The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-18
PASTOR ANNOUNCES SOUTH END PARISH
 IS FREED OF DEBT
Entire Mortgage On Sacred Heart Church Property
 Is Cleared Off
Spiritual Activities of Par ish Accounted By Rev.
 pr. R. F. Moore

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 That the Sacred Heart parish is free
 of debt. and that during 1914 there
 were over 50, 900 communions in the
 parish, were striking features of the annual report Of the parish read to the congregation at all masses yester-
 day. Over $27,000. was paid into the parish through various sources.
 The Rev. Dr. R. F. Moore at all the masses yesterday read the annual statement. As a preamble, he stated that he wished to direct their atten-
 ton to two significant facts which un-
 derlie the success of their parish ac-
 tivities of the past year. The first re-
 spects the spiritual life of the parish, which is always of prime importance
 and the other involves its material welfare. The number of coT1Inun- ions from Jan. 1, 1914 to Jan. 1, 1915,
 reached the almost incredible number
 of 56.3o7. pr. Moore commenting up- on this said 1t was the true baroIne- tor of the Catholic life of a parish
 Frequent communion, as counseIed by the Holy Father, is the sure means, he
 said of spiritual growth and culture It makes for clean bodies and clean
 hearts; clean minds and clean con-
 sciences as it must be the guarantee of clean lives.
 Dr. Moore speaking of the material
 phazes of the parish life said, that as
 a general rule, there is an intimate
 connection between the spiritual and temporal. When the former is strong
 the latter seldom or never is weak.
 The receipts of the year without any The largest ever received in one year in the history of the parish. This assertion, said pr. M pore, is made not from any motive of vain-g glory or boastfuIness but as a matter of merit
 and gratitude. It is but proper said
 he. that honor be given to whom honor is due,s and it is meet and just
 that we thank God who. is the .'Giver o fall good gifts To Him we owe all
 that we have and are; and it is He
 who inspires us with the spirit of ben
 evolence towards the great works of
 religion and humanity.
 ISr. Moore then enumerated thenany
 great works accomplished during the
 year that affect the material and nor al welfare of the parish The entire
 mortgage debt ($5, 40O1, was paid. Tn addition there was paid the sum of $6y003. for the enlargement, renova- ton and equipment of the parochfaI school onS F ark avenue.
 TO these items. said he "let there
 be added the sum of $1.00S for neces-
 sary repairs on the Myrtle avenue property and we have the net results of our financial work for the year namely sA 2, 400 above the running ex- penses.
 l The sum of 1.972 was expended for outside purposes Of charity and eduea-
 tion. Speaking of the great need and inn portance Of a Catholic educations Dr..
 Moore stated that in our parochiaI school were registered BOT children, taught by seventeen Sisters of Mercy.
 The average cost to our city of educat- ing a child per year is $2s.28. There-
 fore the Sacred Heart parish saves
 the city annually for mere education $22,S21.96. The buildings and ma teria1 equipment, however, may not
 be computed in these figures.
 The parish is buttressed with so- cieties that protect, morally, the young and the oIds while they help them to practice their various religious duties
 The League of. the Sacred Heart num-
 bers 2.000; the Rosary society 125; the
 Children of Mary 348; St. Agnes Guild
 for young girls 6s: Holy Name society 400; Ozana1n club for boys 14Os and
 St. Reta's Guild 26O.
 Speaking of these new parish ven9 lures that called St. Rita's Guild for the girls and the Ozanam club for the boys@Dr. Moore made a special plea
 for the increase Of sustaining members
 to help finance these institutions that
 are undertaking a much needed and valuable work. Their general aim and purpose of the spiritual and social welfare of the parish and incidentally the betterment of the cornmunity. He said that eventually they will bring to many homes Of the parish mani fold folessings; while to the community at large they must become great fac
 tors for good. While they help to educate the young they will very ma terfa1ly strengthen our holne-IIIe which is fast passing away to the great detriment of society. As is the
 home, so is the state and the country The many are sleeping and eating in houses; but have little or no home life To mitigate this evil in some meas ure is the special aim of these par classes that educate the. young for their domestic and business and so- ciaI duties have been organized, There are classes of plain and advanced
 sewing. embroidery, millinery three classes of nursing under three teach English and arithmetic, while for the special who like the cultural studies
 there is a class of vocal culture; an other of education and one for
 French. These various classes for
 the most part are taught by volunteer
 teachers of the parish.
 The boys are being taught shop ar ithmetic and technical drawing. pr.
 Moore expressed the hope that some
 day the boys will have a home of their own to carry on their special
 work
 Dr. Moore thanked the various off, cers of the church--the trustees, the
 collectors. the teachers and the mem bers of the choir. He asked the peo- pie for a continuance of their gener- ous COL operation for the coming year and invoked upon themselves an q 1 their homes Gods choicest blessings. Seven years old Ada Feinstein. s92 | Iranistan avenue, who is at St Vim cents hospital with a fractured skull I resulting from a collision with a mo-