Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-08-02

Smith 81 Brainerd Marble company, and
the cutting. polishing and lettering were
all done graIuitously by employees of
that company. 1t is set in the southeast
corner of the church. On the face 10 the
south are these words "Beatc Mari;p
AssumptW," and on the face TO the east
it reads thus: "lS95. Leo NH, Pope.
l.. DeGoesb BRAND. Bishop. j. 5. Michaud,
CoadiutOr. Thos. Lynch, V. G.. j. NJ.
Gelot, Rector. n. Dubuc, Builder. c..
W Guernsey, Arch't." The stone has Il
deep socket in which will be placed vari-
Gus United States coins of this years
mintage, with papers and documents re-
lating to the church and diocese. large
United States flag waved over the stone
during the ceremony, and smaller flags
were to be seen on every hand. No 9th
er national cOlOrs were displayed.
At the conclusion of the laying of the
stone the crowd gathered around a stand
which had been erected in the college
park nearly opposite, from which the
addresses were made, and from each
corner Of which flOated small flag. The
stand was occupied by the bishop and
clergvmen Rev. p. J. Barrett of Fair
haven preached the formal sermon,
taking for his foundation point the storm
on the sea of Galilee, and showing how,
although there had been various schisms
and many attempts to overthrow the
church. they had never succeeded and
never can succeed, for Christ has prom
ised that the gates of hell shall never
prevail against her. Father Barrett's
address was mainly historical and was
not calculated to offend the religious
feelings of any one present Ii was an
eloquent and scholarly production. and
took aSOut 10 minutes for its delivery.
Bishop Michaud followed with an adj
mirable address of ID minutes duration.
Incidentally, he told how he had had the
blessed privilege of saying mass over the
the tomb of st. Peter in st. Peters
church in Rome. and he eXhorted every
one to assist in building this new church,
asserting that the Catholic church had
always been a strong friend of this gov
ernment and that the church taught her
children that next to their duty TO their
God was their duty to their government.
The bishops address brought the eX-
ercises to close.
considerable amount of money was
contributed on the grounds during the
ceremonies and large collection was
taken at the church during high mass in
the morning.
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Weybrdge street in Middlebury is the
oldest Catholic church in the diocese of
Burlington. having been built in 1887,
years before there was any Catholic
bishop in Vermont. 1t Is brick struct-
ure and has several times been remOdeled
or repaired, the chapel having been
added about % years ago. The new
church will be of rock-face marble, with
white marble trimmings. Its dimensions
will be l27 81 feet, with Il 81 36 foot
chapel on the south end, and the style OF
architecture is Roman. The basement
above the foundation will be 20 feet high
and from the water tables to the caves it
will be "A feet. The tower will be l9
feet square and in hight will stand %
feet above grade and will be surmounted
by spire 10 feet high. The chapel will
be only one story high. The church will
have a steel truss roof, and the auditor
ium will be an open one, with no columns,
and horseshoe shaped gallery. The
pews and wainscotlng will be of ash and
the doors of veneered oak. 1t is expected
that the building will be got up as far as
the caves this season, and it is hoped that
it may be completed by the end of next
year.
George w. Guernsey of Montpelier is
the architect and Napoleon Dubuc of the
same city is the builder. 1t is estimated
that when completed the church will cost
something like $50, 900.