Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-26
MISSION OPENING
ATTRACTS CROWDS
Jesuit Fathers Conducting Two
Weeks Services in East
Orange.

With The celebration of a solemn
high mass at II o'clock yesterday III
the Church of Our Lady Help OF Chris
lions. East Orange, the Jesuit fathers
of Philadelphia opened a two weeks
mission. Rev. Albert w. Brown, 5. j.,
who conducted a similar mission three
wears ago in the same church, is IN
charge of the present mission. lie Is
assisted by Rev. Father Williams, 5.
j.. of New York city. Father Brown
took for his text: Nov is the accepta-
BILE time"
The evening program of the mission
services will include a short instruc-
ton, mission rosary, sermon ana ben
ediction of the Blessed Sacrament, be-
ginning at s o'clock each evening. The
morning services will include mission
masses at 5 and 5 o'clock, after which
a short sermon will be preached. A
special mission service. including in
struction and benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament, will also be given
every afternoon at 3.15 O'Clock for all
the children.
A special feature inangurated by
father Brown is to be the formation
of special classes for non-Catholics
each evening at 7:30 o'clock in the rec
tory adjoining the church. The pur-
pose will be to impart instruction to
those who may wish to know Catholic
doctrines without any obligation on
the part of the non-catholic towards
conversion. At last evenings meeting
fifteen non-Catholics formed the first
class for information. A much larger
class is anticipated for the meeting
tonight.
The mission proper opened last night
with a short instruction by Father
Williams on Prayer" Prayer he
said. docs not, of necessity, mean
that you should follow any formula or
set formulas as nay be found in
manuals or prayer-books. The lifting
up of your hearts and thoughts to
your Maker at any ime and IN n
place is the true, real prayer Father
Williams followed his instruction with
the recitation of the mission rosary.
He allowed part of this recitation to be
performed in a kneeling position and
part standing,
Father Brown gave a mission ser
mon on What Doth 1t Profit a Man
to Gain the Whole World and Suffer
the Loss of His Own Soul?" In the
course of his remarks he pictured the
methods pursued by the world in gen |
eral in this present age Father
Brown said the world first worked
for that which pertained to earthly I
welfare, while it treated it's super
natural welfare with, a secondary con-
s%ideration. the reverse of conditions
as expected from us by God. While
II is true we may, he Sid, succeed
in that to which We give first thought
and consideration, we never secure
that which is secondary to us.
At the 5 o'clock. mission mass this
morning Father Williams preached on
first and second commandments.
the 8 o'clock Father Brown
preached. At both services the edifice
was crowded, especially at the early
where IL was Impossible to
seat all.
The mission will continue for two
weeks. There will be no separate week
for the men nor for he.women. Faith
err Callaghan. the rector Of the parish,
expects the present mission to accom-
plish results beyond those of three
years ago, which were beyond expecta-
tons. He will assist the Jesuit Faith
ers in the matter of special instructions
or information non-Catholics may seek
while the open mission is in progress,
the instruction. if neces-
sary, when the mission closes. AT the
opening services last night it is esti-
that 1900 people attended. 1t
was necessary to seat several hundred
in the main and side sanetuaries, as
we'll as filling the choir loft. The aisles
filled with a standing audience
extended from the sanctuary line
to the entrance. while the front cor
ridor was crowded.