The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-14
HUDSON'S MEN
REVIEWED BY
BISHOP
Greatest Holy Name Parade
in County at HObOken.
Jersey City Participants.

HOBOKEN, Oct. 14.-The largest
religious parade ever seen in this city
TOOK place Yesterday. in which 5000
members of the Holy Name Societies of
Jersey City Joined the 1000 or more
members of the societies here. The
procession formed in Church Square
Park as soon as the Jersey City con-
tiEgent arrived. Headed by the
S%ixty-ninth Regiment Band, the So
ciety of the Church of Our Lady OF
Grace, of Hoboken, was assigned to
the right of the line. Michele Rafferty,
was the grand marshal. The parade
started at $3.50 o'clock and about two
miles were traversed, after which the
parade was reviewed at Church Square
by Bishop MeFaul and other church
dignitaries. Houses on the streets
through which the parade passed were
profusely decorated, giving the city a
holiday appearance. A temporary
stand had been erected in the park di-
rectly opposite the Church of Our Lady
of Grace. From this stand Bishop
McF'aul delivered his address. He
chose for his subject Unity"
The divorce evil, he said, was de-
moralizing American society. lie
called upon all friends of Christianity.
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tants to combine in an effort to remedy
this crying evil. The Catholic Church,
Bishop McF'aul said. stood for the
rights of the poor as we'll as the rich,
and for that reason it was not inimical
to other organizations. The bishop
~eulogized President Roosevelt, who, he
said, had always treated the Catholic
Church with fairness.
President Roosevelt" declared the
bishop. has never refused any request
that was reasonable. Among other
things he has lone was to grant per-
mission for the appointment of five
Catholic priests as chaplains in the
United States Army"
Bishop McFau1 said he was a Dem
ocrat to the core, as were his ancestors,
but candor compelled him TO say that
President Roosevelt is the ablest and
fairest man who ever held that office.
He discussed the parochial school
question at length and said it was not
true, as many people believed, that the
Catholic Church is opposed to the pub
lie schools
1--WE believe. however, he said, that
the parochisl schools should AVE the
support of the municipalities, The
church owns the p%arochial school n
pave all tho taxeS and orr contention |
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tam lneHi- r.eiisioh IL Hot taoSht AZ
The pubic scnoolS. we peleVe lndt
secular and religious teaching should
go hand in hand while the child's mind
is being formed
feat,ra ,f The demonstration was
oho,,,s ~ ooo obiid,e, led nv Pro-
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lessor J., ' reo"asS-e, - - un
stand adjoining Tue eaaicp w VIM"
avenue, facing Church square. ana re-
sponded To the tenediction. which was
-ronounce from a temporary altar
e,ecied III the arch over the main en-
,,onca Of tho chusch. !
ri,. thousand Ca4holir members OF tho
1IoIv Nome Societies OF the various
rorisbes IN Jersey civ paraded today
through lower Jersey City before coming
hero IN ;of, IN the prent demonstration OF
the societies at Church Square Park.
Every one OF the eleven parishes in the
cifv we're strongly r%epresenfed 81. Mary's
Holv Name Society alone turned out over
LOCO men aud st. Peters, ST. Michael's and
81 Joseph's contended for second place
honers. Each society was headed with a
military band and some of the societies
supplementel their bands with Il fife and
drum corps The big parade formed In the
vicinity of Hamilton Park. ST. Patrick
society having the right of line. All along
tbe route of march houses were profusely
decorated with American flags, the general
scheme of decorations being punctuated
here and there with emblems of the EN-