Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1912-02-03
Big Day For Catholics and
the Residents of Ger
mantown.
Right Rev. Bishop O'Donaghue
Will Assist and Preach
Sermon.
BANQUET FOR VISITING CLERGY


that section of our city known as
Germantown will be Sunday, Febru-,
ary IL, when the new and magnifi-
cent parochial school just erected by
the Rev. Fathers Thome and Ruff
and the people of st. Vincent de
Pauls congregation will be solemnly
dedicated. Right Rev. Denis O'Don-
iaghue, Bishop of Louisville, will pre-
side at the impressive services and
preach the sermon. The presence of
nearly every priest in Louisville and
many from outside the city will lend
great splendor to the occasion, for
which every arrangement has been
made and our German Catholic cit
liens are justly proud.
The programme will begin with
solemn vespers coram episcopo at
$3.50 O'Clock. Rev. Engelbert Bach
mann will be the celebrant, assisted
by Rev. Fl. j. Rotheut as deacon and
Rev. Patrick Monaghan as sub
deacon. Very Rev. James P. Cronin,
" G., will be assistant priest to the
Bishop, with Revs. Henry WeGter-
mann and Herman Jansen as chap
lains, and Rev. Father r. G. Ruff,
assistant pastor of st. Vincent de
Paul's, will be master of ceremonies.
Benediction of the Blessed Sacra-
ment will follow the Bishops SER
mon, when in procession the clergy
will proceed to the new building and
the blessing take place. The
cantores for this solemn ceremony
will be the Rev. DIR. G.. w. Schulz
mann, ID. d.. and Fathers Patrick
Walsh, Charles p. Raffo, Thomas A.
York and George A. Weiss. When
the ceremonies are concluded a ban
quet viii be rendered the clergy in
the new building.
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Hesent 435 children, divided into
eight grades. All branches of the
common school curriculum are here
taught, the highest grade including
typewriting and shorthand. A
child graduating from this school
is not only well equipped in religious
matters, but also in secular as well,
so that it is easily enabled to battle
in commercial pursuits. The
Ursuline Sisters. who have their
msther house in this city at Shelby
and Chestnut streets, have had
charge of this school for a number of
years. In the early days of the par
ish the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth
mad charge. but this was before this
part of the city became a strictly
German settlement and parish.
The new school building is one of
the most modern buildings in the
city. While 1t was put up with much
labor and cost, nevertheless all feel
that they are well paid for their ef-
forts at present and those yet in
store for them. A large basement is
dnder the entire building divi led in
such a way that 1t gives sufficient
play room for the children in time
of inclement weather. Also separate
toilets and washrooms are provided
for. The boiler room is off from
the main building, which is heated
by steam. There are three main en-
frances for the children, the doors
leading outside all supplied with the
newest patents. All have Prince
panic bolts, so that should a panic
OF any kind ensue the doors spring
open upon the slightest touch of the
levers. The building is absolutely
fire-proof. The floors are made OF
fire thing and REINFORCED concrete,
the strips imbedded in cement and
cinder, over which is laid a maple
floor, thus making the school rooms
sound-proof. The building has ten
class rooms and two smaller rooms.
Every class room is regulation size.
2SxS2 feet. Also maple cloak rooms
are provided for. The halls and
corridors are sixten feet wide, as are
also the stairways. all OF concrete. A
tower or cupola sets off the entire
building. This cupola is not only
ornamental but also useful, as II be-
longs to the ventilation system. In
order to get correct idea To
appreciate this building one must
see IT, The entire building is lighted
by electricity and every class room Is
provided with sufficient light. SO
that even on the darkest DAYS they
can be flooded with light. One does
not say too much when he uses the
words of an enthusiastic visitor
when he saw this building: at
surely Is credit to the parish. 10
Germantown and the city"