Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-03-16
ST. PATR|CK'S DAY
WILL BRING JOY TO
EVERY IRISH HEART
Many Celebrations Planned Here
in Honor of Emerald Isles
Patron.

The hearts of every true Irishman,
and Irishmens sons and daughters,
will beat faster tomorrow, the feast of
st. Patrick, known the world over as
st. Patrick's Day. The harp and sham
rock will be everywhere and the
Wearing of the Green" will not be
confined alone to those who lay claim
to the Emerald Isle as their home or
the home of their ancestors. Sprigs of
green will be almost universal
Beginning with the masses in all the
Catholic churches in the morning, there
will be plays and tableaux in the after
noon, and in the evening almost every
hall in the city has been engaged by
some organization anxious to do honor
to Ireland's patron saint. There will
be banquets, at which the story of ire
land will be told by eminent speakers,
and there will be receptions and plays
Indications point to the biggest cele-
bration of the day Newark and Essex
county have known.
ST. Patrick was one of the greatest
and most successful missionary priests
and bishops the world has known.
without drop of blood being spilled
he converted whole nation to Chris
tianity and for 1,500 years, in spite of
terrible prosecutions, the Irish race has
been loyal to the faith of st. Patrick,
Ireland is known as the island Of
saints, scholars and singers, for he had
encouraged the native love of the peo-
Pile for music while teaching the grand
truths of revealed religion.
PontifcaI Mass.
The feast of ST. Patrick will be OBJ
served in all of the Roman Catholic
churches with special mass in honor
of the saint, but the most important
service will be at st. Patrick's Ca
thedral, where solemn pontiflcal mass
will be celebrated by the Rt. Rev. John
]. O'Connor, bishop of the Newark
diocese, who will also give special
papal blessing. The Rt. Rev. Monsignor
I. P. Whelan will be the arch-priest
of the mass, with the Rev. Eugene L.
Carroll as deacon and the Rev. Will
lam P Brennan as sub-deacon. The
Rev. Charles Smith, chancellor of the
diocese, will be master of ceremonies,
assisted by two seminarians from the
Seminary of the Immaculate Concep-
ton The Rev. John A. Dillon, OF
Elizabeth, will deliver a sermon on the
patron saint of Ireland. A special pro-
gram of music has been arranged for
the occasion by Professor William
Hattersley.
Among the chief social events Will
be banquets by the Friendly Sons of
st. Patrick the. Celtic Club, Sein Fein
Club, the Essex County Board of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians and the
John J. Gaynor Association. In the en-
tertainment line will be receptions by
the William Harrigan Association,
Branch No. 4, ST. Patrick's Alliance;
the Leni Lenape Club and the Holy
Name Society of the Church of the
Blessed Sacrament.
There will be euchre party at the
Bayley Lyceum under the auspices of
the Sacred Heart Church, three-act
drama at the New Auditorium by the
boys of ST. Patrick's Cathedral School,
vocal and instrumental entertain
ment at st. Johns School Hall in Null
berry street; the Junior Holy Name
Society of the Holy Cross Church, Har-
rison, will produce colleen Bawn' in
the school hall; the Young Wom-
ems Christian Association in East Park
street will entertain a number of
guests at tea party, and the Harr1-
son branch of the organization will
give supper.
In the Oranges the Friendly Sons
of ST. Patrick and Branch No. l of
ST. Patrick's Alliance will have BAN
quets. An entertainment will be given
by the Dramatic Society of st. Johns
Church in Columbus Hall. In East
Orange the most prominent affair will
be an Irish Minstrel Show" by the
societies connected with Our Lady Help
of Christians Church.