Evening journal., 1918-02-05
CLERGY. LAITY and
TOTS MOURN PR Est
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neral procession entered, and the altar
boys, with Father Waldron, marched
slowly towards the entrance and ac-
sompanied the casket to the altar, where
IL was piseSd upon a catafalque.
One thousand ,aiidren. members OF
the parochial schools OF the city. Join
ed In the singing Of Nearer, My God.
to Thee" under the direction OF Joseph
McCulln, with Miss Mary Murphy at
the organ.
After forming In a line the entire
body Of people passed the casket in
which the body or Father Mooney lay.
and kneeling as they passed. took a last
glance. The guard Of honor. consist
lng or members OF every society in
me city took a position beside the
casket and every hour different
set Of guards took their places. They
represented the knights OF Columbus.
Brownson Library Association. Ancient
order Of Hibernisns. Pioneer Literary
Association and Salesianum Alumni
throughout the night thousands Of per-
sons visited The church to pay their tri-
Dute TO the departed priest.
At $50 o'clock this morning the Rev.
p. A. Brennan said a requiem mass.
At 730 o'clock the Rev. z. C.
Higgins celebrated another mass. and
at o'clock the Rev. T. +. Waldron
celebrated mass, with all the children
Of the parish present AT $50 O'Clock
the ofllce Of the dead was recited. and
at 10 o'clock a solemn pontincal re-
quiem mass was celebrated BY the
lob
Of the Dioce-e Of Wilmington. assisted
by Father Waldron The Rev. J. ].
Connolly. Of St. Thomas Church.
was assistant priest; the Rev. s. A.
Welsh and the Rev Arthur Burns. Of
The Cathedral, Pittsburgh, deacons Of
honor; the Rev Charles Crowley. OF
Middletown, deacon Of the mass: the
Rev. Walter knight. OF Salisbury. Nd
sub-deacon, and the Rev f. G.. Higgins
and the Rev. p. A. Brennan master Of
ceremonies.
Twelve ma ses were said today be-
tween G 30 o'clock in the n,ornlng and
II - o'clock, the time Of the fun, ral
procession. About nifty priests were
in the sanctuary The out-of-towu
priests attending the funeral were from
New York, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
At the request Of the late priest no
sermon was delivered with the excep-
tiOn Of the brief remarks by Father
Waldron. who as a personal friend Of
The deceased spoke on the life Of Father
Mooney and his devotion 10 tbe church
At II i5 o'clock the casket was car
ried from the church by the active pail
hearers, preceded by the eight honorary
pallbearers and accompanied by the
same representatives Of the Catholic
Societies who escorted the body 10 the
church. The honorary palbearcrs were .
The Rev Fathers p. a Brennan, John
Lynch. James NJ Grant, n d.. Francis
Tucker u. d. Father Gabriel. .. : b.:
Charles Crowley. Father Nerginer. : f..
and Charles Dougherty, f. :. The active
p0llbearers were Phillip Burton James
C.. Carr, Thomas Culllnane, Patrick Mul-
rooney, Dr. John Stadter, Phillip
Toomey, Robert liagan and Patrick
Freeman.
The music at the various services was
under the direction Of Joseph McCul-
lin. director Of St. paul's choir, with
Miss Murphy at the organ
The ushers at the funeral mass were
the ushors OF S. pauls Church-Joseph
Hanley. Thomas Loughrey, William
Thornton, Frank Billen. William Rus
sell. Albert Sbragg. William Callahan,
William Harkins, Francis Mahan. Tar-
yey Miller, Leo Murphy, Harry Johnson.
Philip Tinley Michael ]. Healy, Patrick
McDonough. Theodore Whelan. James
Dougherty. William T. Loughrey John
Acton, James Martin, John Lynch. under
the leadership Of William B. Shields.
St paul's Church was thronged for
the various masses. At the pontiflcal
mass many non-Cathollc friends of
Father Mooney were among those in
attendance.
Among the priests attending the
funeral were the Rt Rev. Monsignor
Carroll. the Rev. Fathers A. 4 Burns
Of Pittsburgh, Pa; F. C.. Higgins, p. A
Brennan. Peter Lowney C. A. Dough-
erty. Henry Verginer, Francis Tucker,
Charles Fromentine, Francis Mahoney,
John McElwee. Thomas Lawless Will
liam Mclaughlin, Dr. William Temple,
John j. Connolly, J. ]. Lynch, W. j.
Scott, Father Gab~iel, Frank Connolly.
j. +. Dolan. f. J. Mealey, J. ]. McKenna,
j. J.. Dougheriy, j. n. Dougherty, Dr..
James NJ. Grant, NJ. NJ Ryan. p p.
Arndt, C II. Crowley. p. McGoldrick,