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Title: Fifty years in Yorkville, or, Annals of the parish of St. Ignatius Loyola and St. Lawrence O'Toole
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Dooley, Patrick Joseph
Subjects: New York (City) St. Ignatius Loyola church
Publisher: New York, (Frank Meany co., printers, inc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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the Archbishop, Monsignori Preston,McDonnell and Farley and about fifty priests. Inter-ment took place in Fordham College grounds. Three days after the funeral of Father OConnor,that is, on March 5th, word came to Father Massi, thelocum tenens, that Father Francis McCarthy had beenappointed Superior at St. Lawrences, and in the even-ing the news was followed by the Superior himself.Strong, healthy, a good scholar and a good speaker, ofwide experience in the ministry both as a secular prieston the mission for eleven years in the diocese of Pitts-burgh, and as a leader of the Missionary Band in theeastern States for several years, he was well equippedfor his new post. As he is still with us, and bids fair,we hope, to remain many more years, propriety will notallow many words about his administration. The new church was ever before his mind. Hecontinued Father OConnors thrifty preparation offunds for the projected building, and left behind himthe goodly sum of 127,000 dollars invested at
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THE OLD ORDER PASSETH 147 4 per cent, interest and over 4,500,000 dollars in bank. He also consulted an architect on the proposed new church, went over the ground and explained his views and wishes. The planswere carefully drawn up, but were not accepted bythe committee whose duty it was to pass upon them.This caused a further delay in commencing work onthe building so long awaited. However, except forsentimental reasons there was no hardship. The base-ment was yet sufficient to satisfy the essential require-ments of the parish. Meantime, while things were sta-tionary as regards construction, Father McCarthy gotthe idea that the work might be better prosecuted bysomeone else. Accordingly he asked to be relieved ofhis burden, and his request was granted by Rev. FatherProvincial. Father Neil N. McKinnon was appointedSuperior of St. Lawrence on July 31st, 1893, andFather McCarthy was assigned to the pastorate of St.Aloysius Church in Washington. The following ac-count of his fello

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