Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-16
THRONG At LAYING
OF CORNERSTONE
5000 Witness Ceremonies at
New ST. Henry's Catholic
Church, Bayonne.

BAYONNE, Sept. 16.-With impress
sive ceremonies, attended and d.
rected by many Newark clergymen.
the cornerstone of the new st. Hen
rvs Catholic Church, Avenue c and
Twenty-eighth street, was laid yes
5000 persons.
The new church. which is several
blocks from the present st. Henry
Church and rectory. when completed,
will cost about 5000. 900.
The program arranged for the corn
erstone laying began at 3 o'clock with
a parade. in which 1000 participated.
In line were members of Catholic So
oieties and organizations.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians,
knights OF Columbus and Holy Name
societies from West Hudson Catholic
churches were represented. The pa
rade was in two divisions. The first
division was made up of Bayonne po-
licemen, who led the march, cadets.
organizations and three bands, of
which one was the boys band of st.
Henry's Church, composed of twenty
five pieces.
The second division was made up
of the Knights of Columbus, societies.
uniformed organizations and FIVE
bands.
The cornerstone laying ceremonies,
which were scheduled for 3 o'clock,
were postponed until 4 on account of
the length of the parade. When the
marchers passed the old rectory, the
clergymen were conveyed in automo-
biles to the new church and mounted
the platform especially built for
them. The platform accommodated
about 200 persons and was decorated.
Seated on the right hand side of
the structure were many well-known
Catholic clergymen from all parts of
the State. Among these were the
Very Rev. Francisco Linns, C. B.;
the Rev. j. Szicora, of st. Joseph's
Church; the Rev. M. S~zedoydis, of st.
Michael's Church; the Rev. II. A.
Beall, the Rev. M. Dyrniski. the Rev.
H. G. Coyne, of st. V~incent's Church,
and the Rev. Michael Mercolino, of
the Church of the Assumption, all of
Bayonne. Among those from New
ark were the Rev. Frederick C. O'Neil,
of the Church of the Blessed Sacra-
ment; the Rev. Stanley Kruezek, the
Rev. M. j. White, of st. Columbia
Church; the Right Rev. Monsignor
Isaac p. Whelan, of st. Patrick's, and
the Right Rev. Bishop O'Connor.
Other clergymen were: The Rev.
Vitus j. Masnick and the Rev. L. j.
BOIL, of Elizabeth; the Rev, Peter B..
O'Connor, the Very Rev. DIR. Charles
H.. Markell and the Rev. F. M. Nc
Donald, of Jersey City: the Rev. DR..
Thomas H. Mclaughlin, of Seton Hall
College, South Orange; the Rev. w.
o. Hay, of West New York; the Very
Rev. b. j. Mulligan, of Camden; the
Rev. Joseph S. Carroll. of Ridgeield
Park, and the Rev. John N. c. Rut-
ten, of ~Bergenfield.
The cornerstone was laid by Bishop
O'Connor, assisted by alter boys of
st. Henry Church. Following a SER
vice read by Bishop O'Connor the
cornerstone was lowered into place,
amid the cheers of the thousands of
spectators. Among those on the plat
form who witnessed the ceremonies
were Mayor Wittpenn, of Jersey City;
Mayor Matthew T. Cronin, of Ba-
yonne, the Bayonne Board of Educa-
ton, Judge Peter Stillwell. of the
First District Court, Bayonne; Re-
corder Hugh II. Mara, of Bayonne;
Congressman Eugene Kinkead and
Hamill, of Jersey City, and former
United States Senator James Smith,
jr.. of Newark.
Monsignor Whelan made a short
address in which he said that the en-
thusiasm Witnessing the cornerstone
laying was in itself a sermon.