The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-07-01
ST. PETERS CHURCH
LAYING THE CORNER NE-LMpOsING
CEREMONIES, C0ND UCTED BY BISHOP
l FITZGERALD, or ARKANSAS


FITZGERALD, or ARKANSAS.
Last Tuesday, the 10Th ult,, was 81, Peters Dav
which, besides being generally celebrated by the
Catholic Societies, was one of additional import.
ance In Canton being the day on which the cor
ner stone exercises Of the new st. Peters G,thoIic
Church were performed. The edlhce, now in the
course Of erection, will be one Of the finest and
most commanding structures of It's kind In North
ern Ohio, and the formal ceremony which occur.
red on Tuesday was but the beginning of A great
and important WORK, in the completion of which
much time and labor will be spent The new
edihce is being erected on North Poplar street
about two hundred feet north of the present S.
Peters Church, and in the enclosure formerly
used o. the burying ground of this congregation
The ground dimensions of the church are one
hundred and sixty-fOur by eighty feet, and the
estimated cost will be 100000 Among the i'm.
portant persons present were Bishop Fitzgerald Of
Little Rock, Arkansas; F. Boff, administrator Of
this diocese, who was present In place OF Bishop
Gilmour, whom sickness prevented ii5n /, tend.
Ing; Father Vincent Cbnlan, of Cleveland, =
merly fist, Johns Church, this city, and TWEEN
or more Others
On Tuesday forenoon the societies celebrated
st. Peters Day by a grand parade in regalia. The
procession was composed ofst. Peters Society Of
MasSilon, three societies of Canton and a dOlega-
Ion from st. AlphonsO's Society, of Wheeling w.
Va, with the G. A. Band at the head and the Mo.
zart Band in the middle of the line. They formed
at Richards Hall and marched through the prin-
cpal Streets thence to the church and back to the
hall, dispensing for dinner At o'clock in the
forenoon confirmation was held at st. Johns Eng
iish Church, and 800 children of both congrega-
tions were confirmed. At 10 o'clock LambillOtte's
Mass In D was sung bya strong chorus, and the
solos were well sustained.
In the afternoon the societies marched to
the church, preceded, attended and fol-
lowed by large crowds of interested people, who
were anxious to see the ceremonies performed,
The services were opened by music, a selection
from Haydn being excellently rendered by
chorus which was followed by benedicton, when
Goebs Tantum Ergo Magniicat was given, After
Vespers and henediction, the regular ceremony,
was begun and Bishop Fitzgerald leading all the
Priests marched around the church chanting and
blessing the edifce as they went During this
time the choir, accompanied by the G. A. Band,
rendered Mozarts Nagnihcat, adopted from the
10Th Mass, .and arranged for the band by T.
+. Kirk especially for thisoccaslon This was fol-
lowed by long and able sermon by Bishop FitS-
gerald, which was attentlvely heard by an i'm
mense crowd At the close of the sermon Kirk
welded the baton once more, and the entire
gathering of about 5000, united their voices, and
accompanied by the G. A. Band, sang "Grosser-
Gott" in an eiiecting manner, The corner stone
was appropriately placed in position and when
the Te Deum was sung coming rain cloud COM
PEELED cessation of services, and the societies
marched back to the hall, and the crowd dis
persed. Bishop Fitzgerald left Canton on Wed.
nesday morning, well pleased with the condition
of the churches and their affairs in this city,