Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Lyons akanga ari paBoston College kwenguva pfupi bedzi, asati agadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru weGonzaga College. Akatora nzvimbo yacho musi waDecember 27, 1908, achitevera Joseph J. Himmel. Nokukurumidza pashure pokunge atora nzvimbo, kudengenyeka kwapasi
rakarova Messina, Italy, uye chikoro chacho chakapa misa yakakwirira yokurangarira vakaurawa, iyo yakachengetwa naMbhishopi Diomede Falconio uye yakaimbwa naBonaventura Cerretti. Vakanga varipo vakanga vari Bhishopi Denis J. O'Connell, Gweta Guru Charles Joseph Bonaparte, mumiriri weItaly muUnited States, Joseph Himmel, uye vaprista vanobva mumasangano eDominican, Franciscan, uye Paulist. Mabiko akaitirwa kukudza mutungamiri mutsva musi waFebruary 10, uyo akapindwa neCongressman William Bourke Cockran. Nguva yaLyons yakaguma musi waJuly 8, 1909, paakatsiviwa naEugene DeL. McDonnell.