester, N. Y.
Eev. WiUiam P. Kenny, New York;
died pastor of Wiirtsboro, N. Y., 1896.
Eev. Patrick J. O'Meara, New York;
pastor of Piermont, N. Y.

CHAPTEE XXI.
1881-1882.
The scholastic year 1881-1882 counted one hundred
and one students in theology and twenty-four in phUos
ophy. The faculty remained unchanged. In various
ordinations, from January to December, the foUowing
students were promoted to the priesthood:
Eev. Michael J. Considine, New York;
director in the Seminary, pastor of Holy
Trinity church. New York.
Eev. James B. Conroy, Albany;
died, retired, 1883.
Eev. John J. DiUon, Albany;
pastor of St. Mary's church, Albany, N. Y.
Eev. Michael J. Egan, Peoria;
pastor of Eagle, IU.
Rev. Richard J. Gahan, Albany;
died, retired, 1889.
Rev. Michael J. Feely, New York;
chaplain of the Misericordia Hospital, New
York.
Rev. John F. Howard, Albany;
died pastor of New Lebanon, N. Y., 1887.
Rev. James L. Walsh, Albany;
pastor of Hudson, N. Y.
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Rev. John J. Hickey, Rochester;
pastor of the Holy FamUy church, Rochester,
N.Y.
Rev. John J. Gleeson, Rochester;
pastor of Clyde, N. Y.
Rev. Joseph J. Magin, Rochester;
retired.
Rev. James P. Kiernan, Rochester;
died vicar-general of Rochester, pastor of St.'
Mary's church, Rochester, N. Y., 1900.
Rev. John J. Carr, New York;
pastor of St. Mary's church, Bronx, New York.
Rev. James W. AUison, Boston;
pastor of East Weymouth, Mass.
Rev. Joseph E. Keyes, Boston;
died assistant at St. Ann's church, SomerviUe,
Mass., 1903.
Rev. Patrick B. McManus, Boston;
pastor of South Natick, Mass.
Rev. WUUam H. Murphy, New York;
professor in the Seminary, pastor of SS.
Peter and Paul's church. New York.
Rev. Nicholas J. Murphy, Boston;
pastor of Belmont, Mass.
Rev. Joseph P. Carrigan, Peoria;
pastor of St. Patrick's church, Denver,|!Col.
Rev. Peter P. Owens, Peoria;
pastor of Monmouth, IU.
Rev. Michael A. Quirk, Peoria;
pastor of Ottawa, IU.
Rev. Henry A. SuUivan, Boston;
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Rev. John W. Dolan, Albany;
died pastor of Johnstown, N. Y., 1904.
Eev. Daniel A. Curtin, Albany;
pastor of St. Mary's church, Glens FaUs, N. Y;
Eev. WiUiam A. Eyan, Albany;
pastor of St. Agnes' church, Utica, N. Y.
Eev. Joseph J. Toomy, Albany;
died pastor of East Sjrracuse, N. Y., 1891.
Eev. Henry F. Xavier, New York;
assistant at St. Joseph's church, Yonkers,
¦ N.Y.
In July, 1882, the president of the Seminary was
honored by his Alma Mater, the University of Lou
vain, with the honorary degree of Doctor in Theology

CHAPTER XXII.
1882-1883.
September, 1882, commenced the new year with
ninety-six students in theology and twenty in philos
ophy. The faculty was the same as in the previous
year, consisting of six priests. The various ordinations
from January to December, 1883, fumished the foUow
ing priests: Rev. John P. Hopkins, Rochester;
died in 1901, retired.
Rev. Richard J. Bums, New York;
pastor of Brewster, N. Y.
Rev. WUliam J. McGUl, New York;
died assistant at St. Charles Borromeo's church,
New York, 1893.
Eev. Luke J. Evers, New York;
pastor of St. Andrew's church, New York,
originator of the night workers' Mass.
Eev. Patrick F. Harrigan, Albany;
pastor of Phihnont, N. Y.
Eev. Matthew K. Merns, Albany;
pastor of GranvUle, N. Y.
Rev. Joseph J. Ruby, Rochester;
pastor of Cato, N. Y.
Rev. Martin L. O'Connor, Peoria;
died assistant at the cathedral, Peoria, 1896.
Eev. John J. Boyle, New York;
pastor of St. Luke's church. New York.
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120 1882-1883.
Eev. James W. Hickey, Boston;
pastor of Foxboro, Mass.
Eev. James F. Maher, Springfield;
pastor of West Stockbridge, Mass.
Eev. Thomas J. Mahony, Boston;
died assistant at St.. Patrick's church, Boston,
1903.
Eev. Moses E. Parker, New York;
died, retired, 1905.
Eev. John Weir, New York;
pastor of MUlbrook, N. Y.
The year 1883 was signaUzed by the celebration of
the Fourth Provincial CouncU of New York, presided
over by his Eminence Cardinal McQoskey. Most of
the materials which were afterwards formulated into
decrees were gathered and prepared for discussion by
the Et'. Eev. Michael A. Corrigan, coadjutor bishop of
the metropohtan see.
Mgr. Carrigan iuAdted the professors of the Seminary
to help him in this work, and the president was ap
pointed one of the two secretaries of the CouncU.
The schemata, sUghtly amended, were highly satisfac
tory to the ten Fathers of the Synod and, having
been passed, were solemnly proclaimed. The decrees
in due time were officially approved by the Congre
gation of the Propaganda, and in 1886 were canonicaUy
promulgated by the successor of Cardinal McCIoskey,
Archbishop Michael A. Corrigan. Several of the enact
ments of the CouncU were used as models by the
Third Plenary CouncU of Baltimore, which was held
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CHAPTEE XXIII.
1883-1884.
In 1883 the faculty received a valuable addition in
the person of the Eev. Eemy Lafort, S.T.L. (Louvain),
who was appointed professor of Canon Law, Elementary
Theology and Introduction to the Holy Scriptures.
He was temporarily assigned to the Seminary at the
request of Cardinal McCIoskey, by Mgr. Bracq, bishop
of Ghent, as is shown by the following letter (from the
French) :
Praised be Jesus Christ. Ghent, July 18, 1883.
M. le Pr&ident
of the Prov. Sem. of Troy.
I announce to you with pleasure that you will shortly have
an excellent new professor. 1 mean M. Lafort, subregent of
the normal school of M. Theresa at Louvain. His president
and Mgr. Pieraerts, the Rector, resigned him to me praising
him in the highest terms. He passed his examination for
the Licentiate of Theology very brilliantly last year.
M. Lafort will leave about August 15 with a student of the
American College, called by his bishop to occupy a chair.
I beg you to present my homage to the cardinal archbishop
of New York and to tell him that it gives me pleasure to pass
over to him one of my best priests, distinguished for his talents,
his piety, and his zeal. M. Lafort remains attached to my
diocese, but he is bound to that of New York or to the Provin
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122 1883-1884.
Aid him to become increasingly a worthy priest so that he
may render you the greatest services.
1 am always.
Monsieur le President,
Yours devotedly in Our Lord J. C,
Henry, Bishop of Ghent.
M. le President Gabriels.
The labors of the new professor proved most fruitful.
During the spring of 1884 the joyful tidings came
from Eome that the Eev. Dennis M. Bradley ('70), of
Portland, had been appointed first incumbent of the
new see of Manchester, N. H. As he was the first
alumnus of the Seminary to receive the mitre, his
former professors and his fellow alumni decided to
celebrate the event in an adequate manner. A grand
entertainment, at which he was present, was held in
Troy and a deputation of his comrades avaUed them
selves of the opportunity to present him with a weU-
fiUed purse. The prelate expressed a Uvely gratitude
and showed his love for his Alma Mater by donating
two fine side altars for the chapel. His eamest labors
as a bishop were crowned with undoubted success, but
his zeal was greater than his strength. He died at
Manchester, December 13, 1903, only fifty-seven years
of age, but after rendering great services to his diocese
and leaving after him the reputation of a worthy and
pious prelate. As wiU be seen from. our Usts of ordina
tions. Bishop Bradley was not to be the only alumnus
of St. Joseph's raised to the episcopate.
The number of students enroUed during the scholastic
year 1883-1884 ran up to one hundred and thirty-one.
Between January and December, 1884, the foUowing
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Eev. Thomas F. Hickey,. Eochester;
auxiUary bishop of Eochester, 1905.
Eev. Daniel W. Kavanaugh, Eochester;
pastor of St. Bridget's church, Eochester,
N.Y.
Eev. Augustine M. O'NeiU, Eochester;
pastor of the church of the Immaculate Con
ception, Eochester, N. Y.
Eev. John C. Higgins, Albany;
died pastor of ClayviUe, N. Y., 1894.
Eev. John A. McKenna, New York;
pastor of St. Aloysius' church, New York.
Eev. John J. Owens, New York;
pastor of Croton-on-Hudson, N. Y.
Rev. Edward R. Prendergast, Albany;
pastor of Boonville, N. Y.
Eev. Michael J. Mulhern, New York;
pastor of Tarrytown, N. Y.
Eev. Eugene A. Shine, New York;
pastor of Paulding, N. Y.
Rev. John S. NelUgan, Springfield;
pastor of MUler's Falls, Mass.
Rev. Michael V. Aylward, New York;
pastor of RhinecUff, N. Y.
Rev. Patrick J. Brady, Albany;
pastor of St. Patrick's church, Cohoes, N. Y,
Rev. Patrick J. Clancy, New York;
died pastor of the church of the Immaculate
Conception, Port Jervis, N. Y., 1905.
Eev. Patrick E. Fitzsimons, New York;
chaplain of Sacred Heart Academy, West
chester, N. Y.

124 1883-1884.
Eev. John H. Griffin, Boston;
assistant at Church of St. Mary Star of the
Sea, Boston, Mass.
Eev. Francis X. KeUy, New York;
pastor of Mount Kisco, N. Y.
Eev. John P. Lonargan, New York;
pastor of Hyde Park, N. Y.
Eev. Francis P. Moore, New York;
pastor of church of St. Frances of Eome, New
York.
Eev. James P. O'Connor, Albany;
pastor of the cathedral, Albany.
Rev. Charles T. O'Connor, Boston;
assistant at Revere, Mass.
Rev. John T. Power, New York;
died pastor of Livingston Manor, N. Y., 1900.
Rev. Dennis J. Sullivan, Boston;
assistant at SS. Peter and Paul's church, Bos
ton, Mass.
Rev. Thomas W. WaUace, New York;
pastor of St. Angela Merici's church. New
York.
Rev. Michael J. A. Welsh, New York;
died chaplain of House of the Good Shepherd,
New York, 1900.
In September, 1883, took place the decease of the
only student, as far as I remember, who died whUe in
residence at St. Joseph's. The young cleric thus prema
turely taken away was John Bulger, a student of
phUosophy from Rochester. He was seized with a
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where he expired so suddenly that it was doubtful
whether he was stUl ahve when Extreme Unction was
administered to him.
In 1884 both Rev. Dr. Mahony and Eev. Dr. Woods
withdrew from the Seminary. They did so to devote
themselves to the care of souls. Dr. Mahony is now
the able rector of St. Augustine's church at Ossining;
Dr. Woods died November 27, 1898, in charge of the
parish of the Annunciation, ManhattanviUe, New York
City.

CHAPTEE XXIV.
1884^1885.
This faU saw the opening of the new St. John's
Seminary of Brighton, Mass., founded by the Most Eev.
Archbishop WUUams of Boston for his own growing
archdiocese and for such of the New England dioceses
as would choose to send their students there. Of course
this considerably reduced the number of our pupUs.
The new institution was entrusted to the priests of
St. Sulpice. For a number of years the domestic
service was in charge of the Brothers of Our Lady
of Lourdes, the same order that had rendered such
%ithful service to St. Joseph's.
The chairs of Philosophy and Sacred Eloquence were
held for some years by the Eev. Daniel F. X. Burke, D.D.,
of the diocese of New York, while the Eev. WiUiam
A. McDonald, of the diocese of Eochester ('78), became
professor of Liturgy. The five Belgian professors were
stiU at their posts. The president, however, having
been chosen one of the theologians, and later one of
the secretaries of the Third Plenary CouncU of Balti
more, spent several months in that city.
The new school year 1884-1885 saw one hundred
and forty-two students within the waUs of the Seminary.
The gentlemen ordained from January to December,
1885, were the following: 126

1884-1886. 127
Eev. John S. NeUigan, Eochester;
pastor of Union Springs, N. Y.
Eev. Thomas B. O'Brien, Eochester;
died, retired, 1900.
Eev. James J. Hartley, Eochester;
pro-rector of St. Bemard's Seminary, Eoches
ter, N. Y.
Eev. Thomas F. Cusack, New York;
auxiUary bishop of New York, pastor of St.
Stephen's church. New York.
Eev. Thomas F. GalUgan, New York;
died assistant at St. EUzabeth's church, New
York, 1905.
Eev. Peter F. McCaU, Boston;
assistant at St. James' church, Salem, Mass.
Eev. Morgan J. O'ConneU, New York;
retired.
Eev. Francis J. O'EeiUy, Peoria;
rector of the cathedral, Peoria, El.
Eev. Michael F. Ambrose, Ogdensburg;
pastor of the church of the Immaculate Con
ception, Keeseville, N. Y.
Eev. Francis X. Ege, Eochester;
pastor of Beecher, IU.
Eev. FeUx O'Hanlon, Eochester;
pastor of Clifton Springs, N. Y.
Eev. Dennis F. Coyle, New York;
pastor of Amenia, New York.
Eev. WiUiam J. B. Daly, New York; .
pastor of St. Malachy's church. New York.
Eev. Francis J. Jones, New York;
died, retired, 1894.

128 1884-1885.
Eev. Francis C. Lenes, New York;
pastor of Eosendale, N. Y.
Eev. Joseph S. Mechler, New York;
assistant at St. Jerome's church, New York.
Eev. John V. Quinn, New York;
retired.
Eev. WiUiam J. Fennessy, Boston;
in diocese of Newark.
Eev. WUUam F. Powers, Boston;
pastor of Merrimack, Mass.
Eev. Patrick F. McEvoy, D.D., Albany;
secretary to the bishop, Syracuse, N. Y.
Eev. David Sheehan, Albany;
died, retired, 1901.
Eev. Francis J. Toolan, Albany;
pastor of Newport, N. Y.
Eev. Patrick F. Wallace, Albany;
pastor of Frankfort, N. Y.
Eev. Maurice E. Brick, Trenton;
pastor of the church of the Sacred Heart,
Camden, N. J.
Rev. Edward J. Egan, Trenton;
pastor of Seabright, N. J.
Rev. Nicholas M. Freeman, Trenton;
died pastor of East MUlstone, N. J., 1895.
Rev. Andrew F. Harty, Hartford;
pastor of Chester, Conn.
Rev. Thomas J. Kenna, Hartford;
pastor of Bristol, Conn.
Eev. WUUam J. McGurk, Hartford;
pastor of South Manchester, Conn.

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Rev. John F. Leonard, Springfield;
pastor of Lee, Mass.
Rev. Patrick H. O'ConneU, Peoria;
retired.

CHAPTER XXV.
1885-1886.
During the school year 1885-1886 the number of
theologians was one hundred and ten, that of philoso
phers twenty-five. The faculty underwent no change.
The following is the list of priests ordained from
January to December, 1886:
Rev. Edward D. Kelly, Detroit;
pastor of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Rev. Patrick B. Dempsey, Albany;
pastor of St. Michael's church, Troy, N. Y.
Eev. Joseph H. Fitzgerald, Albany;
died pastor of Hudson, N. Y., 1905.
Eev. Thomas H. Irving, New York;
died assistant at St. Mary's church, Eondout,
1887.
Eev. Joseph H. McMahon, D.D., New York;
pastor of the church of Our Lady of Lourdes,
New York.
Eev. Edward P. Murphy, New York;
assistant at SS. Peter and Paul's church, New
York.
Eev. William A. Jackson, New York;
pastor of Tompkins Cove, N. Y.
Eev. Nicholas M. Eeinhart, New York;"
died pastor of the church of the Ascension,
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Eev. John H. Butler, Eochester;
died, retired, 1892.
Eev. Patrick J. Clune, Eochester;
died pastor of church of the Holy Family,
Eochester, N. Y., 1897.
Eev. Bernard F. Brady, New York;
pastor of St. John Chrysostom's church, New
York.
Eev. Michael J. Coyne, Springfield;
pastor of Huntington, Mass.
Eev. Hugh P. CuUum, New York;
pastor of Suffem, N. Y.
Eev. James B. DonneUy, New York;
died, retired, 1899.
Eev. John F. Griffin, Springfield;
assistant at the Holy Eosary church, Holyoke,
Mass.
Rev. George S. Mahon, Syracuse;
pastor of Pompey, N. Y.
Rev. Dennis E. Murphy, Albany;
died pastor of Oneonta, N. Y., 1904.
Rev. Michael J. Looney, Albany;
pastor of Castleton, N. Y.
Rev. Thomas L. Kinkead, New York;
died chaplain of Sisters of St. Francis, Peeks-
kill, N. Y., and Supervisor of Catholic Chari
ties, 1905.
Rev. Francis J. Ryan, Boston;
pastor of St. Joseph's church, SomerviUe,
Mass.
Eev. Joseph F. Sheahan, New York;
pastor of Pocantico HUls, N. Y.

132 1885-1886,
Eev. John V. Simmons, Albany;
pastor of St. Paul's church, Binghamton, N. Y.
Eev. Edward F. Somers, New York;
retired.
Eev. Michael L. Walsh, Albany;
pastor of St. Vincent's church, Albany, N. Y.
Eev. Thomas A. Walsh, Boston;
assistant at St. Patrick's church, Boston, Mass.
In June of this year the rustic shrine of the Sacred
Heart back of the Seminary was dedicated. The
expense was borne by the students. They also took
care to have it always neatly decorated with flowers.
The shrine was often visited by them, sometimes in
a body, sometimes individually, as their devotion
prompted them, and thus was kindled in their hearts
the love which had. burned with such ardor in the
Heart of the Saviour.

CHAPTEE XXVI.
1886-1887.
Beginning with 1886 the course of philosophy was
lengthened to two years; this with four years of
theology extended the entire course to six years. The
change was in accordance with the decree of the Third
Plenary CouncU of Baltimore which had been promul
gated in January by the Delegate ApostoUc, Archbishop
Gibbons of Baltimore.
To the sorrow of professors and students, Ul-health
compeUed the efficient director Father WiUiam A.
McDonald to seek more active, open-air work. He
returned to Eochester, where he soon recovered his
former strength. Ever since he has successfuUy exer
cised the holy ministry at Seneca FaUs and Geneva,
where he occupies the honorable position of rural
dean. With the consent of the Most Eev. Archbishop the
place of director was offered to and accepted by the
Eev. Michael J. Considine ('82), who fiUed the post
very efficiently for three years. Otherwise the staff
was unchanged.
During the school year 1886-1887 there came to the
Seminary ninety-three students for theology and
thirty-one for philosophy. The ordinations from Janu
ary to December, 1887, were as foUows:
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134 1886-1887.
Eev. Edward V. Higgins, New York;
absent on leave.
Eev. John J. McGuinness, Syracuse;
died pastor of Truxton, N. Y., 1900.
Eev. John McBride, Manchester;
retired.
Eev. John W. Schwinn, New York;
assistant at St. Andrew's church, EUenviUe,
N.Y.
Eev. WUUam H. White, Albany;
assistant at Little FaUs, N. Y.
Eev. John J. Barrett, Albany;
pastor of Salem, N. Y.
Eev. Andrew Cunningham, Albany;
died assistant at St. Ann's church, Albany,
N. Y., 1899.
Eev. Joseph S. Graham, Albany;
pastor of the church of the Blessed Sacrament,
Albany, N. Y.
Eev. Walter J. Torpey, Albany;
pastor of West Winfield, N. Y.
Eev. James T. Dougherty, Eochester;
pastor of Canandaigua, N. Y.
Eev. Leo C. Beaudet, New York;
pastor of Port Ewen, N. Y.
Eev. John H. Briody, New York;
pastor of Matteawan, N. Y.
Eev. John P. Chidwick, New York;
pastor of St. Ambrose's church, New York.
Eev. William F. Dougherty, New York;
director of CathoUc Seamen's Eeading-rooms,
New York.

1886-1887. 135
Eev. Francis M. Fagan, New York;
pastor of Whiteport, N. Y.
Eev. James S.,Fenton, New York;
pastor of CornwaU, N. Y.
Eev. Daniel Doody, Syracuse;
pastor of St. Francis de Sales' church, Utica,
N.Y.
Eev. William F. Dwyer, Syracuse;
pastor of St. John's church, Oswego, N. Y.
Eev. WUliam Livingston, New York;
director of Seminary, pastor of St. Peter's
church, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., rural dean.
Eev. John J. Morris, New York;
pastor of the Immaculate Conception church,
Port Jervis, N. Y.
Eev. Lawrence E. Murray, New York;
pastor of Lake Mahopac, N. Y.
Eev. Thomas M. O'Keefe, New York;
assistant at St. Benedict the Moor's church,
New York.
Eev. WiUiam P. Quinn, Syracuse;
died assistant at St. Patrick's church, Utica,
N. Y., 1901.
Eev. Francis X. Hulse, New York;
died assistant at St. Michael's church. New
York, 1890.
During the vacation of 1887 the Eev. Daniel F. X.
Burke, D.D., requested the Archbishop again to assign
him to work in the ministry, in which he has sihce
exercised his zeal with signal success. He is now (1905)
rector of the church of St. PhiUp Neri in the Bronx,

136 1886-1887.
New York. Here, in addition to his regular parish
ioners, he has voluntarUy taken charge of the ItaUan
immigrants who have settled in the neighborhood.
His place at the Seminary was taken by the Eev.
WiUiam H. Murphy ('82), of New York.
Pope Leo XIII, who since 1878 had steered the bark
of Peter, celebrated the golden jubUee of his priesthood
in 1888. The whole world joined in this joyful cele
bration. St. Joseph's Seminary showed its love and
devotion to the Holy See and its iUustrious incumbent
by sending him an address of congratulation. The
foUowing reply rewarded their expression of loyalty
and faith:
Dime. Domine:
Obsequentissimae litterae sacerdotah SSmi Domini Nostri
appetente jubilaeo ab alunmis istius Seminarii datae ad
manus pervenerunt Sanctitatis Suae quae exhibitas filiahs
amoris significationes gratulationesque summopere acceptas
habuit. Nunc vero periucimdum mihi accidit, grati animi sensus
Sanctitatis Suae de eius special! mandato Dominationi Tuae
patefacere unaque simul Apostolicam Benedictionem com-
municare quam eadem Sanctitas Sua memoratis alunmis
necnon ¦ Moderatoribus ac Professoribus Seminarii toto cordis
affectu impertiri dignata est. Quam nactus occasionem obser-
vantiae meae sensus tibi libenter testor ac fausta quaecumque
apprecor a Domino.
[, Romae die 18 Maii 1888. Dominationis Tuae
Addictissimus, M. Card. Rampolla.
R. D. Henrico Gabriels,
Rectori Seminarii Provincialis,
Neo Eboracensis, S. Joseph.
(New York) Troy.

CHAPTEE XXVII.
1887-1888.
In September, 1887, one hundred and thirty-four
students entered the Seminary. Of these the follow
ing were ordained in the course of the year 1888:
Eev. WUliam H. Griffin, Syracuse ;
pastor of New Hartford, N. Y.
Eev. WiUiam P. Fitzgerald, Albany;
pastor of CatskiU, N. Y.
Eev. Thomas F. Hughes, Albany;
died pastor of Hancock, N. Y., 1902.
Eev. Michael F. McCarthy, Albany;
died pastor of Middle Granville, N. Y., 1901.
Eev. WUUam Gleeson, Eochester;
pastor of St. Mary's church, Eochester, N. Y.
Eev. WUUam Pajme, Eochester;
pastor of Charlotte, N. Y.
Eev. John G. Van Ness, Eochester;
pastor of the church of the Holy Eosary,
Eochester, N. Y.
Eev. Augustus M. J. PelUeux, New York;
director of St. Joseph's Trade School, New
York.
Eev. John E. O'Shaughnessy, New York;
died assistant at St. Agnes' church. New York,
1890. 137

138 1887-1888.
Eev. John S. Braun, New York;
pastor of St. Andrew's church, EUenviUe, N. Y.
Eev. WUUam E. Butler, New York;
died assistant at Middletown, N. Y., 1896.
Eev. Dennis B. Collins, Albany;
died pastor of West Winfield, N. Y., 1894.
Eev. Patrick Donahoe, Syracuse;
pastor of Waterville, N. Y.
Eev. Francis X. A. Fremel, New York;
died, retired, 1900.
Eev. Peter F. Guinevan, New York;
pastor of Tuxedo, N. Y.
Eev. Edward C. Hearn, Peoria;
pastor of Merna, IU.
Eev. Edward F. McCue, New York;
pastor of St. Joseph's church, Kingston, N. Y.
Rev. Thomas F. Myhan, New York;
pastor of St. Ann's church, New York.
Rev. Daniel H. O'Dwyer, New York;
pastor of St. John's church, Kingsbridge,
N.Y.
Rev. Matthew Rhatigan, Albany;
pastor of Hancock, N. Y.
Rev. John D. Roach, New York;
pastor of the church of the Holy Spirit, New
York.
Eev. Joseph S. Tieman, Syracuse;
pastor of Camden, N. Y.

CHAPTEE XXVIIL
1888-1889.
The new scholastic year 1888-1889 found the seven
professors at their accustomed work. One hundred
and four students of theology were entered on the
roUs as weU as forty for the two years of philosophy.
Nothing of importance occurred during the scholastic
year. The following candidates were promoted to the
priesthood from January to December, 1889:
Eev. Francis N. Stuart, Albany;
died pastor of Coxsackie, N. Y., 1901.
Eev. Daniel J. Feehan, New York;
died assistant at St. Eose of Lima's church.
New York, 1900.
Eev. Bemard J. Eeilly, New York;
pastor of the church of the Nativity, New
York.
Eev. Matthew Sheridan, Albany;
pastor of Valatie, N. Y.
Eev. James B. GUloon, Albany;
pastor of DolgevUle, N. Y.
Eev. PhiUas S. Garand, Ogdensburg;
pastor of Clayton, N. Y.
Eev. John McGrath, Eochester;
pastor of St. Aloysius' church, Auburn, N. Y
139

140 1888-1889.
Eev. James Fitzsimmons, S.T.B., New York;
professor in Seminary, pastor of Dobb's Ferry,
N.Y.
Eev. WUliam C. KeUy, New York;
died assistant at St. John the EvangeUst's-
church, New York, 1896.
Eev. John T. DriscoU, S.T.L., Albany;
pastor of Fonda, N. Y.
Eev. James A. Dooley, New York;
pastor of MUton, N. Y.
Eev. William F. Dougherty, Syracuse;
pastor of St. Vincent de Paul's church, Sjo-a-
cuse, N. Y.
Eev. Michael J. Duffy, New York;
pastor of Croton FaUs, N. Y.
Eev. Edward I. Holden, New York;
on sick leave.
Eev. John J. McCabe, New York;
pastor of Saugerties, N. Y.
Eev. John F. McLoghlin, Syracuse;
pastor of East Syracuse, N. Y.
Eev. John J. Meade, New York;
died assistant at St. Thomas the Apostle's^
church, New York, 1898.
Eev. WUUam F. O'Connor, Albany;
pastor of St. Johnsville, N. Y.
Eev. Thomas F. Murphy, New York;
assistant at cathedral, New York.
Eev. Patrick Eonayne, New York;
on sick leave.
Rev. Patrick J. Minogue, New York;
pastor of Warwick, N. Y.

1888-1889. 141
Rev. Bartholomew A. Stack, Syracuse;
pastor of CamUlus, N. Y.
During the mid-summer vacations the Rev. Michael
J. Considine was transferred from his position in the
Seminary to parochial work in the city of New York,
He had performed his duties as director faithfully and
he was equally conscientious and efficient in the new
work now entrusted to him. He was especiaUy vigor
ous and useful as inspector of schools in the metropoUs.
Father Considine was afterward promoted to the rector
ship of the new parish of the Holy Trinity, West 82d
street. New York.
His successor at St. Joseph's was the Rev. WiUiam
Livingston ('87).

CHAPTER XXIX.
1889-1890.
The number of students, old and new, in 1889-1890
was one hundred and thirty-nine, eighty-seven theo
logians and fifty-two philosophers. The annual ordina
tions included the foUowing:
Rev. Herbert Regenbogen, Rochester;
pastor of St. Alphonsus' church. Auburn,
N.Y.
Rev. WUUam F. Mahony, Albany;
assistant at lUon, N. Y.
Rev. John P. Quinn, Rochester;
pastor of Mount Read, N. Y.
Rev. Bernard A. Brady, New York;
assistant at St. Joseph's church, Yonkers, N. Y.
Rev. Peter W. Spellman, New York;
assistant at St. Joseph's church. New York.
Rev. Dennis E. Smith, Albany;
died, retired, 1897.
iTie smaUness of the number of seminarians
admitted to the priesthood was due to the lengthening
of the course mentioned above.
In June, 1890, the Rev. Charles Roelants decided to
pay a visit to Belgium with the intention of returning
in September. But once there, he changed his mind.
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1889-1890. 143
His advancing age and the entreaties of his relatives
induced him to spend the remainder of his life in his
native city of Ghent. The bishop, Mgr. Stillemans,
favorably received his request to be readmitted to his
old diocese, and he immediately appointed him titular
canon (entitled to a salary) of the cathedral of St.
Bavo and Censor Librorum of the diocese. While
residing at Ghent, Father Roelants pubUshed for the
use of his former pupUs a brief commentary on the
Gospel of St. Matthew. He died on January 15, 1901>
at the age of seventy-four, esteemed by aU who knew
him and regretted especially by his old pupUs.

CHAPTER XXX.
1890-1891.
The vacancy created in the Seminary by Father
Roelants' resignation was not easy to fill, though aU did
their best to supply the deficiency. The course of
Scripture was taken by Father Lafort, and a new pro
fessor, the Rev. James Fitzsimmons, S.T.B. (Washing
ton), of New York, taught Logic and PhUosophy. The
number of students increased to ninety-six theologians
and sixty-one philosophers. The foUowing students
were raised to the priesthood from January to Decem
ber, 1891:
Rev. John J. Conway, New York;
died assistant at Stapleton, N. Y., 1899.
Rev. Michael Cunniff, New York;
pastor of the church of the Holy Name of
Jesus, Kingston, N. Y.
Eev. James E. Goggin, New York;
assistant at Holy Trinity church. New York.
Rev. WiUiam R. Hayes, New York;
assistant at St. Veronica's church. New York.
Rev. James Mangan, New York;
died assistant at Sacred Heart church, New
York, 1903.
Rev. Thomas F. O'Connor, New York;
assistant at St. Stephen's church, New York.
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1890-1891. 145
Rev. Coleman F. O'LoughUn, Rochester;
pastor of Phelps, N. Y.
Eev. Thomas J. Donlon, New York;
assistant at Irvington, N. Y.
Eev. Michael F. Mooney, Albany;
assistant at St. Mary's church, Amsterdam,
N.Y.
Eev. Thomas J. Heafy, New York;
assistant at St. Martin of Tours' church, New
York.
Eev. John Eyan, New York;
died assistant at the church of the Sacred
Heart, New York, 1902.
Eev. John T. Slattery, Albany;
pastor of Stamford, N. Y.
Eev. Michael J. Shine, New York;
assistant at the Immaculate Conception church.
Port Jervis, N. Y.
Eev. Thomas J. Keenan, New York;
assistant at AU Saints' church, New York.
Eev. John J. Lennon, New York;
assistant at St. Francis de Sales' church,
New York.
Eev. Joseph Dereszewski, Albany;
pastor of St. Mary's church, Schenectady, N. Y.
Eev. John J. McEvoy, New York;
pastor of Sylvan Lake, N. Y.
Eev. John J. MaUon, New York;
assistant at St. Eose of Lima's church, New
York.
Eev. John H. Strzelecki, New York;
pastor of St. Stanislaus' church. New York.

CHAPTEE XXXI.
1891-1892.
In September, 1891, the faculty remained the same
as in the previous year. Students entered to the number
of one hundred and sixty-six, one hundred to study
theology and sixty-six for philosophy. At various
ordinations from January, 1892, to January, 1893, the
following were raised to the priesthood:
Eev. Patrick H. Drain, New York;
pastor of Cold Spring, N. Y.
Eev. Patrick W. BresUn, New York;
pastor of Livingston Manor, N. Y. Ordained
by Bishop Gabriels.
Eev. Peter J. DonneUy, Albany;
pastor of Palmer's FaUs, N. Y. Ordained
by Bishop Gabriels.
Eev. Bartholomew F. GaUigan, New York;
assistant at St. John the EvangeUst's church,
New York. Ordained by Bishop Gabriels.
Eev. John F. KeUhan, New York;
assistant at St. John the EvangeUst's church,
New York. Ordained by Bishop Gabriels.
Eev. Michael F. Keliher, New York;
assistant at St. Ambrose's church, New York.
Ordained by Bishop Gabriels.
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1891-1892. 147
Eev. Joseph V. McDonald, New York;
died, retired, 1905. Ordained by Bishop
Gabriels.
Eev. John H. Dooley, New York;
pastor of Tivoli, N. Y. Ordained by Bishop
Gabriels.
Eev. Joseph A. A. Hopkins, Syracuse ;
pastor of St. Mary's church, Oswego, N. Y»
Ordained by Bishop Gabriels.
Eev. Charles B. McKenna, New York;
died assistant at St. Ann's church. New York,
1893. Ordained by Bishop Gabriels.
Eev. Charles T. Murphy, New York;
assistant at the church of the Blessed Sacra
ment, New York. Ordained by Bishop Ga
briels.
Eev. WUUam J. Quinn, New York;
died assistant at St. Bernard's church. New
York, 1902. Ordained by Bishop Gabriels.
Eev. Thomas A. Thomton, New York;
assistant at St. Gabriel's church, New York,
superintendent of schools. Ordained by
Bishop Gabriels.
Eev. Eugene A. Carney, Albany;
died, retired, 1900. Ordained by Bishop Ga
briels.
Eev. Michael J. Dinneen, Albany;
died, retired, 1897. Ordained by Bishop Ga
briels.
Eev. John S. McCarthy, Albany;
pastor of Oneonta, N. Y. Ordained by Bishop
Gabriels.

148 1891-1892.
Eev. Daniel P. J. Mahony, Albany;
pastor of Johnsonville, N. Y. Ordained by
Bishop Gabriels.
Eev. Daniel E. Casey, Albany;
assistant at St. Ann's church, Albany, N. Y.
Eev. MaUck J. Fitzpatrick, New York;
director of the mission of the Immaculate
Virgin, N. Y.
Eev. Thomas F. Flood, New York;
retired.
Eev. Francis A. Greagan, Albany;
pastor of Coxsackie, N. Y.
Eev. Patrick J. Hayes, D.D., New York;
chancellor and secretary to the archbishop of
New York, president of the Cathedral CoUege.
Eev. Joseph F. Smith, New York;
assistant at the church of the Holy Cross,
New York, superintendent of schools.
Eev. James P. Foy, Syracuse;
died pastor of Lestershire, N. Y., 1904.
Eev. Michael F. Horan, New York;
died assistant at St. Bemard's church. New
York, 1899.
Rev. Arthur J. Kenny, New York;
assistant at St. Paul's church, New York.
Rev. James A. McGuire, S}rracuse;
died assistant at Syracuse, N. Y., 1893.
Rev. John F. E. McGuire, New York;
died assistant at St. Augustine's church. New
York, 1903.
Rev. Dennis McHugh, Albany;
pastor of New Lebanon, N. Y.

1891-1892. 149
Rev. John McMahon, Rochester;
pastor of Groton, N. Y.
Rev. James F. MaUoy, New York;
assistant at St. Charles Borromeo's church.
New York.
Rev. WiUiam F. Meehan, New York;
assistant at St. Bernard's church. New York.
Rev. Henry A. MUler, Albany;
pastor of Sandlake, N. Y.
Rev. Daniel A. O'ConneU, New York;
assistant at St. Jerome's church, New York.
Rev.. James F. O'Shea, Syracuse;
pastor of St. CeciUa's church, Solvay, Syra
cuse, N. Y.
Rev. Thomas J. Reilly, New York;
assistant at the church of the Ascension, New
York.
Rev. Thomas J. Walsh, Albany;
pastor of Coeymans, N. Y.
Rev. Edward J. Higgins, Albany;
died, retired, 1893.
Rev. W. F. E. Keefe, Albany;
pastor of Hunter, N. Y.

'  CHAPTER XXXIL
1892-1893.
As has been suggested by the preceding Ust, a great
change took place in the faculty of St. Joseph's during
the school year of 1891-1892. Bishop Wadhams of
Ogdensburg died on December 5, 1891, and the Holy
See, on the recommendation of the bishops of the
province, on December 20 of the same year appointed
as his successor the president of the Troy Seminary.
The consecration of the new prelate took place in
the cathedral of Albany on May 5, 1892, Archbishop
Corrigan officiating, assisted by Bishops McNeimy of
Albany and Ludden of Syracuse. Bishop McQuaid
of Rochester preached the sermon. At this ceremony
there were present archbishops and bishops from
Canada as weU as from the United States, twenty-
three in aU, no less than five hundred priests, mostly
graduates of St. Joseph's, and one hundred and fifty
seminarians. Bishop Gabriels resigned the presidency of the Semi
nary in April, 1892. His colleague, the Very Rev.
Peter A. Puissant, D.D. (honorary, Louvain), was ap
pointed his successor. President Puissant thenceforth
lectured on Church History; Father Fivez became
professor of Moral Theology and treasurer. Father
Murphy succeeding the latter in the chair of Dogmatic
150

1892-1893. 151
Theology. Soon after, the faculty was completed
by the appointment of the Eev. Joseph Delany, an
alumnus of St. Joseph's, who had gone to Eome and
there had been promoted to the degree of Doctor of
Sacred Theology.
The year 1892-1893 brought to the Seminary one
hundred and seventy-three students.' Of these the
foUowing received Holy Orders in the course of the
year: Eev. James J. Brown, New York;
assistant at St. Mary's of the Assumption
church, New York.
Eev. John F. Dowling, New York;
died assistant at St. John the EvangeUst's
church, New York, 1897.
Eev. Michael P. Gallagher, New York;
assistant at St. Peter's church, Poughkeepsie,
N.Y.
Eev. David A. Murray, New York;
assistant at St. Veronica's church, New York.
Eev. Thomas P. Walsh, Albany;
retired?
Eev. Bartholomew Molejkaities, Albany;
pastor of St. Casimir's church, Albany, N. Y.
Rev. James R. Walsh, Albany;
died assistant at Hudson, N. Y., 1901.
Rev. Bartholomew McLoghlin, Ogdensburg;
absent on leave.

CHAPTEE XXXIII.
1893-1894.
The next year brought only one hundred and twenty-
nine students to the Seminary, the decrease being chiefly
due to the opening of St. Bernard's Seminary in Eoches
ter. The ordinations of the year were of the foUowing:
Eev. James N. Aylward, New York;
assistant at St. CecUia's church, New York.
Eev. William Courtney, New York ;
diocesan missionary, New York.
Eev. Cornelius F. Crowley, New York;
assistant at All Saints ' church, New York.
Eev. CorneUus J. Crowley, New York;
assistant at St. Columba's church. New York.
Eev. Andrew F. Cusack, New York ;
died, retired, 1902.
Eev. Thomas E. Delaney, Albany;
assistant at St. John's church, Schenectady,
N.Y.
Eev. Thomas J. Doyle, New York;
assistant at St. Joseph's church, New York.
Eev. Timothy L. DriscoU, New York;
died, retired, 1899.
Eev. John J. Fay, New York;
assistant at the church of Our Lady of Good
Counsel, New York.
Eev. Malachy J. Garvey, Eochester;
pastor of Livonia, N. Y.
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1893-1894. 153
Eev. John J. Higgins, Syracuse;
assistant at Skaneateles, N. Y.
Eev. James F. McNamara, New York;
assistant at the church of the Holy Innocents,
New York.
Eev. Francis J. SuUivan, New York;
assistant at St. Ann's church. New York.
Eev. Daniel A. Gibbons, New York;
died assistant at the Guardian Angels' church,
New York, 1900.
Eev. Dennis Moore, Syracuse ;
assistant at St. Agnes' church, Utica, N. Y.
Eev. John L. Morrissey, Albany;
assistant at St. Joseph's church, Albany, N. Y.
Eev. Stanislaus Nowak, New York;
pastor of Florida, N. Y.
Eev. John P. Wallace, Albany;
assistant at Little FaUs, N. Y.
Eev. John J. Lynch, Albany;
assistant at the cathedral, Albany, N. Y.
Eev. James F. Dolan, Albany;
assistant at St. Mary's church, Troy, N. Y.

CHAPTEE XXXIV.
1894-1895.
The foUowing were ordained priests before the close
of the scholastic year 1894r-1895 :
Eev. Joseph E. Bergan, New York;
assistant at St. Eaphael's church, New York.
Eev. PhUip O'Hanlon, New York;
absent on sick leave.
Eev. Charles PauU, New York;
priest in Italy.
Eev. Patrick F. ScuUy, Albany;
assistant at St. Patrick's church, Troy, N. Y.
Eev. Otto F. Strack, New York;
rector of St. Anthony of Padua's church, New
York.
Eev. Michael Walsh, New York;
died assistant at Emigrants' Home, New
York, 1904. 154

CHAPTEE XXXV.
1895-1896.
During the year St. Joseph's Provincial Seminary
was closed and the Seminary of the Archdiocese of
New York was opened at Dunwoodie. The foUowing
priests were the last ordained in Troy:
Eev. John Simard, Ogdensburg;
pastor of Peru, N, Y.
Eev. Patrick P. Carey, New York;
Chaplam, U. S. Navy.
Eev. James A. Collins, New York;
assistant at St. Mary's church, WilUams-
bridge, N. Y.
Eev. Joseph P. Donahue, New York;
assistant at St. Stephen's church, New York.
Eev. Ambrose M. Dwyer, Syracuse;
pastor of Lestershire, N. Y.
Eev. John Glavin, Albany;
assistant at St. John's church, Eensselaer, N. Y.
Eev. John J. Harrington, New York;
assistant at St. Mary's church. New York.
Eev. John J. Hickey, New York;
assistant at St. Mary's church, Eondout, N. Y.
Eev. Thomas B. KeUy, New York;
assistant at St. Gabriel's church, New EocheUe,
N.Y.
Eev. CorneUus E. Linehan, Albany;
pastor of Chatham, N. Y.
155

166 1896-1896.
Eev. Bernard F. McKenna, New York;
assistant at St. Catharine of Genoa's church,
New York.
Eev. John F. Meehan, New York;
assistant at St. Eaymond's church. New York.
Eev. WiUiam T. St. John, New York;
assistant at St. Bernard's church. New
York.
Eev. Eobert A. Weir, New York;
rector of East Kingston, N. Y.
Eev. Anthony Gorski, Albany;
pastor of St. Stanislaus' church, Amsterdam,
N.Y.
Eev. Louis F. Cusack, New York;
assistant at the church of the Ascension, New
York.
Eev. Peter P. Cusack, New York;
sick.
Eev. WUUam J. Mulcahy, New York;
assistant at the church of the Sacred Heart,
West New Brighton, N. Y.
Eev. John H. Eeady, Albany;
sick.
Eev. WUUam H. Walsh, Albany;
assistant at St. John's church, Schenectady,
N.Y.
Eev. James H. Brehny, New York;
died assistant at St. Jerome's church. New
York, 1900.
Eev. Joseph G. Cushman, New York;
; assistant at the church of the Sacred Heart,
Mt. Vernon, N. Y.

1895-1896. 157
Eev. John J. Dunn, New York;
director of the Propagation of the Faith in
diocese of New York.
Eev. John W. Farrar, Syracuse;
assistant at St. Mary's church, Oswego, N. Y.
Eev. Terence E. Gilmartin, New York; ('
assistant at the church of the Blessed Sacra
ment, New York.
Eev. Matthew C. Gleeson, New York ;
chaplain of the U. S. Battleship "Missouri. "
Eev. Edward J. HaUoran, New York;
died assistant at the church of the Immaculate
Conception, New York, 1899.
Eev. Arthur J. Kenny, New York;
assistant at St. Michael's church, New York.
Eev. Edward F. Leonard, New York;
assistant at St. Peter's church, New York.
Eev. Thomas F. Lyman, New York;
died, retired, 1900.
Eev. John A. McGraw, D.D., Syracuse;
pastor of BaldwinsviUe, N. Y.
Eev. John J. Maher, New York;
assistant at SS. Peter and Paul's church, New
York.
Eev. Michael J. Mara, Syracuse;
died assistant at St. John's church, Utica,
N. Y., 1899.
Eev. David F. O'Connor, New York;
assistant at St. Andrew's church. New York.
Eev. Edward F. O'SuUivan, New York;
pastor of Sawkill, N. Y. ^ i

158 1895-1896.
Eev. Thomas F. Owens, New York;
assistant at St. Andrew's church. New
York.
Eev. Thomas P. Phelan, New York;
assistant at the church of the Epiphany, New
York.
Eev. James J. Power, New York;
assistant at church of Our Lady of Good
Counsel, New York.
Eev. Daniel A. Quinn, New York;
assistant at St. Malachy's church. New York.
Eev. Francis Eusin, Syracuse;
pastor of the church of the Sacred Heart,
Syracuse, N. Y.
Eev. James A. Talbot, New York;
assistant at St. Augustine's church. New York.
Eev. James Wilson, New York;
assistant at St. Eaymond's church. New York.
Rev. JuUan A. ZieUnski, Trenton;
pastor of St. Stephen's church, Perth Amboj',
N.J.

I.BT. HEV AHTHUH J. TEELINE. 2. HT. HEV JOHN S. MICHAUD, 3. HT. HEV
MICHAEL TIEFNEY, 4. HT HEV: PHILIP J. EAHHIDAN. S. HT. HEV. DENIS
M.BflADLEV.

CHAPTER XXXVI.
ST. JOSEPH'S ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
The year 1900 saw the beginnings of the Troy
Alumni Association, which has since become a flourish
ing orgamzation. The aim of this society is to keep
fresh old memories among its members, to foster friend
ship among the priests who studied in Troy, and to
provide the means for doing any good work suggested
by their former connection with St. Joseph's Pro
vincial Seminary. They gather every year in New
York to assist at a Pontifical Mass celebrated at their
request, to attend to the election of officers and
to the business of the society, and to convene at a
fraternal banquet where for a few hours convivial
wit and postprandial eloquence reign supreme. The
president for the last two years has been the Right
Rev. Arthur TeeUng, Domestic Prelate, permanent
rector of St. Mary's, Lynn, Mass.
159

CHAPTER XXXVII.
closing op the SEMINARY.
From the time he succeeded Cardinal McCIoskey as
archbishop of New York, Mgr. Corrigan had entertained
the idea of entrusting his Seminary to the Fathers of
St. Sulpice, who had refused to take charge of it in
1863. One of his chief reasons for making the change
was the difficulty of recruiting from the secular clergy
of the archdiocese a body of men wUUng to devote
their Uves to the education of candidates for the priest
hood. As the Belgian professors were advancing in
age, he thought that the best way out of this dilemma
was to replace them by men who are especiaUy trained
to educate the clergy, in a congregation estabUshed for
this purpose, and who spend their Uves in the direction
and instmction of seminary students. Moreover, the
desire of the priests of the archdiocese, who wished to
have the Seminary located at a place nearer the city
and more convenient both for the clerical students
and for themselves on the occasion of their annual
retreats, suggested the removal of the Seminarj^ from
Troy to the neighborhood of the metropoUs.
Accordingly the Archbishop cast about for a site
suitable to his plans whereon he might buUd an insti
tution worthy of the Empire City archdiocese. The
first place selected was Scarborough, near Ossining, but
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as the grounds were somewhat distant from the rail
road, they were sold again and the property now oc
cupied by St. Joseph's Seminary at Dunwoodie, near
Yonkers, was purchased. Thousands of CathoUcs, lay
and clerical, remember the solemn laying of the cor
nerstone, in the presence of an immense concourse
of people, on Sunday, May 17, 1891.
But it took time to erect the magnificent buUding
which now crowns what was formerly known as Valen
tine Hill. Meantime, the old Seminary at Troy, while
pursuing the even tenor of its way, could not expect
to receive as many students as formerly; for other
bishops of the province, knowing of the impend
ing change, ceased to patronize the institution to the
same extent as before. The transfer of the New York
students to their new home was finaUy effected in 1896.
His Grace the Archbishop had kindly promised posi
tions in the archdiocese to every member of the old
faculty who did not choose to lend his services to the
Sulpician Fathers of the new St. Joseph's.
One of them, however, could not avail himself of
either offer. The Rev. Father Fivez had been aiUng
for quite a time when in the month of May, 1896, his
illness took a serious turn. The malady grew con
stantly worse until the bright and beloved teacher of
so many priests died in the Troy hospital, November
6, 1896, at the premature age of fifty-six years. A
funeral worthy of the esteem in which he was held was
given him in St. Patrick's church, Troy. His former
coUeague Bishop Gabriels celebrated the Pontifical
Mass, surrounded by a host of priests, nearly aU of
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162 CLOSING OF THE SEMINARY.
church overfiowed with hundreds of laymen who had
come to testify their respect for the deceased dignitary.
Father Daniel Curtin, now of Glens Falls, preached
a magnificent funeral oration. Father Fivez was
buried in the priests' lot of St. Agnes' Cemetery,
Albany. The third and last head of old St. Joseph's, the Very
Rev. Peter A. Puissant, D.D., resigned the presidency
and took up his residence in the city of New York,
where he was made Defensor Matrimonii, at the same
time remaining president of the Board of Synodal
Examiners. In 1901 he was offered the canonical pre
bend made vacant in the cathedral chapter of Ghent by
the death of his former coUeague the Very Rev. Canon
Roelants. He accepted and retumed to Belgium. We
aU hope that he may stiU Uve many years before ending
a life usefuUy spent in the service of the Church.
The Rev. Remy Lafort accompanied his pupUs to
their new home, where he fiUed the chair of Sacred
Scripture. Two years after he resigned, and since then
he has been the chaplain of several convents as weU
as Censor Librorum for the archdiocese. He is now
chaplain of St. Francis' Convent, PeekskUl, N. Y.
Two other Trojan professors, the Rev. WUUam Liv
ingston and the Rev. James Fitzsimmons, joined
the new faculty of Dunwoodie. Father Livingston
lectured on Church History, Liturgy, and Sacred Elo
quence. He resigned at the end of a year and returned
to the holy ministry, and is now the zealous rector
of St. Peter's, Poughkeepsie, and one of the rural deans
of the archdiocese. The Rev. James Fitzsimmons,
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CLOSING OF THE SEMINARY. 163
teaching the senior course of PhUosophy. He resigned
in 1903 and was appointed rector of the church of the
Sacred Heart at Dobb's Ferry.
The Rev. WUUam H. Murphy, professor of Dogmatic
Theology, left Troy to take up parish work. He founded
the new parish of SS. Peter and Paul, in the Bronx,
which is fast growing under his ca:):e.
Like him the Rev. Joseph Delany, D.D., returned
to the ministry. He has since successfully fiUed several
positions of importance, prudently managing parishes
in the absence of their pastors. Recently (1905) he
accepted the chaplaincy of the House of the Good
Shepherd in New York.
The Brothers of Lourdes who resided at the Semi
nary when it was closed were assigned to the houses
of their order at Seattle, Wash., Pittsburg, Pa., and
Osstacker, Belgium. They had rendered signal ser
vices to St. Joseph's from the time Bishop Delebecque
sent them with the first colony of professors. Broth
ers Alphonsus, Rochus, Ghislenus, Callixtus, and others
are remembered with affection by the Trojans who
knew them.
More than eighty students of Troy entered Dun
woodie in the faU of 1896. These, too, though they
did not receive Holy Orders there, may be considered
as alumni of the house on Ida HiU.
The venerable buUding, haUowed by so many mem
ories that cluster around it, was at first left vacant;
then it was occupied successively by the Christian
Brothers and by orphans from New York. At times
it seemed in danger of being sold, much to the
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seeing this nursery of priests fall again into the hands
of Protestants or turned to secular purposes.
Meanwhile the beautiful grounds, so tenderly cared for
by Father Puissant, were losing their attractiveness;
their tempting arbors were untrimmed, their thriving
trees were neglected, the edifice itself was suffering
from age. FinaUy a kind providence inspired Arch
bishop Farley, aided by Mgr. Edwards, to hand it over
to the Salesian Fathers. In 1903 these zealous sons
of Dom Bosco estabUshed in old St. Joseph's a semi
nary for the education of missionary priests for the
ItaUans in the United States.
Thus ends the story of the Trojan period of St.
Joseph's Seminary. Fuit Ilium et ingens gloria Troice.
But it has left a double offspring — St. Joseph's of Dun
woodie, and the Salesian Seminary on Ida Hill. Sunto
perpetuoe.

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^!?->5>7''^:^yf

EPILOGUE.
THE ALUMNI SOCIETY OP ST. JOSEPH'S PROVINCIAL
SEMINARY, TROY, N.Y.
By the Rev. Thomas F. Myhan, A.M.
" Ilium fuit." The old Seminary on the hill had
run its course. The bell in its tower had tolled its
parting knell to her youngest sons in June, 1896, and
with the closing of its doors came the finish of a long,
interesting, and glorious chapter in the Church his
tory of New York and the New England States. St.
Joseph's had known many homes during its lifetime,
from the days of Bishop Dubois in 1833 to our day,
but its longest sojourn was on Mount Ida in the city
of Troy. From October, 1862, with its seventy students,
to June, 1896, with its five hundred and more alumni,
laboring in the vineyard of the Lord throughout the
length and breadth of the land, marks an epoch of
history of which every son of Troy is thankfully and
rightfully proud. The opening of Dunwoodie, beau
tiful and monumental as art, forethought, and love
could rnake it, while rejoicing the heart of every priest
zealous for God's glory and the progress of Mother
Church, still awoke in the soul of every Trojan the
minor chord of sweet regret for " dear Old Troy,"
its walls and its walks, its traditions and its memories,
for to all of them, as well as to every true-hearted
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166 EPILOGUE.
man, "be it ever so humble there is no place like
home." Its halls were their home when their years
were young; within its chapel walls their souls wrestled
long and well for the better gifts, and while the pages
of memory record many moments of sorrowful doubts
and uncertain struggle in those days of apostolic
training, yet its walks, redolent of cherry and apple
blossoms in Spring time, smiled on their youthful
hopes, as its sanctuary witnessed the bright scene
of their crowning and triumph. What wonder then
to see her sons on passing trains straining their eyes
to catch a glimpse of her towers, while their lips bless
God for the memories and graces of Seminary days. From
time to time, classes have met to celebrate Ordination
Anniversaries, and although the history of their priest
hood was full of glorious deeds of self-conquest and
sacrifice for God, somehow or other the conversation
drifted to old Troy, and filled their hearts with the
tmspoken prayer: " God be with the good old days!"
The " Trojan Magnificat " or the sweet strains of the
" Adoro Te," as sung at the annual clerical retreats,
stirred the hearts of men who prided themselves on
being above sentiment and almost dead to the pleasures
of sense. Now and again, her alumni were called
together to celebrate the triumph of a distinguished
son, but more often to lay to rest a faithful priest
who had " fought the good fight and had won the
crown." It was at a gathering of the latter kind
that St. Joseph's Alumni Association had its birth.
The thoughtful charity of a priest for his brother in
the ministry brought together in June, 1900, a group
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EPILOGUE. 167
John Cari- ('82), rector of St. Mary's Church, Williams-
bridge, New York City.
The Rev. James Kelly ('81), had been called to his
reward a few days before; Father Carr, his neighbor
and fellow alumnus, invited a few priests to be pres
ent at a seventh-day Mass for his eternal repose.
Charity, which is always kind and fruitful, appealed
to the hearts of those present and filled them with the
desire to be remembered also when it pleased the
Master to call them home. A priest has a fair share
of the honors and affections of those about him, but
as he is a man apart, " segregatus," he can not rest
on any heart save God's and those who labor with
him, shoulder to shoulder, in the army of the Lord.
A fellow feeling, akin to that of Ruth of old, — "your
people shall be my people, and your God, my God,"
took possession of the hearts of the band of twenty
and cemented a union, made more lasting because
natural, namely, a society of sons of the same Alma
Mater, St. Joseph's Seminary, Troy, N. Y. The lead
ing spirit of the conference was the Rt. Rev. Mgr.
Joseph F. Mooney, V.G. ('71), who was chosen tem
porary chairman, and under his skilful and whole-
souled care, the Association came into life and healthful .
vigor. PreUminary meetings were held in the Fall
of that same year and a board of officers elected on
October 30th, in the cathedral school hall of New
York City. The calling together of an Alumni scattered
throughout the land, after so many years of separation,
was no easy task, and although many difficulties had
to be met and overcome, the first general meeting,
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City, on Thursday, April 18, 1901, found assembled
a large number of members, strong in affection for
one another and firm in loyalty to their Alma Mater.
The Bishop of Ogdensburg, Rt. Rev. Henry Gabriels,
former president of the Seminary, opened the meet
ing with Pontifical Mass and launched the society
with his episcopal blessing. With characteristic
modesty, Mgr. Mooney resigned the presidency when
he saw the existence of the Association assured, and
Rt. Rev. Mgr. Arthur J. Teeling of Lynn, Mass., was
elected in 1903 to succeed him. Thanks to his en
thusiasm of nature and love of Alma Mater, aided
and abetted by the energetic treasurer, Rev. James
Dougherty, of New York, the annual meetings have
been brimful of good nature, and a real treat both
for soul and body of all who have attended. With the
march of time have come many honors to the sons
of Troy; hardly a year goes by which does not wit
ness the episcopal consecration of some one of her
offspring, while the register of those whom God, the
great High Priest and Rewarder of all, has been caU
ing home for His eternal blessing has been lengthen
ing apace. Yet, strange to say, year by year, the
Association grows. Destined to die, for Alma Mater
is no longer a fruitful mother, still like the vaUant
woman in the Book of Proverbs, her children throughout
the land rise up and call her blessed, and each succeed
ing year finds them in greater numbers meeting to
renew the memories of Seminary days, to honor those
to whom honor is due, and as loyal sons to praise
" her in the gates."

SUPPLEMENT A.
LIST OF ALUMNI BISHOPS.
Rt. Rev. Denis M. Bradley, D.D., first Bishop of Man
chester, consecrated June llth, 1884; died Dec.
13th, 1903.
Rt. Rev. John Joseph Michaud, D.D., Bishop of Bur
lington, consecrated June 29th, 1892.
Rt. Rev. Michael Tierney, D.D., Bishop of Hartford,
consecrated Feb 22d, 1894.
Rt. Rev. Philip Joseph Garrigan, D.D., first Bishop of
Sioux City, consecrated May 25th, 1902.
Rt. Rev. Thomas A. Hendrick, D.D., Bishop of Cebu,
P. I., consecrated August 23d, 1903.
Rt. Rev. Charles Henry Colton, D.D., Bishop of Buffalo,
consecrated August 24th, 1903.
Rt. Rev. Thomas Francis Cusack, D.D., Auxiliary Bish
op of New York, consecrated April 25th, 1904.
Rt. Rev. Thomas Francis Hickey, D.D., Coadjutor
Bishop of Rochester, consecrated May 24th, 1905.
SUPPLEMENT B.
LIST OF ALUMNI PRELATES.
Rt. Rev. John Edwards, New York.
Rt. Rev. Michael J. Lavelle, New York.
Rt. Rev. Jas. S. M. Lynch, Syracuse.
Rt. Rev. Joseph F. Mooney, New York.
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170 SUPPLEMENTS.
Rt. Rev. John Kennedy, Syracuse.
Rt. Rev. John Walsh, Albany.
Rt. Rev. John L. Reilly, Albany.
Rt. Rev. Arthur J. Teehng, Boston.
Rt. Rev. Eugene O'Callaghan, Manchester, N. H.
Rt. Rev. Joseph H. Conroy, Ogdensburg.
SUPPLEMENT C.
LIST OF ALUMNI VECAES-GENEEAL.
Very Eev. Joseph H. Conroy, Vicar-General of Bishop
Henry Gabriels of Ogdensburg, N. Y.
Very Eev. John Edwards, Vicar-General of Arch
bishop John M. Farley, D.D., of New York.
Very Eev. John Murphy, Vicar-General of Bishop
Healy, of Portland. Died 1892.
Very Eev. Thomas E. Walsh, Vicar-General of Bishop
Gabriels, of Ogdensburg. Died 1901.
Very Eev. James Kiernan, Vicar-General of Eochester.
Died 1900.
Very Eev. Michael J. Lavelle, Vicar-General of Arch
bishop John M. Farley, D.D., of New York.
Very Eev. James S. M. Lynch, Vicar-General of Bishop
Patrick A. Ludden, D.D., of Sj^acuse, N. Y.
Very Eev. John A. Lyons, Vicar-General of Bishop
John J. Monaghan, D.D., of Wilmington, Del.
Very Eev. Joseph F. Mooney, Vicar-Greneral of Arch
bishop John M. Farley, D.D., of New York.
Very Eev. J. Mulcahy, Vicar-General of Bishop Tierney,
of Hartford. Died 1900.
Very Eev. James O'Hare, Vicar-General of Bishop
McQuaid, of Eochester. Died 1898.

APPENDIX. I.
A PARTIAL LIST OF PRIESTS WHO STUDIED FOR A
TIME IN ST. JOSEPH'S PROVINCIAL SEMINARY AND
WERE ORDAINED IN ROME AND ELSEWHERE.
1864.
Eev. Nicholas J. Quinn, Albany;
pastor of St. Patrick's church, Utica, N. Y.
Eev. John Buckley, Albany;
died pastor of Spencerport, N. Y., 1875.
Eev. Bemard B. KeUy, New York;
died, retired, in diocese of Cleveland, Ohio,
1891.
Eev. WUUam P. McQuaid, Boston;
pastor of St. James' church, Boston, Mass.
Eev. Thomas Smith, Hartford;
died pastor of Greenwich, Conn., 1900.
1865.
Eev. Daniel Adams, Albany;
died in AustraUa, before 1872.
Eev. Bernard Caraher, Albany;
died assistant at St. Patrick's church. Water-
town, N. Y., 1893.
Eev. Alexander J. Harnist, D.D., LouisviUe;
died pastor of church of Our Lady, Portland,
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172 APPENDIX.
Eev. Bartholomew O'Brien, Albany;
died, retired.
Most Eev. John M. Farley, D.D., New York;
archbishop of New York.
Eev. Thomas Healy, Hartford;
died pastor of Stamford, Conn., 1873.
Eev. Lawrence J. Kennedy, Albany;
died pastor of KennerviUe, La., 1893.
Eev. John A. Lyons, New York;
vicar-general of Wilmington, Del., pastor of
pro-cathedral, Wilmington.
Eev. Francis T. McCarthy, Pittsburg;
priest of the Society of Jesus.
1866.
Eev. Dennis O'Keefe, Albany;
died assistant at St. Patrick's church, West
Troy, N. Y., 1874.
Eev. John Fitzpatrick;
died before 1872.
Eev. John H. Hearty, Albany;
died assistant at St. Peter's church, Troy,
N. Y., 1882.
Eev. Lawrence P. McCarthy, Boston;
pastor of the church of Most Holy Eedeemer,
Boston, Mass.
Eev. Bemard J. McDonough, Albany;
pastor of BaUston, N. Y.
Eev. Isaac N. WeUs, New York;
died pastor of Niagara FaUs, N. Y., 1874.
Eev. James Masterson, Boston;
chaplain St. Ann's Asylum, Providence, E. I-

APPENDIX. 173
1867.
Eev. Francis Smyth, Albany;
died pastor of Unionville, Mo., 1882.
Eev. Henry F. Kinnerny, Hartford;
died pastor of St. Joseph's church, Pawtucket,
E. I., 1905.
Eev. Dennis Desmond, Hartford;
died pastor of Middletown, Conn., 1885.
Eev. Thomas McKeon, Albany;
died assistant at St. Mary's church, Davenport,
Iowa, 1872.
Eev. Patrick L. Quaille, Boston;
died pastor of Turner's FaUs, Mass., 1902.
Eev. PhiUp Steyle, New York;
pastor of Delaware, 0.
1868.
Eev. WUUam Connelly, New York;
died pastor of Whitestone, L. I., 1886.
Eev. John H. O'Brien, Albany;
died, retired, in diocese of Fort Wayne, 1875.
Eev. John T. Smith, Boston;
died rector of cathedral, Boston, 1881.
Eev. Thomas F. Delaney, Albany;
assistant, at St. Ann's church, New Orleans.
1869.
Eev. WiUiam Murphy, BurUngton;
in the diocese of Lincoln, Neb.
1870.
Eev. Patrick V. Daly, Albany;
died in diocese of Chicago, 1886.

174 APPENDIX.
Eev. Thomas F. CUnton, Hartford;
died pastor of Sandwich, Mass., 1895.
Eev. John DonneUy, New York;
died in diocese of Halifax.
Eev. John Early, Albany;
died assistant at St. Bernard's church, Cohoes,
1876. 1871.
Eev. Thomas J. Coleman, Hartford;
pastor of Fairfield, Conn.
Eev. Severn P. Kerr, New York;
died priest of the Society of Jesus.
Eev. James M. McCIoskey, Springfield;
died, retired, 1891.
Eev. John B. Smith, Eochester;
died pastor of Emmittsburgh, Iowa, 1881.
Eev. Daniel B. Toomey, Boston;
in the diocese of Chicago, absent on leave.
Eev. Charles Drees, Eochester;
in the diocese of Milwaukee, absent on leave.
1872.
Eev. Joseph 0. Gadoury, Ogdensburg;
died pastor of St. Joseph's church, Salem, Mass.
1904. 1873.
Eev. John J. Hanlon, Albany;
died pastor of St. Vincent's church, .Albany,
N. Y., 1902.
Eev. Edward Hennessy, Eochester;
in the diocese of Dubuque, retired.

The Chapel of St. Joseph's Semixauy, Trot.

APPENDIX, 175
1874.
Eev. Patrick W. Brennan, New York;
died assistant at St. Gabriel's church, New
York, 1885.
Eev. James B. Greene, Albany;
pastor pf Florence, N. Y.
Eev. Michael Duggan, New York;
died priest of Kansas City, Mo., 1897.
Eev. Joseph S. GaUagher, New York;
pastor of Amboy, IU.
Eev. Aloysius E. Nevins, New York;
died priest of Congregation of St. Paul, 1899.
Eev. John Synnott, Hartford;
died pastor of Taftville, Conn., 1901.
1875.
Eev. Patrick Mee, New York;
chaplain of St. Vincent's Eetreat, Harrison,
N.Y.
Eev. Henry A. O'KeUy, Portland;
pastor of the church of the Immaculate Con
ception, Streator, IU.
Eev. Napoleon J. Pelletier, Eochester;
priest of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
Eev. Thomas Clark, New York;
died assistant at St. Stephen's church, New
York, 1882.
Eev. Francis J. Donnelly, Albany;
died pastor of White Sulphur, Ky., 1898.
Eev. Martin J. Cluney, Eochester;
pastor of Honeoye FaUs, N. Y.

176 APPENDIX.
Eev. WUUam McKenna, New York;
died, retired, in Peoria, IU., 1895.
. 1876.
Eev. Patrick L. Carr, New York;
pastor of Dunsmuir, Cal.
Eev. Thomas F. Eeynolds, Springfield;
died pastor of Otter Eiver, Mass., 1889.
1877.
Eev. Dominic J. Higgins, New York;
pastor of West LouisviUe, Ky.
Eev. Henry O'Grady, Eochester;
missionary priest in Mobile, Ala.
1878.
Eev. Michael J. Egan, Boston;
pastor of Eagle, IU.
1879.
Eev. Telesphore G. Plante, Portland, Me. ;
retired in the diocese of St. Paul.
1880.
Eev. Michael J. Doody, Boston;
pastor of Cambridgeport, Mass.
Eev. Charles Schaaf, Albany;
retired in diocese of Kansas City, Mo.
1881.
Eev. Terence P. Eafferty, Trenton;
died priest of the diocese of Harrisburg, Pa.,
1900.

APPENDIX. 177
Eev. James P. Heaney, Eochester;
pastor of St. Mary's church, Mendota, IU.
Eev. Thomas H. Malone, Eochester;
priest of the diocese of Denver.
Eev. Thomas T. Whelan, Hartford;
died pastor of Torrington, Conn., 1891.
1882.
Eev. WUUam H. O'Brien, Boston;
died, retired, priest of Leavenworth, 1890.
Eev. James E. Sheehy, New York;
priest of the Fathers of Mercy.
Eev. John A. Hirschmayer, New York;
priest of diocese of Charleston.
Eev. John T. Harrison, Eochester;
in diocese of St. Paul.
Eev. Francis 0. Siegelack, New York;
pastor of Middle ViUage, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Eev. Joseph V. Tracy, D.D., Boston;
pastor of St. Anthony's church, Boston, Mass;
1883.
Eev. Henry Nieuwenhuis, New York;
pastor of church of the Assumption, New York
Eev. CorneUus .J. Eiordan, Boston;
pastor of Newton Upper FaUs, Mass.
Eev. James J. Shannon, Peoria;
pastor of St. Mark's church, Peoria, IU.
Eev. James M. Browne, Eochester;
died pastor of LeadviUe, Col., 1898.
Eev. Jeremiah F. Toomey, Albany;
pastor of Meyersdale, Pa.

178 APPENDIX.
Eev. WiUiam Bitter, New York;
priest of diocese of Monterey.
Eev. Francis J. Quinn, Albany;
pastor of St. Anthony's church, Syracuse, N.Y.
1884.
Eev. Joseph F. Delany, D.D., New York;
chaplain of the House of the Good Shep
herd, New York.
Eev. Patrick J. Long, BurUngton;
pastor of Proctor, Vt.
Eev. Patrick J. Mahony, D.D., New York;
pastor of Goshen, N. Y.
1885.
Eev. John B. Weber, New York;
assistant at St. John's church, Kingsbridge,
N.Y. 1886.
Eev. D. Alexander Sullivan, Manchester;
pastor of Lancaster, N. H.
Eev. David A. Hanley, Albany;
pastor of North East, Pa.
Eev. Charles F. MarshaU, New York;
assistant at Union Hill, N. J.
Eev. Eudolph OlUg, New York;
pastor of Louisburg, Wis.
1887.
Eev. Eugene BoUa, New York; ¦
chaplain of St. Mary's Academy, Portland,
Oregon.

APPENDIX. 179
Eev. James A. Collins, New York;
assistant at St. Mary's church, Williams-
bridge, New York.
Eev. Patrick J. Lennon, New York;
pastor of St. Monica's church. New York.
Eev. Ferdinand Zumbush, New York;
pastor of Lidgerwood, North Dakota.
Eev. Thomas E. Halpin, New York;
pastor of Clove, N. Y.
1888.
Eev. Daniel J. Curley, New York;
pastor of church of Our Lady of Solace,
New York.
Eev. WiUiam J. Donahue, New York;
assistant at St. Bridgid's church, New York.
Eev. Malachy J. Garvey, Eochester;
pastor of Livonia, N. Y.
Eev. John Haubrich, New York;
pastor of Preston, Iowa.
Eev. James P. O'Brien, New York;
assistant at St. Patrick's church. New York.
Eev. James F. O'NeiU, Albany;
pastor of Frankhn, Tenn.
1889.
Eev. James F. MeskeU, New York;
pastor of Ashland, IU.
Eev. Daniel J. Harrigan, New York;
died assistant at St. Brigid's church. New
York, 1903.
Eev. George F. X. Griffith, New York;
absent on leave.

180 APPENDIX.
Eev. Arthur B. Desautels, Albany;
pastor of new French church, Schenectady,
N.Y.
Eev. John P. Brophy, Eochester;
pastor of St. Monica's church, Eochester,
N.Y. 1890.
Eev. John J. Keane, New York;
assistant at Haverstraw, N. Y.
Rev. Francis E. Lavelle, D.D., New York;
assistant at Holy Rosary church. New York.
Eev. Cornelius J. Cronan, Eochester;
assistant at St. Mary' - church, Eosebank, N. Y.
Eev. John W. Cummings, Eochester;
pastor of ArUngton, IU.
Rev. Thomas D. Kennedy, Rochester;
pastor of Wyoming, IU.
Rev. Patrick NeviUe, Rochester;
pastor of East Bloomfield, N. Y.
Rev. Frederick NiebUng, Rochester;
pastor of Effingham, IU.
1891.
Rev. Alexander Smietana, New York;
pastor of St. Joseph's church, Kansas City,
Kan.
Rev. Charles J. Parks, New York;
assistant at St. Charles Borromeo's church
New York.

APPENDIX 181
Rev. Edward J. Tierney, New York;
assistant at church of the Holy Name, New
York.
Rev. John J. Bresnihan, Rochester;
pastor of ChurchvUle, N. Y.
Rev. Michael U. Dwyer, Rochester;
assistant at Seneca FaUs, N. Y.
Rev. Sebastian B. Englerth, Rochester;
pastor of Cohocton, N. Y.
Eev. James Gibbons, Eochester;
pastor of Newark, N. Y.
Rev. Michael W. Gommenginger, Rochester;
pastor of Lyons, N. Y.
Eev. Martin A. Crasser, New York;
pastor of Bardonia, N. Y.
Rev. John W. E. KeUy, Eochester;
pastor of Spencerport, N. Y.
Rev. John B. McHugh, New York;
assistant at church of the Sacred Heart, New
York.
Rev. Stephen V. McPadden, Rochester;
pastor of St. Stephen's church, Geneva, N. Y.
Rev. Jeremiah A. Maley, Rochester;
pastor of St. CeciUa's church, Elmira, N. Y.
Rev. John H. O'Brien, Rochester;
assistant at the cathedral, Rochester.
Rev. John P. Schellhorn, Rochester;
pastor of the church of Our Lady of Per
petual Help, Rochester, N. Y.
Rev. Richard H, Tobin, New York;
assistant at PeekskiU, N. Y.

182 APPENDIX.
Eev. WUUam S. Creeden, New York;
assistant at St. Andrew's church. New York.
¦Eev. Michael C. Wall, Eochester;
pastor of Horseheads, N. Y.
1892.
Eev. M. Thibaudeau, Ogdensburg;
assistant at St. Cunegonde, Montreal, Canada.
Eev. John FarreU, Eochester;
chaplain of Soldiers' Home, Bath, N. Y.
Eev. James A. Kennedy, Eochester;
pastor of Hammondsport, N. Y.
Eev. WiUiam P. Eyan, Eochester;
assistant at the cathedral, Eochester.
Eev. Ferdinand Scheid, Eochester;
assistant at SS. Peter and Paul's church,
Eochester, N. Y.
Eev. WUUam Synnott, D.D., New York;
assistant at the cathedral. New York.
Eev. Patrick Healey, New York;
professor at the CathoUc University, Wash
ington. 1893.
Eev. Thomas J. Conway, Syracuse;
pastor of Truxton, N. Y.
Eev. Edward J. Beary, New York;
assistant at St. Eaphael's church, New York.
Eev. Michael A. EeiUy, New York;
diocesan missionary, New York.
Eev. Edward L. Dyer, New York;
assistant at Guardian Angels' church, New
York.

APPENDIX. 183
Eev. Anthony J. Grogan, New York;
assistant at Emigrants' Home, New York.
Eev. WiUiam Looney, Albany;
died, retired, 1899.
Eev. Charles McCaffrey, Albany;
pastor of Oneonta, N. Y.
Eev. James J. McNamara, New York;
assistant at Middletown, N. Y.
Eev. Thomas N. Madden, New York;
assistant at St. Eaphael's church, New York.
1894.
Eev. Victor Vandenhende, Ogdensburg;
pastor of Standish, N. Y.
Eev. Francis P. Duffy, New York;
professor at St. Joseph's Seminary, Dun
woodie, N. Y.
Eev. Martin J. Burke, New York;
assistant at church of the Holy Spirit, New
York.
Eev. Pasquale Maltese, New York;
pastor of the church of Our Lady of the
Eosary, Port Chester, N. Y.
Eev. Patrick J. McLoughUn, Albany;
assistant at Saratoga, N. Y.
Eev. John J. Barrington, New York;
assistant at the church of the Annunciation,
New York.
Eev. John E. GilUgan, Albany;
assistant at St. Mary's church, Troy, N. Y;
Eev. WiUiam Hughes, New York;
professor at St. Joseph's Seminary, Dun
woodie, N. Y.

184 APPENDIX.
Eev. John C. Carey, Albany;
assistant at Eensselaer, N. Y.
Eev. Patrick J. Clune, New York;
pastor of Merchantville, N. J,
Eev. Henry F. Curtin, Syracuse;
assistant at Norwich, N. Y.
Rev. James F. Ferris, New York;
assistant at the church of the Holy Cross,
New York.
Rev. Arthur J. Kelly, Albany;
pastor of Richfield Springs, N. Y.
Rev. Patrick A. O'Marra, New York;
assistant at Highland FaUs, N. Y.
Rev. WiUiam J. O'ReiUy, New York;
assistant at St. Ann's church, New York.
Rev. Thomas Ryan, New York;
died, assistant, in New York, 1899.
1895.
Eev. Alfred J. Boulerice, D.D., Ogdensburg;
pastor of Constable, N. Y.
Eev. Francis A. Barry, New York;
assistant at St. Thomas Aquinas' church. New
York.
Eev. John F. Brady, New York;
professor at St. Joseph's Seminary, Dun
woodie, N. Y.
Eev. Thomas B. Cummings, New York;
assistant at St. Bernard's church, New York;
Rev. Joseph A. FarreU, New York;
assistant at St. Peter's church. New Brighton,
N.Y.

APPENDIX. 185
Rev. James J. Hughes, New York;
assistant at the church of the Blessed Sacra
ment, New RocheUe, N. Y.
Eev. Thomas F. Kane, New York;
diocesan missionary. New York.
Eev. Patrick F. KeUy, New York;
in western diocese.
Eev. Thomas F. Carey, New York;
• pastor of Wheelersburgh, 0.
Eev. John M. Flynn, New York;
assistant at St. Gabriel's church. New York
Eev. Patrick J. Gilmartin, New York;
assistant at St. Eaymond's church, New York.
Rev. Richard O. Hughes, New York;
assistant at the cathedral, New York.
Rev. Michael S. Kane, Albany;
in the diocese of Sioux FaUs, sick.
Rev. Daniel E. Kiernan, New York;
assistant at St. Joseph's church, Tremont,
N.Y.
Rev, John Lane, New York;
assistant at St. Michael's church. New York;
Rev. Samuel A. Ludlow, New York;
assistant at the church of Epiphany, New
York.
Rev. Gregory F. Moran, New York;
assistant at Atlantic City, N. J.
Rev. Joseph G. Murray, New York;
assistant at St. Agnes' church, New York.
Rev. John T. O'ReiUy, New York;
assistant at St. John the EvangeUst's church.
New York.

186 APPENDIX.
Rev. Thomas Phibbs, Albany;
assistant at St. Peter's church, Troy, N. Y.
Rev. Thaddeus W. Tiemey, New York;
assistant at St. Peter's church, Poughkeepsie;
N.Y.
Rev. Henry P. Tracey, D.D., New York;
assistant at St. Patrick's church, New York.

II.
A PARTIAL LIST OF THE ALUMNI WHO DIED BEFORE
ORDINATION.
Died before 1878.
John O'Keefe, Boston.
John O'SiJUvan, BurUngton.
James Gavin, Boston.
John Dunphy, Boston.
WiUiam Moran, Springfield.
WUUam Boyce, New York.
- Daniel McGowan, Albany.
Francis Hamil, Albany.
Thomas HesUn, Hartford.
James Hughes, Hartford.
 Cronin, New York (?).
James Flannagan, Boston.
Dennis Sherlock, Albany.
 Synnott, Hartford.
Peter Marlot, Albany.
James Devlin, Albany.
Joseph Donahoe, New York.
Thomas O'DriscoU, Albany.
John Noonan, New York.

APPENDIX, 187

Martin Becker, New York.
James Glennan, New York.
Peter Clarke, Boston.
Hugh Treanor, Boston.
Died in 1878 and aptee.
Patrick Leavy, Albany, 1878.
Dennis Drislane, New York, 1878.
Patrick McCarthy, Albany, 1878.
Michael Byrnes, 1879.
James Walsh, 1879.
John Smith, New York, 1879.
John Bums, Albany, 1879.
George Bergan, New York, 1880.
Thomas Leonard, Albany, 1881.
WUUam Lane, Albany, 1881.
James Foley, Portland, 1881.
Patrick Fitzpatrick, New York, 1882.
EmUe Stand, New York, 1882.
John Bulger, Rochester, 1883.
Patrick Hayes, Trenton, 1884.
James Underwood, Springfield, 1884.
James Dennin, Albany, 1884.
CorneUus Crane^ New York, 1884.
John Kingsley, BurUngton, 1884.
Michael Murphy, New York, 1885.
WUUam Whalen, Albany, 1885.
WUUam ConneUy, New York, 1886.
Michael Maney, Rochester, 1887.
Thomas Haggerty, New York, 1887.
Matthew Wahl, New York, 1887.

188 APPENDIX.
James Craven, New York, 1887.
John SuUivan, Albany, 1890.
WUUam CoUins, Albany, 1892.
Charles Fagan, Albany, 1892.
Michael O'DonneU, New York, 1893.
Joseph Murphy, New York, 1893.
Francis Fitzgerald, Syracuse, 1895.
John Stapleton, Rochester, 1896.
Hugh Butler, Rochester, 1897.
Charles McCarthy, Albany, 1902.
Peter KeUy,  , 1899.
And many others not recorded.
Requiescat in pace.