The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-09-10
Five Thousand Enthusiastic
Catholics Witnessed I'm
posing Ceremonies : All
Saints New Church Will
Cost Over Sl5O,0O0
SPLENDID GROWTH OF PARISH
BRILLIANT PARADE PRECEDED
THEoER EMoNIEs REV.
FATHER BoYLAN ORATOR OF
THE DAY = LAFAYETTE SEC
THoN GAY. WITH BUNTING
FATHER MEEHAN PLEASED.


In the presence of nearly FIVE thousand
enthusiastic Catholics the Rt. Rev.
Bishop John j. O'Con1er, D. D.. of the
Newark Diocese laid the corner stone of
the new All Saints Church at Pacific
and Communipaw avenues. The cere-
monies were Impressive and the scene
one that will long be remembered ds an
important event in the history of the
young but successful parish. Prior to
TO the ceremonies there was a big parade
of at least two thusand members of vari-
Gus divisions of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians the Holy Name Societies and
knights of Clumbus. Several companies
of the uniformed Irish Volunteers We're
near the head of the processin, which
was marshalled by James Gallagher.
The organizations were headed by milf
tary bands or fife and drum corps. The
emblem of Ireland accompanying the
Stars and Stripes, was conspicuous in the
parade, and patriotic airs, includlng
Tramp. Tramp, Tramp the Boys
Are Marching mingled with Irish
patriotic airs The parade left Van
Worst Park shortly after two o'clock
yesterday afternoon, and paraded di-
rect to the Lafayette section and
thence through the principal thorough
fares in the neighborhood of the foun-
dation of the new church. 1t was an inn
posing demonstration. Many houses along
the route of the parade were gay with
bunting and the sidewalks crowded with
people in holiday attire. The parade was
viewed from the portico of the rectory
by Bishop O'Connor and the assisting
clergy, dozen or more of whom took
part in the ceremonies. Rev. Father
Meehan. who has been rcbor of the parish
since its inception but little over ten
years ago, and his curates, the Rev. VIII
liam j. Van Zele and the Rev. Edward G.
Murphy, surveyed the scene with pride.
The laying of the stone and the bless
ing of the walls by the Bishop We're
watched with intense interest by the
great crowd. The Rev. John J. Boyfan,
pastor of st. Lucy's r. C. Church, was
the orator of the day. His Grafton was
listened to with keen interest He all
luded to the rapid growth of Catholicity
in the city and especially in the La
fayette and adjoining parishes, declaring
this was evidenced by the necessity of
building such a large church within ten
years after a large structure had been
erected early after the parish had been
formed. He also alluded to the fact that
another young parish adjoining st. Al
oysius-had been compelled to do the
same on account of the growth of the
Catholic population in that section of the
city. Eloquently he discussed the great
benefits and general good the church
was conveying upon its members.
The new church is TO cost Sl3O,UU0.
1t is to be built of North Carolina gram
ite and win be of English Gothic in de-
sign of architecture. 1t win be one OF
the largest and handsomest of any
of the church structures in the Newark
diocese. The architectural design is by
Architect John Rowland. The NJ. T.
Connolly Company has the contract for
the mason work Patrick Byrnes has
the contract for the carpentering work.
All Saints parish is an off-shoot of
st. Patrick's parish. The church which
Father Meehan and his parishioners
built ten years ago is still standing as an
imposing church eriice, but ii has been
outgrown by the rapid increase of Cath.
olic population in the Lafayette section.
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