The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-05
PARISH DIVIDED,
St. Patriek's Church Will
Lose Its Lafayette
Worshippers.
FATHER CARROLL'S ANNOUNCEMENT
New Parish Will Relieve the Clergy
Of Much Work History
of The Parish.

~ was with mingled feelings Of regres
aho JOY that the good people ATTENDING
ot- Fatr1ek's r. c. Church, on BraxnEiaH
avenue, yesterday, heard the rector say
tnat the parish was to be divided: La
Iayette was to be made into a parish bv
Itself This announcement Of a facs
SHOWN 20 q lew created some surprise,
because i was not expected SO soon.
! 49, T. = rreofuaTy OF 1893 the Diocesan
lsn OF St. Patrieks was TOO extensive ana
Isapsd TOO great d responsibility UPON me
eAeends from the Morris Canal and New
ofk Bay, on the east TO the Passsafo
| tsd' fslvef' On the west, and from the Ma.
/ tlondl storage trestIe, on the south. "a
bldWeH avenue, on the north
rather Aletllyaine. late OF the parish.
! complied @ census Of this parish IN May
u sAIs year and showed the number oe
pa[ishloners to be S.5Gg not counting the
girls VINO were employed as servants ii
IIafllllies Ia1 OF this number iSl9 lived in
Ll1ayette, o00 IN West Bergen and GOO
IN the Bergen section. Thas the needs
OF new parish in Lafayette were con-
elusive; but on account of the i'll health
81 the late pastor OF the church. the
Key. .faIher Hennessy, all action was
postponed.
parish, the Rev. Father Carroll, ACCEPT
ed the charge on condition that the
proposs;d action would go into efTect at
a suitable site. and early in July pur-
chased the plot of ground on the south
west corner of Lafayette and Whlton
feet, and. with the 2-story dwelling upon
it, cost $500.
No official notification as to who win
be assigned to take charge Of the new
parish has been issued as yet although
it is evidently understood by the present
clergy OF the parish who it is likely 10
be- Current rumoFs asserted that the
exceedingly popular assistant pastor OF
St. Patrlek's Church, the Rev. Father
Sheehan, WAS TO assume control OF the
new church. But they are emphatically
denied by both Father Carroll and Father
Sheehan himself. He has repeatedly re-
fused the invitation OF the Bishop to
take charge Of the parish, as he would
rather continue his good work in the
parish where he is at present and where
he is so much respected by the people
Bishop Wigger who has the appoints
mant, will delay making 1t known until
the return OF the party OF priests from
their journey to the Holy. Land, on sat
urday next. His reason for this is that
there are several priests returning who
are in need OF curates in their respectivs
suit them on the appointment Of these
Then all will be made known at once
When formally notified the new pastor
will visit his proposed parish and appoint
two lay delegates, who will act as trus-
tees. These will be replaced annuaily-
Their duty is to act with the Bishop ane
Vicar General and pastor and petition Tor
the incorporation of the proposed parlsfl-
This granted, the new priest VIII assume
the new parish
York Bay to the National Storage tEestle,
| to Woodward street, to the MOTIFS lana;
The house now standing on the site VIII
probably be torn down ana the eTSct-ytt
OF the new edifice viii promptly oes1-t.
The services in the meantime VIII be
carried on. beginning Noven1 Der J. IN so1sls
hall in that community. The han OF tns
r,S1hs flv he chosen. The hall holds about
4O9 people This will necesstate the eeie-
bration of a number Of masses g Hess
the demands of the large nnLaosF y
narishioners An assistant viii also De
appointed On November the exercises
viii be celebrated. This is the feast ok
AN Saints Day in the Catholic Churen,
and in honor to the double celebration It
mas been suggested that the new church
be called All Saints Church; ana Il -
probable that that name VIII be cnosen-
1t is with the deepest regret that most
of those included in the bounds of the
new parish Ti 45a oiS SgFss ehurcf sas Many.
yes the majority, of Catholics oL
that vicinity have been bern and brought
blow caused by the death Of their aged
pastor, the Rev. Father Hennessy, yslS
much to heart; but this viii certainly %
the harder. All viii be forced 70 sever
active connection with the, parish after
January / though they may yer nei1>
pews in the old church, provided tiley
also hold pews in their own new patisn
Many who have contemplated being mar
ried in the earlier months OF next year
will change the dates TO Garner ones
this wear that they may be united in
the church to which they have become 50
much attached. ,.,.,e
For the clergy Of ST. Fatrieks parish
the event will prove also a sad parting,
but yet relief. The duties which 50
large q parish necessarily impose are 700
great for any one church's clergy, rms
church itself. as large as 1t IS, became TOO
small for the vast throng which attended
it. The demands Of the. Sunday school
could hardly be complied with. During
the past year the church had 10 be
transformed into temporary quarters as
There is. perhaps no other parish In
the diocese which has grown SO rapidly
in the same space Of time as st. Patricks-
the late Father HennesSy wofShipped
with a mere handful Of followers in
little church pn Grand street near the
Junction. His little fs9ek gradually in
creased far beyond its quarters, until the
faithful old leader was compelled to seek
more capacieus quarters. He proposed
the structure which stands as a tablet
to his memory today but the scheme
seemed too great. He undertook II, how
ever and with his ever faithful and be-
loved assistant. the Rev Father Sheehan,
it occupies today throughout the religious
circles of this city.
Twas a difficult task, but our labors
are complete, only let me rest where
church stand as my headstone. was the
noble Father Heunessy's last request.
which viii be complied with By the parish-
the dead priest viii be transferred at an
early date from their present resting
place in ST. Peters Cemetery to q plot
the church viii record the birth aud
death OF the dead priest together with
the well deserved lines. We'll deEe good
and faithful servant"