The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-17

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The sale of tickets for the annual picnic
Of the Young Mems Lyceum, which viii
take place at Greenville Schuetzen Park
on the afternoon and evening of July ~
aresselling very rapidly.
The regular meeting Of the Young
Mems Lyceum will be held Tuesday even
ing at $3.50 o'clock In the club rooms on
York street.
St. Lucy's.
A class of $50 candidates viii be con
firmed at st. Lucy's on Monday, June 26,
by Bishop Wigger.
The closing exercises of st. Lucy's par
ochial school will take place on June Y,
in st. Lucy's Hall. The Rev. Father
Shehan. formerly of ST. Patrick's, this
city. but now of the Church Of the Sac
red Heart, Newark, will address the
graduates. On June rs and 29 school work
of pupils will be exhibited in st. Lucy's
Hall. including the specimens of the work
of the kindergarten pupils infthe evening
of the 18th and 18th.
Great preparations are being made to
make the excursion on July 20 a magnili-
cent success. Thomas keenan, Is
chairman of the committee in charge OF
the arrangements. The steamer Laura
M. Starin and the barges Nelson and
Sumner have ben chartered for the oc-
casion.
st. Nicholas.
The parochial school children of 81.
Nicholas parish will hold their annual pie
mic at Frech's Oriental Park on June &c.
The children will parade several of the
principal ~thoroughfares before reaching
the park.
st. Paui's Of the Cross.
TIL closing exercises of the the pupils
of the parochial school of st. Paul of
the Cross Church will take place on June
q and %. In addition to the exercises,
the pretty operetta, Dream of Fairy
land" win be sung by the children at
Central Hall. A splendid programme of
music and recitations has also been pre-
pared.
AL Saints.
The receipts of the two nights straw
berry festival concluded Friday evening,
were up to the expectations of the Rev
Joseph Meehan, the pastor. The funds
will go to the church fund.
St. Patriok's.
IN Vi 1tlCllOlS vi llC 1lAAOi
Club will meet but once a month during
the summer months instead of weekly,
as heretofore.
st. Alcysius'.
The Rev. Father John A. Sullivan is
now comfortably settled in his new home,
the rectory, which adjoins the parish
hall on West Side avenue.
st. Joseph's.
The annual garden party of st. Joseph's
Church will be held next Thursday even
ing on the grounds surrounding the
Lyceum Clubhouse on High street.
From Everywhere
The Romans have a popular tradition
which, curiously enough, says a Rome
| correspondent of the London Leader" is
| often confirmed by facts, that when a
member of the Sacred College dies two
| of his colleagues quickly follow him
AT a few days distance two cardinals,
| Bausa, Archbishop of Florence. and Kre-
mentz, Archbishop of Cologne. have de-
parted this life. and now the good Romans
| are quite in a fiutter of expectation. spec
| ulating with cheerful resignation as to
| which corporate will be the third.
Apopos of the death of cardinals. II
is a curious fact that the most likely can
didates to the tiara, such as the late Mon
AGO la Valletta, Galimberti, Di Rende,
Sanfelice, appear to nave been specially
singled out by death during the pontifi-
! cate of Leo XIII, nc fewer than 124 car
dinals having died during the tWenty-one
| years of his reign.
Indeed, only four of the cardinals Great
| ed by Plus TX survive. and should they
precede the aged Pontiff into the tomb.
Leo XIII will be able to say to his car
dlnals. as Urban VIII did: Mon vos
elegistis me. sed ego elegi vos." ct is not
| you Who chose me. but 1 Who chose you.)
There are now sixteen vacancies in the
Sacred College.
Besides the pilgrimage to Rome next
year, there is to be presented to the
world a census of Roman Catholic
| strength. Figures for this vast showing
are now being collected, and the work in
| the United States is well advanced. The
/ purpose is to show, in number of COM
| municants, in wealth aceumulations, and
| in institutional activity the strength OF
Roman Catholicism throughout the
world. This showing, made in 1900, will
/ stand as a barometer for future compar-
isons, and that is one of the purposes OF
presenting it. South American prelates
| are now in Rome because summoned
| there, but apart from them comparativeiy
| few Catholics will go there this year
| Preparations are already we'll under way
in this country, however, both among
| priests and laity, to go to Rome nexl
year. The steamship companies report
bookings already, and cooperative socie-
ties for the accumulation of passage
money are forming. The rates are to bt
very low, but word comes that Rome
or spectators already flocking there, vii
offer attractions for the expenditure Of
money such as no city ever offered be
fore. h jubilee begins next Christmas
Day.
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