The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-13
one YEAR OLD.
ALI Saints Parish to Cele-
brate Tomorrow the
First Anniversary
of Its Birth.
A PHENOMENAL GROWTH
Fair to Add to the Church Build
ing Fund = Among
the Churches.
A PHENOMENAL GROWTH

Tomorrow morning the parish of All
Saints Church will be one year old, and
it is certainly surprising to see the great
progress that this small parish has made
in such a short time of existence. 1T
must truthfully be said that the hard
work of the Rev. Father Joseph M. Nee
han and his assistants made the parish
what it is today, and the result is certain
ly one to feel very proud OF.
The idea of forming a parish in the La
fayette section wa first thought of by the
late Rev. Father Hennessy. When Fa-
Their Hennessy died the Right Rev. w.
M. Wigger, pastor of the diocese of New
ark, issued an order in which Lafayette
was cut off from st. Patrick's Church
at the corner of Grand street and Bran
hall avenue Inc made into a separate
parish.
When the order organizing the new par
ish was issued by Rev. Father Carroll,
who was appointed pastor to succeed the
late Rev. Father Hennessy at st. Pa
tricks, he began Immediately to find a
proper place in which divine services
could be held. The best place tina could
be secured was the hall of the Lafayette
~ ' I tfilitOu SlICCt, dliu Ills
was engaged at once.
When Father Carroll had secured the
place he at once set about to fix things to
receive the Rev. Father Joseph M. Nee
nan, VINO had been notified that he was to
take hold of the parish as pastor.
rather Meehan said just one year ago
that he was most hopeful of the parish.
ana he made no mistake as the men,
bership is steadily increasing. and it is
mainly through the work of the good
priests. who are always laboring.
This parish takes in all Lafayette, and
extends north as far as Harmon street.
The people who lived in Lafayette before
the parish was formed had to travel al
most a mile on Sunday to hear mass at
st. Patrick's, and they were overjoyed
when they found out that they were about
to nave a parish of their own. The APP
pointment. of Father Meehan was made
out on the eve of All Saints Day. and in
honor of that the parish was named All
Saints. The trustees Of the church are
Timothy Sullivan and Andrew Sullivan.
The official church body includes the two
trustees. the Chancellor of the diocese.
the Rev. Thomas Wallace, and Bishop
Wigger.
Father Meehan was graduated from Sc
ton Hall College on June u. 1881, and
not being of age WAS compelled TO wait
four years before the could DE ordained.
In the year of 1885. on March s. he was
appointed a cuFate in st. Patrick's
Church, Elizabethport, and held that POI
81 AAV oAiblA iS tti4t " lIo u CSOlll
charge.
On Monday evening at s o'clock a fair
will be held in the parish hall. on Wilton
street, and will continue for ten nights,
the proceeds to so towards the church
debt fund. The ladies and young gen
tlemen of the parish are exerting them
selves to make this fair a great success,
and they certainly will. Those who will
have charge and their assistants are
Irish Table-Mrs. Nelson.
Refreshment Table-MisS Nellie Judge
and Mrs. A.I<ittrick. assisted by Mrs, G.
Ross. Mrs. John Kelley. Mrs. Frank
Dougherty, Mrs. Coolahon. Mrs. McGoid-
rick. Kate Kelley. Mrs. English.
Table No Miss Farley. Miss Fallon
and Miss Schmidt, assisted by Maggie
Chapman. Mamie Fallon. Mamie Cuddy,
Annie Watson, Mamie Scanlon. Sarah
Riordan. Mary Kennedy, Ami Kennedy,
Mary MeKelvey.
James Gallagher. assisted by Katie
Zeta Power. Mamie Heating.
Sunday School Teachers Tab1e-Miss
Nellie Kennedy. assisted by Mary Me-
Keen. Katie McKeon, Jennie O'Donnell.
Anastasia Simon, Katie Cassidy. Claude
Refill, Ella Mcclure, Mary Kennedy, Ka-
tie Steeling.
Fable No. Mrs. Bradley. assisted by
Mrs. Rea, Mrs. Disk, Mrs. Seeley, Julia
Lancton. Ethel McCieary, Alice Reidy,
Mary Wilkinson.
Table No. Mrs. Walsh, assisted by
Mrs. Rooney, Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Salmon.
Mrs. Jordan, Mrs. Kearney, Mary Hur-
ley, Catharine Hurley, Miss Brown, Liz
zie Rich, Miss Homer.