Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-19
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE HEAD or THE CORNER.

THE HEAD OF THE CORNER.
Laying Of Corner. Stone at st. Mary's New
Orphanase.
The old church adjoining St. Mary's
has been torn down and on its site Is being
built an orphanage and school. A new
school has become q necessity in st.
Mary's parish, as the rooms heretofore
occupied on South Queen street have be-
come too small for the accommodation of
the scholars, and possibly inconvenient for
an orphans home-hence the new build
ing the cornerstone Of which was laid
yesterday afternoon. The services were
procession of priests, acolytes and sodal
ner-stone in the following order First,
Father McCallan, the eloquent priest who
has been conducting the religious services
at St. Mary's for the past week. followed
by the Orphans, Sadality of the Blessed
Virgin, Sodality of the Holy Innocents,
st. Mary's Sunday School, Cross Bearers
and Acolytes then the Priests in attend
ance, Father Ignatius, McCallash,
Grotemayer. Ralt, Hickey, and
Right Rev. Bishop Shanahan, who
conducted the services, assisted by Father
Kaul deacon, and Father NJ. Casino, Of
Italy, sub deacon. The bishop wore the
robes of his Office, including the mitre and
carried the crosier, symbol of his pastoral
authority.
An immense crowd surrounded the
foundations of the new building societies
and members of the church, with hundreds
Of other denominations, prompted by Gu
riosity to witness the ceremony. Bishop
Shanahan stepped to the front of tie
platform and in a few appropriate and
earnest words stated the purpose of the
building and asked the material assistance
Of all who desired the good works inaugu-
rated to be completed, and collection
was lifted, which netted q very handsome
amount. Next came the ceremonies
proper-the solemn blessing of the cross,
the corner stone and foundation wall.
Amid the silence the solemn chant of the
preist rose to Heaven for blessing on the
work so auspiciously began. The articles
deposited in the stone were as follows !:
Names of the President and those of all
the national, state and municipal officers {;
the name of the Pope copies of all the
local newspapers, and some coins. The
stone. which is a fine block of sandstone,
was tho donation of Mr.. Lewis Haldy.
Father McCallan now stepped to the
front and addressed the people. The
father is a comparatively young man, but
has made mark as an eloquent preacher.
He is fluent, earnest and graceful. Not
SO ruggedly impressive as Father Mcclure
but more kindly persuasive He spoke
substantially as follows This should
be golden letter day in the parish of st.
Mary's-the laying Of this cornerstone of
building where your children can be ed
ucat d and the orphan be tenderly cared
fora building where education and char
| ity will walk hand in hand. working for
the prosperity and good of this parish. 1t
has been said that the Catholic church is
not friend of education, but fortunately
the assertion meets its answer in the thou
sands of parish schools like this, where the
education of the mind marches with equal
pace with education of the heart and thus
making the complete thinking moral man.
AS now, So in the old days, Catholic love
of learning fondly cherished popular edu-
cation. Catholic enthusiasm erected the
spires of England's learned halls and laid
the foundation stones OF Europe's great
universities. Wisely the Catholic church
considers the education of to day. The
tendency to merely develop the intellect,
and let the heart and feelings starve on ab-
stractions, is what schools like this must
correct. Intellect without moral bal
ance may be curse. The history of
our own time shows that educated
dishonesty is the evil of the hour. Moral
impulses must be developed, and religious
feelings put in action: to give tone and direc-
tiOn to intellectual energies. Respect for
authority, in both state and family, must
be taught. This is on the Wane. The
dastardly attempt to assassinate
our president. is but an expires
sion Of that contempt for authority
which, beginning in the family, ends by
staying a ruler. All this proper education
can correct. The Catholic church assumes
the task. In this school your children
will be taught those things which will be
an advantage in this world, but above all
they will receive such impulses from NOR
ality and religion as to assure the happi-
ness Of the the world to come.
'sAside from the educational purposes of
this building, something even kindlier ap-
peals to our hearts. Faith, hope and
charity, but the greatest of these is char
ity.' Here is to be the home of the Or
phan-the little waits who never feel a
mothers kiss or walk with the guiding
grasp of a fathers hand. These are given
to your care-GOd is their father and the
Blessed Virgin their mother. You are doing
Gods work in providing for the fatherless.
Whatsoever ye do unto one of these little
ones ye do unto Christ.
| "You are then erecting building where
we trust our hopes will be realized in an
educated parish of moral men and women
and where the wants of the orphan will be
relieved by Sympathy's hand. Let your
prayers CALI for a blessing on what is so
nObly begun, and let your generosity never
flag till the work will be completed for
your glory.''
The Rev. father spoke for half hour,
wisely suggesting facts about education and
earnestly asking the aid of the congrega.
tion for the good cause of parish instruc-
ton.
Tie multitude knelt and received the
solemn benediction from Bishop Shanahan.
The school will be finished this fall and
| will be an ornament among our educa-
tiohal institutions.
End of tho Jubilee and Forty Hours.
The Forty Hours Devotion which has
been in progress at the church in cOnnec-
tiOn with tle Jubilee, terminated last even
| ing in the presence of an immense congre-
| CATION that crowded the building,
almost to suffocation. The service
was of an uDusally impressive character.
All the priests whose names are above
given were in the sanctuary, and the SOL
emn Litany of the Saints was chanted.
Father McCallan preached sermon in
| his customary fOrcible vein. urging