Obituary Notice
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i aie ~ ’ -BROTHER HLARION, G.P. End. of tife Work at Highgate. * LABOURS FOR BEAUTIFUL CHURCH. io fiumeroas friends of Brothar Hilarion, th’ all batts of the United Kingdom, will ‘#08! v~—" with “dee regret tho news of hia \ detith, which took place at St. Joseph’s Ro- * Sfot " however, tiat; Highgate Till, ‘on Sunday. Up’ to Christmas tho lato Brother was in his usual hetlth,.not by any means robust, yet well gh #0 fulfil his ordinary duties. In the Jast days bE tho old year he contracted » cald, which brought about a asveto bronchial attack. At first this caused no alarm, being a Att, a Fepotition. of what had taken place in ‘proviotid winters, and hoe continued to take Buch part, as ‘his state of health allowed, if. the. obsevances of tho community. . But lator on, then symptoms of heart tailuro appeared; t became. evident tliat his. ouse was more tHéré sédmed ‘ho iminediate danger of déath, it wis deemed wiser, on account . ‘Berfous: thun ab first ‘Minticipated..- Although . tHe of the ad- vanéed age of tho patient, not to defer the | Adiiinistration of the lasi Sacraments. This Wasdore by the Very Rev. Fathcr Provineial, C.P:; assisted: by. tho teligious of the retreat, thursday: night of last weele, Those ent could not but be edified at the deep Bpitit of faith, piety, and resignation évineed - by the’ sick Brother in-reéciving the Holy ° -Vidticum. The two following days gave os Rigns of a change for the better, and hopes b his recovery were entertained, The rally, was of brief duration, and on Satur- bay hight the patieut began to sink without, = Hiorhing it was scen: that: lifo Sibi. Fecited. héWover,. losing consciousness. On Sunday was quickly ebbing, aid tho religious having been gumm- imonéd' to his cell, the prayers for the dying c Shortly after mid-day, with- Sub stenegle or agony, he breathed his last. having’ been born at Kill and Lyons, Co. lave; Ircland, in 1835. . Ho enfered tho " fldvitiata ‘of the Passionists at Broadway, Worcestershire, in 1860, and was, professed ‘in February, 1862. | * pont... Tho work ta which he was appointed fifty years ago, involved ‘Was the arduous one of questor. His natural urbanity: and’ tact adurirably fitted him for this uiidéitaking, which, in those distant days Inany long and Weary, journeys and nota’ few disappoint mentg and rebuffs. These, however, iiever distouraged him and were quickly forgotten. ‘But the kindhesses of benefactors wore to : hit cherished memories, and their names wera ever present-in his prayers. ‘The widespréad esteem 1h’ which the late: Brothor was -leld :. “Brother Hilarion was ncarly eighty years of | ag Io Web ‘Soon after this, he.wds - fet -by "his Superiors to Highgate, where “ praotionlly the whole of his religious lifo wag x» Br. Hilarian Griffin (1835-1914) was shown’ tivo years ago on the occasion of his golden jubilee as a Passionis}, when he was tho tecipient of congratulations from all ; quarters, and the pboplo of Highgate put it on record that owing to his self-sacvificing labours in groat nicasuro the existence of their beautiful church is due. The many who. showed practical eympathy to Brother Hil- arion,in life will also, in his death, remember him.- ™ Solemn Requiem “Mass was sung for the dead religious at St. Joscph’s oi Tucsday morning by the Very Rev. Father Malachy, C.P. (rector), assisted by the Rov. Fathers Robert and Thomas, the Gregorian music boing rendered by the Fathorg of tho com- munity. ‘The final absoluticns having beon pronotihced, the temaits were laid to rest in the mausoleum’ at St: Jogseph’s Retreat. Amongst those present at the obsequics were Very Rev. Father Philip; C.P. (Provincial), Rey. Fathers Herbert (vicar), Chrysostom, Matthew, Botiaventure, _ Justin, Raphael, Cuthbert, Hyseinth, arid Paul Francis. . M and Madame Eugene Henneguy, Mesdamica Lootens, Sheehy, Lane, eto., and representa- tives of thé Sistets of La Sainte Union and ‘tho Servants of thé Sacred Heart.—R.1.P; = a Ve)
Source: Obituary Notices, Provincial Archive, St Joseph's Province. Passionist Congregation.