Manhattan College - Manhattanite Yearbook (Riverdale, NY)

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QXXKXK -'RAN WSH' is m V We M Q-'X' '-ss'sk'..1.9-4' fi'l35c5N PoQ e .3 , f A member of the class of '9 5 , Monsignor Farrell entered Troy Seminary after his grad- uation. Transferred the following year when Troy closed, he completed his studies for the priesthood at St. Iosephjs Seminary, Dunwoodie. Ordained on june 9th, 1900, the same month he started his long period of service to the people of Staten Island. Before becoming Pastor of St. Peter's in 1930, he served as Pastor of two other Island churches and founded three parishes: St. Syl- vesteris, St. Margaret Mary's and St. Christo- pher's. His work was first honored in 1931 when he was appointed Vicar Forane of the Staten Island clergy. Three years later Cardinal Hayes appointed him a Diocesan Consultor. In 1934 he was made a Private Chamberlain to the late Pope Pius XI, and in 193 7 was elevated to Domestic Prelate. Three years ago he was elevated to the highest ranks of the Monsignori, and appointed Prothonotary Apostolic. A Brother's boyi' all his life, from the time he attended St. Ioseph's School in Greenwich Village and La Salle Academy, Second Street, Monsignor Farrell has been a loyal alumnus of Manhattan College. It was almost entirely through his eyforts that the Staten Island Divi- sion of the College was opened in 1938. Long before that, however, Monsignor Farrell had brought the Brothers to Staten Island to staff St. Peter's Boys' High School, the only Catholic parochial high school for boys on the island. Unfortunately, due to wartime conditions, the Staten Island Division had to be closed in 1944. The school buildings, however, have not remained idle, for Monsignor Farrell promptly opened a branch of his own high school there. He has not, however, abandoned his hope to permanently establish a Catholic college on 8

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