New Britain herald., 1918-06-25
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
 IN THE PRIESTHOOD
Rev. Patrick Daily Honored by
 Visiting ClerSymen

 1 observed at St. Joseph's Catholic church this morning with a solemn ] high mass. X number of priests were present in the sanctuary during the mass. Father Daly was the celebrant of the mass and Rev. J. J. Kane, cousin of Father Daly, was deacon. J. Warren Roche, student for the priest hood. was subdeacon and Rev. John F. Fay of St Mary's church was master of ceremonies.
 Rev. M. F. McAuliffe, vice president of St Thomas's seminary preached the sermon:
 Father AIcAuliffe's text was the first verse of the fourth chapter of St. PauPs epistle to the Corinthians: Let man so account of us as a minister of Christ and a dispenser of the mysteries of God" Repeating the first chapter of St. Johns gospel wh erein is proclaimed the Incarnation, Father McAuliffe set forth in the be- ginning of his sermon the desire of man to see God In visible form. This desire. he said, could be traced back to the age of idolatrous practices when man made images and worship ped them so that he might see his god" with the human eye.
 Man, however" continued Father McAuliffe, was plunged by sin into sorrow, misery and despair. Mans offense against his Maker had been infinite, therefore the atonement for this sin must be also infinite. No sacri- flee would be great enough to appease God, that was not God itself So the Son of God assumed visible form and came down onto earth. Earth became a sanctuary, and Bethlehem a Holy of Holies. And man at last realized his yearning to see his God. By His com- ing, Chrst broke the alliance man had made with death, and restored the human soul to it's pristine beauty, to the image and likeness of the Creator
 Although one drop of His blood would have been sufficient to redeem a thousand worlds, Jesus Christ gave His life for man to prove His infinite love for him. By His passion and death mankind was redeemed and the treSpasSeS against God atoned for. But after His resurrection, was heaven to be closed to man? No, because on the last night before He died, Christ instituted the Blessed Sacrament and the priesthood so that His own body and blood might be administered unto Us as our daily food His wisdom discovered the way to nourish us, and His humility did not not disdain us, and His humility Id not disdan to tread that way. Thus earth ceases to be @ vale of tears because God Himself dwells therein, through His priests and His priesthood"
 After portraying the Incarnation, Redemption, and institution of the Holy Eucharist and the priesthood, Father McAuliffe said that Father Daly had, in his 25 years of labor in the vineyard of Christ, lived up to the holiest traditions of the priesthood. His early training under true Catholic parents had prepared him for the ministry and his work in other parishes, Plainville, Newtown, Sharon and Broad Brook attested to his fit ness for his sacred calling.
 It was in a spirit of rejoicing there fore. concluded Father McAuliffe, that the people of St. Joseph's parish where Father Daly has labored for the past five years, gathered about him today to feicitate him on the occa- sion of his jubilee. Their beloved pastor, he assured his hearers, had only one request to make of them on this day: that they join with him in thanking God for His blessings dur ing the 25 years of his priesthood, and to ask him for the necessary graces to continue working as d faithful priest for Him.
 Father McAulffes sermon was one of the finest ever delivered in St. Joseph's church and the congregation was visibly impressed by his masterly i eloquence and the splendid tributes paid by him to Father Daly.
 Present in the sanctuary during the mass were: Revs. John T. Winters and W. 4. kraus of St. Mary's parish of this city, Revs. Lucyan Bojnowski and , Stephen Grohol of the Sacred Heart l parish of this city, Rev. J. J. Fitz- gerald of St. John the Evangelist i church, Rev. F. V. Grikis of St. An 1 drew's church, and Revs. John Me- 1 Cabe of JeWett City, o. T. Magnell of i Wethersfield, John Conway of Bridge , port, William Fitzsimmons of New London, George E. Grady of Windsor i Locks, Dr. John Anderson, Arthur . Cavanaugh, John Ryan and Eugene : Eeillard of Hartford. Thomas Quinn i of shelton, Francis keough, Dr. John { Neal and Patrick Mccarthy of Meri- den, T. J. keena and Frank Muster of Bristol, Harry Walsh and James J. Mcdonald of Plainville. Luke F7itz- sinmons of Waterbury and J. C. Brennan of I<ensngton.
 During the mass Miss Laura Farrell ! sang Bucks Ave Maria," and Neil
 Murphy sang the Sanctus. John Sul- i liyan also sang. Gounods mass was
 surg.
 The visiting priests were entertained i at banquet in the parish hall : Children of the aprish rendered a re-
 ception to Father Daly Monday even-