FATHER W. BARTLETT (BARRY) CONNOLLY, S.J.

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FATHER W. BARTLETT (BARRY) CONNOLLY, S.J. At Rene Goupil House, Pickering, ON (Jesuit Infirmary) on Monday, May 16, 2005 in his 88th year and 66th year in religious life. Father was born in Vancouver, BC on May 24, 1917. Son of the late William Connolly and Eileen Bartlett. Predeceased by his sister Madeline O'Dea and survived by his two sisters, Hildegarde Wyrzykowski and Sr. Margaret Connolly R.S.C.J. and many nephews and nieces. He entered the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) on October 5, 1939 and was Ordained on June 22, 1952. He spent 30 years working in the education of youth at Campion High School, Regina; St. Paul's High school, Winnipeg; Loyola High School, Montreal and was one of the founding Jesuits of Gonzaga High school, St. John's, Newfoundland. Father Connolly was associated with athletics at Loyola High School, Montreal and St. Paul's High School and was treasurer for a 10 year period of the St. James-Assiniboine Athletic Conference in Winnipeg. This association was recognized in the naming of the Connolly Field at St. Paul's. Father also worked in Halifax; was assistant Pastor at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Toronto; Regis College, Toronto and Pedro Arrupe Residence, Toronto. In 2004 he moved to Rene Goupil House, Jesuit Infirmary, Pickering. Friends may call at the Rosar-Morrison Funeral Home and Chapel, 467 Sherbourne St. (south of Wellesley) on Wednesday, May 18 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and again at the Manresa-Jesuit Spiritual Renewal Centre, 2325 Liverpool Rd. North, Pickering from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated on Thursday, May 19 at 11:00 a.m. at the Manresa-Jesuit Spiritual Renewal Centre. Interment at the Jesuit Cemetery, Guelph, ON at 3:00 p.m. In his memory, donations may be made to the Father W. Bartlett Connolly Bursary Fund, Jesuit Development Office, 1325 Bay St., Toronto, ON M5R 2C4.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on May 18, 2005