Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-28
SUDDEN DEATH OF
e FIRE VICTIMS
IS MISSION THEME
Vincentian Father at st. James's
Warns 1900 Women BE AL
ways Prepared to Die"
4 mission for women was opened last

A mission for women was opened last
night by three yineentian Fathers
from Philadelphia, the Rev. John A
Garvin, c. NJ; the Rev. Thomas a
German, c. NJ, and the Rev. Hulste'
v. piper, 6. NJ, at St. James's Roman
Catholic Church, Of which the very
Rev Dean Patrick Cody is the rector.
The church auditorium, which has
rows of long pews h a seat l,4Vu per
sons, was packed by women halr III
hour; before the services were pesuh
Women sat on the step OF the cnance
outside thu rail- and several unoIeo
stood for more than an hour IN .ne
large open space behind the iast ron
Of pews near the entrance doors.
Father Piper led in h laying Q,
the rosary of the Blessed virgin, aho
the / 500 women and young girls re-
cited the last halfsof five Our father
and fifty Hail Marys aloud.
The same priest gave INSTRUCTIONS Oh
now to prepare for making "a sincere
confession and making the mission Il
the proper way.
Tells the Pathetic Story OF Calvary.
Father, Garvin, leader of the mission
BAND, preached the first mission ser
mon. His subject vas Salvation. II
elodl1ent sentences he told the patnetie
story of the last days of Jesus Cnris'
His agony in the garden OF Getn'
scmane. the browning with thorns, 1he
mailing to the cross on Calvary ant
His death on that instrument OF torture
Father Garvin said that Christ endured
all this agony and torture 70 pel
heayen to the souls of sinners, for Owl
salvation, and therefore men ane
women should make every sacr1ncs
theyacould to show their love graf,
itude and reverence for Him. the Goe
whostook a human body on earth tna'
He could redeem men and women roH
sin.
Father Garyin said that in order &c
he sure to be saved everybody shoui'
live SO as to be prepared for death at
anv minute and in any place. He told
the women that the sudden and terri
ble deaths: OF, the twenty-three women
in the High street factory was an OBJ
ject lesson for all who are living Ioi
those poor creatures had enjoyed. the
pleasures of Thanksgiving "a IN theii
usual manner, went to the factory tne
next day, and in a few hours after tney
e work Saturday morning were
suddenly doomed to die. Some In thei'
frenzy might not have thought Of ask
ing God to have mercy on them. Fathei
Garvin said, and he asked every
woman in the church to, pray for the
souls of the victims Of the fire, not only
last night but every morning and nish'
this week during the mission.
One of the priests of st. James'
Church officiated.a at the benediction o.
the Blessed Sacrament. which closed
the services, and the male choir Of thu
Holy Name SbeietySof the. parish. which
is one Of the largest in New Jersey
sang the hymns. 81 81
Mass EEEIsaacs1 MDfnibE at 5.
There will he q mission now for work
ing women aid girls att o'clock every
morning this week, andsta mass al
$40 o'clock for the mothers and thost
who do .not work I'm factories, shop
and stores. AT 1880 O'Clock each night
there will be the rosary, instruction. 9
mission sermon and benediction. Wed
nesday the mission priests will begir
hearing confessions. Sunday night nex'
they will open a weeks mission foi
the men Of the parish.