The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-16
st. Luey's.

OF the repairs that are now being made.
st. Lucy's.
Affairs are quiet in st. Lucy's. Moth
ing of especial interest is going on
Father Boylan is working hard to make
the annual excursion a grand success. II
tickets have already been sold. The COM
mittee is now at work devising plans for
the full worth of the money invested. Il
IS an intelligent committee. There will
be plenty of sport at the grove on the
Hudson.
ST. Nicholas.
Certain member of st. Nicholas Society
got together, raised a subscription, pur-
chased an American flag and presented it
place in St. Nicholas parochial school hall
q few nights ago. All honors to the dom
orsi In these war times. when there is
a possible chance of elashing with Ger
many, the sentiment implied by the pres
entation of this flag shows that the Ger
man-American citizen is an American
first. last and all the time.
ST. Patrick's.
The committees who are in charge of
the trolley ride. which the embers of
the Catholic Club are to take on the
twenty-seventh of this month. have COM
pleted all the necessary arrangements for
the event. and everything points to a sue
cessful termination. Eagle Rock will be
the destination of the members. and the
Clubs orchestra will go along to furnish
music on the way, and for dancing which
will be INDUCED in when the park is
reached. Father Carroll will probably go
along with the party.
st. Peters.
The annual excursion of ST. Peters
Sodality Lyceun Will a place next
Thursday. Two barges and a steamer
toner's to their destination and the sail
will be up the Hudson River.
The work on the new school and hall
Is progressing very rapidly.
The regular weekly meeting of the
Young Men and Ladies' SodaIity will
take place next Tuesday evening in the
upper part of the church.
The reverend professors of the college
are expected to return nex Monday
from their vacations, which they have
spent at their summer home in Long
Island.
st. Paul's Greenvi11e.
The Rev. Father Joseph ]. Mcdowell.
of ST. Paurs Catholic Church, GreenSille.
who was appointed Chaplain of the new
Fourth Regiment of Volunteers. will cav
this evening for Sea Girt, where he will
say mass tomorrow to the soldier boys.
He has not as YET rees5ved any order from
the Governor, and hefS not sure whether
he will remain at Sea Girt or not. Father
Mcdowell has completed all arrangements
for his departure. but who his successor
will be has not yet been announced by the
Bishop.
organized bicycle and baseball teams of
the st. Pauls Catholic Club were things
of the past. as nothing has been done to
equip either team with uniforms. The
ball team nave played no games as yet
and neither has the bicycle section map
ped out a schedule of ans
The members of the club are sorry
their rector is going away, as HI was
very popular with them.
st. Bridget's.
The societies connected with st.
Bridgetts Church are anxiously awaiting
the inaugural picIsie of the Young Mems
Lyceum. which is to be held in Greenville
Schuetzen Park. or Wednesday afternoon
and evening, July e Athletic games have
been arranged, which will consist of 100
yards dash. potatoe race. egg race, shoe
race. hop. step and jump and broad race.
The games will at 80 p. NJ,
when ST. Aloysius Society. which has a
membership of one hundred and twenty
boys. will visit the park and go through
the above programmes they will be fol-
lowed By the games for the altar boys.
The games for the Crusaders Society,
which Is composed of one hundred work
ing bows of The parish. will m at
CSC P. NJ. The field sports will close with
a greasy pig race. which will be open to
all. The one catching the pig will keep
it as his prize. A large entry list is ex-
pected from each of the societies. as the
handsome prizes are well worth trying
for. The prizes will be silver medals,
handsome pocket knives, watch chains
and many other useful articles.
The regular semi-monthly meeting of
the Lyeeum vii lbe held Tuesday even
ing, in the club rooms, on Montgomery
street.
The base ball team of the Lyeeum will
Journey to Greenville tomorrow. for the
purpose of playing off the game postponed
from July 4, with st. Paul team.