The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-25
AMONG THE CHURCHES.

the Rev. Father Brady.
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
St. Peters.
Michael Joseph Cashin. Joseph Francis
FITZPATRICK, Thomas Francis Griffin, Pat
rick Joseph Hamill, Richard Joseph Lau-
terbach, Nicholas AIoysius Marneil. Fran
els Harvey McCauley, Edward Joseph
McClary, James Alexander Nugent, JOS
eph Aloysius O'Brienn, William Francis
Russell, James Joseph Smith, Arthur
| Joseph Wiele, members of the class of
'9S, Of st. Peters College, have been at a
retreat in the college chapel since last
Thursday evening They will come, out To-
morrow. The retreat is being given to
the young men by the Rev. Father Nc
Donald.
The children of st. Peters parochial
school, will hold their commencement ex-
~ercises on Monday evening, at the College
| Hall. The Sisters of the school have been
| working very hard for the past few Weeks
for the success of the entertainment, and
an elaborate programme will be rendered.
The Young Men and Ladies Sodallty
will meet next Tuesday evening in the
| upper part of the church, where a mum
Der of new members will be received.
The icket for the annual excursion OF
| ST. Peters Sodallty Lyceum are selling
| very rapidly, and the Rev. Father Haflln.
| who is President of the LyeeuIn IS work
ing lige q beaver to make the affalf q
| grand success. as the receipts will be
| devoted to paying off the hall and new
| school debt. The excursion VIII take
place on Wednesday, July q. and the san
| will be up the picturesque Hudson Fs1yer-
KeHaher's Fourth Regiment Band has
| been Engaged for the occasion, and there
will also be a piper and fiddler aboard. :,
The work on the new hall ana senool
has been progressing very slowly, and It
is very doubtful If the buildings VIII De
finished by September.
During the past week there has not been
ings, ana Alexander Hamill, the contrae-
tor, is blamed for the delay.
st. Lucy's.
A very interesting article from the pen
of the Rev, James = Brown, asslstan1
June number of ssO'Donahoe's Magazine,
4 published in Boston, and of which Henry
Austin Adams. NJ A., IS edltor. = sri Is
article, which is entitled Modern Science
| and the Hexahemeron as Interpreted by
the Fathers" has attracted much favor
| able attention and has been more or less
widely noted and commented upon by the
press of several cities.
The commercial exercises of the paroch-
ial school children win take place next
Tuesday and Wednesday vening., Re,
h~earsals for the operetta by the girls and
a patriotic play by, the Boys nave been
\ going on for some time and both promise
/ to make the exercises very entertaining
and enjoyable. The graduating class will
4 hold its exercises on the Following even
ing, after which the members of the class
will be Joined with those OF class 20 IN a
Tickets for the excursion on July 10 are
selling quite rapidly. The whole HORSE
shoe will go along for good luck.
St. Michael's.
The of the st. Michael's
Holy Name Society did not take PLACE last
Sunday owing to the rain. 1t Will a X
i place tomorrow afternoon
In addition to the repairs that are being
made upon the church edifice, the rectory
is receiving somewhat of an overhauling
at the hands of plasterers and painters
1t needed it.
Thu committee in charge of the excur-
sion to be given under the auspices. of
1 the Holy Name Society are pushing for
ward the arrangements and the indica-
tions are that it will be one OF the most
4 enjoyable trips that has ever. been given
under the auspices. of the society. The
steamer crystal and barges Columbia and
Sands have bee ,enhs chartered rec povd The o SoeE
at 9:15 sharp on August 4. for River View
Grove, up the Hudson.
st. Pau1's Greenville.
The receipts or part Of the receipts Of
which the members of st: Paul's Catholic
Society presented some time ago, will lie
used in purchasing ga a baseball ssea lae e 9 for
l ganized. Andrew Cook, the captain. is
! now ready to receive challenges from any
of the Catholic club teams in the city.
The bicycle club will also be equipped
with a handsome new banner of gold and
white, the Hub colors. The banner will
i ~ carried on all runs taken by the club.
Charles Kelly captains the wheeling di-
III annual parish picnic will be held in
the Greenville Sehuetzen Park on june 20.
4 Committees from the Catholic Club and
Ladies Benevolent Legion will ASSIST.
c. poxrjcE,s
AS yet Bishop Wigger has sent no
+ priest to fill the position left vacant by
/ the Rev. Walter C. Talon, who was
placed in charge of q parish at Newton,
left for his new field of labor last Tues
/ day afternoon.
Now that he is am among them again ;.Ig
are sure that Father Carroll will agree
to their holding a picnic in the park op-
posite the church on July 4. The mem
ton of the new clubhouse and parish
school,, which Father Carroll intends to
build very shortly.
St. Paul of the Cross.
h pupils of the parochial school OF
4 st. Paul of the Cross parish will hold an
entertainment in connection. with the
closing exercises at Prasserss Hall on
Thursday evening next, when the medals
n prizes won will be distributed. The
pupils will also hold exercises in the
school hall next "Wednesday afternoon.
St. Mary's
The pupils of ST. Mays Catholic In
i stitute will hold their closing exercises on
next Thursday evening". TIL exercises
will be held in the Catholic: institute Hall
on Third Street, and Brother Frederick,
who has charge of she programme, said
the entertainment this year would surpass
Il all previous ones.
st. Bridoet's.
The closing exercises of ST. Bridgets
/ paroehia1 school viii lbe held next Thurs
/ day evening, in st. Bridget's School Hall,
i on Mercer stSeet.
The membess Of the Lyceum are now
4 interesting themselves III ~handball
| tournament that has been going on for