The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-08-13

convent ana the parish OF Holy ROS-
airy, where he had been prior for the
last two years and half. He was
born at Troy, N. Y, forty eight years
ago. He entered the Dominican order
when about twenty-siX years of age,
and was minister of novices at st.
Joseph's convent, Somerset, Ohio.
Later he became prior at st. Vincents
convent in New York city, going from
there to New Haven, Conn.,, where he
was for years pastor of the Dominican
church. 1t was from New Haven that
Father Hartigan came to Minneapolis.
And the comparatively short time
spent here has endeared him to many
both in and beyond his parish so that
his loss will nowhere be more keenly
felt than here. He leaves father
and one brother at the old home in
Troy, n. Y. Amid the solemnities of
the high Gregorian mass the parish
toner's of Holy Rosary church paid
their last sad rites to the memory of
their late departed pastor Sunday
morning. The large number of clergy
who had gathered to participate in
this, one of the most awe-inspiring
and impressive services in the Catho-
lie ritual, was beautiful tribute to
the love and esteem in which Father
Hartigan was held, not only by the
| members of his congregation, but by
the priests of the church at large. The
depth and beauty of the high requiem
mass seemed most fittingly appropriate
as the last parting of the man from
those who had so learned to revere
him. The solemn grandeur of the
| Gregorian chants was brought out by
Il picked chorus Of twenty-five voices.
Several of the pieces which We're
f;lvOrite selections of Father Hartigan
We're given. AS the body was taken
into the church the beautiful strains
of LuZZi's Ave Marie were rendered
by Miss Edna Hall, and Miss Nellie
Grenan sang 20 Salutaris" during the
elevation. During the service Miss
Anna Dewitt Cook, the organist of
Holy Rosary, gave Chopin's Largo.
The funeral march of Chopin was
played as the occasional. Among the
Dominican fathers present, of which
order Father Hartigan was member,
We're: Father Arbor, Father Moran,
1
Father Brocbank, Father Doyle and
Father Kearney, the provincial of the
order. Father Cleary of st. Charles,
Father Byrne of st. Lawrence, Father
Dolphin of st. Stephens, Father Har.
rington Of the Church Of the Ascen.
sion, and Father McDevitt Of the
Catholic Orphanage We're among the
local priests who participated in the
ceremony.
The large concourse of people which
filled the edifice to its capacity, the
impressive music and the massive
floral decorations combined to make
the occasion one of unusual grandeur
Directly in front of the altar and at
the foot of the chancel steps rested
the casket, surrounded by a wealth of
flowers bearing their mute tribute to
the mortality of man.
The Very Rev. F. H. Dugan, o. P,
was celebrant, the Rev. ]. e. Farmer,
of GAINESVILLE, Ohio, deacon, and the
Rev. ]. R. Fannon, o. P, sub-deacon.
In the funeral sermon the Very Rev.
L. F. Kearney, S. T. NJ, dwelt largely
on the dignity of the priesthood and
of Father Hartigan, gifted as he was
in that perfect love Of mankind, as be-
ing ideally fitted to grace the ranks
of them who devote their lives to the
furtherance of Christ's kingdom on
earth.
A memorial service was held in the