Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-11
THRONG MOURNS
AS ORANGE PRIEST
IS BORNE TO REST
Pensioners of ST. Johns
Church Attend Funeral of
Father Mcdonald.

Orange. for the funeral of Rev Mat
thias J. Mcdonald, W 10 dropped deaf
OF heart failure or Tuesday morn
ing in the parochial school.
In accord with the known desires
of the dead priest. the services were
simple in character. Scores Of priesi~
! Of the diocese participated III the
i solemn ceremonies of the Roman
/ Catholic ritual
The first mass of the morning, ceie-
brated at 7:30 o'clock. was for Gill
dren of the parish, and at $3.50 O'CLOCK
the priests began the office for the
dead, which was followed at IL O'Clock
by the solemn requiem mass, sung by
i REV. George L. Fitzpatrick, one time
resident of Orange, now rector u
Holy Cross Church, Harrison. At lts
conclusion stle body of Father Nc
Donald was laid AT resi- in the Gene
terry of the Holy Sepulclue East Or
ange.
Assisting Father Fitzpatrick at the
mass were the following priests: Rev.
a. Fl. Stein, of Our Lady of Lourdes
Church, PATERSON: sub-des con, Rev.
Thomas Z. .o'Shea, of ST. Mary
Magdalen's Church, this city, and
master of ceremonies, Rev. Charles
A. Smith, chancellor of the NeWarf
diocese.
BOY Choir sings,
Music was in charge Of Professor
II. c. L. Schreiner organist, ana tne
bows choir sang A solo, calvary,
was sung by Thomas r. Fittin.
Bishop OConnor blessed the BODY
at the close of the .iaass and the
priests and congregation filed past
! the coffin for a lnal view OF the
clergyman. Then the cortege wen,
to the. cemetery. Father Mcdonald
was buried i'm a yaulted grave in the
circular family plot, with his parents,
sisters and brother, near the entrance
! in Central avenue, opposite maple
avenue. More than one hundred and
thirty priests we're present at the scr
vices. s-4-,ss a..
The ed;fice was decorated only with
a border of black bunting on the sup
porting columns of the nave. with a
rope of black and white festooned'
Lighted candles were placed about
the coffin, and two small wreaths and
bouquet rested near the catafaHue
The aisles were crowded, and out
side the church were hundreds who
were unable to gain entrance. a
delegation of members of the Fourth
Degree, knights of Columbus, In uni
form, was in the congregation.
The sermon was preached by Rev.
Timothy A. Donovan of the Church
of Our Lady of sorrows, South Or
ange, who paid eloquent tribute 10
the memory of Father Mcdonald.
The honorary pallbearers We're:
Former Judge Thomas A. Davis,
Mayor Daniel II. Minihan. Laurence
T. Fell, former Collector George II.
Father Donovan gave the history
| of Father McDonald's career In the
parish He said the presence of SO
many in the church proved the deer
/ affection of the people for their de.
! parted rector. Father Donovan told
! how the late Bishop Wigger early
had recognized Father Mcdonald 5
! worth. and told of the priests edu-
cation and ordination and his TWEEN
fy-four years. service as curate and
| rector of st. Johns.
Tells of Priests Life
Father McDonald's early struggles,
when debt was q parish burden, the
many improvements under his direc-
ton and extension work TO establish
caapels were referred to, and the
priests work. in the Children's Aid
| Society and civic affairs were lauded.
The priest of today is, carrying on
| the ministry of Jesus Christ. said
! Father Donovan, las the apostles OF
| old, and Christ's statement, i am
| with YOU all days, even to the COLI
summation of tho world was no mere
metaphor. The triple Office of Jesus
| Christ. king prophet and priest is to-
| day lived in every parish of the
church as publicly and ontwardly as
! nineteen hundYed years ago
This priestly function of Christ,
said Father Donovan, Is exempliiied
| in the pulpit commands OF the clergy,
when they order that Gods conf
| mandments be kept. And as gold
and silver are tried by fire said the
Clergyman, 80 man becomes ac-
1 ceptable by humiliation
| IIe said the trials of the priest must
| be accented. as the disciple is not
greater, than the Master he said
| the priest was human, and asked the
congregation to pray for their de-
| parted pastor, and to realize In
! the future of the parish the hope
| Of Father McDonald and of every
| priest that the work he did might be
| blessed, and grow a hundred fold.
That Father Mcdonald had anticf-
pated his sudden death In the parish
seven months ago was one of the
statements of Father Donovan. The
priest had told another clergyman
at that time he expected to die sud
denly in his parish Father Donovan
said:
Hartford, Tax Collector Frank A.
o'Gonnor, of West Oranges Thomas
| Attrldge. James A. Clark. John E
| Everett. Henry r. Schmidt, Charles
| A. Whelan, DR. Joseph e. Sheehan
/ DR.. ], Hammond Bradshaw, Post
i master Edward S. Perry, George
| Spottiswoode. William Read Howe
WI A. Mcmahon. Patrick Regan
I Street Commissioner John Driscoll
Thomas r. Brennan, Aaron r. Burt
Chief of Police William; III. Bamford
OF West Orange; Charles A. Nc
+, C'loskey, James A. Hart, Thomas
Byr'ie, John c. Grove, Edgar l.. New.
house, f. G. l.. Schreiner, Andrew
MeDevitt and Francis Neary.
| The active pallbearers were Cit,
Counsel Arthur r.. Seymour, Chief Of
Police John Drabell, Police Lieuten.
ant Callahan Mccarthy, Joseph E
| Csasner, William A. Allen, William r
| Hamilton, Daniel j. Sullivan anc
Frank A. Byrne.
Father NcDonald's body was re
moved from St Johns rectory to ST
Johns Church yesterday. In keep
.inG with the expressed wish of tn,
dead rector, only simple ceremony
marked the taking of the body to thi
church. Children OF ST. Johns school
the nuns who teach them and tn,
honorary pallheArers marched to tn,
church with the body, while mem
bers of the parish stood outside tin
church with barred heads.
The body lay in state in the churel
1 last night guarded by members s:
the parish societies. who relieved on,
another hourly Until 1880 a. M, wi.ei
the children. OF the school ATTENDED
mass for thu dead priest, TIT