The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-11-25
THE NEW CHURCH.

CATION which built it. and an ornamen'
70 the city. Just at present 1t is hem
med in somewhat between old buildings,
but when these are removed the archi-
tectural beauties of the new church vii
oe fully displayed and cannot fail to
challenge admiration. The Dimensions
of the church are: Length, 136 feet,
width, go feet; heighth of tower, 1e0 feet.
The vestibule of the main entrance is 2
spacious one, and leads to the nave. The
two side vestibules give access to the
galleries and the aisles. To the right OF
The sanctuary is the sacristy and or the
other side is a chapel 3911Sl, designed
mainly for morning service to be- attend
ed by the school children.
The Interior of the church is artisticalIy
beautiful. The pillars form stately
colonnade and seem to deliquesce into the
beautifully frescoed groined ceiling
The panels of the arches all bear symbolic
representations of scriptural writing
while the mellowed light from the win
dows of stained glass give warmth of
coloring to everything and impresses the
visitor with feelings tit for sacred places.
The frescoing is of the finest kind and
cost 81 800. The total cost Of the church
including pews, is 100000. The interior
of the church is said to far sorpass that
of any othor church in the state, and il
Is one of the few IN the state which the
laws of the church will permit to be con
secrated. 1t is heated by steam and the
system of ventilation is said to be the
most perfect known.
The windows have all been donated by
Individuals or by societies and each bears
the name of the donor and symbol of
religious import. The sanctuary windows
are the gifts OF the Young Ladies Sadality,
and the st. AIMS society. The emblem
represents the eucharist-a sheaf of
wheat and a pelican feeding her young
from the flesh of her own breast. The
passion flower forms the decoration Of
the sides of the sanctuary, and the Grim
son drops are set in oval bands of gold.
The panels of the ceiling bear texts from
the evangelists with the symbol appro-
pirate to each. The windows in the body
Of the church appear in the following or
der and are donated by the persons named ::
Henry Mulholland, Symbol, Sacred
Heart of Mary; 2. NJ. Peters, Sacred
Heart of Jesus; G. K. Wis, Gross and
Anchor, Faith; Frank Cadow, Grown
Of GLORY; Mrs. Schuette in Memory of
her father, F. X. Stsuss, Lamb of God;
Joseph Staehle and Ignatz Schweitzer,
hope; Ursula Jar, Jesus and Mary; J.
?, Wickort and John Lonsdorf, |. H. s. :;
Ella Sullivan, worship; Mic Klinkner and
Mic Gentgen, Worship; Michael O'Brien
aud Patrick Gleason; Young Men of the
| Congregation, Bishops Mlter; School
Children st. Boniface School; Meyer.
Eolley, and Stadler, the Tiara; st. Bon
face Society, Patron Saint with Bible
| and Dagger; The transom of the main
| entrance is the gift Of the Pastor, Father
Peil aud is of opalescent glass. The
vertical sides of the grained arches facing
the aisles, each bears, symbol suited
to the nature of the sacrament typifisd.
The conservation services will begin
this Thursday morning at O'clock
The services appropriate to the iedica-
lion of TIE exterior of the church will
! occupy one hour. Immediately after, the
| services in the interior will take place,
occupying about one hour. During this
ceremony the general public will not be
| admitted as the crowd wonld interfere
| with the movements necessary to perform
| the rites. 1t was deemed best to exclude
all but the officiating clergy. At 10
| O'Clock, whereabouts the public services
| will be held which viii consist of a SOL
! English and Ia German.
All are invited to be present. Invita-
! cious have been is7ued, but those were
for the purpose of aiding the ushers in
| seating those, not members, who might
wish tc attend. Seats will be provided
in the gallery for those invited and for
all others, not members, if the seating
capacity be sufficient. The trustees wish
| 70 have it understood that all are well
come with or without invitations.