The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-14
CATHOLIC NEWS.
Progress of Catholicity in.
Hudson County the Last
Few Years.
TEMPER NCB RALLY AT st. MICHAELS.
Very Rev. Provincial Of the Jesuits
a Guest at st. Paul's-In-
teresting Items.

The progress of the Catholic Church in
Jersey City, of late, has been very marked,
In st. Peters parish the Jesuit Fathers
minister to an immense congregation. botn
the upper church and the basement have to
be utilized. In st. Bridget's parish the IN
crease is also noticeable, so much so that
Father Dornin is having the basement OF the
church converted into a chapel. Ihls mas
become necessary, owing to the large num-
bers who attend mass on Sundays. Wnen
the chapel is ready, the childern's mass Will
be celebrated there. Then there will be two
masses going on at once. Another sign OF
Father Dornin's able ma nagement OF the
parish is the fact that since the first OF the
year, he has been able to pay off $500 OF
the church debt. Since becoming pastor he
has paid off some $1,000, and this, despite
the hard times. All contributions to the
church are voluntary, let it be understood,
both in this parish and all others. This
speaks much for the liberality of the Cathohc
laymen and women.
In st. Mary's parish the crowd attending
the last mass was so great that Father Senez
had to order the celebration of another mass
in the basement, so that at present there are
two masses going at once at 1851 O'Clock.
The Catholic Club is also a sign of the
growth of this parish. Its active member
ship is 403, with an associate organization OF
IT'S ladies. In St. Lucy's parish the eongre-l
cation is at present preparing for the cree
ton of a new church. Father Gillen has
sufficient money on han to start the editice,
and work will be begun positively this sum-
mer. In st. Michaels parish also an IN
crease in attendance is noticed only about
a month ago the Poles dedicated their st.
Anthony's Church, on Monmouth street,
while the Italian church on Sixth street en-
braces all the Italians in the city. st. Boni-
faces Chur Oh, on First street, for the Ger
mans, has a very large congregation.
THE HEIGHTS DISTRICT.
All this is in the lower part of the city.
Down in Greenville, Father Shandell has re-
Gently been forced to secure the services OF
an assistant, Father Lee. In st. Patrick's
parish there has been some talk OF dividing
1t, making the Lafayette section a parish by
itself. 1t is only a few years since st.
Joseph's parish was cut in two by the erec-
ton of st. Johns, yet the attendance at
MGR. Seton'S church now is such as to crowd
the church at all the services. In the new
parish, st. Johns, a church is In course OF
erection, which, when completed, Will be one
of the handsomest in the city. In st. Mich
CLAUS Church German on Central avenue,
Father Weyland daily feels the necessity OF
an assistant, but has been forced to do the
work alone owing to the scarcity OF priests in
the diocese AT the Church or st. raul Oh
the Cross further north, all the services are
packed to the doors.
IN HOBOKEN.
Going down to Hoboken we find the same
condition of affairs. Three weeks ago
Father Kelly, pastor of the Church of Dur
Lady of Grace, increased the Sunday morn
ing masses from four to five. This church
has the largest seating capacity of any in the
county, yet the extra mass was deemed abb
solutely necessary. At all the masses last
Sunday Father Kelly announced. that. after
paying the current expenses of the church
for the first quarter of the year, he had been
enabled to pay off $1,000 of the church debt.
This was only from the regular collections.
This speaks volumes for the Jealous Hpriest's
work. In st. Joseph's parish this evening
there will be concluded a fair, which has
been highly successful. The money raised
will be used for the new church. The old
church is altogether too small for the con-
gregation. The new one when built will
have more than twice the seating capacity of
the present church.