The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-25
JERSEY CITY CHURCHES.
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ST. Peters Lyeeum football team is train
ing hard for the coming season. The players
are being coached by Messrs. Crasius and
Hayes of Fordham College and are already
beginning to show considerable proficiency in
handling the pig skin. The candidates for the
team are Messrs. Ward. Farrell, McGerr, Cal
lahan, Connolly, Curley, O'Neill, Aubrey, M.
Rooney, James Clark and ]. Kelly. At the
meeting last Tuesday evening Mr.. John Sui
iivan was elected manager. The team expects
to play its first game against the strong team
of Fordham College.
The church grounds are being prettily de-
corated for the garden party which will be
held on Labor Day. Every evening the ath-
letes of the Lyceum can be seen practicing
for the races, which will be a feature of the
affair. Judging from the number of entries
that have been received the races will be close
and exciting.
Tomorrow afternoon the Lyeeum team will
meet the Catholic Young Mems Lyceum team of
Elizabeth on the Jersey avenue grounds. Both
teams are evenly matched and when they met
en- July 4 last the Elizabeth boys won by a
score of 4 to 3. st. Peters boys will make
every effort to turn the tables.
The ,Paulus Hook Council, c. 3. L., contest
is drawing to a close and the members who are
In the race for the medal are hustling and
increasing the membership rapidly. Mr.. Will
lam j. Moran leads in the contest, William r.
Holmes is second and James Ferris third.
st. Patrfckss.
AS announced in this column last week the
seventeenth anniversary of st. Patriek's re.
( Church was celebrated on Sunday last with
three special services. The altar was beauti-
fully decorated with lilies and flowers in honor
of the event. Solemn high mass was cele-
brated by Rev. DR.. Meagher of Cazeionia.
NY. The deacon was Rev. Father McIlain.
Rev. Father Brady of Seton Hail was sub
deacon. When the Very Rev. Canon Moynihan
of Peoria, ILL.,, began his sermon the large
edihee was crowded to the doors. Rev. Moyni-
han chose as his text Behold from henceforth
II 0enerafioUS shall call me blessed, and
spoke of the Feast of Assumption, which was
celebrated August Is. After the mass an elabo-
rate dinner was served at the parsonage.
Among those who enjoyed it 1were:Very Revs.
York City, Rev. DR.. McSweeney of ST. Bird
vet,sChurch New York, Rev. Father Killen of
Bayonne and the celebrants of the mass. At
yespers Rev. Father Meagher delivered a SER
mon.
ST. Brfdgets.
Rev. Father Clancy will return from his
vacation trip to Saratoga this evening.
Roy. Father Holleran returned last week
from Atlantic City, where he has been spend
ing his vacation of two weeks.
ST. Joseph,s.
Monsignor Seton preached last Sunday even
ing the Feast of st. Joachim, father of the
r. M. on The Duty of Children to their
Parents and, as usual. made his sermon in
teresting by quaint illustrations and anecdotes.
Tomorrow evening he will preach on the I'm
maculate Heart of Mary and the Sweetness
Of Holy Purity.
IRIDIUM or Three Days Devotion was begun
after the eight o'clock mass last Thursday,
and was ended this morning In preparation for
the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
which is tomorrow, Sunday following the Oc-
tave of the Assumption.
Next Thursday, the Goth, and Feast of st.
s Rose of Lima, the first American saint, a
Novena, or Nine Days Devotion, will be be-
rihn after the Monsignor's mass, in prepara-
t1on for the Feast Of the Nativity of Mary.