The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-30
MARCH OF 1900
PRECEDES LAYING
OF CORNERSTONE
Bishop O'Connor Conducts Inn
pressive Service for Our
Lady of Valley Church.
FRATERNAL SOCIETIES
PROMINENT IN PARADE
Orange Streets Thronged and
Houses Dedecked for. Big
Catholic Ceremonial.

tne Roman Catholic Church of Orr
Lady of the Valley, Orange, which has
hourished for nearly two-score wears
n worshiped in. various parochial
buildings, the congregation yesterday
laid the cornerstone for an ediice Of
Its own. Bishop John j. O'Connor pre-
sided and conducted the solemn serv-
ices.
Having purchased their first church
from the Orange Valley Congrega-
tional Church, the parishioners attend
ed mass and other services in a struc-
ture originally dedicated to the serv-
Ices OF Professionalism. and, since that
structure was RACED, has assembled in
a former school building. Yesterday,
with thousands of men and women
~thronging the streets, with a march
ing line of 5000 men and with the i'm
posing ceremonials Of the church, a
new epoch in the history of the parish,
now one of the largest numerically in
the diocese of Newark, was started.
The spectacular feature of the day
was the street parade, in which dele
cations of Knights of Columbus, st.
Patrick's Alliance of America, the
Ancient Order of Hibernians and the
various Holy Name societies partici-
R~bNa' ~ Ill iiitu
Degree Corps, from New York, led by
Captain william ]. Costigan, had the
right of line. and won applause from
the spectators.
AS a compliment to Father John T..
Boylan, pastor of the church, the
Senior Holy Name Society of Holy
Cross Church, Harrison, led by
Krimke's full band, turned out in large
numbers headed the Holy Name
divisions, Father Boylan was attached
to the Harrison parish in 1891. Judge
Thomas J.. Davis led the big delega-
ton fromN st. Johns Holy Name So
ciety. He is president of the organi-
zation. The Holy Name societies from
other parishes were also we'll repre-
sented. 1'he largest marching force
made up exclusively of Orange men
were witn the st. Patrick's Alliance,
and their long line won applause.
In addition to- blessing the founda-
~tjops of the high altar and laying the
Cornerstone Bishop O'Connor made an
interesting address. He urged loyalty
to Catholic teachings.
At the cornerstone was a big assem-
blage of priests, who assisted Bishop
O'Cennor. Led by Father Charles
Shaw, the choir boys, accompanied by
Deignan's Band, ang hymns, and
after the formal ceremonies by Bishop
O'Connor the clergy, with Mayor Ar
thur B. Seymour, chairman of the
Committee of Fifty, were guests of
Father Boylan.
Priests present included Monsignor
Isaac P. Whelan, rector of st. Pat
ricks Cathedral; Father William
Brennan, of st. Patrick's; Father
Joseph Nardiello, of Sacred Heart
Church, Bloomfield; Father Charles
Doyle, his assistant; the Very Rev.
Dean Patrick Cody, of st. James's
Church; the Very Rev. Dean Joseph
Cunnelly, of Holy Trinity Church,
Hackensack; Father M. A. McManus,
of st. Aloysius's Church; the Rev.
Father Polycarp, O. S. B.; the Rev.
Father Anselm, o. S. B.; Father John
F. O'Malley, of the Church of Our
Lady Help of Christians, East Orange;
Father Matthias j. Mcdonald, Father
Thomas O'Shea and Father. Nicholas A.
Hornell, of st. Johns Church, Orange;
Father M. ]. Glennon, of the Church
of the Holy Cross, Harrison; Father
John J. Rongetti, of the Church of
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Orange;
Father Shaw and Father Camille Lo-
ponte, of the Church of Our Lady of
the Valley, Orange; Father Thomas
McHenry, of st. Aloysius's Church,
Caldwell; DIR. Mclaughlin, of Seton
Hall College; Father job Culliney, of
the Church of st. Paul of the Cross,
Jersey City, and Father Thomas Mon
Afghan. of St. Leo's Church, I%rvington.
Father Maurice p. O'Connor, who or
ganized the Church Of Our Lady Help
Of Christians, East Orange. preached
the sermon. He said:
The sacred eremony that makes this
occasion always memorable marks this
one as peculiarly so, from the fact that this
IL the first time in the history of this parish
Of thirty-siX years standing when such an
event took place.
To understand this we are to hear in
mind that the church in which the con-
Sregation worshiped here from Its organi-
sation in 1873 was originally a Protestant
church, purchased from its trustees by the
Rev. John A. Vassallo. Although the Rev.
Walter M. A.. Fleming. the second rector,
had the church. five years later, extended,
altered and remodeled, yet the original cor
n~erstone remained undisturbed until recent
ly, when the old structure was taken down
to make room for the Imposing new church
now under way.
we are told: Unless the Lord build the
house, they labor in vain that build it,
am sure, however, that God will bless
honor and glory, and l am satisfied that
tie generous people of this parish will do
all in their power TO cooperate with their
Jealous and indefatigable pastor, the Rev.
John F. Boylan.
You must not be daunted at the cost or
discouraged by the sacrifices which you
wifi be called upon to make. Remember,
Won are the children Of a race of people
whose souls have been tried. Think only
az fine good work in which you are en-
~aged and of the great reward in store
3or YOU: Of the JOY that shall fill your
souls when at the completion of your SPLEEN
Aid church the bishop will return to dedi-
cafe ii to the Almighty, under the sweet
title of our Lady of the Valley.
You will then have an ediice of which
vou may be proud, Il monument that when
4ead your children, seeing, may rise up
and call you blessed
1rbat divine virtue by which Catholics
are everywhere inspired to contribute to
the erection of churches Is indeed the gift
~ God. and should be carefully fostered
and strengthened. as the most priceless
treasure ne possess in this life. TIL non
Catholic world Is amazed at the sacrifices
tint we make, but this Is the secret, our
faith. we know our religion, we believe in
Il. and we are prepared to make sacrifices
FOR it. We understand the Significance OF
the word church, and we realize what 1t
means to us In our religious life. We do
not look upon it as a mere meeting house
a. an assembly hall but we hold 1t In
S-~- .avarapra &c the dwelling Mace of