Obituaries
Cardinal Patrick Hayes died on Sept. 4, 1938. Born in poverty in NYC, he attended old De La Salle Academy on 2nd Street (1881-83) and graduated from Manhattan College in 1888. An affiliated (honorary) member of the Institute, he often expressed his appreciation of being educated by the Brothers.
The Messenger of the Divine Child, October 1938, pp. 12-14 and also Bulletin of St. La Salle Auxiliary (Barrytown, NY), September 1938, cover and pp. 3-4.
Brother Flamian Timothy (Moore) died on October 13, 1938, at the age of 70. He was a talented leader and was known as “Father Tim” to the Brothers because of his disposition and counsel. His directorships included St. Michael’s (Phila.), Paterson (NJ), St. Vincent’s (Germantown, Phila.), Cathedral School (Phila.), Newark (NJ), and La Salle (Cumberland).
Source: Personnel file in FSC Archives at La Salle University.
Brother Gordian Peter (Brennan) died on November 14, 1938. Brother Peter was best identified with his lengthy work (1896-1924) with the African-Americans at St. Emma’s Industrial School (Belmead, VA), and was a factor in the conversion of many of the non-Catholic boys there to the Church.
Source: Personnel file in FSC Archives at La Salle University.
Cornelius Luke Named Visitor General
Brother Cornelius Luke has been named as the Visitor General of the North American districts of the Brothers. His chief duty is to inspect on a regular basis all of the Brothers’ houses of formation in the US and Canada. He had been the director of De La Salle College (Washington) for seven years.
Bulletin of the St. La Salle Auxiliary (Ammendale, MD), Fall 1938, pp. 59-60 and also Bulletin of the St. La Salle Auxiliary (Barrytown, NY), December 1938, p. 19.
45 New Brothers
On September 7, 1938, thirty young men became Christian Brothers of the New York District when they received their robes and their religious names at Barrytown. At least one of these men is still alive as of this writing in September 2013: Brother Ariston Matthew (Moloney), who hailed from Long Island and who lives in retirement at Lincroft, is ever faithful to his vows.
On the very same day at Ammendale (MD), 15 young men received the robe of the Christian Brothers at and thus entered the Institute for the Baltimore District.
Bulletin of the St. La Salle Auxiliary (Barrytown, NY), September 1938, pp. 12 and 16. Bulletin of the St. La Salle Auxiliary (Ammendale, MD), Fall 1938, pp. 60-61; 14 of the 15 are pictured.
17th Manhattan President
Brother A. Victor has been installed as the 17th president of Manhattan College.