The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-06
BISHOP OCONNOR
BLESSES Stone
Crowd of 5000 Attends Ceres
mony at St. Rose of Lima
Church, Short Hills.

80 1f0SN A
by Bishop John J. o'Connor. of the
diocese of Newark. in the presence of
a crowd of more than 5000 persons.
Addresses were made by the Rev. Dean
Cody, of st. James's Church, of New
ark, and by Judge John B. Mayo. Of
the Court of Special Sessions, of New
York. Many OF the spectators were
from Newark and the Oranges.
Fifteen hundred out of town MEM
bers of the Holy Name and other so.
c~ieties. with a band and a fife and
drum corps, marched from Millburn
railroad station to the church grounds.
The parade was headed by st. Pat
rick's Alliance, of Orange, and the
knights OF Columbus, under the leader
ship of Marshal John P. Lee and the
following aides: Thomas ]. M~ulgrave.
John P. Purcell, Charles McClusky,
William Burns and Frank X. Walsh.
Father James T. Brown, of st. Roses
Church, had invited all members of the
Holy Name Society to participate in
the parade. and they responded nobly,
nearly a thousand strong. John Brack-
en- N j. j.. Burns were In charge OF
the Holy Name delegation from Or
ange. Samuel Atcheson, Michael Cody
and Michael j. Barrett composed the
committee of the South Orange branch.
Peter s. Kearney was marshal of the
st. Rose of Lima, of Millburn, Holy
Name Society. His aides were John
Storey, Charles Witcomb, Edward Dunn
and Michael ]. Whalen.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians of
South Orange n other county divi-
sions numbering about $50, were led
by the officers Of the South Orange di-
vision. The vice-president, Charles j.
O'Brien. was marshal, and John Gas
ooyne was his assistant. The officers
of the division, who were In line, were
Patrick ]. Skiffngton. president; Mich.
ael Reilly, secretary. Inc Herbert Cur
ley, treasurer. The other churches and
societies in line were the Holy Name
Societies of st. James's Church. New
ark; Holy Cross Church, Harrison; Our
Lady of Sorrows Church, South
Orange, and Our Lady Help of Chris
tians Church. East Orange.
The foundation of the new church
was boarded over and converted into a
large platform. on which the ceremonies
took place. The front of the platform
was occupied by the school children OF
the parish, who opened the exercises by
singing national hymns
The blessing of the cornerstone by
Y RiSbpn Jnhn I Cnnna- xuoe tco~,o...,z
n beautiful. Standing with the
Charles Smith, Father John Mcdonald,
of South Orange; Father M. A. Nc
Manus, of st. Aloysius's parish; Dean
Patrick Cody, of st. James's Church,
Newark; Father Glennon, of the
Holy Cross Church, Harrison; Father
Browne, of Canada; Father f. O'Mal-
ley, of East Orange; Father James
Reynolds, of East Orange and Father
William E. Thompson, of the Sacred
Heart parish.
church, given by Dean Cody, was as
follows:
st. Rose OF Lima's parish has an in.
teresting history. dating back to the
American Revolution, when some Cath
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an uprising of negroes. A priest named
Prout visited the people and conducted
services. In 1905 q priest from old st.
Peters Church. in Barclay street, New
York, took up this work. In 1892 mass
was said at Charles Fury's house, in
Springfield. In 1S47 the Rev. Louis d.
Senez, pastor of st. Patrick's Church,
now the cathedral, Newark, said mass
90 @I1 N..o - ll-- -, f.
Springfield, and of John Hogan, in
Short Hills.
Later the Rev. Bernard j. McQuaid
came from Madison to say mass once
a month at Daniel C%oghlan's home, al
Springfield. In 1852 Mr.. Coghlan gave
an acre of ground and Father Nc.
QUAD erected q frame church, forty
by thirty feet, at a cost of 1 900. The
Very Rev. John Laughlin, vicar-generaI
of New York city. blessed the church
and was assisted by Father McQuaid
The Very Rev. Dean Cody. of st.
James's Church, Newark. was an altar
boy at the blessing.
Father Madden, who was then OF.
floating. left In 1864 and the church
was served by priests from Seton Hall
among whom were the Rev. Michael
A. Corrigan, later bishop of the diocese
of Newark; the Rev. B. j. McQuaid,
the Rev. ], e. Martin, the Rev. p.
Cody, the Rev. W. j. Wiseman and the
Rev. James II. Corrigan.
The Rev. Thomas J.. Toomey, late
rector of st. J%oseph's. of Newark,
served In 1873. and the Rev. Wynant
M. Wigger, late bishop of Newark.
served in 1874. The Rev. L. S. Dagnaul
was the first resident rector, and the
Rev. Joseph Rolando was rector un-
til 1881.
In 1880 the church was moved to
Short Hills. The Rev. George w. Cor
rigan, now rector at st. Joseph's, New.
ark, was rector from 1881 to 1887, when
the Rev. Daniel T. Mccarthy succeeded
him. The new ~parochial school was
built In 1900.
The women's committee In charge OF
the ARRANGEMENTS for yesterdays GER
emony consisted of Misses Tessie Splan,
Gertrude Hand. Angy Harth, Tessie
Wlttkop. Katherine Kelly. Mary Spen-
Ger. Elsie Splan. Margaret Flanagan
Mrs. Charles Wittkop. Mrs. John Lon
ergan. Miss Emma Keyle. Miss Eliza
beth Kearnon, Miss Barbara Trogle,
Miss Nugent. Miss Nellie Farley and
Miss Winnie Kelly.
The mems committee was made up
of Peter Kearny, John Dunn. Frank