The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-01
ST. JOSEPKS NEAR
GOLDEN JUBILEE
OF ITS FOUNDING
Parish Preparing to Celebrate
Fiftieth Year of Increasing
Usefulness May 2.
STARTED BY THE LATE
ARCHBISHOP BAYLEY
Priests of St. Patrick's Held
First Services Until Father
Dalton Took Entire Charge.

oSh'ASSo Ohtl1 dtiiNi
Dalton Took Entire Charge.
The Rev. George w. Corrigan. pas
tor of st. Joseph's Roman Catholic
Church. is preparing for the golden
jubilee of h parish, which was or
ganized fifty years ago. The interior
of the church will be newly decorated
at a cost of several thousands of dol
lars. The decorators have begun erect
ing scaffolding in the edifce, and it is
expected that their work will be fin
ished by Easter Sunday.
The golden jubilee services are to be
held on Sunday, May 2. Bishop John
j. O'Connor will pontifcate at a solemn
pontifcal mass n in the afternoon
will confirm many boys and girls. Sol
emn vespers will be sung, with bene-
d~iction, in the evening. At the pom
tifical mass some priest we'll posted on
the history of the parish will preach
the A reinforced choir will
sing specially arranged selections from
tiC iudSSeS ny the mdSIeFS.
A trombone and kettle-drum enter
tainment will be given in the school
hall next Monday night to raise money
for the jubilee fund. Later the soci-
cites of he parish will give entertain
ments. The Father Mathew 4. a. b.
Society will present a three-act farce,
Facing the Music" in the school hall
on February %.
History of Parish.
1t was in the spring of the year 1859
that the late Archbishop James Roose-
Bayley. primate of the Catholic
Church in the United States, who was
the first bishop OF New Jersey, Gre
the parish of St. Joseph's for
the benefit of Catholics living west of
High street, who had to walk down to
Patrick's Cathedral to attend mass
and other religious duties. He selected
the late Bishop Bernard j. McQuaid,
then pastor of St. Patrick's, to organ
ize the new parish and build a chapel.
Father McQuaid, who was a vigorous
worker and had Quilt several churches
and schools in Northern New Jersey
counties, collected money from the
of the new parish, who were
nearly all working people. and early
in the fall of 1853 the cornerstone of
a small brick church was laid. When
The building vas dedicated Fathers Nc
quad and Doane and other priests of
cathedral took turns in saying mass
there. 1t was a two-story building,
the first DOR being used as a paro-
chial school and the upper one for re-
services. The cathedral priests
their work at st. Joseph's
years.
The First Pastor.
The Rev. James Dalton, the first
pastor of st. J%oseph's, took charge in
1867. He was an eloquent preacher,
an energetic worker, and he was 50
successful in raising money as the
of the big parish grew
he built the present fine stone
church, the cornerstone of which was
laid late in the fan of 1872. The stone
brought by Father Dalton from
the ruins of the famed ancient seven
of Glendalough. Ireland, and
when it was laid there was a great pro-
cession of societies and the celebrated
Dominican orator, the Rev. Thomas
Burke. preached the sermon Father
Dalton had small pieces of the old stone
made into scarfpins. sleeve buttons,
etc, and they We're bought by many
as souvenirs.
Mother of Parishes.
The Rev. Thomas ]. Toomey was the
second pastor of the church. He built
a new schoolhouse and made many i'm
DrnNpJ1pnfS He y+ae St1arealnd Inv tha
Rev. Peter j. ODonnell. Fathers Dali
ton, Toomey and O'Donnell are dead.
The Rev. John j.. O'Connor, now bishop,
Father O'Donnell as pastor.
The Rev. George w. Corrigan followed
him, n has done splendid work in the
parish, which is a very large one yet,
though the parishes of st. AntoninuS,
Anne and St. Rose of Lima have been
carved out of the original parish, the
west boundary of which extended to
the East and South Oranges lines.
Father Corrigan bought two fine brick
buildings at Warren and Hudson streets
a home for the sisters of charity.
who teach in the big parochial school.
The mounts of Christmas and Easter
collections are, as a rule, very large.
The assistant priests at st. Joseph's
are the Rev. A. L. Clark and the
Rev. f. F. Quirk. The several parish
of men. women and children
are active in church work. and will
assist in making the golden jubilee a
great success.
Among the priests who have served
as curates at st. Joseph's We're Fathers
Nicholas Malloy, j. NJ. Giraud, NJ. A.
NIcMapuG NJ Schaifarn NJ 7 HOI-
NJ. p. O'Connor, r. +. j. Connolly,
II. c.. Phelan, Thomas A. Conroy,
Mulhall, +. NJ. O'Malley, T. j..
Stanton and NJ. P. Corcoran. Some Of
these are now dead. Ali of them Were
workers in ST. Joseph's parish,
and all who are alive are expected to