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

Page 11 text:

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 '

Page 10 text:

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 , --.. -.

Page 12 text:

nh be N xmx md dlfflC'1lltli 1 xttn lded hu tx xulc hmm bx 1 c tuck th T cndeired hmi to 111 xxho km xx hmm 14 follmxmfv mcuhnt mu 1 USU its IIN 1 1 use W 'lmw down tha hoxplia 111 P1 ll Fommollx sms hxltod hx 4 xolce of 1 patlumt xuffermg flom a m1uor axlmvnt Fithex stepped mto the DIQSQUCE of the wllff9I'PI Me xou a dOCtO1 the puegt vu is ask d I .am a docto1 of the xoul not of the body The xuffercr Cm 'fied 1 vuex of momx nd motxoned ton ald the donr F th 1 coutmuod Nou ls 'mt zmlctnd lr lcmu xcd This ls ILlSt0Y1l exlmple of I thu Ccmnollx s lefldx W1 xnxx Max IN 191 W th1tI 1thc1 Comm x 111 lt thm uowu -f xx atchm 111, h lltef 4 mmm ll on h md -fmlrm 1 x The Shamrvck 6 111 ted P xthcx Fomlollx 1uQt du 1 'I lux th news spxmd mmonw hl utx of funn S H111 L pxfnus md swhx followcd m its Y IRC pc cmlv bum d to thc xx 111 of' God At I xthel Ccmnollx Q own wquext hx lilhflllls lax m xtate 111 tha Sacled Heart hospltal Chapel The funeral Maw new sung 11 hmm m thfit Chapnl, the X-1111119 of hh dexo tum 111 hls d0Ll11'l1Ilg xeau Many clelgx men 1hl0Ll0hOllt the Nmthxx mt Named fr19ndQ of thc uw .11 d QUl1OUNdlN4 countu 111 paxlng usp: ctw to the d pntgd D1 It Qt Thex bulled I lihkl fOll'WOHX m Qt Patllcks Cemetnrx Phe P1 IL st 1 ft foxx xx mldlv lnowessmx. ' L I 11 x x I N C 4 N b u L1 muh 1 VISION 'Nluqoru 'Xmlsun w ml fold me fhczf L L snoufla 05 7 hal Lunffr mer hrmqs I nomic: at qou for I S00 fluflcrzrm arwrf umm 3 ou chldcd nu for mu fam I hat Scm the UIFUIVTY part Reualrnq czdcwrzrvcf QMJQIQ That 91111061 my doublful hear! You card 11 was the LL hzff' moon Solemnlq Iecmmq low 1 too bou m rewrenrc It IS the Host 'Ihe Holy Anaele know . . .. - x , ' ' x ' 4 1-INN ' xlly. IjNII'L1.'21l1 2 XS H 'H . H 2 ' ' . . L f- I ' thats -1 f ask W 'A ' 2 ja fnrti- fi I A : ' 2. 2 h 's w ' 1 C1-' X an X z ' z ' X' ' - ' 'll '. HH: 3 'f ' '.' 11: 'P Tl X 5 ,' H zj 'll A 'z ,2l'.'ztt'- :mfg - A 'X W A . ' . ti 11: Wh. .4 ' B J ll'll,'11 h-' , ,Z , . ,S , , :V -S -' .Y vc 'V ? t' .v K v h' ? V x 1 , . ' . 1 v ' .- - ' 1 I ' L1 ' 1 ' ' I 42- 1. I ' V s 1 I ' v Vx 14 I . ' --g I sv -V ' , K- L 3 ,A A 2 . 1 -' - i k. 3 F - ' ' ' ' - ' ' V A g K ' I -, Y , 1 . 1 ' u f 1 1 ' 4 v' ' , ' ' 4 . 21' 0' ' I - ' ' ' ' ' 'D , ' ' . . . 'ls w r 1 Q 1 rl ' :A . ' ' hu stroll down the hall. It must he that IHS , , . . , ' .' lf. 2 A .' 1' 'X Yz'1'r . '7 A' ' k ' ' A- , . ' Fu ,. - wk. . L . ' ' Q ' ' ' , 's ft, 21141 fhvs + hm- vfillwcl to 'hz 'ily. Hif wal If H ',' 3- - 'f . 1 2 X' f Nj vsvnlth, his spirituzxl frwtunv, is ww his 4111'- i' rd. P: . 1 -' 1, ' z z lthk nail gl fry. To all mI'1lsl'1s'l1:1,' Ivft il va 1' 'ful pol' 1 2: is nigfht hunt. 1 .' 'f IU' xml 1111141 inspi1'zi,im1, L , . j '- .Q 'sn' Y f 5 zwr' .' ' le 4 1' , 1- ' - ' ' X ' ' ' A 'Fl J 'D E I