New Britain herald., 1917-04-28
BISHOP MILAN TO
 DEDICATE CHURCH
Opening of Church of St. John
 the Evangelist Tomorrow

The new edifice of the church o1
 St. John the Evangelist, will be for
 mally dedicated at 10 o'clock tomor-
 row afternoon in the presence o1 some of the leading Catholic church
 dignitartes of the state, and the parishioners of the new congregation.
 Rt. Rev. John J. Milan of Hartford will delicate the church at 10 o'clock with the usual pomp and ceremony of such affairs, assisted by priests num- bering thirty or thirty-f1ve from vari- ous parts of the state. The event will be an epoch in the history of local Catholic circles as 1t will mean an added parish. At 10:30 o'clock a solemn high mass will be celebrated in the church, with Rev. Lucyan Boj- rowsli, pastor of the church of the Sacred Heart, officiating. In the eve- ming, solemn high vespers will be cell sbrated. Rev. Maurice McAuliffe. vice president of St. Thomas Sem inary, Hartford, will preach the dedi- catory sermon in the morning. and tn the evening Rev. Edward M. Hayes of St. Augustine's church, Bridgeport, will preach. :, Father Hayes is a for ner local resident.
 Early in the summer, Bishop Milan announced his intention of forming a new parish in this city, and after land had been purchased of the Rhodes estate at the corner of East street and Newington avenue, announcement was made of the selection of Rev. John J. Fitzgerald of Poquonock, a former curate at St. Mary's church. as pastor of the new church. The new parish, includes former parishion- CTS of St. Mary's and St. Joseph's churches.< Various social functions were arranged, such as whists and baxar and these. with voluntary con- trtbutions. have netted the popular a sum sufficient to commence his mis- sion.
 Ground for the new church was broken early in the summer and on September 10 the first mass. was eel ebrated for the parishioners in the basement of St. Andrews Lithuanian church. Work was rushed by Con- tractor O'Nefl+ of Hartford. who was in charge of the general work, as- sisted by sub-contractor Thomas w. Crowe. On October 2s, at 8 large gathering of Catholics from several cities in the state,s the corner stone was laid by Monsignor Duggan of Hartford. Rev. M. Il. Reagan preached the principal sermon on the =. s Church Seats 800 rs 1.-The new edifice has a saatAae ca racity of 800 and is finished in hard wood, with pews to match. The sta- $xf A nA syfn <,,<, all of members of the church. There is 1 handsome altar. The building Is of brick construction, containing a basement of ~f adequate Hroportions. When the church has of the pastor to erect a parochial school and rectory.
 Escorting Bishop Milan tomorrow, will be the Bishop Terney Assembly, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. Regulation uniforms for such occa- sfons.
 Organist John J. Crean has been hard at work for several weeks pre- paing the choir for the musical pro- gram to be rendered tomorrow at both services. The following quartet will dDSASk CAlS CAOIu0 VI IW01Ity VOlCSSs Mrs. Fred x. O'Brien. soprano: Miss Margaret O,Leary, alto; John H. Jack son., basso: John Kilduff. tenor. The program arranged by Organist Crean Tor the high mass is as follows: Processional-Cujas Animam. Ros- sinis Stabat Mates
 @ass in honor of St. Michael in G
 ..............- Carl Loesch Kyrie
 Gloria Lu domus Te Soprano. alto, bass) Qui Tolls (Tenor, bass) 6ps Sipe (Soprano) Credo
 Etin Carna tus (Contralto solo) 2 Etin Spiritum (Soprano solo)
 Sanctus (Quartet)
 Benedictus
 Agnus Dei Onertory-Jesu vivi Meo. Verdi
 ~ (Soprano baritone. bass).'
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