Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Lyons wuxuu joogay Boston College muddo gaaban, ka hor inta aan loo magacaabin guddoomiyaha Gonzaga College. Wuxuu qabtay xilka 27kii Diseembar, 1908, isagoo beddelay Joseph J. Himmel. Wax yar kadib markii uu xafiiska la wareegay,
Dhulgariir ayaa ku dhuftay Messina, Talyaaniga, iskuulkuna wuxuu u sameeyay xaflad weyn oo loogu talagalay dhibbanayaasha, kaas oo uu u dabaaldegay Bishop Diomede Falconio waxaana ku heesay Bonaventura Cerretti. Waxaa ka soo qayb galay Bishop Denis J. O'Connell, Xeer ilaaliyaha guud Charles Joseph Bonaparte, safiirka Talyaaniga ee Maraykanka, Joseph Himmel, iyo wadaaddo ka socda Dominican, Franciscan, iyo Paulist. Munaasabad lagu maamuusayay madaxweynaha cusub ayaa la qabtay 10-kii Febraayo, oo uu ka qeybgalay Congressman William Bourke Cockran. Xilkii Lyons wuxuu dhammaaday July 8, 1909, markii uu beddelay Eugene DeL. McDonnell, waxaan leeyahay