St Patricks High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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THF MONUMFNT FRECTED TO TIIE MEMORY OF REV MARTIN CONNOI I Y IN ST PATRIC-kS FEINIF IARX Ju iilrxnnrzxxm fhe priestly benefacrors Who have led us to thzs day We most gratefully remember And m gralztude we pray That the trzalc they have born Unto the smfc s surcease May be a Iastmg benedzclzon And brmg eternal peace e wzth us S P . 3' ,. I . 1' ' in . A -, A I F , 'I Q A . . . . . ,.. Y, ,. , - , , . , . , , . . 1 , --.. -.

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Pioneer Reminiscences John Flynn 36 Thzs artzcle contazns recollectzons of one of the very earliest settlers that lzued rn the country The dzrect quotatzon has been used as much as posszble The l1fe of early DIOUQBPS always fascx nates me I m nex er happler than when I can s1t doxxn xv1th some old person who came to thls state before any of our present day con xenxenccs of travel and l1x1ng were known and hsten by the hour Out on an old homestead farm ln the town of UHIOH l1x es a most beautlful cha acter of sex entx txxo xxmters Perhaps some of xou knoxx hm Nell Duhlff Her l1fe has been l1x ed for the sole purpose of SQI'Vlllg othus She s so kmdlv generous and charltable that Im surt 1t xx ould be a xoy for anx of Vou to learn to know her A few weeks ago I spent a Sunday after noon x1s1t1nff her Soon oux COlflV91NltlOl'l drnted back to those days she so Cl6l1gl'ltS in recalllng back to those days when she hx ed as a httle glrl IH the large one loom home x 1th 1ts huge fireplace the gloxx mg embels lon wlnter exemngs Home made furnl tule ex en to the b ds xxas all xx e had to make the httle homest ad comfortable she told m The famllx used hom made dlpped candles talloxx xx as sax ed from fats used m cooklng for candle and soap maklng And candles had to be used sparmglx only for the finer needl xxo1k she added The con x en1ences wh1ch help llghten our burden were unknoxvn to the early settlers To fo to ehxueh ex e1x Sunday ln those days vxas 1m p o s 1 ble she contmued Attendmg Mass xx xs a rltual to be obs: lved only two or three tlmes a year At irregular mtervals a pr1est x ent through the countxx gatherlnff h1s people together ln varlous farm houses hearlng thelr confesslons and saymg Mass Then breakfast was served to all I remember a very humorous story about one goodly rheumatlc Irlshxvoman who walk ed wlth the ald of a cane When Mass was read at her house the prlest was glven a small room fused as a pantry oldmarmlyj ln xvhlch to hear COl'lf6SSl0llS In order to have the bountxtul bleakfxst rexdy the lady of thx house put part ot her tlme for medltatlon m xctxon bv xuumng between the fireplace md the table The nonse of the cane made sueh dnsturbance that after standmg It as long 'ms posslble the prlest stuck h1s head out ot the doen and Sdld pleadlngly, For the love ol th Lord lzdy s1t down' To be a prxest 1n those days was all hard ships Some xvere asslgned one or txvo Llllll he s Ill 1 large re0'1on over xvhlch they h acl ch xrge The prlest who read M xss Ill this loc lltv trax eled xvlth horses manx m1les each xcek 1nd lt took months for hlm to re v1s1t the places xvhere he read Mass It was lm lJONNllOlE. for people to llve up to the thlrd Q mmmandment exce pt ln lts b1o'1de1 sense x ue txxo xta s of age betoze th x xvere bap tmed M Ilia' es xx e1e performed Clxlllx and xvele NHltITlIllZbd bx the prlest when he came to the llLlL,l llJOl hood The IJIIGSIZ xxho came to Umon vxas loclted at Eau Galle near Arkansas and stopped lu the tovxn of Umon on hls way to Chlppewa and pomts north ot there Mass was usuallx re td at Hanlev s or Moonevs farm xn I mon It ls dlfflcult tor us to pneture tlmes as thex 1eallx were 1n those llmost forgotten d Us Trtxehngf wlth horses on '1 trxp of thutx m1les me mt an all dax s rude Vehncles offered no plotectlon to the Flflbl When Mass was read ln Fau Cline lll the early daxs continued MISS Duhlg we had dlfflculty Ill gettmg there durmg the cold xx mter months There were no ox GI shoes or 10beS to use All the people htd fox pro tectlon xxere kn1tted bed blankets m wh1ch to lf' hw rn K Y ' , '41 M Y , ,W ,, , -He .1 M, ... 1 ,- 7 5 - L , L L 5 an 4 , 7 5 5 1 I , I ' I v 1' g g r f 1 - - ' as ,Q , , - 1 1 1 7 ' 1 - I 1 1 x J A l L 0 C. L. 1 1 7 . -1 I L1 1 L ' L L 1 n l ' 7, 1 v' 1 4 1 Y , 1. 1' j. , s e I Y Y .md 1 . 1 ' J 1 1 4 ku ' , ' ,- 5 , O. - V . 3 , 1 ' 7 ' . - , . , . .11 , 2 , . . . . . 1 , 1 , c A ' K' - ' 1 ' r ' Y ' 1 W , 1 ' A ' 1 A. 1 n La 5. ' . 4 11. L1 ' if C' ' , , - z 1 f . . - z.. . v hw A-J ' I 1.1: 't V K U7 J 'ff 1 K 1 1 ' L1 ' x' ' x , 2 ' A ' .. ' ' . i L' l ' ' 1 L. l ' . 1 1 -1 , xv' X . ' ' 1 n n ' ' 3 V , f -3 -e . ' , . 'e s ' . ' . Y - ' ' . --1,-' 1 f 1 1 1 v: ' ' 1 Y ' of xxhxch made both llght and heat dllflllg the lu xl-glons fax the-1 .xxx ay, chlldren sometlmes 0- - V l ' A .4 - '- T , . 1 f,. i-.1 - ' 1 C y - D . . . , ' e ', ' e 1 - -l s '- . ' n 1, 1 - ' 1 r ' 1 .' e . - , ' s ' . -' e. ' ' . e- ' r'. ' - 1- v vp 1 1 1 v ' N , 1' y ' v 1 . , .. . .1 1 o L , n , I u v '-' . e , Q , , as - - - 1 V , . . . . ' ' ' 7 a s 3 j 2 - , . t 1 . . , . ., 1 5. f nn f . H 1- . fu 1 - 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 ' ' ' ' 1 ' w C, . v . . . A v K ' S L1 ' , L1 ' . .1 1 is ty ' 1 1 L -' U ' . ' 1 . . - ' ' ' cel' 'ce 7' 2.3. 1 . N, e' I 4 . . . . , . . 1 I 1 A ' tr as 2 , uv K . 1 M ' - ' r ' I - .x ' ' 1 1 1 L V 1 1 f . kc 5 A e H x L x ' A 2 ' - ' -' -, r , - ' -js, ' '..' ' , - H v' 1 3 1 1 -1 ' ' ' - ' .' A . z ' - .1 1 ' uw' .' 'H-1725325

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Father Connolly 1-Rn Early Pastor From what the older parxshloners say about Father Connolly we know h1m as an old venerable Prlest smlllng genlal and Yealous Hls ox ercomxng the d1fflCllltl8S that xttended the p1OllLC1'lI10' of a pulsh such as St Patrlck s suggests to us h1s many good QL1'llllZl6S Good humoled tactful ind mdus tlxous he fulfilled h1s mlssxon The fact that Martm Connolly was boln m Ireland 1n the year that Cardlnal New man w 1-. conx erted 1n Fngland IS a strlkmg h1s tone l colncldence to us of St Patrlck s The box Martln Wlth hls four brothers and two slsters obtalned an elementary educatlon ln the natlonal school and at the age of fifteen he befran to form plans for h1s llfe s work As a preparatory step to thls work he attended a busmess college ln Balllnasloe Hls zeal for the church ox ercame hls tlmldlty concernmg h1S dec1s1on to enter the prlest hood so after two years at Balhnasloe he enrolled at the dlocesan Semlllafy III Lough lea For some tlme there had been forces worklng to dlstract the young man from h1s studies at Loughrea A deep unrest stlrred h1m It d1d not detr ct from hls enthuslasm but It unsettled hxs lnterest ln h1s school and 111 hls prospects at home Amerxca was attractmg another son of Ireland The lure of the new world finally clalmed h1m and at the ave of nlneteen after two and one half x ears at Loug,hrea he salled for the Unlted States Fou1 bm others and '1 sxster had p1eceded l11l'I1 to Amer c The voung student came to WISCOHSIII where hls relatnes had settled Hls enthus1 rsm for hls Stlldl9N h ld not mb ted so pre entlx he en1olled at INot1c Dame In the records of the Unn ersltx can be found the iollowmg, ln two veus M1 C onnollx completed hls studles and recen ed h1m 1n June 1867 the degree of Bachelor ot Arts Mr Connolly possesses mam of those natural and I'Gllf10Ll's qualmcxtxons whlch characterxze the tlue ele1g,x man Should he John Toner '36 pe1 severe ID hlS callxnv' and become '1 priest there IS every reason to belleve that he wlll be a good and useful one On December 17 1870 he was ordalned by Archblshop Hennl Thus h1s persex 0111189 and dll1Q'9l'lCe was rewarded He had reached the fix st mark of hx l1fe s 21YTlb1t1011 Hls first appoxntment was to Ettrxck W 1scons1n At the completlon of a fixe year pastorate he was statloned at Eau Claxre VVISCOHSIII here he labored ln a young parlsh lace ntlx founded He asslsted ln bl 1ld1ng St Patrlek s parxsh and ln formmg and concen tr Ltlng xt At that tlme the church was located on North Barstow Street Many Cathollcs ln surroundlng towns could not attend consequently Father Com ollV took It upon hlmself to Journey to the small towns and xlllages and admmlster to the sp1r1tual needs of the people The mode of travel he was forced to use the condltlon of the roads and the resultmg exposure to all klnds of weather caused the young prlest much lncon Duung the summer of 1880 he VlSlt9d Ireland and was entertalned by h1S relatxves and frxends Fourteen years had elapsed smce he had left h1s natne land What Joy he must have experlenced as he walked agaln amld boyhood haunts and ln remlnlscences rellved the past wlth hxs frlends A pleasant vacatlon ln Ireland and he returned to hls labors servmg paushes 1n WISCOHSIH and later mn Mlnnesota Father Connolly entered the Soclety of Jesus Ill 1889 and remalned ln the order for sex en x 1 lrs Durlng the tlme he serx ed the Jt'Nl.lltS he taught at St Ign l.tl1lS md Santa C I ll Lloll fe He was esp CldllY LllSlZlY1Q'll1Sl1 md ls an hlstorlan I1 1896 he returned to Fau Claxre to issumc the dLlt19S of Chaplaln mt the Sacred Heut Hospltal At thls place h was to spend the rest of hxs career The falthful p11 t .lceepted the burden of h1s new OIIICB l 1 1 l 1 X , I 'Q' - W1 f , v ' 1 x 1 Y ,f V L ,.1,, . ,An Q Q 0 ,W L, ,- ,. ., ,SL , , .. - K cl 1 a , 1 1 . . . . ,, , . y C a 9 y 5 7 C A a , 1 31 1 , ,' ' , 1' , L 1' . 2 K 1 Q C, z ' 1' 1 1 .' . ' , '. , . . R ' ls w ' 1 ' x V' c 1'. ' X , c , 2 L' S -1 - . ,' ' ' i ' . . . 1 , 1 1 x . Q ' , ' V . - ' ' ' r - c K 1 - - I u n ' ' . . C N, 1 . A . U 5 , f u f , 1 s- 1 1 , 1 , - . ,., ' ' , 7 v in 1 r w w 1 . Ln. x Q s ' n. ' L K v . . . 1 4 ' j 9 V ' , ' ' - '. 1 ' Y . 1 1, c 1 - ' . I I , , . . , , , I . . . C 1 . 'N . -n 1 1 1 1 . . Y . . . . a y' ' ' 1 K s I ' 7 ' .I 5' I , 9 y 9 , , . . . I - W L L '- . . l ' v 1 I - - - , - . vemence and sufferlng. 1 0 u ow A w ' ' I . af 1 C . L' ' . . . , , A L a sw L ' ' 4 9 1 Y I - V. D ' 9 ' r s 7 ' . Q .... . 'I ' I ' ' 1 c 1' 1 ' X ' ' , .5 ,, . 1 ' 1 11. , 1 1 1 ' X 1 c 1 . 1 1 1' 1' 21' 1' 1' 1' 2 1' ' ' j -2 A 3 x ' . .1 . ,.. Y . Y . , . ' , , ,. . ' , , 1 1.1 , 1 .sa t . ,, 1 . t . 4 1 4 c . . , ' 3 1' N 2 2 I CL, '. 3 1' '1' 9 ' K 1' X 1 - ' ' f: ,' 2 '1' '. - z. ' . , . . . Y x w 1 A V v . ,, L 1 1 1 , ! ,x ,1 J 4 ' 9 iff f F ' 1' ,- . 2 A , , Y , ,,. 3 , v, S5 32 Q S . K i .L Q Y 1 .T. N . . ' . W . ' , n , C, 1 . L . , 0 . . fl ' 1 - Nr f . 1 1 as 1 - 1 - '. y '