The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-30
NEW PASTORS OF CATHOLIC CHURCHES
Changes Made in the Ranks of
 the Junior Clergy

AiSAOp Nlfdll IdS lIldoG lWO hOW db pointments of pastors. the Rev. M. H. May as rector of St. Bernard's. Rock tille, succeeding the Rev. Luke F1tz- slmons, now permanent rector of the immaculate Conception church. Wa terbury. and the Rev. David ODon- nell. pastor rof st. Andrews. fColches- ter. in succession to the Rev. M. H. May.
 The Rev. M. H. May is a native of New London and a. graduate of the High school of that city. Later he entered Boston College where he made fine record as classical student. His philosophy and theology he stud jed at the Grand Seminary. Montreal. He was ordained in Montreal, Dec. 20. 1SS4 His ministry as a curate was spent in St. Peters, Hartford, St. Mary's. Derby. St. Mary's. Lakeville, St. Johns, Middletown. the Immac- ulate Conception parish. Baltic. and St. Mary's, New Britain. His first pas torate was at St. Mary's. South Cow entry, where he was assigned Septem- Der, 1895. In May, 1896, he was trans- ferred to St. Andrews, Colchester. with missions in Bozrahville. Moodus and Fdtchyille. For fourteen years he has done missionary duty in the hills and valleys of New London county and amid a peoples of various tongues. His fidelity to parochial duties is a cherished memory in grateful flock. He has been a member of the School Board of Colchester for several years.
 The new pastor of St. Andrew 'SJ Colchester. the Rev. David R. O'Don- nell. is no stranger in Eastern Con- necticut. Practically his entire ca reer as a curate has been passed in St. Mary's Star of the Sea, church. New London. Here he was the de voted assistant of the late Rev. T. Joynt, assiduous in the performance of his manifold obligations. AS prin- cipal of St. Mary's school he was un- failing in his attention to the young and did much to give kthe school its env1able name in the diocese of Hart London he has acted as chaplain. ever eager for their material and spiritual advancement. In several military en- campments at Mantle he had cele- brated mass for the State militia. His administration of the parish during his illness and since the death of Father Joynt called forth eloquent testimon- ials from the public and the press of the city. He was born in New Ha- ven, made his grammar studies at St. Johns, New Haven. He attended the Hillhouse High school. He. made his academic studies at Yale University. He made his phuosoph- Johns Seminary. Brighton, Mass. His ordination took place in Holy Cross Cathedral. Boston. December, 1896.
 The Rev. William O'Shea comes to
 st. Joseph's Cathedral from St. Thom- as' Seminary, where he had held a professors chair. His academic stud- les were made at Niagara University, N. Y. A brilliant course at the Amer ican College Louvain. fitted him for the priesthood. where he was ordained a priest by Bishop Tierney in St. Jo- seph's Cathedral. May. 1898.
 The Rev. Denis Moran enters upon a curaey at St. Francis church. Fair Haven. After his graduation from St Joseph's parochial school. Willi- nary, Hartford. and later Montreal College. Later he went to the Grand Seminary, Montreal. He completed his studies for the priesthood at St. Johns Seminary, Brighton. Mass. He was raised to the priesthood last May in St. Joseph's Cathedral by Bishop Milan.
 The Rev. Paul Heating leaves a pre- fectship at St. Thomas Seminary for Q curacy at St. Francis Xavier's church, Waterbury. Father Keating made an excellent showing at the pub lie schools and later at the High school of his home town, South Manchester. His collegiate course was made at St. Thomas Seminary. Hartford, and his theology at St. Johns. Boston, Ec- clesiastical Seminary. Brighton, Mass. He was ordained by Bishop Milan last May in St. Joseph's Cathedral.
 The Rev. George Coyle who takes professorship at St. Thomas Semi nary, Hartford, comes from Water bury; He trained for the. priesthood at St. Bonaventure College and the American College, Louvain. Bishop Fox ordained him to the priesthood in Louvain last July.