Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-03 00:00:00

NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Yesterday, the corner stone of a new Catholic Church
was laid in Eldon-street, Vauxhall-road, by the Right
Rey IN
' -ur. Goss, Roman Catholic Bishop of Liverpool.
Thtoerewas a lame and respectable assemblage present
0
vllstness the ceremony, which, in the Catholic
,„ tire.) is one of solemn import. There were also
th
yrese
e at a large number of clergy, amongst whom were
Can
Rev. Messrs. Nugent, O'Reilly, and M'Grath ;•
Cane Cookson, Vicar General Duggan, St. Joseph's;
Grid
Wahnsley, Almond, Grant, Dutertre, Holland,
ridges, Cardinal, Holmes, Lines, Tobin, Philau, Walter
e ka• ki
Ilan) Vanderpitte, and others. A mongst the respect-
Ren —Men were—Mr. Byrney, Mr. V. Edwards, Mr.
Y) Mr. Doyle, Mr. Walton. A large number of
respectable ladies were also present. The musical (lay)
ePartment was led by Messrs. C. and Napoleon Nono, the
ofeminent musicians and vocalists, and the choir was led by
t
Rev, Mr. Almond. The Rev. Mr. Bridges was master
th
--e ceremonies, assisted by the Rev. Mr. Holland.
and
ugia, the architect of the church, was also present,
,„„1,, a great many respectable persons from the locality,
vI a!
lu
'ud not belong to the Catholic religion, *ere also
at na
loss,,elsanee, altogether there could not have been
Thp, "'an a couple of thousand persons present.
th e was a large tent erected on the ground, and at
the et
Meend there was a very excellent band, led by the
etc alts. Xono, that performed music appropriated to the
asien• There was a full choir of clergy, and the chief
Catholic
was families of the town were present. The tent
end hungaeNvith flags and banners, bearing inscriptions
thimBsg frein Scripture. The ceremony commenced
eyprocession of clergy, preceded by a large cross, and
h 4.• followed the bishop. The introductory prayers
atOarni g been chaunted, the bishop proceeded to lay the
by making the sign of the cross on the several
r.eons of it, &c. The Litany was then sung,, the clergy
87:Qin?.
After this, the Bishop again proceeded to the
04.e4, blessed and- sprinkled it with holy-water, and
Thered uP prayers, as prescribed by the Roman ritual.
the .clergy then formed into procession, and incompassed
toinner walls, sprinkling them with holy-water, and
stinting the prayers, which were responded
Bess the choir. On the return of the pro-
ess '1
iell again to d
in t the
he usual way, and lowered toce of the stone, it
its des-
was
,a blesse
gaatio,.
It contained an inscription, of the usual form,
tTtil Raton, &c. ; the date of the year, some coins, and
eb,lik?. The history
v
of this church is rather curious.
re `4' been got up in
.a ery poor locality, and was much
glared, as the majority of the
inhabitants of this densely
~
'reWded part of the town are Catholics; and they are
indebted to the exertions of the Rev. Mr. Vanderpitte,
a missionary priest from Belgium, who has, almost
kaided and alone, been enabled to commence
the *work. Heretofore he had rented an old
Itorehouse in Blackstock-street, for the purposes
14 religious worship, and some couple of years
%go) he commenced penny subscriptions, and the result
of this was the work of yesterday. The site of the
church is beside the school-room (built a few years ago),
la Eldon-street. The ground was heretofore waste, but
We believe the Rev Dr. Goss was enabled to purchase it,
for certainly it will have been turned to better use,
B°l2le time since, as we are informed, it
bviras'a place used for pugilistic encounters and drunken
good
aWls. It is said that the Rev. Mr. Vanderpitte has the
'wishes of every class of Christians in the locality,
ILB be h • done much to forward both the temporal and
IlPsuirecietussa.l welfare of the people, and every one wishes him
ItnaraTzlehe:ist icnb-nreh, when completed, will be one of the
Liverpool. Its interior arrangements will be
of ti;'ell,lllder the immediate superintendence of the bishop
Prine-rieeese, to suit the congregation, which consists
will bPally of
" the labouring and poorer classes. Its length
78 fepet its tit 160 feet, its breadth 64 feet, and its height
b 2;
tfhee-?hlihtl.aTe being divided from the aisles by fine bays
The other bays are smaller, being broken
east eenr„erY at the west end, and the chancel at the
tog of The columns will rise 17 feet before the spring-
the the arch, and are being executed in stone from
PolisheruY tile quarry. The bases will be of red granite
am ed.. The church will have an apsidal east end,
.elerestw'll be lighted principally by a large-sized
sinzie °Ty composed of rose windows. At the east end
tab-st• ghts, enriched with columns of marble, will be
be
bet ituted for the circular windows. The sacri▪
sties will
be ceweell the church and presbytery. The roofs will
suetart of open frame timbers, except over the
of ea,,rY, where they will be pannelled after the style
the i"', % incent of Paul, in St. James's-street. Most of
of -tialerior wall will be of Bath stone, and the exterior
to halluulland, with redstone dressings. It is intened
ferei the whole of the windows of stained glass, by' a
The go artist, who has also undertaken the mural decorations.
the church, it is said, will be ready for opening before
£4 menild of the year. The contract has been taken at
byLibr Mr. Yates, the successful tender for the Free
under Y. The architect is E. Welley Pugin, of London,
itkittWhose direction the whole of the works will proceed,
r. Cook is the clerk of the works.
'Rev Then the religious ceremony had terminated, the
add L'r Goss came in front of the audience, and
ter led the assembly in short but earnest and energetic
81: The following is an epitome of his observations,
Ile were listened to with much attention. _
the : They had witnessed the solemn dedi▪
cation of
of tee'llreh, which was called the " Church of our Lady
holiteonciliation," and he was happy to have an oppor-
gin not only of officiating that day, but of addres-
thi4° that lame and respectable assemblage. All
bet belonged to God, not because he possessed them,
aethie,,eause he had created them out of their original
for 1; and all things that came from God were good,
eael,,e,,aad made all things animate and inanimate—all
from his hands good at the time of the creation.
1,0 / all 'knew, that there were also evil things in the
evil
o, but these did not spring from God, but became
sit account of the transgressions of man by sin. By
and ',,atan, who was originally an angel, fell from his state,
had it was allowed to him over man, and he
t it to a certain extent over body and soul, if we did
t
go
a,_
Ives ke right use of the gifts of God to prevent it. I
hee,„rillY awful to contemplate the power that Satan had,
of Jobe God allowed him power. He alluded to the book
overs'il,,, and the power that God allowed Satan to exercise
Itorldr at holy man, in the first instance, as regarded his
that substance ; but, when he could not shake his faith
*as 4,t respect, Satan requested power over his body,which_
tei.seteila° given to him. He then drew a picture of the
eel), es of Job and his afflictions, and said it was
eererfol,ed by his friends,.
inflictions
o were called " Job's
and „,‘"rs, ' that the inflictions were for his sinss
not titenees against the Almighty, but such was
either e case. He argued that it was no sign,
they of a nation nor of individuals, because
jeffi
shti7: Agut be cast and trodden down, to say it war! an
eo.
for their sins, but that God might be glorified
by
wing his mercy and power. He entered
reaso,4ll explanation of the ceremony, and the
BArial ,Wby salt and water were blessed and
Of tVeU On the building to chace away the influence
1a04,-me evil spirit. In the building of ships,
ale4ss) and other places of habitation for man, there was
that ceremonies used for that purpose. Me showed_
eerem Arwti the earliest stages of christiani▪ ty such
said were used; but he went even farther, and
that the very heathens had used ceremonies
lie the dedications of their houses of worship.
h„ referred to Vespasian and Constantine, who
the
.nassisted to carry out the clay from the place where.
1
the 'ouidation stone of the church was laid. He besought
finis t°, exert themselves, by prayer and assistance, to
ree the house to the Glory of God. The rich should
a4t(ileet that they were only God's vicegerents on earth,
Gotialti-,ng as stewards ; so they ought. to contribute as
the au prospered them. The richest man, along with
of
ePoo, rest beggar, in the end could only claim six feet
thero as his resting place, and, therefore, whilst here,
th,,-Jr,B a old do good, because God could as readily call
II Queen from her throne as the beggar from his hovel.
th,shewed what ten thousand people—and there were
bv4 that number of Catholics in the district—could do
lfav subscribing one penny a-week ;in a year it would
agaie,,..t, intemperance,
church out of debt. He spoke strongly
dish although he said he could
to see the honest, sober, and industrious
or able in a legitimate way, 'to have his quart
th ale to 'his meals every day, but strongly deprecated
0, practice of going to public-houses, and getting into
thesociety that led to all sorts of crime. He eulogised
the freedom that Catholics now possessed, compared to
• persecutions to which they were subject some years
i?ti) arid said they were grateful for it, and should show
did Y kindness to all their Christian neighbours. They
not know how soon Catholic and Protestant
rainist •
'ea„ asters might be called out in the field of battle to
li.,i.nister to the wants of the men who would be
t gutnlg their battles, and he implored them all
u Possess good-will towards each other, and 'stand shoulder