Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-09-03
CHURCH DEDICATION.
The Church Of IN e Sacred Hear
Dedicated with Impressive Cero.
monica.

The Church Of tn e Sacred Hear
Dedicated with Impressive Cere'
ln0mies.
Yesterday morning Madison street,
In tho vicinity Of Sacred Heart Church,
at the corner of Tenth, was literally
packed with people, all anxious to gain
admittance into the building to witness
the dedicatory services. The religious
societies of the other Catholic churches
throughout the city, having made
previous arrangements to take part in
the ceremonies, met at Sixth and West
streets and formed in line an follows:
Joseph Fullmer, chief marshal, Ber-
nard p. Hasson anu Michael Cannon,
aids Knights Of ST. Lawrence, SO men
| In full uniform, Charles o Connor, com
Inander w. P. Windish, first deputy ;
ID. r. Kilroy, second deputy; J. F.
Ryan, third deputy; St. Peters Bene-
fetal Society, 40 men, marshaled by
Thomas Fedigan; St. Mary's Beneficial
Society, st. Mary's Temperance Society,
st. Michael's Beneficial Society, so men,
marshaled by Arthur Jennings; Divi.
sions Nos. l, and 1, Ancient Order of
Hibernians, 1O2 men, marshaled by
John p. Donahoe, with John McEl" ee,
Patrick Casey and Hugh Foster, aids !;
st. Paul's Beneficial Society, q men,
marshaled by Patrick Haggerty; st.
Benedict's Beneficial Society, G3 men,
marshaled by Jacob Antweiler.
After the societies had all assembled
they formed in line and marched down
Sixth street, to Market, to Tenth, to
Delaware avenue, to Eleventh, to Madi-
son, to the church and passed into the
edifice, after which they were followed
by the crowd who soon filed the church.
Previous to the arrival of the societies,
Bishop Becker had been busy in con-
secrating the high altar and other parts
of the building, the ceremony lasting
about two hours. At II O'Clock the
dedication proper took place and the
services were highly interesting. The
procession. headed by thirteen altar
BOYS and followed by all the priests in
attendance, with Bishop Becker bring.
ling up the rear, filed slowly down the
main aisle, while the choir sang.
Arriving in the vestibule prayer was
offered by the Bishop. after which he
and the attending priests recited the
=" Miserere" alternately. In the
meantime the procession was slowly
marching around the outside of the
church, while the Bishop blessed the
walls. Returning, they proceeded by
the main aisle and entered the altar,
when the Ltanv Of the Saints was
recited, after which Bishop Becker
celebrated Pontitical High Mass, the
most impressive service of the Catholic
church. He was assisted by Father
McGrane of st. Peters Deacon Of
Honor, Father Tierney of st. Paul's
and Father Flynn of st. Mary's ; Dea-
con of the Mass, Father Fallon of ST.
Patrick's sub Deacon, Father Dennis,
q. S. b., of the church of the Sacred
Heart. Father Kelley, of st. Peters,
acted as master of ceremonies.
Among other priests who were pres
ent, but did not take an active part in
the ceremonies, were Father Militus, o.
Is. b., of Newark, n. j. Father Mel
choir, of Alabama Father Kelley, of
St. Joseph's; Father Dollard, Of St.
James. The music was furnished by q
choir of fifteen voices under the leader
ship of j. =. Theodore Fuekel, with
Miss Ella Gross as organiSt, who sang
Wiegand's Mass, and an offertory by
Campana, in ali excellent manner and
the effect was grand. The opening ad.
dress was then made in German by the
Very Rev. Fa her Gerard, Benedictlne
of the Monastery at Newark, N. }. he
gave brief sketch Of the history Of the
Congregation and the building of the
, church, and complimented the congre-
CATION OH its success. The church
, was founded in 1874 by the late pastor,
\ Father Wendelin Meier, at which time
, about twenty German families banded
themselves together, from which ema-
mated the present congregation, num-
, bering between 500 and 600 persons.
The corner stone was laid August 20,
1874, by Bishop Becker, but the con-
structiOn of the church was delayed
from time to time from lack of funds.
Following the address by Father
, Gerard, Bishop Becker made few re-
marks in German and a lengthy ad'
: dress in English on the standing of the
Catholic Church. At the conclusion OF
: his address the services closed with a
few remarks by Father Corbinian, pas
tor of the church
In the evening the church was crowd
, ed when Father Corbinian, Father
Melitus, of Newark, N. j., and Father
! Dennis, of St. Vincent's, WesImoreland
, County, Pa, celebrated vespers, and
the choir sang the vespers by Buehle,
J Gave Maria by Millard, 80, Salu
taris" by Rossini, "Tantum Ergo" by
Father Meier.
The decorations consisted only of @
large number Of bouquets tastefully ar
ranged on the three affairs. The inte
: rior of the church is plainly but neatly
! furnished ; the windows are of stained
glass, beautiful and costly. Over thu
= altar In the sanctuary are thirteen win
: dows, the middle one OF which Is tht
!, gift of Bishop Becker. To the righ
! the windows are named after 81 Paul
St. John, st. Andrew, St. Jacob, st
o Matthews and st. Simon, presented by
q the Rev. Patrick Reilly, Vicar General
: John and Eva Fox, Joseph Beste, Will
IL liam McMenamin, William and Marga
ret Stewart and ). q. Simmons 4
y Brother respectively. 10 the left tn
windows are pamed after st. Peter, st
: James, st. Thaddeus, st. Philip, st
. Thomas and St. bartholomew, presented
u by Bernard and Mary Iieste, Conra,
Il Keller, James Bradford, WIN and Mari;
Haugh, q gentleman who does not wisl
. his name published, and Daniel Bickt;
:, respectively.
A window in the north wall named
after St. Benedict was presented b..
st. Benedict's Beneficial Societ.
of the Church. The first of the remain
& ing six windows in the north wall wa
l. presented by Thomas p. Turbill, th'
. second by Father McGrane, the thir,
by George Truschler, the fourth b.
Nicholas Ellinger and Nicholas Mas
the fifth by Fidelis Berner, and the sixtl
> by gentleman who desired his nam,
II omitted.
In the south wall IL another larg
!: window presented by Joseph and Mar!
|. Eising and named after st. Scholastica
4 The first of the remaining six wa
!. ldonated by August Bierman an,