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very cordially received, but with the encour-
agement of the Archbishop, Father Rumpler,
who came from Baltimore, was induced in
l843 to undertake the establishment of n
church in Third street. He finally succeeded
in erecting a school. residence and temporary
church all in one plain frame building. which
was dedicated by Conductor Bishop John Nc
Closkey, April 8, 1874. The whole structure
was completed in seven weeks.
1t was several years before any attempt
was made to erect q more substantial build
ing, but in 1850, the parish at that time hav-
ing largely increased in numbers and its
means being correspondingly enlarged, the
plans for a large and imposing building were
was begun. The cornerstone was laid by
Archbishop. Hughes April II, 1861.
Despite the magnitude of the work, the
church was completed within two years, and
Hughes presided at the ceremony, and the
sermon was preached by the Right Rev. John
McCloskey, then Bishop of Albany.
The church at that time was the most i'm
posing editce of its kind in this country and
is still a magnificent monument OF ecclesias-
tical architecture. Its style of architecture
is the Grieco-Roman or byzantine. 1t is so
feet wide, 1877 feet long and 70 feet high. The
interior decorations are elaborate and artistic.
The Rev. Joseph Mueller was ut that time
pastor of the church, Father Rumpler having
been recalled to. Baltimore. Up to this time
the Redemptorists missions had been con-
fined to O great extent to the Catholics. The
first English mission was begun in 1851, and
in this their efforts were as successful as
among the Germans.
Among the late pastors of the church ap-
pear the names of the Rev. Joseph Helm
praecht, the Rev. r. kleineidam, the Rev.
the Rev. Macmillan L~eimgruber, the Rev.
Joseph Wirth and the Rev.. Thaddeus An
wander.
The educational institutions of the parish
are one of its most noteworthy features. The
parochial school is ut No. 224 East Fourth
street, the boys department under the charge
of the Brothers of the Congregation of Mary,
and the girls department under the charge of
the School Sisters of Notre Dame There is also
a school for young ladies in Fourth street
which is also under the care of the Sisters of
Notre Dame, where the highest branches of
study may be pursued. Tn number of pu.
pills now in attendance is 700.
Among the associations attached to the
parish are the Archconfraternity of the
Blessed Virgin Mary for the Conversion of
Sinners, the Confraternity of the Holy Family,
and Rosary, Altar and Purgatorian societies.
Among the charities which derive support
Asylum, for children of German p~arentage,
in Eighty ninth street, and st. Francis's Hos.
pital, in Fifth street.
In 1884 the Rev. Father Andrew Zeiglel
was appointed pastor, and the parish, rs well
as the convent, has been under his charge
since that time. During his passionate the in
terror of the fine building has been entirely
reftted and redecorated at an expense o.
10000 This included the paving of the
sanctuary and the aisles with white marble
and a new communion table. also of marble
handsomely carved.
The Rev. Andrew Zeigler is q native o
Germany, but came to this country at al
early age. He received his classical educa
ton at Cumberland University, and studied
theology at Annapolis. Md. In 1865 he wa
ordained by Archbishop Spaulding of Balti
at St. Francis's Church in that city. In 1888
he came to the New York house of the Re
demptorist Fathers, and has been connected
with the Church of the Most Holy Redeeme
ever since. He was instrumental in the or
gsnization of the Bohemian Church of 81
Syrillus and st. Methodius.