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diff --git a/41805-8.txt b/41805-8.txt deleted file mode 100644 index e771548..0000000 --- a/41805-8.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,3784 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg EBook of History of the Catholic Church in Paterson, -N.J., by Charles A. Shriner - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: History of the Catholic Church in Paterson, N.J. - with an Account of the Celebration of the Fiftieth - Anniversary of the Establishment of St. John's Church - -Author: Charles A. Shriner - -Release Date: January 9, 2013 [EBook #41805] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY OF CATHOLIC CHURCH IN PATERSON *** - - - - -Produced by Demian Katz and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Images courtesy -of the Digital Library@Villanova University -(http://digital.library.villanova.edu/)) - - - - - - - - - -CONTENTS - - - INTRODUCTION - HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH - Chapter I - Chapter II - Chapter III - Chapter IV - Chapter V - Chapter VI - Chapter VII - Chapter VIII - THE CELEBRATION - HISTORICAL DISCOURSE - - - - - HISTORY - - OF THE - - CATHOLIC CHURCH - - IN - - PATERSON, N. J. - - WITH AN - - Account of the Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary - - OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF - - ST. JOHN'S CHURCH - - "Press" Print. - - - - - HISTORY - - OF THE - - CATHOLIC CHURCH - - IN - - PATERSON, N. J. - - WITH - - AN ACCOUNT OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE - ESTABLISHMENT OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH. - - BY CHARLES A. SHRINER. - - "Sanctuarium tuum, Domine, quod firmaverunt manus tuĉ; Dominus regnabit - in ĉternum et ultra."--EXOD. xv. - - PATERSON, N. J. - PRESS PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY, 269 MAIN STREET. - 1883. - - - - -INTRODUCTION. - - -The records of the early Catholic Churches in this part of the country -are very meagre and to the historian most of them are almost useless. -There are, however, still living in this and other cities a number of -old people of intelligence and good memory and to these the author is -indebted for most of the facts narrated in this sketch of the growth of -the Catholic Church in Paterson. In many instances it was found that the -memories of these old people were at fault and it was only after -repeated comparisons of the numerous dates and diligent search among -such records as could be found that the author was placed in a position -to give to the public at least a tolerably accurate account of the -remarkably rapid growth of Catholicism in Paterson and its vicinity. -Whenever any doubt existed as to the authenticity of records or the -accuracy of memory the reasons of the author for adopting what he -believed to be the true version are given. - - THE AUTHOR. - - PATERSON, N. J., November 15, 1883. - - - - -[Illustration] - -HISTORY OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. - - - - -CHAPTER I. - - EARLY PERSECUTIONS ON MANHATTAN ISLAND.--MISSIONARIES FROM NEW - YORK.--THE FREEDOM OF THE COUNTRY AND OF THE CHURCH - ESTABLISHED.--THE FIRST MISSIONARIES IN NEW JERSEY. - - -"History repeats itself" is an old adage and one which has stood the -test ever since the sage first uttered it. The first chapter of the -history of the Catholic Church, take it as a whole, or in whatever -country or nation you like, is written in blood, the precious blood of -the martyrs who died for their God and their faith. The second chapter -is one of adversity, of persecutions; one in which the property and -worldly comfort of the devout are frequently sacrificed to the bigotry -of the infidel or the heretic. Thus it goes on from chapter to chapter, -from generation to generation, but the hand of God is with his followers -and it raises them from the depths of tribulation from which they looked -imploringly but confidingly to the God who had created them, to the God -who had made himself known to them through the Holy Catholic Church. - -The first Catholic missionary who came to Manhattan Island and who -traveled through the adjacent country was the Rev. Isaac Jogues, a -Jesuit. In 1642 he was taken prisoner by the Indians, who tore off his -finger-nails and cut off the thumb of his right hand; in 1646 he was -killed by the Indians. To-day there is scarcely a hill in that part of -the country from which the cross of a Catholic Church cannot be seen. - -In 1658 a French Catholic was fined twelve guilders in a place now -within the city limits of New York because he refused to contribute to -the support of a Protestant clergyman, and even in 1778 Father De La -Mote, an Augustinian friar, was locked up in prison because he -celebrated mass in New York. To-day the triumph of Catholicism in New -York is marked by hundreds of churches and scores of converts. - -It is a peculiar coincidence that the freedom of this country was -established in the same year with the freedom of the Catholic Church, -and that consequently this, the semi-centennial of the establishment of -St. John's Church in Paterson, is also the centennial of the -enfranchisement of the Catholic Church in this country. By the New York -State Constitution of 1777 Catholics coming from foreign countries were -excluded from citizenship, but Congress overruled the action of the New -York Convention. "With this attempt," says the late Archbishop Bayley in -his History of the Catholic Church in the Island of New York, "to keep -up the intolerance of the English colonial government, all legislation -opposed to the free exercise of the Catholic religion ceased; and such -Catholics as were in the City of New York at the time of its evacuation -by the British troops, in 1783, began to assemble for the open -celebration of the officers of religion." - -In 1786 St. Peter's Church--the first Catholic Church in the Diocese of -New York--was erected on the corner of Barclay and Church streets. In -1809 the corner stone was laid for St. Patrick's Cathedral and at the -consecration in 1815 by Right Rev. Bishop Cheverus, of Boston, the Mayor -and Aldermen of New York City and a number of the State officials -attended divine service in the new cathedral. - -In the Catholic Almanac for 1822 was published the following list of the -clergy in the diocese: - - Rev. Dr. John Connolly, St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York. - Rev. Michael O'Gorman, " " - Rev. Charles French, St. Peter's, " - Rev. John Power, " " - Rev. Mr. Bulger, Paterson. - Rev. Michael Carroll, Albany and vicinity. - Rev. John Faruan, Utica and vicinity. - Rev. Patrick Kelly, Auburn, Rochester, and other districts in the - western part of the State. - Rev. Phillip Larissy, attends regularly at Staten Island, and - different other congregations along the Hudson River. - -Such is the brief outline of the early history of the Catholic Church in -this part of the country and it will thus be seen that shortly after the -Catholics were first permitted to worship God in their own way -Catholicism took root in New Jersey. - -The following concerning the first Catholic missionaries who visited New -Jersey is taken from an article which appeared in the Catholic World in -1875: - -"About this period (1757) there were a few Jesuit priests in Maryland -and Pennsylvania; and the earliest account that we have of Catholics in -New Jersey is in 1744, when we read that Father Theodore Schneider, a -distinguished German Jesuit who had professed philosophy and theology in -Europe, and been rector of a university, coming to the American -provinces, visited New Jersey and held church at Iron Furnaces there. -This good missionary was a native of Bavaria. He founded the mission at -Goshenhoppen, now in Berks County, Pennsylvania, about forty-five miles -from Philadelphia, and ministered to German Catholics, their descendants -and others. Having some skill in medicine, he used to cure the body as -well as the soul; and travelling about on foot or on horseback under the -name of Doctor Schneider (leaving to the _Sinelfunguses_ to discover -whether he were of medicine or of divinity), he had access to places -where he would not otherwise have gone without personal danger; but -sometimes his real character was found out, and he was several times -raced and shot at in New Jersey. He used to carry about with him on his -missionary excursions into this province a manuscript copy of the _Roman -Missal_, carefully written out in his own handwriting and bound by -himself. His poverty or the difficulty of procuring printed Catholic -liturgical books from Europe, or, we are inclined to think, the danger -of discovery should such an one with its unmistakable marks of 'Popery' -about it (which he probably dispensed with in his manuscript), fall into -the hands of heretics, must have led him to this labor of patience and -zeal. Father Schneider, who may be reckoned the first missionary in New -Jersey, died on the eleventh of July, 1764. Another Jesuit used to visit -the province occasionally after 1762, owing to the growing infirmities -of Father Schneider, and there still exist records of baptisms performed -by him here. This was the Rev. Robert Harding, a native of England, who -arrived in America in 1732. He died at Philadelphia on the 1st of -September, 1772. But the priest principally connected with the early -missions in New Jersey is the Rev. Ferdinand Farmer. He was born in -South Germany in 1720, and, having entered the Society of Jesus, was -sent to Maryland in 1752. His real name was Steenmeyer, but on coming to -this country he changed it into one more easily pronounced by -English-speaking people. He was learned and zealous, and for many years -performed priestly duties in New Jersey at several places in the -northern part, and seems to have been the first to visit this colony -regularly. In his baptismal register the following among other places -are named, together with the dates of his ministrations: a station -called Geiger's, in 1759; Charlottenburgh, in 1769; Morris County, Long -Pond, and Mount Hope, in 1776; Sussex County, Ringwood and Hunterdon -County, in 1785. The chief congregation at this period was at a place -called Macoupin (now in Passaic County), about fifteen miles from the -present City of Paterson. It was settled in the middle of the last -century by Germans, who were brought over to labor in the iron mines and -works in this part of the provinces." - - * * * * * - -"After the evacuation of New York by the British in 1783, there was a -prospect of collecting the few scattered Catholics on Manhattan Island -into a congregation, and the venerable Father Farmer used to go twice a -year to visit the faithful there, across the northern part of this -State, stopping on his way to officiate at Macoupin. On the 22nd of -September, 1785, the Rev. John Carroll, who had been appointed by the -Pope Superior of the Church in the United States and empowered to give -confirmation, set out on a tour to administer this sacrament at -Philadelphia, New York and (as he writes to a friend) 'in the upper -counties of the Jerseys and Pennsylvania, where our worthy German -brethren had formed congregations.' In this year Rev. Mr. Carroll -computed the number of Catholics under his charge at sixteen thousand in -Maryland, seven thousand in Pennsylvania and two thousand scattered -about the other States. The number of priests was nineteen in Maryland -and five in Pennsylvania." - - - - -CHAPTER II. - - THE FIRST MASS SAID IN PATERSON.--INTERESTING ANECDOTES CONCERNING - FATHER BULGER.--PREJUDICE AGAINST THE CATHOLICS. THE OLD CHURCH ON - CONGRESS AND MILL STREETS.--ORIGIN OF ST. JOHN'S CONGREGATION. - - -The first priest who placed his foot within what are at present the -corporate limits of the City of Paterson was Father Philip Larrissy, a -Franciscan monk who came here from New York. Just what year he came here -is not positively known but it seems to be tolerably well established -that he was here for some years previous to Father Langton. The first -mass in Paterson was celebrated in the residence of Michael Gillespie, -which stood in Market street on the site of the present Godwin -homestead. Father Larrissy was a missionary priest who travelled between -New York and Philadelphia and visited Paterson every few weeks. He -generally arrived on Saturday evening and as soon as he reached Mr. -Gillespie's house a messenger was sent to notify the Catholics that mass -would be celebrated the following morning. Up to that time Catholics -were compelled to go to New York, frequently performing the journey on -foot, in order to attend divine service. - -Father Langton was the second priest who celebrated mass in Paterson. -The Gillespies had removed to Belleville and so a room for the holding -of divine service was fitted up in the residence of Barney McNamee on -the corner of Broadway and Mulberry street. Here the Catholics attended -mass for several years. Father Langton was also a missionary priest, -going from New York to Paterson, to Macoupin, Bottle Hill and other -places; then returning to Paterson, which was a more important Catholic -settlement than any in this part of the State. On his return to New York -from Paterson Father Langton stopped at the residence of Mr. Gillespie -at Belleville and after celebrating mass there proceeded to Newark, -where there were very few Catholics, and from thence to New York. This -seems to have been the route taken by the earlier Catholic clergymen, -for even Father Bulger, who was not ordained until 1815, said mass in -the residence of Mr. Gillespie. - -Father Richard Bulger was educated at Kilkenny College, Ireland, and was -ordained a priest in 1815 by Bishop Connolly. He was for some time the -assistant pastor of the Cathedral in New York but spent most of his nine -years of priesthood in administering spiritual consolation to the -Catholics in Paterson and vicinity and continuing the work in which -Fathers Larrissy and Langton had preceded him. It was he who in 1820 -erected the first building used exclusively for divine service by -Catholics in Paterson and he was the first parish priest in this city. -Previous to this time he followed in the footsteps of his predecessors -in journeying from place to place, preaching the Word of God by the way -and saying mass and administering the rites of the Church whenever -opportunity afforded. In 1821 Mr. Roswell L. Colt in behalf of the -Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures offered to all the various -denominations in Paterson ground on which to erect houses of worship. -This generous offer was accepted by the Catholics and in this way they -came into possession of a piece of property situated on the southwest -corner of Congress (now Market) and Mill streets. The deed was given to -the Catholics "for the purpose of erecting, maintaining and keeping a -building or house for the public worship of God," a clause in the deed -providing for reversion of the property to the donor as soon as the -property was used for any other purpose than that of divine worship. -There were at that time only twelve Catholic families in Paterson, but -the prejudice against the Catholic Church which characterized its -earlier history in this country had subsided, and the Catholics received -aid from persons of other denominations. This, added to their own -generous gifts of money and labor, produced a building 25×30 feet in -size and one story high. The room was furnished with a plain altar and a -number of wooden benches without backs, which served as pews, and the -attendance on Sundays did not exceed 50, unless there was an influx of -Catholics from some village not supplied with a church. Mass was -celebrated every Sunday morning and vespers in the afternoon. The church -was named after St. John, the Baptist, and the building still stands -where it was erected in 1821, although it has been considerably altered. -Father Bulger was taken sick in 1824, while assistant pastor at the -Cathedral in New York, where he died in November of that year. He was -buried in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral. - -Although Father Bulger's years as a priest were few they were devoted to -the cause of the Lord with an energy and faithfulness which made him so -prominent a figure in the early history of the church in Paterson. Many -are the anecdotes told concerning him, some of which are illustrative of -his character, and among these the following appear of more than -ordinary interest: - -Archbishop Bayley's book on the History of the Catholic Church contains -the following: "The Rev. Mr. Bulger was first sent on the mission to -Paterson, in New Jersey, where he labored with great fidelity. During -his missionary expeditions through various parts of the State, he was -often exposed to insults, and underwent many hardships, which his ardent -zeal and buoyant spirits enabled him to bear, not only with patience, -but cheerfulness. A large stone was thrown at him through the window of -his bedchamber, which nearly cost him his life. On this occasion he -published a letter addressed to the inhabitants of Paterson, which -excited a great deal of attention, and made him many friends even -amongst those who had been most opposed to him." - -In the same work appears the following: "He was accustomed to tell many -laughable stories of his adventures. Trudging along one day on foot, -carrying a bundle, containing his vestments and breviary, under his arm, -he was overtaken by a farmer and his wife in a wagon. The farmer invited -Mr. Bulger to ride; but it having come out in the course of the -conversation that he was a priest, the wife declared that he should not -remain in the wagon, and he was consequently obliged to get out and -resume his journey on foot. It should be added, that the farmer -afterwards applied to Father Bulger for instruction, and was received -into the Catholic Church." - -This same story is corroborated by persons still living, and was told to -the author of this work with more details. It was a very cold day in -winter and there were several feet of snow on the ground. Father Bulger -was walking from Hohokus, whither he had gone on a pastoral errand. He -was in delicate health and so, when about half way between Hohokus and -Paterson, he felt considerably relieved at hearing a wagon approach -behind him. It was the wagon of a farmer residing in Paterson. Father -Bulger was asked to ride but immediately after he had taken his seat the -farmer and his wife suspected that he was a Catholic priest. They plied -him with numerous questions to which Father Bulger gave evasive answers, -for he was sick and fatigued and anxious to reach Paterson. They asked -whether he was married and had children and he replied in the -affirmative, adding that he had numerous children. The suspicions of the -farmer and his wife increased and Father Bulger was finally asked -whether he was not a Catholic and a priest. Rather than deny his faith -Father Bulger would have faced death and he replied in the affirmative. -He was compelled to leave the wagon and walk to Paterson. When he -arrived here he told of his adventure; the brutal treatment he had been -subjected to so incensed a number of Catholics and others who were -employed in a quarry that they resolved to thrash the inhuman farmer. -Father Bulger heard of this project and it was due to his entreaties -that it was not carried out. This heroic conduct on the part of Father -Bulger was reported to the farmer, who concluded that a religion, whose -priests so faithfully carried out the Christ-given doctrine of "Return -good for evil," could not deserve the opprobium heaped upon it by -Protestants; he applied to Father Bulger for instruction and became a -convert to the Catholic religion. - -The first number of the Sacred Heart Union published at Newark in March, -1881, contains some interesting reminiscences of an early settler near -Macopin and among these is the following: "Our next priest was Father -Bulger, a native of Ireland, a tall, handsome man, but with a beardless -face. He was ordained by 'little Bishop Connolly,' as he was called, and -came to us about 1820. Mr. Littell had been notified to expect a priest, -and vainly looked among the passengers of the mail-coach for his -Reverence. The driver told him that a passenger had booked for Macopin -the night before, but had failed to put in an appearance. Late that -afternoon a stranger drove up to the shop on horseback and thus -addressed Mr. Littell: - -"'Did you expect a visitor, sir?' - -"'I did, sir.' - -"'How did you expect him?' - -"'By the mail.' - -"'Might I ask whom you expected?' - -"'Well,' said Mr. Littell, somewhat nettled by this cross-examination, -'I expect a Catholic priest.' - -"'Well, suppose you take me for a Catholic priest.' - -"Surveying the beardless youth from top to bottom, Mr. Littell tartly -replied: - -"'Go back to your wooden college, sir, and get more beard on your upper -lip before you come to palm yourself off on me as a Catholic priest.' - -"'Well,' said the stranger, 'beard or no beard, you must take me for a -priest.' - -"'Perhaps,' thought Mr. Littell, 'I may after all be mistaken; he may be -a priest,' and giving him another searching look he inquired: - -"'Am I talking to Father Bulger?' - -"'You are,' said the young Father, smilingly; and his laughter drowned -the apologies and put to flight the discomfiture of good Mr. Littell. - -"Father Bulger was a regular apostle; he travelled through Hudson, -Passaic and Sussex counties. I remember he was once invited to preach in -Newton, and the Presbyterian Church was offered to him. But when the day -came for the lecture, the bluelights feared to admit the papist into -their sanctuary. To the dismay of the most prominent member of the -congregation--an Irishman--they gave a point blank refusal to allow him -to preach in their church. Chagrined but undaunted, the Irishman went to -the judge who was then presiding over the Sussex Circuit, related to him -all the circumstances, and asked him to adjourn the Court so that the -priest might give his lecture. Court was adjourned; the judge and a host -of legal fledglings, who have since arisen to fame and honor, listened -to the young priest's masterly handling of the doctrine of the Real -Presence. - -"'I did not believe,' said an ex-United States Senator, still living -among us, 'that the Catholics had such solid proofs for their -doctrines.'" - -Father John Shanahan succeeded Father Bulger. Father Shanahan had been -educated at Mount St. Mary's College and had been ordained in 1823 by -Bishop Connolly. He remained but a short time and left Paterson to take -charge of a mission in Utica, New York, and from thence he went in 1850 -on a mission to California. He subsequently returned to New York, where -he died in St. Peter's parish. - -Father Charles Brennan came next. He had been educated in Kilkenny -College, Ireland, and had been ordained by Bishop Connolly in 1822. He -conceived the idea of erecting a new church, as the Catholics were -rapidly increasing in numbers, and proceeded to carry his design into -execution. He made a number of tours through the surrounding country -soliciting subscriptions and it was while thus engaged that he was taken -sick. He went to New York, where he died in March, 1826, and his remains -were interred by the side of Father Bulger. - -While Father Brennan was lying sick in New York Father John -Conroy--uncle of the late Bishop John J. Conroy of Albany--was sent to -Paterson to look after the welfare of St. John's congregation. Father -Conroy was educated in Mount St. Mary's College and was ordained by -Bishop Connolly in 1825. He was subsequently assistant at the Cathedral -in New York and assistant at St. Lawrence's Church in Eighty-fourth -street, New York. He died when chaplain of Cavalry Cemetery, New York. - -Father Francis O'Donoghue was the next priest. He took up the work left -unfinished by Father Shanahan and collected money for the new church. -The construction of the Morris Canal at this time brought to Paterson a -large number of Catholic Irishmen and it was found that the congregation -of St. John's received such numerous accessions that it was necessary to -construct a gallery in the church building on Congress and Mill streets. -Mr. Colt, on behalf of the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures, -showed a disposition not to extend to the Catholic Church any favors he -had not shown to congregations of other denominations and at first -refused to give the church any more property or permit the sale of the -real estate on which the church was situated. Rt. Rev. Bishop Du Bois -then came to Paterson and he and Father O'Donoghue called to see Mr. -Colt. After a conference Mr. Colt was induced to withdraw his objections -to the sale of the Mill street property and the congregation obtained -from him the tract of land on Oliver street on which stands the church -in which St. John's congregation worshipped nearly a third of a century. - -The consideration mentioned in the deed from the Society for -Establishing Useful Manufactures to the Trustees of St. John's Chapel is -$2,000, but this amount is charged to Roswell L. Colt on the Society's -journal, folio 153, so that the Oliver street property was a gift from -Mr. Colt himself. There is a clause in the will of Mr. Colt by which his -executors are directed to donate to charities one-tenth of his estate -unless it shall appear that he during his lifetime had already disposed -of one-tenth of his estate in this manner. - -Father O'Donoghue was greatly assisted in his work by a young man named -Ambrose Manahan, who boarded at Mr. Hugh Brady's house and who received -his instructions for the priesthood from Father O'Donoghue. Mr. Manahan -was a young man of brilliant genius; he subsequently went to the -Propaganda at Rome, where he was ordained a priest on August 29th, 1841, -by Cardinal Franconi and made a doctor of divinity; he subsequently -returned to this country, where he became President of St. John's -College and pastor of St. Joseph's Church in New York. His remains lie -buried in New York. - -The following inscription is found in the Visitors' Book of the Passaic -Falls, dated July 25th, 1828: - - THOMAS IOANNES O'PHLAEGLI. - - Ioatros kai cheirurgos en enianpto tes chagilos, 1828. F. - Frankiskos O'Donogue, Iereus tes ekklesias tes Romes, os oikei - ente polei tes Patterson kai episatei ente ekklesia epikalumen tes - agiou Ioannou. - - Reverendus Franciscus O'Donoghue, sacerdos Ecclesiĉ Romanĉ, atque - Thomas Joannes O'Flagherty, M. D., venerunt visum, videruntque cum - maxima attonitu ingentem flumenis Passaici defluxum, vigesimo - quinto mensis Julii, anno Salutis Humanĉ 1828. Vivat America, - quamdiu sub auspiciis aquilae Reipublicanĉ auram vitalem carpit. - - - - -CHAPTER III. - - EARLY CATHOLIC FAMILIES IN PATERSON.--MEN AND WOMEN OF PROMINENCE - WHO ASSISTED IN ESTABLISHING THE CHURCH IN THIS CITY. - - -To give a complete list of the Catholics who assisted in the propagation -of the faith in Paterson and give each one his or her share of praise -for the noble work done in the Lord's vineyard would be a difficult -task. Most of the pioneers have passed away to reap in another world the -reward for their faithfulness and energy; others removed their families -to other States, where their descendants are still prominent in the -affairs of the Church. Some of those who did the hardest work when the -light of the Catholic Church first dawned in this country are more than -dead; they are forgotten, and their names and the remembrance of their -existence have passed away; no historian has chronicled their brave -deeds, their fortitude and their sufferings; no tombstone records the -day of their birth and the day of their death and marks the place where -rests the clay which was once imbued with life and vigor and zeal in the -service of God. Their deeds are recorded on pages more faithful than -those of the historian, more glorious than the tablets of the sculptor, -and an omniscient God, who saw their sufferings and comforted them in -the midst of their tribulations, has taken them to himself to share with -him the perfection of righteousness and happiness. There are, however, -still living men and women who figured prominently in the early history -of the Church and who remember the names and doings of those who took an -active part with them in building up that splendid edifice, the Catholic -Church of Paterson. A glance at the families who constituted the -Catholic Church in the times of Father O'Donoghue and his predecessors, -a glance through the memories of some of the old Catholics of the -present day at the Catholic Church of Paterson in 1830 and thereabouts, -will undoubtedly be of interest to a great many. The following list is -not complete, for the information therein contained was derived not from -records but from the memory of human beings. It will, however, show to -the rising generation to whom they are indebted for the success of the -church in Paterson: who the men and women were whom God made his -instruments in establishing Catholicism in Passaic County. - -AGNEW, PATRICK, was among the earliest Catholic settlers in Paterson. He -was for some time employed in the Phoenix Mill but subsequently kept a -store in Cross street. His son John is in business in this city; his son -Thomas is in business in San Francisco and his daughter Margaret is the -wife of Charles H. O'Neill, of Jersey City. - -BANNIGAN, PETER AND MICHAEL, were two brothers. Peter was a trustee of -the old church in Mill street and also of the Oliver street church and -resided in Ward street; he was the father of Mrs. Robert Hamil. Michael -lived in Cross street, near White's alley; he subsequently erected the -brick buildings at No. 19 Marshall street and there he died. - -BINSSE, DR. DONATIAN, practiced medicine. He was brought up by Rt. Rev. -Bishop Du Bois and in Paterson resided on the corner of Hotel and Market -streets, and subsequently in the old bank building in Main street. He -left Paterson but his remains were returned to this city for interment. -His two sons are still living but not in Paterson. - -BRADLEYS, three sisters, kept a boarding house for some years on Market -street, near Mill. Father O'Donoghue boarded with them, as did also -several other priests; they left Paterson about 1832. - -BROWN, JOHN P., was one of the trustees of the Oliver street church when -it was building. He was in partnership with Joseph Warren in the leather -business in lower Main street and married a daughter of Mr. Warren. - -BURKE, THOMAS, was a contractor. He built a house adjoining the Catholic -Church on Market and Mill streets. His house burned down some years -after it was erected and his wife perished in the flames. His only son -John was a constable and died some years ago.--Edward Burke, no relation -to the foregoing, kept a store on the corner of Oliver and Mill streets. -He subsequently removed to New Orleans. He has no descendant living in -Paterson. - -BURNS was the name of a man who was employed in the Phoenix Mill with -Patrick Agnew. He had resided in Paterson only a few years when he died. - -BUTLER, PATRICK, built a house next to that of Thomas Burke in Market -street. He kept a tavern for some time and subsequently became a -contractor. He was the father of Mrs. Stephen Wall, Mrs. Dr. Quin, -Richard H. Butler, Nancy Butler and Louisa Jane Butler, who are still -residents of this or New York city. - -CHAPMAN, PHILIP, died a few years ago at the age of eighty years. He was -the tender of the water gates of the Society for Establishing Useful -Manufactures at the Falls and his descendants still reside here. - -CONWELL, a distant relative of the late Rt. Rev. Bishop Conwell of -Philadelphia, was employed in a cotton mill. He resided in Jersey street -and his descendants still live in this city. - -CORRIGAN, PATRICK, who still resides in Mechanic street with his child, -was also employed in the cotton mill. - -COUGHLIN, RICHARD AND PATRICK, were two brothers. Patrick for many years -drove a stage between Hoboken and Paterson. He died in this city. -Richard is still alive and is the trusted messenger of the First -National Bank. - -DEVLIN, ARTHUR, was a school teacher, and resided in Prospect street. He -removed to Rhode Island, where his sons still reside. - -DIMOND, JAMES, was a cotton weaver, and resided on Main street, near -Fair. He died in Paterson and none of his descendants reside here now. - -DOHERTY, ROBERT, HUGH AND JAMES, were three brothers. Robert was a -school teacher who came here in 1828 and left in 1848 for New York and -there started in the livery business. He was a bachelor. Hugh was also a -bachelor, and resided in Paterson from 1828 to 1850, when he left the -city. He died in 1867, and in his will he bequeathed the property No. 89 -Cross street to St. John's Church. James lived here about as long as his -brother, and was the youngest of the three. His widow still resides in -Pine street. - -DORIS, JAMES, was a blacksmith, who had a shop in Market street, near -Mill. His daughter married John O'Brien, the father of the late -ex-Assemblyman John O'Brien of the Second District. - -DUNN, the father of James Dunn, was among the earliest settlers here and -for a long time resided in Van Houten street. - -FANNING, JAMES, was a trustee of the Oliver street church for some time, -and was employed in the cotton mill. He resided in Jersey street, near -Market. - -FINNEGAN, FRANCIS, was a contractor who lived in Main street, near -Slater. He subsequently removed to Rhode Island and none of his -descendants live in Paterson. - -FARNON, MICHAEL, resided for many years in Prospect street, and was the -father of Thomas Farnon, of this city, and Peter Farnon of Philadelphia. - -FULTON, was the father of Mrs. Patrick Agnew. He has other descendants -still living in this city. - -GALLAGHER, ANDREW, resided for many years in Prospect street. He was a -shoemaker and subsequently a constable. - -GILLESPIE, MICHAEL, resided for some years on Market street, near -Prince, and it was in his house that the first mass was celebrated by -Father Larrissy. He subsequently removed to Belleville, where Fathers -Langton and Bulger repeatedly said mass. He afterwards moved back to -Paterson and took up his residence in Market street, near Cross, where -several of his descendants still reside. He was employed in the foundry -of Godwin & Clark. At that time the Catholics had no cemetery in -Paterson but Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie, rather than see the body of one of -their children buried in unconsecrated ground, journeyed to New York -with the remains, where they were interred in a Catholic Cemetery. Mr. -and Mrs. Gillespie were the parents of nine children, of whom one still -survives, Mrs. Connolly, who lives with the Gillespies in Market street. - -GRIFFITH, ANDREW AND MICHAEL, two brothers, lived on the corner of Cross -and Van Houten streets, opposite Colonel Kerr's residence. Michael died -unmarried, but Andrew, who was a trustee of the Oliver Street Church -when it was in course of erection, had numerous descendants. His -children were Mary, wife of Hugh Brady and mother of Mrs. Michael A. -Harold, who still resides with her daughter in Marshall street; George, -at one time Captain of the City Blues, whose widow is still alive; -Margaret, wife of James Shorrock, who died some years ago; Sarah, -Michael and Andrew, who died unmarried, and Elizabeth and Augustine, who -still live in Paterson. - -HAGGERTY, JOHN, who still lives with his wife and child on Market -street, near Beech, was in his earlier years employed in the foundry of -Godwin & Clark. - -HAMIL, the father of James, John and Robert Hamil, was among the early -settlers in Paterson. He is dead now as are also his three sons, but the -work that they did still remains and is too well known to need further -reference in this work. - -HAWKINS, JAMES, was a machinist, who resided in Marshall street, near -Slater. He removed with his family to California, where he died. - -HUGHES, some of whose descendants still reside in Paterson, in his -earlier years resided in Van Houten street and was employed in a cotton -mill. - -KELLY, PATRICK, was a constable, who subsequently removed to New York, -where he died. His daughter is the wife of Matthew Nealon, of this city. - -KERR, COLONEL JOHN, was one of the most prominent figures in early -Paterson. For some time he kept a grocery on the corner of Cross and Van -Houten streets, but his principal occupation was that of a contractor. -As such he constructed portions of the race-ways and roads for the -Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures. He also built a number of -houses for himself. He had two daughters and one son, who subsequently -left Paterson and took up their residence in New York City. He was -Colonel of the military of Paterson, and was buried with military pomp, -his horse, bedecked with the trappings of mourning and the empty cavalry -boots hanging on its sides, following the coffin to the grave. - -KILEY, JAMES D., was one of the first trustees of the Oliver street -church. He taught a private school for some years in Passaic street and -then removed to Virginia where his son became Mayor of Richmond. - -LYNCH, BERNARD--the father of Andrew, Bernard, James, Thomas, Mary and -Nancy, all of whom were prominent in church affairs--and his wife lie -buried in Sandy Hill. Bernard Lynch, his wife and children are all dead, -but their descendants still reside in Paterson. The second wife of -Andrew, the oldest son, who was one of the first trustees of the Oliver -street church, still resides in Market street, near Cross, with his two -sons, James and Bernard. Thomas left Paterson and took up his residence -in New York City, where he died. - -MAGENNIS, ARTHUR, came to Paterson from Matteawan, and was the father of -the late Comptroller of the City of Paterson. He kept a store here for -some time and subsequently was employed in his son's factory. - -MALLON, JOHN, was a laborer on the Morris Canal. His children are John, -Alderman from the Eighth Ward; Felix, of Jersey City; Mrs. Roe, the wife -of a police officer; Mrs. Michael Campbell, wife of the Alderman from -the Fifth Ward, and Mrs. Patrick Fitzpatrick. - -MCCARTHY, JOHN, was one of the first butchers in Paterson. He died here -but his descendants have left Paterson. - -MCCOLLOM, three brothers, were employed as cotton spinners. Their -descendants have nearly all sought other places to labor in. - -MCCROSSEN, DANIEL, resided in Prospect street and had a portion of the -original contract for the construction of the Morris Canal. He has a -number of descendants residing in Paterson. His widow subsequently -married William Bacon. - -MCGIVERN, THOMAS, and his brother were employed in the Phoenix Mill. -They both died here but none of their descendants are at present -residents of Paterson. - -MCGROGAN, THOMAS, was a machinist who died in Paterson, but whose -descendants have since left for other parts. - -MCKENNA, ARTHUR AND HUGH, both died in Paterson. Arthur had no children. -Hugh had three children, of whom one became a Christian Brother and the -other is Andrew McKenna, an ex-Alderman. - -MCKEOWN, EDWARD, was a machinist, who, after laboring for some years in -this city, went to the South, but subsequently returned to Paterson -where he has several children living. He first resided in Elm -street.--George McKeown, no relation to the foregoing, was a teamster on -the railroad. He died in Paterson and his children still live here. - -MCKIERNAN, CORNELIUS, was a contractor and subsequently kept a store. -His widow died in this city a short time ago. He has several sons living -in Paterson.--Dennis, was no relation to the foregoing. He was a -laborer and a contractor and subsequently engaged in weaving cotton. A -number of his children are dead but some are still residents of -Paterson. Among his children were Christopher, John, and Samuel. - -MCLEAN, THOMAS, was a cotton weaver residing in Elm street. He -subsequently went to New York where he died suddenly in a store while -making some purchases. His daughter is Mrs. Hugh Rooney. - -MCNALLY, DANIEL, kept a hotel for some years which was made famous by -the fact that General Lafayette stopped there for some time. He built -the large hotel on Market street, running from Hotel to Union street, -which was subsequently destroyed by fire. He died in Paterson but left -no children. - -MCNAMEE, ROBERT, was a laborer who resided on the corner of Broadway and -Mulberry street. His son, Bernard, subsequently occupied the same -building and it was here that Father Langton celebrated mass. Both the -McNamees were cotton spinners and died in Paterson. There are no -descendants of the family in this city. - -MORGAN, DANIEL, was a laborer who came to Paterson in 1826. When a short -time afterwards work was to be begun on the Catholic Church in Oliver -street he and a number of other laborers were sent to the site. Before -they began to dig the superintendent inquired whether there were any -Catholics among the laborers. Mr. Morgan stepped forward and the -superintendent said to him:--"Then you dig the first shovelful of dirt," -and Mr. Morgan did so. Mr. Morgan is still alive and resides at No. 77 -Jersey street. He is the grandfather of Mrs. Dr. O'Grady. - -MORRIS, MICHAEL, came to Paterson from Godwinville and was at first -employed as a cotton weaver, but subsequently devoted his attention to -dealing in waste. He was well known to nearly every Catholic in Paterson -and vicinity, and his death, which occurred a short time ago, was -lamented by all. He has two sons living, Michael J. Morris and the Rev. -John P. Morris. His only daughter died, leaving one child. - -MOONEY, TERENCE, was employed in the cotton mill, and resided on Main -street, near Slater. He died in Troy, N. Y., whither he had removed with -his family; several of his sons are now in Florida. - -MULHOLLAND, CHARLES, a cotton weaver, resided on the corner of Prospect -street and White's alley. He died in Paterson and his children removed -to other places.--James Mulholland, another of the pioneers of the -Catholic Church in this city, died some years ago after a long and -active life. His descendants still reside in Paterson. - -MURPHY, PATRICK, resided on the corner of Pine and Grand streets and was -in the employ of the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures. His -children still live in Paterson. - -MURTAGH, MICHAEL, was the first superintendent of the Paterson level of -the Morris Canal. His son Bernard is dead, but his other son John is in -business in this city and some time ago represented the Eighth Ward in -the Board of Aldermen. - -O'CALLAGHAN, JEREMIAH, was employed in a cotton mill. He left three -daughters, but no sons. One of his daughters is in business in this -city; another is the wife of Thomas Dynan and the third resides in -Baltimore. - -O'DONNELL, WILLIAM, another employee of a cotton mill, removed from -Paterson many years ago and went South. None of his descendants reside -in this city. - -O'KEEFE, THOMAS, resided in Ellison street, near Lynch's alley, and was -employed in the Phoenix Mill. His descendants subsequently removed to -New York and elsewhere. - -O'NEILL, CHARLES, came to Paterson in October, 1828, and went to work in -Prospect street as a shoemaker. Assiduous attention to his business -impaired his health, and his physician advised him either to take a sea -voyage or obtain some employment in which he could have outdoor -exercise. Mr. O'Neill went into the lumber business to which he -subsequently added coal and building material. He has always been -prominently connected with Catholic Church matters in Paterson, and was -one of the first trustees of the Oliver street church. Although -eighty-two years of age he still enjoys the best of health and vigor. -His son Charles Henry is in business in Jersey City and has held a -number of offices, including that of Mayor, to which he was elected for -three terms. His second son, Thomas E., assists him in his business, and -a third son, John, died some years ago, leaving a wife and three -children. His daughter, Susan, is the wife of John Agnew; another -daughter is Mrs. Catherine Sharkey and a third Mrs. Dr. Kane. Another -daughter, Theresa, has taken the veil and is in the convent at Madison. -Ellen and Esther still reside with their parents in Mill street.--John -and Barney O'Neill were brothers of the foregoing. John established the -shoe business conducted by his sons at No. 122 Main street. He and his -wife are dead, leaving three sons and three daughters. Barney married a -daughter of James Wade; he was an insurance agent, a justice of the -peace and a lay judge of the Court of Common Pleas in this county. Three -daughters and two sons still survive him.--Charles and Patrick O'Neill, -two brothers, no relation to the foregoing, were employed in a nail -factory which stood where the Gun Mill is now situated. They resided in -Prospect street and none of their descendants at the present day live in -Paterson.--Edward O'Neill, of another family from the foregoing, was -also employed in the Phoenix Mill and has several descendants living in -Paterson. - -O'REILLY, EDWARD, kept a dry goods store, and subsequently removed to -New York city, where he married and where he is still in business. - -POWERS, JAMES, for some years kept a store in Cross street, opposite -Elm, and erected the brick building situated just below Dr. Quin's -office. His only surviving son is ex-Alderman John Powers. His daughter, -Margaret, became a Sister of Charity and adopted the name of Sister -Regina. She died while at St. Agnes' Institute in this city, and her -remains rest in Paterson. Another daughter of Mr. Powers is Julia, wife -of William McNair. - -QUIN, PATRICK, was a contractor and resided in Passaic street. He was -for a long time one of the trustees of the Oliver street church. All his -children left Paterson after their father's death.--Arthur Quin resided -near Clifton and was a contractor, the principal field of his operations -being New York city. He subsequently removed to Paterson and put up a -number of buildings in West and Main streets. One of his sons is still -alive and is a resident of New York city. Dr. John Quin is distantly -related to Arthur and Patrick Quin, who were brothers. - -RAFFERTY, PETER AND PHILIP, were two brothers. Peter removed to -California, returned to Paterson for some time, but again turned his -face to the Pacific coast; he is now a resident of San Francisco. He was -married in Paterson to Miss Susan Russell, a niece of Charles O'Neill. -Philip was for many years trustee of the Oliver street church. He was -the junior member of the firm of Todd & Rafferty, and died in this city. -His first wife was a daughter of Joseph Warren, and his second a -daughter of Hugh Brady. - -RILEY, HUGH, kept a grocery on the corner of Cross and Market streets. -None of his descendants live in Paterson. - -ROSSITER, MARTIN, whose tragic death by being carried over the Falls in -the freshet of 1882 was deplored by all, was for many years a farmer in -the employ of the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures. His son -Richard is still in the employ of that corporation; another son is a -priest belonging to the order of Passionists, and a daughter is a Sister -of the Sacred Heart. Paul and George, two sons, are employed in New -York. - -SHEA--OR SHAY--BRIAN, was one of the first Catholics who settled in -Paterson. He had a private school on the old York road where it strikes -the river near the present site of the Cedar Lawn Cemetery. Among his -scholars was Henry P. Simmons, of Passaic, recently Lay Judge of the -Common Pleas of this county. The building on the York road was used -partly as a school and partly as the residence of the teacher. The -rising generation of those days referred to it as "The Bellows," from -the fact that the wind blew in at the many crevices in the building. Mr. -Shea had a son, James, who studied law in New York, and a daughter -Harriet. He subsequently owned the property adjoining the Oliver street -church, and sold it to McKinney, from whom the church obtained it. - -SHIELDS, CHRISTOPHER AND PATRICK, two brothers, were in the dry goods -business for some years on the corner of Main street and Broadway. They -removed from Paterson and have no descendants here. - -SLAVIN, JOHN, kept a bowling alley on the corner of Ellison and Prospect -streets. He died in Paterson, but none of his descendants live here at -the present day. - -TAGGART, PETER, was employed in the cotton mill. His widow, a daughter -of Joseph Warren, died quite recently, and his daughter is still living -in Paterson, the wife of William S. Kinch. - -TILBY, DR. JOHN, practised medicine in Paterson and resided in Cross -street, near Market. He died in this city, but his two sons and one -daughter removed to other places. - -VELASQUEZ, J., a Spaniard, owned the Phoenix Mill, and subsequently -formed a partnership with John Travers and embarked in the manufacture -of cotton. He subsequently sold out and left Paterson. - -WADE, JAMES, according to the most reliable accounts, enjoyed the -distinction of having been the first Catholic Sunday school teacher in -Paterson, having a class in the old church building on Mill and Market -streets. He lived at the corner of Cross and Ellison streets. His -daughters are Mrs. B. O'Neill of this city, Mrs. See of Totowa and Mrs. -Coughlin of Hoboken. Mr. Wade was a cotton spinner by occupation. - -WARD, PETER AND JAMES, two brothers, were engaged as butchers, although -James for some time worked in the Phoenix Mill. Both subsequently -removed to Rochester, where they died and where their descendants still -reside. - -WARREN, JOSEPH, in partnership with Brown, conducted a tannery and a -leather store in lower Main--then Park--street, almost opposite Bank -street. Mr. Brown's grandson still resides there. Brown boarded with -Warren and subsequently married his daughter, after which the family -removed to Division street. Mr. Warren was one of the trustees of the -Oliver street church when it was building. - - - - -CHAPTER IV. - - THE ERECTION OF THE OLIVER STREET CHURCH.--DOUBLING ITS - SIZE.--SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF ITS PASTORS, FATHERS DUFFY, - O'REILLY, JAMES QUIN, THOMAS QUIN, SENEZ, BEAUDEVIN AND CALLAN.--A - PRIEST'S HEROIC DEATH. - - -The arrangements for the building of a new church in Oliver street were -made in 1828, the year in which the trustees of St. John's Church -obtained the grant of the land from Mr. Colt. Rt. Rev. Bishop Du Bois, -who had so generously interested himself in the welfare of the -congregation, solicited subscriptions and among others obtained one of -$2,000 from a Southern gentleman. Father Duffy and the trustees of the -church were indefatigable in their efforts and in 1829 the foundation of -the new church was laid, the work being done by Thomas Parker. It was -intended to erect a church fifty-five feet front and one hundred feet -deep and the work progressed favorably until the foundation wall had -been erected and the lower window frames fixed in their places. -Unfortunate dissensions among the members of the congregation then arose -and to this was added the debate of the question whether church property -in the State should be held by trustees, as had hitherto been the case, -or whether the title to the church property should be vested in the name -of the Bishop of the diocese. The result was that the work on the new -church was stopped for the time being and the congregation continued -worshipping in the old church, on Market and Mill streets, which had -been somewhat improved. In 1832 the trustees of the church were Charles -O'Neill, John P. Brown, Joseph Warren, Andrew Lynch, James D. Kiley and -Andrew Griffith. There was no question that the church on Market and -Mill streets was too small and that something had to be done to -accommodate the constantly and rapidly increasing congregation. So in -the early part of 1833 the trustees above mentioned, together with a -number of other gentlemen prominent in the church, held a meeting in the -yard of the old church on Market and Mill streets and deliberated what -to do. It was soon apparent that there were two factions. The one -faction favored doubling the size of the church on Market and Mill -streets and abandoning the Oliver street enterprise. The other faction, -of which Mr. O'Neill was the leader, insisted that a new church be -erected on Oliver street and Mr. O'Neill argued strongly in favor of -this project. The meeting finally adjourned without having come to any -conclusion. The friends of the Oliver street church then visited their -opponents at their residences and by dint of argument and persuasion -finally induced them to give their consent to the new project so that at -a meeting held two weeks after the first meeting it was resolved to go -on with the work on Oliver street. It was then discovered that some of -the trustees and a portion of the congregation favored constructing the -church on the foundations as originally built in 1829; the larger and -more conservative element considered the limited resources of the church -and finally prevailed. Changes were made in the plans, a portion of the -foundation was taken down, so as to bring the windows nearer to the -ground, and the second Catholic Church in Paterson was erected. The -church on Mill and Market streets had been sold for $1,625. There were -two bidders for the work to be done in Oliver street, but James -Galbraith being $700 lower than his competitor, the contract was awarded -to him and he erected the church. Subscriptions came in better than had -been anticipated and the church was compelled to borrow but little; that -little was raised on the individual notes of prominent Catholics, but -when the church was completed there was very little debt. - -The work on the church was done under the superintendence of the -trustees and Father Patrick Duffy, the pastor of the church. Father -Duffy had no clergyman to assist him but his energy and untiring zeal -were equal to all occasions; and when he left Paterson in 1836 it was -with the sincerest regrets of all the members of the congregation, and -the most hearty wishes for his future welfare followed him to the new -scene of his labors, Newburg, Cold Springs and Poughkeepsie, N. Y. -Catholicism had not as yet taken deep root in that vicinity and Father -Duffy had a large field but a small flock. With the increase in the -number of the Catholics more priests were needed and Father Duffy -confined his labors to the City of Newburg, where he died on June 20, -1853. - -Father Duffy was succeeded by Father Philip O'Reilly, who still lives in -the pleasant recollections of hundreds of citizens of Paterson. He -continued until 1845 as the sole shepherd of St. John's congregation. He -was a large and powerfully-built man, of commanding presence and very -social qualities. He mixed a great deal with persons of other faiths, -and by his sociability, brilliancy and powerful arguments succeeded in -destroying a great deal of prejudice which had previously existed -against the Catholic religion. Father O'Reilly belonged to one of the -oldest and most respectable families in Ireland. He was born in the town -of Seraba, county Cavan, a county which was once called O'Reilly's -county. Father O'Reilly traced his ancestry back to beyond the time of -James I., and at the time of Father O'Reilly's labors in Paterson some -of his kinsmen were still in possession of the estates which had -belonged to the family for centuries. Father O'Reilly was educated in -Spain, being a member of the order of St. Dominic, and travelled through -Italy, France and England. For some years he was chaplain to the Duke of -Norfolk, a position of ease and honor. The duties there were, however, -not enough for the restless and untiring spirit of Father O'Reilly, and -so when less than thirty years of age he left Europe to seek for sterner -duties in this country. He was first stationed at Poughkeepsie and then -came to Paterson. From this city he went to Cold Springs, N. Y., where -he built the first Catholic church. He was then removed to West Troy, -and afterwards placed in charge of St. Bridget's Church in New York. As -pastor of this church he died in the 62nd year of his life on the 7th of -December, 1854. His remains were interred on the 9th of the same month -in St. Patrick's Cathedral, the funeral being attended by a large -concourse of admiring and sorrowing friends, both of the clergy and -laity. - -In the latter part of the pastorate of Father O'Reilly the congregation -of St. John's had so increased in numbers that it was found necessary to -enlarge the church. Steps were accordingly taken in this direction, but -the project was not carried into execution until some time after the -advent of Father James Quin, who came to Paterson in 1845. There was -considerable discussion concerning the plans of the addition and the -work was not begun until 1846. Instead of erecting the church to the -size of the old foundation walls--which had been entirely torn down and -used in the construction of the first part of the church in 1833--the -building was made thirteen feet longer, so that the present size of the -church is one hundred and thirteen feet deep and fifty-five front. The -original plot of land obtained from Mr. Colt would not have permitted of -the erection of a building of that size, and so an arrangement was -entered into with the county--which at that time was contemplating the -erection of the present county jail--by which the congregation deeded to -the county a gore of land in return for another gore of similar size. -The addition to the church was built by Colonel Andrew Derrom, and -resulted in a vexatious law suit which was decided in favor of the -congregation. Shortly after the completion of the addition the seating -capacity of the church was considerably enlarged by the erection of a -gallery on the sides of the church. The seating capacity of the church -was about 1,300. As was the case with the first half of the church -building the moneys needed for the construction came in in a very -satisfactory manner so that the church had very little debt when the -structure was accepted from the contractors. - -When Father James Quin came to Paterson to take charge of St. John's -congregation his brother, Thomas, was preparing for ordination, and -after Father James Quin had been here about a year he was joined by his -brother, who came to Paterson as soon as he had been ordained. Father -James Quin was of delicate health, and in addition to the assistance of -his brother had the occasional services of Rev. Dr. Cummings, who -frequently came to Paterson from St. Stephen's Church. Father James Quin -died on the 13th of June, 1851, being at the time pastor of the church. -He was the only priest who died in Paterson, and his remains are -interred in the cemetery on Sandy Hill. Father Thomas Quin succeeded his -brother as pastor of the church and remained about a year. He was -educated at St. Joseph's Seminary, at Fordham, and was ordained by Right -Rev. Bishop Hughes on June 14, 1849. His remains are interred at Rahway -in this State, of which place he was pastor. His sister, Mrs. Bridget -Smith, widow of Michael Smith, still resides in this city on Mill -street, near Slater. - -Father Thomas Quin was succeeded by Father D. Senez, who came in 1852 -and remained until 1858. In the latter part of his pastorate he was -assisted frequently on Sundays by Father G. McMahon. Father Senez came -here from Newark and when he left he went to Jersey City, where he built -St. Mary's Church, of which he is still the pastor. He made a number of -improvements to the Oliver street church in this city and it was with -the greatest regrets that the Catholics of Paterson saw him depart for -other fields. - -Father Victor Beaudevin succeeded Father Senez in 1858 and remained -until October, 1861. He was a scholastic of the Society of Jesus and was -ordained a priest by Rt. Rev. Bishop Hughes on May 25, 1850. When he -left Paterson he rejoined the Order of Jesuits and is at present in -Canada. He was assisted by Father J. Schandel, who was subsequently the -first pastor of St. Boniface's Church of this city, in the erection of -which church he received material assistance from Father Beaudevin. - -Father Callan came to St. John's congregation in 1861 and remained about -two years, leaving here in October, 1863. He was one of the most -energetic priests that ever came to Paterson. He was quiet and -unassuming but continually busy with projects for the benefit of the -Catholic Church. His death constituted one of the most romantic episodes -in the history of the Catholic Church in this country. Some time after -he left Paterson he went on a mission to California traveling thither by -boat from New York. While going from San Francisco to his mission in -Santa Barbara the steamer on which he was was discovered to be on fire. -The wildest confusion ensued and an attempt to run the vessel ashore -failed. While most of those on board were busy devising plans for their -personal safety and resorting to all kinds of expedients to save their -lives Father Callan buried himself giving spiritual consolation and -administering the last sacraments and rites of the Church. He had ample -opportunity to save his life but the poor distressed on shipboard, who -had been injured by the explosion which had taken place, and some of -whom were dying, called for the consolations of religion and Father -Callan remained to dispense them. He died while in the discharge of his -duty--the death of a hero and a martyr. - - - - -CHAPTER V. - - THE EDIFICE ON GRAND AND MAIN STREETS.--THE ERECTION OF THE PRESENT - CHURCH OF THE CONGREGATION.--THE CORNER STONE LAYING AND THE - DEDICATION.--A DESCRIPTION OF THE CHURCH. - - -In 1863 Father William McNulty, the present pastor of St. John's -congregation, came to Paterson and took charge of the fortunes and -spiritual welfare of the constantly increasing congregation. The Oliver -street church had become too small and could no longer hold the large -numbers which crowded to it every Sunday for the purpose of attending -divine worship. Father McNulty consequently set to work preparing a new -edifice. It was his intention to provide a church which should be large -enough to afford every Catholic in the city all the conveniences of -attending mass and receiving the sacraments and at the same time he -intended to erect a structure which would be a credit to the liberality -and enterprise of the congregation. He accordingly entered into -negotiations with the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures and -in 1865 he purchased from it sixteen lots on the corner of Grand and -Main streets. The new enterprise seemed to infuse new vigor into the -members of the congregation and the full amount of the purchase money of -the real estate was raised in two months. Preparations were made for the -construction of the new church and on September 10, 1865, the corner -stone was laid. - -The following account of the corner stone laying of the church is taken -from the Paterson Daily Press of September 11, 1865: - -"An immense concourse of people, numbering probably ten thousand, -gathered at three o'clock at the site of the new Catholic Church of St. -John the Baptist, to witness the ceremony of laying the corner stone of -the edifice, by the Rev. Bishop Bayley, Roman Catholic prelate of this -diocese. Music was furnished by the band attached to the Church of the -Assumption at Williamsburgh, and a large choir of male and female -voices. The procession of clergy, preceded by a cross, and accompanying -the Bishop in full and splendid canonicals reached the southeast corner -of the church about half past two, at which time the pressure was -fearful. The corner stone after being crossed and blessed by the Bishop -was then laid with the ceremonials prescribed in the Pontifical. It is -carved with a cross on the two exposed faces, and has a cavity within, -wherein were placed the following articles: - -"Specimens of the United States currency, gold, silver, copper and -paper; also copies of Paterson Press and Guardian of Saturday, copies of -the New York Tablet and Herald, and the following document: - - "JESUS HOMINUM REDEMPTOR. - -"Lapis hic angularis Templi ad Dei Unius Omnipotentis cultum, sub -Patricinio Sancti Joannes Baptistĉ in hoc Patersoniensis urbe ĉdificandi -ab illustrissimo et Reverendissimo Jacobo Roosevelt Bayley, hujus -Novarcensis dioceseos, Episcopo Pio IX P. M., ecclesiam, per orbem -regenti, Patricio Moran Vicario Generali, Gulielmo McNulty Parocho, -Jacobo D'Arcy sacerdote coadjutore. - -"Foederatarum Americĉ Septemtrionalis Provinciarum Preside Andrea -Johnson, Novae Cĉsareĉ Gubernatore Joele Parker, urbis hujus Proctore -Henrico A. Williams, Architecto Patrico C. Keely, ĉdificationis, -delectis Carolo O'Neill, Roberto Hamil, Gulielmo Watson, Michaeli Morris -et Patricio Curran. Benedictus et positus est III Idus Septembri, Anno -Salutis MDCCCLXV. Hoc operato, concionem, maxime facundam magna civium -adstantium corona, habuit jam laudatus prĉsul decus gregis, quem diu -sospitem nostro sĉculo servet, - - "DEUS, - -"Cui sit honor, laus et gloria in Sempiternum. - -"The Bishop, and attending clergy, then traversed the foundations of the -edifice, the Bishop blessing them and sprinkling them with holy water. -Then returning to the corner-stone the Bishop proceeded to deliver the -following address:--'It is the custom of the Bishop in laying the -corner-stone of a new church to say something upon the occasion, and it -is always a source of great pleasure for me to lay and bless the -corner-stone of a new church. The circumstances, it is true, are not -always the most agreeable, the ceremony being performed in the open air, -and it is sometimes too hot, and sometimes too cold, or it may rain, -although to-day the sun has shone out most opportunely. But these, after -all, are slight inconveniences. As I officiate upon these occasions, it -is impossible for me to separate them from the source of the blessings -to follow to the individual and to society. The thought that is always -uppermost in my mind when I lay the corner-stone of a church is of those -wells in the desert spoken of so beautifully in the old Scriptures; -those fountains in the dry and sandy deserts of the East, made by the -old patriarchs, which still spread beauty and fertility around them, and -still refresh the weary traveller. The wild Arab ranging the desert as -he sees and drinks of those living waters, blesses the names of those -old patriarchs who made them flow. So it is with the Church of Christ. -That Church is, indeed, a fountain of living waters in the desert, -spreading fertility and blessings around it and refreshing and blessing -the weary traveller on his journey through life. It is indeed a great -and a good work we are engaged in. It is a work for the glory and honor -of the Good and Supreme Ruler of all things, and it cannot fail to bring -down blessings on ourselves and all who come after us. The erection of a -church is a noble and substantial act of faith; not expressed in words -but built up in enduring brick and stone, and thus stronger and more -complete than mere words. It shows that you honor God and love your -religion; that you are anxious for the glory of the House of God, and -wish its rites to be fitly celebrated. It shows, too, that you are -anxious that those who come after you shall bow at the same altars, and -be guided by the same precepts that you are guided by. Some would say, -looking at the foundations I have blessed to-day, Why an expense that -seems disproportionate to the means! It is, perhaps, a natural question, -and yet it is one that always sounds badly to the Catholic ear. We -should not speak of cost in connection with the house and glory of -Almighty God. The question I allude to was first asked by Judas, -concerning an act of charity and love done for our Divine Master. Let us -recognize by our generosity, by the size, cost and magnificence of the -temples we erect to Him, that God is ruler not only over the world, but -in our hearts. If you will visit Catholic cities you will find the most -beautiful buildings erected, not to purposes of science and art, but to -the glory of God, and for works of charity done in His name. The -Catholic Church has always been a church builder. She began with the -Catacombs, which you will find in many parts of Europe and particularly -at Rome. To those places the faithful were wont to flee from the light -of day to offer their rites and worship God in their own way. As you -pass along those corridors, cut from the solid rock and lined on either -side with the bodies of the dead, you find in places they expand into -chambers where church rites were held. I recall one near Naples, a -church called after St. Agnes, near the scene of her martyrdom, where -there is a beautiful church, with an altar and a seat for the Bishop. In -some of these churches where the light of day does not shine the walls -are decorated with frescoes, from subjects of the Old Testament. I need -not say that when the Church came up to worship God in the light of day -she continued to erect noble edifices to the glory of God, hence those -noble basilicas, churches and cathedrals we see in the old countries. -Those noble structures have been stigmatized as creations of the Dark -Ages. Some of you may have seen them. Those who have not can form no -idea of their beauty and grandeur, which impress even those of other -faiths who enter them. They are truly noble poems, built in stone under -the light of Heaven. It would be quite as easy for an ordinary person to -compose a stanza of Paradise Lost, or Dante's Divina Comedia, as to -construct even the slightest portion of one of those beautiful works. It -has been the theory of a certain school, now I am happy to say fast -passing away, that these noble buildings were the result of -superstition; that they were built by men of habits of great violence -and crime, who compounded with God, as it were, to keep a portion of -their stolen goods, while with the remainder they erected those noble -churches and monasteries. This theory was entirely false. These were men -like unto ourselves, as regards human nature: when they did wrong they -might offer reparation, but it was no superstition that found means to -build these churches. In our days men are recognizing a better theory; -that it was faith, piety and love for God that prompted these works. -Those men in erecting their churches gave expression to their faith, and -showed their love to God as you are showing it now.' - -"(The Bishop said he could not enter into a description of these -churches. He would only refer briefly to one, the Cathedral of Chartres, -France, of which he found it noted in the chronicle of Haman that it was -seventy years in building. One is not surprised that it should have been -so, when he looks upon it. It has suffered from the tooth of time, but -many of its interior features, and especially its noble old stained -windows, are very perfect still. He had been told by an archĉologist -that it would cost three or four millions of francs to restore it. This -noble cathedral was built not by the rich and titled, but by the hands -of poor men. There must have been thousands working on it night and day -for those seventy years. Thousands of noble persons were busy in -supplying provisions to the laborers. Delicate maidens might have been -seen carrying stones for the church. The whole population labored, not -merely the citizen, but the dweller in the province, to erect that -building that should stand until the end of time.) - -"'They did not build in vain. Their time was well spent. That church has -been a constant sermon telling for over a thousand years the glory of -God. Who may tell what force such a church may add to a preacher's -words? Such churches have stood bearing witness against heresy and false -doctrine and helping Catholics to keep the faith. They have been -beacon-lights to warn men who wished to serve the true God from their -false philosophy. The spirit shown in the project of the large and -costly church here commenced is that which has always animated the -Catholic heart. I congratulate you, then; I congratulate your zealous -and faithful pastor; I congratulate you all; Catholics of this city, and -Protestants too; for this is a matter which concerns the interests of -all who believe in and love God, who reverence law, order and public -security, because all these are founded upon religion. In the place -where people do not believe in God, there must be degradation, violence, -insecurity and sometimes anarchy. Here we erect another bulwark against -irreligion, indifference and vice, which all must acknowledge are -spreading over our fair republic. He did not feel the necessity of -spending any more breath in exhorting them to carry on generously and -faithfully the great work they had undertaken. The rubric in the -Pontifical which I hold in my hand imperfectly translated says that it -is the duty of the Bishop before he lays the corner stone of a church to -take care that means are provided for its completion, and for the -support of its clergy, and the proper celebration of worship. But the -times are not as they once were. Now we do not find it necessary to wait -until all the means are provided. We depend now upon the wide-spread -liberality of our people, many of whom, it is true, are poor. We saw -to-day a woman, who from her dress and appearance, was evidently casting -her all into the treasury of the Lord's House. I cannot condemn her, -since the Lord once blessed such an act as hers. How dear will this spot -be henceforth! Here you shall worship God; here receive the holy -sacraments; here come to hear the words of eternal truth. May it indeed -be to you in the language of the old Patriarch, the House of God and the -Gate of Heaven. May you here obtain the grace of a good death and be -hence admitted to everlasting glory, to a habitation not made with -hands, eternal in the heavens.' - -"While the address was in progress, baskets were passed among the crowd -for contributions, a handsome sum being realized. The congregation was -dismissed with the Pontifical benediction." - -The erection of the walls of the church was at once proceeded with. P. -C. Keely, of New York, was the architect, but every day while work was -going on Father McNulty was present supervising the erection and -attending to the many matters which require attention in the -construction of so large a structure as St. John's Church. The building -was erected by day's work and is one of the most substantially built -churches in the country. Father McNulty was assisted by an advisory -building committee consisting of Charles O'Neill, Robert Hamil, William -G. Watson and others. The stone used in the construction of the church -was brought by canal from Little Falls and dressed on the ground as -required. The slate used in the roof was imported from England. The -chime of bells, the only one in the city, which had been used in the -Oliver street church, was transferred to the new edifice. Before the -completion of the main building a neat little chapel was built on the -north east corner of the property; this was at once fitted up and is at -present used for confessionals and other purposes. The total seating -capacity of the new church is 1750. The following brief description of -the church is taken from the recently published History of Bergen and -Passaic Counties: - -"The church is eighty-eight feet front and one hundred and eighty feet -deep; twin turrets rise on each side of the front to the height of the -peak, ninety feet, but are to be carried thirty feet higher; on the -Grand street side there is a square tower, about one hundred feet high -at present; it is to be adorned with a spire rising to the height of two -hundred and twenty-five feet from the ground. The main entrance is on -Main street, through a fine doorway, the arch of which is about thirty -feet high. The roof is supported in the interior by graceful stone -columns, sixty feet high, from which spring stout arches of wood painted -to resemble stone. The ceilings and walls are decorated in the mediĉval -style by two celebrated artists from Munich, Messrs. Lang and Kinkeln. -Symbolic paintings adorn the side walls, depicting the twelve stations -upon a background of gold flecked with blue. The windows are of stained -glass each contributed by some member of the congregation." - -The sanctuary also contains five masterpieces of the painter's art, -being representations of the five principal mysteries of the life of -Christ, the Annunciation, the Birth, the Institution of the Holy -Eucharist, the Resurrection and the Ascension. - -The following are the positions of the windows and the names of the -persons or societies who donated them: - - ALTAR. - - Rev. L. G. Thebaud, Rev. W. McNulty. - John Agnew, Charles O'Neill. - W. G. Watson, S. H. Wall. - Miss E. Carr, Mrs. M. Freel. - Christopher McKiernan. - Robert Hamil, Mrs. B. Mack. - St. Agnes' Society, Rosary Society. - St. Patrick's T. A. B. Society, Mrs. C. Cameron. - United Sons of Erin, United Sons of Erin. - - ENTRANCE. - - P. J. St. Lawrence, In memory of P. McKenna. - -The stained glass windows in the chapel were given by Elizabeth Mooney, -Mary Freel, Anna Sullivan and Hannah St. Lawrence. - -The following is the estimated cost of the various parts of the work: - - Cutting of the doors, windows, columns, corbels, &c. $ 30,000 - Interior decorations 7,000 - Main altar--a gift from a member of the congregation 2,000 - Windows 8,000 - Organ 10,000 - Masonry and rest of the work 143,000 - -------- - $200,000 - -The present debt of the church is $27,000, and its annual income about -$30,000 from all sources, barely sufficient to meet all the large and -numerous demands on the treasury. The number of Catholics in the city -is estimated at 20,000, more than one-third of the population. - -The church was dedicated on the 31st of July, 1870. The following -account of this ceremony is taken from the Paterson Daily Press of the -next day: - -"Yesterday was a great day for the Roman Catholic population of -Paterson, and a proud day for the Rev. Father McNulty, the energetic -pastor of St. John's Church, to whose remarkable energy and zeal his -people are indebted for so grand a design as the erection of the -splendid church which was solemnly dedicated yesterday with all the pomp -and magnificence of the Roman Catholic ritual. Before the hour for -commencing the services an immense throng had collected in the vicinity -of the old and the new church in upper Main street to witness the -ceremonies outside while the church was crowded by a vast congregation, -admitted by tickets at one dollar each to see and hear the splendid -service within. Of the church itself, its main architectural features, -dimensions, etc., we have so often spoken that we need not refer to it -particularly here save to notice what has been added by the way of -furnishing and decorations. The building is yet far from completion and -no doubt its full embellishment will be the work of years. It already, -however, gives promise of being a very beautiful church. It is frescoed -in stone colors, crimson, green, blue and gold. The sculptured capitals -of the stone columns are elaborately decorated and gilded. The arches of -the clere-story are stone color, edged with maroon, and gold stars, the -tracery in relief being light green. The side walls are salmon drab. The -seats are of hard wood, walnut, ash, etc., seemingly fashioned more for -durability than beauty. The altar, reached by two steps, is placed in a -spacious chancel, flanked by commodious chapels. The walls and ceiling -of the chancel are frescoed in the same colors as the body of the -church, and contain numerous paintings of scenes in the life of our -Savior and St. Peter, and other saints. Its large east window has not -its glass in yet. The other stained windows of the church are complete. -They are very beautiful, and each bears the name of its donor, some of -the faithful of the congregation having contributed the money for each, -and as long as the church stands the indelible record of their -generosity will endure. The chancel is covered by a handsome carpet of -brown and blue. The altar is painted white, mauve and gold. It is -elaborately ornamented with vases, pictures and flowers, and hung with -white lace embroidered with gold grapes. A wreath of vivid green leaves, -interspersed with white lilies, is twined in the front. It contains a -multitude of tapers, and is surmounted by a figure of Christ upon the -cross. The pulpit placed within the body of the church is small, and far -from imposing in its appearance. - -"The ceremonies of dedication commenced outside of the church, where a -procession was formed of the clergy and societies, the latter consisting -of the Sons of Erin, and the St. John's and St. Patrick's Temperance -Societies. The procession was headed by two taper bearers and a crucifix -bearer, several of the officiating priests, and the Right Rev. Bishop -Wood, of Philadelphia, who conducted the ceremony of dedication. The -Bishop was clad in magnificent robes of white satin superbly embroidered -in gold devices, and silk flowers of glowing colors. He wore his mitre -and carried a gorgeous crozier. The procession marched around the church -chanting the Miserere, the Bishop sprinkling the walls with holy water. -It then entered the front door and proceeded up the centre aisle to the -alter, the Bishop and procession chanting alternately the Litany of the -Saints. The Bishop and attendants then traversed the interior limit of -the church, the walls of which were sprinkled with holy water by the -celebrant, the priests solemnly chanting the while. During this ceremony -the candles on the altar were lighted, and all was made ready for the -celebration of a solemn mass in the presence of a Bishop. This was -celebrated with the utmost pomp. The Bishop commenced the mass and -proceeded as far as the Confitieor when the celebrant, Father Senez, of -Jersey City, proceeded in the usual form. Father Hennessy, of Bergen, -acted as Deacon, Dr. Garvey, of Hackensack, as sub-Deacon, and the Rev. -P. McCarthy, of Seton Hall, as Master of Ceremonies. Among the clergy -present were the Rev. Monsignor Seton, Chaplain of the Convent at -Madison; Dr. Corrigan, President of Seton Hall College; Father Corrigan, -of St. Peter's, Jersey City; Father Byrne, of Camden, and the clergy of -the church, Fathers W. McNulty, Thebaud and Vescelle. The Bishop's -secretary and several of the seminarians of Seton Hall College were also -present. - -"The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Byrne, of Camden, from the 6th -Chapter of the Second Book of 'Paraleipomena,' or 'Book of Things -Omitted,' and was an earnest and eloquent appeal in behalf of the -Catholic faith, which he said makes sermons even of stones, and by its -grand and solemn services impresses the mind even of the stranger. The -preacher told an anecdote showing how powerfully a Baptist lady had been -impressed while visiting Bishop Wood's Church in Philadelphia, so that -she dropped upon her knees and prayed as fervently as any. The speaker -paid a glowing compliment to the zeal and generosity of the -congregation, and especially to the worthy pastor, for the erection of -this noble offering to God. It was beautiful architecturally, but it had -a beauty for the child of faith, the earnest Catholic, before which all -its outward beauty vanished as the glory of the earth before the glory -of the heaven. It is the glory and beauty of the indwelling of Christ. - -"After the close of the mass, the Bishop addressed a few words of -congratulation to the congregation. He said they had reared a beautiful -and spacious temple and had reason to be grateful to God who gave them -so earnest and devoted a pastor to lead them. It is an evidence of His -special love. They should have but one sentiment. Thanks be to God; from -God all good things come. They must give him all he asks with grateful -hearts. He regretted that their own noble Bishop was not there and yet -he ought not to regret it, for in that case he (the speaker) should have -probably lost the great pleasure of being there. Remember the more God -bestows, the more he requires. Their struggle here will only cease with -life. There are signs on the horizon, that a special struggle may be -coming following the action of the General Council now in session. The -storm may come but God will direct it, and it will pass away, and be -succeeded by a longer and more glorious sunshine. - -"The music of the mass was remarkably fine, under the skillful direction -of Prof. Davis, the organist of St. John's church. Only a small -temporary organ had been set up, it being the intention to order a -superb new organ, of dimensions suitable for the church. The full -effect, therefore, of the pieces could not be given, but they were -rendered with great skill and effect. The Kyrie and Gloria were by -Cerutti, the Offertory by Millard, the Credo by Farmer, the Sanctus by -Mercadante, and the Agnus Dei by Farmer. The solos were finely rendered -by Misses Graham and Maggie O'Neill and Mr. Hensler, bass, and Nauwerck, -tenor. The latter is the only one who does not belong to the regular -choir of the church. The other members, all of whom did admirably, are -Misses Theresa O'Neill, Bowen, Quin, McGuire, Sheehan and Hawley. - -"The entire services were very impressive and occupied three hours in -all. Among the crowded congregation were a great many prominent citizens -not of the Roman Catholic faith. The ushers attended with great courtesy -to the comfort of all." - -The time occupied to build the church as it stands at present was -fourteen years. - -In 1872 the congregation purchased four lots of land on Grand street, -east of the church building, from the Society for Establishing Useful -Manufactures, paying therefor the sum of $10,800. The property was -bought for the purpose of erecting a parsonage and work on this was -begun soon after the acquirement of the real estate. The parsonage is a -handsome structure built in the same style as the church and of similar -materials. The mason work was done by Patrick J. St. Lawrence, the price -being $7,000. The erection of the building cost altogether about -$15,000. - -The congregation retained the old church property in Oliver street but a -number of important alterations were made. The building was changed into -a hall for lectures, concerts, entertainments and the like and is known -as St. John's Hall. A portion of the building is used for school -purposes to relieve the parochial school which adjoins it. - - - - -CHAPTER VI. - - SKETCH OF THE PASTOR OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH.--A SILVER JUBILEE.--A - LIFE DEVOTED TO THE SERVICE OF THE ALMIGHTY.--THE CHOIR OF THE - CHURCH.--VARIOUS SOCIETIES OF THE CONGREGATION. - - -No person in Paterson has done harder and more energetic work in the -cause of Catholicism than the reverend pastor of St. John's -congregation, Father William McNulty. His pluck, untiring zeal, kind -disposition and many other laudable characteristics have endeared him to -all. Never was this more plainly shown than at the celebration of the -twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination. On this occasion, August 6th -and 7th, 1882, the clergy, of whom there were nearly half a hundred -present presented Father McNulty with an address giving a short sketch -of his life and paying him tributes which he had so richly deserved. As -this address faithfully depicts the character of the worthy priest and -tells of some of the many worthy and more prominent actions it is here -reproduced in full: - -"We are met here to-day to congratulate you on this auspicious occasion, -the twenty-fifth anniversary of your elevation to the sacred priesthood. -Not to many is it given to see your years in the holy ministry, though -years constitute no merit; but to few indeed is it granted to accomplish -works such as you have achieved, for you are fuller of works than of -days. - -"Imbued with the missionary spirit of your countrymen, you early left -your native land, 'the island of Saints and Apostles,' bidding 'adieu to -Ballyshannon and the winding banks of Erne.' Arriving in New York in -1850, you entered the celebrated halls of the Jesuits at Fordham, where -you drank deep of classical and philosophical lore; and graduated with -distinction. Thence you repaired to that illustrious seat of learning, -so justly styled 'the nursery of priests and bishops'--Mt. St. Mary's -College, Emmettsburgh, Md., where for four years, guided by the spirit -of the saintly Dubois, and the indomitable Brute; under the tutorship of -the learned McCaffrey and the gentle Elder 'you were nourished up in the -words of faith and good doctrine.' There, under the peaceful shadow of -'the old mountain,' you were taught the chief characteristics of a true -minister of Christ; who, according to the Apostle, should be 'of -blameless life, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, modest, not -quarrelsome, not greedy of filthy lucre, holding the mysteries of the -faith in a pure conscience, an example of the faithful in word, in -conversation, in charity, in faith.' - -"Thus prepared, and having received ordination at the hands of the late -lamented Archbishop Bayley, you went forth five and twenty years ago -to-day, 'to labor as a good soldier of Christ' in the Diocese of Newark. - -"You were first selected to assist as Vice-President the present -distinguished Bishop of Rochester in conducting at Madison the college -of Seton Hall which has since developed into the far-famed institution -at South Orange, much of whose success may be traced back to the fact -that you reproduced at Madison the zeal which you had seen exercised, -and the discipline which you had seen enforced at your mountain 'Alma -Mater.' - -"You were afterwards placed over the missions of Morris county, -including Mendham, Basking Ridge and other neighboring stations, where -you erected churches and attended to the spiritual wants of that -extensive district, at the same time discharging the office of chaplain -to the infant community of the Sisters of Charity at Madison, and -assisting them very materially in the management of their temporal -affairs. - -"In 1863 the church of St. John the Baptist, Paterson, was without a -pastor. The Right Rev. Bishop, knowing the importance of this growing -city, which has since become one of the most successful manufacturing -centres of the country, and thoroughly appreciating its religious wants, -cast his eyes over his clergy, to find one capable of holding the reins -of its destiny with a vigorous hand. He knew that in large manufacturing -cities, there were numerous dangers to souls, and none more to be -dreaded than those arising from intemperance. With that correctness of -judgment which always marked his appointments, he fixed his eyes on the -Vice-President of Seton Hall, and commissioned him to enter on a new -sphere of labor on the banks of the Passaic. Here, indeed, you found a -field not wholly uncultivated, for zealous priests had preceded you. -That veteran missionary and church-builder, Father Senez, now the highly -esteemed pastor of St. Mary's, Jersey City, had labored some years on -this mission with distinguished success. The lamented Fathers O'Reilly, -Quinn and Callan had left the impress of their zeal and piety on the -Catholic population of Paterson. Here you found a spacious church, and a -large congregation of generous and devoted Catholics. Nevertheless your -penetrating mind soon perceived that the wants of your growing flock -were not sufficiently provided for, and that the church was too small to -accommodate the crowds which presented themselves Sunday after Sunday -for divine worship. In 1865, therefore, having purchased a most suitable -location, you laid the corner stone of this magnificent temple, one of -the noblest monuments of religion in the United States. After five years -of ceaseless toil, at night collecting from your generous flock the -necessary funds, by day laboring even with your own hands in the quarry, -measuring the stone, mounting the walls, and giving directions to the -builders, with untiring zeal and unremitting effort, after an -expenditure of $200,000, you at length beheld your church ready for -dedication to God. The Archbishop of Philadelphia in the absence of your -own ordinary, did you the honor to come from his archiepiscopal city to -consecrate this magnificent edifice to the worship of the Most High. -This was indeed a proud day not merely for yourself and your devoted -people, but also for the entire population of Paterson, all rejoicing -that they had in their midst a pastor capable of conceiving and -executing so grand a work. - -"Had you rested here you had done enough to enshrine your name and -perpetuate your memory in the grateful hearts of the people of Paterson. -But happily this was only the first of your great achievements in their -behalf. Having completed the new church of St. John, you next turned -your attention to the wants of the orphan, and the need of a suitable -cemetery for the burial of the Catholic dead. In 1868, you purchased the -beautiful site two miles from the city on the banks of the swift flowing -Passaic. Here you erected St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, and laid out the -cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre. In that asylum, under the direction of -the Sisters of Charity, ever ready to care for the fatherless, you have -every year maintained nearly a hundred orphans, while the cemetery of -the Holy Sepulchre, so charmingly situated, and so elegantly laid out -bids fair to become one of the most admired repositories of the dead in -this State. Finding in 1870, that notwithstanding the immense -proportions of St. John's Church, the entire Catholic population could -not be accommodated within its spacious precincts, you purchased a very -desirable property on Broadway, whereon you erected St. Joseph's Church, -which you attended for seven years, and which when ready to be erected -into a regular parish, you found to have a value of $30,000. The good -work which you began there was successfully carried on by the lamented -Father Molloy, and is now being continued with no less success by the -present distinguished pastor, the zealous and learned Dr. Smith. - -"A few years afterwards, perceiving that the Catholic population on the -left bank of the Passaic had increased very considerably, you purchased -a suitable plot of ground at Totowa, and erected thereon a commodious -brick edifice, making the lower story answer for religious, and the -upper for educational purposes. At the same time you introduced, and -provided a residence for the Sisters of St. Dominic, to take charge of -the schools there. Three years ago, after accumulating a property of -$20,000, for the new foundation, you recommended the Right Rev. Bishop -to erect this second daughter of St. John's into a regular parish -church, and had the satisfaction of seeing appointed to its first -rectorship Rev. Father Curran, the courageous founder and indefatigable -editor of the 'Paterson Times.' - -"One of the most pressing needs in a great city like Paterson, where in -consequence of extensive manufactures there is great liability to -accident and disease, was a hospital for the sick and wounded, to the -establishment of which in 1869, under the management of the Sisters of -Charity, you largely contributed. Under your fostering care and liberal -encouragement, this institution of benevolence has gone on for fourteen -years in its career of mercy, sheltering the sick and disabled without -distinction of country, creed or color. Long may it prosper in its -Godlike work, and long may you be spared to be a father and guide to the -self-sacrificing sisters who so successfully conduct it. - -"In 1874, the old pastoral residence having become too small for the -accommodation of the clergy, you erected at a cost of $15,000 this -elegant parsonage, which forms a fitting appendage to the church of St. -John, at the same time converting the old rectory into a home for the -good sisters. - -"But amid all the excellent works of religion in which you have been -engaged, not one has claimed more of your attention than the providing -of sufficient school facilities for the education of your children, for -you have been thoroughly convinced that without the solid groundwork of -a sound Catholic education, the Catholic faith cannot take a firm hold -on the hearts of our people. Hence from the very commencement of your -administration, your most strenuous efforts have been directed to -promote the welfare of your numerous spiritual children in this respect. -In 1880, although your school facilities were by no means contemptible, -yet you saw that the growing wants of the parish demanded more school -room, and you accordingly gave orders to your architect so to alter old -St. John's Church as to afford you additional school accommodation for -one thousand children, while at the same time you entered into -negotiations with the Brothers of Mary to conduct those of your schools -which were designed for the larger boys. You have now the satisfaction -of knowing that, with the Sisters of Charity to teach your schools for -girls and smaller boys, and the Brothers of Mary to direct the schools -for the larger boys, there are few if any parishes in the diocese that -can claim the same advance in education as you can in this great city of -Paterson. Again do we say long may you be preserved to preside over the -destinies of the Catholic education in this portion of the diocese of -Newark. - -"In 1873, flying from the tyranny of a Bismarck, the Franciscan Fathers, -bidding adieu to their native land, arrived in the City of Paterson, -friendless and well nigh penniless. Learning that it was their -intention, with the permission of the Right Rev. Bishop, to establish -themselves in this city, and anticipating no small good to religion from -the presence of so zealous and self denying a body of religious men, you -extended to them a friendly hand, gave them every encouragement, and -permitted your generous people to aid them in the erection of their -beautiful church and monastery on Stony Road. Thus St. John's church has -had the satisfaction of beholding another of her children snugly -ensconced on the banks of the Passaic. - -"Three years ago, finding that the city was largely extending itself in -the direction of the new hospital, and there were numerous children who -resided too far away from St. John's schools to avail themselves of -their advantages, you erected a frame building for the accommodation of -these children, placing it in charge of the devoted Sisters, ever ready -to second your efforts in behalf of Catholic education, and it is -believed that in a short time the spiritual wants of that portion of the -city will enlist your zeal for the erection of a new church and the -foundation of a new parish in that section. We may also be permitted to -allude to the new church now in course of erection near the river for -the Catholic Hollanders under the zealous care of the Rev. Father Hens -and not without your encouragement and cooperation. Thus, then, we may -on this day congratulate St. John's church upon being the joyful mother -of a numerous offspring, which cluster round about her on every side, -and may indulge the hope that while each is guarded by its own titular -saint, the spirit of the Baptist will still hover over them all. In -addition to your labors within the limits of Paterson, you did not fail -to extend your pastoral zeal to the neighboring missions of Hohokus and -Pompton, where you built churches, and for many years attended to the -spiritual wants of the Catholics of those extensive districts, which are -now under the zealous charge of the Fathers of St. Boniface's church. - -"There is another department of your labors to which we cannot close -this address without referring. We allude to your efforts in the great -temperance movement, which indeed we may say you were the first to -inaugurate both in this city and throughout the diocese. Upon your -taking possession of this great parish, you were not slow to perceive -that one of the greatest evils, and one of the most formidable stumbling -blocks to the advancement of religion in your parish was the prevalence -of the soul destroying vice of intemperance. We do not by any means wish -to insinuate that Paterson was worse in this respect than any of the -other great cities of the diocese, but it will be easily understood that -in a city like this where the manufacturing interests are so extensive, -requiring the employment of so many men and women, and even boys and -girls, and distributing such liberal amounts of money in compensation -for labor, the temptations to the abuse of intoxicating drinks are -indeed very great. Your earliest efforts, therefore, were directed to -the restraint if not the total destruction of the vice of drunkenness in -your parish. Hence you were not slow to organize temperance societies, -not merely for the older men and women, but also for the young men, and -even for boys, and from the very day on which you entered the City of -Paterson, up to the present moment, you have never relaxed your energies -in the promotion of the cause of temperance, and in checking the ravages -of intemperance in your parish. And it is not by means of temperance -organizations alone that you have succeeded so well in this noble work, -but by your personal exertions in visiting the home of the drunkard, in -entering the rumshops even at the dead of night to chase away to their -homes the resorters of these places, and to reprimand with the boldness -and freedom of the Gospel the keepers of these dangerous haunts. Often -have you been seen after a hard day's work on the Lord's Sabbath -parading the streets of Paterson as if with police authority, to see -whether any of your people were staggering along the sidewalk, after -filling themselves with drink, or gathered in the beershops indulging in -the noise and riot for which such places are notorious. In this -persevering effort to maintain sobriety and good order you have had the -countenance and support not merely of your own people, but of the entire -population of Paterson, and for this work you have received from your -fellow citizens, without distinction of creed, the esteem and gratitude -it has so eminently merited, while your name has become a household word -in Paterson. Even in times of riot and disorder, when the civil -authorities found them unable to cope with violence, they did not fail -to call upon the pastor of St John's to co-operate with them in the -re-establishment of peace and order. - -"The very children as you move about the city, without distinction of -religion, never fail to recognize their dear 'Father Mac,' and you -yourself make it your special delight to stop and salute these -children. And if by any chance you passed by without noticing them, even -Protestant children would run after your carriage and say 'Father Mac, -you know me.' Nor did you neglect the young men and the young women of -your parish. For the former you provided suitable halls with libraries -and reading rooms, and organized them into literary and benevolent -societies, where, drawn away from the temptations of the rumshop, and -the professional billiard-room, they might have harmless recreation and -innocent enjoyment. Many of these young men under your fostering care -and liberal encouragement entered the ranks of the priesthood, and are -now edifying the Church in various positions of the Diocese, while -others similarly favored, are now fitting themselves for the sacred -ministry in the principal seminaries of the Church. The young women you -gathered into pious sodalities under the direction of the saintly -Sisters, and the patronage of the Immaculate Virgin, thus furnishing -them with every safeguard against the numerous temptations to be found -in populous manufacturing cities, and your labors for both classes have -been crowned with success, as any one can see, on Sundays in St. John's -Church, whose altar rails are crowded with those devout young men and -women, coming forward to nourish themselves with Christ's life-giving -bread. Of these young women, not a few, under your fatherly care, and -liberal patronage, have joined themselves to the good Sisters, devoting -their lives and energies to the teaching of the young and the nursing of -the sick. - -"During the long course of those twenty-five years, with the exception -of two brief trips to your native land, you never found the necessity of -taking any recreation, but felt it to be your pleasure to increase your -labors for your flock. You have worked with the energy of one who truly -loves his Divine Master '_Nullo fatigatus labore_.' And your -disinterestedness may well claim for you the words of the Apostle, -'_Nulli onerosus fui_.' Your patient self-denial, your affability to -all, your readiness to listen to the tale of woe, and to relieve the cry -of distress, your unflagging zeal in the confessional, your never -failing attendance on the sick at the dead of night as cheerfully as at -midday, your unwearied earnestness in preaching the word of God, 'in -season and out of season,' holding up to your people the beauties and -happiness of a virtuous life, and denouncing to them the terrible -consequences of wickedness and wrongdoing, your ceaseless efforts to -prepare your numerous children for the holy sacraments, all this -entitles you to the praise and reward of a true apostle of Christ, and -has endeared you to the hearts of young and old--'_pueris senibusque -carus_.' In the exercise of your sacred ministry you have been ably -seconded and encouraged by your bishops, by the lamented Bayley, the -zealous and learned Corrigan, and the amiable, scholarly and energetic -prelate who now rules the destinies of this diocese. Nor should we omit -to mention the material aid which you have received from the many worthy -assistant priests that have labored with you,--the indomitable Kirwan, -the polished Moran, the lamented Darcy and Cantwell, the self -sacrificing Thebaud, the gentle Zimmer, the hardworking Downes, the -zealous Hanly, the laborious McGahan, the eloquent McFaul, the -historian Brennan, the courtly Whelan, the genial White and the -patriotic Corr, and last but not least the energetic Hickie, most of -whom are now filling with distinction the pulpits of flourishing -churches. You have won from your fellow-priests the highest esteem and -love, which they on this occasion endeavor to express, however feebly, -by the accompanying testimonial. Commemorating to-day your -five-and-twentieth year of ordination we earnestly hope and pray that -your silver crown may be transmuted into gold on your fiftieth -anniversary, and that the next quarter century of your ministry may be -characterised by the same fruitfulness in good works which we however -imperfectly have endeavored to record of the five and twenty years just -ended. - -"Eternal praise and thanksgiving be to the Great Head of the Church and -Chief Shepherd of the Flock, Jesus Christ, who has given you the grace -and the strength, the health and the perseverance to pass with so much -profit to religion this long period of your ministry. Nor should we fail -to thank in your name the people of St. John's Church, who for all this -time have never faltered in their fidelity and generosity, always -responding with liberal hearts to the numerous calls made upon them for -religion, education and charity. Well may we conclude with the poet:-- - - "Non usitato congredimur modo - His in jugosis atque sacris locis - Hasque inter umbras hospitales - Insolitum celebrare festum." - -The following is a list of the clergymen present at the silver jubilee: -Rt. Rev. W. M. Wigger, Most Rev. M. A. Corrigan, Rt. Rev. Edward -Fitzgerald, Rt. Rev. G. H. Doane, and the Revs. A. J. Thebaud, S. J., -Isadore Daubresse, S. J., John A. Kelly, Thomas M. Killeen, Patrick -Cody, Patrick Hennessy, James H. Corrigan, Patrick Leonard, M. J. -Kirwan, Pierce McCarthy, L. G. Thebaud, Martin Gesner, Theodore -McDonald, O. C., F. Feehan, O. C., Augustus Brady, P. F. Downes, -Nicholas Hens, Louis Gambosville, James F. Salaun, John P. Morris, -Dennis McCartie, James Curran, Patrick J. McGahan, Isaac P. Whelan, -Daniel McCarthy, Michael J. White, Patrick Corr, Michael J. Hickie, Dr. -Larkin, David B. Walker, S. J., John J. Sheppard, Michael A. McManus, -Ferdinand Muller, O. S. F., and Hugh Murphy. Scores of letters and -telegrams were received from priests and others who regretted their -inability to be present at the celebration. - -During his pastorate Father McNulty has been assisted in his labors by a -number of priests. His first assistant was Rev. James A. D'Arcy, who was -here in 1864. After this time Father McNulty had two assistants. The -names of his assistants are Fathers L. G. Thebaud, T. R. Moran, M. J. -Kirwan, P. McCahill, P. F. Cantwell, P. F. Downes, Joseph Zimmer, James -Curran, James Hanley, I. P. Whelan, M. J. White, Patrick McGahan, James -J. Brennan and M. J. Hickie. Of these, Fathers D'Arcy, Moran, Kinwan, -McCahill, Cantwell, Downes, Curran, Hanley, White, McGahan and Hickey -were natives of Ireland; Father Thebaud was born in New York City, -Father Zimmer in Brooklyn, Father Whelan in Elizabeth and Father Brennan -in Newark. In addition there were priests who were assistants only for -a few weeks, including Fathers McFaul, Corr and others. - -Father McNulty's present assistants are Fathers McCarthy and Quin. -Father D. F. McCarthy was born in Newark and educated at St. Charles -College in Maryland and at Seton Hall. Father Thomas Quin was born in -Ireland and educated at Seton Hall. - -The first choir of St. John's church consisted of the Bradley -sisters--elsewhere referred to--who sang in the old church on Market and -Mill streets; their brother played the flute and at times James Powers -assisted on the clarionet. A Professor Wedell was organist in the Oliver -street church in 1853 and he remained until 1856, although for about a -year of this time Professor Anthony Davis, a brother of the present -organist, presided at the organ. Professors Burke and Becker came -afterwards and in the first part of 1868 Professor Frank Huber played -the organist. He was succeeded in October, 1868, by Professor William -Davis, who is still in charge. Miss Ellen O'Neill also frequently -presided at the organ in the absence of the regular organists. At the -time Professor Davis took charge the choir consisted of Misses Howard, -Murphy, Bowen, and Esther O'Neill, who sang soprano and Henry Hensler, -who sang bass. Masses in two voices were rendered, until 1869, when, by -the addition to the choir of Daniel Sheehan, tenor, the choir was -enabled to sing masses in three voices; Misses Maggie O'Neill and Julia -Graham, soprano, were also added to the choir. This state of affairs -lasted only about one year when some of the choir withdrew and the vocal -music for St. John's congregation was furnished for about six years by a -quartette consisting of Misses Maggie O'Neill and Frances Lawless and -Louis Schmerber and Henry Hensler. The latter died and Frank Hart was -put in his place. About six months after this Professor Davis began to -form a larger choir and of the original selection a number still remain. -Among those who have left are Emil Legay, the present choir master in -St. Joseph's church, and John Stafford, who is studying in Rome for the -priesthood. - -The present choir of St. John's Church consists of the following: - -Organist and Director.--Professor William Davis. - -Soprano.--Minnie Coniffe, Mary E. Drury, Minnie Dynan, Nora Gannon, -Maggie Doyle, Lizzie Lavery, Lizzie Fitzpatrick, Nellie Clark, Mary -Stafford, Maggie McCormack, Mary McLean, Ellen Odell.--12. - -Alto.--Martha Drury, Frances Lawless, Alice Fitzgerald, Nellie Reed, -Lizzie Constantine, Maria Hogan, Annie Beresford, Mary McAlonan, Nellie -Dunphy.--9. - -Tenor.--William Stafford, Thomas Canning, Edward Cavanagh, John Carlon, -John Van Houten.--5. - -Bass.--John Best, John Anderson, James Anderson, James Fitzpatrick, -William Burns, Thomas Sheeron, Charles Lavery, David Forbes, Alexander -Doyle, Philip Bender.--10. Total, 36. - -The following are the societies attached to St. John's Church: - -Benevolent Society of United Sons of Erin. This society was founded in -1846 and incorporated in 1859. It has about 100 members and its objects -are the relief of the sick and assistance for distressed members, for -which purpose it expends about $1,500 per year. - -St. Patrick's Total Abstinence Benevolent Society was organized by -Father McNulty in 1863 and has about 100 members. Its objects are the -furtherance of the cause of temperance and the relief of the distressed, -for which latter object about $600 per year are expended. - -St. John's Total Abstinence Benevolent Society was organized in 1867 and -has the same objects as the foregoing; it has about 100 members and -expends annually about $600 for the relief of distressed members. - -St. Joseph's Total Abstinence Benevolent Society has the same objects as -the foregoing and about 40 members. It was organized in 1875 and expends -annually about $300 per year in the relief of the distressed. - -The Catholic Young Men's Literary Association was organized in 1873 and -its object is indicated by its name. It has a library and reading room -on the lower floor of the Catholic Institute in Church street. Its -membership numbers about 100 and the entertainments it gives -occasionally are for the benefit of its library or some charitable -institution. - -The Catholic Sunday School Teachers' Association was organized in 1874 -by Father McNulty, who had found it difficult to obtain competent men to -teach Sunday School. Almost immediately after its organization a number -of its members resolved themselves into the Entre Nous Dramatic Club -which gives entertainments for the benefit of its library or for -charitable purposes. This dual society has about 100 members and -occupies the upper floor of the Catholic Institute in Church street, -property originally bought by Father Senez for an orphan asylum. - -The Sodality of the Children of Mary was organized in 1862 and has about -250 members. It consists of young ladies and is in charge of Sister -Regina. - -The Sodality of the Sacred Heart has about 160 members and was organized -about 7 years ago. It also consists of young ladies and is in charge of -Sister Stanislaus. The latter has done a great deal of effective work -during her 23 years' sojourn in Paterson as a Sister of Charity. - -The Rosary Society is one of the oldest and most numerous of the -societies of St. John's congregation and consists of persons of both -sexes and all ages. It is in charge of Father McNulty. - -The Society of the Sacred Thirst is a temperance organization, and -embraces in its membership persons of all ages and of both sexes. It is -in charge of Father McNulty. - -The Society of Holy Angels was organized about thirteen years ago and -has about 200 members. Girls from 10 to 16 are eligible to membership. -It is in charge of Sister Angelica. - -The Infant Jesus Sodality consists of about 200 little boys and was -organized in 1869. It is in charge of Sister Stanislaus. - -The Sodality of the Immaculate Heart of Mary was organized about two -years ago. It consists of young ladies between 14 and 20 years of age, -and is in charge of Sister Immaculata. - -The Knights of the Sacred Heart are in charge of Sister Stanislaus. This -society consists of 172 boys between the ages of 10 and 16 years. - -Ave Maria Council, Catholic Legion of Honor, was instituted on November -16, 1883, and has about 50 members. Its object is the insurance of -lives, and the amounts insured for are between $500 and $5,000. - - - - -CHAPTER VII. - - THE DAUGHTERS OF ST. JOHN.--CHURCHES WHICH TOOK THEIR ORIGIN IN ST. - JOHN'S CHURCH.--YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN FROM PATERSON WHO HAVE - DEVOTED THEIR LIVES TO THE SERVICE OF GOD. - - -It has often been stated that the church at Madison--which in the early -part of the century was called Bottle Hill--was an offspring from St. -John's Church of Paterson; this statement has also been frequently -contradicted, and it is certainly safe to say that it is doubtful -whether Paterson can lay claim to establishing Catholicism in Madison. -St. John's has, however, sufficient glory, for it is the undoubted -source of the origin of a number of churches in this vicinity. There is -no doubt that the same missionary priests who labored in Paterson also -visited other places; thus it has been ascertained that Father Larissy, -who according to well authenticated statements was the first priest to -read mass in Paterson, subsequently attended the churches in Staten -Island and a number along the Hudson places; still St. John's could -hardly lay claim to the parentage of these churches, no more than St. -John's could be called a child of the church in Newburg because Father -Langton paid periodical visits to Paterson from Newburg.[A] - -It will suffice for the purposes of writing a history of Catholicism in -this county to take a glance at the churches whose origin was -undoubtedly in St. John's congregation. As has been stated on a previous -page, missionaries visited Macopin before they came to Paterson, but -there is no doubt that a church was erected in Paterson long before the -erection of the church in Macopin. It was not until 1830 that the -Catholics of Macopin proceeded to erect a building to be devoted -exclusively to the service of God. This church, under the patronage of -St. Joseph, was dedicated in 1830 by Rev. Dr. French, from New York, and -Rev. Mr. O'Donoghue, from St. John's Church, this city. For many years -this church was attended by priests from St. John's Church and -subsequently from St. Boniface's Church. Even to this day it has no -stated pastor and is attended by priests having charge of churches in -the vicinity. - -The German Catholics of this vicinity did a great deal towards -establishing the Catholic Church on the firm footing it has found in -this county and too much praise cannot be bestowed on the work of the -early German Catholics and their priests. The most prominent figure in -the work among the German Catholics is Father Nicholas Hens, the -respected and zealous pastor of St. Boniface's Church in this city. This -gentleman has spent the best days of an active and useful life among the -German Catholics and his labors in the Lord's vineyard have borne -excellent fruit. Rt. Rev. Bishop Bayley kept a journal of the more -important actions of his life and from this journal the following -extract is made: - -"On Sunday, July 1st, 1860, at half past five, I laid the corner stone -of the new German Catholic Church of St. Boniface, which Father Schandel -is endeavoring to build. We went in procession to the spot--the cross -before, with acolytes, children--Erin's Society as a guard--banners -flying--the big missionary cross borne before my carriage by the -Germans. There must have been from 8,000 to 10,000 persons present--hot -and dusty, but no disturbance. I pitched into Martin Luther for the -edification of the multitude." - -The following is another extract from the same journal: - -"December 1st, 1861, on Sunday, I blessed the new German church at -Paterson." - -Before this time, however, the few German families gathered once a month -or once a fortnight in the basement of St. John's church in Oliver -street to have special German services. Among those who attended were -John Ratzer, Martin Bauman, Christian Geissler, Leander Kranz, Michael -Thalhammer, Joseph Merklin, Joseph Durgeth, Philip Brendel, Mr. Zentner, -Mr. Yost, Mr. Schnell and a few others. The services were conducted by -Father Hartlaub as early as 1854. On April 18th of that year Father -Hartlaub baptized in this church Joseph August Geissler, at present -parish priest in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and on December 18th following -Emma Mitch, who subsequently attained considerable renown as a singer, -was baptized there. Father Hartlaub attended for four years to the -spiritual wants of the German Catholics and was succeeded on July 18th, -1858, by Father Louis Fink, at present Bishop of Leavenworth, Kansas. -About the first of August, 1859, Father J. J. Schandel succeeded Father -Fink and was appointed permanent priest for the Germans. His first -baptism was performed on August 11th, and the first marriage at which he -assisted was on the 30th of the same month, the contracting parties -being Michael Courtade and Miss Anne Mary Brotchie. Father Schandel was -very popular amongst all classes of people and his name is still -frequently mentioned with reverence and affection. He worked very hard -among his countrymen and it was he who conceived the idea and furthered -the project of building a church for German Catholics. He purchased the -ground on the corner of Main and Slater streets where St. Boniface's -Church now stands, and erected that structure which has a seating -capacity of 900. The German Catholics in Paterson were few in number and -not blessed with worldly riches and Father Schandel was obliged to work -for his support in outside missions, a labor to which he devoted himself -with assiduity. For a long time he visited regularly every month St. -Joseph's Church at Macopin; he also visited occasionally the Catholics -in Ringwood and attended to the spiritual needs of the Catholics at St. -Francis Church, Lodi. - -In 1869 he visited Passaic regularly and secured ground for and erected -St. Nicholas' Church. Before that time the Catholics of Passaic had -worshipped in a room in one of the factories. The interest awakened in -the Catholic Church by Father Schandel and the immigration of a number -of German Catholics soon gave the worthy priest more to do than he could -attend to. He accordingly asked Bishop Bayley for an assistant priest. -His prayer was granted and on August 5th, 1869, Father Nicholas Hens, -who had just been ordained, came to Paterson. This worthy priest -followed in the footsteps of his predecessor, and Fathers Schandel and -Hens worked together energetically and in the greatest harmony. The silk -mills at this time attracted large numbers of persons to Paterson and -Father Schandel concluded that it would be well to erect the Catholics -in Passaic into a separate congregation. Bishop Bayley thought well of -the plan and on July 21st, 1871, Father Schandel was transferred to -Passaic and Father Hens was appointed pastor of St. Boniface's in this -city. Father Schandel remained in Passaic until 1873 when he was -succeeded by Father Schneider, the present efficient and well-beloved -priest of the church. At present there are about 250 families in the -congregation in Passaic, and the parochial school, in charge of the -Sisters of Charity, is attended by nearly 300 children. - -Being already in possession of a good and commodious church Father Hens -devoted a great deal of time and energy to the establishment of a -parochial school, that almost indispensable adjunct to every church. In -October, 1871, he opened the parochial school in Main street with 35 -children, the teacher being the organist of the church. The number of -children continued to increase during the winter and in the following -spring there was an attendance of over 80. An additional teacher was -employed but during the summer of 1872 the Sisters of St. Dominic were -engaged to take charge of the school. Father Hens at once provided a -residence for the Sisters, purchasing the house and lot adjoining the -church for $4,600. The parish grew rapidly under the able care of Father -Hens. The modest church was improved and embellished both outside and -inside; the school was enlarged several times and another story added to -it. In 1874 the residence of the Sisters was rebuilt and in 1877 a -chapel, 65×25 feet in size, was added to it. In 1879 the boys' -department of the school was placed under the care of some Brothers of -Mary who came to Paterson from Nazareth, near Dayton, Ohio. In the same -year the present rectory, in the rear of the church, and a residence for -the Brothers was erected. About this time the congregation sustained a -serious loss in its membership, twenty families leaving it to attend St. -Mary's Church on Totowa for greater convenience and the thirty-five -families residing in the Stony Road district allying themselves to St. -Bonaventure's Church. - -Despite this defection the congregation of St. Boniface continued to -grow, and soon the church was not able to hold all that wished to -worship within its walls. On March 19th, 1882, the feast of St. Joseph, -the patron of the Catholic Church, Father Hens bought a plot of ground -on River street, near the crossing of the New York, Lake Erie and -Western Railroad. Here the corner-stone of a new church was laid on -September 4th, 1882, and on May 14th in the following year the new -church was dedicated by Rt. Rev. Bishop Wigger. The church was placed -under the protection of Our Lady of Lourdes. The erection of this church -cut off from St. Boniface's congregation over one hundred German and -Holland families, but their places were soon filled, so that at the -present day, six months after the dedication of the new church, St. -Boniface's congregation is as large as it ever was. Three masses are -said every Sunday and the church is crowded every time. The number of -families belonging to the church is about 400, and its parochial schools -have an attendance of 350. - -In addition to his many other duties Father Hens has since 1879 had -charge of St. Luke's in Hohokus. The ground for this church was given in -1864 by John Jacob Zabriskie, and the erection of the church was the -work of Father McNulty. A cemetery adjoins the church. - -Father Hens's first assistant was Father Kars, who is now the pastor of -St Mary's Church in Gloucester, N. J. Then came Father Dernis, at -present pastor of the Catholic church in Salem, N. J. Father Dernis was -succeeded by Father Geissler, who was the first person baptized in -Paterson by Father Hartlaub. After Father Geissler came Father J. W. -Grieff, who by his eloquence, affability and energy has made himself -beloved and respected by all. Father Hens also derives material -assistance from the Franciscan Fathers in this city. Complete baptismal -and marriage records of St. Boniface's Church from 1854 are still in -existence, and from these the following statistics were collected:-- - - Name of the Priest. Baptisms. Marriages. - - Father Hartlaub 88 --- - " Fink, O. S. B. 24 8 - " Schandel 775 187 - " Hens 1,120 221 - " Dernis ----- 1 - " Geissler 109 13 - " Dyonisius, O. S. F. 10 --- - " Fidelis, O. S. F. 5 --- - " Grieff 186 26 - " Kars 29 7 - ----- --- - Total 2,346 463 - -Bishop Bayley from 1869 to 1871 confirmed 109 persons of St. Boniface's -congregation; Bishop Corrigan from 1871 to 1882 confirmed 448 persons, -and Bishop Wigger from 1882 to 1883 confirmed 183 persons, making a -total of 740 confirmations. - -The following are the societies attached to St. Boniface's Church: - -St Boniface's Benevolent Society was organized by Father Schandel in -1867 and has a membership of 70. - -The Rosary Society was established by Father Hens in 1873 for the -purpose of providing decorations for the altar. It has 115 members. - -St. Aloysius' Boys' Sodality numbers 57 members and was established by -Father Grieff in 1882. - -The Children of Mary numbers 87 members and was established by Father -Hens in 1874. - -The Confraternity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was established by Father -Hens in 1878. - -The Confraternity of the Poor Souls in Purgatory was established in 1877 -by Father Hens and numbers 107 members. - -In 1867 Father McNulty bought a piece of property on Broadway near East -Eighteenth street, running back as far as Fair street. In the front part -of this property he erected St. Agnes' Institute which was very popular -for a number of years. In the rear of the Institute Father McNulty -erected a large frame building which was used as a church by the -Catholics who had settled in the eastern portion of Paterson. In a very -short time there was a large attendance and regular services were held -every Sunday. In 1875 St. Joseph's parish was created and Father -Nicholas Molloy assigned to it as regular pastor. Finding that there -were more Catholics in a more southerly direction Father Molloy bought a -tract of land on Market and Carroll streets and erected thereon the -present St. Joseph's church. It is a frame building having a seating -capacity of about 600. The lower floor is used for school purposes and -the upper as a church. In 1880 Father Molloy left Paterson on account of -ill health; he died shortly afterwards in New York city. Rev. Dr. Smith, -one of the best scholars and most learned theologians of the country, is -the present pastor of this church and he is greatly assisted in his many -labors by the Franciscan Fathers. - -In 1872 Father McNulty bought eight lots on Sherman avenue, near Union -avenue, for the purpose of erecting there another Catholic Church. A -substantial brick chapel was built, 40×90 feet in size, and two stories -high, one floor being used as a chapel and the other for school -purposes. The attendance was large from the first, and in 1880 the -portion of the city near it was erected into a separate parish under the -patronage of St. Mary. The first priest was Father Curran, who did a -great deal of energetic work in Paterson, including the establishment of -a Catholic weekly paper. In 1883 Father Curran was removed to Arlington, -N. J., where he continues to edit _The Catholic Times_. He was succeeded -in Paterson by Father Samuel Welsh, who has still charge of the church -and who by devotion and ability is rapidly building up a large -congregation. - -Three Carmelite Fathers came to Paterson in 1873 and established -themselves on Stony road, where they had purchased a frame dwelling. -They erected a neat two-story brick house, the lower floor being used as -a chapel and the upper as a residence for the friars. They were recalled -to Europe, but on the 26th of August, 1876, two priests, three students, -and four lay brothers of the Order of St. Francis came to Paterson and -obtained possession of the property vacated by the Carmelites. The -Franciscans came from Fulda, in Germany, from which place they had been -driven by the German government. In February of the following year Rt. -Rev. Bishop Corrigan gave them charge of the Catholics in the vicinity -with authority to form a parish under the patronage of St. Bonaventura. -On November 24th, 1878, Bishop Corrigan laid the corner-stone of a new -church in the presence of a large concourse of people. The Franciscan -Fathers went to work with a will and when the new church was completed -the property was not encumbered by any mortgage or other claim, as the -small debt that remained was in the shape of a note. The Catholic Church -provides for the dedication of churches that are not paid for, but no -church can be consecrated to the service of God as long as there is a -claim on it the prosecution of which might result in the sale of the -property and its conversion to other uses. St. Bonaventure's Church, a -large and handsome structure, was consecrated on July 4th, 1880, by -Bishop Corrigan. Fathers McNulty and Hens, who by their influence had -done a great deal towards securing the success of the new project, acted -as deacons of honor; Very Rev. Aloysius Laur, Provincial Superior of the -Order of St. Francis, as assistant priest; Fathers Muller and Trumper as -deacons, and Father Burk, from St. Mary's Church, Hoboken, as master of -ceremonies. The cost of the new church was about $30,000. The -congregation increased steadily and more priests and students arrived at -the monastery, and to-day the order as well as the congregation is in a -flourishing condition. - -For a long time the French and Italian residents of Paterson worshipped -in the churches which were most convenient to them, and no attempt was -made to provide for them opportunities to attend services in their own -language. In 1882 Father Hens induced some of the Fathers of Mercy from -New York to come to Paterson occasionally, and services were for some -time held in French and Italian in St. Boniface's Church. The numbers of -attendants at these services increased, and in 1883 they rented a room -in the Smith and Jackson building in Market street. Here religious -services are held every Sunday, Father Porcille, one of the Fathers of -Mercy in New York, coming to Paterson every Saturday and returning to -New York on Monday. - -The oldest Catholic church in Bergen county, and one of the few Catholic -churches out of debt, is St. Francis de Sales' Church in Lodi. It was -erected in 1855 and dedicated by Bishop Bayley. It has been attended -ever since its organization by priests from Paterson and Hackensack. - -St. Joseph's Catholic Church at Carlstadt is another daughter of St. -John, and was organized in 1872, January 1st, and in the same year the -church was built at a cost of $11,000. It has a flourishing congregation -and a numerously attended parochial school. - -The Catholics of Hackensack at one time formed a part of the -congregation of St. John's, but in 1861 Father Annellie erected a small -church. There were then only 25 Catholic families in Hackensack. In 1866 -the corner-stone of the present church was laid, and the building was -completed under the pastorate of Father P. Cody. The congregation is -steadily increasing. - -A few months ago Mr. Robert Beattie, of Little Falls, donated enough -land to the Catholics in that village on which to erect a church. The -corner-stone was laid by Right Rev. Bishop Wigger, and the church is now -nearing completion. - -Catholic priests and religious fraternities have undoubtedly done a -great deal for Paterson, but the city has not been ungrateful, and a -number of young men and young women from this city have devoted -themselves to the service of the Almighty. The following are the priests -who grew up in St. John's congregation:-- - -Father John P. Morris was educated at the American College at Rome and -is at present pastor of the Catholic Church at Avondale, N. J. - -Father M. A. McManus was educated at Seton Hall and is parish priest in -Newton, N. J. - -Father Robert E. Burke was educated at Seton Hall and is parish priest -in Mt. Holly, N. J. - -Father John Sheppard, also educated at Seton Hall, is parish priest in -Dover, N. J. - -Father Alphonsus Rossiter was educated in the convent of the Passionist -Fathers at Pittsburgh, Pa., and is at present Superior of that -institution. - -The following young men from the congregation have joined the Christian -Brothers in New York: - - Hugh J. Gallagher--Brother Joseph, 1877. - Robert J. Foley--Brother Charles, 1877. - Joseph Fitzpatrick--Brother Daniel, 1878. - John S. Thornton--Brother Clement, 1879. - Arthur McKenna--Brother Felix, 1879. - Jeremiah A. Maher--Brother Andrew, 1880. - Patrick Lawlor--Brother B. Joseph, 1880. - Thomas Hone--Brother B. Edward, 1881. - -The following are the names of Sisters of Charity at Madison, N. J., who -were born in Paterson: - - Sister Mary Agnes O'Neill, entered the community, Nov. 26, 1858. - " " died, Nov. 9, 1877 - Sister Mary Ambrose Sweeney, entered, May 24, 1862. - " " died, Feb. 19, 1868. - Sister Mary Rosina Flynn, entered, July 21, 1862. - Sister Adele Murray, entered, Sept. 27, 1862. - " " died, April 14, 1871. - Sister M. Angela O'Brien, entered, Feb. 19, 1863. - Sister M. Genevieve Gillespie, entered, July 18, 1863. - Sister M. Regina Powers, entered, Nov. 26, 1863. - " " died, June 26, 1873. - Sister Teresa Angela O'Neill, entered, Sept. 24, 1866. - Sister Margaret Clark, entered, Feb. 12, 1869. - " " died, Aug. 23, 1874. - Sister Mercedes Sweeney, entered, July 17, 1879. - -The following are the names of other Sisters of Charity in the same -institution who were not born in Paterson but who came from St. John's -congregation: - - Sister Mary Peter Daly, entered, July 19, 1863. - Sister M. Lucy Blake, entered, July 20, 1868. - Sister Frances Dougherty, entered May 6, 1869. - Sister M. Christina O'Neill, entered, Nov. 8, 1869. - " " died, Dec. 5, 1875. - Sister M. Pelagia Mackel, entered, June 15, 1871. - " " died, Oct. 30, 1876. - Sister M. Adele Sheehan, entered, Aug. 15, 1871. - Sister Marie Vincent Mitchell, entered, April 20, 1872. - Sister Borgia Hanley, entered, August 15, 1873. - Sister M. Clandine Van Nort, entered, July 19, 1876. - Sister M. Placida Hunt, entered, April 30, 1878. - Sister M. Francis Lewis, entered, August 1, 1879. - Sister M. Barbara Bushill, entered, Feb. 27. 1879. - Sister M. Fidelia McEvoy, entered, July 17, 1880. - Sister M. Clotilda Kehoe, entered, July 19, 1880. - -The following is a list of the names of the young ladies from St. John's -congregation who joined the Sisters of St. Dominic: - - Entered, 1874, Sister Bridget Margaret Mahoney. - Entered, 1876, Sister Angela Julia Phelan. - Entered, 1877, Sister Emmanuel Mary Phelan. - Entered, 1877, Sister Eustochium Katie Phelan. - Entered, 1879, Sister Baptista Nora Phelan. - Entered, 1870, Sister Innocence Bridget Duffy. - Entered, 1880, Sister Evangelista Mary Meaghar. - Entered, 1880, Sister Sylvester Katie Meaghar. - -FOOTNOTE: - -[A] It may be proper to state that there are grave doubts as to the -spelling of the name of the second priest in Paterson. In some of the -earlier prints he is referred to as Father Langam, Father Langham, and -Father Langrey. Mrs. Connolly, in whose father's house the first mass -was said in Paterson, calls him Father Langdale, and the fact that a -priest named Langdale travelled through the western part of New York -State in the early part of the century, after Father Langton had -disappeared from the missions in this part of the country seems to -corroborate Mrs. Connolly. The late Barney McNamee, who was personally -acquainted with Father Langton, in a conversation had some time before -his death with Mr. William Nelson assured that gentleman that the name -of the first priest he remembered was Father Langton; Mr. McNamee was -positive on this point. Mr. Nelson made some researches, and these -convinced him of the accuracy of Mr. McNamee's memory. It is for these -reasons that the author of this work adopted the spelling Lang-t-o-n in -preference to others. - - - - -CHAPTER VIII. - - CATHOLIC CEMETERIES IN AND ABOUT PATERSON.--THE ORPHAN ASYLUM AT - LINCOLN BRIDGE.--ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL. - - -The histories of the Cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre and the Catholic -Orphan Asylum are so closely connected that they will be treated -together. The history of the cemeteries in and about Paterson was -written some years ago by Mr. William Nelson and published in pamphlet -form. To this history the author of this work has little to add. The -following are such selections from Mr. Nelson's history as concern the -burial places of dead Catholics:-- - -"Paterson is one of the very few cities in the country--perhaps the only -city in the Eastern States--where it has not been usual for the churches -to be surrounded by grave-yards. No church has ever been built here, -since the city was founded, in 1792, with this appendage, so universal -elsewhere. The old Dutch burying-ground at Totowa met the needs of the -people in this respect for twenty years after the town was established. -The First Presbyterian church being organized in 1813, the Trustees -looked about for a suitable cemetery, and with wise forethought selected -a spot far remote from the built-up portion of the village. In 1814 they -obtained from the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures, a -triangular plot of about half an acre, at the corner of Market and Vine -streets. This became at once the burial-ground for the whole town, and -people of all denominations, Protestants and Roman Catholics, were -interred there. In the course of the next ten years or so, the -Methodists bought a plot on Willis street, 121×333 feet; and the Roman -Catholics secured a burial place, 100×175 feet, on the north side of -Willis street, near William, by gift or purchase. In 1826 the -Presbyterians bought of the State (which in 1816 had taken 300 acres of -land at Sandy Hill and thereabout, in exchange for $100,000 of stock in -the S. U. M., subscribed for by the State in 1792) three acres adjoining -the first cemetery, the sale being authorized by act of the Legislature -of December 28, 1824. In 1835 the Society U. M. sold to the Reformed -church a burial plot on Willis street adjoining that of the Methodists, -and in the same year the Episcopalians bought of the State (by virtue of -an act of February 14, 1833), five acres of land lying at Sandy Hill, -between Oak and Cedar streets. Under the authority of an act of February -2, 1838, St. John's R. C. church bought of the State three acres -adjoining the Presbyterian cemetery; and the First Baptist church bought -three acres near by. In 1851, the Methodists enlarged their cemetery on -Willis street by the addition of a plot about 143×333 ft., bought of the -S. U. M., and adjoining their first burial ground. Their old cemetery -not being popular, in 1854 the Presbyterians bought another tract of -3.74 acres, on Market street, north side, a short distant east of their -first purchase. This completes the history of the location of the 'Sandy -Hill' cemeteries." - -"The deed for the Roman Catholic plot on Willis street has not been -found on record.[B] - -"In the Roman Catholic cemetery there are 871 lots, 9 x 12 ft. in area, -all sold, and containing fully 3,000 graves. - -"The Roman Catholic cemetery at Sandy Hill being filled, and all the -lots sold, the authorities of The Catholic Church of St. John the -Baptist bought, January 30, 1866 for $21,000, what was known as 'the -Lynch Farm,' sixty-nine acres, at the southeast corner of Market street -and Madison avenue, for a cemetery. One or two interments were made, -when, March 27, 1866, an act of the Legislature was approved prohibiting -the location or establishment of cemeteries or burial grounds 'within -the distance of six thousand feet from the street monument, as -established at the corner of Market and Willis streets,' in the city of -Paterson, and the proposed cemetery was abandoned, and the property -sold. In the Fall of the same year, on September 7, 1866, Mr. William G. -Watson bought at an auction sale of the estate of Cornelius P. Hopper, -deceased, 24.92 acres of land, on the east side of Haledon avenue, and -north of East Main street, and the next day conveyed it to the same -church, for $10,770, the object being to locate a cemetery there. A few -interments were made in the new grounds, but an act of the Legislature, -approved February 26, 1867, prohibited the location or establishment of -'any cemetery or burial ground within the limits and boundaries for the -city of Paterson,' and further prohibited the use 'for the purposes of -burial,' of 'any cemetery or burial grounds established within one year -within said city.' May 1st, 1867, the church bought of Bartlett Smith -and wife, of $15,500, three adjoining tracts of land, embracing 73.19 -acres in all, at Totowa, just west of the city line, and near the -Lincoln bridge, extending from the river back to the Preakness mountain. -Here was located the 'Cemetery of the Holy Sepulchre,' tastefully laid -out, containing 3,208 lots (1,126 consecrated and 2,082 unconsecrated), -and ornamented and improved as well as the exceedingly sandy soil will -allow." - -The interments in this cemetery in 1867 were 17; in 1870 they had -increased to 216, and at present they are about 300 per year. - -The farmhouse situated on the property purchased from Mr. Smith was -changed into an orphan asylum; since that time a number of alterations -and additions have been made. There are about eighty children in the -institution which is under the charge of the Sisters of Charity. These -Sisters first came to Paterson in 1853 from Mt. St. Vincent, N. Y., and -an orphan asylum was established in Church street. After the removal of -the orphanage to its present location the building was changed into the -Catholic Institute. - -St. Joseph's Hospital, also in charge of the Sisters of Charity, was -founded on September 11, 1869, the day on which the Sisters bought from -the late Alexander P. Fonda a tract of land lying on the east side of -Main street, just north of the Newark branch of the New York, Lake Erie -& Western Railroad. The tract of land had an area of nine and -three-quarters acres, and only a fraction of the purchase money was paid -in cash; the balance was secured on mortgage. In 1875 the Sisters, by -hard work and economy, had reduced the mortgage to $46,000 and at the -present date it is $41,000. When the property was bought there was on it -a three-story house, 45×45 feet in size, which had been used as a -residence. This was changed into wards for the sick poor, sleeping rooms -for the Sisters and one room was changed into a chapel. In addition to -this building there was a small barn. In 1871 the Sisters erected -another building, two stories high and 130×24 feet in size. The good -done by the Sisters in this city for the poor unfortunates who found -themselves sick and homeless has been incalculable and has been exceeded -only by the zeal and perseverance with which the good Sisters devoted -themselves to their truly heroic work. In the first year after the -establishment of the hospital 170 patients were cared for; in the past -year 740 were received and treated. The money needed in the hospital for -the care of these many patients is derived from the pay received by the -Sisters who belong to the order and who are engaged in teaching school, -and from collections made by the Sisters, as the institution has no -endownment. Persons who cannot have the care they might desire at home -in times of sickness and who can afford to pay for nursing and treatment -may be received in the hospital, but experience shows that less than -three per cent. of the patients received pay their board. The sick -receive the attention of the ablest physicians of Paterson, who take -turns in visiting them; in addition to this there is a house physician -who resides in the hospital and who is annually appointed by the Board -of Physicians after a very severe examination and who is generally some -young physician. The physicians receive no pay for the work they do and -thus form an able and very acceptable corps of assistants in the noble -work of charity. The total expenses of the institution amount to $14,000 -annually and for nearly the whole of this the Sisters are compelled to -depend on their own individual efforts. The largest sum ever received -from any one source came to hand a few days ago in the shape of a legacy -of $1,000 from a Mr. Van Arsdale, who died a short time ago on Long -Island. Mr. Van Arsdale was an almost total stranger to Paterson. -Several years ago he visited some friends residing in the upper part of -Passaic County and while there his attention was called to the noble -work done by the Sisters; he paid a visit to the hospital and was so -favorably impressed by the workings of the institution that he -bequeathed it $1,000. Several months ago the Sisters also received $500 -from a gentleman on condition that his name be not published, so that -the present year was an unusually fortunate one for the Sisters. Large -sums received in this manner are always applied towards paying off the -indebtedness on the property. There are at present nine Sisters employed -as nurses and in other capacities about the hospital and three are -employed in teaching in St. Agnes' school which stands on a portion of -the original plot purchased by the Sisters in 1869. St. Agnes' school -belongs to St. John's congregation and was erected a few months ago, -the congregation having purchased four lots from the Sisters for $2,800. -The school is a handsome brick structure and it is expected that in a -short time it will form the nucleus to a new congregation. - -FOOTNOTE: - -[B] Although I have been unable to find any trace of the deed of this -property I have been informed by several old persons that the property -was obtained by purchase from a man named Post.--C. A. S. - - - - -THE CELEBRATION. - - -Without doubt the most impressive religious ceremonies ever held in -Paterson were those in commemoration of the semi-centennial anniversary -of the dedication of the first building erected by Roman Catholics for -church purposes in Paterson--the old St. John's church in Oliver street. -The commemorative ceremonies began on Sunday morning, the 18th of -November, in the present large and splendid church of St. John Baptist -at Main and Grand streets, and ended on Monday morning with a requiem -mass for the dead. At all the masses the building was thronged with -Catholics, who at the earlier masses pressed forward to the altars in -great numbers to receive Holy Communion. - -The principal service on Sunday was at half-past ten in the morning, -when a solemn high mass was celebrated. The edifice was crowded to its -utmost capacity, and although benches in the aisles gave extra -accommodation, hundreds stood patiently all through the long service. In -the immense throng were many Protestants, attracted by the unusual -preparations for elaborate music which had been made by Professor -William Davis, the organist of the church, and by the announcement that -the renowned Bishop McQuaid, of Rochester, was to preach a historical -sermon. - -The music was rendered by the church's choir of 36, reinforced by a -boys' choir of 30: an orchestra of 20 pieces (including tympani bought -for the occasion) and the great organ of the church, and was conducted -by Prof. William Davis, with that perfect knowledge of his art and rare -taste which equip him so well for his important position. The musical -programme was no doubt the most elaborate ever rendered at a religious -service in Paterson, and was carried out in a fitting manner. The -singing was most creditable in its precision of time and accuracy of -intonation, and the orchestral accompaniments left little to be desired. -The programme of the morning was: prelude for orchestra and organ, "The -Lost Chord," by Sullivan; Asperges Me, chorus with organ, by Werner; -Kyrie, Gloria, Sanctus and Agnus Dei from Haydn's second mass; Credo -(scored for the occasion by Prof. Davis) from Rossi's mass in D minor; -Domine Deus, from same mass, as cornet solo with organ accompaniment; -and after mass, a Gregorian Te Deum sung antiphonally by the church -choir and sanctuary choir of boys, and for postlude, overture to Auber's -"Masaniello," by the orchestra. Rev. Father MacCarthy was the celebrant -and his intonation of the mass was most impressive. He was assisted by -the missionary priest, Father Walker, as Deacon, and Father Quin as -Sub-deacon. Father McNulty was assistant priest, with Fathers Murphy and -Van Riel as Deacon and Sub-deacons of Honor. Rev. Dr. Larkin was Master -of Ceremonies. The altar boys were arrayed in new royal purple cassocks, -scarlet lined, and white gloves, and to each was assigned the care of a -portion of the Bishop's vestments. - -On Sunday evening the congregation was again limited only by the -capacity of the edifice to hold those who came, hundreds being compelled -to turn away, unable to obtain even standing room. The services were of -deep interest, and the music was remarkably fine. After the prelude, by -the orchestra and organ, Rossi's vespers were sung, followed by the -"Salve Regina," by Spath; "O Salutaris," Giorza; "Tantum Ergo," -Hattersly, and a triumphal march on the organ. The rendition of the -"Magnificat," bass solo, by Mr. Anderson, the exceedingly brilliant alto -solo, "O Salutaris," by Miss Lawless, and the tenor parts, as sung by -Mr. Stafford, were commented upon as among the finest features of the -evening service. The Papal blessing was imparted by Bishop McQuaid, to -whom the duty was delegated by the missionary priest, Father Walker, who -was compelled to absent himself, this prerogative being conferred upon -missionary priests by the Holy See. Following came a very able discourse -on the progress of the Church by Rev. Father Patrick Corrigan, of -Hoboken, after which the usual benediction closed the evening services. - -There was a larger attendance of priests at the service on Monday -morning than at any time on the previous day, many being prevented by -their ecclesiastical duties in their own parishes from coming before. -Bishops Wigger and McQuaid were both present, and the service, which -consisted of a solemn requiem mass for the dead of the congregation, was -beyond description impressive. A portion of Singenberger's Requiem was -rendered, Bishop Wigger officiating as celebrant, with Father Kirwan as -Deacon and Father Morris as Sub-deacon. Rev. Father Larkin was Master of -Ceremonies. The officiating Bishop was robed in black, as usual in -saying masses for the dead. The service began with "Prayer for the -Dead," by Dressler, after which came "Requiem" and "Dies Irĉ," by -Singenberger, "Domine Deus," by Ett, "Sanctus," "Benedictus" and "Agnus -Dei," by Singenberger. Bishop Wigger wore a white mitre, instead of the -usual golden one, during the services, until, at the close of the mass, -the episcopal robes were removed, the incense was brought forward and -the "Libera," from Ett's Requiem, was chanted, when absolution was -solemnly pronounced by the officiating Bishop, following which came a -funeral march by Chopin, and the services of the day were closed. The -vocalism at this service was by about sixty children and ten ladies of -the regular choir. - -The following is a list of the prelates and priests who assisted or were -present at the services: - - Bishops Wigger and McQuaid, Rev. M. J. White, - Rev. P. Corrigan, Rev. P. Corr, - Rev. L. Gambosville, Rev. Dr. Larkin, - Rev. J. Salaun, Rev. T. Macky, - Rev. M. J. Kirwan, Rev. Hugh Murphy, - Rev. P. Hennessy, Rev. D. F. McCarthy, - Rev. Pierce McCarthy, Rev. Thos. Quin, - Rev. Jas. Curran, Rev. Porcille, O. M., - Rev. Father Van Riel, O. C., Rev. Gallant, O. M., - Rev. D. B. Walker, S. J., Rev. M. Schacken, - Rev. P. F. Downes, Rev. I. Gillen, - Rev. J. P. Morris, Rev. S. Walsh, - Rev. L. P. Whelan, Rev. M. O'Connor. - Rev. J. Zimmer. - -[Illustration] - - - - -HISTORICAL DISCOURSE - -DELIVERED IN ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, PATERSON, N. J., - -SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1883, - -BEING THE - -FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BUILDING OF THE FIRST STONE CHURCH IN 1833. - -ECCLESIASTICUS, CHAP. XLIV., 1-15v. - - -The why and the obligation of this celebration are found in the verses -of Ecclesiasticus just read. - -The latter half of this century may, with some propriety, be called an -epoch of celebrations, commemorations and jubilees. Many of these are -trivial in character and restricted in territory; others are full of -meaning, cheering and ennobling to those who participate in them and to -many who come within their influence. The celebration to-day is one -worthy of a Christian people, commemorating a work wrought in God's name -and for His honor, and fruitful of untold religious blessings to a -devout congregation. The Church in the United States can, with justice -and without a blush, hold up to the gaze of the world the record of her -first days, humble and insignificant though they be; for, reversing the -tablet, an exhibition of a century's work, partakes of the -marvellous,--of the miraculous. - -Relatively, the accomplishments of the Church in particular localities -are as astounding and wondrous as in dioceses, or in the whole country. -The beginnings of religion were the humblest conceivable. The priest to -whose care was entrusted a territory now covered by one or more -dioceses, journeyed from hamlet to hamlet and from house to house, -wherever a child of the Church might have his home, to administer the -consolation and the helps of the sacraments, and preach the word of -life. His altar was a rough board or a table; his vestments and all -needed for the mass were carried in a sack on his back, when no -conveyance could be had. The conveyance might be an ox cart, a farm -wagon, or a stage. It was such in all cases as the country in its days -of poverty and simplicity afforded. The heart of the priest was -gladdened when he was able to bring the blessings of religion to -children of the Church who, few in number and greatly scattered, still -held tenaciously to the old teachings and prayers; as it was saddened -when one of the faithful pointed out the homes of others who had -apostatized, or who, blushing in their ignorance under the contumely -heaped on their fellow-religionists, concealed God's gift of faith. -These fallings-away from religion are not unknown to-day. We may pity -the weakness of the unfaithful in those early times; there is no reason -to extend pity to the apostates of these days. - -In September, 1836, Dr. England, Bishop of Charleston, addressed a long -communication to the Society of the Propagation of the Faith at Lyons in -relation to the condition and progress of the Catholic Church in the -United States. In this document the thoughtful and observant Bishop -details the heavy losses the Church has suffered and is still suffering, -and assigns the causes therefor with a straightforwardness and boldness -eminently characteristic. He does not hesitate to assert that more than -two-thirds of Catholic emigrants and their descendants had ceased to -profess the Catholic religion, and of these most had united with some of -the Protestant denominations. The causes he gives may be briefly -summarised as follows:-- - -1. The large influx of Catholic emigrants into a new country unprepared -for their coming. - -2. The absence of Catholic schools for Catholic education. - -3. Catholic orphans, picked up by proselytizing institutions, because -there were few or no Catholic asylums. - -4. The want of a clergy sufficient in number, and adapted to the -peculiar circumstances of the country, often not able to speak correctly -its language. - -5. The sending to America of priests not wanted in the European -countries. - -6. Injudicious appointments to places of administration. - -7. Diversity of nationality ending in jealousies and inefficient -co-operation. - -8. The active work of wealthy Protestant sects, united in hindering the -growth of the Catholic Church, if in nothing else. - -There are heavy losses to-day in the new portions of our country where -priests and churches are few in number and far apart. This a -disagreeable fact whose existence and disastrous consequences are not -lessened by denial. It is a fact that comes home to the consciences of -all concerned. The causes of these losses are somewhat modified from -what they were in the days of Bishop England. The Protestant sects are -weaker and less earnest in their efforts against the Catholic Church, -and have enough to do to hold their own without going after others. The -priests, whether born in America or elsewhere, are for the most part -educated in the country, are in hearty sympathy with its political -institutions, and most devoted to their ministerial duties. Schools, -orphanages and hospitals arise so rapidly all over the land that a -reasonable hope is cherished that soon no losses will follow through -this cause. The broad liberality of treatment which freely grants to all -large groups of Catholics the privilege of a church under a pastor of -the nationality to which they belong, gives all an opportunity of -hearing the Word of God in the language familiar to them from childhood, -and of enjoying church customs, music and ceremonies, peculiar to their -native province, but not objectionable to established rule and -discipline. The Catholic Church is broad enough for harmless -peculiarities. The rights of the clergy and those of the laity being now -better defined by wise legislation than in the time of Bishop England, -there is less of that friction, jarring and revolutionary -insubordination which he and others encountered. It is a singular note -to make that but few of the first churches established escaped -disturbances caused by the ambition, the ignorance or the infidel or -heretical notions of a handful of the parishioners. And, what is again -to be noted is that the leaven then infused worked for long years, and -made itself felt in these parishes after the last of those disturbers -had been laid in his grave. - -It is an unsatisfactory task to try to write the history of one of those -early missions or parishes. In those primitive times the wearied -missionary made light of his acts and works, and failed to keep a record -of his doings, or to write the history of the mission. It was great -humility on his part, but it is very disappointing to us. He never -dreamt that his humble beginnings would grow into monumental grandeur. -It is hard to blame him. The wandering life he led; the lack of -facilities in passing from place to place; the hardships he endured; the -absorption of his mind in the daily routine of administering the -sacraments filling up his whole time left him no inclination to write -down what in his eyes seemed of little consequence, or of no special -merit. - -This defect in parochial administration is now in a great degree -remedied by the canonical visitations of the Bishop of the diocese, -whose duty it is to see that a historical record is kept in every -parish, and that all important facts relating to the mission are duly -written therein. The religious orders and chiefly that of the Jesuits, -have been careful to keep a full history of their transactions in all -their missions. It is to the "Relations" of the Jesuits that we owe -whatever information we have with regard to the beginnings of -Catholicity in New York and the New England States. - -Wherefore, assembled in this monumental mother church, looking at her -daughters, near and far off, beholding around her the fruits of her -maternity--the churches, the schools, the hospitals, the orphanages, -that have sprung from her loins, we grieve that a fuller account of her -incipient struggles and successes is not at hand, and that due honor -cannot, therefore, be rendered to the memory of the pioneers, clerical -and lay, whose prayers and sacrifices blessed and helped the founding of -religion in this town and neighborhood. - -The story told of the beginning of religion in a particular district is -much the same everywhere. It runs in this wise and generally has four -stages: 1. One or more families drawn to a locality by the prospect of -employment, clinging to the faith of their fathers in the land of their -birth,--clinging to it all the more if the hand of oppression for -conscience's sake weighed heavily on them at home, journeyed many miles, -sometimes hundreds of miles, to New York City or to some other city -equally fortunate in having a church and priest, to obtain the succors -of religion. At the opening of this century, there was the one church, -old St. Peter's, in Barclay street, New York City,--the one star of -hope, shining in the firmament which covers the states of New York and -New Jersey. Thus, the Catholics of northern New Jersey, craving for the -bread of life and the Word of God, from time to time found their way to -old St. Peter's. Thus, as I have often heard in Western New York, the -parents of ex-Senator Kernan brought their son from Steuben county to -New York City for baptism; so also did the Klems of Rochester bring -their child to New York City, a distance of 400 miles, where it was -baptized by Bishop Connolly. It was a two weeks' ride. There were no -canals or railroads in those days; nor were the wagon roads remarkable -for smoothness, or well-adapted for speed. The Kernans were from -Ireland; the Klems from Germany. They worthily represented a large class -of intelligent and devout Christian people who believed and lived -according to their belief. The descendants of both families are very -numerous, and keep the faith. - -The second stage of progress in the introduction of Catholicity is the -occasional visit of a priest coming oftentimes from a great distance. -Thus, we are told that the Rev. Mr. Farmer (Steenmeyer), came from -Philadelphia and Conshocken, twice a year, to visit the few scattered -families of northern New Jersey. These visits began several years before -the Revolutionary War, were discontinued while the contending armies -were encamped in that part of the country, and resumed on the return of -peace. His visits were chiefly to a settlement of German Catholics at -Macoupin in Sussex Co. They had been brought over from Germany about -1767 to work in the iron mines and forges and to burn charcoal. They are -not to be confounded with the Hessians who had been shipped to America -to fight against the colonists. After Father Farmer ceased to visit -Macoupin, the settlers were left for forty years without a priest. -During these years of spiritual deprivation, old Marion, the patriarch -of the settlement, kept alive religion by rendering such services as -were within his power. On Sunday, he gathered together the inhabitants -of the place for mass, prayers and the rosary. He taught the children -their prayers and catechism. The zealous labors of this pious man not -only kept alive the faith, but nourished a spirit of piety among the -people. - -During the war, while the American soldiers and their French allies were -encamped around Morristown, the French chaplains officiated about -Morristown as their services were sought. - -In the early years of this century refugees from San Domingo, Guadaloupe -and Martinique settled in New Jersey, at Elizabeth, Springfield and -Bottle Hill, now known as Madison. Rev Mr. Tisseraut lived for some time -at Elizabeth and gave religious services. In 1805, Rev. Mr. Viauney -began to pay regular visits to Bottle Hill. He came from St. Peter's, -Barclay street. Other priests from St. Peter's attended this French -settlement; notably among them was the Very Rev. Doctor Power, whose -visits were frequent for several years. Father Malon, at one time -assistant to Dr. Power, took up his residence at Madison. - -Revolutions drove the French to Madison. The hope of employment brought -many from Ireland to Paterson. These were only too glad to escape -political and religious bondage at home. About 1812, the first priest -visited Paterson, saying mass in the house of James Gillespie on Market -street and after the removal of Gillespie to Belleville, mass was -celebrated yet more regularly in the house of Bernard McNamee on -Mulberry street in a room which he had prepared and reserved for this -purpose. For some time this room gave accommodation to all the Catholics -in Paterson. Among the first to make use of this temporary chapel in -McNamee's house was the Rev. Arthur Langdill. Bishop Bayley copies from -Bishop Connolly's diary: "Oct. 22, 1817, I addressed a letter to Rev. -Arthur Langdill, empowering him to celebrate mass, etc." This diary of -the Bishop settles the name of this priest. Father Langdill made his -home for a time at Newburg, visiting Northern Jersey and especially -Paterson. - -About 1820, the Rev. Richard Bulger, the second priest ordained by -Bishop Connolly, was sent to Paterson as its first resident pastor, or -rather as a missionary to Northern New Jersey, with his headquarters at -Paterson. God only knows the patient and uncomplaining services, the -whole-souled zeal of this truly Apostolic priest, as he travelled -through the counties of Passaic, Sussex and Morris. Of a cheerful and -gay disposition he delighted in telling amusing incidents connected with -his travels. Some have come down to us by tradition curtailed or adorned -as the narrator's imagination was lively or dull. One day when the snow -was on the ground, trudging along with his pack on his back, making his -way to Newton in Sussex County, he was overtaken by a farmer. The -latter, as is customary in country districts, kindly "gave a lift" to -the stranger, placing him at his side in the sled. Of course, the -farmer's curiosity made him forget the world's politeness, and institute -a series of leading questions. Are you a peddler? No. Perhaps you will -open a store in town? No. A physician? No. A lawyer? No. Then, may I -ask, what do you do for a living? Thus driven to the wall by the -persistent questioner the priest was obliged to confess that he was a -Roman Catholic priest. People in New Jersey had curious notions of what -a priest might be: they attributed strange things to them, and had a -holy horror of them. Our farmer was not exempt from the prevailing -ignorant superstitions with regard to priests, and ordered Father Bulger -to quit the sled. After driving on a bit the farmer repented of his -severity, again took the priest into his sled, and after suitable -instruction ended by receiving baptism as a Catholic. - -Nearly thirty years later another missionary working in the same field -which Father Bulger had cultivated reached the hamlet of Franklin -Furnace. At this period, 1848, many Irishmen were engaged in iron mining -in this neighborhood. For their spiritual help mass was celebrated in a -miserable shanty, a dwelling built before the revolution. Among those -who came to assist at it was a venerable gentleman, a Dr. Lawrence, -whose history as a Catholic was by request briefly given. In the -missionary days of Father Bulger Dr. Lawrence had made the acquaintance -of the holy apostle, and by him was instructed, baptized and received -into the church. In the long years intervening, he had kept the faith, -and availing himself of all favorable opportunities, he received the -sacraments, often going to New York city for this purpose. - -A saint like Father Bulger must have impressed some of his own piety and -zeal on the Catholics of Paterson and its outlying districts. It was -while he was pastor here, in 1821, that the "Society of Useful -Manufactures" gave a plot of ground on the corner of Mill and Congress -streets, for the purpose of erecting, maintaining and keeping a building -or house of public worship of God. On this plot the Catholics built -their first church, a one-story building 25×35 feet, costing $1000. We -may smile at the smallness and inexpensiveness of the structure, but any -priest of the olden time who labored to build churches when his few -parishioners were glad to give a hard day's work for 50 or 60 cents, can -readily understand that the building of that first church, at a cost of -one thousand dollars, was as great and appalling a task as the -construction of the stone church in 1833, at a cost of $15,000. In -remote country districts the experience of Paterson and Rochester is -repeated year by year. In one place a gutted house is made to play the -part of a church; in another, even a smaller edifice than the first of -Paterson, and costing less, answers the first demands of religion that -the souls of the scattered few may not perish. Blessings on these small -and modest shanties, surmounted by a cross and holding an altar. Warmer -prayers from loving hearts go not up to heaven from marble basilicas, -nor were priests' hearts crushed and broken in the strain to meet -interest on debts incurred beyond the power to pay. Father Bulger was -soon called to New York to assist Bishop Connolly, and in November of -1824 died after a short illness, and his remains lie under the monument -at the left hand as you enter the gateway of old St. Patrick's on Mott -street, and side by side are those of Father O'Gorman, the first -ordained by Bishop Connolly, who followed to the grave his -fellow-missionary within a week. In the dearth of priests to do the work -of the diocese the Bishop felt keenly these losses, and in January, -1825, he himself while suffering from a severe cold was called from his -bed at night to administer the sacraments to a dying Christian, and -within a week, on the 5th of February, joined his devoted assistants in -eternity. At one time both Rev. Richard Bulger and Rev. Michael O'Gorman -had been stationed at Utica, N. Y. - -You will allow me, I am sure, the liberty of linking Northern New Jersey -and Western New York. Though so far separated they formed parts of the -one diocese, and often the priests that labored here were sent to what -was then called "The Far West" to hunt up and save the scattered sheep -of the one fold. Bishop Timon, in his history of missions in Western New -York, writes: "The Catholics of Auburn, then numbering four or five -families, and having several children to be baptized, sent to New York -for a Catholic priest. The Rev. Mr. O'Gorman came. This was the first -visit that Auburn had ever received from a Catholic clergyman." - -The church built in Paterson by Father Bulger, in 1821, is mentioned in -the Catholic Directory for 1822, as the only one in New Jersey, with -Rev. Mr. Bulger as pastor. - -Father Bulger was succeeded by Father Brennan, assisted by Father John -Conroy. The latter made the first attempt to build a church in Jersey -City. But building on a bed of quicksand the foundations gave way, and -the courage of the people was lost for some years. In 1826 Father -Brennan died and lies buried near his companions; then came Father -Shanahan, the fifth priest ordained by Bishop Connolly. He was followed -by Father J. O'Donohue, who afterwards exercised the ministry in Auburn, -in Seneca Falls and other places in Cayuga and Seneca counties. It was -during his pastorate in 1830 that the church in Macoupin was dedicated -by Father Chas. D. French, sent from New York to perform this function. -He was assisted by Father O'Donohue. Father French afterwards spent some -time in charge of the mission of Greece, a settlement of well-to-do -Irish farmers, about six miles west of Rochester. - -In 1827, the construction of the Morris Canal brought many Irishmen to -Paterson. Religion followed in the track of commerce. The first church -no longer afforded room for the largely increased congregation. While -realizing the need of additional accommodation the parishioners did not -venture to do more than secure the lot on Oliver street, and determine -to build a suitable church. In 1832, Father Duffy was sent to Paterson -as pastor, and it was under his administration, that in 1833 the first -half of the stone church on Oliver street was built. It is the 50th -anniversary of this building that we this day commemorate with becoming -pomp and solemnity. Its erection marked the third stage in the growth of -religion. The missionary days were passing away to be replaced by fixed -and well ordered ministrations. - -Here let us pause a moment to give "praise to men of renown, and our -fathers in their generation." They that were born of them have left a -name behind them, that their praises might be related. And there are -some, of whom there is no memorial; and are perished as if they had -never been; and are born, as if they had never been born, and their -children with them. "But these were men of mercy, whose godly deeds have -not failed." ... "Their bodies are buried in peace; and their name -liveth unto generation and generation. Let the people show forth their -wisdom, and the church declare their praise." - -So with praise and with prayer we wisely honor the memory of the -Gillespies and McNamees whose homes had welcomed the priest. Like -Zacheus they sought to see Jesus, and Jesus came to abide in their -houses and bless them, when the holy and unbloody sacrifice was offered -up under their roof. With them, in just meed of honor, we join the -Kerrs, the Burkes, the Wades, and the Bradleys; the Lynches, Griffiths -and Farnons; the McNallys, Bannigans, Powers and Butlers; the Quins, -Morrises, Mulhollands and Plunketts; the McDonalds, Mooneys, Warrens and -McEvoys. Nor can we omit the names of others of later date, who are held -in veneration for their good deeds, munificent generosity and exemplary -lives, the O'Neills, the Hamils, the Raffertys, the Watsons and -numberless others. - -We have brought our narrative along through the early struggles, the -humble beginnings, and the great triumph of the Catholics of Paterson, -until the day when with exulting hearts they assembled for the solemn -dedication of their new church edifice in 1833, while the Rev. P. Duffy -was their pastor. Rev. Mr. Duffy was removed from Paterson in 1836 and -sent to Newburgh, where he died in 1853. - -Father Duffy was succeeded by Rev. Philip O'Reilly, an ex-Dominican, and -at one time Chaplain to the Duke of Norfolk, and he gave way in 1845 to -the Rev. James Quin. On Easter Monday of 1846 Rev. Mr. Quin began the -enlargement of the church, making it 113×55 feet, and with the galleries -giving seating accommodations for 1300 persons. It cost $15,000. On the -6th of February, 1847, the enlarged and improved church was dedicated by -Bishop Hughes. - -In 1851 Father Quin died, and was succeeded by his brother the Rev. -Thomas Quin. - -This brings us to the erection of the State of New Jersey into a -separate diocese, which was placed under the Episcopal administration of -the Rt. Rev. James Roosevelt Bayley. The See of Newark was erected on -the 29th of July, 1853, and Bishop Bayley, preconized on the same day, -was consecrated on the 30th of October, 1853. On the first of November -he was installed in his Cathedral, and promptly began the work of caring -for the interests of religion. - -From the outset of his administration two ideas became fixed and -unchangeable in Bishop Bayley's mind. He saw that whatever else might be -useful and needful in a diocese, its first wants were churches and -priests,--schools and teachers. You who knew him so well, who so often -listened to his earnest words pleading the cause nearest his heart, do -not require to be told that in those days your Bishop was wrapped up in -the carrying out of these ideas. Always gentle, always kind, ever -pleasantly smiling, yet he was ever urgent and determined that the -churches and schools should be ready as they were needed to meet the -necessities of the flock over which he was placed. Bishop Bayley -understood clearly that churches and schools which the people's money -might build would avail little without priests and teachers. He had the -advantage, a great advantage, of being the first Bishop of a diocese, -and one whose prospects for growth and prosperity were most promising. -He was fresh, vigorous and anxious to spend and be spent. He had the -moulding and directing of the work before him according to his own -judgment and the carrying out of his own ideas unhampered,--untrammeled. -His plans embraced a college and theological seminary as a nursery and -training school for priests; a Mother House and Novitiate for a -religious community of teaching Sisters. Hence as early as 1856, he -founded Seton Hall College and Seminary at Madison, removing them in -1860 to South Orange. Soon after he began the formation of the community -of Sisters of Charity at Newark, transferring the Mother House to -Madison in 1860. These few words describe the small beginning of each -institution; the results of their successful achievements are best -estimated by the fact that priests from this seminary cover the State of -New Jersey, and 400 Sisters of this community are for the most part -engaged in the school-room. The sentiment expressed by the Bishop in his -"History of the Church on the Island of New York" was given effective -play in his work as a Bishop. He wrote: "If we desire to keep the -children in the faith of their fathers, we must, above all things, take -measures to imbue the minds of the rising generation of Catholics with -sound religious principles. This can only be done by giving them a good -Catholic education. In our present position, the school-house has become -second in importance only to the House of God itself." When Bishop -Bayley was translated from Newark to Baltimore he had the happiness--and -for him it was a great one of knowing that there was scarcely a mission -in the diocese he was leaving without a Catholic school, and that the -foundations for the continuance of the good work were so broad--so -solid--that they never could give way. - -Soon after taking charge of the new diocese of Newark, Bishop Bayley -changed the Rev. Thomas Quin from Paterson to Rahway, where he remained -until his death. Father Quin was amiable and unassuming, but lacking in -the energy and determination demanded by the requirements of the rapidly -developing congregation of St. John's. The Rev. Dominick Senez was sent -to this mission to replace Father Quin. Father Senez's success as a -pastor in many missions was a guarantee that the populous and important -parish of Paterson would not suffer under his leadership. The -development of many industries called for artisans and laborers. After -the famine in Ireland in 1846 and 1847, the prime of the industrial -classes flocked to our shores, and many found their way to centres of -employment like this city. St. John's of Paterson was a large and -growing congregation when Father Senez came here. Much had been prepared -for him by others; and much remained for him to do. His great work has -always been in the pulpit, in the confessional and in pastoral -visitations. With excellent administrative ability he has never allowed -debts to accumulate beyond easy control. Soon after taking charge of -Paterson he brought to his help the Sisters of Charity of Mt. St. -Vincent. The first of these religious women, and the first of any -community that worked in the State of New Jersey were brought to Newark -on the 18th of October, 1853, by Bishop Bayley, and placed over a girls' -orphan asylum and the parochial school for girls. The Sisters of Charity -of Newark and Paterson returned to Mt. St. Vincent as soon as the new -community founded at Newark, now at Madison, was able to replace them. -The Sisters who were at Jersey City on the same terms did not leave -according to agreement. - -On Father Senez's change of field of work to Cincinnati he was replaced -by Father Beaudevin, and he by Father Callan, transferred from St. -James', Newark. - -In 1863, the Rev. William McNulty, after a school of preparation in -small things, if anything can be called small that belongs to a priest's -ministry, was assigned to Paterson. We come now to the fourth stage in -the history of Catholicity in this town. It is the period of large -developments and remarkable growth. It needed in the pastor, youth, -energy, zeal, disinterestedness and a spirit free and unfettered by old -ways and traditions. It found all these in the young and almost untried -priest. His Bishop in calling him to this responsible post did not -blunder into his choice, but made it in full knowledge of what was -needed to build up religion in Paterson as well as of the fitness of the -selection he was making. It was precisely the capability and exactness -of the young priest in the fulfilment of his duties in Seton Hall as -chaplain to a convent, and as pastor of a small rural mission, which led -his Bishop to believe that the same qualities fitted him for a more -onerous and trying field of work. This young priest never disappointed -the well founded expectations of his first Bishop, nor has he failed in -the estimation of Bishop Bayley's successors, nor has he left it in any -parishioner's power to complain that Paterson lagged behind in the race -to the goal of great works in which the earnest, generous and self -sacrificing priests and people of the United States were running. No one -of the causes indicated by Bishop England in explanation of the losses -of the Catholic Church can be cast as a reproach at Paterson since the -present pastor took charge of this mission. If there are any losses here -they must be accounted for by other reasons. - -This new church, so large, substantial and grand, worthy of Keily's -architectural skill, is Father McNulty's enduring monument. I am not an -admirer of large churches in America, except where they are demanded in -cathedral cities by the necessities of special functions. I would not -hesitate for one moment to withhold all praise even here, if I did not -know that this church has not been built at the expense of other -religious interests; if I did not know that school-houses giving room -for all the Catholic children in the parish were provided; as well as -homes for orphans and hospitals for the sick. Nor would I lavish -commendation on my friend, the pastor of this parish, if I did not know -that other parts of this growing city had been cared for and that new -parishes had been formed as they were needed. Within the limits of -Paterson are the daughters of the mother church, are St. Boniface's and -St. Mary's; St. Joseph's, St. Bonaventure's and St. Agnes'. Beyond these -limits are the churches at Macoupin, Passaic, Lodi, Hohokus, -Bloomingdale and Germantown. There are pastoral residences everywhere; -schools in all the parishes; an asylum for orphans; a hospital for the -sick; consecrated cemeteries for the dead. - -Yet the works above ennumerated, praiseworthy and necessary though they -be, would be as dross, so much are they in the material order, were they -not beautified and enlivened by that spiritual life and glory which make -them acceptable in the sight of God. All these material things are but -as helps to grace and spiritual advancement. When a congregation flocks -to the church, blocks up the way to the confessional and crowds around -the altar rail, all know that there is spiritual power in that mission; -when homes are Christian, when father, mother and children kneel -together in prayer, when the sanctuary of the house is sacredly guarded -like the sanctuary of the church, a race of Christian people is -preserved. From such Christian homes come forth Christian men and -women--come forth priests for the altar, brothers and sisters for the -schools. It is the glory of this congregation that religious communities -have been largely recruited here; it is the crowning glory of the pastor -of this church, as it is unspeakable joy to his heart, that his labors -bring forth such fruit, for his work will not end with his days on -earth; but will be continued long after by those that have learned from -his lips and drawn spiritual life from his example and the outpouring of -his own soul. - -It is a withered and dead parish that yields no laborers for the Lord's -vineyard. He is a barren pastor who brings forth none to take his place -when he is gone, or who has never summoned to his aid one recruit of his -own drilling. - -For the work accomplished, for blessings received, for a growth and -prosperity wondrous indeed, it is a duty for the children of the early -Catholic settlers of Paterson not to forget their fathers who "were men -of mercy, whose godly deeds have not failed;" it is a joy for them and -their children, and for their pastors, and the church, "to show forth -the wisdom and declare the praise" of those who builded that Church of -St. John in 1833. - -Blessings on their memory! Prayers for their souls! We pray for the -souls of all who in their day helped this church; to-morrow with solemn -dirge and rite this duty will be yet more markedly fulfilled. The -performance of this sacred duty honors and helps the Bishops, the -priests, the people, who toiled under adverse and trying circumstances -to lay good foundations for future building; it gratifies the loving -hearts of a grateful posterity to acknowledge the rich inheritance of -religion that has come down to them, as it will be their earnest -endeavor to transmit to their children the glowing faith, the warm piety -and the noble spirit of self-sacrifice inherited from "men of renown, -and our fathers in their generation." - -[Illustration] - - - - -Transcriber's Notes: - - -The Villanova University copy that this text was prepared from contains -several handwritten corrections. The original text of the book has been -retained for this electronic edition, but since the corrections are -probably accurate, they are noted below as "VU corrections." - -Some inconsistent spelling and punctuation has been retained from the -original (i.e. "cooperation" vs. "co-operation," "traveling" vs. -"travelling"). - -For this text edition, oe ligatures have been expanded to oe for Latin-1 -compatibility. - -Table of contents was not present in the original print edition. - -Page 5, added missing "t" the "the" in "within the city limits." - -Page 6, VU correction: "Father De La Motte" instead of "Father De La -Mote." - -Page 6, VU correction: "Rev. Phillip Larisey, O.S.A." instead of "Rev. -Phillip Larissy." Note that this differs from "Larrissy" / "Larrisey" -(two r's) found elsewhere in the text. This may be intentional since it -is quoted from another source. Research suggests that "Larisey" may be -the most appropriate spelling, but there is enough conflicting -information that no attempt has been made to normalize the text in this -edition; all references are left as-is. - -Page 8, VU correction: "Father Philip Larrisey, O.S.A." instead of -"Father Philip Larrissy, a Franciscan" (with a later instance of -"Larrissy" also changed to "Larrisey"). - -Page 9, VU correction: "Larrisey" instead of "Larrissy." - -Page 15, VU correction: "Larrisey" instead of "Larrissy." - -Page 19, changed comma to period after "employed in a cotton mill." - -Page 22, changed "a Southern gentlemen" to "a Southern gentleman." - -Page 22, added missing apostrophe to "O'Neill was the leader." - -Page 23, changed "succeded" to "succeeded." - -Page 26, added missing open quote before "DEUS." - -Page 26, changed "Auno Salutis" to "Anno Salutis." - -Page 28, changed "shem" to "them." - -Page 28, added missing open single quote before "They did not build in -vain." - -Page 34, changed "Chior" to "Choir." - -Page 34, changed double quotes to single quotes after "the nursery of -priests and bishops" and after "the old mountain." - -Page 35, changed "includ-" to "including." - -Page 39, changed double quotes to single quotes after "Nulli onerosus -fui" and around "pueris senibusque carus." - -Page 40, added double quotes around poem. - -Page 41, changed comma to period after "Fathers McFaul, Corr and -others." - -Page 43, VU correction: "Larisey" instead of "Larissy." Most likely a -typo for "Larrissy" / "Larrisey" but left as-is due to other internal -inconsistencies in the text (see page 6 note). - -Page 55, changed "Singerberger's" to "Singenberger's." - -Page 58, changed "ircumstances" to "circumstances." - -Page 59, changed "langguage" to "language." - -Page 59, changed "heavil yon" to "heavily on." - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of History of the Catholic Church in -Paterson, N.J., by Charles A. 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