The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-31

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stii ffather Fenlon. your present pastor. is
than Than n young man, being enc year younger
wo wort m sise he Is the worthy son of
us pest customs and traditions and Ii is
fny PRAYER. and the prayer of all here. that
io t,a Midny years he may be at the helm
the solemnity of the holy mass. the service
was notable for the music.
gramme was produced by the regular choir
OF st: Bridget's Church under the direction
OF pi,a Miss Mamie a. Gum. Until last Feb
Miss Gum organized it, driied its n menu.
singing Of zinsarelli's Kyrie. Gloria and and
py thirty men and women was an evidence
OF the exceptionally good work she has
Miss Gum played the magnificent non,
pipe organ. directed the members 1T new ths
choir. and sang the leading soprano parts.
EXCELLENT MUSIC.
George Convy, sang as barytone solo
Bays Offertory and the 20 salutarIs
Hostia.' Of Alberus Joseph Tenieri. Mr..
Convy is one of the leading soloists of the
new St Budgets choir. and his work in
me church and at public concerts has
Efforts yesterday were well received ~
IN, Inc beneoictns of Gounod's Mass was
st si by Miss Florence Furey with quar-
feet produced was as il the four singers
were far in the distance, which well car
r rId.. out the sentiment expressed in the
-. The EFT In carnatus," one of the princi-
p eal parts so Of the mass, was sung by
Mrs Richard shaushnessy. TONE Aps sEra and
Albert Lewrence. Miss Alice Antrarn sang
the Agnes Del as contralto solo, and
s2 h sung arss e rSSe saassa
OF the quartet were Miss Agnes Shaugh-
messy. Miss. statia Sullivan, Miss Kittie
The members s0e Of then the choir besides those
naready mentioned are: Sopranos, Misses
FLORENCE Connor. Catherine Conner, Cath
crime Sullivan. Eertha shaughnessy, May
Huli,n; altos, Misses Lizzie e. Noonan, Celia
McGann. Catherine Dusard, Lille OiConnor,
s sssaas Conner e % c and Mrs suI,yan
Murray. Oscar Holtzgrebbe, Henry Johnan
and r. O'Reilly; tenors. Paul Sehwepker
and P. T. McGlynn.
T. Crane; the deacon. Father F. Gilfllan,
and the subdeacon, Father Joseph Casey.
~ master OF ceremonies was Father. d.;
IN St BridKets schools.
Bishop Giennon's -chaplains were Father
and " F.t TbsllGn and %o Father Francis Collier.
moniese at the throne.
BANQUET IS SERVED.
q The officers of the mass entered the sane
tuary from the rear of the altar, and the
attending priests marched up the main
aisle. Inside the sanctuary were seated
Fathers Nugent c. NJ. .Dooley. Coffey, Nc
sym, Schramm. Busch, Van Tourenhaut
q Rys sse Gs aish Kahn Husent, Ryan.
Wigger. Tracev. Mu.vihill, Lyons. Fenlon,
Dalton, Kielty. Rogers. 8: j., Robert c. NJ,
d erep %aass M Hasg gehes
Wynne: Shea. kaufman. Bolger, Muilir,-
Tanrath. OConnor. e. Casey. Shields, Lloyd.
s stevens, ps 0Rourke, Brother Justin and
The. ushers were Phil Nolan. NJ. Regan,
Joseph Desmond; James P. Murphy, Ed
T Tard Mshon. Frank Cunningham and
Father Fenlon and his assistants in pre-
pairing Tor the ceremony were assisted by a
jeremiah Murphy. Arthur J. Donneliy o" W.T..
lam n. O,Brien. Joseph P. Hartnett. M. ].
Sullivan, D. A. Brislln, James Byrne and
Edward Corrigan.
After the mass a banquet to Bishop Glen
non and the attending priests was served in
the school hall. Many priests who were not
able to be at the mass because of services
banquet. fs'
st. Bridget's Parish for many years was
the most westerly zone Of the city, 1t was
sparsely settled. and much Of the land in its
original boundaries was wooded. As the
church grew new parishes. eight or nine Of
lHcLu, WciS VI SdiiiZSu out VI 81 bil0Set s.
To reach the church the parade from down.
town was compelled to march out Market
street, then a country road.
The corner stone OF the first church, which |
Is still standing. and Is used for children's
masses, was laid June Is. 1853. and the dedi-
cation took place August % of the same
year.
The building was regarded as a model
one. and It was thought 1t would serve the
needs of the parish for years. So fast did
the city grow in that direction. and 30 many
Of the newcomers were Catholics. that a
larger church was soon necessary
The corner stone of the present structure
was laid August Z, 1853 by Archbishop KEN
rick, and dedicated by him on December
of the following year.
In the two buildings 25S7 marriage cere-
monies have been perforrped and 1899 per-
sons baptized. The records show that in
1855 slave child was baptized. and in the
year the slave of the Mulhall
family, who was present yesterday.
Mr.. Mulhall alone had eight children bap-
ti.ed in the CHURCH ,ed al Of them BY Mgr.
married there by the Monsignor.
The church in all its history has had but
three pastors. There have been many as
sistants, some of the pastors of important
churches of this city having at some time
served in st. Bridget's in that capacity. One
Of these was thu Reverend j. j. Harty. now
Archbishop Of Manila.
The church, the old chapel. the parochiaf
residence the school for boys and the school
for girls, constitute a valuable church prop
erty. AS q souvenir Of the occasion the