Evening journal., 1923-02-07
THOUSANDS At
LAST RITES Of
DEAD PRIEST

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| dained with Father McKenna, years
ago. were su'b-deacons.
The church was crowded TO the
doors long before the hour for the
services. the body of Father Nc
Kenna having reposed in state be-
fore the altar since O'Clock last
night. Throughout the night and
this morning an almost endless chain
OF persons, representing all walks of
life, filed past the bier. Members OF
the various Catholic organizations
constituted the guards of honor.
which were changed hourly 1t was
estimated that 1000 persons viewed
the body last night and this morn
ing. The church was filed to the
doors when the services began.
The Rev. Martin Ryan was mas
ter OF ceremonies. assisted by the
Rev. Edward Dougherty. The SER
mon which followed the mass, was
preached by the Rev. John y.
Dougherty, OF st. Paurs Church.
Men and women wept as Father
Dougherty eulogized the life of the
dead priest He took for his text
! the psalm, How lovely is thy tab
ernacle. o Lord. for my soul longeth
and fainteth for the courts of the
Lord"
Father Dougherty spoke OF the
dead priests attraction to the priest
hood. his early youth. his prepara-
t!on at Mt. ST. Mary's College at
T.s
Mary's Seminary in Baltimore.
Father McKenns, said Father
Dougherty. came to Wilmington
fourteen years ago. since when his
interest in the young and old. rich
and poor. his preaching and teach
ing, his administrations to the sick
and dying had endeared him to the
people of Wilmington. He was
interested in the Holy
Name Society. of which he was the
spiritual director.
Eulogizing his life and priestly
services, the preacher said that most
of the dead clerics life In holy or
ders had been spent in this city as
assistant pastor OF Sc. Anne's and ST.
Paul's churches. ST. Peters Cathed-
raj and later at st. Marys The
people of Wilmington knew him as a
boy. as a student and as a priest and
he would live dn their hearts for
ever" said Father Dougherty.
The pallbearers were the Revs.
Edward f. Higgins, James Comisky,
Patrick Brennan, Charles Crowley,
John Lynch. James NJ. Grant. Ed
ward Dougherty and John J. Dough-
erty. Interment was made in the
Cathedral Cemetery. The Rev.
Thomas F. Waldron. pastor of st.
Paul's Church, was in charge OF the
funeral arrangements.
Among the priests who attended
the services were:
The Rev. Edward ]. Mealey. pas
tor OF St. Marys Church, the Rt.
Rev. Monsignor John Tierney. OF st.
Mary's College; the Rev. Edward
Nickel. V. G.. Cape Charles, Va; the
Rev. T. F. Waldron, st. Pauls
Church; the Rev. Frederick Camp
bell. New Castle; the Rev. Frank J.
Connolly, ST. AIMS; the Rev. Leon
ard Walter. o. S. B., Of Sacred Heart
Church; the Rev John ]. Connolly.
Of st. Thomas Church; the Rev.
John J. Lynch. OF st. Thomas
Church; the Rev. James p. Quig-
ley. Of St. Patrick's Church: the
Rev. DIR. James NJ. Grant. OF 81.
Patrick's Church; the Rev. Ed
ward +. Higgins. OF st. Pauls
Church; the Rev John n. Dough- /
erty, Of St. Pauls Church; the Rev
]. j. Dougherty. OF st. Peters Ca
thedral; the Rev. Martin Ryan. OF
50. Peters Cathedral: the Rev. John I
Bolen, chancellor Of the diocese; the !
Rev. DR.. William Temple. OF st. |
Elizabeth's Church; the Rev. John |
Gulcz, OF St. Hedwig's Church: the |
Rev James McSweeney, of Hockes- :
sin; the Rev. Francis Fitzpatrick, OF /
-laymont; the Rev. John Daley, OF /
ialena, Nd. the Rev. Charles Crow !
ley of Middletown: the Rev. James .
'omisky. OF Dover; the Rev. p. 2. I
Arnd. OF Elkton: the Rev. DR.. J.
Francis Tucker. the Rev. Henry Yer
geiner. the Rev. william McElwee.
The Rev. Peter Laurnay, the Rev.
Philip Butler and the Rev Joseph I,
Butler, OF the Salesianum; the Rev.
James Garner. of Chestertown, and
he Rev. John Walsh, OF Cambridge.
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