The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-19

rection the society gave a lxirmess that eclipsed any like affair for char ita'ble purposes and the manner in which the affair was handled stamped | ond to none among the younger men in the diocese.
 In rapid succession he revived inter- est and enthusiasm in many of the Catholic lay societies. of Waterbury and his fame as an administrator soon spread throughout the confines of the diocese, Father SlociIm appreciated his high abilities and gave him every l assistance in his work
 It was largely through his accom- plishments in Waterbury that the late Bishop Tierney picked him to come to St. Mary's in this city as assistant to the late 1amented Rev. Father John F. Rogers, the venerable pastor whose health had been failing for some time and who required the services of just such man as Father Lynch had proved himself.
 Almost from the moment. he came to St. Mary's he was entrusted with the active. direction of the affairs of the parish by his pastor. Father Rogers found in him just what he needed a young. vigorous, indefatigable worker with a genius for organization coupled with a. piety and zeal that never permitted the material side of the affairs of the parish to take pre- cedence over the spiritual. a
 The people of St. Mary's will not Father Lynch. His was. task that required delicacy and tact There was real church work to do that called for a man of power and in all respects the deceased proved equal to every emergency. He had not been at St. Mary's long before he made the ir1a- press of his personality an inseperable part of the parish. Revisited the peo- pie, told them of the parish needs and impressed upon them that he expected and would require their loyal and un- renitting assistance in carrying out the improvements which had not pre- viously been undertaken because of the frail health of their beloved pastor And he found a. responsive sentiment in the parish that in after years he never tired of referring to as one of the finest exhibitions of loyalty he ever met with in his experience.
 In quick succession he directed the building of new brick convent for the sisters of the parish and then fol- lowed with the handsome new brick school, both of which Undertakings he superintended being constantly on the work with the contractors. Local sba aukers who became acquainted with Father Lynch through these works said they never did business with man of keener business sense or finer honor and it is true to this day that no school house in this city has ever been SbuiIt that compares in utility and dura bility with St. Mary's school that did not cost thousands of dollars more.
 Frank Miller, the banker and mer- chant, once said that the city of Bridgeport would save thousands of dollars annually if it had the beneht of the services of Father Lynch on the Board of Education.
 Following the demise of Father zRog- CTS. Bishop Tierney designated Father Lynch as administrator of the parish and permitted him to remain as act ing pastor until such time as he had renovated the stately edifee and in stalled a magnificent new organ.
 Four years following Father Rogers death Bishop Tierney divided St Marv's parish and established the par isb Of St. Charles, setting aside for the latter all that part of East Bridge port east of. the Pequonnock river and north of the railroad tracks as far as fhe citv line and running to the line between Bridgeport and stratford-
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