The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-05
PRIESTS FUNERAL
MANY AT SERVICES FOR
FATHER WENZEL.
High Mass of Requiem Said Today at
st. venantius's Church, Orange,
Successor Named.

With the s~olernnity of the Roman Cath
Ollie funeral ceremonies, in which partici-
pated many prominent clergymen of the
Newark Roman Catholic diocese, the body
of the Rev. Father Pau A. Wenzel, for
eighteen years pastor of st. Venantius's
Church, Orange, was laid to rest this morn
ing. Solemn high mass of requiem with all
the elaborate details of the Catholic cere-
mony was offered up by the Rev. Father
John p. Callaghan, rector of Our Lady
Help o fChristians Church, East Orange,
in the little German church which was the
scene of the beloved priests years of faith
ful work., and all the people that could get
into the structure were present at the serv-
ices over the body of their former pastor.
The various societies that were connected
with the church were represented and the
mems organizations followed the bearse in
which the coffin rested to the grave in
Father Callaghan's plot In the Cemetery
Of the Holy Sepulchre.
All Yesterday afternoon and last night
members of the congregation and friends
Of the popular priest called at the church
where the body reposed In state to pay
the last tribute of respect to the dead.
Watchers named by the sey eral church
societies kept watch over the body until
early today, when the church was cleared
and the plans for the final services were
made. n organizations then formed in
line at the reetory. which had been the
home of the pastor AID marched to the
church. where the services took place. At
the conclusion of the mass they again
CAiI0 ~ iaiV oi0 u(Npbi1uAiACu Tit OOdJ
to the grave.
At $3.50 o'clock the priests of the diocese,
headed by the Rt. Rev. John j. .O'Connor,
and Joined in the office for the dead. While
that service was taking place the various
societies formed, and, with the sisters of
the parochial school,, wearing heavy black
wells. took their places in the body of
the church. The body OF the priest, clad in
full vestments, reposed at the head of the
aisle, with a heavy brass candelabra filed
with lighted wax candles standing at the
foot of the coffin. The sombre interior was
heightened by a profusion of mourning
bunting placed on the church rafters.
At the conclusion of the chanting of the
office the priests began the solmen funeral
m6ss. with Father Callahan as celebrant.
The. deacon of the mass was the Rey.
Church. Newark, and the sub-deacon,
Father ePter kurZ. the new rector of the
church. succeeding Father Wenzel. Father
e.. J. Schultz, of st. Paul's. Jersey City,
was master of ceremonies and the chanters
We're Father William L.. Cunningham and
Father John f. O'Malley, both \of Our
Lady Help of Christians Church. East Or
ange. The Rev. Father Thomas A. Wal
lace, chancellor of the diocese. was mas
ter OF ceremonies for the bishop,
Seated within the rail at the mass and
Stafford. Of st. Paul of the Cross Church.
Jersey City; Father Gaffney, o. r., Of
St. A%ntoninuss Church. this city,
Father M I McDogald and Father Mich
Father John F. Boylan and Father
G. F. Shaw. of Our Lady of the Valley
OF oqhqG5g GP f oPSns 81 E Mt GAS J0an Z Ropgedtti,
Father J. N. Nardiello, of the Church
OF the Sacred. Heart; Bloomfield; Father
P. D.. LII, of st. Mary's Church, West
Seton Hall Seminary; Father j. Weyiand.
Of s.. Michaels: Jersey, City; Father M.
a. M McS Of e. hAloysius's' this city
Father J. j. Hall, of st. Mary's, South
Orange; Father c. M. Shotover, of st.
Mary's Boonton,
connected with the church and the friends
of the priest who were in coaches again
formed in line, and, with the men socie-
ties marching, the procession continued
TO the cemetery. where the last rites were
performed and the body was lowered to
the grave
the parish We're formally represented: The
Altar Society, Children of Mary. Sodality
and Father Wenzel Branch. No. 905, l..
{; b. A. we're MN sne yemen organizations
ties followed the hearse to the grave: ST.
Venantius's Society, Young Mkn's Ger
Catholic I'll and Holy Name So
The pall-bearers for the funeral were:
Edward beuchs, jrn. Frank Shalt, Louis
koeck' Andrew ziegler, Charles Book and
Succeeding Father WenzeI. the Rev.
Father Peter kurz has been named pastor
of st. Venantius's Church, and will enter
upon his new duties on Monday.
Father Kurz is a young man. and has
served several years In New Jersey par
He was educated and ordained at
Louvaine. Belgium, his ordination taking
place June %, 1898. He was sent TO Union
Hill after his ordination, and was assist
al the Church OF the Holy Family. re-
naming there for a year and three
months. He then went to Jersey City and
was assistant at the Church Of st. Boni-
face. Later he was in Paterson and eight
months at st. Henry's Church, Bayonne,
He win sever his connection with the
5ayonne church to so to Orange. ]