The daily gazette., 1883-09-03
CHURCH DEDICATION.
IMPOSING CEREMONIES AT
THE SACRED HEART.
AN ADDRESS BY BISHOP BECKER.
Procession of Catholic Societies The Ser
vices in the Church-sOme Very Hand
some Donations

some Donations
The Church of the Sacred Heart, which
| has been in course of erection for some years
past at the corner of Tenth and Madison
streets, was dedicated yesterday morning
with the imposing ceremonies used on such
/ occasions by the church. The dedicatory
ceremonies were conducted by the Rt.
Rev. Bishop Becker.
The attendance was very large and was
| augmented by the attendance of all the re-
Iigious societies from the other city Catholic
/ churches.
The societies met at Sixth and West streets,
| and moved at 1890 O'Clock in the following
| order Joseph Fullmer, chief marshal; B. P.
Hasson and Michael Cannon, aids; knights
of st. Lawrence, SO men, Charles O'Conner,
commander; W. P. Windish, first deputy;
d. T. Kilroy, second deputy; j. #. Ryan,
third deputy; st. Peters Beneficial Society,
40 men, marshaled by Thomas Fedigan; st.
Mary's Beneficial Society, St. Mary's Tenn
perance Society, st. Michael's Beneficial So
ciety, SO men, marshaled by Arthur Jen-
nings; Divisions Nos. 1, 2 and 4, Ancient
Order Hibernians, 102 men, marshaled by
John P. Donahoe, with John MeElwee, Pat
rick Casey and Hugh Foster, aids; st. Paul's
Beneficial Society, % men, marshaled by
| Patrick Hagerty; St. Benedict's Beneficial
Society, 63 men, marshaled by Jacob Ant
weller.
The line marched over the following
route: Down Sixth street to Market, to
Tenth, to Delaware avenue, to Eleventh, to
Madison, to the church.
The ceremony of consecrating the high
altar commenced at 3 O'Clock and lasted
about one hour
The dedication proper commenced at II
clock. The procession, heade by 13 altar
boys and followed by all the priests in at
tendance, with Bishop Becker bringing up
the rear, filed slowly down the main aisle.
In the vestiDule prayer was offered by the
Bishop, after which he and attending priests
rected the "Miserere" alternately. The
procession in the meantime was slowly
marching around the outside of the church,
the Bishop Blessing the walls. They re-
turned and proceeded up the main aisle to
the altar. The Litany of the Saints was re-
cited, when Bishop Becker celebrated
Pontifcal High Mass, the most impressive
service of the Catholic Church. He
was assisted by Father McGrane,
of St. Peters; Deacons of Honor,
: Father Tierney OF st. Paul's and Father
Flynn OF st. Mary's; Deacon of the Mass,
Father Fallon of st. Patrick's; sub-Deacon,
| Father Dennis, o. s. B., of the Church of
the Sacred Heart. Father Kelley OF St.
Peters acted as master of ceremonies.
, Among other priests who were present but
uOb dCblN6lJ NeTG
| Militus, o. s. B., of Newark, N. j.; Father
Melchoir of Alabama, Father Kelley of st.
Joseph's, Father Dollard of st. James's. A
choir of fifteen voices under the leadership
of ]. P. Theodore Fuekel, Miss Ella Gross,
organist, sang Wiegand's Mass and an offer
tory by Campana, with such ring and tore
as to prove the acoustic properties of the
q | room perfect The Very Rev. Father Gerard,
Benedietine of the Monastery at Newark,
N. j., then made the opening address in
2 German. He complimented the congrega-
| tion on their success, and gave a short
sketch of the history of the congregation
and the building of the church. The congre-
cation was founded in 1S7 4 by the late pas
tor, Father Wendelin Meier, when about Is
to 90 German families banded themselves
together, which was the nucleus from which
the present congregation Of between SOL and
600 souls started. The cornerstone was laid
August 20, 1874, by Bishop Becker, but de-
lays occurred frequently from lack of funds.
Bishop Becker followed with a few re-
| marks in German and a lengthy address in
English on the standing of the Catholic
Church.
Father Corbinian, pastor Of the church,
closed the service with few remarks to the
congregation.
In the evening Father Corbnian, Father
Melitus of Newark, N. j., and Father Dennis
of st. Vincent's, Westmoreland county, Pa,
celebrated Vespers, when the choir sang the
Vespers by Buehle, "Ave Maria by Mil
lard, 90, Salutariso by Rossini, "Tantum
Ergo by Father Meier. The church was
| crowded
The following are some of the donations
made toward the erection of the church:
The magnificent maiu marble altar. made
by Davidson q Brother for 81 800, was con-
tributed by Eisng 81 Lange; the sanctuary
contains 13 windows, the middle one of
which is the gift of Bishop Becker, and to
the right are windows named after st. Paul,
st. John, St. Andrew, st. Jacob, st Mathew
and st. Simon, presented by the Rev Pat
rick Reilly, Vicar General, John and Eva
Fox, Joseph Beste, William McMer amin,
William and Margaret Stewart and s. G.
Simmons 81 Brother respectively. To the
, left of the middle the windows are named
after St. Peter, st. James, st. Thaddeus, st.
Philip, St. Thomas and st. Bartholomew,
presented by Bernard and Mary Beste, Con-
rad Keller, James Bradford, William
and Maria Haugh, gentleman who
does not wish his name men,
toned and Daniel Bickta respectively.
a window in the north h wall named after ST.
} Benedict was presented by St. Benedict's
} Beneficial Society OF the church. The first
of the remaining six windows in the north
, wall wss presented by Thomas P. Twibill,
! the second by Father McGrane, the third by
George Truschler, the fourth by Nicholas
Ellinger and Nicholas Mas, the fifth by
Fidelis Berner, and sixth by gentleman
who does not wish hi 8 name mentioned. In
, the south wall is another large window pre-
! sented by Joseph and Mary Eising and
St. Scholastic The first of the remaining
r six was donated by August Bierman and
= August Bickta, the Sc ond by Peter and
! Julia Miller and Henry c. Turner, Esq, the
third by Gustav and Rosa Konitzer, the
fourth by Mrs. James Byr e and Elizabeth
Fullmer, the fifth by Helena Roller, Adolph
Cech, Catherine Bleyer and Elizabeth
= Scha6er, and the sixth by gentleman who
= does not wish his name published.
a Water Advocates.
j. n. Traxler, presided at the regular