The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-07-13
To Lay Cornerstones For
School And Content
Bishop Murray Will Bless New Edfces at Blessed
Sacrament Parish in This City, Sunday After
noon.

An event of very special interest
and probably the first of its kind in
the diocese of Hartford, Will take
place Sunday afternoon at 4 O'Clock
for the school and convent of Blessed
Sacrament church on Union avenue.
Work on both buildings was start
ed simultaneously last April and al
ready the first floors are nearly COM
pleted.
Elaborate exercises will attend the
laying of the stones All the people
the Yellow Mill bridge. 1t is expect,
ed that Mayor Fred Atwater will
lead the parade, and Frank Anderson
will be the grand marshal ar AL He VII w1il
dry. Rev. J. ]. Walsh and several lay
marcher will carry an American nag
The procession will pass over Con-
street, to Stratford avenue and then
to Union avenue to the school, There
will be two fife and drum corps IN
line, the Lincoln school boys and the
First Bridgeport. corps
Upon the arrival of the parishton-
ers, Ri. Rev. John G. Murray OF
Hartford, will proceed from the paro-
chial residence to the school. He
will be escorted by a large number
of priests from all over the state who
have been invited to attend
Names in BOX.
The exercises will open with the
singing of ''Veni Creator Spiritus,' by
the choir, after which the Bishop will
bless the building and then place the
cornerstone. A strongbox coptain-
ing the names of the Holy Father,
the President of the United States,
the Bishop of the diocese, the Gov
eminent of the State, the pastor OF
the church, the mayor of the city, the
trustees, the general contractor, a
copy of every local paper, and the
Catholic Transcript and a coin of
every denomination, will be placed in
the school stone. There will be no
box in the convent stone.
The children of the church will
sing America" and at the conclusion
of the song, Rev. Edward A. Boxter,
"Catholic Education." Father Baxter
is an eminent orator and was one of
the speakers at the mission conducted
during the month of May at Blessed
will close with the singing of THE
Star Spangled Banner" by the entire
audience. Professor NJ. ]. Grafton
is arranging and directing the musical
The design of the buildings which
was the original idea of Rev Jere-
miah J. Duggan, was drawn by Jo-
speh J. Jackson, prominent achi-
tect of New Haven, who has special
lied in the planning of churches.
schools and converts. The lot upon
which the two buildings have been
placed is about 239 feet long and 1S5
feet deep. The school will be a
three-story structure. 119 feet by rs
feet There will be eight rooms on
both the first and second floors ana
the top story will consist only or q
large assembly room which will &C
commodate about 1900 people, and a
stage measuring So by Y feet. In
the basement there will be four
rooms, a large recreation room for
nd n
boys room and girls room. Each of
the class rooms will accommodate
about so children
Three-Story Convent.
The convent will be also three
stories high. On the first floor will
be a specious chapel. a community
room, a music room, reception
room, dining room and Kitchen. For
the sisters who wish to do some
special work privately or to study,
library will be placed on the second
floor. There will be 10 sleeping rooms
with hot and cold water in each, and
south side of the building. The en-
trance to the lower porch will be
from the community rooms and from
the corridor to the upper porch 1t
is planned to heat the convent ff'am
Michael Noonan, one of the par
ishioners, is the general contractor
on the job, while William P. Kirk has
charge OF the plum bling ana heaung.
The building will be fireproof
throughout, and will be made Of
handsome assorted brick. The cor
ridors will be made of cement
The erection Of the school and con-
vent is splendid effort considering
the fact that the parish itself will not
be five years old until next month.
Prior to the establishment Of Blessed
Sacrament parish the district was
part of st. Mary's parish. The bound
aries for the new section are the rail-
road tracks ON the north the STRAIT