The evening times., 1897-07-02
CaB 1.lGH DIAMOND JUBILEE
A Celebration and Conservation
al Historic ST. Peters.
A MAGNIFICENT NEW ALTAR
RessssifuI Ceremonies Arranged for
Sunday Preceded hy a Dedication
Totoorrow ow-Titular Feast Day
Ihs.-rxaGs.s-- So eaCi "A Musical Pr
gram Arranged for the Occasion.

one of the most beautiful and withal
n.csi interesting ceremonies in Tie Cath
t,lis Church VIII take. place iu this city
on sunday moInfng at st Peters ChulCh
It viii le the oelebrat ion of the diamond
1uldlee Of that church at 10 M, VII cl
viii be preceded tomorrow morning hoy The
conservation at O'Clock Oi the handsome
altar recently erected at cost Of Ovei
$4,000.
TIE history of st Peters Church is 20
q great extent identical with that Oi East,
hut more especially Southeast Washington
An offspring OF old st. Patricks Church.
on Tenth street, near G, the first building
WAS erected more than three quarters oI
q CENTURY ago. Al tie time of It's erection
1se ceagregs ton included some OF the
uIaSt pronlnent and influential citizens
of the city, and numbered less than 260
sotsis, but In all the years which have
passed since then the community Of ST
Peters has kept pace with the growth
and development OF thai section OF the ity,
tiIl now the congregation Is numbered 10y
thousands
The old building which stood on the
site OF the present beautiful and Imposing
structure 0f white marble was, while
quite eomnodious, entirely without pre-
tension To architectural beauty and was
buiit of rel hrick. This humble structure,
sowever, had the distinction OF being
the only Catholic church in the city an
which d bishop was colsccrated. This
notable event occurred in the 4O's, " hen
the Rev. Fat her . Sullivan, the rector OF
ST Peters, was confirmed bishop and
scRt TO the diocese OF New Orleans. Il
had been the custom To oonsecrate the
new bishops at Baltimore. but at the
request of Father O'SuIlivan the ceremony
took place in this city
The old building, W hich was erected
a. 1891, was constructed under the super
vision Of the Rev. Father william Mat
thews. and the following gentlemen con
slltuting a building committee; Daniel
Carroll, of Dudiagt0n, William Brent
James Huban, Nicholas L. queen, Joseph
T. CalIan. Edward Mattingly, James
SprsJt and James ID Parry.
The jubilee celebration, which Will take
place on sunday morning at 10 80 O'Clock,
Will also commemorate the utular feast
day, which occurred on last Tuesday, but
which is always observed on the Sunda Y
following Ithas been enormously stated
in a local afternoon paper not Tie Times,
that the public would he excluded from
witnessing these ceremonies. This state
ment. when referred TO Father O'Brien.
the reVtor OF 81 Peter's Church, was most
emphaticaHy denied with the additional
statement that the public 10 far a. il
can I've accommodated will be cordially
welcomed.
The occasion will be observed with
poRtificial high mass, W ith Bishop Curtis.
OF baltimore, as Ce!ebrant, with the fol-
lowing assistants: Deacon, Rev. s. T
RYAN: sGbdeacOn, Rev. George w Divine;
fcrnIer rector of the church, and Rev.
Martin O'Donoghue, the assistant necGOr
as master OF Ceremonies.
Resides these the reCtoTs Of all the
other Catholic churches in the city have
have been invited TO be present in the
Chauoel. and no doubt ali who can VIII
take advantage of the opportunity to par
ticipate in this notable event.
a feature OF the celebration viii be the
cAftutnl MUSIC. lt Gnful OF uloie lldl
thirty voices, under the direction of Mr..
Eugene French, with Miss y. X. Kearnan,
crganist have been TehearSing Kallin-
wada's Mass in A for many months. and
their success in mastering the mass susti-
reS the prediction OF a wonderful musical
feast.
The choir is composed of the following
members:
soprani. Misses Hattie NJ Ritohie. Mar
garet Coleman. Anna Rapusta, Bessie
Hickey. Helen McCaffery. NJ McKenns,
Mary Mcmahon. Molle Daily, Margaret Nc
Mabon. NJ rs. M MeldeT: alti, Misses Regina
Baptsts, Anna Rogers, Mary Flufno, L.
Arendes, Mrs. NJ. B. Bonner. Mrs. n A
Csllan, Mrs M b. Torrens, Mrs. l.. NJ.
Mapes, Mrs. A b. O'Neill, tenori, MesSrs
Al Fennell, John C. weidman, II. b. F.
Heath. Thomas Fitzgerald, A Condry, c.
+. SWEET, W. II. Davis. hassi, Messrs. r.
Tom DeHeauN. J. s johnson, r. Coleman,
b. AtchisOn, Joseph F. Eckert, Charles
Goodchild, F. j. Hell John Arendes, W
J Young. Charles r. cannon, John Csugker
Prelude "Elegie," clarionet obligato,
organ accompaniment: "IntroH." Leha-
"gHtah," Mendelssohn, Nj W liam
Deveraux and chorus 'TBcarnatus, Mr.
Al Fennell; offertorium. -'Laudamus,"
soprano oblgato. Gisium. Miss Hattie
Rftcher and cho;us; ''Dona NOlis,'' Miss
Rcrira Baptista and chorus; 20 salu-
taris," st Saens: "Tamum Ergo" Gounod.
recessiOnai, "Tu es Petrus," LayalIe
This celebration, which is one of the
most Soiemn and impressive services uf
the Catholic church, will be preceded
by the blessing OF the affairs tomorrow
at z O'Clock a. M. and viii be wit
messed by fully 1000 persons.
since the time OF the apostles when
ever q Catholic church is erected to the
glory and honor OF God, the altar stone
upon which the holy sacrifice of tie
mass is offered up Is conseerated Co
God, and the ceremony which viii be
observed tomorrow morning is but a
continuation OF that beautiful custom
Bishop Curtis, Of Baltimore, viii con-
secrate the stone, and, afterwerd the
snotntment and iBcensing Of the relics
win take place.
I,urinr this part OF the service the altar
fs m Darkness. bat ui.on the celebration
OF the high mass. which will immediately
follow. the candles will be lighted and the
sltar beautifully decorated with palms and
flowers The candles will be kent burning
urtn Sunday morning. when the mag
nificent affairs win be formally blessed
The new affairs, which were carved in
Italy several months ago, are the finest
this eide or New York. and have been
erected in commemoration Of the diamond
Jubilee. at cost OF over $4,000
The sculptor is V. A. Fusigna, and the