Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-07

Cornelius KeneaIy, who found it necessary to
rule with ruler a good deal OF the time.
but the unruly scholars of those days justified
the teachers action. He believed in the adage
Spare the rod and spoil the child"
IA /HEN the ground was broken for st.
w Dominic's Church q relic Of Barry Chapel
was unearthed and subsequently used IN the
walls OF the Holy Name Chapel attached to the
Dominican church. Speaking Of this, Mar
Raret Brent Downing says:
"Barrys Chapel served the Catholics about
Greenleafs Point for some years, but its entire
history Is very vague Some workmen were
excavating about the site Of this shrine at the
time when St Dominic's Church was being
built They unearthed the corner stone and It
was reverently imbedded in the foundations OF
the beautiful Dominican church, In south
Washington"
I'm the name OF the blessed undivided
St. Dominic,S, Rev. Raphael Burke the Barry
Chapel stone was referred to, and the writer
was taken to the rear OF the church, where
this interesting relic was imbedded in the outer
wall, and there he copied the following in
Scription:
"In the name OF the blessed and undivided
Trinity Amen This first stone Of a small
Roman Catholic Church is laid in the City
Of Washington In the year Of our Lord 81
Saviour Jesus Christ, 1906. and dedicated to the
blessed Virgin Mary under the title and name
of St Mary,s. Gloria in Excelsis Dec. Erected
by and at the charge Of James Barry"
The site of Barry Chapel IS placed by Father
ODaniel least Of South Capitol street, two
blocks due south Of the present st. Vincent
de Pauls" and says that it was replaced by
st. Peters on Capitol Hill, in 1921 or 1922"
Incidentally the new church is said to occupy
the site Of the barn and barn yard OF Motley
Young an original proprietor of land in the
Federal Capital, and patented under the name
Of Duddington Pasture.
An early letter describes the first st. DOM
fnnic's Church as follows: "A neat and beau
tiful building. Its site is handsome, standing
as it does about the center of the Island in
full view Of the Capitol. The dimensions of
the church are about 10 by 40 feet. The interior
has been finished in handsome style, with
rich cornice and ceiling"
The first priest attached to this church,
Rev. George A. S. Wilson, who served from
1853-1856; 1863 and from 1866 to 1857.
THE first building for st. Mary's German
! Catholic Church. on Fifth street between G
and H, was erected. according to Sessfords
ANNALS" in 1886. year after the parish had
been formed In the basement of st. Matthews
Church Gen. John p. Van Ness, who together
with his wife-the daughter Of David Burnes-
did much religious charity work, also donated
the site for this church. Father Matthias Alig
was the first pastor assigned here, and he con-
tinued at this post until his death, in 1882.
At this church the writer met Rev. Charles
J. TrinkauS, and most gracious and magnetic
man. the kind that makes a stranger feel per-
fectly welcome and at home. From him the
picture of old St. Marys and Of Father Alig
were obtained, and the writer was shown some
of the church relics, including the trowel with
which the corner stone of the original church
was laid and which labeled follows
This trowel used
. by
The Most Rev. Samuel EccleSton
Archbishop of Baltimore
The corner stone laying Of
The Old ST. Mary's German
Catholic Church
- Washington, d. c.
The Feast OF the Annunciation
of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
March IS, 1896"
The same trowel was also used on July q,
1890. in laying the corner stone Of the new
st.. Mary's CHURCH and later on November 4,
1907, in laying the corner stone of ST. Marys