The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-15
CATHOLICS OF OGDEN
DEDICATE NEW CHURCH
Magnificent Edfice Was Consecrated to Worship
of God by Clergy in Junction City.
Hope Of Years of Brave and Generous Congregation Fulfilled
posing Ceremonies Description Of Church.


nan, the messages ecOngratuIating him
on the success of his work and ex-
pressing regret at their inability to be
present and assist IL the ceremonies.
Ihere were thirty-five Catholic sisters
IN the church for the dedication cere-
monies, including those from the Sacred
Heart academy in Ogden and others
from Eureka, Park City and from the
Holy Cross hospital. st. AIMS orphan
age and st. Mary's academy, Salt Lake.
ABOUT 200 visitors came up from Salt
Lake on the special excursion train In
the Afternoon the visiting clergy, to-
gether with a number of gentlemen
members of the congregation. with Ar
chitect Woods and a few others were
guests at an informal spread in the
dining room of the Weber club.
The ceremonies of laying the corner
stone of the church took place three
years ago last June.
. Rev P. NJ. Cushnahan came to Ogden
over twenty-one years ago and has had
charge OF the parish continuously since
that time. He came to this as his first
parish fresh from the parochial school
in his native country of Ireland His
courteous bearing, steadfast work and
broad-minded views have made him
popular not only with members of his
own sect but of all sects and classes
Church's Rugged Beauty.
Rugged strength is a characteristic
of the splendid edifice. whether viewed
from without or within. but beauty
and symmetry have not been lost sight
OF, and from the great stone but
tresses fianking the walls to the top of
the cross surmounting the tower the
building is one to stand the tests of
years. 1t will endure.
In some respects, at least, it sur
passes the famed and sUnptuous fanes
of the old world. 1t is modern and I'D
TO date in all appliances tending TO
promote health and comfort. It's
plumbing and lighting and acoustic
properties are modern in every way.
of the electric globes are so
arranged as to be invisible from the
floor of the auditorium by being placed
on the north sides of the great steel
arches that span the ceiling The
lght from these globes is thus thrown
forward and downward, rejecting from
the altar and the white arched ceiling
with a radiance and an effect in
describabl
The stained glass windows of the
structure, costing many thousands of
dollars, are among the finest to be
found anywhere in the west and add
to the chaste and simple beauty Of the
interior view
Sits On Eminence.
The building stands just at the top
Of the hill on a corner of Twenty
fourth street and Adams avenue, its
tall, shapely spire rising far above the
top Of any other structure in the city. |
The material of the structure is of
gray stone, roughly cut, ana with
sandstone trimmings. Its windows are |
finely modelled and of gothic form, and
are heavily buttressed in a way TO
suggest the great strength and mass |
lveness Of the work.
Size Of Structure.
The main dimensions Of the struc- |
ture are: Length, 152 feet; width, 6S /
feet. The finely modelled entrance hall |
IS fifteen feet wide, the auditorium 100 !
feet long and the sanctuary 22x40 feet |
In the clear the auditorium is 10Ox63 |
feet, and the exact seating capacity |
IS $50 persons. Yesterday, however,
500 more than that number |
massed into the building
The main double entrance is on /
Twenty-fourth street. The floor of the |
vestibule is beautifully tiled and from 1
It one enters the auditorium by heavy /
swinging doors. Immediately over the |
is a room 19x3S feet in di-
nensions. The roof is sharply vaulted |
and supported by heavy gothic col /
1mns, self supporting and springing by |
curve and Jointure angle from the sides /
Of the building.
The sanctuary contains the high al /
tar and other accessories of the serv- !
ce. To the right and left of this are /
he vestries, and on the right of the !
vestibule stands the bap- |
-ismal font Of cleaning marble. The /
entire interior of the church, walls as !
we'll as the ceiling and the arches, is !
ined with sheet steel, artistic panel
ng being feature Of the ceiling.
Magnificent Windows.
But the windows, They are a glory
n themselves. The light, as it filters 1
through the soft, rich, colored panes.
gives to the whole interior that dim,
light" and awakens in 1
itlnctively feelings of awe and rever-
,nce- The most conspicuous OF these
s one just back of the sanctuary. pre-
ented by Rev. p. II. Cushnahan. The
subject is The Cruciixion," and the
trong, rich colors give an added tone
md character to the great subject so
presented. On the east side
re splendid windows given by various
Individuals and societies-'sSt. AIoysus.'
" the little boys Of the parish: "St.
andrew" and THE Mother and Child"