The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-20
YOUNG CATHOLICS
PAY TRIBUTE TO
BISHOP MQUA|D
Local Association Passes TOuch=
ing Resolution on Death
of Prelate.

At a special meeting of the Young
mems Catholic Association last eve
ming high tribute was paid in a set of
resolutions to its founder, the late
Bishop MeQuaid. of Rochester. N. Y,
who died Monday. The committee that
drew up the resolutions consisted of
Edward Kenny. T. j. Ryan, Charles
smyth, Owen F. Conlon and James r.
M%ulligan. The resolutions, presented by
John j. Regain, secretary, were as fol-
lows:
The Young Mems Catholic Association
m special meeting this 18th day of January,
lSU9, duly called by its reverend president,
Isaac z. Whelan, orders the following reso-
luton spread upon its minutes:
In sorrowful news of the death of the
Right Rev. Bernard }. McQuaid comes to
us from the city of Rochester, N. Y. the
episcopal see of which has been under
MS pastoral direction as bishop for the
last forty years.
Bishop McQuald was the founder of our
association, and under his watchful eye
the cradle of its infancy was rocked and
that its early struggles have brought forth
the fruits of our present magnificent or
ganization is due primarily to the in
domitable will of our founder with his
earnest hope and big-hearted strenuous
confidence In the destiny OF our Young
Catholic manhood.
Worked Side by Side.
THE transcribed records of the Young
MEMS Catholic Association are freighted
with expressions of his studied foresight,
and ms personal interest IN its career, and
at recurrent intervals in the past the Assoc
citation has gratefully paused IN the routine
or Its work to lay upon its minutes with
boastlng pride some extraordinary tribute
OF iauuatofy token In appreciation of his
distinguished and honorable rise to his IL
l~ustrious position in the eyes Of the world.
But now the last great act Of all draws lis
shadows Der us and the all too pathetic
page is turned for our pen. Flushed with
the memories of the father of this associa.
ton, who, until duty called him elsewhere
TO greater responsibilities, worked side by
side with us, always eager in furthering
our betterment, and aiding us to secure our
rightful place and self-importance, it is
heart-renderng to realize his in me-
moriam. Alas 1t must remain unWritten by
our futile pen, yet 1t IS here none the less
In the hazy mists of tears which enshroud
these lines as we. sick at heart, contemplate
the pitiable sense of our loss in his passing
away.
Newark, N. j.. shares the distinction
with the city of Rochester of being the
scene Of his spiritual and public-spirited
patriotic labors. Here We are living in
the shadows of his glorious achievements
Round about us stand Seton Hall, the
seminary OF the Immaculate Conception, st.
Elizabeths College at Madison. and closer
to our hearts than all these. this building.
our home-hll shrines associated~with his
maTvelOusly energetic aud uncomfortable
activities, summing up a life's work com
passed in a range we'll beyond the limit
of the Biblical span. In the perspective
of yenrs the figure of Bernard j. McQuaid
will stand ont prominently as one of the
greatest builders tine Catholic hierarchy Of
the United States has ever known.
iseyered by Posterity.
Generations yet unborn will cherish
memories of the men whose education he
has planned, fostered and provided for
not only III the high standards set for the
parochial schools which he founded, but
also IN St Bernardo Seminary. at dorchester
Glue largest seminary in the t~>lted States)