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~2- Msgr, Drew was a practical! priest. His eyes were fixed on heaven but he never lost sight of this earth, its people and their daily needs. He not only brought the glad tidings of the Gospel to those he served; he also labored that they might have a fair measure of the material things of life, without which it is difficult to respond to the demands of the spirit. A starving child finds it hard to pray. A family in a cramped, unsanitery tenement is scarcely able to function as a family - to stay together and to pray together in the way a family should. Msgr. Drew sow this clearly, and he brought the principles of a living faith to his people, eagerly cooperating with his fellow citizens to improve the housing, the education, and the general welfare of all the people of the neighborhoods where he ministered as priest and pastor. This new development, therefore, is dedicated to the memory of a New York Apostolate, at a time when he could wel! have asked for a light assignment, he came and asked me to give him the honor of succeeding Monsignor William MeCann as Pastor of this Parish of St. Charles. He knew, he said, that he could not hope to continue the great work of this devoted