The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-19
JERSEY CITY CHURCHES.

81. Mfchnel,e.
The cyclers Of St. Michael's Club will
Nyack. n. <. They viii leave the club
house at $50 sharp and every member is
expected to turn out in the club uniform.
Inc members of st. Michaels will give
iona Island. The steamer Bay Queen
mas been engaged to take the merry party
10 the grove and there will be no dancing
committee in charge of the affair have
spared nothing to make this affair one
Of the best of its kind ever given by this
81. Peters.
All the students in st. Peters College
received Holy Communion In a body this
morning at the eight O'Clock mass. 1t
nas been the custom every year hat be-
fore the college closed for the summer
the boys received the HOLY Encharist
ana after mass a breakfast was served
py the college to the young men in the
College Hall.
On Tuesday. June %, the graduating
exercises of the young men will AXE
p,ace "a the Academy of Music and very
~slaporate preparations have been made
present on the occasion and will award
me prizes and diplomas to the young
stuaents. The winner of the Evolutionary
prize in the recent contest will also be
presented with a handsome gold medal.
mere will be fifteen graduates this year.
me annual exhibition of the children of
- Stct , QdTOCQldl SCQO0i Will take
the scholars both in and after school
These exhibitions comprise work done by
the scholars both In an d after school
hours during the past year of study. The
MONDAY evening, jun %, in the Academy
OF Music. The exercises will consist
mostly OF musical selections. There are
eight young ladies who will graduate and
they, will be admitted to st. Aloysius
academy on Grand street. The Sisters
OF the school deserve a great deal of
scholars, especially with the small tots,
VINO can do some excellent sewing. which
uney were taught by the sisters, and any
one VINO goes to see the exhibition will
nave accomplished during the past SEES
sion under the sisters care.
st. Peters Lyceum young men have all
the arrangements ready for their excur-
sion which will take place on Thursday.
June "a. 1t will cav Morris street lock
az 9;5g sharp. as the sail is a long one up
On July "a the annual garden party will be
heid in the large school yard on York
street for the benefit of the church.
The Young Men and Ladies' Sodality
Will meet next Tuesday evening in the
upper part OF the church. This society
IS certainly one of the largest OF its kind
IN this city, having over eight undred
members, and it is all due to the hard
Harpes.
h Young Mems Lyceum will hold a
A4iSCllllS lGAlF ueSQaV evening IN rfhalr
rooms on York street.
st. Patrfck,s.
The Board of Directors Of st. Patrick's
Catholic Club held their weekly meeting
last Thursday evening and appointed a
committee OF ten to assist Father Carroll
den party which is to be given about the
f1rst of July. The pretty grounds adjoin-
ing the church on Ocean avenue have been
fenced in and benches and tables will he
6IecJGQ IN 4 short finQ a hacnhn11 n;n1
mas been organized by the Catholic Club
and they will play the strong Fordham
team N New York this afternoon. The
the attendance in the club, for the cosy
clubhouse is filled every evening with the
members seeking enjoyment in the way
OF playing cards and pool.
ST. Aloyslps.
The work of completing the arrange
ments for the big garden party and
festival which is to be given by the
ladies' of the parish of St. Aloysiuss r. G.
church, West Side and Belmont avenues.
TWO weeks from today, is being pushed
very rapidly. Excellent results are looked
Tor, as over fifteen hundred tickets have
peen disposed Of so far and the ladies ex-
pect to get rid Of that many more. The
beautiful grounds adjoining the church,
on West Side and Kensington avenues,
are to be fixed up for the occasion, and
any Number of ables and benches are
being erected. The festivities are sched-
uled to begin at two O'Clock. A large
dancing platform is also being built and
excellent music has been engaged. In
the evening the grounds will be illumi-
rated with hundreds of Chinese lanterns.
which will no doubt make a very beauti-
ful appearance. Different committees
nave been appointed to look after the
serving of the refreshments and also to
handle the large attendance that is ex-
pecfed to be present. The Rev. Father
fair and everything is expected to run off
very smoothly and without a hitch. The
party IS for the benefit of the church, and
Judg1ng from the present indications it
st. Lucy's.
On June 90 the closing exercises of St.
Lucy's school will take place and the
sisters hope it will surpass all others. r
will take place on the top floor of the
to seat at least six hundred people. There
is also a stage on this floor and the
viii present a very fine pro-
m Last week one hundred and
seventy-fve children and six adults were
confirmed.
st. Brid"efss
Last Sunday morning the Rev. Father
Sheehey of this parish delivered the alter
cation sermon at the Church Of the
mass of the Rev. Father Cauheld.
Until September the Sunday night SER
vices in the church will be discontinued
The Children Of Mary viii receive HOLY
Communion tomorrow morning in a body
at the eight o'clock mass.
"A solemn high mass will be given in
honor of the feast OF Corpus Christi to-
morrow morning. The celebrant will be
the kew; rather Dornin and the sermon
by the Rev Father sheehey.
The closing exercises of st. Bridget,s
parochial school will Tx place next
Thursday and Friday evening in the
school hall on Mercer street and the eyer
cises will be very fine. The school hall
will be decorated and all the scholars
gramme. There are SO many of them it
was thought advisable to give the nro-
gramme on two evenings.
The members of the different societies
Of st. Bridget's Church have arranged 4
picnic to be held IN Wednesday,, July Id.
benefit of the church.
Tomorrow morning at $3.50 sharp the
cyelerS Will have a run to Nyaclx and
Captain Tracy will lead the procession.
Ihe of St. Bridget,s Lyceum
Is draped in mourning for the loss Of one
OF It's members, Mr.. Peter Sherry.
st. J~orephss.
The Rev. Eugene Mcdonald, a former
resident. OF this city, who was recently
Baltimore. will celebrate his first mass
tomorrow at st. Joseph's Church. Bald
win and Payonia avenues.
Father Mcdonald will soon go to South
Carolina to engage in missionary work
amongst the colored people Of that State.
already active in the field.
81. PauI,s, GreenvfIIe.
The entertainments and strawberry fes-
Societies of st. Paul's r. g. Church II
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