Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-11-19
AN INTERESTING CEREMONY.
Laying the Corner Stone of Cath
Ollie Church-Eight Thousand
Persons Present.

ceremony of laying the corner stone Of
st. Patrick.s Catholic Church, corner oil
Linden and Desoto streets, took place
in the presence Of a vast assemblage OF
persons, estimated in the neighborhood
of eight thousand souls. Immediately
after vespers procession was formed at
st. Peters Church, consisting of the
Sunday school children, the Sodality Of
the B. V. NJ, the Hibernia Relief Soci-
ETY., and members of the congregation,
which, headed by beautiful banner,
proceeded to the site of the new church.
A brass band and The congregation Of
St. Mary's followed shortly after.
About halfpast three o'clock, the
Right Rev. DR.. Feehan, Bishop of the
Diocese of Tennessee, dressed in mag.
nificent vestments, with the crook, mitre
and ether symbols of his ecclesiastical
rank, accompanied by Fathers Powers,
Rearden, Thoma, Edelen, Lilly, Fallon,
Rockford and some transient clergymen,
came from the Pastorage adjoining, and
made their way to the northeast corner
of the new church. A casket contain.
ing the PUBLIC LEDGER and other daily
papers of the city, several coins, cur
rency of various denominations, paper
containing some short hand characters,
and scroll stating the date when the
corner stone was laid, and that Plus
TX was Pope, DR.. Feehan, Bishop
of the diocese of Tennessee Martin
Rearden, pastor of St. Patricks Church ;
Andrew Johnson, President of the United
States; Parson Brownlow, Governor Of
Tennessee, and W. o. Lohand, Mayor Of
Memphis, was placed within the corner
stone. The service was read in Latin,
being the same that is used by the church
on all similar occasions. The Bishop used
beautiful silver trowel in spreading the
mortar on the stone, and after the prayers
were concluded sprinkled holy water on
the building, and returned to the pastor
age. The Veni Creator was then
sung in magnificent style by the
choir under Professor Sabatzky, ac-
companied by full brass band.
Bishop Feehan delivered an eloquent
sermon on the Catholic religion, taking
the ground that Christ only established
one church on earth, and that was the
Catholic He took his text from the 2Sth
chapter of Matthew: 'As the Father
hath sent me, so also / send you. All
power is given unto me in Heaven and
on earth. Go We, therefore, and teach all
nations, baptising them in the name OF
the Father, Of the Son, and Of the Holy
Ghost; teaching them to observe all
things whatsoever l have commanded
you. And 10 l am with you always,
even unto the end of the world" 1t was
listened to with marked attention by the
vast throng present The ceremonies
concluded with grand Te Deum chanted
in German by the choir of st. Mary $,
accompanied by the band. A collection
was taken up amounting to $549.
The building is to be ninety-fve feet in
length by forty in width, and is intended
to be used temporarily for church pur-
poses. 1t will ultimately, when the
church on the corner is built, be three
story school house, capable of accommo-
dating twelve hundred scholars. Until
then the lower story is to be used as a
school and the upper portion for the
church, which will seat about six hundred
persons. The building is to be Of brick,
with an elegant cupola at an elevation Of
seventy-fve feet. Tho work is TO be
pushed forward with energy; and Father
Rearden expects to open the chureh the
beginning Of January.