Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-12

Father Crowley's Convent School WIN
Be Dedicated Labor Day.


Be Dedicated Labor Day.
The convent and the parochial school.
recent acquisitions to the church or Sc
Thomas, win be dedicated to that saint
on the workingman's holiday, Labor
day, September l.. In this the pastor,
the Rev Father Crowley sees the re-
suit Of four years of very hard work
and the parishioners the realization az
a wish that has been expressed and
repeated time and time again during
the past ten or fifteen years. Both
buildings are a credit to the parish and
will undoubtedly be objects OF much
pride to the parishioners. Property
owners particularly will be greatly ben
Gifted by them to an extent they can
hardly now appreciate and far greater
than they have already been. Proper
ty has greatly increased In value,
streets have been opened, houses have
been built and in n general way
great and visible Improvement that has
been greatly desired by the people for
the past thirty years has taken place,
all due to the building and the influ-
ence Of the church OF st Thomas.
And as climax to this great change
and permanent Improvement In the To-
cality the parochia1 school and the con-
vent. already completed, will be dedi-
| Gated in few weeks Preparations
for that event have been already be-
gun. To-day large volunteer force or
the ladies of the parish started clean
I ing the interior of the convent. arrang-
| ing the culinary and other departments
or the women In the house. Modern
\ skill and ingenuity have played a con-
spicuous part in the arrangament or
the building and In consequence II "a
the most cheerful looking structure In
the whole city. A view Is TO be had
from the top story that cannot be ex-
celled. The entire south, east and
west sections OF the city are to be geen.
The spectator at the top story windows
looking south Is precisely on a level
with the spire Of the church or the I'M
mnculate Conception. Tho building IA
three stories. Tho basement il de-
voted to the kitchen and such Offices
1 rs usually occupy the ground floor.
The first floor Is given up to the chapel,
music room, parlor, work room, recep~
ton room. The second floor il con-
structed to suit the individual or inner
| life OF the sisters. while on the third
! are the sleeping departments Al IL ia
the latest building of Its kind built I'm
the state, 1t Is consequently the best.
Inc latest devices and arrangements
Tor making housekeeping easy, health
/ ful and cheerful are all there.
The little chapel Is the most attrac-
tive part in the structure. Its furnf-
ture has or will be donated by the par
ishioners. There are only d few artl-
cles In it vet The sanctuary lamp a
| splendid piece Of work, was the gift of
Patrick Ward and family. The win
DOW on the left side of the altar was
given by the Children OF Mary and is
copy Of Murillo's Madonna, and the
window on the right representing the
Sacred Heart was the gift Of John
O'Brien, the baker on North Main
street. The other windows were ia the
contract for the building, but stfll they
are quite handsome. Two other win
dows that will attract the notice OF the
visitor are those on the first landing.
These also We're i'm the contract. The
altar In the chapel was donated by the
Young Ladies' Sodality.
On Wednesday the sisters are EXPECT
ed to arrive. They come from ST Eliza-
beth's convent In Madison NJ. J.y and
belong to the order or the, Sisters of
Charity. The band WIN consist Of
seven, but IL there is work for more
the number Will be Increased as the oc-
casion requires. Their names are not
The school is without comparison In
the state for healthful conditions. lit
is situated directly across the street
from the convent. 1T has been built to
| meet the requirements that win be felt
few years hence and aft the opening
will be occupied by about 200 or 800
children. All the grades in the public
school will be taught there. The adj
vantages Of and the inducements to be
at the top Of the class win be more
and better than those In the public
schools, for many OF the conditions THAT
prevail in the latter will have no place
in this institution. The comfort OF the
pupils in all kinds of weather was one
OF the principal IDEAS conspicuous In
the architecture OF the building
It il hardly necessary TO state that
the Right Rev Bishop Tierney will
celebrate the dedication mass. Who
the assisting clerRymen will be Ia not
vet known. but the dedication sermon
will be preached by the actual father
and originator of the parish, the Rev
Father Sl0cum, This. strange as IL
may seem to say. will be his first visit
to this church, which he handed over
to the new parish complete and, to
great extent, paid for