Newark star-eagle., 1916-01-31
BODY Of PRIEST
TOLIE IN STATE
At SETON HALL
Funeral of Rev. James A.
Cioherty to BE Held
on1orroW.

Enshrouded in purple Yestments, The
body of Rev. James \. Glohefty, a
member of the faculty of Seton Han
College, who died Saturday following
a tWelve-day siege of pneumonia, will
he removed from the college infirmary
10 the Chapel of the Immaculate Con
ceDtion connected with Seton Hall at
south Orange late this afternoon.
With theologians Of the seton Hall
Seminary acting as a guard OF honof
he body will lie In state in the chapel
until after the funeral services at 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
Monsignor James T. Mooney pfesi-
dent of Seton Hall, announced TO-DAY
that the pallbearers, all members or
the college faculh, will be Rev. John
c. .McClary, vice president of the in-
stitution; Rev. DR. Francis ?. Nc
Hugh, dean of the faculty; Rev, DR..
Thomas l.. Mclaughlin, Rev, DR.. John
A. Dauenhauer, Rev William A.
Griffin and Rev. Mr.. James Flanagan.
Bishop O'Connor will ofticiate at the
funeral service, which will be D
solemn high mass of requiem. Rev.
DR.. John A. Duffy, chancellor OF the
diocese and a close personal friend
of the deceased priest, will be cele-
brant; Dr. Mclaughlin, Dir. Dauen-
hauer and Father Griffin will be
deacon, sub-deacon and master OF
ceremonies, respectively, and DR.. Nc
Hugh will deliver the oulogy. The in
torment will he made in the Cemetery
Of the Holy Sepulcher.
Many CIcrgymen Expected.
1t is expected that scores of clergy
will attend the mass, a nalf hour
prior to which they will chant the
office for the dead. At the mass the
seminarians Of the college VIII sing
the Gregorian chant, under the dlree-
tion Of Francis l.. c. Schrelner, pro-
fessor of music at the college
Out OF respect To the memory of the
deceased priest Seton Hall will be
closed tomorrow. Students of both
seminary and college will attend the
services.
A glowing tribute was paid by Mon
sienor Mooney to the memory or the
dad priest. He said;
Tribute to Deeeased's Memory.
1--WE shall feel the loss of Father
Cloherty as the loss of brother, Tor
fhe affection existing among the
priests of Seton Hall is deeper than
that of n friend for friend. 1t is the
love of brother for brother. His loss
will be a grave one In the classroom
also for he was IA man of profound
scholarship and an efficient ana eN,
perienced teacher. His death VIII
bring grief to his pupils and TO most
of friends 49,.
Father Cloherty died in st. Mary .
Hospital Orange. lie was conscious
untiI tho very moment he passed
away. and apparently conscious that
his end was near, and five minutes
before he died asked The Sisters OF
charity at his bedside to summon the
priests who had been with him. with
him when he died were DIR. McHuSh,
Rev. John V. Woods, assistant rector
of the Church of the Immaculate
Conception, Montclair. and Rev.
Leonard Boureetti, hospital chaplain.
The dead priest was well known
among the clergy of this state ms
vel, as in New York. where he served
as a Christian brother prior to en-
tering the priesthood. He was an
able preacher and scholar, being the
master of six languages, English,
French. German, Greek, Latin and
Spanish. At Seton Hall he occupied
he chairs of professors of mathemat-
les and languages.
Born i'm Brooklyn.
Born in Brooklyn thirtyseven years
aro Father Cloherty attended st.
Joseph S JllSilluiEt tplib'Ah'' - -
order OF Christian Brothers at ANA
walk. n. Y. He was graduated from
that institution at the age of fourteen
Years, receiving the habit as brother
at that unusually carly age. lie TOOK
I'm teaching and received a position
at Manhattan College New YORK,
when only seventeen years old. lie
later became n professor at private
school at Irvington, n. Y, and supse-
uuently taught at La. Sale College,
Providence, r, J., and a school at
Troy, n. Y,
Deciding to take up private tutor
ing Father cloherty secured posi-
ton at the household of the late
Thomas Fortune Ryan. financier, Of
Fifth avenue, New York, and for
years tutored his son, Joseph Ryan.
He Travelled extensively in this eoun-
trv and Canada with the Ryan fam
ily for two years. He later took up
n special course in physics at Column
bia University.
He left the Christian Brotherhood
twelve years ago, deciding to become
n. priest and entered the seminary or
the Immaculate Conception. connect
ed with Seton Hail College, year
later. He was ordained to the priest
hood bv Bishop O'connor on Decem-
her 10. 1908, in the Seton Hall chapel.
completing the four-year course In
theology while a priest. lie was ccle-
brant of his first mass at st. Pat
rick's Church. Kent and Willoughby
avenues, Brooklyn, the following day.
Father Cloherty was made princi-
pal of Bayley Hall, the preparatory
department of Seton Hall College,
shortly after his ordination. lie soon
afterward a became professor in the
college department. Father Gloherty's 8
narents arc dead. He is survived by
Two sisters. Mrs. John Lockard, of
Hashrouck Heights. and Mrs. Charles
Miller OF Brooklyn
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