The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-02-14
THOUSANDS
MOURN.
St. Mary's Church Thronged
With Friends Of Father
Senez.
THE ARCHBISHOP PRESENT
Impressive Ceremonies at the
Funeral Services
Today.

D. Senez at st. Mary'S Catholic Church,
began at ten o'clock this morning. The
building was thronged. Thousands who
wished to attend were turned away. 1t
was found necessary at an early hour to
close the doors of the entrances. Nearly
one hundred priests from many towns IN
New Jersey and from New York and
other peighboring States We're seated in
the sanctuary. White veiled Children of
Mary, dark veiled franciscan Sisters,
with the Red Cross, were observed In the
audience that occupied the seats of the
auditorium None the less picturesque
was a block of orphans for whose lives
| and souls Father Senez sacrificed all the
comforts man was ordained to enjoy.
| Former assistants of the dead priest took
| a most active part in the services.
| A solemn pontiical mass of requiem
! was celebrated by the Right Rev. Mon
| signor Robert Seton, assisted by the Rev.
Father B. H. Ter Woert as deacon and
| the Rev Father C. P. Gillen of st. Jo-
| seph's Church, Paterson, as sub-deacon.
| The Rev Daniel J. Brady, assistant rec
| tor of st. Mary's, was master of cere-
| monies.
In the sanctuary was seated Archbishop
Corrigan, who was an altar boy to Father
Senez Vicar General J. O'Connor of the
Newark Diocese; Chancellor George Doane
| OqNein and Fathers G. Corrigan of St.
Agnes', Paterson, a brother of the Arch
| bishop; Morris, Farley, Mccormack, Nc
Daughlin. Smith, Schnaeder, Mclaughlin.
of Union Hill; o. W. Clark of Orange
Valley; Behr, of Seton Hall; Keyes. of St.
Bridget's Boylan and Brown of st.
oolJ Cr,,af h
of Newark; Stephens and Fitzpatrick, of
Hoboken; Reid, of st. Paul of the Cross;
Richard, of st. Patrick's Cathedral. New
ark; Mcdowell. of ST. Paul's, Greenville;
| Moran, of the Catholic Boys Urotectory
at Arlington; McEnery, the Rev.R. Burt,
who thirty-two years ago was assistant
! to Father Senez, and man yohers present
| whose names it was impossible to learn
| in the great crush
| Cherubinfs requiem mass in c minor
! was sung. Miss E. L. Bradley sang so
| prano solo. Miss Anna De Wolfe's splen-
did alto assisted the quartette which sang
| the mass. Mr.. Charles Gallagher, basso,
sang 'sPio Peccatis,'' from Rossini' S
"Stabet Mater and Mr.. Charles Smith.
tenor, sang My God and My Father" at
| the conclusion of the service. Archbishop
| Corrigan pronounced the final absoiution
| in a very impressive manner.
! A sermon was delivered by the Rev.
Father p Cody, of ST. James Church,
| Newark He reviewed the life of Father
Senez He emphasized the fact that
Father Senez's career as priest of Christ
was that of a missionary. His career as
such a priest began at Madison At that
| time there was NO Catholic Church be-
tween Newark and Philadelphia, except
the one he established. His church WAS
chiefly supported by French emigrants,
the most prominent families of whom
were the Baisaubin and Beaupland. With
Dover as a centre, the priest erected
Catholic Church buildings at Dover Boon
ton and Morristown. After being trans
ferred to Newark in 1S49 he built st. Pat
rick,s Pro-Cathedral and a school, Four
wears later he was sent to Paterson, where
he built a school, and followed up this
achievement by the erection of church
and school at Lodi.
"He went to Cincinnati, Ohio" said the
ELOQUENT eulogist, where he organized
the ST. Francis de Sales parish and erect
ed a handsome church. year later ne
came to Jersey City and began work
which speaks for itself"
The speaker here referred to the various
churches, schools, hospitals and orphan
ages which the priest had reared, fact
familiar to all residents. HE was man
of wonderful activity and pronounced
executive ability Father Cody said He
also possessed wiry constitution and
NOUS nature. He was always interested
in the spiritual and temporal Weifare OF
orphans. His influence over all people ne
met was wonderful, Notwithstanding the
fact that he was of a retiring disposi-
tion. He cared nothing for notoriety.
When he celebrated his golden jubilee ne
gave me special instructions to say moth
ing about him"
The speaker declared that Father Senez
was a charitable man in every sense or
the word. He called attention to the tact
that in addition to the numerous char1t-
ajble institutions the Arlington Catholic
Bows Protectory had profited by Father
Senez timely help. He said Father Senez
onl cared for money so long as 1t could
| be used to help ohers. He believed in the
success of his church and it's institutions.
| The speaker also told of the priest 5
yeneration for his mother, whom he visit
! ed France every four years until fifteen
wears ago when his mother died.
| The body was taken to the Holy Name
| Cemetery, where it was buried in the
|