The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-27
CATHOLIC NEWS.
Activity Among Promoters
of the League of the
Sacred Heart.
PRIEST AT ST. JOsEPH's
st. Peters Alumni Meeting-St,
Lucy's Bazaar-Lectnre at St.
Bridget's--Notes From
Other Churches.
Other Churches.


The regular monthly meeting of the Pro-
moters of the League of the Sacred Heart
was held in ST. Peters College N Monday
evening, when a large number Of The pro
motors were present. The Director of the
league explained to those present the general
intention commended for the month of Feb
ruary. which is "a Righteous Gods Gifts
and the new decade leaflets of the league
containing this intention were distributed
by the promoters in charge to their associate
promoters.
Each promoter has care of a band of fiji
teen associates. In st. Peters Centre there
are 10Y 800 bands, numbering $500 asso-
ciates. The league is established among the
students of the college, and the Reverend
Fathers designate those students who are to
act as promoters. The morning offering of
the league and the d~aiiy-decade are recited
in several of the classes. In the Parochial
schools all of the children, 800 ia number,
are members of the League. A special
branch called The Apostleship of Study, has
been introduced into the school during the
present year, and the children are enthusi-
astic in its practices, many of them hoping
wiz the decorations of the association at the
end of the year.
A solemn reception and conservation of
Promoters of the League of the Sacred
Heart will be held in ST. Patrick's Church,
Elizabethport, tomorrow evening, when sixty
candidates win receive the diploma and
bronze cross of office. The Rev. Father
Kelly of st. Peters College of this city will
conduct the services and deliver the sermon
to the Promoters.
The feast of the Publication will be cele-
brated in st. Joseph's Church on Friday,
Tahpt,a1~ rvsklA EhIa~csp1r ~ +laA aa,,l11-
procession around the church and solemn
high mass, beginning at min O'Clock. After
devotion and benedictions in the chapel at
half-past seven o'clock, Mgr. Seton will give
the criss-cross blessing of Saint Blaise.
bishop and martyr, applied to the Threats of
all who approach the sanctuary railing. 1t
will be repeated on the morning of February
%, after the eight O'Clock mass. Members
OF the choir, school teachers and all who
suffer from weak voices or throat troubles
are invited TO come and receive the blessing,
which is very efficaeious, especially when
given with the cross-formed candles in st.
Joseph's Church.
GRAND FRATERNITY NEWS.
Jersey City Camp, No. II, held an inter
esting meeting on Monday evening. Three
applications for membership were received,
among which was one from Henry Beider-
beck. one of the survivors of the Greeley
Expedition, who, notwithstanding the hard
6l4P * "a lC1tCNis 4 q NCtN AOOl 1-oh.
a shooting contest was held by the mem
bers of the camp. one team being composed
of ladies and the other of gentlemen. The
gracious smiles bestowed upon the ridemen
by the ladies must have affected their sight,
for the ladies won easily.
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing year:-Commander. Desmond Fen
nell; Vice Commander, William P. Turner;
Recorder, Mrs. H.. J. Fenneil; Treasurer,
John A. Peters; Marshal, G.. H. Keller;
Guard, Mrs. S. E. Reardon: Sentry, Ed.
Bates: Trustees, Dr.. Cronk, /. 81. Stansoury,
G.. j. Bandholtz: 0rganist, Mrs. l. ID. Conk.
AT the conclusion OF the meeting refresh
ments- were served.
Assessment notice No. % has been issued.
The reserve fund of the Fraternity now
amounts to over $4,000.
A CHINESE PRIEST.
Father Zeno, a Chinese missionary from
the Province of Shen Tung, China, assisted
Mgr. Seton at Vespers in ST. Joseph's Church
last Sunday evening.
ST. PETERS ALUMNI
The regular monthly meeting of st. Peters
College Alumni Association was held on Fri
day night, and marked by a full attendance.
The evening was devnted TO discussing ways
and means for charging the membership,
and it was decided to invite everyone who
ever attended the College, whether a gradu-
ate or not, to become members of the Asso-
citation. Committees were appointed to as
certain the names and addresses of all
former students, in order to mail them a cir
cular relative to the objects OF the Associa-
ton. In future the Association will meet
regularly on the second Thursday of each
month.
1t was also decided to hold a musical and
literary entertainment of a high order in the
College early in April.