Tombstone Tuesday ~ Priest's Cemetery

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Tombstone Tuesday ~ Priest's Cemetery

Rt. Rev. Monsignor Thomas J. Manley (1889-1947)

My Great Uncle, buried at

Queen of the Clergy (Regina Cleri) Cemetery,

St. Augustine's Seminary

Toronto, ON, Canada

2 comments:

LoriJanuary 26, 2010 at 5:46 PM
Being the sister of two ministers, I love the fact that the date of his ordination is on the stone. Very beautiful.
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SharonJanuary 26, 2010 at 6:26 PM
Thx Lori, I was so thrilled when I found him. Will be writing about him soon!
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Dear Ancestor

Your tombstone stands among the rest;
Neglected and alone.
The name and date are chiseled out
On polished, marble stone.
It reaches out to all who care
It is too late to mourn.
You did not know that I exist
You died and I was born.
Yet each of us are cells of you
In flesh, in blood, in bone.
Our blood contracts and beats a pulse
Entirely not our own.
Dear Ancestor, the place you filled
One hundred years ago
Spreads out among the ones you left
Who would have loved you so.
I wonder how you lived and loved,
I wonder if you knew
That someday I would find this spot,
And come to visit you.
~ Author Unknown ~