The Washington times., 1894-09-02

REV. CORNELIUS GILLESPIE, 8. J.
Mr. Handlin. who will take charge the second
/ Sunday in September. will sing tenor. They
will be assisted by chorus Of fifty selected
voices.
ST. ALoYsIUs' CHORAL SOCIETY.
Although hardly year old the st. Aloysius
| Choral Society has fully demonstrated its
value, as all who heard its entertainment at
the recent lawn party will testify. Under Mr..
| Handiin's leadership the society will give
! concert this winter, which promises TO be Of
more than usual excellence. Mr.. Robert is
| president; Mr.. Neff, vice president, and Miss,
| Mulqueen, organist.
/ Probably the largest society connected with
/ the church is the League of the Sacred Heart,
4 having membership of 1000, 900 in excess
of the congregation itself, since the member
ship OF the league is drawn from all parts of
the city. Its chief meeting is held the first
/ Friday evening Of every month, and its par
tieular work, the Apostleship of Prayer, aim
! ing TO promote the salvation of souls by
! prayer and the union Of all believers. The
/ league recognizes three degrees-the first
! consisting of morning Offering, TO commend
the work Of the day to Almighty God through
the merits OF Christ for the salvation of souls;
] the second degree consists in the daily decade
of the rosary. and the third degree in the
morning communion, all of which are in
/ tended to renew and intensity the spirit of
]
/ souls OF men.
! Next in importance is the Sodality of the
! Blessed Virgin Mary, whose membership.
consisting, like that OF the league, of both
men and women, numbers 1000. Its espe-
ciai object is to promote devotion to the
/ Blessed Virgin, and to inculcate the virtues
Of chastity, purity and holiness, particularly
| in the young. The senior section of the
sodRlity meets Tuesday evenings, and the
! junior Thursday evenings.
The following are the officers Of the socie-
| ties of st. Aloysius': Young Mems Catholic
| Club-F. Van Reuth president; VI. Kane, vice
| president: Joseph Hill. secretary and Messrs.
! Downing Halloran, Moran, Brennan, Walshe,
Sullivan, O'Brien. Quincy. Fitzgerald, Dunn,
| Riggles, Horstkampf, Schwartz, and Roach,
Officers of the AlumnA Association-Misse
Mary Dempsey, Kate Lackey, Agnes Rover,
! Helen Talty, Annie Meehan, May McMena-
min, Rose Connor Mary Walsh, Katie Raedy.
Julia McGrath, Hortense McGowan, and
| Annie McMenamin
Officers of the Sodality of the Blessed Yir-
gin Mary: Messrs. John Moran, ]. J. Fuller,
Lucien Preston. O'Connor, Lawler, Thomas,
and Fennell, and Misses Eckloff, Brosnahan,
King, Raedy, Walsh. Fogarty, and Mullan.
Sunday-school officers: Messrs. Dowell,
Began, Downing, Butler. and Kennedy, and
Misses Kate Allen, Hortense MCGOWAN,
Frances Smalley, Jones, Dowden, Murphy,
Halloran. Giniste, Barret. and Rover.
Officers of the st. Vincent de Paul Society:
J. J. Fuller, J. Elber T. Fealy. and A. Helm.
Relief Society officers: Mrs. i. Semmes
Mrs. COrrigan. and Miss J. Byrnes
About thousand children gather in the
Sunday-school each week to be instructed
for confirmation. The services of 100 teach
ers, drawn from the membership OF the league
and the sodality, are enlisted in this work
The hour OF meeting is 8 o'clock.
WORK OF PRACTICAL CHARITY.
That true religion of which the Apostle
James speaks, which consists in visiting tn,
widow and the fatherless in their affiiction. il
by no means neglected by st. Aloysius
Church. Two organizations for practica
charity upon scientific principles are actiyel,
at work. The Society of ST. Vincent de Pau
aims 10 furnish provisions for the poor In th
winter and at other times of need. Abou
twenty-five active, Jealous men do the work
although much larger number contribute
toward il. The Ladies Relief Society of st
Aloysius' in n similar manner provides cloth
| ing and household comforts for the afflicted
and distressed. Many desolate home bear
witness to the seli-sacrIicing spirit and untir
ing devotion of the noble membership o
these two groups OF charity-workers.
About 700colored Catholics formed into {
sodality meet for services in the lower churcf
! every Sunday morning and at 7.3(
for yespers. Rev. J. P. O'Connen, S. J.
is in charge of this branch of the churct
work.
Gonzsga College is too well known in
Washington to need description. Its name
comes from little town in the north of Italy
notfar from Milan where lived the sainteC
Aloysius, who would have become the Duke
Of GonZaga had he not renounced the world
and dedicated his life TO the service of the
church. 1t is a poetic thought that the name
of the dukedom which he forfeited will thus
be borne through the generations by the
thousands fthe alumni OF college IN ths
capital of a distant empire, of which Aloysiu.
never knew. Through devotion his name j.
immortalized.
This college provides the regular classic
and scientific courses, and has about $50 stu.
dents. Besides the president, the teaching
force consist of Rev. John NJ. Colgan, S. j.
Rev. Michael Byrnes, S. J.. professor of poetry
and bellies lettres Rev. Francis Connell. S. J
first humanities; Rev. Patrick J. Mckinney, s.
j., second grammar: Rev. Thomas Scott, S.
j.. third grammar; Rev. Thomas Coyle, S. J.
sciences; besides IN able corps of secular
teachers. Among the graduates of this col
lege are m2ny eminent men, including the
bishop of Cincinnati, Senator Roach, of Da.
kota, and twenty-one priests, rs well as thir-
teen OF the alumni Of the school who are now
preparing for the priesthood.
The college building, already spacious and
commodlous, Is to be enlarged by brick ad.
dition $50 feet in length, 60 feet in height
with accommodations for 500 day students
The cost OF this work will exceed 500, 900.
YOUNG MEMS CATHOLIC CLUB.
The preparatory school in connection with
the college will, for the coming year, be under
the charge Of the Rev. NJ. j. Dolan, S. j. Its
membership promises to be considerably In.
creased.
Besides college PURPOSES one larce rooro n,
Gonzsga is occupied by the Young Mems
Catholic Club, an organization to promote
the intellectual, moral and physical develop
ment of its members. The club rooms are
open every evening, with special occasional
meetings. The club is already preparing 70,
special course Of lectures upon popular lit
erary and scientific subjects, full particulars
Of which will be announced from time to time
during the winter In the columns of this
| uaper. AT ThanksRivin9 the club SriIl trx II.