The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-05-06
AMONG THE CHURCHES.
St. Johns.


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st. Johns.
The Rev. Father Ter Woert is still con-
fined to his room as a result of his re-
cent accident.
Father Donnelly is kept pretty busy on
the visitation. He is CARRYING ont the
programme originally laid out by Father
Ter Woert.
Father Mccrarn's funeral. last Monday
morning, was very largely attended by
the members of the parish. every seat
In the church being occupied.
Hickory Farm" is going to prove a
bonanza by the looks of things. The
talent is not sparing anything to win
the applause of the AUDIENCE.
Tn music at the half past ten o'clock
mass last Sunday morning was of a very
high order and won praise from the MEM
oers OF the congregation, who were fortu-
nafe enough TO be present. The singing
at this mass has been improving steadily
put last Sunday it was beautiful, more
particularly as no special effort had been
mace nor were there any special SER
vices to account for the feast of music.
When the electric motor is attached to
the organ Mr.. Utsinger, the organist. is
aotOiiAc Ills HGdIGT8. as ne VIII
lhen be able. to combine a very high
grade of instrumental and vocal musicA
MANY contemplated improvements
around the cnurch have been temnorariJv
abandoned owing to the Inability Of ia.
iner Ter Woert to attend to the details
incidental to such work. When he il
a ~ 70 get around again the work will
ps pushed with the vigor for which the
pastor OF st Johns is so well noted.
Inc nrst communion classes have but
. n1dt weeks more to go in which to COM
tttCIe IHRIf WnRk
me play, to be given by the members
OF 81: johns Catholic Club, viii be pre-
scented on the evenings of May Is, 16 n
The May Devotions are held every even
ing and especially Wednesday and Fri
gay evenings; There are also special de-
O'Clock mass.
,o dhe children Of the parish are already
looking forward to the ending of the
school year and guessing as to who will
have the honor of carrying off the many
pPl a which are offered at the close Of
st. Bridget's.
The Entertainment COMMITTEES is max
ing arrangements for a stag and smoker.
The date will be known by next Monday
evening. The following gentlemen will
have charge:-M.. T. Maloney. chairman;
John McTiernan, Ambrose Mohr and Pat.
rick Flanagan.
The annual picnic of the Lyceum will
take place at Greenville Schuetzen Park
on Thursday. July 10.
There will be a trolley ride given by the
Lyceum this summer The date will be
selected at the next meeting of the
Lyceum.
Tomorrow afternoon, at the Mercer
street grounds, the Lyceum baseball team
will play the strong team of the May
flowers. The batting order of the Lyeeum
Club will be:-P. Dunno, second base; NJ.
Corcoran. pitcher; P. Burns. left field; P.
Brennan, catcher; T. Kenny, third base;
I, Cannon. short stop; NJ. McTiernan,
right field; ]. Murphy, centre field, and
John McTiernan, first base.
President of the Board of Education
John Mulvaney has been receiving the
congratulations of the members of the
Lyeeum, Of which he is a member upon
being selected president of the Education
Board
The three new cues which were won in
a recent pool tournament by John Tracy,
Eugene Sheehan and Edward Lane, nave
peen received at the clubhouse and pre-
Sented to the winners.
A friend of the Lyceum presented the
club last evening with six hardwood bats
for the baseball team.
st. ESichaei's.
The mission for the male members Of
st. Michaels parish, which has been in
progress since Sunday last, will close to-
morrow evening, when it is expected that
every male member of the parish will
be present, The mission is being con-
Quoted by Redemptorist Fathers Lynch
and Cannon of the province of Saratoga.
Two services nave been conducted each
morning, one at five o'clock and the
atbar n T,9n Ca,.v;oae a,a a1.o Lof5 aoah
evening at 7:3O. All the services have
been very largely attended. The even
ing services have been crowded.
Bishop Wiggger win confirm a class of
day, May "a. The children will make
their First Communion at the 8 O'Clock
mass. =
The work of repainting and decorating
soon be begun.
Fathers Sheppard and Kelly are en-
gagged at present in taking a census Of
the parish. Their labors will be COM
pleted in about six. weeks.
st. Lucy's.
The Rev. Father Boylan, of st. Lucy's
Church, has just completed the task of
taking a census of the new acquisition
to his parish. This new acquisition In
composed of the blocks between Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth streets, from the
hill to the river, and was until recently
a part of ST. Michaels parish. Father
Boylan's census shows that there are 227
Catholic families in the strip above de-
scribed. This number of families embrace
over one thousand communicates.
On Sunday, May 4, the third anniversary
of the dedication of st. Lucy's Church,
will be observed with appropriate cere-
monies. The arrangements for the cele-
bration lave not yet been completed.
A number of very handsome prizes have
already been selected for the progressive
euchre and reception to be held in st.
Lucy's Hall on the eve OF Decoration
Day, May 20, under the. auspices of the
Sodality and the Children of Mary. The
euchre will be followed by a reception
n the indications are that the affair will
be one of unusual interest and enjoyment.
St. Peters.
The usual May services will be held
each evening in the upper part of st.
Peters Church. consisting of the Rosary,
sermon and Benediction.
The students of the college are prepar-
ing to hold a public debate in St. Peters
new hall on York street. They also IN
tend to have an evolutionary contest the
latter part of next month.
The children of the school are deligent-
ly rshearsing for the operetta, ESTHER"
which they will produce in a short while.
The children will make their first COM
,,1,pfop on ThurSdaV Nav IL. and thew