The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-01
Corner Stone of the New st.
Mary's Church Laid Sunday
Afternoon in Presence of an
Immense Gathering.
PRINCIPAL ADDRESS
BY REV. CHARTRANO
He Proved a Splendid Speak.
er and Told His Auditors Of
The Principals and Work of
The Catholic Church.

The cornerstone Of the new Sc
Mary's church. Eighth and North a
streets. was laid with impressive cere.
monies yesterday afternoon at 3
o'clock, by Rev. Father Joseph Char.
trand. of Indianapolis, assisted BY
Rev. Father Mattingly. pastor of tho
church. and his assistant. the Rev.
Father Shea. and other visiting clergy.
Rev. Father Chartrand had charge and
blessed the stone and dedicated tho
church TO Christ.
The service was attended BY mora
than two thousand persons. mostly
members of the parish. and visitors
from st. Andrews church.
During the service a collection was
taken up and more than 500 was real.
lied. A large number of the contri.
buttons were for 81 and $40 and in
some cases even larger. The money
will be used in meeting the expense3
of the construction of the new edifice.
Was . Large Parade.
At 1 40 o'clock, a procession headed
by Marshal John O'Connor and the
Richmond City band. moved from tho
st. Mary's school yard. and paraded
around the square. In the parade
the Knights of Columbus. the Y. NJ I.
st. Joseph's Benevolent society and
other Catholic organizations were rep.
resented, also children Of St Mary's
school. The rear of the parade was
brought up with a number of members
of both St. Mary's and St. Andrews
churches.
The service proper began upon the
arrival OF those taking part In the pa
rade. The blessing of the stone and
its dedication. were proceeded by the
rendition of the Catholic ritual.
The corner stone is located at tho
southeast corner of the church. Other
than the Roman numerals MCMIX.
u3GN the stone is plain. 1t is larger
than the ordinary cornerstone. howev-
er. Within the stone was placed the
copper box which was sealed up on
Saturday and containing copies OF the
three local papers. the church history.
the parish monthly for October. the OF.
ficers Of Roman Catholicism. also the
officers OF the national. state and city
details, common to such a service.
Inspect the Work.
After the ceremony. many inspect
ed the work, as far as 1t has progress
ed All were more than pleased with
the church and parish house.
Father Chartrand. following tho
blessing of the stone. made a short
dedicatory address. He used as his
theme. The Catholic church stands
for the advancement Of morals: such
can only be accomplished by the in
| fluence of a doctrine: the doctrine
necessarily needs authority and there
is but one church of authority-Tho
Roman Catholic church"
Father Chartrand is a very pleasing
speaker. He has a strong voice and
clear enunciation. His mannerisms
are also characteristic of q talented
public speaker.
Progress and Morals.
In speaking Of progress and NOR
ais, Father Chartrand said that To
achieve the highest progress II was
necessary to have high morals. Ths
ton. and this is characteristic to the
Catholic faith, he said Morality was
proclaimed to be the greatest thing in
life.
He said the growth OF St. Mary'3
congregation. as shown by the fact
that il had become necessary for the
congregation to have a new and larger
meeting house, should mean much,
not only to it's members but to the
citizens Of Richmond at large. The
progress of the local church is only
characteristic OF Catholic churches in
| other cities, remarked the speaker.
Were it not for Christ, Father
Chartrand predicts, the inhabitants
OF the world today would be barbar.
ians. The moral reform common in
the government. in the home and IN
fact in all things is only a natural out
growth of the desire of people to at
tain high morality, he believes.
Principals Of Church.
Catholicism stands for supernatural
charity, love, morality and justice. ac-
cording to the speaker. Religion Is
accomplishing today what 1t did CEN
turies ago and its purpose is practi-
cally the same. An example was CIV
en- by Father Chatrand. showing that
through the Influences Of religion
that woman was raised from her low
Iy position of slave. centuries ago.
to her present high plane Of equality.
in most respects, with man.
The church was dedicated to God
for the purpose OF increasing Justice,
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