The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-11
BISHOP OCONNOR
To CONFIRM 100
BOYS AND GIRLS
PreIate Will Lay Hands on Chill
dren at St. Johns Church
Tonight.
CELEBRATES
ITS 5OTH ANNIVERSARY
Requiem High Mass Held for De-
parted Clergy and Lay
Members.

Solemn high mass of requiem was
celebrated at st. Johns r. c.. Church
in Mulberry street this morning In
memory of the departed clergy and
lay members of the parish.
The Rev. j. P. Poels, pastor, was the
celebrant. with the Rev. Louis Kusters
as deacon, the Rev. Joseph Perotti, sub
deacon, and the Rev. Father Fidelis,
o. s. B., master of ceremonies. 1t was
part of a two-day celebration in honor
of the fiftieth anniversary of the
conservation of the church and the
eighty-hrst anniversary of its dedica-
ton.
At s o'clock yesterday morning
about 100 boys and girls received their
first communion. At 1870 o'clock a
solemn high mass of thanksgiving was
celebrated, al which Bishop O'Connor
assisted. The officers of the mass were:
The Rev. NJ. ]. Farley, celebrant; the
Rev. w. j. Richmond. deacon; the
Rev. L. busters. sub-deacon; the Rev.
M. P, O'Connor, assistant priest; the
Rev. Father Ernest. o. S. B., master
of ceremonies and the Rev. Joseph
O'Connor, assistant.
Father Joseph Nardiello and DR.. M.
A. McManus were the deacons of
honor to Bishop O'Connor. The Rev.
James A. Lundy preached the m
There were also a number of prom
inent clergymen from different
churches of the city present.
In the evening at 1880 o'clock solemn
vespers, followed by ~benediction of
the most blessed sacrament, were cele-
h-okAl Au Aha DAx TIIn6xy oS-
sisted by the Rev. Father Francis,
The Rev. M. ]. Farley was master of
ceremonies. Father Bernard M. Began
was the preacher.
In his sermon Father Began said:
There has been but n enduring
unit through the centuries-the church
the church, in fulflment, realization
and fact. There is me central figure
in all the centuries, Christ-and there
is one central fact, redemption. The
church alone which is Catholic. that
is to say, universal, for all men a n
all time-the church alone can ceie'
brate the Centuries.
F"Crushed, buffeted, beaten and mar
tyred, we find her rising up. renewed
from the ashes of fire n h deluge
of blood, and going forth again anc
again, on her mission of peace and
salvation. to reconstruct society from
the wreck scattered along the shores
of time
The perpetuity of the church, it
perennial life under the conditions o
death, is unassailable testimony to he
divine origin and the divinity of he
founder. So long as time shall worl
its changes and the energy of destruc
ton shall work its ruin. the church will
be found as before, walking amid the
ruins, lifting up the bruised and putting
upon their lips the saving prayer which
society refuses today. the prayer Of
homage to Christ, the King of Ages"
At 7:30 o'clock tonight Bishop O'Con
nor will confirm all of the children wit
received their first communion yester
day.
The services will be closed by Bishop
O'Connor giving the papal blessing tc
all present.
The Sacred Heart and Holy Name
societies caused the graves of the Rev
Patrick Moran, the Rev. James
Leonard, the Rev. Thomas M. Killer
and the Rev. Louis Gainesville to bt
decorated with wreaths n flowers
in honor of the event.