The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-24
With VOICE And HARP.
Music With Which Catholic
Churches Will Celebrate
the Birth Of Christ.
INTERESTING PROGRAMMES
Hours. at Which Masses Will Be
Said Tomorrow Among
the Churches.
INTERESTING PROGRAMMES

In all the Catholic churches throughout
Hudson county tomorrow morning elab-
crate musical programmes will be car
ried out, and in many of them they will
be repeated on Sunday morning. The
musical programmes and the churches in
which they will be endered tomorrow are
as follows
ST. Michaels-At five o'clock, High
Mass, solemn, angelical announcement OF
the Saviour's birth; Duona's Messe de
p~enfant Jesus, for mems voices, and ap-
propriate hymns. At the II o'clock Sol
emn High>Mass solemn announcement of
the Saviour's birth; Marza's Fourth Sol
emn Mass for soil voices and chorus;
Adeste Fideles, Exu1ta Zion, Chris
tus Natus. After the Mass: Bas-
sini's Tantum Ergo and grand chorus,
ITO Thee, Cherubim and Seraphim." q.
A. Utsinger. solo organist and choirmas-
ter; L. de Grand-Val, director of the
music.
st. Peter's-Prelude, symphony in E fiat,
Mozart; Kyrie, Gloria. Credo. Agnus Del,
Mass in A, Cherubim; Sanctus, Benedic-
tus, Mass No. 8, Haydn.
St. Mary's-Oh, Holy Night, bass solo,
Neider; Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Neidemeyer;
Benedictus, Agnes Del, Neidemeyer;
Tantum Ergo, Sflas; Adeste Fideles.
st. Joseph's-Solemn High Mass, II
o'clock. Adeste Fideles, Novelle; Kyrie,
Gloria and Credo, from Mercadante's
Mass in D; offertory. 'sCantique de NOEL
Adam; Sanctus and Agnus Del, from
Mercadante's in B fiat; occasional, Elk
ulta in Sion, Hammer. Soloists, Miss
Josephine Cosgrove, Miss Katherine Finn,
Mr.. w. A. Prahl, Mr.. W. MacKey. Eva
c.. DeVanny, organist. Junior Choir
Solemn High Mass, five o'clock A. M.
Marcos Mass in f will be sung as a
two part chorus by the junior choir of 81
well traine voices, assisted by Mr..
Arthur Smith, cornetist. Offertory, Ave
Maria, Gounod; Adeste Fideles and Q
Holy Night. Adam. Soloists, Miss Clara
McNicol, Miss Margaret O'Mara.
st. Bridget's-Prelude, organ; Adeste
Fideles, chancel choir, Novello; Kyrie,
B~eethoyen; Gloria, Beethoven; Credo,
Gel choIrs; sanetus, B. o: Klein; violin
solo, Hauser, Master J. Beggs; AgnuS
Pei, 3; @, Klein; Hallelujah chorus,
Handel. The %quartette. soprano, Miss K.
l.. Bradley. contralto, Miss X. LaWless;
tenor, Mr.. NJ. A. Nolan; basso, Mr.. J. F.
Flesey, assisted by the chorus of forty
mixed voices and 80 chancel boys. All
St. Johns ~ The masses tomorrow
morning at st. Johns will be at five, half
The first and last masses will be high
masses, for which a special musical pro-
gramnie mas been arranged by Father Ter
Woert. A special choir will aid In the
ceremonies and the decorations will be
very elaborate. The Society Of st.
Aloysius will go to Holy Communion at
Father Ter Woert will personally intro
duce Santa Claus to the children, as is
his custom every year, and every little
tot, whether they go to school or not, will
have the pleasure OF receiving a reminder
Of the day. This Is IN occasion that
Father Ter Woert takes particular de
lightrin, and It goes without saying that
the children are with him in the fun
ST. Luey's-There will be special music
at the MASSES tomorrow morning, and
Professor Hoiden's and will al part.
The singing will be under the direction Of
the organist of the church, Miss NJ. Muir
| ply, and all the masses on Christmas
day viii be said in honor Of the donors OF
| the new altar. Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
| sullivan. The masses will be as follows:
High Mass, $3.50, 7, s, 8 and Solemn High
Mass at 1890.
st. Pauls Greenville.-The Christmas SER
vices at st. Pau1's r. C. Church, on Green
| Vile avenue and Old Bergen Road, are as
! ollows:-Solemn High Mass at five O'Clock
| and low masses at 1880 and 2 and another
| Solemn High Mass at 1880. Father Nc
Dowell will conduct the services, at which
an excellent musical programme will be
rendered.
ST. Patrickis.-At st. Patrick's R. c..
Church, Grand street and Bramhall ave
nue., tomorrow, Christmas services will be
held. A very elaborate musical programme
has been arranged by Mrs. j. j Quinn. the
organist. The masses viii be said by
Father Carroll. They are Weber's high
mass in q at five O'Clock, and low masses at
seven, eight and at quarter past nine o'clock.
At half-past ten Hayden's second mass will
sung with full orchestra, under the direction
Of Professor Andrew Primrose. The bene-
| diction will follow, at which tile following
musical programme will be rendered.
"O'Salutaris." Leprinast, tenor solo and
! chorus, Mr.. William Sanborn. ..Tantum
Ergo Aldega, soprano solo and chorus,
Mrs. K. Prinn. .'O'Holy Night Buder-
mann, solo by quartette, and 'Exulta in
Son. HammeraI. There will be no devo-
lions in the afternoon and evening tomor-
row, bnt confessions viii be heard all day
today.
FHaloken Churches.
At the 5 A. M. and 1880 A.. M. Solemn
High Mass will be celebrated at st.
Hoboken. The veni Creator Spiritus and
Adeste Fideles will be rendered and there
will also be solos by Miss Louisa Capelli,
soprano, JeIlle Stpelil, SUpTdlIO, Mai
garet Calvano, soprano; Louis Cassazza,
tenor; Louis CASTILLO, tenor Pnilip
Schaffino, baritone; Anthony Calvano,
basso, and Miss Susie Queroli, %organist.
Solemn High Mass will be celebrated in
st. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church.. to-
morrow at 5 A. NJ. and 1880 A. M. Special
music has been arranged for the occa-
sion. First on the programme will be
Mozart's Twelfth Mass. Noel, by DresSler,
will then be rendered by the choir. After
the Offertory, there will be solos by the
falIominp SOIOiStS. Miss Johanna F.
Daily, soprano; Miss Margaret Guellich,
alto; James Moran, tenor, and Henry Mar
tin, bass. Prof. Phil L. Amon's orches-
ira will also favor with selections.
The Christmas musical programme to be
rendered under the direction of Organist
Douglas O'Connor, in Our Lady OF Grace
Roman Catholic Church, will be one of the
most elaborate of it's kind ever given in
the city. After weeks of practicing the
choir has selected some of the choicest
music written, and the parishioners an
ticipate a grand treat when the time for
the rendition of the programme arrives.
The programme will be rendered in the
following order:-Prelude, Largo, by Han
del, organ and orchestra; grand Mass, st.
Cecilias. by Gounod; soil, chorus, organ
and orchestra, Kyrie, Gloria, Credo; Of
fertory, Adeste Fideles; solo, duet,
chorus of rs children and mixed chorus;
Sanctus Agnus Del; o Thou that Tellest,'
from Handel's Messiah; alto solo and
postlude. march, Mendelsshon, by organ
and orchestral; s~oloists, Mrs. NV. Nc
Dermott, soprano; Mrs. J. Headley, mezzo
soprano; Mrs. Willenborn, alto; Mr.. Sheri-
den baritone; Nat Hicks, bass; e. Berge.
organist, and Douglas O'ConnOr, conduc-