The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-25
CONVENT At ST. LDCY'S
New Home for the Sisters Of
Charity Built ty the
Rev. ]. ]. Boylan.

The work on st. Lucys new convent
for the Sisters of Charity of the parish.
is now being advanced as fast as possi-
BILE, SO that it may be completed before
the winter months set in. The convent
will be on Fifteenth street, directly at
the back of the handsome church. 1t
will be three story and basement brick
building, whose dimensions will be 23x54
feet, and it will be constructed of North
River brick on three sides, with a front
of nottled brick of the same kind as the
church, and trimmed with Belleville
ashlar.
The basement and the three upper
floors will be occupied as follows: In the
basement will be the dining room, laun-
dry, storeroom and kitchen. On the
first floor Will be the chapel and a paslor
with large piazza in the rear of the
building. The second floor will consist OF
sleeping apartments for the Sisters, and
there will be also a community room.
The last floor will be used mainly as
sleeping rooms. Each Sister in the con-
vent will have a separate apartment
which viii be we'll heated, lighted and
ventilated. The building when COM
pleted, will cost $4,000, and it will accom-
modate fifteen Sisters.
The Sisters of Charity have been To-
Gated in St. Lucy's parish for the past
eight years, and come from the mother
convent at Madison, this State. They
conduct the classes in St. Lucy's par
ochial school, which is increasing every
year The total number of pupils for
last year numbered $50, and the classes
this year are greatly increased over
those of the last session. The Rev. J.
j. Boylan, pastor of the church, has add
ed two classes to the large number al
ready occupied by the children.
The Sisters home at present is on
Grove street opposite the church, and is a
small two story frame building, which is
altogether too small to accommodate the
number that are required to teach the
children in the school, During the last
two years two extra teachers have been
added, and it is expected that before very
long a demand will be made for couple
of more. Rev. Father Boylan has,
therefore, found it necessary to provide
additional accommodations for the Sis
ters, and through his hard working he
has at last got a home for them that is
adequate to their wants, 1t will be
ready for occupancy in the latter part OF
November.
The curriculum of this school is almost
the same as that of the grammar schools
of this city, and the boys and girls gradu-
ating from it are well fitted to enter High
School. The present school building is
three stories high, two floors being de-
voted to the education of pupils and the
third floor is used for the purpose of
holding entertainments during the win
ter and also for commencement exercises;
The whole school building is surrounded
by a large iron picket fence, and the
Rev. Father Boylan in the summer
months has regular flower garden in the
ground in front of the school, which
makes it look very beautiful.
The children's play grounds are separat-
ed from each other, the girls being on the
left hand side of the building and the
boys on the right.
The building was erected by the Rev. c.
P Gillen, now of Paterson, about seven
years ago, and cost nearly $4,000.