The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-05
PONTIFICAL MASS.
Public Services at the
Conservation of
St. Peters.
BISHOP WIGGER CELEBRANT
Eloquent Sermons by Fathers
Doonan and Smith-The Edi-
flee Crowded at Both
Services.
BISHOP WIGGER CELEBRANT

VIted in connection with the conSe Grafton
OF st. Peters Roman Catholic Church,
Grand street. began at half-past ten Sun
day morning. The lofty tower of the
stately edifice was orr am ented with flags
and bunting and the college front on
Grand street was literally covered with
pinioned flags and banners.
By ten o'clock the auditorium was
filed with proud parishioners and others
who were admitted by card. A few flags
decorated the ledge Of the organ loft. In
the church and an orchestra of sixteen
pieces from the Metropolitan Opera
House, New York. Professor j. B. Ferry
was director of the music.
A delightful breeze swept through the
auditorium and swayed the branches of
the potted palmes that lined the outer
aisles and decorated the open spaces on
each side of the sacristy. The altar was
brilliantly lighted. The golden candel-
abra was neatly entwined with flowers of
beautiful hue, while the gliutering golden
beams from the myriad lights fell athwart
the richly embroidered fabrics of the
clergy's vestments and those OF
of Pontifical Mass,
THE PROCESSION.
The orchestra had been playing as an
overture Mendelssohu's 'Athalia. There
was pause for few moments, followed
by two quick raps by Prot. Ferry's baton,
when the orchestra suddenly burst into
the rapturous strains of "Anguiare
Fundamentum (Gregortan). 1hs process
sion emerged from the right of the
sacristy. Thirty choir boys in red, black
and cream solid colored cassocks, with
surDlices of white lace, graded as to size
with tots in the lead of the procession.
The golden cross was borne aioft. Follow
ing these We're nineteen clergymen, some
of the college and. others from
distant churches and colleges. Bishop
Wigger brought up the rear. He was
preceded by an altar boy who have
aloft the crozier. In the procession were:
Rev. Father Thomas Cannon, S. j., presi-
dent of st. Johns College, Fordham, n.
Y. who was to act as deacon; Rev. Corne-
Illus Gillespie, 3 j., President of Gonzaga
College, Was, .lRton, D. G., sub-deacon;
rior of st. JoseDh's Church. Troy, N. Y,
but an Ex-Presidept of ST. Peters College.
as the Bishops attendant; Rev. Fran
els Smith. S. j., of St. Francis Xayier's
College, N. Y, as first assistant Deacon;
Rev. Peter Cassidy, S. J., of Georgetown
College, D. c.. and Ex-President Of St.
Peters College, as second assistant
Deacon: the Rev. James Doonan, S. j.. of
Boston College, Boston. Mass; the Rev.
James Spillane, of St, Peters, as Master
of Ceremonies; the Rev. Thomas Camp
bell, S. J. Provincial of the Maryland
New York Province of Jesuits; the Rev.
John Scully, S. j.. of St. Joseph's
Church. Philadelphia: the Rey. Paul
Carew, 8. j., of st; Patrick's
Machel, Of Newark; the Rev.
ark; Rev. Charles j. Kelly, Of ST. Mary's
Church, Jersey City; Rev. Thomas Reid,
S. j., OF st. Laurence's Church, N. Y:
Rev. Father Thomas kcQuillan. S. j.;
Rev: Father Michael o'Kane. s. j., Presi-
Sfns Mas 01 Rev .nS Mis hH5 oBrsn fGss feHsg
S. j., President of st. Francis
Xaviers College, New York; Rev. E. A.
Kelly OF st. Lucy's Church, Jersey City.
Many others came in afterward. Rev.
Father Harpes. the President of St.
Peters College occupied seat just out
side in the sacristy.
Haydn's Third Mass (coronation) was
sung by the choir to orchestral accom-
paniinent. Prof. Mahertie, of ST. Xav-
ier's. New York, sang as bass solo 30,
Salutar;s.o Prof. Ungerer of Morristown.
N. j., presided at the organ. Masters
Henry Gepp, Martin Sullivan. Eddie
McKenna and Edward Rooney's voices
w ere predominent in the choral music.
THE SERMON.
The Rev. James Doonan, S. l., of Bos-
ton, preached the sermon. His text was:
II say unto thee thou art5Peter, and on
this rock shall build my Church." In
the course of his sermon, after having de-
scribed one or more Roman temples of
magnificent domain and beauty, he al
luded 10 the edifice of ST. Peters as
monument erected to the honor of the
omnipotent God. The eye OF the
architect might regard the magnifi-
cent structure as the product of
his mind, but the Christian
with the light of faith to enlighten his
vision saw in it grand monument that
was fulfillment of the words of truth
spoken back in the ages. 1t was temple
that made no preteusiOn to being mas
6erpece ofarchitectural genius, but as it
lifted its humble walls it had received
conservation such as had the Roman
Catholic temples of the Eternal City.
The speaker eloquently alluded to the
fact that when Christ spoke the words of
the text he was literally unknown to the
world.
Vespers were sung in tho evening with
elaborate music, the same choir officiat-
ing. The sermon was preached by Father
Francis Smith and was upon the dangers
of Liberalism. 1t was eloquent and was
attentively listened to by large congre-