Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-26
THE CORNER STONE LAID
Father Karam's New Church
 Site Visited By Many.

Bishop Tierney ofnctated and Father
 Sloem Delivered the Sermon-Brasa
 Bands and Drum Corps Furnished
 Music for the Various Societies That
 Marched to the Scene of the Exer-
 cises, ..-.
 The corner stone of the church of s Dur Lady of Lourdes was laid yeSter- day afternoon by Bishop Tierney in presence of an assemblage of between 5000 and 10000 people South Main street from Grand street to Meadow street was blocked, the yards in the neighborhood of the church property were crowded, house tops and veran- das were taken advantage of and large numbers climbed into nearby trees and watched the whole proceed ings from excellent vantage grounds. Sergeant Pagan and half dozen or more officers had a lively time of it Keeping the thropg back, but they sue ceeded admirably and after all was over and everybody gone to his hone, Father Karam remarked with much pleasure that he was delighted to know that nobody got hurt. It was a beautiful day and this together with the fact that Father Slocum was to deliver the sermon had much to do with bringing out such an unusually large gathering and prompted many to hA hor r6 Aohf &o a n near. the platform. Considering the size of the crowd the best of order was maintained, not loud word being heard during the ceremony. To b. sure there was a good deal of pushing, bur this was unavoidable and nobody minded it.
 The societies made good showing. The first to break through the mass of humanity and take up position at the south side of the platform were the St Jean Baptiste and St Joseph's with Ernest Garneau as marshal and St Ann's drum corps at their head. They were followed by the Second di- vision, A o. IF, Captain John F. Gal- yin and the other divisions of Hiber- nians with John P Sheehan marshal and the Knights of Columbus, Dep uty Grand Knight Thomas Rahan marshal, all of which wee all ted q place on the north side of the huTch Then came the different Holy Name societies. John Fl. Moran. marshal. and halted in the basement of the church beside St Ann's TO ganiza- tions. Besides> these there were f q, Holy Family society of iSt9GeciHa's- parish; the Victor Emmanuel society; TTS,3& &oA 1ia hA- A Fic anare and Arellfvere Christopher Co lumbus and other Italian lodi s. The Italian. band was also in attendance. and rendered several selections. The drum corps in attendance included St Francis Xaviers, St Ceci'ia's, It Ann's and the Sacred Heart.
 At 3 o'clock the bishop, accompanf- ed by the following priests marched from the chapel to the .,latf rn Fathers Karam. Slocum. Curtin, Crow ley. Martin Shelley, Traynor. Ford O'Brien, Sheehan Kane, Fleming Senesac, Saurusaitis of this city, Path. CT Sheridan of Naugatuck and Father Cerutti of Bridgeport. The process sion was headed by thre boys, R"cco T1ongo, cross bearer. Charles Bertucci. and Humbert Moccino, arolytes
 
 the Society of Our Lady Of Lourdfs, rendering an orfgfnal cde written hy Father Karam and dedicRtcd to Bish- op Tierney, also the 'yeui Creator" They were under the direciten n of Pro lessor Ettore Mainordi Rudolnh Vig noIi was censor bearer and Bapfsta Thomasy acted as master of cere- monies. When the singers reached All l.. 1foN %Hn.. ASn1 arated in a salute of honor a"d tlIe bishop and priests passed between the open ranks onto the platform and into the basement Of the church where the usual ceremony performed on such occa sions was carried out. Then the bishop and his assistants returned to the platform where Contractor Ed- ward BerRin and his son, FralictscN.. Bergen had everything in readiness to drop the stone into its bed so that the actual laying of the corner stone was the work of but few moments. Fath CT Slocum made the announcements In English and Italian. The parchment which was placed under the corner stone was read in Latin by Father Karam and Father Slocum repeated 1t fin English It told the name of the present pOIlIlH Hl ! luS AAiFO- tlore Roosevelt, president of the Unit, ed States: Mgr Falconto, papal dele gate at Washington; Abira m Chamber hsin, governor of Connecticut; Edward es. Kilduff, mayor of Waterbury It also contained the name of the bishop performing the ceremony. Right Rev Bishop Tierney. Father Slocum, de- livering the sermon. Father Karam, pastor Of the church, Joseph A. Jack son, architect of this city. It is six teen and half inches by two and half feet in size and in addition to a Roman cross contafns the following inscription: "Ecclesfa Dominae Nos Ire de T.ourdes. A. D. MCMIII." the English of which Is Church of our Lady of Lourdes, 1903. The stone stands In the north corner Of the build fronting on South Main stre,t.
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