Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1913-06-28
Bishop O'Donaghue Lays Coner-
stone of st. Aloysius
Church.
Father BOes Entertains Bishop
and Twenty-Five Visiting
Priests.
CHURCH READY THIS FALL

Last Sunday was another history
making day for the Catholics of
Pewee Valley and vicinity and the
Diocese of Louisville, for it marked
the erection of another new and
handsome house that will this COM
ing fall be dedicated to the service
OF Almighty God The Right Rev.
Denis O1Donaghue, Bishop of Louis
vile, assisted by twenty-two priests,
lsid the ornerstone of the new st.
AloySius church, Father Boes, the
pastor, having happily selected for
the the occasion the feast of st.
Aloysius Gonzaga, the patron of the
parish. For long years to come this
splendid edifice will stand a monu-
ment to the piety and zeal of Father
Edward Boes and his good people.
The services began Sunday morning
with solemn high mass of thanks
giving. celebrated by the pastor, the
Rev. e. w. Bpes, with the Rev. Frank
O'Connor as deacon and the Rev.
Engelbert Schmitt as sub-deacon. The
morning sermon was preached by
Father O'Connor, whose subject was
'The Christian Virtues in Practical
Life" Father O'Connor dwelt espe-
cially upon the manner in which the
youthful Aloysius Gonzaga, amidst
every incentive to vice, had remained
pure and Christlike, so as to merit
the title, Model of the Young"
The cornerstone laying proper be-
gan at $3.50 o'clock in the afternoon,
when Bishop O'Donaghue blessed the
stone and with his own hands swung
Il into place. There were placed in
the stone a photograph of the old
church, documents containing a his
tory of the parish, the names OF Pope
Plus X, President Wilson, Bishop
O'Donaghue, Cow McCreary and
Mayor Head, together with copies OF
the Kentucky Irish American, the
Record, the Glaubensbote and the
daily papers. Bishop O'Donaghue was
assisted by the Rev. Patrick Walsh
and the Rev. Daniel O'Sullivan, acting
as deacons of honor. At both of the
services the Concordia Singing So
ciety, acting under the direction of
J. ]. Mueller, assisted the regular
choir.
The sermon was preached by the.
Rev. Charles p. Ratio, pastor of st.
Charles church, and was pronounced
one of his best efforts. Father Ratio
iook for his subject "Our Faith and
Its Cornerstone, and said in part:
This most impressive ceremony
Of laying the cornerstone for the
new church is of the most ancient
origin and has a wonderful typical
meaning. 1t suggests to the mind
o. the thoughtful man that scene
enacted in far-off Galilee nineteen
hundred years ago, when the Blessed
Master spoke to Peter, telling him
that he and his successors were to be
the cornerstone, the foundation for
his church. How true did Christ
speak, for though the gates of hell
have ragged against Peter, they never
have and never will prevail. It is
with the faith that Jesus Christ will
keep his divine promises that the
Catholic knows no fear: that the old
man who now sits upon the throne
OF the Fisherman defies the world
and the devil and guides the church
co greater victories over mems hearts
and minds. 1t is this faith that
mahco thc eoou OdlnOllc Dedf ABUSE
and misrepresentation, trusting that
in the end the truth of the church
will prevail. for she is the city set
upon the hill, toward which the ma
tions already are turning for light
and for the full knowledge OF the
gospel which alone can save man
kind and solve the evils of the times. I"
Following the exercises Father
Boes entertained the visiting clergy
at banquet in the rectory. 1t was
an informal affair. Father Boes says
that he expects to have the new
church complete and ready for serv-
Ices by November. The new edifice
is to be OF native stone In Gothic
style. II will cost $1,000 when fin
ished.