The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-15
JESUIT MARTYRS.
Interesting Thanksgiving
Services at st. Peters
Church Yesterday.
BISHOP WIGGER PRESENT
Sermons By Mgr. Seton and Father
Finnegan- Father Maekel
breaches Tonight.

The beginning of d iridium which will
close tomorrow evening was begun at st.
Peters r. c.. Church yesterday morning.
The special services yesterday were in honor
of the canonization of Rudolph Aquaviva.
who, with four companions, members of the
Society of Jesus, were martyred in India.
AT eleven o'clock a solemn high mass III the
presence Of the Bishop was celebrated
Father Loyzence was the celebrant, Father
Rodock the deacon and Father Busan the
subdeacon. Father O'Carrol1 was chief mas
ter of ceremonies. He was assisted by two
young men. Right Rev. Bishop Wigger and
Right Rev. Monsignor Seton Of st. Joseph's
Church, and Bishop Wigger's secretary,
Father Wallace, were seated within the
sanctuary. Monsignor Seton delivered the
sermon.
Every seat in the vast auditorium and the
galleries was occupied and extra chairs were
provided for many who were unable to So.
cure seats in the pews.
The boys choir, under the direction of
Prof. Ferry, rendered Gounod's Mass of
the Sacred Heart. During the offertorg
Joseph Ferry sang as g. bass solo st.
Ignatius' Prayer and during the service
Michael Ward sang Mnlard's "Veni Gre
ator'' as a tenor solo. Monsignor Seton
had already preached several times in his
own church during the morning before he
assembled the pulpit of st. Peters. His
voice was a trifie husky, but his sermon was
bfimful of historical interest and was elo-
quently delivered. He spoke extempor-
aheously.
MGR. SEToN's SERMON.
The Monsignor chose various texts from
passages iii the acts of the Apostles, which
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with the martyrdom of certain early mis-
sionaries. He explained the significance of
the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus, and
told why it was usually celebrated on the
second Sunday after Epiphany. He related
man interesting circumstances IN connee-
ton with the founding of the Society OF
Jesus by ST. Ignatius, who would not allow
it to be named after him, as the ounder OF
other religious organizations nav done.
Next he traced back the special devotlous
of the Holy Name to the preaching of st.
Bernadine of Sienna, for hundred and fifty
years ago. 1t was the latter, he said, who
devised the beautiful eseutcheon, so to speak,
of the Holy Name of Jesus, surnnounted by
rays of glory. It was a very ancient mono
graphic form. The speaker passed from the
subject of devotion to the Holy Name to that
of the special saint of the day, st. Rudolph
Aquaviva, who was born on October 2, 1850,
and VIC was massacred at the foot of a mis-
sion cross, July 10, 1853, IN an attempt TO
evangelize the country of Salsette on the
coast of Malabar. The Monsignor eloquently
portrayed the earlier scenes through which
the martyred STINT, who was a son of the
Duke of Atri, and a cousin of ST. Aloysius
Gonzaga, went through; told how he petit
toned to be sent on the most dangerous mis-
sions, and depicted in a most graphic man
ner his death at the hands of the heather and
fanatical natives of Salsette.
-- IN Dgr1Tn
The vesper sermon was delivered by
Father Finnegan of st. Peters. It was
followed by a solemn benediction, given by
Father Harpes, President of st. Peters Col
lege, assisted by Father Zeigler as deacon
and Father Kelly as sub-deacon.
Father Finnegan, in his sermon, dwelt
generally upon the question as to what
martyrdom in the cause of Jesus meant,
and alluded to the many silent martyrs to
that cause. ga man without faith" he de-
clared, s'can have no love for Jesus. Love
is shown by our actions. You might often
say you love God with all your hearts, but
what nave you lone for Him? If you cam
not distinguish yourself as a martyr, laying
down your life for Him, o car, at least,
distinguish yourself as Catholics in the ser
vice OF the Master"
This morning another solemn high mass
was celebrated. The sermon this evening
win be delivered by Father Mackel of st.
Michaets Church..