Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-06
NEW CLINTON HILL
CHURCH DEDICATED
Blessed Sacrament Edifice Is
Thrown Open for First Time
to Use of Pensioners.
FOURTH DEGREE OF X. OF c.
ESCORTS BISHOP O'CONNOR
Monsignor Mackel, of Eliza
beth, breaches First Sermon.
Vespers Held at Night.

Dedication services were held yes
terday morning in the handsome new
Church of the Blessed Sacrament, at
Clinton avenue and Van Ness place.
The principal event was the blessing
of the edifice and grounds and
mass of Thanksgiving offered by the
rector, Rev. Frederick c. O'NeiH.
Bishop O'Connor offlciated at the
dedication and was assisted by a
number of other priests from the
Newark and Trenton dioceses. The
prelate in his robes of office was es-
corted by the clergy and by the local
members OF the fourth degree knights
of Columbus. A number of acolytes
also participated in the procession
from the rectory to the church.
It was the first time the church was
used by the parishioners and every
seat was filled, many persons being
compelled to stand in the aisles. A
number of city officials were present
as we'll as representatives of other
Catholic parishes.
Special music for the mass was
under the direction of Frank Mind
mich, as follows: Mass, PRO Pace"
LID I1dCIlSs O1Hh 0CA fANai
Verdi, Miss Gertrude Mindnich, NJ. NJ
Zetwick and John ]. Quinlan; 'Veni
Creator" Gregorian. The choir Of So
Ioists was: Soprano, Miss Grace T.
Shanklin, Miss Eleanor Mcmahon and
Miss Mindnich; alto, Miss Josephine
Prach and Miss Ethel Noll; tenor
William Ritger and Michael NJ. zet-
wick; bass, John ]. Quinlan. William
Netschert and Nicholas Kaufman.
Monsignor Charles H. Mackel,
rector of ST. Patrick's Church, Eliza
beth, preached the sermon. With
reference to the dedication he said:
1.-THE primary aim of the dedication
of. this church is indeed to enable you
to fulfil your duties of religious wor-
ship of God and to secure the eternal
salvation of your immortal souls in
the kingdom of heaven. But its aim
likewise is to sanctify and perfect you
in-the iSulness of Christian life here on
earth and to aid and sustain you in
the faithful performance of every duty
inculcated whether by reason or by
revelation in relation to God, to your
selves, to your homes and families, to
your empl Oyers, your neighbors, your
fellow citi. yenS, your lawfully consti
tuted autho ,rities in Church and State.
The very presence of this sacred edi-
flee among you will be a constant re-
nlinder that in the kingdom of God,
which is the kingdom of truth and
righteousness you are not to be
strangers and foreigners, but you are
called to be fellow citizens of the
saints built OH the foundation of the
prophets and apostles, the chief cor
fserstone being Jesus Christ our Lord.
.'With such convictions and such
conceptions of he aims, purposes and
consequences of the dedication of this
church it is not surprising that we re-
ioice And it is reasonable for us to
believe that this is an occasion of
JOY not only to all who are Catholics,
but even to those who do not share
our religious belief in its entirety.
~They cannot burt rejoice at the
recognition which the dedication of
this temple implies of God as our
Creator and Sovereign Lord and of
Jesus Christ as the Son of God, the
Supreme Teacher and Saviour of
mankind. They surely rejoice at the
thought that here in this church will
he taught and enforced with all the
power of responsiveness and love
those high ideals of Christian conduct
and those precepts of virtue, indi-
vfdual, domestic and social, to which
they are as devotedly attached as we
are"
In the evening the white mar
bic statue which surnounts the
bronze dome above the centre of
the edifice was Illuminated for
the first time. A ring of scores of
shaded electric lights throw light
upon the statue sufficietly strong to
throw it into relief, and it was Wis
ible over nearly half the city. At
7:30 solemn vespers were celebrated.
Father O'Neill was the celebrant:
Rev. Thomas A. Walsh of st.
Charles's, this city, was deacon, and
Rev Edward O'Malley was sub-dea-
ron. Rev. James A. Lundy, of Eliza
beth, was master of ceremonies.
|, The music for this service was:
Ifespers, Est's; solo and quartet, Veni
Creator. Gounod; Salve Regina, So
.srano solo; o Salutaris, alto solo;
|Fantum Ergo, soprano solo and quar-
|tet. Comprising the quartet were the
Misses Toohey and Carl and Messrs.
Kirwan and Valentine.