The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-25

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 chuTch Dedicated With impressive
 CeTemonIes-The Memorial Windows
 -Iist of FIrst Members to be Com
 frmed In New Sanctuary.
 The Catholics of Branford enjoyed lone of the happiest days of their lives yesterday when they dedicated the handsome church of St. Mary, erected by the willing donations of it's congre- led by the building association and this was increased by the gift of $5,OOO from Henry B. Plant upon the raising of Hike sum by the people. The architect Twas J. J. Dwyer of Hartford and the lcontractcrs Murphy Brothers of Taft lville. The building is of brick on the loutside and very elaborately decorated linside with memorial windows and a lgorgeous altar of white and gold. The windows are all donations, the lmost conspicuous being the group of lthree over the altar, the gifts of Mrs. McMurray, Misses Mary and Eliza lScanlon. The central window repre- sents the holy family; the right hand picture is Mary the queen of heaven, land the left hand the lovely crowned lqueen.
 The side windows are as follows: Satan and the Savior,s to the memory Iof Thomas and Mary McDermott; Blessed Be the Poor Spirit" presented lby Rev. James O'Brien to the memory lof John and Margaret O'Donnell; Christ Healing the Sick" to the mem lory of John Paul McNulty; "Cruci- fixion, to the memory of the father and Imother of John T. Sliney; Angel at the Tomb" Rice family; Breaking of IBread," in memory of the mother of Rev. James O'Brien; ''St. Peter" mem lory of John and Ellen Williams; Mary lMagdalene," the Altar society; "St. Dominic and the Blessed Virgin" Chil- ldren of Mary and the Sunday school; Angel and St. Boniface," the German Catholics; "St. Anne and the Blessed Virgin" in memory of Mrs. Ann Me IKenna; "St. Patrick at Tara" in mem tory of Robert Barry O'Brien; John the
  Michael and Satan,' memory of Rev. Michael Mccarthy.
 The pews and altars were the gift of Mrs. Henry B. Plant; the pulpit from Mrs. John Higgins; the gold chalice and tostensorium, the Holy Name society; the gold sanctuary lamp, the Quinlan family; all of the windows in the clere lstory were donated by Mrs. Thomas Kennedy to honor the memory of her husand and daughter Mrs. Grace Sul- livan.
 | The dedication exercises included a high mass at 10:30 a. rll., sung by Rev. James OBrien of Waterbury; a ser mon preached by Rev. Father Slocum, pastor of the Church of the Immacu- late Conception, Waterbury; the dedi- cation by Rt. Rev. Bishop Tierney. Confirmation at o'clock, solemn high i vespers at 7:SO. and sermon by Rev. Joseph G. Daly of Longmeadow, Mass. The music was particularly fine 1 The solo quartette was Miss Mar garet Hogan, soprano; Miss Mary Lynch, eontralto; Louis Lautenbach, tenor; William Carey, bass, all of this city, Miss Lynch and Mir. Lauten- bach being soloists at St. Marys church | in this city.
 l The additions to the, chorus from this lefty included the Misses Huzzy, Miss lGibbons, John W. Murphy, Robert Me- Loughlin, Mir. Gibbons, James Mulvey and Thomas McMahon.
 The programme for the mass was: Esperges Me.
 hyrle ..................... Farmer Giorla ...................... Farmer fCfedo ..................... Farmer IOffertory--Ave Maria .. .Bach-Gounod
 Miss Hogan.
 Violin oblisato.
 Miss Kilroy of Waterbury.
 Sanctus ........................ Farmer
 Baritone, MT. Mercer of Mystic. Agnus Dei ..................... Farmer
 The members who were the first to be confirmed in the church were: Misses May Began, May Henchy, Mar lguerite and Florence Quinn, Annie Driscoll, Lena Torpey, Minnie Doyle, Martha Buddy, May Murphy, Mary Sliney, Rita and Elizabeth Hanniford, Julia Higgins, Mary O'Brien, Katie OBrien, Annie Mathers, Grace Toole Alice Fisher, Masters John Crowley, Edward Rice, John Williams, Richard ITorpey, John Doyle, William Callahan, Joseph O'Neill, Raymond Quinn. Wi }liam Coyle, John McCutcheon, James lCarney. Martin Burke, John McCar-