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

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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 '

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Fifty five Years of Service If vou are a stranger at St Patrrcks probablv the first teacher you have heard about IS our own grade school prlncrpal Srster Theodora A few years ago she cele brated her fiftreth annrversary as a Srster of St Benedlct and she has spent fifty five vears rn the classroom Her home was rn Prfurre du Chren WISCONSIN She IS a srster of the late Reverend A B C Dunne No one can easrly estrmate the amount ot good Srster Theodora has accomplrshed dur rn f those long years rn the school room A Lon Prarrre Mrnnesota she beg rn career as a teacher From there Srster transferred to Brsmarck North D rkotn an rn 1899 to Fau Clarre where she has been teachlng srnce that trme her xv as Srster told me about the convent md school rn the early davs 'lhe nrst convent was a small frame burldrng located on the sam srte as the present structurr 'lherr were five small rooms on the irrst iloor 'rnd three on the second Needless to sax rt lacked mfrnv of the conv enrences Sonretrmc after the Srsters arrlv ed to take over the vvork at the school nevv addrtrons were made to the old burldrng In 1909 a nevv convent was erected whrch added consrderablv to the corntorts of the Srsters Durrng the trme the new burldrng was constructed the Srsters lrved rn the grade school usrng the audr torrum s a dormltory the gv mnasrum as a drnrng room and the present lrbrarv as a krtchen We used the lrttle OITICG as a musrc room and the present erghth grade room as a chapel md the chapel was beautrful Srster sard The good people gave us the thrngs we needed We were very happv she added There vvere two hundred puprls rn the fir st five room school Srster contrnued 'I alwavs lrke the chrldren here Usually they responded very well to any suggestrons we made Teachrng rs a wonderful professlon Helen Page 36 rt keeps one young to assocrate wrth young people Thousands of chrldren have come under Today many of them are ln mg rn other parts of the country and are represented rn many of the professrons Whenever possrble return to recall the pleasant memorles of the by gone days wlth her Here rs an 1nc1d nt WlllCh lllustrates her excellent memory for detarls the lnfluence of Slster Theodora students ln Mrnneapolrs one day last fall a well dn rd gentleman rpproached Srster Ana tr lrr 'md Sr ter Theodora who were return rnf lrom Brsmarck I used to go to the Srsters of St Benedrct rn brsnrrrr ck he stated By any chance vv ould crther oi vou know where old Srster 'l hrodorfr rs novv 7 Srster extended her hand Shes rrght hen she replred And I b6l1CXO vou are llrom-rs Gleason I had you rn class back rn X Frftv four v ears had elapsed srnce she had sr en hrnr A good many grrls who have been rn her classes have been rnsprred to follow her rn the same vocatlon The lrfe of a Srster rs not rn easy one I have concluded Srster s day starts rt five o clock After Lrttle Hours and Medrtatron there rs Mass Holy Communron then breakf rst There rs often an oppor tunrty to attend a second or a thrrd Mass too School dutres are begun at elffht forty Atter school hours 1n the afternoon the Srsters attend Sprrrtual Readrng and recrte therr offrce After supper there rs a short perrod of recrefrtlon after whrch preparatlon rs made for the next dav at school Srster Theodora s capacrty for work seems verv great God has grv en her excellent health rn fact she has never been rn a hos pltal as a patrent Four of the sev en Srsters wrth vvhom Srster Theodora bee an teachrng here have ltontznued on Page 403 - xl W X ff X Q 1 1 ., , . ,f 1 1 . , ' , 4 l 2 ,'. 1 , -,J 1 'f,, 2 1 7 V 1. , . 1 . ' V . L, 1 L. x Y 71 C 5 , ' 1 1 n - ,L . ' - . . 1 - 1 Y I 0 A C 1 5. L x Y ' 1 y v . 1 1. A t I' ,N Q ' . . -, , , 1. 1 1 , . .V r . r . . 1 . . 1 . U K- r ' c , K 1 L L ' c . . I . l o u J I - A D V e e ' -1 1 U , x be n - I V ,. , 1. I n U H, , - cr 2 ' es 9 9 'xqHx vi A' I . - 1 1 1 1. 1 'A 1' 4 . 1 1 x 1 - . . . d 3 2 1. S ' , ' 1 1 1 . - c . , c 41 . , . ,..-1 1 1 1 . 1 u 1 Q 1, . 1 ,,., J , . , . , I . . i . .c 1 ' L s C L u ' 'V1 . 1 H 1 H f . . , 1 . , 1, 1 K 1 .I . . 1 1 ' . 1 1 Vx . . '-r. 1 .' w A , -, ,-an - . 1 L n J 1 'I I 5 9 '1-,X cc r - 0 1' 1 1 1, I 11, L r . 0 1 1, 1 - 1- 1 'r - 1 'r ' 1 r 1 - 1 . , . . IL' c ' L L' v K V qf 4 rv ' . ' ' ,I 1 1 11 -.4 1 .. 1, . . . 1 , . ,. . . , I 1 V9 ' v Y ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 W ' 1 . ' e L L 1 nu . .' ' . u 1 X 1 11 1 1 1 11, . C A ' 1 YI . I l I 1 . , - ' ' , , I .Ss 1 v ' ' ' ' 9 11 ' Y 1' 1 v l , 1 A . 1 . 1 1 - s L1 1 u 1 V A 1 K , ' l - ' . v, , -1 1 1 ' ' A ' , A ,' 1 . c . A 1 1 1 1 ' ' ' ' . I - 1 L n , . a J s ' 31 . ' 1 f ' gk , - L a 1 1 1 1 .Y - ' , il' ' 1 , - v . - a ' H v . . . 5 A 1 LJ 5- , 1 1 ' 1 , , 1 . W . ' - sv 1 . 4 , . . 1 ' u c Q c ', ' u 4 L' x n 4 V, sw , , 1 ,, L v K 1 ' ' ' .9 ' . , . 4 - L 1 ' K' . 1 U 1 1 ', ' ' V V D c . . 5 , , rs ' ' , 1 -1' ' - 1 ' e. 1 , 1' ' 1 1 ' - .V , L , c. . , - . . fp I k x Y ' 1 . 1 .V , ' 1 ' ' V ' cr 1 .