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

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Father Fahey Leaves After Twentyfljive Years Our Lady of the Presentation Parish in East New York has gained a pastor. Cathedral College on Wash- In a special interview with Father, he was asked if he thought the students of today were more gifted and alert than when he first began to teach. with his typical twinkling manner, he lamented: There's no difference in ability, but there is in attitude toward application. Modern students lead too easy a life. I-lowever, he slyly added: But they do have quality and ability. And certainly Father Fahey's own qualities and abilities will serve him well in his role as a pastor of a parish, where Cas he estimatesj there are 200,000 peo- ple, 50,000 of whom are baptized and 5,000 of whom attend Sunday Mass. The field is indeed ripe and the harvest is ready. A worker is present. After twenty-five years, his skill as a teacher of men and a director of souls, fulfilling the command of Christ to His Apostles, the first priests, can be shared by still countless others. The challenge is presented and Father stands as ready as he always has stood, firm and strong in Christ and I-lis Blessed Mother. Gur confidence lies with you, Father, as we thank you and fervently pray for you and your continued success along whatever path the Will of God may lead you. ington and Atlantic Avenues has lost a beloved friend and a dedicated, almost legendary teacher. The Father Fahey Legend, like that of Beowulf, was created over a period of years, mostly through an unwritten tradition. But certainly, the legend was one of an honorable, respected, and beloved personality. More than five hundred priests and countless stu- dents felt the influence of the fabulous Father Fahey for twenty-five years and this staff's class is proud and honored to say that they, too, felt his presence and became the richer for it.

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Twentyfflive Years A native of Sacred Heart Parish, Ac- crington, England, Father james A. Rogers came to Cathedral and graduated in 1933. He was ordained from Immaculate Concep- tion Seminary in 1939 and was appointed to Cathedral's faculty in 1941. In addition to his academic and theo- logical studies, he has earned Master of Science degrees in both Education and Mathematics from St. John's University. Cathedral has indeed profited from Father Rogers' teaching in various fields, such as Mathematics, Religion, and for a brief time, even Latin, but even more per- haps by the example of an inquiring mind in avid pursuit of knowledge. His daily appli- cation to the acquisition of a wider and deeper grasp of new problems in both Sacred Scripture and Modern Mathematics has been an example that has not gone un- noticed by his students. Today his scholarly and priestly life engenders in all of us a desire to follow his exemplary dedication to learning and to truth. We beg God's blessing on Father Rogers as he celebrates a quarter of a cen- tury spent in the fulfillment of Christ's redeeming Sacrifice.