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St. John's Church
ST. ROSE OF LIMA LIBRARY
HISTORY OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH NEWARK
A Memorial of the Golden Jubilee of Its Consecration, in the Eighty-second Year of the Founding of the Parish, with a Retrospect of the Progress of Catholicity
By PAUL V. FLYNN
Approved
Bishopy Newark
PRESS OF THE NEW JERSEY TRADE REVIEW 45 PARK STREET, NEWARK
THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE
The importance of the information contained in the pages of this work may be new to many persons, and hence may atone for imperfections in style. In what belongs to history, however, there can be no claim to originality ; and the author who, in obedience to the wishes of the Rev. James P. Poels, the esteemed and beloved Rector of St. John's, has undertaken the work, has not created the facts. The duty of the historian is simply to narrate and not to create events. He should not fabricate history if he could. "The end would not justify the means." He has simply collated some of the many important historical events, placed them on record and endeavored to set them forth with all the interest that attaches to an important narra- tive, so that his co-religionists into whose possession the History of St. John's Church falls may be inspired by the labors, the privations, the sufferings, the glories and the triumphs of our Fathers in the Faith, to renew allegiance and fealty to Holy Mother Church.
With loving hearts let us cherish the memory of our predecessors in the faith, the faithful Priests and the loyal flocks, whose heroic labors in this vine- yard, whose privations and sacrifices made it possi- ble, after God, for us to rejoice exceedingly at the progress of Catholicity not alone in this Parish but throughout the State of New Jersey during the last eighty-two years. To those Heroes of the Cross, we
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have a duty to perform. Let us be ever mindful of what they have done; let us give practical evidence of our living faith in the "Communion of Saints," and in our prayers remember the souls of the departed. This, indeed, is one of the most important lessons which the Golden Jubilee of the Consecration of St. John's Church would teach ; let us take it to our hearts and carry it into practice for the rest of our lives.
The laity and Clergy of St. John's have ever stood shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart, laboring in unison for the Greater Glory of God; and the Parish was never more united than it is in our time. The Spiritual Fathers of the Parish and their faithful Assistants have ever applied their abilities with incredible zeal and ardor in the important work with which they were entrusted. They have loved to do right for righteousness sake; never have truth and justice been sacrificed by them. Hence the laity can look back with pardonable pride upon the labors, and sacrifices, and triumphs of the beloved soggarths aroon, who have administered the affairs of the Parish and thank God for the blessings which He has vouchsafed through them. Their strength of mind and amiable qualities, together with the charms of their affections, endeared them to the people and enabled them, in the order of Providence, to surmount difficulties and to brush aside the barriers of prejudice and intolerance. They have ever shown themselves the friends of the poor whom "ye shall always have with ye;" but, in maintaining the rights of mankind, they have neither trampled upon nor sacrificed the rights of Heaven, whose teachings they were divinely chosen to inculcate.
History is the witness of the custom in every age
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to pay homage to the man who was the first to break the chains that bound his native land, to the poet who has sung the praises of his country and made her illustrious, to the artist who has mirrored nature on canvas or copied her in marble and thereby won world-wide renown for his race; but it is not of these glories that we would now write. What signifies all the poetry, all the arts, and patriotism itself-all that is comprised in the word genius-when compared to the glories and triumphs of Christianity? And in these glories and triumphs St. John's has borne an important part. This age, more than any previous epoch, is characterized by its greater love of knowl- edge, its moderation, its liberality, its spirit of peace and humanity, no less than by the desire that justice and fair dealing should everywhere prevail; but these attributes of the best civilization are not modern dis- coveries, like the inventions of the steam engine, the amazing telegraph and the appliances of the electric power. From the birth of the Christian Religion the Catholic Church has been their most earnest champion, their most zealous promoter, defender and conservator; and for nearly a century these lessons of duty, religion and love have been inculcated in the Sanctuary of Old St. John's.
The author desires to express his appreciation of the kind friends who have aided him directly or indirectly in the preparation of this volume; and to one and all, on behalf of the Rector of St. John's and his flock, the warmest, heartfelt thanks are extended. Especially do we appreciate the more than kindness of the Rev. John J. Dunn, Diocesan Director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, No. 462 Madison avenue, New York,
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who so generously permitted to be copied from Arch- bishop Farley's History of St. Patrick's Cathedral the portraits of His Holiness, Pope Pius VII., His Eminence, Cardinal McCloskey, the Most Rev. Arch- bishops Hughes, Corrigan and Farley and the Right Rev. Bishops Concanen, Connelly and Dubois.
The excellent portrait of the Sovereign Pontiff, Pope Pius X., gloriously reigning, which the author is privileged to publish, is a copy of an original in possession of John B. Oelkers, a member of St. Mary's (German) Parish-"The First Daughter" of St. John's. Mr. Oelkers is President of the German Roman Catholic Central Verein of the United States, some one hundred of whose members were graciously accorded an audience by the Pope on May 22d, 1908, when they went on a pilgrimage to the Holy See. The Sovereign Pontiff on that occasion imparted the Papal Blessing, not only to the pilgrims but all other members of The Catholic Central Verein participated in this Apostolic favor. His Holiness also conferred signal honor upon Mr. Oelkers in recognition of his services to the Church and fealty to the Holy See.
FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION DECEMBER 8TH, 1908.
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
- V INDEX OF NAMES
-
xvii
CHAPTER I
CELEBRATION OF THE GOLDEN JUBILEE OF THE CONSECRATION OF ST. JOHN'S-REV. JAMES A. LUNDY'S SERMON -
1
CHAPTER II
THE PASTOR'S GREETING TO HIS GUESTS
-
7
CHAPTER III
SOLEMN VESPER SERVICE-SERMON BY THE REV. BERNARD
MORAN BOGAN
9
CHAPTER IV
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE PARISH BY THE
RIGHT REV. BISHOP O'CONNOR-CONFIRMATION -
14
"IN MEMORIAM"
SOLEMN REQUIEM MASS FOR THE SOULS OF THE DEPARTED CLERGY AND LAITY OF THE PARISH 15
CHAPTER V
THE ART OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH DESCRIBED
16
CHAPTER VI
THE SEE OF NEW YORK, EMBRACING THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND NEARLY ALL OF NEW JERSEY ERECTED BY PIUS VII., APRIL 8TH, 1808 - 25
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CHAPTER VII
ST. JOHN'S PARISH FOUNDED IN 1826 BY REV. GREGORY BRYAN PARDOW - - - 1
- 31
CHAPTER VIII
VERY REV. DR. POWER, V. G., DEDICATED ST. JOHN'S CHURCH IN 1828 - 36
CHAPTER IX
FATHER MORAN'S ADMINISTRATION-ST. JOHN'S CIRCULATING LIBRARY, FOUNDED IN 1835, ANTEDATING THE NEWARK LIBRARY ASSOCIATION THIRTEEN YEARS-CONSECRATION OF ST. JOHN'S BY BISHOP BAYLEY IN MAY, 1858 - 40 -
CHAPTER X
THE CHIMES OF ST. JOHN'S -
-
48
CHAPTER XI
FATHER MORAN'S OBSEQUIES-SOLEMN REQUIEM MASS CELE- BRATED BY REV. BERNARD J. McQUAID (NOW THE VEN- ERABLE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER)-BISHOP BAYLEY DELIVERS THE EULOGY AND PRONOUNCES THE ABSOLUTION -
51
CHAPTER XII
VERY REV. PATRICK MORAN'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT-
SOME UNIQUE PROVISIONS - 55
CHAPTER XIII
"FATHER MORAN'S PORTRAIT" -- A PEN PICTURE DRAWN BY A VETERAN NEWARK JOURNALIST - 59
CHAPTER XIV
PHRENOLOGY A FALSE SCIENCE-A DISCUSSION WITH PROF.
WELLS, OF FOWLER & WELLS
64
CHAPTER XV
FATHER MORAN'S SUCCESSORS
67
CHAPTER XVI
HEROIC TREATMENT EXEMPLIFIED BY FATHER KILLEEN -
-
69
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CHAPTER XVII
THE BEST ROUTE TO SAN FRANCISCO FOR A MAN WHO HAD NEGLECTED TO APPROACH THE TRIBUNAL OF PENANCE FOR SEVERAL YEARS - - -
- 71
CHAPTER XVIII
AN IRISH IMMIGRANT'S SACRIFICES TO HEAR MASS-AN
OBJECT LESSON OF LIVING FAITH - - -
74
CHAPTER XIX
REV. FATHER POEL'S GOOD WORK-THE GENEROUS RECEPTION WHICH THE PARISHIONERS EXTENDED-PRIEST AND PEOPLE UNITED AS OF ONE HEART AND ONE MIND 76
CHAPTER XX
THE PAROCHIAL SOCIETIES AND NAMES OF OFFICERS-ST. JOHN'S SACRED HEART AND HOLY NAME SOCIETY-THE INFLUENCE WHICH THE MOST ' HUMBLE MEMBER MIGHT EXERCISE EXEMPLIFIED-BISHOP WIGGER'S ANTIDOTE FOR BLASPHEMY, PROFANITY, ETC. - 78
CHAPTER XXI
THE CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH-THEIR
EFFECTIVE WORK IN THE PARISH -
- 84
CHAPTER XXII
LABORERS SENT OUT FROM ST. JOHN'S PARISH TO WORK IN THE VINEYARD - - 87
THREE PASTORS OF ST. JOHN'S, VERSES BY "CELT"
-
90
CHAPTER XXIII
THE "NEW LIGHT MOVEMENT"-A PROSELYTISING SCHEME ESTABLISHED IN IRELAND IN THE DAYS OF THE FAMINE AND WHEN TYPHUS FEVER AND ASIATIC CHOLERA RAGED IN THE LAND-THE PROSELYTISERS' ESTIMATE OF THE VALUE OF A SOUL 91
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CHAPTER XXIV
CATHOLIC EDUCATION CONSIDERED-THE BRITISH ACT OF PARLIAMENT PROSCRIBING CATHOLIC EDUCATION STILL ON THE STATUTE BOOK-CONSUMING ZEAL OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE CAUSE OF THE EDUCATION OF YOUTH -WHAT THE CATHOLICS OF THE UNITED STATES ARE DOING TO PROMOTE THE CAUSE OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION -FROM 30,000 TO 35,000 MEMBERS OF RELIGIOUS ORDERS, CONGREGATIONS AND COMMUNITIES ENGAGED AS TEACHERS 94
CHAPTER XXV
A MOST REMARKABLE SPEECH BY DR. WOODROW WILSON, PRESIDENT OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY-HIS TREMENDOUS INDICTMENT AGAINST THE NON-CATHOLIC EDUCATIONAL METHODS IN EVERY GRADE OF SCHOOL FROM THE GRAMMAR TO THE UNIVERSITY - - 98
CHAPTER XXVI
ST. JOHN'S ELDEST DAUGHTER-ST. MARY'S PARISH, FOUNDED BY REV. NICHOLAS BALLEIS, O. S. B .- CHURCH WRECKED BY AN ORANGE MOB, THE STATUE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN BEHEADED AND THE HANDS CHOPPED OFF-RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE - 103
CHAPTER XXVII
ORANGEMEN NOT LOYAL AMERICAN CITIZENS-THEY SWEAR FEALTY TO A FOREIGN POTENTATE-GROSS INSULT OFFERED TO AMERICAN CITIZENS BY ORANGEMEN IN 1862 -
- 109
CHAPTER XXVIII
ST. PATRICK'S, NOW THE PRO-CATHEDRAL PARISH, THE SECOND OFFSPRING OF ST. JOHN'S-REV. LOUIS DOMINIC SENEZ THE FIRST PASTOR-HIS SUCCESSORS - -
- 111
CHAPTER XXIX
MGR. GEORGE H. DOANE'S MONUMENT UNVEILED -- ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF NEWARK REGARDLESS OF RELIGIOUS OR RACIAL DIFFERENCES - -
- 118
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CHAPTER XXX
THE STORY OF THE CONVERSION TO CATHOLICITY OF GEORGE HOBART DOANE-HIS LETTER TO BISHOP BAYLEY WRITTEN Nov. 13TH, 1856, HEREIN PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME 121
CHAPTER XXXI
THE FIRST BISHOP OF NEWARK-A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO THE MOST REV. JAMES ROOSEVELT BAYLEY, WRITTEN BY G. WISNER THORNE, NOW A VESTRYMAN IN TRINITY PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH 140
CHAPTER XXXII
THE SECOND BISHOP OF NEWARK, RIGHT REV. MICHAEL AUGUSTINE CORRIGAN-ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK-HIS DEATH-TRIBUTE BY ARCHBISHOP RYAN 145
CHAPTER XXXIII
RT. REV. WINAND WIGGER, D. D., CONSECRATED OCT. 18TH, 1881-GRAND OUTPOURING OF THE LAITY TO PAY HOMAGE TO THEIR BISHOP-A THORN IN HIS MITRE-THE NEW CATHEDRAL-BISHOP WIGGER'S DEATH 149
CHAPTER XXXIV
RT. REV. JOHN JOSEPH O'CONNOR, D. D., CONSECRATED JULY 25TH, 1901-HIS CAREER AS PROFESSOR IN SETON HALL SEMINARY, VICAR GENERAL, RECTOR OF ST. JOSEPH'S, NEWARK, AND ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DIOCESE-CELE- BRATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARRIVAL AND INSTALLATION OF THE FIRST BISHOP OF THE SEE OF NEWARK-THE SPEECHES AT THE BANQUETS-CELE- BRATION BY THE LAITY-ADDRESSES MADE BY FORMER U. S. SENATOR JAMES SMITH, JR., AND HON. WILLIAM J. KEARNS-BISHOP O'CONNOR'S ORATION - 159
CHAPTER XXXV
A CELEBRATED CASE-CONFESSION DECLARED TO BE "A PERPET- UAL AND INVIOLABLE SECRECY"-MAYOR (AFTERWARDS GOVERNOR) DEWITT. CLINTON'S DECISION SUSTAINING THE REV. ANTHONY KOHLMANN, S. J., ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NEW YORK SEE, WHO DECLINED TO DISCLOSE THE SOURCE FROM WHICH THE RESTITUTION HAD BEEN MADE, BECAUSE WHATEVER KNOWLEDGE THE PRIEST POSSESSED, HE HAD RECEIVED THROUGH THE CONFESSIONAL 169
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CHAPTER XXXVI
RAPID PROGRESS OF CATHOLICITY-WHEN THE NEW YORK SEE, COMPRISING THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE GREATER PART OF NEW JERSEY, WAS CREATED IN 1808, THERE WERE ONLY THREE PRIESTS-IN 1826, THERE WERE ONLY 8 CHURCHES, 18 PRIESTS AND 185,000 SOULS IN THE DIOCESE-THE PRESENT CATHOLIC POPULATION IN THE SAME TERRITORY APPROXIMATES 4,000,000, WITH OVER 3,000 PRIESTS-STATISTICS OF THE SEES OF NEWARK AND TRENTON-RELIGIOUS ORDERS, CONGREGATIONS AND COM- MUNITIES-THE CATHOLIC POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES 17,000,000
174
CHAPTER XXXVII
CATHOLICITY AND SCIENCE CONSIDERED-KNOWLEDGE FAVOR- ABLE TO THE CATHOLIC RELIGION-TESTIMONY OF PROTES- TANTS-CATHOLICISM AND CATHOLICITY NOT SYNONOMOUS TERMS-"THE PROFANE NOVELTY OF WORDS" AS URGED BY ST. PAUL UPON TIMOTHY, HIS DISCIPLE, SHOULD BE
AVOIDED - 183
CHAPTER XXXVIII
CATHOLICITY ESSENTIALLY LIBERAL-TESTIMONY OF BARON MACCAULEY AND SIR ARCHIBALD ALLISON -
- 191
CHAPTER XXXIX
DISTINGUISHED LAWYERS IN THE EARLY DAYS BEFORE NEWARK BECAME A CITY IN 1836-SOME BECAME FAMOUS IN STATE AND NATION-FREDERICK T. FRELINGHUYSEN, SECRETARY OF STATE IN PRESIDENT CHESTER A. ARTHUR'S ADMINIS- TRATION ENTERED A VIGOROUS PROTEST AGAINST THE UN- WARRANTED CONFISCATION OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE AT ROME-AMERICAN PROPERTY RIGHTS MUST BE CONSERVED AT HOME AND ABROAD-THEODORE RUNYON A BRIGADIER- GENERAL IN THE CIVIL WAR, CHANCELLOR OF NEW JER- SEY, AND FIRST AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO THE COURT OF BERLIN-CORTLANDT PARKER BECAME AN EMINENT MEMBER OF THE BAR AND WAS APPOINTED MINISTER TO GERMANY BY PRESIDENT GRANT AT THE REQUEST OF SENATOR FRELINGHUYSEN, BUT HE REFUSED TO ACCEPT-WILLIAM K. McDONALD AND OTHERS -
195
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CHAPTER XL
THE EARLY SETTLERS IN NEWARK AND ENVIRONMENT-THEIR DESCENDANTS ARE, MANY OF THEM, SUCCESSFUL MEN IN OUR TIME - - 200
CHAPTER XLI
INFLUX OF IRISH IMMIGRANTS IN THE 40'S-THE COLUMBIAN FIRE COMPANY WHOSE MEMBERSHIP WAS CONFINED TO "HEALTHY, ATHLETIC AND SOBER YOUNG MEN"-THE IRISH POTENT FACTORS IN THE CIVIL WAR-LEWIS C. GROVER'S TRIBUTE TO THE LATE BERNARD M. SHANLEY AND FORMER SENATOR JAMES SMITH, JR. 206
CHAPTER XLII
RELIGIOUS DISCUSSIONS-CATHOLICS CLEVER DISPUTANTS - 209
CHAPTER XLIII
HISTORY OF THE CROSS IN NEWARK FROM A LECTURE BY THE LATE DR. JAMES ELLIOTT - 210
CHAPTER XLIV
FIRST ITALIAN MISSION IN NEWARK-ST. JOHN'S SCHOOL HALL CONVERTED INTO A TEMPORARY CHAPEL BY BISHOP WIGGER-RAPID GROWTH OF THE ITALIAN POPULATION- IN 1890 THERE WERE LESS THAN 1600 IN THE ENTIRE DIOCESE OF NEWARK, BUT NOW THEY NUMBER OVER 40,000 IN THE CITY OF NEWARK ALONE - 216
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Index of Names Appearing in this Volume
PAGE
ADAMSES, THE -
203
ALISON, SIR ARCHIBALD
192
ALBERT EDWARD, KING OF GREAT BRITAIN
109
ARMSTRONG, AMZI
195
ARTHUR, PRESIDENT CHESTER A.
196
ATKINSON, SAMUEL C.
125
BABCOCK, FREDERICK
33
BACON, RT. REV. BISHOP -
51
BACON, REV. FATHER -
68
BAPST, S. J., REV. FATHER
106
BARRETT, JOHN - -
54
BARRETT, COL. MICHAEL T.
204
BARRETT, MISS SUSAN
82
BAYLEY, MOST REV. JAMES ROOSEVELT, ARCHBISHOP OF BALTIMORE, AND FIRST BISHOP OF NEWARK, 40, 47, 48, 51, 53, 55, 115, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 140, 141, 142, 153, 161, 166, 174, 180, 198, BAYLEY, GRACE (MRS. B. M. SHANLEY) -
208
BEDINE, APOSTOLIC NUNCIO TO BRAZIL
115
BELLAIS, O. S. B., REV. NICHOLAS
103, 104, 105, 106, 176
68
BERNARD, O. S. B., REV. FATHER
68
BESTICK, TIMOTHY -
36, 54, 202, 209
BOGAN, REV. BERNARD MORAN
9, 88, 161
BOYLES, THE
- 54, 161, 203, 206 203
BRADLEY, JOSEPH P., ASSOCIATE JUSTICE U. S. SUPREME COURT -
195
BRADY, HON. JAMES T.
208
BRANNONS, THE
208
BRANNAN, MICHAEL
203
BRANNIGAN, JOHN
204, 209
BRANNON, THOMAS -
202
BRESLINS, THE -
203
BROWN, REV. PATRICK
217
BRUSH, JOHN
204
BRUTE, RT. REV. BISHOP
39
BURGOS, REV. VALENTINE
68
BUTTLERS, THE -
203
BYRNE, HON. JOSEPH M.
118
BYRNE, VERY REV. PATRICK
51, 55, 58 68
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208
BENEDICT, O. S. B., REV. FATHER
BOGAN, CHARLES .
HISTORY OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH
PAGE
CALLAN, REV. JAMES -
159
CALLAN, REV. JOHN -
68,
176
CALLAHAN, REV. JOHN
88
CALLERY, JAMES -
204
CAMPBELL, JOHN
203
CAMPBELL, OWEN
CASSERLY, EUGENE, UNITED STATES SENATOR
208
CARBRY, O. P., REV. THOMAS
27
CARLEN, JAMES -
209
CARLEN, LOUGHLIN
209
CARRS, THE ʻ
203
CARROLL, MOST REV. ARCHBISHOP OF BALTIMORE
26
CARROLL, REV. EUGENE P. -
3
CARNAHAN, REV. JAMES
199
CASTED, REV. FATHER
68
CATALANI, MRS. CHARLES A.
203
CAUVIN, REV. ANTHONY
176
CHARLES, C. P., REV. FATHER
3
CHEVERUS, RT. REV. JOHN, BISHOP OF BOSTON
27
CLARKS, THE
206
CLARK, THOMAS
CLARKE, WILLIAM CAMPBELL
- 118
CLEVELAND, PRESIDENT GROVER -
169,
171
CODY, VERY REV. DEAN PATRICK
2, 8. 62
CONCANEN, O. P., RT. REV. LUKE, BISHOP OF NEW YORK CONDIT, JOEL W. ʻ
33
CONGREGATION OF THE SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH-
84, 85,
86
CONNELLY, O. P., RT. REV. JOHN, BISHOP OF NEW YORK
- 27,
28
CONNELLY, JAMES F. -
88
CONNELLY, REV. JOHN
88
CONROY, REV. FATHER
68
CORBITT, JOHN
205
CORBITT, FRANK
- 205
CORRIGAN, REV. GEORGE W.
68,
87
CORRIGAN, VERY REV. JAMES H.
87,
88
CORRIGAN, MOST REV. MICHAEL A., ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK, AND
SECOND BISHOP OF NEWARK, 23, 87, 140, 145, 147, 148, 152, 156.
159, 166, 204
CORRIGAN, THOMAS
- 204
Cox, P. G.
- 204
COYLE, JAMES
204
COYLE, PATRICK
- 204
CRASSETT, REV. FATHER -
- 210
CROCKETTS, THE
202
CROWLEY, DENNIS
54
CUROE, REV. JOHN
176
DALLAS, GEORGE M.
208
D'AQUILLA, REV. FATHER
204
DALTON, REV. JAMES F.
- 142
DANA, JOHN COTTON
- 118
-
-
- 204
CORBITT, CHIEF OF POLICE MICHAEL -
- 205
CORBITT, WILLIAM
- 202
- 197
CLINTON, GOV. DEWITT
25
204
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PAGE
DE CONCILLO, REV. JANUARIUS -
154, 155
DEEGAN, MISS MARGARET -
82
DE GOESBRIANT, RT. REV. BISHOP
174
DEGNAN, REV. E. A. -
3
DEANEY, MICHAEL
205
DELUYNES, S. J., REV. FATHER
113
DE MAUPAS, RT. REV. BISHOP
84
DENNYS, THE
202
DEVINE, MRS. ARTHUR
209
DEVINE, JOHN
204
DEVINE MICHAEL
204
DEVINE, TERENCE
204
DI PIETRO, CARDINAL -
25
DOAND, MGR. GEORGE H., 47, 51, 115, 116, 118, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 138, 139, 140, 150, 161, 163
DOANE, RT. REV. G. W., PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL BISHOP OF NEW JERSEY, - 124, 125, 139
DODD, HON. AMZI, VICE-CHANCELLOR
195
DONAHUE, REV. FRANCIS
68
DONNELLY, JOHN H. -
- 201
DONNELLY, MICHAEL -
201
DONNELLY, THOMAS J.
201
DOOLEY, REV. JOHN A.
68
DOONER, JAMES
204
DOREMUS, HON. HENRY M.
118
DOUGHERTY, JAMES -
204
DOUGHERTYS, THE
206
DOYLE, JOHN T.
208
DOYLE, M. J.
203
DOWD, PETER
204
DOWNS, WILLIAM
203
DUBOIS, RT. REV. JOHN, BISHOP OF NEW YORK -
28, 29, 36,
53
DUFFY, NICHOLAS
203
DUNN, DENNIS -
203
DUNN, M.
- 204
DUNN, THOMAS -
- 203
DUNN, WILLIAM
204
DURNING, CHARLES
32, 54, 88, 202,
209
DURNING, REV. DANIEL G.
23,
88
DURNING, HUGH
204
DURNING, JAMES
204
DURNING, JOHN C.
32,
54, 88
DURNING, JOHN
204
DURNING, MICHAEL
204
DWYER, JOHN -
-
207
ERNEST, O. S. B., REV. FATHER
2
EGAN, REV. ANDREW M. -
161
ELLIOTT, DANIEL - 202,
203
ELLIOTT, DR. JAMES, 31, 36, 37, 38, 39, 43, 54, 111, 117, 126, 206,
210, 212,
215
ELLIOTT, MICHAEL
37,
38
EMMETT, ROBERT
92, 202
EMMETT, THOMAS ADDISON
- 171
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PAGE
ENGLISH, JOHN
- 204
ENGLISH, THOMAS
- 204
FANNING, REV. DR. J. A. -
50,
68
FALCONIO, DIOMEDE, THE APOSTOLIC DELEGATE
161
FARLEY, MOST REV. JOHN M., ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK -
28,
161
FARLEY, REV. MATTHEW J.
2,
9, 88
FARLEY, BERNARD J. -
82
FARRELL, REV. FATHER
68
FARRELL, JOHN -
82
FARRELLS, THE -
203
FARRELL, THOMAS
209
FARRELLY, PATRICK
164
FEICK, CHARLES A.
200
FENWICK, S. J., REV. FATHER
27
FIDELIS, O. S. B., REV. FATHER
3, 68,
78,
82
FINNEGANS, THE
209
FINNEGAN, JAMES
204
FINNEGAN, MICHAEL -
54
FITZ GERALD, THE -
- 203
FITZ GERALD, MAURICE
32,
203
FITZPATRICK, AENEAS
- 161
FLOOD, ANDREW -
204,
209
FLYNN, RT. REV. JOSEPH M.
115, 123, 140, 152, 156, 160,
164 147
FRANZELIN, CARDINAL
-
153
FRELINGHUYSEN, FREDERICK
- 195
FRELINGHUYSEN, FREDERICK T., U. S. SECRETARY OF STATE, 195, 197,
199
FONTBONNE, MOTHER ST. JOHN -
- 85
FOURNIER, MOTHER ST. JOHN
86
FROMEGET, ANSLEM J.
32, 111
GAFFNEY, O. P., VERY REV. FRANCIS A.
2
GALLIGAN, BERNARD -
- 204
GAMBOISVILLE, REV. LOUIS
67
GATH, REV. FATHER -
68
GARDINER, A LAWYER
171
GARLAND, ROBERT
.203
GARLAND, THOMAS
202,
203
GARRIGAN, EDWARD
7
GAUL, MISS KATHERINE R.
82
GEACEN, M. 1
203
GERVAIS, REV. J. H.
51, 58
GEYERSTRANGER, O. S. B., REV. CHARLES
106
GIBBONS, JAMES, CARDINAL-ARCHBISHOP OF BALTIMORE - 140,
145
GIFFORD, ARCHER
33,
195
GIFFORD, CHARLES L. C.
- 195
GIFFORD, PHILIP A.
195
GILLESPIE, JOHN
- 32, 202
GORMAN, MICHAEL
- 203
GRACE, MRS.
·
- 209
GRACE, PETER -
- 206
GRAFTON, JOHN
- 209
FLYNN, PAUL V.
- 119,
FRANCIS, O. M. F., REV. FATHER
9
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PAGE
GRANT, PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. -
- 195, 198, 199
GROVER, LEWIS C.
- 195, 207
HAGAN, WILLIAM J. -
82
HALSTEAD, OLIVER, VICE-CHANCELLOR -
195
HAMILTON, VERY REV. MR. (PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL) 88
93
HAMILTON, COL. WILLIAM H.
88
HARGAN, JAMES
204
HARRIGAN, WILLIAM .
54
HASKINS, MRS. MOLLY R. -
197
HATTERSLY, PROF. WILLIAM F.
203
HATTERSLY, MRS. WILLIAM F.
203
HAWTHORNE, JOHN
202
HAY, DR. -
- 135
HAYS, JABEZ
- 195
HAYS, THE
203
HEATHERTON, PATRICK
54,
204 200
HENRY, HON. THOMAS S.
39
HICKEY, REV. FATHER
51
HICKEY, JOHN -
54
HICKSPIEL, S. J., REV. FATHER
78
HOFFMAN, RECORDER JOSIAH OGDEN
169
HOGAN, REV. JOHN
51, 114, 115
HOLLAND, JOHN
- 203
HOLLAND, REV. MICHAEL J.
- 203
HOPKINS, BERNARD
- 203
HOPKINS, DR.
- 129
HOPPEN, JOHN FRANCIS
- 203
HORNBLOWER, CHIEF JUSTICE
63, 195, 208
HOWELL, REV. ISAAC P.
- 116, 176
HOWELL, T. P. -
207
HUGHES, MOST REV. JOHN, ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK, 29, 30, 37, 38, 44, 45, 88, 104, 111, 112, 113, 146,
174
HYDE, MARCUS F.
- 139
HYLANDS, THE .
- 203
JENKINSON, RICHARD C.
- 118
JONES, WALTER, U. S. ADGT .- GENERAL
- 199
KALISCH, SAMUEL - 118, 119
KAVANAGH, JOHN
54
KEARNEY, BERNARD
43, 54, 111, 204, 209
KEARNEY, JOHN
204
KEARNEY, MICHAEL -
- 203
KEARNEY, PATRICK -
- 203
KEARNS, HON. WM. J.
- 163
KEATING, JAMES
169
KEHOE, JOHN F.
- 118, 203
KEHOE, PETER
203
KELLY, RT. REV. MGR. CHARLES J.
164
KELLY, REV. JOHN
161, - 176
KELLY, JOHN
32, 202
KERNAN, JOHN
- 204
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HAMILTON, GEORGE
-
HERARD, REV. MATTHEW
HISTORY OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH
PAGE
KILLEEN, REV. THOMAS M. -
50,
67, 69, 71
KINGSLAND, HENRY W.
- 33
KINNEY, WILLIAM B.
- 118
KIRWAN, RICHARD
- 204
KOHLMANN, S. J., VERY REV. ANTHONY
26, 27, 169, 170,
171
KUSTERS, REV. LOUIS
2
LAING, MR. (SCOTTISH PRESBYTERIAN)
- 188
LEARY, PETER J.
ʻ
- 37
LEDWITH, DAVID
43
LEDWITH, JOHN
- 208,
209
LEDWITH, JUDGE MICHAEL J.
54, 205,
208
LEDWITHS, THE
- 205
LEDDY, BERNARD
67
LEUCHT, RABBI -
- 118,
119
LINCOLN, PRESIDENT ABRAHAM
30
LOUGHLIN, RIGHT REV. JOHN LOUGHLIN, THOMAS - .
- 204
LOUIS, O. S. B., REV. FATHER
68
LOUNSBURY, CHARLES
82
LUDDEN, RT. REV. PATRICK A., BISHOP OF SYRACUSE
- 159
LUNDY, REV. JAMES P.
3,
9, 88
MADDEN, REV. M.
51
176
MAHON, MILO -
129
MALONEY, MRS E.
3
MALONEY, THOMAS
164
MALOU, S. J., REV. FATHER
28
MAPE, PATRICK
32
MARSHALL, REV. CHARLES F.
68
MATTHEWS, JAMES J.
204
MATTHEWS, PATRICK
203
MEANEY, EDITOR
197
MEDAILLE, REV. J. P.
84
MELIAN, WILLIAM
204
MELODY, REV. D. W. -
2
MINTAGH, JAMES
203
MINTAGH, ROBERT
203
MOEHLER, MARY -
83
MOONEY, JR., JOHN J.
44
MOONEY, SR., JOHN J.
44
MOONEY, THOMAS
208
MOORE, FRANCIS
82
MOORE, NICHOLAS
- 111, 204
MORAN, REV. JAMES
47, 55, 57, 67,
68
MORAN, VERY REV. PATRICK, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 37, 38, 40, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 52, 54, 61, 67, 90, 96, 104, 111, 112, 113, 117, 176, 201
MORAN, WILLIAM
- 203
MORRISES, THE
- 206
MORTON, FREDERIC A.
- 107
MULLVILLE, S. -
- 208
-
204
MATTHEWS, MICHAEL
27
MARECHAL, ARCHBISHOP OF BALTIMORE
- 174
204
LEONARD, REV. PATRICK
-
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PAGE
MULVEY, MICHAEL
54, 61
MULVEY, PROF. MARTIN
61
MULLEN, MICHAEL J.
59, 158 61, - 203
MULLIN, ROBERT
MURRAY, JOHN
54
MURPHY, O. O. C., REV. A. M.
68
MURPHY, FRANCIS D.
204
MURPHY, MISS MARY -
82
MURPHY, PATRICK
32
MURPHYS, THE
203
MCCARTHY, REV. PATRICK
176
MACCAULEY, BARON
- 189, 191
MCCREE, MRS.
- 209
MCCOLGAN, JOHN
- 203
MCCORMACK, REV. DR. JOSEPH, P. M. A. -
68
MCCLOSKEY, JOHN, CARDINAL-ARCHBISHOP OF NEW YORK, 27, 51, 145, 146, 152, 153, 176
68
MCCLUSKEY, S. J., REV. THOMAS J., PRESIDENT OF ST. FRANCIS
XAVIER'S COLLEGE, NEW YORK
101
MCCONNELL, JOHN
- 203
MCCONNELL, HUGH
203
MCDONALD, JAMES C.
195,
199
MCDONALD, WILLIAM K.
- 195 199
MCDONNELL, RT. REV. CHARLES E.
159, 161 - 176
MCDERMOTT, JAMES -
203
MCDEVITT, JOHN
- 204
MCENROE, CHRISTOPHER -
- 203
MCFARLANDS, THE
- 206
MCFAUL, RT. REV. DR. J. A.
156, 159, 161, 180,
182
MCGAHAN, REV. PATRICK
68
MCGLYNN, REV. DR.
51
MCGOWAN, RICHARD -
54
MCGOVERNS, THE
203
MCGRATH, MRS.
204
MCGUIRE, REV. FATHER
68
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