The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-17

street, last night, the Rev. Charles B.
Condit. pastor, took occasion to ex-
press his sorrow over the death of the
Rev. DR.. McManus, for whom he said he
had the highest regards a. a church,
man n a citizen.
The Rev. Mr.. condit said that he
was deeply panied when DIR. McManus
was taken i'll a few weeks ago, as he
felt that his illness would be fatal from
the nature of the disease, and on a
number of occasions had visited the
residence of the rector to express his
sympathy and those of the members
of the congregation who had a per-
sonal acquaintance with the Catholic
clergyman.
The Rev. Condit said that h city
of Newark had lost a good citizen in
the death of DIR. McManus, and the
Catholic Church an earnest n Jealous
worker, and the residents of the
Twelfth ward a good and true friend,
who was always seeking to promote
their interest, both spiritually and
mentally.
Mr.. Condit. in conclusion. said h a
he had found in Father McManus a
broad minded and liberal man,, and one
whom he was pleased to count as one
of his best and dearest riends.
At the conclusion of the services a
special prayer was made for he re-
pose of the soul of the dead clergy
man.
The Rev. DR.. Michael Augustine Nc
Manus was born in the old Mill street
district In Paterson sixty years ago.
He got his primary education in the
parish school of old St. Johns Church,
of which the venerable Dean McNulty
is still the pastor. He was n of the
favorites of the priest. who was then,
IN is now. an apostle of temperance
and morality. Young McManus was
commander of. Father McNulty's Boys
Temperance Cadets, which paraded in
uniform on public occasions co en-
phasize the priests advocacy IF the
cause of temperance and morality.
~<ueied in Maryland.
When he was quite young DIR. Nc
Manus was sent to St. Charles's College
in Maryland to study for the priesthood.
!. Among his classmates were Monsignor
Joseph NJ. Flynn. of Morristown; the
late Rev. Walter Fleming and the late
Rev. William NJ. Callan, who was later
rector of the church in Orange Valley.
He entered Seton Hall College in 1868,
and was graduated from the Theolog-
ical Seminary six years later. In April,
1874. he was ordained a priest in the
chapel of the Immaculate Conception
al Seton Hall by the late Archbishop
Michael Augustine Corrigan. who was
then bishop of the diocese of Newark,
which then comprised all of New Jer-
sey.
After his ordination the young priest
was assigned to st. Michael's Church,
Jersey City. as a curate. He broke
DOWN the first year and was sent to st.
Francis's Hospital. Afterward he went
to the Southern States and did mission
work for a couple of years. When he
came back North he was appointed
curate in Morristown and later at st.
Joseph's Church, this city. From the
latter he was appointed pastor in Wood
bury, Gloucester County. He was next
made pastorcf the old church at Newton,
Sussex County. When the present par
ish Of the Sacred Heart, Newark, where
the 81, 900. 900 cathedral of the Sacred
Heart is being erected, was created
he was placed in charge of the young
parish. He built the present fran
church building and established a
parish school.
When his old classmate. the Rev.
Walter Fleming. died in 1892 the Rev.
DR.. McManus succeeded him as pastor
of st. Aloysius Church, at Bowery and
Freeman streets, in the Twelfth ward.
In 1898 he built a clubhouse for the
young men of-the parish. He organized
several parish societies and took an
active part in civic affairs and in Irish
patriotic work. He had temperance
and other societies meet in his church