The evening times., 1902-06-02
CORNERSTONE LkIDFOR
new ST. AIMS CHURCH
An Impressive Ceremony at
= TenleytOWn Yesterday,
BISHOP CURTIS 0FFICIATES
Many CleEgymcn and 4 EUmber Of
Catholic Organizations Participate IN
the Dedicasory E1erCises-Edidce to
Be Completed by the End CT Year.

The cornerstone OF the new St AIMS +
Catholic Church. CT TenleytovH- was laid +
yesterday afternoon. with appropriate T
ceremony. The exercises began IL y
O'Clock. and Rt- Rev Alfred Curtis. aux
iliary Bishop oi Baltimore. assisted by .
several priests from the cburche~ Ct
Washington. oficiatod. The sermon wss
delivered by Rev. William T. EIsscH, .
secretary 10 Cardinal Gibbons The
members of the order Of Knights o. Co
lumbus had full charge II f"e services, I
and a choir formed BIZ sinEe~5 IRON tElst
organization furnished the music for Tie
occasion under the direction ot Mr. y
c Murray
The stone was blessed and placed in
position by Bishop CuTlfs- Beneath il
was placed a bcx containing a portrait
OF Mrs. Ann Green. VINO was one oi the
benefectoTs CT the church. Z copy CT each
OF the daily Washington newspapers. and
several coins This was followed by the
blessing OF the walls Of the chd-ca an
the procession Of the clergy around The
structure, after which Rev. Father Rus
sell delivered a sermon. His text was
from Isaiah: Behold. viii lay stone
in the foundation Of Z,Cu, q precious
stone, tried stone, a cornerstone
founded in The foundation.
The Clergy Taking Part.
The clergy participating in the serv-
ices besides these above mentioned were:
Rev Father MuIvaney, pastor Of Trinity
Church, Georgetown, Father Foley. OF
St. Paul's Church. Baltimore: Father
Mining, Of St. Andrews. Baltimore;
Father Barry, of St. Joseph's. Balti-
more, former pastor Of St AIMS. Fa-
Tiers Stafford and Gaynor. OF ST. Pat
rick's: Father Maehen, Of St. Paul's:
Father Smyth, OF St. Joseph's: Father
Buckley, of St. Matthews; Father O'Con-
nell, Of St Stephens; Father Bischon
Of St Augustine's; Fathers Cutler and
Ahern, Of St. MaTy's Church. and Father
Tierney. of St. James. Alexandria: Fa-
ther Rosensteel, of S.. Joseph's, Of For
est Glen: Fathers Quill and Casey. Of
Georgetown University and Father Bar
ker- of St Thomas College.
The Knights, led by Grand Marshal
J A DUvau aud his aides. selected from
the various councils Of the order. formed
in q body on Wisconsin Avenue. near its
intersection with the s.oCgh borough
Road, and marched to the church The
procession was pretty one and vas
applauded By hundreds Of spectators.
Those Who Participated.
Participating il the services were.
Keane Council, Grand knight George W +
Cook, who was a special mounted aide;
Thomas J Biggins, council comman 1ar- +
Doyle, ST; r z. Doyle, iT; Dr. T. o.
Roman. S A Burns. F Clark. Samuel
J Clarke, s L Cooper, Charles W
Darr, John Ebert, =. J Fitzgerald.
Patrick J. Ford. W Il. Callahan. Il
Harrington, Leo P. Harlow. owen A
Hart. William Hart. John 4 Heenan. T /
2. McNamee, Patrick O'Brion. and john
E RaGe-ty- Washington Council-H /.
HeiskeIl- chairman; D 2. Fiuucane J.
J. Dermody. P T Moran =. J. Ryan
J. a Hughes, Charles P -Stohlman. J. .
William Stohlman- Carroll Ccuucil-Tc-
sepn 4 NetzeI. " L FII-sheH. p !
HaItigan. F. Arnold. ). !. Carney, and
George " Jones Spauldiag Council
William 4 Johnson. W P NOrmoyIe T. !
p Sheehy George " Barry, P NeDon-
aid Potomac Council-T- NJ Ring ard
Dr. ". b Daley. George LochboehIer .
P. J. CTeaghe, 2. A. Weiss, J. 4. Foley.
ana ) r 14dleE- Inc grand UaTSlal
and his aides were mounted
The Work on the Church.
A force of nearly one hundred men
is employed upon the construction Of the
church. and it is expected that the edi-
nee will be completed by the end Of the
present year. The building viii involve
an expenditure OF about $4,000 The
front will be of the best Indiana lime
stone, while the rear portion viii be Of
granite The church is being erected
On the site siTCctly south Of the Parish
Hall on Wisconsin Avenue, near Grant
Road. The residence Of the pastor, Rev.
Joseph c. MaI]on. IS situated directly
in the rear Of the ediice.
For many years the St AIMS congre- /
cation has been woTshiping in the
small frame structure, just north Of the
Parish Hail. which was recently puT-
chased by the District Government for
school purposes The sale was consUn- .
mated by a few months ago. The con
creation is rapidly growing