The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-25

ST. MICHAEL'S Loss.
Crowds at the Funeral Ser.
vices Over the Body of
Mgr. De Concilio
Today.
DISTINGUISHED PRIESTS PRESENT
Rev. Father Mackel Eulogizes the
Dead Prelate Scenes Inside
and Outside of the Church.
DISTINGUISHED PRIESTS PRESENT

The funeral of Mgr Januarius De Con-
clio, D. D., the late rector of St. Michaels $
parish, took place this morning. The like
of the scene inside and outside the church
has never before been seen in this parish.
The body has been in the church since
yesterday afternoon at three o'clock and
thousands of Catholics and not few
Protestants passed through the church TO
take last look at the familiar form ana
features of the distinguished prelate VINO
had been the rector of St. Michaels for
over thirty years
Long before the time set for the cele-
bration of the solemn requiem mass this
morning the church was thronged and
crowds stood in the streets unable to gain
admission to the church. They pressed
closed gates, and overfiowed into Hamll-
ton Park Outside a uniformed Italian
religious society, which arrived late, was
deployed along the rails of the steps lead
ing to the central entrance, and their
uniforms added to the picturesqueness of
the scene. The police arrangements were
perfect.
Inside and in front of the altar rail was
gaxhered the largest and most distin-
guished body of Catholic clergy that ever
whom was Archbishop Corrigan of New
York, with number of priests from his
own diocese, of both the religious and
secular clergy The Right Rev Sp Bishop
nor, and ex-Chancellor Wallace of this
diocese; Mons. Robert Seton, D.D, Were
diSO present anu paTllClpdttQ III tuC
ceremonies. There were over 100 clergy
men in all. They came from Philadel-
phia. Trenton and other cities.
The body was in cloth-covered casket.
heavily draped in silk and was dressed
in the robes and insignia of the office of
Monsignor, insignia of his office as a
Knight of the Sepulchre, and that Of 9TH
er offices which the Monsignor held
The mass was celebrated by the Rev.
Father Ter Woert, the Rev. Father Nee
han officiating as deacon and the Rev.
Father Boylan as sub-deacon. Rev. Fa-
ther Kelly OF St. Michael's was master
of ceremonies.
Gaudioso's Requiem Mass was sung.
The other music of the choir was as fol-
lows
Before the mass, I'm Memoriam," or
gansts tribute; In +h xe Domine
''Pie Jesu, trio for two sopranos and
contralto, Schubert: at the Elevation,
"Benedictus.'' eontralto solo, without ac
compartment, Lambrini; after the mass,
Rest, Dear One, Rest in the Lord
soprano solo with chorus; Liberia" for
mems voices, zeininger, and Solemn
Marcfe Funebre. G. A. Utsinger was or
ganist and choir master, and I. de Grand
Val, director of the music. The soleists
were.-Mrs. B. Clary, Miss NJ Bearman,
w. 7. Willin and V. Clessey.
The sermon was preached by the Rev.
Charles Mackel of Seton Hall College,
whose eloquent tribute to the dead Mon
signor was listened to with profound in
terest. Among other things, he said:-
I'm my opinion no priest in this diocese
was so distinguished for learning and
ability and scarcely any priest has ever
received from faithful and loving peo-
pie more sincere and heartfelt affection
than has been rendered to him during the
thirty years of his ministry in the parish.
No one can deny that he was man of
far more than average talents, and in
his own country near to the centre of
Catholicity, brilliant career would GER
tainly have been opened before him had
he remained among his friends and his
kinsfolk. But of his own free will when
he was about to be ordained. he chose
the career of a missionary and went to the
college of Brignole Sale in Genoa, pre-
pared to be sent at the will of his SUI
periors to any foreign land where his ser
vices might be needed. He might have
been assigned to Christian Japan, India,
or Africa, and he was prepared to go at
of God he was destined to come to
America
After the services at the church the
body was taken to the new Catholic GEM
etery where it will rest temporarily in
a receiving vault. 1t was followed to the
cemetery by all the church sodalities and
some of the societies.
The pallbearers were:-Robert Davis
M. j. O'Donnell, NJ F. Kelleher, Dennis
Mclaughlin, Patrick McConville, Police
Captain John F. Kelly Police POI Sergeant
Carroll and Police Commissioner John P.
Feeney.
Honorary pallbearers-M. P. Moran, H.
F. Jones, NJ. j. Kenney, Bernard O. Rourke,
Patrick Connolly, NJ. T. Connolly, Will
lam F. Quinn, BARLEY Corliss, John J.
oaspS Heayy lss1 Robsat saes
Joseph Hardman. Dennis Gallagher, John
Holland, William F. Mahon, Thomas L.
Carey, Thomas Mcnamara.
The committee appointed at Wednesday
nights meeting of the male societies of !
st. Michaels parish to draft resolutions
expressing the grief of the parish over the
last evening reported the following which
wer adopted:-
wisdom our omniscient Creator has sum-
moned to his eternal reward our vener-
able and dearly beloved pastor, the Rt.
Rev. Monsignor Januarius de Concilio,
and has thereby bereft the people of
St. Michael's parish of their faithful
shepherd whose devoted labors and life
of self-saerifice had won their warmest
affection and undying gratitude; and
Whereas, While bowling in humble sub
mission to the Omnipotent decree that
has plunged our hearts into the deepest
sorrow at the loss of our reverend pas
tor who was also the 'kindest and most
considerate of friends our loving and
in recalling his distinguished attachments
and the grandeur of his works, which
have built lasting monuments to his
fame.
For thirty-one years he has administer
ed. with exemplary zeal and fidelity the
affairs of st. Michaefs parish, the re-
tributable to his wisdom and energy.
Previous to the founding of st. Michaels
pdflSh ne spent several years at Seton
Hall College, where he occupied with
distinguished honors, the chair of moral
and dogmatic theology Being transfer
red thence to missionary labors at ST. |
Marys Church, in this city under the
Rev. L. D. Senez. he was shortly
entrusted with the founding and charge
of St. MichaeFs parish, where he has |
1abored to the end Of his edifying ca
reer.
Upon assuming charge of this newly |
created parish, he found only an old brick |
building, which was formerly st. Mary's |
Church, and which he utilized for both |
church and school purposes; but antici- |
patifig the unexampled growth of the par |
ish he undertook shortly the erection of |
our present magnificent church. which |
stands as tribute to the honor and glory |
Of God, and a memorial to the noble aspir-
ations of our beloved pastor.
The rebuilding of the school house, |
which was his next work, was followed /
by the erection of a rectory on Erie street !
while an adjoining house became a home |
for the good Sisters who administered to |
our schools; and in a brief period there
after ST. Francis Hospital owed its in /
ceptioa to his genius and indomitable en-
ergy.
thrown, upon the mercy of the world was
his next undertaking, and the beautiful |
asylum; that bears the name of st. Mi |
a