Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-19
DEDICATION CEREMONIES
INTERESTING SERVICE ATTENDED
By OVER A THOUSAND PERSONS.
st. Mary's Catholic Church mt Barnes.
VILE Set Apart rs House
of Worship.


| Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
| BOYD'S. Md, August IS, 1901.
One OF the largest audiences that ever
attended a church dedication in this Sec
ton was that which assembled at st.
Mary's Catholic Church at GAINESVILLE at
| IL o'clock this morning. Over thousand
persons were present. many Of them from
distance. Washington, Baltimore and the
county of Montgomery being well repre-
sented- Among the priests who attended
were Bishop A. A. Curtis of Baltimore,
Rev. T. d. Williams of Baltimore. Rev.
P. c. Gavin of Washington, Rev. Charles
Gaffney Of Frederick. Md; Rev. John M.
| Berry Of Baltimore and Rev. NJ. ]. Riordan
| of st. Charles Church, Pikesville, Md. a
| former pastor of this mission. Bishop Cur
| tbs officiated at the ceremony of the dedi-
| cation: Rev. Riordan sang the high mass;
Rev. Williams acted as deacon at the mass;
Rev. Philip MCGUIRE of Washington as SUBJ
deacon; Revs. Barry and G.. H. Mcdonnell,
| deacons Of honor, and VIM. A. Shreve OF
| ST. Patrick's, Washington, master of cere-
| monies.
The choir, under the direction of Mr..
| John Lehan Brosius, rendered La Hasche' 8
Mass well. The soloists were Misses
and j. T. Brosius; members Of the chorus,
| Misses Eula and Nora Shreve, Ms. Du-
vail, Alonnie. Marguerite and Eleanor
| Brosius, B. Wood, G.. Hoyle, c.. Morviatt,
| Mr.. ]. T. Brosius, c. A. Shreve, j. b.
| Shreve and L. ]. Jones.
| At II o'clock the ceremonies began with
| the sprinkling of holy water by Bishop
| Curtis, the procession passing around the
church and back to the entrance, and then
| within the edifice, where the four walls
| and the altar received the baptism. After
this came the dedication sermon by Bishop
| Curtis, who spoke eLOquently and held the
attention of the concourse Bishop Curtis
| in the course of his sermon said: Every
| created thing belongs to God, and we, the
most perfect of his creatures, have by our
| patience and skill through our affection for
our heavenly Father, taken great variety
of earthly raw material, and have nodded
il into this form of house OF God. me
action of the church today, by it's sprln-
king of holy water and the fumes OF the
incense, have purified it by separating it
from all other earthly materials, whereby
we devote it and dedicate it to the special
service Of Almighty God. The name OF TINS
beautiful edifice has been taken from that
of d woman whose name was the most re-
nowned of all, the Mother of Christ"
Following the eloquent words OF the
bishop was the solemn high mass, ana
succeeding the services at the church the
bishop and clergy were entertained at the
rectory, and the visitors were entertained
by the ladies of the congregation. This
mission is noted for the prominent priests
who have presided over it since the organi-
| cation of the first congregation in the year
1880. Among them were Archbishop Chap
pelle, who was assigned last year to work
in the Philippines; Father Foley, afterward
| bishop of Detroit, and Father O'Sullivan,
afterward bishop OF Mobile, Ala
Description of the Edifice.
The new ST. Mary's Church at GAINESVILLE
has been in course of construction since
August of last year. The estimated cost
oil the structure is SS,5OO. 1t is situated in
a beautiful little grove of locust trees,
right in the center OF the quaint old town
of Barnesvlle four miles west Of Boyd's.
The edifice is erected nearly on the spot Of
the old st. Mary's Church which was de-
stroyed by fire in July. 1900. and which was
built nearly century ago. In speaking
of the matter, Mr. John William Brown,
an aged citizen of GAINESVILLE, said, when
he was a little Child ST. Mary's Church
was then old structure of frame mate
RIAL and about thirty feet wide by forty
five feet in length. About fifty years ago,
he said. an annex was built and this
quaint old landmark stood until July a.
1900, when it was accidentally set afire and
destroyed. The new edifice is built entirely
OF brick and is thrty-eieht feet in width
and sxty-eight feet in length, outside the
tower, which is twelve feet square, and
rises to a height Ct seventy-seven feet to
the bottom of beautiful cross. The cross
is six feet and two inches in height.
At the western corner Of the church is
the sacristy, which measures sixteen by
fourteen feet, and at the doorway at the
southern Or eastern side of the church is a
large basement, where will be installed in
the near future furnace and Steamboat
ing apparatus. To the side Of the vestibule
which one must pass through to gain adj
| mittance to the church. is door which
leads to the gallery. The gallery covers
at least one-fourth of the upper part Of
the church. The inner part of the edifice
Sol frs-~ ;r,.~c bot, -
press wood Of the i'est quality. The pews
built Of oak number about forty, with
seating capacity of at least three hundred
and fifty. The altar is constructed of
white enameled wood and consists of three
towers, which have suspended columns all
richly decorated. The church throughout
is very handsomely furnished, the carpets
being of a fine grade of green Brussels.
The railing in front of the altar is of oak
and walnut. the scroll work being of oak
and the top railing of walnut. This was
donated to the church by st. Patricks
Church of Washington, D. c.
The Memorial Windows.
The windows are all memorial and num-
Der five to each side and three in the steeple
or tower. In the front tower, in a con-
spicuous place, is one given by P. H. Glenn
er,ts. in memory IF his wife; another, given
by James Ganley, another by Zach NJ.
Knott. one by Mrs. c. E. kingsbury, an
Othef III memory Oh MFS. SaFan EllZaOoth
Jones, one in memory Of Rev. Thos d.
Leonard. former pastor of the church,
who recently died; another in memory Of
Rev. Jos. s. Birch, also former pastor of
the church, who died a number Of years
ago; one is gift Of the sewing society, In
honor Of the present pastor. Rev. Gilbert
Fl. Mcdonald; another by William Reid
and two others in memory of Aloysius
and Sarah Reid and Lloyd and Ann Jones'
Two handsome statues, placed to the
right and left Of The altar N fUo oil
built back into the wall, were presented
by Rev. NJ. j. Riordan, former pastor
of the church, and now pastor Of the ST.
Joseph's Church at Pikesville near Balti-
more.
The architect Of the edifice is Henry L.
Simpson of Washington William T. Hill
ton & Sons Of GAINESVILLE were the con-
tractors and builders. The church is sur
rounded by two acres Of land, and back OF
the church Is the cemetery. where rest the
bodies of many who died over century
ago. The membership of this church num-
bers 300. The cost of the structure was
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