Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-22
CHURCH IS READY
Dedication Ceremonies te Ts1s Piacs
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TO-mOTTOW VIII De banner udy with the Lithuanian of Waterbury and neighboring towns. The new St Jos eph's church at the junction of John and James street will be dedicated by the Very Rev John SymOtt. in the ah~ sence of the Right Rev Bishop Tierney, D. D.. who is on his way to Europe.
 Ar S:3O o'clock in the morning tte Polish military society of Union City. which numbers about forty, will arrfve on special trolley cars, and will be es- corted to the new church in time to take part in the dedication ceremony. The Holy Name and other LithuanIan societies of this city will meet ln St Patrick's hall at 9:15 o'clock and march, without music. to the Bank street station where the societies from Ansonia will be met and escorted to the church. The parade will be from the station to the church.
 The dedication ceremony will begin at g o'clock after which the blessed sacrament will be removed from the cid church to the new one. This will be followed by a solemn high mass with the following officers: Celebrant, the Rev Joseph Lietuvnikas of Balti- more. Md: deacon. the Rev Joseph Gricius of Boston: sub-deacon. the Rev Peter Saurusaitis of this city: master of ceremonies. Michael Kruszas. an e. clesiastic student. The sermon will be by the Rev E. M Milukas of Shen- andoah. Pa The sermon at this ser vice will be in the Lithuanian tongue.
 At II o'clock second solemn high mass will be celebrated. The cele- brant will be the Rev Father Slocum of this city, who will also deliver sermon in English. In the evening at 7:30 o'clock there will be solemn yes pers and a sermon in Lithuanian. At all of these services there will be music by an orchestra under the direction of Vladas Aliszauskas. who was graduat- ed from the Royal Academy of Music in London. On Sunday, Monday and Tuesday evenings there will be iridium services.
 The church is constructed of brick with limestone and terra cotta trim mings and is very imposing edificc. It has a seating capacity for 1000 in dependent of front and rear gallery. which will accommodate about 2oO more. It has seven separate eit frances, three in front with granite steps, two others leading to the tran sept and two to the vestry. Two tow. CTS in front of the structure are yet to be finished.
 The interior is finished in white, with massive marbleized pillars supporting the high roof. In the upper corners and at the sides statues of the saints are placed in niches. To the left of the altar is a sts1ue of St Peter and to the right one of St Faul. Two an- gels holding each chandelier of seven candles are representa- on either side of the altar. Under the small altar on the Blessed Virgin Mary side is a crib and under the one in St Joseph's side is a sepulchre. All three altars are Of high grade wood. carefully selected from the choicest line of material for the purpose.
 In the transcept on either side. are statues of St Francis and the Sacred Heart. In a small niche to the left of the altar is a statue of Mary with the Child and on the other side sta tue of St Joseph with the Child. In the towers are statues of St Barbara and St Casimer the patrons of Lithuan- la.
 The main altar has one feature not frequently found in altars in this co,ln- try. The center of the antipendium IS so constructed as to turn on roller and wheels. It has six sides. each different color and each bearing diff ferent emblem. The colors correspond to the six colors of the vestments ne- cessitated by the changing ecclesiastt, cal seasons. They are of gold. with the letter 'M'' for Mary: white. with the figure of lamb in bas relief; vio- let. with two hearts of Jesus and Mary; black. with the head of a skeleton: red. with cross and crown of thorDs. and green. with two clusters of grapes, sig nifying the wine used in the mass.
 The pulpit is of oak, with the statues of four evangelists in front. The two eonfessionals at the rear. the vestment case and the seats are all of oak. The flooring is of South Carolina pine.
 The church was designed by Archi- tect Joseph A. Jackson. Edward Der gen & Sons did the masonry work and Chauncey Seeley had charge of the carpentry. Ii seems but very brief period since the Lithuanians of Water DUTY DTSI utlu StlNltt III Nils obd yet 1t dates back to the time when Father Duggan was pastor of St Pat rick's church. They first held service with Rev Joseph Zebris. now of New Britain. as pastor in the Mitchell block on Bank street. opposite James street and remained there until the frame building which is now to be vacated was erected on John street. Father Saurusaitis. the present pastor sue ceeded Father Zebris. and soon after locating here he realized that a large structure was needed and immediately commenced to lay plans for more spacious building It was great un- dertaking. but the pastor was equal io the undertaking and now has the con- solation of seeing his efforts crowned with success The corporation is now provided with as handsome an edifice as any congregation would care for. a parochial school building and the siruc- ture which has been used up to the present time for church purposes will make an ideal hall and convent. lt ts understood that in the near future Father Saurusaitis will arrange for the establishment of convent in the old church and endeavor to secure an or der of nuns to take charge of it. Con- sidering the difficulties he has had to contend with. Father Saurusaitis has made eommendabIe headway in Water bury and fin a few years more he will have one of the most prosperous par ishes in Ihe diocese His people are growing in numbers and while some may think that the edifice is to large it should be borne in mind that the store in the Mitchell block was able to sk .rf faN