The Jersey City news., 1902-06-14
JOHN THE BAP TlST
Beautiful Statue to be IN
yelled at st. Johns R. G.
Church on June rs.
SOLEMN DEDIClYORY SERVICES,
Bishop O'Connor to be Cele-
brant at High Mass
Among the Churches.

Sunday, June 26. will mark great
epoch in the history of the construction
of ST. Johns Roman Catholic Church, at
the Boulevard and Van Wrinkle street
This stately pile Of stone that has added
architecturally to the beauty of the sur
roundingss and provided thousands of
Catholics In the western suburbs with one
of the finest places of worship in the
Diocese of Newark, was reared mainly
through the efforts Of the Rev. Father
B. Henry Ter woert now pastor of st.
Mary's Church, and engaged in erecting
still greater church edihee to take the !
place Of the stately old church building
that was demolished during the memoir
able cyclone which visited this city last
summer.
ST. Johns parish and the big church
erected by Father Ter Woert were named
after ST. John the Baptist. On the ok
terror the big tower which is, some day, to I
salute the giant steeple of the Madison |
Square Garden on the other side of the
North River, was left unfinished. In
side, the decorations were carried out on
a magnificent scale. Father Ter Woert's
own relatives contributed a beautiful solid
marble altar Above It was left great
centre niche destined some day to be
adorned with a statue of the patron saint
of the parish, The Rev Father Patrick
Smith took up the work Of the com
pletion of the interior and exterior deco
ration of the noble edifce where Father
Ter Woert left off The climax of the IN
terror decoration will be the unveiling OF
thesstatue of John the Baptist baptizing
our Lord on the date above mentioned |
The statue is now nearly completed. It
is the work of Naggi and Bornasconi,
two noted Roman seulptors. Both the
figures Of John the Baptist and the
Savior will be eight feet in height The
statue will cost $1,000. From around the
arch of the niche a food of electric light
will be thrown upon the piece of statuary
from concealed bulbs. One hundred elec-
tric lights hidden in the main altar arch
and thirty-six similar ones from dome
above the auditorium win food the entire
interior of the church with beautiful
ngHI. 1nGse Will al Ue VAA III tttS :.
occasion of the unveiling of the statue.
In connection with this event a so.emn
high mass Will be celebrated, at which
the Rt Rev. Bishop OConnor will be
present. The ceIebrant will be the Rev. |
James P. Smith of ST Bernard's Church,
Beilevire The Rev. James ]. Smith of
the Holy Rosary Church, Elizabeth, will
officiate as deacon, and the Rev. Father
John Ryan of ST. Bridget's Church, this
city, as deacon. The master of cere-
monies to the Bishop will be the Rev
George o'Nenl. the Bishops Chancellor.
and the master of ceremonies of the mass
win be the Rev. Father Wallace, the
former Chancellor of the diocese. The
Rev. DR.. Mackel. Professor of Dogmatic
Theology at Seton Hall. win deliver the
sermon. over thirty clergymen will par
ticipate in the service. Prominent among
them will be the Rev. Father Ter Woert,
Rev. Father smyth of st. Joseph's. Rev.
Wall of ST. Boniface. Rev. Whelan Of
Bayonne. Rev. Sullivan OF St. Aloysius,
Rev Meehan of All Saints. Rev. Nc
Manus Of Newark. Rev. E. P. Carroll of
Newark, Rev Stafford president of Seton
Hail College: Rev. Charles Kelly Of Ho-
boken. Rev. sMlskella of Union Hill, Rev.
weyland Of ST. Nicholas, Rev. Poehlo of
Newark. Rev. Began of Railway, Rev.
Callaghan of East Orange, Rev Cum
neeley of Hackensack, Rev. Flynn OF
Morristown and Revs. McGuinness and
Meher of ST. Mary's. On the occasion of
the unveiling of the statue the new pulpit
VIII also make its appearance. II is being
constructed of golden oak, onyx and
brass. The centre panel of the pulpit Will
be a mosaic of St. John the Baptist
preaching in the Wilderness.
The choir is preparing an elaborate pro-
gramme of music. for the occasion.
| wel:gs Third Mass will be sung by
quartette and a chorus of forty voices.
The quartette will be composed of Miss
Catharne Gsifin, soprano; Miss Ca hsrine
Finn, alto; Thomas Hart. tenor; Nestor
Aynong. bass. TIE choir viii be suppie-
mented by Kelaher's orchestra For the
/ Professional the chancel choir will sing
Praise Ye the Father, and for the Re-
cessional eIIoly God The music viii be
under the; direction of organist Eugene
] Ke.ly
In the evening Bishop o'connor win
confirm a c-ass OF three hundred chill
| drens on this occasion the .quartette will
sing Banbillotte,s .sTantum Ergo and 80
saIntaris" The Bishop wlll a:so gdeliver
a sermon. The services viii e.ose with