Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-23
lt.a corrs.ponaeaes Of Every evening.


Of the corner stone Of the new paro-
chial school of st. Peters X. G. Church,
/ yesterday afternoon, by Bishop John j.
/ Monaghan, was a notable event. Sav-
eral thousand people from this city,
/ Wilmington, Delaware City and other
/ places, witnessed the impressive ser
vices planned by Rev. F.V. Campbell,
pastor Of the church and so Well carried
out. s
The procession formed in the church,
K on Fifth street near Harmony, and
/ proceeded through the ranks Of mem
bers Of St. Peters T. A. b. Society,
which, under the direction Of Presi
/ dent James J. Ryan, Jr., as marshal
and John +. Murphy as assistant mar
/ shal, had opened ranks from the church
door to the end Of the line about oppo
site the schoolhouse, 'on The west side
Of the street, TO which the procession
crossed, and going to the rear of the
building ascended TO the first floor,
where temporary cross had been
erected and At which chair was placed
"a the throne of the bishop. The
children Of the Sunday school had
| marched TO the building in "a body and
stood near the centre of the building,
arriving few minutes before the main
procession.
The order Of procession was headed
by'Father Campbell, the pastor of the
church, followed by Rev. Edward Hig-
gins, chancellor of the diocese and
master Of ceremonies, mitre bearer
and acolytes, Bishop Monaghan, &C
companied by Vicar General Lyons
and attended by Rev. George OFT Of
Newark and Rev. James McSweeney
Of Delaware City; Fathers, JQhnJJI
pIougherty OF !, M.,i,imlltngton' va, * Ft9psFiTin'
The priests chanted the ''Veni
Creator" in the harmonied Gregorian
chant, which was followed by the
blessing and laying of the corner stone
at the southeast corner Of the build
ing, by Bishop Monaghan, who used
the trowel Holy water was sprinkled
over the walls and corners of the
building, after which the members of
the clergy recited the ''Bitany of the
} Saints. The children of the school
} sang Holy God, We Praise Thy
Name, under the direction of Miss
Elizabeth McCue.
The service lasted from 2. 20 until
$40 o'clock, after which the procession
moved to the church where the services
began at 1853 with the chanting OF
the 'Veni Creator" by the priests of
, ST. Francis de Sales, Wilmington, after
which Father Alexis, q. p, took uT
the discourse, Christian Education, -
which was we'll handled and listened
TO with close attention.
Addressing the bishop, members 81
the clergy, laity and the diocese, he
said; "It Is with pleasure that / speak
on this auspicious occasion on the sub
ject Christian Education. - You ar,
y TO be congratulated for the supreme
effort made for christian education
[ The great principles and theories as
are laid down by domains of finance
n science and theories are from educa
tions. The unframed mind, bewilder
ed and dizzy and unconscious of th,
= grow ing conflict, must be trained. Tb,
principles are many and have stooC
3 for ages they are not new. ~
He spoke of the education Of tn,
Is ancient Egyptians and said "If thesl
people had only known the true princi
N pies and priceless value of virtue anC
morality, how different it would hav,
"a been. They could tell of the stars, tn
heavens and were learned, but coul,
=, not tell the destiny Of their own souls
" They had no conception of virtue
integrity, or purity and showed tn
grossest ignorance Of God Almighty
Instead Of the God of Heaven the
e, idolized the animals of wood and stone
They would kill their own childrel
m and offer them as sacrifices rather tha
kill their animal deities.. Anothe
Va nation was thhthof which Abraham
was the father He showed the sam
n, heaven and earth, but with it the intel
4 ligent cause God Almighty. The
> threw light on the history Of tn
y past and the future. He taugh
q, with great success, virtue an
ed morality, hence the Jewish nation be
o, came the people of Christ, and neve
lost that education. They always II
e, member Jehovah. They are true Z
lis God and yet have the faiths of thei
forefathers. The Romans, althoUg
" educated to high standard in phys
" ology, mathematics, and other studies
lacked the knowledge of morality an
or virtue. Man can never be anythin
Ia else than he is trained to be. Th
nation is the field, the education
;. the seed. To gather wheat you do nj
G SOW corn OF Go SOW wheat you do n,
o gather corn. Il
"The responsibility Of the. who
IN matter, Christian and proper educate ol
~ is upon the shoulders Of the parents
q the children. The true Catholic say
My child shall have a Christia
'eI | education. 10 DO TINS they must
is brought up in the church and give
he the education, the inheritance Of fat
aud TO obtain Catholic educatic
- IL must he obtained in the parochi
> school. The word catholic meal
\ general. The Catholic parochi
a school is not new. lt is 1900 yea
81 old and was founded by Christ hin
: self in the city of Jerusalem. Chri
!. told his disciples to go into the wor
e and teach and the church has be,
Re following this daily
es Rev. Edward l.. Brady, former past
S, Of the church, who made possible Il
S, construction of the edifice by securir
ct the ground, purchasing the proper
~ for the teachers and laying up a fur
a Of over $1,000 prior 20 going to
- Mary's Church, Wilmington, was pre-
.h ent He received a hearty WELDON
PC and in going froom the trolley car
OF the church was surrounded by peop
he of all denominations who had co
id gregated 10 see the ceremonies.
Of sunshine supper.
a, The West End Branch of the Inte
-. national Sunshine Society gave a ii
" supper on Saturday evening at the We
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