Cathedral Academy - Way Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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ET ALIAS UVES HABEO V We come now to a brief but spiritually abundant period in which the figure of the Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Cusack ruled over the Diocese of Albany. His zeal and his apostolic spirit were permeating his See with the Word of God until the time of the serious illness which hastened his most untimely death. His generosity and benignity were felt in all parts of the Diocese. His work in the war effort of Albany marks him as a true son of the Faith and a true Americang his labors were imprinted with charity and patriotism and a sense of thoughtfulness towards others. Before his death, he bestowed a large sum to erect Samaritan Hospital, Troy, and to defray the cost of improvements he had made on the Cathedral, thereby alleviating the financial burden of the parishioners, Bishop Cusack made out a check for 320,000 His great soul departed from this world on July 12, l918g undoubtedly, it is in Heaven this day receiving the reward in the Church Triumphant for its sojourn among the Church Militant. ll9l

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Y Y Y YYY YYM1vwi W,-vw v,w..-,W-1...-. -rv--w--v - v- - - Y UT UMNES UNUM SINT VI The :Most Reverend Edmund F. Gibbons, who spent a great deal of his youth here in Albany, was appointed sixth Bishop of Albany on February 1, 1919. The Episcopal Consecration of Dr. Gibbons took place in St. -Ioseph's Cathedral, Buffalo, on the feast of the Annunciation, March 25, 1919. Bishop Gibbons had served as pastor of St. Theresa's Church, Buffalo for the three years previous to his appoint- ment to the Bishopric. The motto of Bishop Gibbons, Ut Omnes Unum Sim , epitomizes his ideal and the object of his pastoral life. In the very first year of his episcopate, Bishop Gibbons acted as host to the distinguished prelate of Belgium, Cardinal Mercier, whose service in the Great War has been praised from pole to pole. . The cornerstone of the college of St. Rose was laid by Bishop Gibbons, and under his patronage, the College opened and advanced to the high position it maintains today in the education of young women, the beautiful St. Theresa's Church and the magnificent edifice which houses St. james Church were erected during Bishop Gibbons' jurisdiction. Many fine accomplishments may be credited to Bishop Gibbons' pastoral solicitude, yet for the lack of space, since they would doubtlessly fill one volume, or even several, we can but make mention of a few in this work, namely, the interest manifested by him in the cause of the Beatification of the saintly Indian Maiden, Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks , who passed her days within the limits of the Diocese of Albany, his interest in the welfare and education of the people of his Diocese and his great concern in regard to the beatification and eventually the canonization of the three Jesuit Martyrs who died at Auriesville, New York, some three hundred years past. Bishop Gibbons observed the twenty-Hfth anniversary of his consecration to the Bishopric of Albany with great solemnity in 1944, and the years which have elapsed since then have proved that he has become more mellow, more wise, and more solicitous of the welfare of his people with the passage of time. Because of the pressing affairs of the Diocese, in August, 1945, the Holy See named 'Monsignor William A. Scully, the Secretary of Education for the Arch- diocese of New York, as Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of Albany with the right to succeed Bishop Gibbons. To our Most Reverend Bishop and to his Coadjutor the seeds of Faith are en- trusted and on them depends the labor of cultivating and guiding to maturation, but on Him, the prerogative of the increase. l211