The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-13

ST.LUCY'SGREATDAY
The Corner Stone Of the New
Church To Be Laid To-
morrow Week.
WHAT THE CHURCHES ARE DOING
The Prosperous Str Johns Catholic
Club Elects New Officers
Father Mackel's Visit.
WHAT THE CHURCHES ARE DOING

The parishioners of St. Lucy's R.
q Church are looking forward to
the cornerstone laying of the new
cb,rch which will take place
on sunday afternoon, July 20, at
Grove and Fifteenth streets. Rev. Father
Bovlan announces with pleasure that
the Right Rev. Bishop Wigger, D. D.,
has consented to be present, and Will
officiate as Master of Ceremonies. The
ceremonies will be of the usual order. "A
special feature will be he address by
Rev. Father John ]. Tighe. the eloquent
pastor of ST. Paul's, Greenville. Father
Tfghe and Father Boylan were class
mates at Seton Hall College. All the
priests and Catholic societies of the
city lave been invited to attend the
exercises.
The new church is being erected or
the corner plot at Grove and Fifteenth
streets. and Immediately adjoining the
rectory. The church will face on Grove
street. It will be built of notified
brick. with brown stone trimming. The
walls up to the water table will be OF
brown stone. The dimensions are as
Yellowstone hundred and twenty feet
deep and sixty feet front. with a seat
ing capacity of 500. The contract for
the mason work was awarded to Michs.el
Kelleher. at s14,S55. and the carpenter
work at Martin Hackett at sl1. 46S, the to-
tai cost will be over $4,000.
DESCRIPTION OF THE EDIFICE.
The architecture will be on the Gothic
style. and when the church is COM
pleted it will compare favorably with
any in this city. The entrances, of
which there will be three, will be on
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by a short flight of stone steps. Over
the main entrance in the centre will be
a row of five small windows, and above
them a large circular window. over
each of the side entrances will be two
small wbedows. These, together with
all the main windows on the Fifteenth
street side. will be of stained glass of
appropriate design. The spire will be
on the corner and will rise to a height
of 100 feet. It will be surmounted by a
large cross. The spire will be square in
shape except at the top, where it tapers
to a point. The work is being pushed
rapidly. and it is hoped that the church
will be completed early next fall.
A SMALL BEGINNING.
The old st. Lucy's Church was built
pastor Of St. MlehaeTs, about thirty;
years ago, and was Originally intended
for a school. and used as such until he
had altered his own school building,
when the small one was no longer neces-
Sary. Some of our prominent men of to-
day received their primary education i'll
this humble school. notably Rev. Father
Wallace. Chancellor of the diocese, and
the two Fathers Carey.
Ii. was rAsyt rented to the city and
used as q public school, being known
as No. q. Then. as people of the local
ity needed a more convenient place for
divine worship. the building was reno
waited and frescoed and opened as a
chapel. which was attended by the
clergy of st. Michael's. Rev. Fathers
Brady and Mccarthy were the First
priests to officiate. It then continued in
that manner until the year 1854, when it
tie of 'St. Lucy's," with Rev. A. NJ.
ner did noble work for his small flock.
He built the rectory, purchased ground
for future buildings and erected a
frame school house.
He was succeeded in 1889 by Rev.
Charles P. Gfllen, who built the hand
some brick school and purchased the
ground for the new church. Father
Gillen labored hard for six years, pur-
chased a house for the Sisters and be-
gan the erection of the new church build
ing, completing the foundation to the
March q last by Rev. John ]. Boylan,
who came from I%rvington. but is well
known in Jersey City. being for several
yearsea eurate in st. Mfchael's parish.
Father Beylan As going ahead fast Yith
the new church, and laboring hard to
give his flock an edifice of which they
will be proud.