Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-02-08
REV. cHARLEs ]. RoYLAN.

Rev. Charles ]. Boylan, who has been
pastor of st. Charles Church at Pitts
field since it was set apart from st.
JoSephs Church, has been rendered by
Bishop Beaver the pastorate of the
church at Millbury, and has decided to
go, There is general regret among the
people of his parish and also of other
creeds in Pittsf1eid, that he i5 to leave
the city, for ne has been an aggressive
worker for all that is best in the COM
munity. He is one of the most active
men in the ministry in the diocese, and
to his indefatgable efforts the new
parish has been formed, grown and a
handsome new church and parochial
residence erected. All this has been ac-
complished in a few years The new
parish was the outgrowth of the too
large congregations at ST. Joseph's
Church, a division of the parish being.
found necessary, st. Charles parish
embraces the north part of the city,
with Burbank street its southern diyid-
ing line, The movement for the new
parish came in 1898, when times We're
dull, and especially for the new parish,
which Is largely contained in the mill
districts of the city. Pastor and people
have made a noble struggle and sue
cess has followed them. Rev. Mr.. Boy
Ian was assigned to the work and en-
tered on it with zeal and energy. In
accomplishing what he has, he has i'm
paired his health, and although given a
'>Nve Of absence, which he spent abroad
for supe months, he returned to take
~ aeaa the work which is too heavy
far hja energies and health. Bishop
Fsg9- Las offered him the pastorate
ef ha church in Millbury, and Mr.. Boy
IAN hss accepted A delegation from
r5e oEeial came yesterday to this city
TO Sc 8iahop Beaver and to protest
against the change, and another delega-
ton of citizens, headed by Mayor Whit
ing, will visit him today.
At yesterday mornings service Rev
Mr. Boylan preached from the gospel or
the day, but made no allusion to his
leaving whatever, other than TO give his
congregation the financial condition OF
the parish. Since his passionate began
he has collected about $4,000, to which
parishloners and friends both Catholic
and Protestant, have contributed lber-
ally. The bonded debt is about $2l,O00.
The floating debt is now only $40, with
about $425 in the treasury. The floating
debt of the parish was taken care of,
also a payment Of $4,000 made on the
church debt from the proceeds OF a
fair held recently. All salaries and in
terest on the debt are paid to date, and
the rest of the interest is not due until
June l. Mr.. Boylan leaves with his sue
cessor a book containing all the data of
the parish. He has celebrated Y mar
riages, baptized about 200 persons and
one large class has been confirmed. The
deaths in the parish have been compar-
atively few. The Easter and Christmas
offerings have averaged about $500. Mr.
Boylan has no part in the movement
on foot with citizens and parishioners
entering the protest to be presented to
the bishop. He has received many let
ters OF regret, one Of the most cordial
being from Rev. DR.. Newton of st.
Stephens Church. Mr. Boylan is ar
ranging to go to his new parish the
middle of the week, and it is understood
that Rev. William Fl, Goggin of Mill
bury Is to take charge of st. Charles.
MIR, Goggin is well known In this vi
cinIty, having been assistant rector and
later rector of the cathedral in this city,
succeeding Rev. Charles =. Burke, who
is now located in North Adams. Mr..
Goggin was transferred TO Millbury
from this city about 10 years ago.
Rev Charles ]. Boylan was born in
Ireland in 1854, and was educated in the
schools there. His parents We're both
teachers in the schools of that country.
He pursued his classical studies at Car
low, and studied theology in Montreal.
He was ordained in December, 1873 He
was for three years an assistant at Tur-
ner's Falls, and later for four years was
assistant at the Church of the Immacu-
late Conception at Worcester. On May
6, 1888, he was made pastor Of the church
at Oxford where he remained until go
ing to Pittsfield in 1893 His new
church is a handsome brick structure,
on a slightly location, ground for which
was broken in May, 1894, and the cor
nerstone was laid the following October
by Bishop Beaven Rev. DR.. T. j. Conaty
OF Worcester, now president of the
Catholic University at Washington, d.
C., preaching the sermon 1t is 140 by
70 feet, with vestry, which is now oc-
cupied until such time as the main au-
dience room can be fitted up. A hand