The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-29

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him into the highways and byways Of the
| parish.
Word reached this city yesterday that
the Rev. Edward Kelly, now of Ridge
| wood, and formerly Of st. Johns, was
| seriously iii. His many friends tn St.
Johns would be pleased to hear of his
| speedy recovery and hope that he be long
spared to the ministry.
Rehearsals are still in progress for
| sHickory Farm, which is to be present.
ed next month in the school hall. The
managers of the affair are very enthusiast
tic and if hard work count for any thing
they deserve success.
Old residents in the parish will be
grieved to learn of the death of the Rev.
John T. McCrarn, who ave up his charge
last Tuesday, and they deeply sympathize
| with his bereaved father. FatherMcCrarn
was well known among the boys who
grew up in the seventies and early
eighties and was a particular favorite Of
| Father Ter Woert. The deceased was, at
the time of his death, pastor of a church
in Western Pennsylvania. His remain
| were brought on and are now at the resi-
dence of his father, No. At Giles avenue.
The funeral will take place on Monday
morning, at nine o'clock and a solemn
requiem mass will be suns in st. Johns
| Church., where he officiated himself only
a short time ago.
st. Lucy's.
The play .Kittie the Heiress," a "sight
| seeing on the Emerald Is~leetaoinnu III
seeing on the Emerald Isle" which ran at
st. Lucy's Hall, for several evenings dur
H. = -anf ~ Tho urnnk nrnuQd
a success.
Arrangements are going forward for
the annual progressive euchre and recep-
ton under the auspices of the Children
of Mary of st. Lucy's Church, to be
held in st. Lucy's Hall, on the evening
of May 29. Splendid prizes will be con-
tested for.
The Rev.. Father Boylan, of st. Lucy's,
who has been appointed chairman for
Hudson County to arrange for the SER
vices in connection with the laying of the
corner stone of the Cathedral in Newark,
on June II, is a very busy those days in
his efforts to secure the enthusiastic CO.
operation of the various Catholic male
societies in Hudson County. The Hudson
County Board of the A. Q. H, whic-. was
recently extended an Invitation to attend
the ceremonies was cordially accepted.
The remodeling and refurnishing of the
ST. Luey's Catholic House, is about COM
pleted and the recently organized Father
Boylan Council of the Ladies Catholic
Benevolent Association held a meeting
therein last night.
st. MichneI's.
The ST. Michael's Players, whose reptt-
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successful presentation of a number Of
famous melo-dramas, will present The
high class four-act comedy. Faithful ana
True" at ST. Michaeis Hall, Erie dld
Tenth street, on Monday, Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday evening, May Is, IL,
IT and Is.
St. Patrick's.
The Entertainment Committee of st.
Patrick's Catholic Club, is arranging for
the clubhouse on Wednesday evening
next
St. AIoysius.
On May 8, the Children of Mary Society
will hold a euchre and dance IN St
Alloys us parish hall. The proceeds are TO
so to the reetory fund. Dozens of hand
some prizes rave been donated by some OF
the city officials.
From Everywhere.
Moroni. an Italian authority on eeclesi-
astical ceremonies, has the following to
say concerning the part played by the
silver hammer upon the death of the
Pope:-"As soon as the Supreme Pontift
5;a- +ba Car1ina1 Camar1enp0 Of the
Holy Roman Church, proceeds to the
Apostolic Palace, and is introduced in the
chamber of the dead Pope, who is still
lying on his deathbed, a white veil cover
ing his face. After a brief grafton the
assistant o~reIates remove the veil from
the Pontiff's face, and the Camerlengo.
approaching the bed, taps him thrice on
the forehead with a silver mallet, ana as
many times calls the dead Pope by name
in a loud voice, after a pause turning to
the assistant prelates and exclaimlnS:-
He is, indeed, dead The Monsignore
Maestro di Camera then hands over to
the Camerlengo the Pope's Annulus
Piscatorius (Fisherman's ring), and a
notary, kneeling, reads the document OF
the recognition of the body and of the
delivery of the ring"
The official year book of the Vatican,
which has just appeared, contains many
interesting statistics From it we learn
that there are today ffty-six Cardinals,
of whom five were appointed by Plus
TX. and fifty-one by Leo XIII. In the
College of Cardinals there are fourteen
vacancies. During the twenty-one years
OF Pope Leo's pontifieate 14 Cardinals
have already died. During the rule of
the same Pontff the ecclesiastical HER
archy has been notably increased. Two
new patriarchal sees I'VE been estab-
lished, seventeen Bishops nave been made
Archbishops, 100 new Bishops, two Apos-
tolic Delegates and f~orty-nine Apostolic
Wears have been appointed, and thirty
new procedures have been established.
There are now altogether in the world
1928 ecclesiastical dignitaries of whom
ffty-six>are Cardinals, ten Patriarchs, $50
Archbishops and Bishops, 1858 titular Arch
bishops and Bishops, five Archbishops and
Bishops who have given up their titles,
eleven p~relates of the Episcopal order, and
eight Abbots and pre1ates with Episco-
pal jurisdiction.
The majority of the high dignitaries in
this list are Italians. Among the Cardi-
nails there are thirty Italians and twenty
six foreigners. Among the Patriarchs,