The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-18
CORNER STJNE LAID
Vicar General Officiates at
the Ceremony in New st.
Aloysius' Parish.
FATHER sHEEHAN'sA ABLE ADDRESS
Mayor Hoos Predicted a Great Fu-
ture for the West Bsr-
gen Section.
ABLE ADDRESS

Rev. Father O'Connor, acting IN place OF
Bishop Wigger. 1t was a memorable day
for this second child OF st. PatricKs par
ish. and everything conspired to make II
successful; the crowds were enthusiastic,
and what was more generous, the day
was glorious and the ceremony impress
sive.
Shortly after noon Exchange place be-
gan TO look like a parade ground. There
were lines of men in military uniform men
with badges and some with canes, ofii-
GERS on horseback Respondent in green
and gold scarfs and huge green and
white plummed ehapeaux. Each divis-
ion had a band of music, and what with
the mounted police and the gaiiy dressed
crowds the scene was a bright one.
AT last the time came to march, ana
the marshals, Owen Carroll, James Muir
rer. Michael B. Holmes, Thomas Reilly
and William Barry, gave the order TO ad-
vance.
In line were:-Hibernian Rifles, the
United Divisions of Hibernians, st. Mary's
Holy Name Society. Advance, Security
and Harsimus Councils of the Catholic
Benevolent Legion; knights of Tara. the
Wolfe Tone Association, the A. Q. H.. OF
New York, Brooklyn and Yonkers; the
Irish Volunteers of New York and Brook
Ign. the Irish Volunteers Of Bayonne, st.
Paul's Church, Greenville, and young
men from ST. Aloysius.
The men marched through the principal
streets to West Side and Belmont avenue
on the southwest corner of which stood
the partly built ediice, the top of which
was covered with a platform for the cler-
gy and invited guests.
The vicar-General in a gorgeous cope,
was accompanied by Rev. Father Wal
lace Chancellor of the Diocese, Rev.
Father John Sullivan, rector of st. Alloy
sius; Rev. Father J. ]. Sheehan of New
ark. and formerly of st. Patrick's; Rev.
Father Ter Woert of St. Johns.
Rev. Father Carroll of ST. Patrick's,
Rev. 4. c. O'Connor, South Orange; Rev.
Fathers Hall of South Orange, Smith of
Plainheld, Smith of Crawford, Meyer of
Bayonne. Mcdowell of Greenville, Dornin
of ST. BrIdget's, Jersey City; ONein OF
Elizabeth, Connolly of Hackensack, Buzar
of Jersey City, Ryan of Arlington, Whelan
of Bergen Point. Moran of st. J~oseph's,
Jersey City. Quinn of st. Pauls. White of
Newark, Henley of st. ernard's Church,
New York.
Mayor Hoos came early, and he was re-
ceived by Mr.. Robert E. Jennings of the
Steel Works, a trustee of the new parish,
and it's most generous friend. There
were also present Trustee Brennan, MI.
james F. Woodmencey, trustee of st.
Paui's r. c. Church; William j. Sullivan
of the Boston. j. P. Hall. Aldermen w. J.
Moran and Decker, Captain A. McKaig,
in charge Of the police, Architect Smith
and the contractor.
Taking the trowel. made in the Steel
Works, the Vicar-General, after the box
containing coins, records of the church,
copy of 1.-THE Jersey City News and other
papers. had been placed in the cavity and
the mortar spread capped the stone, ana
Father Sheehan, of the Church of the
Sacred Heart, Newark, began ms ADDRESS.
He said !,
Very Reverend vicar-General. Reverend
Ny Dear Fathers-A priest is never so
conscious of his personal weakness as
when he is invited to be the speaker on
such an occasion as this. There Is SO
much to be said by way of congratulas
lion, of praise for the present. anu OF
hope for the future. that the volunteer
he is 10 be counted among those who
rush in where angels fear to tread II
you will permit me 10 obtrude, Tor an m
slant, my own sell upon your not,ce, hH Iifa-
time could have induced me to accept
Father Sullivan's invitation to be the
speaker at this cornerstone laying. he
insisted upon my acceptance, when
the one who insists is the hoy who sat De-
side me in the parochial school OF our
childhood; the young man who stood upon
the same platform as we were g~raduated
from college; the young Levite who re-
ceived at the same time as myself the
divine commission of the priesthood, then
it was impossible to refuse the honor, and
i accepted it with fear and misgivings.
But the faces before me are
and friendly; and your hearts have a
kindly remembrance yet, so away with all
m~isgivingS-lll ADDRESS mysepI 10 the outy
before me.
The occasion calls for an orator, which
I am not; for one endowed with the per-
suasiveness of e~loquence. who could make
your hearts throb and your blood bound
in your veins by the power of his speech.
You are the descendants of trace OF peo-
this that your own efforts
shall build up on this peaceful soil, IS to
you like enjoying the fruits of a hard
earned victory. me hliis ana ounlaa
churches of your sister land. or the land
of your fathers, could tell a story Of hero
ism and indomitable courage that the
world has never seen, from the day that
the imperial edicts went out and the
blood of Christians first tinged the sands
of the Roman amphitheatre. For how
many generations back could the scene of
today nave been enacted in the old land?
The dignitaries of the Church in full
vestments, the numerous gathering of the
| clergy. the various fraternal and bene-
violent societies with their banne fiutter-
ing and their bands playing. and you,
| crowds of the faithful laity, all these
things fill the eye and warm the heart.
gratitude towards the God in Israel, who
hath. not forgotten nor deserted his peo-
pie s. ~. a,or;o,s oo,ntr, which