The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-26

WAtAA bAAC 0RkF0AAANAAAGAAS VI e@ASAtOR Brady as ordinary of Burlington, the diocese of Hartford has an oppor- tuntiy to pay Q debt of long stand ing, declares the Catholic Transcript. For Vermont gave the Hartford See its first bishop, William Tyler. Like Bishop Brady, Bishop Tyler was a six-footer; like the first bishop of Hartford, Bishop Brady assumes charge of a diocese we'll before reaching middle life. When Bishop Tyler came to his see city in ls44, after having been consecrated in Baltimore, the ceremony of install lation was held in Holy Trinity church, the only Catholic church in the episcopal city. The mass was celebrated by a Brady, the Reverend John Brady. The surroundings in which the two men were reared were quite different. Bishop Tyler was a convert. He became a Catholic ct the age of fifteen. Catholics in Ver- mont were but a handful at that time. Bishop Brady, on the other hand, was born in the city of Wa terbury, which has large Catholic population and has given the church in America number of bishops. His father, now dead, was John Brady and his mother, also deceased, was Catherine Caffrey. Their son who was detined to become Q bishop, was born on January IS, 1893. He attended Porter street and Duggan grammar schools and went on to Crosby High. From the very begin- ming his school work was marked by quick apprehension and faithful retention. A long cherished desire to be a priest was on its way to realization, when Bishop Brady en- tered St. Thomas Seminary. Upon completion of the preparatory sem- mary course, he was sent to the American College at Louvain, Bel gium.
 Army Chaplain
 With the outbreak of the World War, he was recalled to the United States and finished his seminary training at St. Bernard's, Roches- ter. The late Bishop Milan ordained him in the Hartford Cathedral on June 10, 1916, and assigned him to the Sacred Heart church, New Ha- en, as an assistant. In August, 1918, he became an army chaplain, Q post which he retained until March, i9i9 He then returned to the New Hav- en parish and there remained until November 9, 1922, when he was chosen a member of the St. Thomas Seminary faculty, then located on Collins Street, Hartford.
 Excellent Teacher
 English, French and Scripture were the subjects which he taught. His manner in the classroom was far from autocratic. He presented his matter simply, but with compe- tence and to excellent effect. He was warmly human with the stu- dents. whether in the classroom or outside it. He did not magnify trifies or become exercised over schoolboy foibles. He was alert to the dis tinguishing characteristics of tenn perament in each student and more than once made predictions which the event has borne out.
 As Spiritual Director he gave talks which were informative and well calculated, to lay hold of the schooiboy imagination. Each eve. ming he conducted spiritual reading, an exercise which Bishop McAuliffe, then head of the seTni- nary, never missed. One evening the bishop was called to the parlor just as spiritual reading began A student who met him afterward in the hallway remarked that he had missed Q dramatic part of the biog- raphy then being read. I'm sorry" the bishop said, but can read 1t in my room, I suppose" But that doesn't mean" the student replied, that you'll get the full flavor as conveyed by the excellent rendition which we had the privilege of hear- ing" With this the bishop agreed.
 Tn 1892 Bishop Brady became pas. tor of St. Rita's parish. Hamden. In 1894 he was appointed Defender of the Marriage Bond and Promoter of Justice in the diocesan tribunal. He was likewise named diocesan Direc. tor of the Confidently of Chris- tian Doctrine. He planned and man.