Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception - Annual Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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On Monday November 26, 1956, Archbishop Mol- loy passed away after thirty five years as the third Bishop of Brooklyn. His ties to Cathedral began back in Septem- ber of 1914 when Bishop McDonnell appointed him Spiritual Director of the College. After his election as Bishop, he became President of the Board of Trustees of the College. Among his most outstanding achievements was the building of the Major Seminary at Huntington. He evidenced his continued personal interest and benevo- lence toward Cathedral by his unfailing presence at every commencement exercise. His support and interest were characteristic of his feelings for the minor seminary which laid the foundations for the future priesthood in his diocese. Again the theme of expansion became dominant. This time it was set by the newly-installed Ordinary, The Most Reverend Bryan j. McEntegart, who was appointed by His Holiness, Pius XII, on April 18, 1957. In September of 1957 the St. joseph's Annex to Cathedral was opened to accommodate the increased enrollment. And in March of 1958, to stimulate a still greater number of vocations, ,UF ...I ,QI .vjgfmmw . .iq u f- i ' if it ga in Bishop Bryan J. McEntegart Archbishop Thomas E. Molloy the Bishop granted twenty scholarships 'to the most quali- fied students applying for the minor seminary. Since then the Bishop's scholarships have been awarded each year. Certainly a perfect closing to the decade came about on April 22, 1959, when Pope john's great interest in the valuable labors of Cathedral was reflected in the appoint- ments of the Rector of Cathedral College, the Very Rev- erend Charles R. Mulrooney and the Reverend joseph P. Denning, for twenty years professor of science at Cathe- dral, as Auxiliary Bishops of the Diocese of-Brooklyn. The elevation of these two members of the faculty to the fullness of the priesthood was a most fitting recog- nition of their own dedicated lives, devoted to the educa- tion of future priests, as well as an acknowledgment of the indispensable service rendered by the preparatory seminary in leading young men to the altar of God. Most Reverend Charles R. Mulrooney studied from 1924 to 1926 at Saint Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, and from 1926 to 1930 in the Sulpician Seminary at Catholic University and was ordained in the National Shrine of

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The Five Episcopal Alumni More than ever before, the necessity for a sound scholastic training for the priest was seen. The Church was compelled now to be ready to defend her rights against the materialistic forces arrayed against her. In addition to the protection promised her by Christ Himself, the Church must be strengthened by the spiritual and intellectual powers of her priesthood. The priest must be capable of pointing out fundamental errors in modern thinking wherever they may exist. He must be well-equipped to lead his people to the truth. In the person of the Most Reverend Thomas E. Mol- loy, the Brooklyn Diocese had already found a priestly leader and wise shepherd. On April 7, 1951 he received the personal title of Archbishop. After a tenure of sixteen years as Rector, Monsignor Richard B. McHugh left Cathedral in 1952 to become pastor of St. joseph's Parish in Long Island City. His position was taken over by Rev. Charles R. Mulrooney, a member of the faculty for twenty years, then Dean of Studies in the College. zggpiiifs, 2-.1 1 . ' To celebrate the centennial of the Brooklyn Diocese in 1953, Cathedral presented a dramatized history of the Diocese, over radio station WWRL on December 6th of that year. 1956 saw the first Music Festival, an event, which was so well received that it found an immediate place among Cathedral's most popular presentations. On an exceptionally bright day for Cathedral, in june of 1956, Monsignor john J. Carberry '24 became the first of the five alumni of Cathedral to be elevated to the episcopacy. Bishop Carberry came from Saint Boniface's Parish and was a classmate of Bishop Mulrooney. When he graduated from Cathedral, he was sent to Rome to study and was ordained there in 1929. After teaching in the Major Seminary at Huntington for some time, Father Carberry was made Officialis of the Diocesan Curia. He held that position until the time of his consecration, when he was installed as Bishop of Lafayette, Indiana. I u. hxyilrm H . ,- .4 g -L , I- ', X .' I ...u 'L-3 . ml 1:14 . 1. ,L ,J-H, 45,1 , - -. -Q ' rv , t .. A -V A15 5 ' , T'5!Li'?lf5:'C2'f'l35'f-4-w':1- '54 l'.....-,g-4g.-..,L-g-'2-L ' ' ' '

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the Immaculate Conception on june 10, 1930. He re- turned to Cathedral in 1932. Besides teaching English, Father Mulrooney was also Prefect of Studies. From 1952 until the time of his consecration in April of 1959, Bishop Mulrooney served as Rector. He was also President of the four-year Liberal Arts College and a former member of the general executive board of the National Catholic Educational Association. Bishop Mulrooney is now pastor of Saint Jerome's Parish in Brooklyn. Bishop Denning graduated from Cathedral in 1926 and was ordained in 1932 from Saint Mary's. He re- turned to Cathedral in 1933. During his twenty years, he taught English, mathematics, geology, chemistry and physics. ln addition, he served as Prefect of Discipline. In 1953, he was appointed to Queen of Angels Parish in Sunnyside, Queens. After his consecration, Bishop Den- ning became pastor of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Parish in Forest Hills. The sixties ushered in for Cathedral a time of ex- pansion unparalleled since the earliest years of her his- tory. In September of 1960, Father Robert E. Welsh suc- ceeded Bishop Mulrooney. The next year, on October 31st, Bishop McEntegart announced plans for a Queens Division to Cathedral to be built in Elmhurst. In the course of the building operations, still another note of recognition came to the school, when Father Welsh was named Papal Chamberlain. In May of 1962, the Holy See announced that Brooklyn-born Right Reverend Monsignor William F. Kupfer, M.M., had been named Bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Taichung, in central Formosa. Father Kupfer had devoted twenty-nine years of his life to mis- sion work in the Qrient and was Prefect Apostolic of the Taichung Prefecture. After fifteen years in China, he went to Formosa in january, 1951, because of Chinese Communist hostility. Cathedral Preparatory Seminary, Queens Division 1rrf'v:'L'f.'g. f' ' N A :F .L 1azfififffli-Af'?fFTF9.iffff'teifff Fr' 7 'aw QW -51.4, ltt'l1lr.',,ffa'i f , , , 2. .3 -mn. :': I'-GSW, lg... .im 1. 1.3171-W:-' 1' di 11--:-ina '.'-'..it.'?1'37f--M'' -Q6 il 11 .4 U-1' pw ' Kin... A .J P- f -' i '- ' . '- - J' - fir-'1?,.'-M 'Lis-rm-, -'-:. 1 'ii'e'51'kf'v'1'fu'w.'4 +'1:1.' 211-'ff f'- Ili - . ev 'L 1 Ji if P lq'u'1?Lp' - 33. 1 ...ff J ' '- V La - :iff--1'l'1.if-.jj-1.'n,1'Em'-Q,L-'--.1 IP .Y , 7I ,Ll.'i',-f'.',fy5'f rv',i,-...'- timIliad-2' . H- ' 4 lguft'-'wiki-.-+.':,.'r-fwf,f11 r-2- r - - 'i in up 'f . - f Y'.-.tai-M14-'f'.:a'wi-.f:'a-'Hai '214.g.!-if 'J-.'.'.1 :He-. vi- -.-1-w.u-rl-si,.1,1fg'f'r,fz1f:f,.f'- 5 - Ga ,fl 1 ,. ...:r a . ': -,... - . . ,. .. v , p: -Y A 5 '-, nf- 1:-L. 15.,.,f, 3.15 lr. .- L,-.31--5 ,,.. - nf 1' W.---V.-.,-14 5 .:F'-Quai 41. 7---':- -Ali:-f:41:i:+4 4' -- 1 1 ' .+L ',- '1.' ...U .,..'LgL,L- Clk, ....:Jri' '-ig-L! --,fi1,,Lfi.2....-f .fs 4. , '- '. Ili'-' ' . .fi 'LY'-4l.' Q HM if!-fn A921