Catholic Central High School - Catholicon Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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Any account of his life could easily become a cata- logue of his accomplishments, which impress by their number, diversity, and permanency. Yet there was a felt influence of a distinctive personality in his con- tacts as many of his contemporaries still living can attest. He was the second priest in the country to fly the American flag from the belfry of his church at the outbreak of the Civil War . . . During the draft riots of 1863 he stood on the steps of the Liberty Street Presbyterian Church and helped divert the mob from their intention of Wrecking the building . . . He was instrumental in bringing to Troy as lecturers such widely divergent characters as Horace Greeley and Father Ryan, Confederate Army chaplain and recog- nized poet. His interest in a hospital for Troy, which material- ized first in 1848, makes him indirectly responsible for the building in which we now carry on the Work of Catholic education. Though the ideal actively rep- resented in the institution that is Catholic Central High School is the inspiration of our beloved Bishop, the spirit of Father Havermans must rest a bene- diction on an achievement so in accord with his great but quiet ambition that his flock have every Catholic advantage and blessing. His was not a parochial spirit. Had he been assigned to seven times seventy miles of parish, his vision and charity could compass it all, and generations would profit from his zeal. wwf XX as ,A 'Q - 's Z if M - u Fu Ia A lm f if f if f if f + + + + + 7

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