Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1892-05-09

wards of New York was deacon, and
the Rev James J.. Dougherty, also Of
New York, sub deacon. The acolytes
were the Rev N. 8. Schneider of New
Britain and the Rev G. Leddy of Hart
ford. The Rev Frederick Murphy of
this city was censor bearer, and the
III. O'Donnell of this city, the Rev John
D. Coyle of Stafford Springs and the
Rev Thomas A. r. Nealon of Hartford;
assisted by a long line of priests, AGO.
lytes, altar boys, candle bearers, cross
bearers and Franciscan and Benedictine
monks. The musical selections were
from Wagner, Mercadante, Mozart,
Gloria and Rossini.
BISHOP HEALEY's ADDRESS.
Most Rev Bishop Healey of Portland,
Me, spoke from Prov xxxiii. st Joseph
is spoken of in the Gospels, he said, as
a man, "just man." to whom the
virgin was espoused. He was of royal
race, but he was known among the
Jews as Joseph the carpenter, gaining
his livelihood by the sweat of his brow.
Ancient writers mention plows made
by Joseph of Nazareth and his foster
son, and for centuries they were kept as
treasure.
The man whom the king of the east
delighted to honor was clad in purple
and crown was set on his head, but
the faithful man whom God honors
often passes his days in labor and suffer-
ing. Joseph was man, the head of a
family, and parents should draw a
lesson from the respect he showed the
virgin woman. He was a man after
Gods paternity as a father and hus-
band. But, also, as st Joseph, the
priest, he was a model, although not of
the priestly race. All that painter or
sculptor ever put on him was paltry
when compared to what our minds
must give him when we study the gos-
pels. In closing, turning to Bishop
McMahon, he said:
"May his prayers and his merits OBJ
tain for you, right reverend brother,
many long and happy years in the
in the brightness of divine glory. He
who on earth as father could and did
exercise a fatherly control over the
divine Lord, in heaven may surely
speak with power of intercession be-
yond that of saints or even of angels, I
dare say, who have never been admitted
to that mysterious relation. He who on
earth was the visible providence of
Jesus, in heaven must be rich, or rather
heaven. No wonder then that the
saints have seen him pretigured in the
chaste Joseph, the son of the patriarch
Jacob. No wonder that so many of
them declare that his prayers and his
merits are all powerful before his foster
son."
THE CATHEDRAL.
The new cathedral was projected by
the late Bishop Mcfarland, who died
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when the present diocese of Hartford was
created. There are now over 10000
Roman Catholics in the state, most of
whom have contributed in some way to
the erection of the cathedral. The build
ing cost about 100000 and is entirely
free from debt. The building is of the
early pointed Gothic style of architec-
ture, and is 1854 feet long north and
south by 179 feet wide in the transport,
on the front add go feet to the massive
building on Pennington avenue. The
land was purchased by Bishop Nc
Farland of the late Major James
Goodwin in 1879. The price paid was
$75, 900, which included also the land on
which the convent stands. Ground was
broken Wednesday, August 30, 1876,
and the first stone was laid Saturday,
September 30, in that year. The cere-
MONIES were grand ana Impressive at
the laying of the corner stone on Sun
day, April 30, 1877. The work pre-
greesed rapidly so that the basement
was blessed by Bishop Galberry, who
succeeded Bishop Mcfarland, on Febru-
airy 10, 1878. He died suddenly in New
York three years later and was
succeeded by the present head of the
diocese, Right Rev Bishop Lawrence T.
Mcmahon, who was consecrated in the
basement of the cathedral August 10,
1879. Under his management and SUI
pervlsion the great work, begun nearly
twenty years ago, has been brought to
completion. The architect of the cathe-
dral is P. C. Kelley of Brooklyn, N. Y.
The organ, which is one of the largest
in America, cost $4,000.
WATERBURY, PRIESTS PRESENT.
Nearly all of the Waterbury priests
assisted at either the morning or evening
services. The Rev J. FL. O'Donnell was
general master of ceremonies and had
the great pleasure of seeing his well laid
plans carried out in a most successful
manner. The success of the ceremonial
was due in great measures to his labors.
Father O'Donnell has given to every
thing connected with the great event the
same careful attention he is accustomed
to bestow on everything that engages
his efforts. His position was one of
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