The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-12-22
Father Cody, of Newark, Utters a.
Eloquent Tribute at the
P0ntiiical Mass.



REV. LEWIS D. sKxKz.
The Rev. Louis d. senez. the venerable
pastor OF st. Mary's Church. at Erie aud
Second streets. celebrated his golden ia
bilee yesterday. The aged priest had
positively refused to accept q purse.
banquet. or countenance any other osten-
tatIous display upon the occasion, and -
bis urgent request the ceremonies uers
Of a strictly religious character. a
solemn pontifical mass was celebrated In
the morning and long before the hour
fixed for the service the large church was
crowded to the doors with throng Of de-
vout worshippers, who packed the aislo6
TO the altar rail. The affairs were boautl@
fully decorated with banked hoWers aud
potted plants.
At eleven O'Clock procession Of priests
and acolytes entered the sanctuary from
Bishop Wisger in full ponfffcal robes II
his episcopal chair The venerable
Father Senez modestly walked to sox1
within the shadow OF the altar and hid
from the view of the larger part Of the
congregation. Bishop Wieger celebrated
president Of ST. Peters College, Jersey
City. was arch priest; the Rev. Fathers
Quill. s. j.. and Cody. deacons Of honor;
the Rev. Father Gilleu, OF St. Lucy's.
deacon. the Rev. Z. A Farrell, sub
deacon, and the Rev. C. J. Kelly. master
of ceremonies. Father Alphonsus, OF St
Francis Hospital, also assisted
FATHER cODT's SERMON.
The Rev. Father Cody. Of St James
Church, Newark. preached the sermon.
Father Senez's dislike Of all praise Is SO
great that be left the altar before the SER
mon lest he might be compelled to Sit
and hear himself eulogized. Father
cody's text was from the second epistls
OF Paul to Timothy, Chap. III. 17s-.lset
the priests that rule well be esteemed
worthy Of double honor" How appli-
cable. he said. was that text on this day
when they had assembled 20 do honor 10
faithful priest of Ged who had spent
fifty years In the service Of Christ. Their
pastor had restricted him from saying
aught OF himself. he said and then he went
on to explain the mission Of the priesthood
from earliest times as described in the
Old Testament, and showed how the
priests were men set apart 10 the serves
Of the new priesthood by Christ himself
at the Last Supper, wherein He commits
stoned His apostles End their successors
70 go into ali nations baptizing them in
the name of the Father, Son and Holy
Ghost. and told them that whose sins
and whose sins they should retain would
be retained After pieturing the true
priest who has given his life TO the SER
vice OF his Master, Father Cody saids-
How truly then is the priest we hsvs
assembled to honor worthy of double
honor. His heart was filed with the de-
sire 10 save his fellow creatures he left
his native land and came to this country
forty i've years ago. He built church
at Madison, when all the State west o.
Newark and as far as Pennsylvania COM
prised his parish. He labored day and
night, built churches at Dover. Boonton
and Morristown and laid the foundation
OF another. He erected the cathedral At
Newark, recognized to this day gem OF
architecture. He organized the parish OF
| ST. Patrick's, built schools and left the
impress Of his zeal on the people whereyex
| he went
Then he went to Paterson. built
schools and asylnms there; also church
4 at Lodi From there he went TO Cincin-
natl TO found another church Returning
| he settled in this cIry, built St.
| Mary's Church, which for thirty yeak1
has been considered the first In the do
| cese, and by his example organized per
| feet congregation He builE the Catholic
| Institute. a most excellent school, and
likewise St. Mary's Academy aud Orphan
/ Asylum ST. Francis Hospital also owes
| ifs foundation to him The number wn o
have gone from under his influence to
stations OF honor are numerous, while he
has desired to remain the humble, hard
working priest. The Archbishop OF New
York served mass FOR him in Newark; the
Bishop Of Rochester was his assistant af
one time. But you are his Z CRY. and you
owe him your prayers that Christ mag
| give him that crown he has 50 well de-
served"
THE ELABORATE MUSIC
1 h. zffr FoE nm
priately grand. and consisted Of Haydn's
| 10Th mass. During the offertory tEia
| by Ovens was sung By Miss Brady, so
prano; Miss Creeden, alto. and Mr. John
1 Fitzsimmons, tenor. Mr.. Hicks. the reg
ular basso of the choir, being III, his
place was acceptably filled by Mr. John
Rennie. the base singer Of Harri9zn's the
untaries on the orgzn-Pleyel's Hymn bg
Buriap, pastorale by Kullak aud = sol-
/ emn march at the close Of the mass
| Although the Rev. Father Senez Is one
of our oldest and most beloved citlzeus,
| few incidents Of his life could be Learned
| from those who knew him for the reason
| that he never speaks Of himself or what
ne has accomplished One point. how
ever. which the Rev. Father Cody missed
/ In his sermon was thai Father Senez WA
stationed at the Church OF the Annuncla'
ton, New York, and administered 10 the
cholera stricken people during an cpl
| demic in the Forfies. 1t was also told o1
MIN that his zeal for the care OF the or
phans was 50 great that when be WAS .
young priest in Paterson be would WASH
and COMB the little orphans himself un<1l
! he was able to engage Sisters OF Chari }
TO care for them. His greatest pseasurs
now IS to visit the orphan asylum Ia hi<
parish and see the happy faces Of lis chit
aren-