The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-23

He was transferred to St Angus tines church in 1919. Meanwhile he had become known for his &C., tivities in the field of social ser vice, He was concerned with the beginnings of the Social Service Bureau in the Diocese, his ser vice to the organization being so outstanding that he was chosen by Bishop Milan in 1921 to head the Social Service bureau in Hartford.
 While he was still director Of the Hartford bureau, in 1924. Father Judge was given the addi- tional pastoral charge of the Church of the Immaculate Con- ception in Simsbury. His health failed him few years later and he was obliged to give up his strenuous labors for the bureau, much to the regret of all his asso- ciates. He was transferred to the pastorate of the Sacred Heart church in Waterbury on July 5, 1883. He. goes to St James church, Stratford, with the bes! wishes of a multitude of friends throughout the state.
 Rev Joseph A. Ganley.
 Father Ganley was born al Bethel, Conn. on May 23, 1890. After some years passed at the Bethel High school he entered St Thomas Seminary. An excellent record there brought him an ap- pointment to study at Louvain In Belgium. The eXigencies of the war forced his withdrawal from Louvain after he. had begun his theology and he completed his i'm. mediate preparation for the priest hood at St Bernards Seminary, Rochester, N. Y. He was ordained on June g, 1917, at St Joseph's Cathedral in Hartford.
 Immediately after his ordination Father Ganley was assigned as as- sistant to St Augustines church, Bridgeport, and has remained there until his present promotion. In his seventeen years of priestlY work among the Catholics of Bridgeport he has shown himself to be a power for good. His work among the men has been particu- larly effective and has caused much favorable comment. His ac- tivities as principal of St Augus- tines school have also been note worthy and have made the instl- tuition second to none in the city. His promotion to the pastoral charge of St Cecelia's church in Springdale will be approved by friends in Bridgeport and through out the state as a fine recognition of his priestly ability.
 Rev John J. Burke.
 Father Burke was born in Nau- gatuck on January Sth, 1878. He was educated in the public schools of that city and entered, there after, Holy Cross College in Wor- cester. Having completed the course in the classics and in philo- sophy, he became a student of the Diocese of Hartford and was as- signed to the Latin Seminary al Lemberg in Austria, where he took his theology. He was ordained on June 29th, 1905 at St Joseph's Cathedral in Hartford.
 He served as a curate at two parishes, St Francis New Milford. from 1905 until 1907, and the Sacred Heart, East Port Chester. from 1907 until 1910. His first pastoral appointment was to St. PauTs church, Glenville, where he not only performed the usual .priestly tasks with care and dili- gence but also made good use of the knowledge of the Polish lam guage which he had acquired in Europe.
 After fourteen years in Glen vile, Father Burke was promoted to the pastoral charge of St Thomas parish, Thomaston. There he continued the fine record which he made elsewhere. He will be missed by the many friends he has made and by the parishioners he has served though they rejoice with him at his promotion to the larger opportunities of St Joseph's parish in Willimantic.
 Rev John J. McGrath.
 Father McGrath was born on April 22, 1886, at Waterbury. Edu- cated in the public schools of his native town and graduated from Crosby High school, he entered Niagara university. In that insti- tuition he made his complete col lege and seminary courses, being ordained at Buffalo on June 9th, 1914.
 After service as a curate at St Johns church, Stamford, and Si Roses, Meriden, Father McGrath entered the United States Army as a chaplain. For the year from April, 1918, to October, 1919. he ministered to the spiritual needs of the soldiers of his country in the United States and in Europe. Mustered out of the army with an excellent record he went to St Mary's parish in New London as assistant. where he remained until 1924. He was curate at St Peters church, Hartford, from that year until his promotion to the pastorate of Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish, Washington, on February 3d, 1927. |
 Father McGrath's bluff and genial disposition and his willing ness in all works of religion has