The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-08-03
RENO, NEV.

In the presence of more than 1000
peopla last Sunday afternoon. Right
Rev. bishop Grace of Sacramento laid
the corner stone of the new Catholic
church on the corner of Second and
Chestnut streets and blessed the fOun-
dation of the new religious edifice,
which will be, when completed, by far
the finest church in Nevada, and eclipse
the churches in many of the smaller
cities of the coast. The church will be
of beautiful architecture and will cost
at least 100000, exclusive of the fur
uishings. At 2 o'clock Sunday aft
ernoon more Than 10 Knight of Co
lumbus, wearing the purple sash of
the order, city and state authorities,
priests of Nevada and California.
members of the church and twenty
acoIytes gathered at the site of the old
Carholic church which was destroyed
bv fire on Nov. 49, 1906 There the pro-
cession formed as follows: Eagle band,
Chief Keeper and the mounted police,
knights Of Columbus. aColytes, city
and state officials. carriage containing
Father COurtland. Father Murphy,
Father Horgan and Father Meehan,
carriage containing Bishop Grace,
Father Ramni, Father Tubman and
Father Thomas HOrgan. church MEM
bers in carriages and on foot. AS the
procession passed through the different
-Nreets of the city hundreds gathered
\ the sidewalks and watched the pa
tAders or Joined in the procession to
the new church. Arriving at the
church site tde knights of Columbus
formed in two columns from the steps
to the large cross standing under an
awning at the back of the platform.
this aisle the acolytes and
priests preceded Bishop Grace to the
altar. where the services were held. |
The heat was suffocating, but during !
the prayers and the chant of the litany |
the people stood with their heads |
barred. Following the close of the ser
vices Bishop Grace. with croZier in |
hand walked slowly to the corner |
stone, preceded as before by the AGO.
ytes and priests. and blessed the !
stone Then slowly as the cornerstone
was placed in position the bishop
.hanted prayers he priests saying the
'esponses. VIII, ne large stone, upon
he face of which vas engraved a cross
md the letters 1 H S, was placed in
position, Ed Robb, the contractor,
ealed the small copper box containing
coins and relics into the stone
With a silver trowel During the ce-
of the afternoon Mrs. L. w. II
- Gnu
rd Tobin sang the 'Te Deum" and Il
%, God, We Praise Thy Name Fol- Il
owing this Richard Tobin rendered a
beautiful solo. Before the music by L
hese we'll known vocalists, Father
2amm, secretary of Archbishop Rfor-
Ian of Sacramento, delivered an inter-
sting address on Religion in the
United States" He is an eloquent Il
peaker and every word uttered was
istened to intently by the interested
rowd. Before Father Ramm finished1
lis address the skies, which had been
louding up al afternoon, opened and
torrent of rain fell, drenching the
rowd and the clergy, but despite this
ownpour Bishop Grace, followed by
is priests, walked around the large
latform, blessing the foundation of the
ew religious structure. The laying of
he cornerstone of the new Catholic
hurch will never be forgotten by the
atholics of Reno and of the state, as
marks the first step in the con-
truction of magnificent house of
Tod, which will not only stand as a
redit to the city, but as mark of
ne hard work and faithfullness of
'ather Tubman. During the after
oon following the laying of the cor
erstone the ladies of the st. Agnes
DCl6IY served d ulnIleI III lllG IIoSlC
all and cleared more than 5000. This
honey will be added to the fund now
eing raised to buy a large pipe or :
an for the new church. Before the =
,pper box placed in the cornerstone
|, the new church was sealed yester-
ay a copy of the Reno Evening Ga
,tte, containing an article in regard
the laying of the corner stone by
ishop Grace, and illustrated with pic
res of Bishop Grace, Father Tubman,
rs. 1. w. O'Rourke, the old church s.
Id the new edifice as it will appear
hen completed, was placed in the
TX. Father Tubman expressed thanks
the Gazette for the courtesies it has
own in assisting him in making yes
rday's event a success, and also for
sisting him greatly when he was
orking to collect funds for the build
Reno Gazette.