The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-19
SLAVONIAN CATHOLICS
 NEW WSCHOOL,
 DEDICATED
Imposing Ceremony Marks Forma|itIes of Completion
 of Fine Structure
Two Bishops and Many Clergy men Participate in Exercise Father Konlara's SpIen-
 did Work

With two bishops, thirty priests, the mayor, and between 5000 and 5000 lay men in attendance, the ceremony of dedication was carried out with all the pomp and splendor of the Roman Catholic church at the new St Johns Slovenian Catholic 'parochfal school. Jane and Pembroke streets, yesterday afternoon. The dedication ceremony was one of the most beautiful seen here in a long time, and the event marked red letter day in the ca1en- dar of St. Johns parish.
 For several years the members of the parish have been working hard to get the necessary funds together to pay for the erection of a school for their children, and about year ago Rev. 4. E. Komara, the pastor of the church, announced that a fund large enough had been contributed. to war rant the beginning of work on the new paroc11ial school Work was started on the school and it ss now practically completed and ready for occupaYicy. up with desks and chairs and when completed will be one of the finest Iarocflia1 schools in the StAte./
 The dedication exercises yesterday afternoon were most portentioiIS. Ser vices were eIrst held in the church ar4 Brooks and Jane streets, and after the services at the church there was al procession to the new school, a baockl distant.
 The procession was headed by thel Olympic band A lofg line of school children dressed 1n'zgvffite, in c3lHfg4 of1 followed the band Following the children were the members Of the1 clergy, with Bishop John J. Man of Hartford, Bishdp Koude1ka of Mtlwau- ke, and the Very Reverend Dr. Peter son. president of St. Johns Seminary 1,e, e% f al TxaY 1a-l gations from all the different Slavic societies in this city brought up the rear of the procession. There were two bands in line besides the Olympic band, and appropriate sacred music was rendered along the line of march Arriving at the new school there were speeches by both Bishop Milan and Bishop Keude1ka, and also by Mayor Wilson, Rev. pr. Peterson and Father Komara, the pastor of the church. Bishop KeudIeka in his re- marks said that the goddess spirit of this age emphasized too much the de- velopment of the intellect in earthly things to the neglect of the essential thing-the development of moral edu- cation. The purpose of this school, like all the parochia1 schools through out the country, he said, was to give the children equally as good a moral and religious training as the "educa- tiona1'' training in reading, writing, and the other common school studies.
 Mayor Wilson congr atulated Father komara and his flock for their enter prise and public spiritedness in work ing so diligently to build the new school and said that the school was one Of which the people of the whole city as well as the members of St. Johns parish might well feel proud. ' The Rev. pr. Peterson reviewed in a comprehensive manner the record of the Slavic people in this country as well as in Europe. He told of the way they had been persecuted in Eu- rope and of how they had come to this country, willing to do their share al- ways in the advancement of the best interests of the country, anxious for their children to get good educa- tfon, in religion well as in the other subjects of which every child should know.
 t'The slavish people," said Dr. Peter son, fully realize their duty to their church and their adopted home. In building schools where their children may. get instruction in religion liter ature, art, and science, they are do- ing a great. work in this country, nak- ing better citizens who are abreast of the times in things religious as well as in things civic and educational''
 Bishop Milan took for his topic the quotation: '-The fear of the Lord is the foundation of Wisdom He showed in HIS TeILldfk4S tndI JuSt aS essential for g. child to be taught religion in the school as 1t Is for the child to be taught other things.
 He congra tulated the pastor of St. Johns church and the mem bers of the parish for the splendid work they have done during the past year, and urged that they con tinue to do as we'll dur ing the present year and the years to come. To say that he was pleased with the Landscape new paroehiaI .I.-1 And the bishop had reason to feel pleased with. the. new school, for it is l without doubt one of the finest build jngs of it's kind in. this city, -, It is located at the southeast corner of i Pembroke and Jane streets and faces upon the latter tl1oroughfare. It is | built of red brick with Limestone trim l
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