The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-20
The Corner Stone of St.
Bridget's LYCeum.
Ceremonially
Laid.
BISHOP WIGGER PRESIDES,
Father Lavell's Address-Pretty
Procession and Great Gala
Thr0Dg.
ThroDg.

GeVernI thousand people witnessed Tn
ceremonies attending the laying of the
corner stone of the st. Bridget's Catholic
Lyceum building. on Montgomery street,
just opposite the church, yesterday after
noon.
Thousands of umbrellas and p~nrasols
formed a Kaleidoscope canopy over the
crowd that gathered. Everybody was in
holiday attire. The white aud tinted
fabrics or feminine apparel, and thou
sands of radiant faces, sciptilated with
alternate flashes Of sunlight and shade a,
III canopy swdyed with the movements
Of the Individuals in the throug.
The young men OF the parish, neatly
Ia g", all wore Il smile which seemed 10
say, This is our mark" Aud the Old
nIcn. the old wonen and the fair daugh-
Ter looked epDrovingly on.
A platform In frnut of the structure,
the wallis of which have reached half their
il tended neigh, WAS gnyly decorated
with Ame.ic IA and Irish c1lurS.
OPENING PARADE.
A parade preceded the stone placing
Ger mouy. 1t was made up of the Young
Meas society of the arisn and II Der
of other local and visiting Catholic bodies
aud delegations. These bodies formed OH
jersey avenue, in the vicinity of Van
Worst Palk, in the following order:-
A' Squad of Police.
Military Band.
Body Guard of Y NJ. G. A. of st. Bridget's
Parish.
Luborers Union Benevolent Society, Nos. / and 2,
nearly 100 strong.
st. Mays Lyceuln Of Railway, 100 strong.
St. Mary's Lyceum of Hoboken, 100 stroag.
Young mems Catholic Association OF st. Bird
sets Parish, nearly goo strong, and beaded
Young Mems Literary Union OF st. nucy's.
Young Mems Catholic Association from st.
Johns Church, New York.
Delegation from the Young Mems Association
from the Church OF the Holy Cross,
New York.
John OXley was grand marchal. His
aids. were Cornelius Gavin, E. Mnhoney
anti L. O'Counor. All four were mounted
The routs If the parade was through
the main Jhoroughfures of the parish. AT
It's conclusion The band and prominent
members Of the paradiDg bodies marched
up2n the platform q ld took seats. Mayor
M.nser occupied Il front seat.
II STONE LAYING.
The Right Rev. Bishop Wigger placed
III stoue. 1he Rev. Father Corr and his
asst tanis. Fathers Clancy and Kelly of
ST. Bridget's; the Rev. Father Thomas
Qdinn OF st. Paul OF the Cross, Father
FARRELL OF 81. Marv's; Father Gillian of
st lucy's, Fa her Smith, formerly an as
Sis ant at st. hrldRet's, but now of West
field, and Faith MaZiotta OF the Italian
Cnurcn in Sixth stree. all ih ecelesiasti-
cal robes, assisted IN the ceremony.
FATHER LAvELL's ADDRESS.
Ait 20 lclusion Father Corr regretfullv
a.nourced Thai The Rev. Father Lavell,
rector Of St. Patrick'5 Cathedral, New
Yotk, who was to have delivered an adj
DIRE $, YVES not present.; but Il few mo
Inent5 af.er Father Layell put in an ap-
pearance. He WAS u~uavoidably q lew
moments late. Father Lavell SAID he was
glad 10 be afforded au opportunity to say
IL few words on such q beautiful OCCASION.
The WORK of looking after young men of
II parish was one of the grandest themes
of Cath ollcity. 1t was not necessary To
look after the old men; they would take
cara # themselves; and as for woman,
God made her TO be at all lines a model
adornmeud of our civilization. Through
institutions such as that OF the Young
Mems Society, young men were trained
in favor of strong Catholicity, and
they make the Church in the United
Stales the admiration of the world
Tne speaker alluded to the fact that the
FIR t corner stone Of u Catholic Young
Meu's Association was laid in New Jer-
sey, and the first convention of the Ma
ton Uniou was held here in this State.
Tne err. ction Of such buildings, the prose-
Gu i'm of such good work would COM
mapd more thoroughly the respect of the
non-Jatnolic portion of the community.
He advised the young men concerning
the struggle they would have TO pay tor
the building, and entreated them to ex-
e,tions in behalf of making it the prop
.rty of God and themselves, and not,
like a church he once knew of, the pastor
of which chiied his parishioners for tell
ing tue building belonged to the Emil
grants Savings BauK of New York.
II STONE
The cornerstone simply bore the H.
scription 1889" Ground was broken for
The building two weeks ago. 1t is to be
fnnr stories in height, aud will cost
SIS 600 when completed. The front will
lie ii pressed brick with stone trimmings.
1t will contain reading rooms, libraries,
game rooms, n gymnasium hall.
equipped with modern parapherpalia. It
will be completed about October l. kreil-
Ter, of Newark, is the architect: P. j..
Condor, the mason work contractor, and
Patrick Burns. the carpenter.
The Committee or plans are John
Ox'ey, joseph A. Skrouls, t. W. Burns
O d j. Kielt.
The association was organized only n
few years ago, but has steadily increased
it, membership. Father Corr is the Presi-
dent; Thomas Degnan, first Vice Presi-
dent.