The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-05
lected from the bowlers making the high

est scores.
Efforts are. being made to- bring the
bowling teams of the st. Michael's Club
and those of All Saints Lyeeum together
in a, contest. The game will probably be
boWled next Thursday night.
Rehearsals for the drama, 1.-THE Irish
Outlaw are going on steadily and the
entertainments being arranged for March
l6. y and Is promise to be ENJOYABLE
and the cast of the play is said to be far
above the average as amateurs.
81. Johns.
The attendance at the Lenten devotions
are increasing. Despite the evere storm
which swept down the Boulevard lasl.
night the church was completely filed.
Father Ter Woert has made many inno-
vations since the new church was opened.
but none to please the parishioners SO well
as the way in which the beautiful cere-
mony of the Stations of the Cross is con-
| Quoted. -s
The mission is only two weeks away
Club are hustiing for their annual play,
which will be given shortly after Easter.
..The Shamrock and the Rose has been
selected for presentation, and extraor-
binary efforts are being put forth to in
scenery and stage accessories besides
many. attractions that are now under
consideration
The members of the Rosary Society and
the Young Ladies' Sodality will go to
Holy Communion tomorrow morning.
ST. Paur., Gr~envilie.
The Rev. Father j. j. Mcdowell, rector
of st. Paul's R. c.. Church, has been
| spending the past week in Florida, where
he hopes to regain his health. He will
| remain another week. During his alb
| sence First Assistant Citrate, the Rev.
Peter E.. Reilly, is acting rector.
The clock in the church steeple is en-
| joying a rest. Two of the large glass
dials were wrecked by the high winds of
last week and pieces of the glass became
lodged in the clocks mechanism. The
| apertures have been boarded up pending
the arrival of new glass dials to replace
Lent is being observed with the usual
services on Tuesday and Friday evenings.
The features of the services are the SER
mons by The Rev. Father Peter o.. Reilly.
ST. Lucy's.
The devotional services are attended
very largely by the members of St. Lucy's
parish, A. course of interesting sermons
are being delivered every Wednesday
evening by the priests of the church. Be-
sides these, two special courses, one by
Father Boylan on The Holy Eucharist
and the other by Father Brown on Faith.
Hope and Charity are being delivered
| on Sunday evenings, the pastor and his
assistants alternating.
The parochial school boys have decided
to produce the play, Honest Irish
THE Virginia Mummy instead of the
Aplay Harvest Home, on March IT,. They
are actively rehearsing for the entertain
ment.
St. Bonifacess.
The members of ST. Bonifaee's Young
Mems Lyceun are making this club be-
| come one of the most popular of its kind
l -. I;- : I,,0e+ va-;Dr +l,o
large club house on First street is we'll
filed with member and their friends, en-
| ioying themselves in bowling, which
| seems to be one of the most popular sports
| during, the. winter months in all those
clubs of the city, which are lucky enough
of cards are always in progress. The
club membership is rapidly increasing.
All Saints,
A new council Of the Catholic Benevo-
lent Legion. in which a number of the
| parishioners of All Saints Church are in
| terested, was organized last Wednesday
| evening in All Saints Parish Hall, La
fayette and Wilton streets. This being
the first meeting, only preliminary ar
| engagements were made. and it was de-
| cided to COMPLETE the formation of the
society at the next meeting, which will
be held in the same hall on Thursday
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81. Peters.
The Young Men and Ladies' Sodality
will meet next Tuesday evening at eight
o'clock.
The regular weekly melting of the Young
Mems Lyceum, will take place next Tues
day evening, at nine O'Clock, in their
rooms on York street.
From Eyerywhere.
The greatest event of the week in the
Catholic world is the celebration at Rome
| of the twenty-first anniversary of the
| occupation OF the Chair of Peter by Leo
| XIII, which took place last Thursday. In
| the morning His Holiness attended a
| commemorative mass in the Sistine
Chapel, wearing the Pgpal mantle of
white and gold and the tiara. He was
| surrounded by Cardinals and high digni-
taries of the Church. beside foreign diplo-
mats and the various Catholic uniformed
| organizations which are quartered in the
Eternal City. A great many American
pilgrims were present and received the
Apostolic benediction. After the cere-
| monies His Holiness received the con-
the Vatican, granting a separate audience
to each.
The Catholics of ~Tottenville. Staten Is
land, are about to erect a $4,000 edifice TO
be known as the Church of Our Lady
Help of Christians.
Sixty young Irish ladies, all of whor1
| are postulants for the order of st. Joseph.
at st. Louis, Mo-, are on board the Red
| Star line steamer Pennland, now on her
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