, 1875-12-19

THE NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH At ST. Lou1Bs
The ner Catholic Church OF SIS. Peter and
I Paul, Ut st. Louis. was consecrated last Sunday
| with uouzuaily imposing ceremonies. The Scr
vices were in Enelish and German, and were
conducted oy Bishop Ryan and ive other tslsh-
ops, while the audience was one which tested
| the seating capacity of tho new church to it's
utmost. t..
/ The congyeca lion Of IS. Peter aud Paul's
Church is one Of the oldest in the city. and for
years past bad found their former building mad
| equate to shci1 wants. Their Society grew 30
rapidly that Increased accommodations hscame
necessity, and little more than two years ago
the work OF removing the old church YES COM
menced. In April OF the following year wAs laid
the cornerstone OF the beautiful new Gothic
cathedral, nov SO nearly completed thAt services
can BE- regularly held from this time forward.
The new building is principally of uncut Grafton
limestone, and fronts on Fulton street. It's di
mensions are: Depth, 204 feet width, SO feet;
height Of transept, is feet. Tho southwest
214 feet in height. The builaing is con-
structad, not only in the most substantial
manner, bu@ also with studied care to secure the
best efects OF interior beauty. "Tho church is
ures in coloted glass The three altars are e1-
ceedingly beautiful, the altar OF st. Mary ha7ing
figures OF the Virgin, st. Catharine, and ST.
Elizabeth the altar OF St. Joseph has also fig
ures Of ST. Bonl(ace and st. Francis do Sales
while the main altar, dedicated to tho Savior,
and Occupying the cantr.l place, is Of wonder
fully rare design. The pulp: is erected against
one OF the columns on the south side Of tho cen-
trail nave, and Is appropriately adQrhed with
Scripsural figures and designs. The Entire cost
of the structure will hardly fall short Of $780, 0o0
and it is certainly one OF fhe finest as we'll as one
of tho largest church ed1tices IN the country.
- The ceremony OF the conservation commenced
at o'clock, and VAS conducted By the Rt
Aev. Bishop P. ]. Ryan, D. D., assisted By the
foiloHiug-named digntaries: The Rev. Father
droembaum, Deacon; the Rev. William Klein
inEhaus, Sub-Deacon; the Rev. q. GrpM, AS
ssetant Deacon; the Very Rev. II. Mnhlsiepen,
Y. e., Master OF Ceremonies: also the Rev.
Rev. Il. Vandersauten, Chancellor tae Rev.
William Fa1rber, OF 81. Mary>s; and 'tha Bev.
H. Krabler, G. n
Tho service itself consisted Of Pontifcial High
Mass, md WAS conducted by tho Rt.-Rev. Bishop
Hess. D. D., Of La Crosse, Wis. assisted by
deacon: the Rev. Father Hoeynck, Of st. Lii
bory, Deacon the Rov. Father Scbiiling, OF
Lowell, Sub Deacon the Very Rev. G, Wahpel-
horst, Master Of Ceremonies. An English ser
mon was delivered By the 1t.-Rev. bishop Fitz-
gerald, D. D., OF Little Rock. and d sermon in
the German language BY the Rt.-Koy. Blshop
kraut5aucr, D. D., OF Greeu Bay, Wis.
In addition to those already named there we're
present largo number OF distinguished church,
men. Among them we're the Kt-Roy. Bishop
Fink, OF Ieavenwortl, KAn.; tue Rt.-Rsv.
Bishop siedenbush, OF St. Cloud, Neb.; ths
Rev. Father P. Tschieder. s. j., OF ST. Joseph's
Church. st. Louis the Rev. William Hinssen,
j.; President Of St. Louis Univerrlty the Iev.
F. Burke, Of st. Vincent's; the Rev. {. P. Smith,
Of the Assumption the Rev. Joseph Hesson. OF
St. John Nepomucepe.