Siena College - Saga Yearbook (Loudonville, NY)

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REVEREND CYRIL N. McGUlRE. O.F.M. Vice-Presidenf of Sieno hDeceasch This book is dedicated to a momorygto the memory of a man who witnessed thc birth of Siena College; to thv memory of a man who watched the growth of Siena; to thc memory of a man who nurtured and helped dcvclop its growth.

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By the untimely death in September, 1948, of the Rev. Cyril Nelson McGuire, O.F.M., Vice-President of Siena College, the student body and the faculty lost one of their finest friends, an eminent scholar and an exemplary priest. Fr. Cyril was born in Buffalo, March 11, 1896, and studied at Canisius College there until the outbreak of World War I put a halt to his education. Following his war service he entered the Franciscan Order in August, 1920, at St. Bonaventure Monastery, Paterson, N. J., and was professed in that order in August, 1921. The revered Siena educator was ordained a priest after completing a course in Sacred Theology in May, 1927. He received a bachelor of arts and master of arts degree at St. Bonaventure College. After his ordination, Fr. Cyril was assigned to teach at Aquinas Institute, Rochester, and the following year was sent to Rome for higher studies. In June, 1934, Fr. Cyril received a degree of Lector Generalis in Sacred Scripture at Rome and was commissioned to teach the subject throughout the world. He labored over a period of years revising the Douai version of the Bible into modern English. Upon his return to this country. Fr. Cyril taught at Butler, N. J., and Croghan, N. Y. He was then sent to the infant Siena College as vice-presi- dent in 1938, shortly after the schools founding. From that time on, his heart and soul were in Siena. In July, 1943, the Very Rev. Bertrand J. Campbell, O.F.M., Minister Provincial of the Holy Name Province, called him to New York to act as his personal secretary and to appoint him to the high office of Treasurer of the Province. But, recognizing his love for Siena, the Provincial released him from his oches, and appointed him to the ofiiee of Vice-President of Siena College in July, 1946. He was later appointed Chairman of Arts by the Very Rev. Mark Kennedy, O.F.M., President of Siena College. It was while fulfilling his duties as Chairman of Arts during the strenu- ous fall registration that Fr. Cyril became ill and was called to his eternal reward, after a lifetime spent in serving God. His sudden passing might be summed up in the words of St. Paul the Apostle in his second epistle, the fourth chapter, sixth verse: 9A5 for me, I am already being poured out in sacrifice, and the time of my deliverance is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith. For the rest, there is laid up for me a crown of justice, which the Lord, the just Judge, will give to me in that day; yet not to me only but also to those who loved His coming?