Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-11-26
PARISH BOUNDARIES.
WHERE CATHOLICS ARE RE.
QUEsTED TO GO
Each Catholic UhuFoh Given It's Own
Definite Field of Operations by
the Bishop OF the
Diocese.

Bishop Curtis, In order that each
Catholic church In the city Of VII
mingtOn may have ita own aud specified
ield Of labor, and In order that each
member Of that denomination may
know exactly TO what parish they be-
long, has described the bountarles OF
each parish, and ell within that parish
will be expected to support the church
within Its boundaries.
Commencing with 81. Paul's parish,
mAdls)n Gtreet from Delaware avtnue
south indefinitely is the east boundary.
From Madison street IL extends along
Delaware avenue and PennsylyEnIa
avenue TO Broome street and along that
street to Eighth, aud along Eighth
street beyond the limits of the city 10
the boundaries OF 6t. Joseph's parish.
The boundary Of 81. Anne'B parish,
the church located on Union street be.
tween Gilpin and ShAlIcross avenues
the boundary runs along VAnBuren
street from PenDsylVAniA avenue north
beyond the BrandyWlne for one mile,
thence one mile to the limits Of Bt.
Joseph's parish; and from thence into
the city east along West Eighth street
10 Broome, thenoe north along BIoome
to Pennsyl vRnia avenue and along that
ofouuo W Al buT0n btEBets
The boundaries Of Bt. Patrick's par
lsh, the church OF which is At 18th and
kiug ets.ii on the south from VAnBuren
street along Della ware avenue to Tenth
street., and from Tenth to the Delaware
river, and from Pennsylvania avenue
along VanRuren street prolonged ore
mile north Of the Brandy wine river.
6t MAry's parish, the church looattd d
ct Sixth and Pine streets, the bounda-
ries are on the weBt, French street from
Tenth south prolonged ndtfinItely, and
on the north Tenth street prolonged 10
the Delaware river.
b.. Pstet's parish, the church or Pro-
UaihedrAl ct Sixth and West streets,
the boundary on the east is French
street from Tenth indefinitely prolonged
to the south, and on the west Madison
street from Delaware avenue prolonged
Indefinitely g0uthWArd, Delaware
svenue and Tenth street is the north
boundary from Madison to Flenoh
streets.
AS the Church Of the Sacred Heart,
at Tenth and Madison streets ls for the
German Catholics in general no boun-
dArieB for that ohnroh are given, but
Bishop Curtis placed upon record the
following pertaining to that church and
governing those who may want 10 ct
tend churches In other parishes:
I'm order to acquire pAr0chial rights
outside the limits ones proper parish
one must rent nothing less than q
whole pew In the church which he pro-
poses 10 frequent. And when this 10
done one sh0uld Atill hold himself
bound to contribute according to his
ability to the funds Of the parish in
which he lives; II for no other reAson,
yet because In acquiring rights in
smother parish he does not forfeit his
title 20 claim wheuHOeveF thus dispoSed,
the services OF the clergy of his own
parish.
"Persons born in Germany and the
children Of such are earnestly requested,
for obvious reasons, to resort to the
Church OF the Sacred Heart, and 10
stimulate them TO this 1t is ordained
that those OF German birth and their
unmarried children shall not aoquire
paroohisl rights In any other church,
even though they rent q whole Dew
therein. And that there may be Tecip
rocity II Is also ordained that no person
NOT OF German extraction shall be nble
10 acquire pAroohlAl rights in the
Ohdroh Of the Sacred Heart.
1T 10 to be understood, however, that
children Of parents Of German birth
may, after marriage, II they Wlsh II, be
regarded as English speaking and come
under the rules applying to other Eng
glish speaking people.
SIN case Of marriage between par.
ties Of which one is pArishoner Of the
Church Of the Sacred Heart and the
Other OF some English speaking church,
the marriage and the honorArium shall
ApperIAin 10 the pastor Of the feminine
party OF such marriage. Moreover
when . marriage has been made be.
tween one born in Germany and an EGG.
lish speaking person the man in this case
may elect whittier the church to which
resort is to be made and in which pa
roohiAl rights are TO be possessed shall
be English or German. Finally II Is
the will Of the bishop that all parents
Of German birth should send their ohil.
dram to the school Of the Church OF the
Sacred Heart"