The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-19
THEIR AFFAIRS BIRTHDAY.
IN INTERESTING CEREMONY At
81. PATRICK,S CHURCH.

1t Was the Affairs Twelfth Anniversary
Canon DIoynihan's Discourse-The
Heroism of the Christian Ministry.
The pastor and congregation of st.
Patrick's Church celebrated yesterday
the twelfth anniversary of the dedication
of their altar. The altar was hidden in q
mass of flowers. over which wrxen tapers
shed their soft light.
Prominent among the decorations were
two grand floral designs, one on each
side of the sanctuary, bearing the device
"1S77-1sS9"
The mass was Generates double quin-
tette, and was admirably rendered
by Mrs. Nolan and Miss Judge, So
pranos; the Misses Wegman, altos;
Messrs. Fitzsimmons and Donovan,
tenors, and Messrs. Crocker and Veg
man, bassos Mrs Quinn was the or
ganist
The solemn high mass was celebrated
by Father Sheehan, celebrant; Father
Carew, deacon; Mr.. Burke, subdeacon,
and Mr.. Murray, master of ceremonies.
Seated in the sanctuary were the Very
Rev. Dean McNulty, of Paterson, the
Rev. p. Corrigan, of St. Mary's, Hoboken;
the Revs T. and M. Fitzgerald; of Brook
lyn; the Rev. M. j. Kirwan. of East
Orange; the Rev. James Hanley, of Jer-
| sey City and other clergymen.
| CANON MOUNTAINS DISCOURSE.
| The Rev. Canon Moynihan, of the dio-
cese of Peoria, ILL.,, preached the sermon.
! Canon Moynihan wore the full habit OF
honorary canons, the rochat, mantelletta
and ring. He took for his text the pass
age of scripture:-"All power is given to
me in heaven; therefore, teach ye all ma
| tions," and preached a strong sermon ap-
| prOpriate to the occasion. He said, i'll
| substance, that the divine commission to
teach and to preach was given to the
Church as represented by the Apostles:
st. Peter was signalled out as the head of
the Apostolic college in these words:-
''Thou art Peter. and upon this rock !
will build my Church"
By an unbroken chain, the present
Pontiff, Leo XIII. descends with the plen-
itude of powers from the Prince of the
| apostles. All commission to teach and to
preach must come from the head of the
| Church, who is the Saviour of the world.
The eloquent speaker then defined the
marks of the Church of Christ; its unity,
| which is seen by the unanimity of belief
among Catholics of different nations and
tongues and political sentiments; its holi-
ness country;by themultitude of self sacri.
| ficing men and women it has produced
from every; it's catholicity, by the univer-
salty of belief in all times and places;
its apostlicity, by it's genuine descent from
| the apostles.
THE MINISTRY OF THE CHURCH.
! The preacher next touched upon the
ministry of the Church. THE world
| about us today" he said, 'holds up for
universal appreciation the life of the
| young priest, Father Damien, who has
fallen martyr to his zeal among the
lepers of Molokai. And yet we Catholics
| take this as matter of course. There is
not priest of the Church, having the
care of souls, who does not, many times
in his lie, run the risk of deadly con
tagion in his ministry. For priest, one
sentence is sufficient. A soul needs the
consolation of religion, and through per
sonal peril at any cost. even of life, il
necessary, the faithful shepherd isreadJ
to attend his flock"
The very reverend preacher has en-
tered his seventy-fourth year, forty-twc
of which he has spent in the ministry
He built, at New Orleans, the grandest
church edifice in the city. Then he be
came Coadjutor to Father Hennessy in
st. Patrick's, and finally settled in tht
Diocese of Peoria, where he is a distin
| gished and honored priest.
At the conclusion of the ceremony, the
visiting clergymen were entertained by
| Father HenueSSy in the clergy house.