New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-16
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
TIE CORNERSTONE OF A NEW CHUkCh.
A HOUSE or WORSHIP 10 BE BUILT IN HE PAhio"

TIE COkNEN-S Of a NEW
A HOUSE or WORSHIP 10 DE BUILT IN HE PARiSh
or ST. LEO.
The corner stone of the new Roman Catho,c
church. to be known a. st. Leo. at Twenty m
ST. between Fifth and Madison-aves., was laid yes,
terday by Vcar-Gcneral Quinn large assemDIae,1
rites of the Roman Catholic Church ,on Car
b". was prevented from so doing by slight indus
rostion In his absence VIcar-iencral Quinn con-
Quoted the ceremonies, assisted by Fathers aioy'
McQurk Reaidon, O'lIearn, Hurley, Bfchn ;i
Ieatey and others The services opened with inc
chanting Of several hymns, and the pri'ss anu ,h
acoIytes formed procession and walked round Thc
ground TO be occupied by ne cn rh,le tne
priests and acolytes sang the htdny. ,h hn
the box placed beneath the stone were .ne
nnd e %e a aud State officers also copies of
the daily newspapers. various CONS, anu uesoi'p
ton of the church. .,.ao,s,or
returned H. the improvised altar which had ote e
erected. Father Duccy the future pastor OF tnc
church, then addressed the congregation aha az"
uounced that collection would De I tnHI'
% ms T fn%d. T After This Father oGoIman'
OF the Paulst Fathers stepped forTara ana nr uu
CuEohc Church. In the course OF MS soiNo"'
Father OGorman said: ., J..
1--WE are steadily and surely drifting forward 20
the time when all men will be of one IelIg'9n ana
OF one faith There will he only one Church, ana
that Church will be the Holy CatDohc Cnulcn'
We claim for the Church that sue Is oIc'
that she is holv that she ~ cathOnc'
mat size is universal. She is one because
the same language. the same forms ana tne same
religion prevail ia every country uhder lhe hn,i
she is holy because she was founded oy ClIl.t, az
from Him handed directly down to lis tironEm ~.
Peter and his successors. SLe Is the Only N"uiO"
that s catholic and universal, because no Other re-
ligion exists like ours in every known part Oh uno
world. All other religions are merely ocaI sih,
hornets religion Is eonhhen ~ ,', Ies4rored
bv ifs own internal rottenne,s; hat
is Protestantism more than mere local aiia,r III
Germany il is Evangelism; in England AnRiIc'sih ,
IN NORWAY Lutheranism aud so on III IL 80 poor
and sect Ional an affair that iuhdcs scof 10 atach
if as Zoe unworthy of their steel. WITH our il"ly
Church. however, il is different FROM norm 10
south from east TO west, the seed OF our sdorru
reiglon has been s0wn, has taken root, mas grown
up and has borne golden rnit A. II was once slI,l
of the British Empire that on Its doninlonS the sun
never ses 30 with greater tTnth nav IL De sild Oh
this Church that the sun never ceases 10
shine in all It's glory. no matter mn"r r,'s
of the globe may be missed by lts ray s.
mon some cross towering upward 10 heaven above
the roof of some edhce cOnsecrated to the worship
of God hv Catholic faith ana piciY.
The serves closed with Father OGormans ser
mon Tive congregation that Is to worship IN he
new buldlng now meets in Tralnors Hail. Inc
parish OF ST. Leo is new one; ana - partly mace up
from a portion of ST. Stephens parish ana thaJ De-
longing 10 the Church of the Holy lnn0cents.
The building with the ground, VIII cost over
$50 600 The building will be IN the Corlnthlan
stve of architecture. 1t will be fifty feet front. 40
feet deep and ifty-siX feet from the u0or 10 the
ceiling The front will be OF BelVllle stone, and
the trimmings of marble. In the centre of the
structure will be a large cross, rising seYenty-iour
feet above the street. The church VIII nave 81
nearly reached completion by next october rs 10
hermit of services being held in IT. and II Is expected
teat it will be completely finished by the end OF the