The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-22
ST. MARY'S
RECTOR.
Father Ter Woert of st.
Johns Appointed by
Bishop Wigger.
PRIESTS EXAMINED YESTERDAY
All Passed High but the
Successful Priest Carried
the Honors.
PRIESTS EXAMINED YESTERDAY

Father j. B. Ter Woert of this city is
to fill the pastorate of st. Mary's K. Z.
Church left vacant by the death of the
Rev. Dean Senez. The appointment was
made yesterday by Bishop Wigger at Sc
ton Hall College.
There has been considerable comment
among Roman Catholics in this city as TO
who would get the appointment until
Sunday rumor had it that Father Carroll
of St. Patricks Church, Bramhall avenue
and Grand street, would fill the vacancy.
On Sunday, however. Father Carroll pub
licly announced that the rumor was with
out foundation, and that he had no inten-
ton of leaving St. Patrick's.
There were four applicants examined by
the Bishop yesterday for st. Marys pull
pit When seen this morning by News
representative the Bishop declined to DIS
close their names, but said they had all
passed with honors, but that Father Ter
Woert was considered the best man for
the vacancy.
This appointment will doubtless please
the Jersey CITY people, as the new pastor
is a Jersey City man. He was ordained
twenty-five years ago by Archbishop Cor
rigan, then Bishop of Newark, in the
Newark Cathedral. For the past sixteen
years he has been connected with ST.
Johns r. C. Church, of this city, and he
has endeared himself to all his people.
Furthermore Jersey City is his birth
place. 1t was here that he spent his boy
hood days and went to school. Afterward
he completed his classical course at st.
Charles College, Maryland, Virginia, and
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1.-THE News published last Saturday a
sketch of Father Ter Woert's life and OF
the work he had accomplished at St
Johns Church on the Boulevard. That
church celebrates today the twenty-hfth
anniversary of Father Ter Woert's ordi-
nation. st. Johns parish will be very
sorry to lose Father Ter Woert.
St. Mary's Church has one of the largest
CONGREGATIONS in this city numbering
nearly 5000 members. The church is the
only one this city besides st. Peters that
is consecrated.
ST. Mary's was built in 1863 by the late
pastor, the Rev. Louise D. Senez, through
whose efforts it became one of the largest
and richest in the diocese.
At the present day the church property
is valued at over 10000.
Father Senez's pastorate of ST. Mary's
Church extended over forty-one years. It
was he who raised the funds to build
the Catholic Institute on Third street, the
Catholic Club, ST. Mary's Orphanage on
Jersey avenue and First street, and the
rectory of ST. Mary's Church, and to him
was largely due the existence of st.
Francis Hospital.
FatherNTer Woert will have jurisdiction
over these institutions as we'll as ST.
Mary's Church.
The appointment of Father Ter Woert
gives him the Presidency of the Catholic
Club by it's constitution, and it is likely
that he will take the office. Since the
foundation of the club the office of Presi-
dent has always been held by the assist
ant pastor.
The first President was Father Kelly.
He was succeeded by Father Mooney.
The appointment of these two to parishes
as pastors elevated Father Brady to the
place of assistant, and he filed the office
of President. 8hey all acted for Father
Senez who was pastor. Father Ter
Woert is personally acquainted with the
great majority of the club men and it is
likely that he will go at the head of the
club.
Rev. Daniel J. Brady who was Father
Senez's faithful assistant, and who has
been in charge of the parish since his
death is being spoken of as rector of the
rev parish which viii be located uptown
in a short space of time.