Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-26
FAREWELL AT GALLUP
PROVES UNIQUE EVENT.
IgpeciaI Correspondence TO morning JOurnalI

Gallup, n. NJ, Jan. 24.-The Rev.
Geo. J. Juillard, for Is years pastor
OF Gallup, recently appointed associ-
ate director of the Society for the
Propagation of the Faith in the Y. s.,
left yesterday for his new field of Ia
Dor in distant New York city.
Upon his departure the depot plat
form was %thronged with 400 to 500
people OF all creeds and nationalities,
who had come to bid their beloved
pastor and friend a reluctant farewell,
postponed to the last moment of his
sojourn among them, to wish him
God-speed on his journey and all sue
cess and all things good in his new
field of labor. The grim handclasp
of some, the tear-dimmed eyes OF 9th
ers. the heartfelt farewell of all, their
lingering presence and yearning look
as the train passed out of sight bear
ing him away. the Rev. Father stand
ing on the rear platform of the train,
poke volumes OF his popularity-nay,
Of his endearment to all the people
Of Gallup.
on the Friday evening previous to
his departure the English-speaking
Catholics of Gallup gave their pastor
= very pleasant surprise by repairing
in a body to his beautiful residence,
thore to spend, for the last time, a
pleasant evening with their father"
II was certainly an informal affair
In the best sense of the word. Free
and unrestrained were the talk and
song and pleasantries, showing their
relations of loving esteem to n who
had endeared himself so much to all
1uring his Is years of kind and loving
ministration.
on the Following evening his non
Catholic friends, prominent men Of
Gallup's business world, gave him a
similar surprise, by paying him a vis-
IL to spend the last evening of his So
iourn In Gallup with him. In token OF
fheir esteem and loving friendship
they presented him a beautiful gold
watch bearing the following inscrip-
ton; presented to Rev. Geo. j. tJuil-
lard. Gallup. N NJ. Jan. 30. 1910, by
his Non-Catholic Friends"
At the solemn High Mass, Sunday
morning, the church was crowded
with both Catholics and non-Catho-
lies. The Rev. Geo. j Juillard was
%celebrant Of the mass, Rev. Cyprian
Vabre, of Flagstaff, Ari2., was deacon;
Rev. Robert Kalt, @. Il. NJ, sub-dea-
con-, and Rev. zunbahlcn, O. f. NJ,
master Of ceremonies. The Rev
Anselm Weber, O. f. NJ, of st. Mich
ael's, the Rev. Leopold Ostermann, O..
f. NJ, of chin lee. and the Rev. Flor
entinc Meyers. O. f. NJ, the new pas
tor of Gallup, were present in the
sanctuary.
The choir acquitted itself nobly, and
both music and singing added great
thy to the solemnity of the occasion
Toward the end Of the Credo. three
little girls, dressed in white, wendell
their way up the middle aisle, bear
ing n white satin cushion upon which
vas "a most beautiful gold chalice, a
present of the pensioners TO their
departing pastor. Entering the sanct-
uary. tho girls knelt down and pre-
scented IN chalice to Father Juillard,
who was taken by surprise and visibly
touched at receiving this oxen of love
and gratitude.
After mass he addressed his people
in words OF tender affection. He re-
marked how hard IL was to say good
bye: he thanked them for all their
kindness and good feeling toward him
and assured them that he would and
could never forget them. Divine Prov
brought him here and the same
Providence OF God was taking him
away. Eighteen years z he had
come among them an inexperienced
man. and here he had grown to ma
turity. quite a number of those
present he had baptized. many OF
them he had joined in the holy bonds
OF matrimony. For them he had Nv
ed and lahored. The best years OF
his life he had sacrificed TO them
how could he but love them? They
were his family. he Vas their father.
and he loved them with a fathers
love. a newly ordained le'lto lac had
come TO Gallup fun Of enthusiasm