The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-15
LAYING A CORNER STONE.
Rev. Father Corr Speaks of the Value of
Religious instruction.

Rev. Father Corr Speaks of the Value of
Religious instruction.
Nearly two thousand people witnessed
the ceremony of laying the corner stone
for the new school house now being con-
structed by the parishioners of the Church
of st. Paul of the Cross yesterday after
noon.
The weather could not have been more
suspicious. Long before the hour an
nounced for the ceremony, the streets in
the vicinity were crowded with spectators.
The monotony of broken stone, bricks and
mortar was pleasantly relieved by the
bright colors of feminine apparel and the
beaming co~untenances of o~n-lookers.
The face of the pastor, the Rev. Father
Thomas Quinn, was Wreathed in smiles.
A look of calm satisfaction rested upon
his features as he noted the eagerness of
the younger portion of his flock prior to
the formation of the procession, which
started from the basement of the church.
The new school will be to the rear of the
church and will front on Sherman avenue.
The procession moved up Hancock ave
nue. to South street, thence to the point of
the new building. At it's head were the
Very Rev. Provincial Benedict of the
Passionists' Monastery, who placed the
stone; the Rev. Fathers P. M. Corr, of
Hackensack; Hall, of Paterson; Corrigan,
of Hoboken; Brady, of Union Hill; Hanly,
Smith, Sheehan and Wieland, of Jersey
City.
The st. Aloysius Society of sixty boys,
with badges and sashes, followed. Behind
them were the Angels Sodality, sixty
young ladies yelled in white; the Children
of Mary, fifty-lve in number, with badges
and lace wells; the Sodality of the Infant
Toa,,,. AIo Vo11nr Mamie Iofholjo T ifaparu
Association, forty-flve members, with
badges and white gloves, Inc led by Presi-
len John Shelter, and Branch No. z of
the Irish National League.
Among the deposits slowed away inside
the stone, were copies of the Jersey City
papers of recent date, Including a copy OF
THE JERSEY CITY NEWS, containing a
notice of the ceremony, coins of various
nations, manuscripts. and autograph let
tiers of temporal rulers of the nation
President Harrison, Vice President Nor
ton, Governor Green, Mayor Cleveland
and of the spiritual officers of the diocese.
The stand occupied the whole space of
the first floor. It was crowded. The
church choir was assisted by the male
choir Of the Monastery, fifty voices in all,
in addition to the children's choir, which
opened the exercises upon the stand by
singing MARY, 0 Shield Us from Dan
ger" The music was under the direction
VI 1IOl. I1d1pn 11uy IIlCUbOl, WIZ VIC oo
the organ. 30, Gloria DOMINO was
sung by the choir, and 20, Salutaris,' ar
ranged from Krutzer by an octette of the
Monastery choir.
The Rev. Father P. M. Corr, of Hack
ensack, delivered an eloquent grafton on
1.-THE Utility of Religious Instruction and
Education Of Children"
'tMy dear friends" he began, ''the Very
Rev. Dean McNulty, who, for nearly a
quarter of a century, has been an earnest
advocate of establishing parochial schools
in our diocese, in which positive religious
instruction could be given children,
was, as many OF you are aware, to speak
few days ago. severe cold that compels
him to remain indoors for a short time"
Continuing, he spoke of the Importance
of religious instruction.
stAs long as positive religious instruc-
tions are excluded from our national sys-
tenn of education said he, $50 long will
and SO long must the pastors of the
church, unless they betray the trust God
reposes in them, endeavor by every
sacrifice on the part of themselves
and their f1ocks, to establish and maintain
their own schools. They can never sur
render the innocent ones OF the fold into
the hands of teachers who may profess
any or deny every form of revealed re-
ligion. Education divorced from religion
DESTROYS the religious convictions of peo-
pie and introduces amongst them lnd1tfer-
entism and infidelity. 1t also undermines,
it tears away the groundwork of morality
and order"
The new school building is to be three
stories in height, of brick, with stone
foundation. The dimensions are rs by So
feet. On the first fioor will be four class
rooms. On the second floor will be an
other classroom, and three devoted to the
use of associations. Two of them will be
occupied by the Catholic Young Mems
Literary Association. On the top floor
there will be a large hall, with stage, in
to be completed by the first of September.