Obituary Notice
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Br. Norbert McFadden (1845-1923) , oS BROTHER NORBERY OF. TH? BLESSED VIRGIN. On the feast of St. Matthew, true patron of Religious, who, “at the cull of Tesuey "lett all and followed Him", died |this year in our Re treat of St. Faul of the Cross, Mount Argus, ‘Brother Norbert of the Blessed Virgin. His deat hw was due to senile decay. He had reached the 79th year of his. ate y “fifty-three of which had been passed in the Congregation. | | The decoased was a man of dedidedly virile character, a trait that has been prominent in the other members of his family, and notably in his brother, the late well-known Canon MeFadten of Gweedore, and in his 3econd cousin, the present Cardinal Logue, Archoisbop of Armagh. There® was nothing emali or petty in Brother Norbert! 3 dispo- sition: no ‘one ever, heard him apeaking in carping eritieism of his fellow-religious nor descend to banal gossip. His caithe was the strong Irish faith of 2 bygone day; and his purity was most delicate. He joined the Congregation in 1870, on the feast of St. Patrick; and after his profession, he was employed as cook and gardener,. ami for a short time as questor. In 1689. he accompanied the late rathor Joseph Cagstidy to Australia, where he remained for fifteen — years, residing most of those years at Mary's Mount, Goulburn, where he hod charge of the large garden attached to this retreat. Feeling the waignt of years, be asked, and obtained, permission from the \ higher Superiors to return home. During the interval vetween that Ie vik 1 and his death, he worked as refeatorian and hali-portex inl \several of our houses. Through the kindness of Father Provincial, he! was changed
LN in 419197 from Sutton to vount Argus, his wish being to die in this hasiow ed Spot, made most dear to him because here rest in the little cemet-— ery, ‘in dxpeotation of a givriuos: ‘feggurrection, Bis former: friends is religion, brothers ‘Lawerenoa, ‘Glenent and Walachys poo None who knew hin weli can forget Brother Norbert's ardent love of the Holy Sacrifice of the Musa. Even in the delirium of his ast illness, it was of It that he babvled. “he Religious, who took their turn watching him towards the end, were deeply edified vy the old man's constant spirit of prayer. Honourable and straightforward, despising meanness,” and faithful to the obligations that he had taken on hineelf in his strong young ‘anhood, this good religious passed quietly away, strengthened by the Sacraments, which tia had reoeived™With great fervour und = humil- ity a . a 7 . : , ; . The Mags of Requiem was gurig by the very Rev. Father Spuastien, Rector of St. Paul's Rebreat; and after it. Brother Norbert WES interred in the same grave where lie the remains of Brother Malachy, Close by is the grave of Brothers Lawerence and Clement. May he and they rest in peace!
Source: Obituary Notices, Provincial Archive, St Joseph's Province. Passionist Congregation.