The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-03
ST. LUCY'S NEW SCHOOL.
THE EXERCISES INTENDING y
CORNER STONE LAYI1d SUNDAK.

The Rev. Father Donohue Makes a Plea
for Parochia1 Schools-Plans of the
New Building-Four Hundred Pupils
Already Enrolled.
The corner stone of the parochial school
building that is to be erected by the con-
gregation of st. Lucy's Church was laid
with impressive ceremonies OF Sunday
afternoon. The building is to be reared
at the corner of Grove and Sixteenth
streets, and the lot was covered with peo-
pie when the began. On the
platform, decorated with bunting, sat
Mgr. De Concilio, the Rev. c. Z. Gillln.
rector of st. Lucy's Church; the Rev. E,
A. Kelly, his assistant; the Rev. Father
Donohne, of st. Thomas Aquinas
Church of Brooklyn; the Rev. Faith
ers Henley and Clancy, Of St. Bridgets
Church; the Rev. Father Marzettl,
of st. Joseph's, Hoboken; the Rev. Father
N. p. O'Connor, of the Church of the
Holy Cross, Harrison; the Rev. Father
Smith, of st. Joseph's, Paterson; the Rev.
Father Murphy, of st. Lawrence's, Wee.
hawken; the Rev. Father Downes, OF
Hoboken; the Rev. Father Hammer, for.
mel rector of st. Lucy's, nov the rector OF
st. AIMS Church, Newark; the Rev.
Father Quinn, of st. Paul's Of the Cross
Church, and the Rev. Father McAyoy, of
st. Leo's Church. 1rvington.
THE SUNDA HOG
A pretty feature was the entrance of the
school. The girls were dressed i'll white
and they sang the opening chorus. While
they were singing the parade arrived. 1t
was composed OF the several companies of
the H%ibernian Rifles and a dozen divisions
of the A. O. HI. There were 600 men in
line. The procession halted at the
grounds. The corner stone was laid by
Mgr. De Concilio, who was designated by
the Bishop, who is absent, to officiate.
The box placed in the corner stone con-
tanned copies of the leading metropolitan
dailies and local papers, some coins and O
history of the parish school.
o P~AROCHIAL SCHOOLS
Father Donohue, of Brooklyn, delivered
the address. His argument was in favor
Of the establishment of paroohial schools.
lie claimed it was an injustice to tax
Catholics for the support of public schools
when the schools are conducted in open
defiance of law, which ~stipulates that
they must be non-sectarian, and they were
frequently managed in O way that was an
injury to the Catholic Church. Their
teachings vas a~ntagonistic to the
Church. He mentioned an in
stance where q public school
teacher in a ~neighboring city had de-
Scribed the Reformation to the pupils in q
manner that showed her prejudice against
the Catholic Church. Complaint was
made of this fragrant violation of the law,
n instead of rebuking her she was APP
plauded, as she was promoted. The State
School superintendent of New York has
estimated that the average cost for each
pupil per annum is SIS. Applying this cost
to St. Lucy's parish, he said, there are six
hundred pupils, and at SIS each the tax
would amount to $4,000. which had to be
paid by the people OF the parish for the
maintenance of the public schools, an
institution in which the scholars were
influenced againstthe Church and religion
of those who had paid this tax
PLANS OF NEW BUILDING.
The plans for the school house have
been drawn, but the contract for it's con-
struction has not been awarded. 1t will
be a three-story brick with terra Gotta
trimmings. Its dimensions are to be 81
feet 8 inches by IS feet 4 inches. There
will be a projection of eleven feet for the
stairway. 1t is estimated that the cost
will be $4,000. The school was organized
two ear ago and there are enrolled now
four hundred pupils.
The modest frame building in which
the sessions are held is too small. After
the school is erected, Father Gillin will
endeavor to induce the congregation to
build a church. The present house of
worship is q shabby frame structure.