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The church was dedicated on the second Sunday of October of the same year. It was separated from St. Augustine's on June 5th, 1902, and the Rev. Roger McGinley was appointed first resi- dent pastor. Father McGinley's activity has found an ample
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field, and the future of the parish is bright. The new rectory was opened in November, 1903. Father McGinley was born in New York City, August 6th, 1870, and educated at St. Laurent's, Canada, and Seton Hall, from which he was graduated with the class of '91. Having completed his theological studies in the diocesan seminary, he was ordained in the cathedral, June 8th, 1895. He has exercised his ministry in St. Michael's and St. Joseph's, Jersey City, St. John's, Paterson, St. Mary's, Bayonne, and Union Hill.
The Holy Rosary Church, Elizabeth.
THE parish of the Most Holy Rosary was founded in 1886.
The necessity of building a church in that section was orig- inally suggested by the pastor of St. Mary's parish.
The Catholics who lived in this section went some to St. Mary's, some to St. Patrick's, and were glad to have a church of their own convenient to their homes. They willingly made finan-
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cial sacrifices, and soon the congregation was founded. Rt. Rev. Bishop Wigger gave them a pastor in the person of Rev. J. P. Callahan, who offered Mass for them and held other services, through the kindness of Father von Schilgen and his congregation, in St. Michael's Church for almost a year.
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On July 11th, 1887, the Church of the Most Holy Rosary was dedicated by the bishop, and the congregation from that on wor- shipped in their own modest edifice.
The parish passed through many hardships, and the first pas- tors, the Rev. Fathers J. P. Callahan, J. J. Mckeever, J. J. Cur- ran, and P. J. Connolly, labored earnestly and courageously.
On July 30th, 1892, the present pastor, Rev. J. J Smith, was sent by the bishop, and under his administration great progress has been made.
This young priest found the parish in a very precarious con- dition, with nearly $20,000 debt, and went immediately and ear- nestly to work, so that in a short time he not only brought down the debt to less than half, but built a school hall, and made many other improvements.
Under his management was built the house for the sisters, who teach four hundred children of the parochial school. Father Smith has made all these improvements, and cut down the entire indebtedness to $2,500.
Father Smith was born in Jersey City in 1856, and in 1872 his parents sent him to Montreal, to St. Mary's College, where he first studied in the commercial department. He took, later on, the classics. From Montreal he went to St. Francis Xavier's College, in New York City, where he was graduated.
Father Smith was ordained in Seton Hall College, after finish- ing his studies there, on May 19th, 1883. He celebrated his first High Mass on May 27th, in St. Bridget's Church, Jersey City.
The bishop appointed Father Smith, after his ordination, as assistant to St. Columba's parish, where he remained till 1887, when he was appointed curate to St. Patrick's Cathedral, Newark.
St. Venantius's Church, Orange.
THE parish of St. Venantius was separated from St. John's in August, 1887, by Bishop Wigger, and Father Seeber appointed as pastor.
He remained until 1889, when the Rev. Dr. Messmer, now Archbishop of Milwaukee, took charge of the congregation until the appointment of the Rev. P. A. Wenzel in July, 1899.
Shortly after his appointment Father Wenzel built a school and in 1892 the present rectory.
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Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, South Orange.
THE Catholics of the village of South Orange were attended by the priests of St. John's Church, Orange, as far back as the year 1853. Mass was said more than fifty years ago by the Rev. Father Murray, of St. John's Church, Orange, in the house of one John Fitzsimmons. The old house still stands on the corner of Irvington and Tichenor avenues. Afterward the few scattered Catholics of the village assembled for Mass in the marble man- sion, then old Seton Hall. When the chapel of the Immaculate Conception, at Seton Hall, was constructed, priests of the college attended to the spiritual wants of the villagers.
We find on the baptismal register the following names of priests : Rev. E. M. Hickey, Rev. B. J. McQuaid, Rev. Dr. Brann, Rev. M. A. Corrigan, D.D., Rev. P. J. Cody, Rev. Pierce McCarthy, Rev. J. H. Cor- rigan, Rev. L. Schneider, Rev. William Wiseman, Rev. G. W. Corrigan, Rev. W. P. Salt, Rev. J. Joseph Schan- del, Rev. S. G. Messmer, and Rev. J. J. O'Connor.
In the year 1887 Rev. J. F. Salaum became the first resident rector, and remained until the year 1888. In this CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS, SOUTH ORANGE. year the Rev. Charles Müll, D.D., was appointed to succeed Father Salaum. Dr. Müll be- gan the construction of the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows in the village of South Orange, which was completed by the Rev. L. C. M. Carroll, who was appointed rector September 12th, 1889. The new church was dedicated on the third Sunday of September, 1889. Father Carroll purchased as temporary rec- tory the present convent on Academy Street. In the year 1890 he built St. Mary's School, also the present rectory.
Rev. A. H. Stein was appointed as assistant priest in June, 1893, and remained until October, 1894. On March 15th, 1894, Rev. J. J. Hall was appointed to succeed the Rev. L. C. M. Car- roll.
Father Hall, born at Providence, R. I., April 4th, 1856, was
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educated at the Academy of the Christian Brothers, Provi- dence, and at Manhattan College, New York. His theologi- cal studies were made in Seton Hall, and he was ordained in the cathedral, Newark, June 3d, 1882. The following congregations have been the field of his priestly labors: the cathedral, St. Jo- seph's, Jersey City, St. John's, Paterson, and six years rector of Mount Hope.
There are over one thousand members in the parish, which makes it the largest congregation of any church in the village. The grounds about the church are attractive and kept very neatly. Many shade trees have been placed along the Fourth Street and Academy Street fronts, and in summer they lend a very pleasing effect to the beauty of the place. The church prop- erty extends from Academy Street to Prospect Street, and has a frontage for the whole block on Fourth Street.
There is a parochial school connected with the parish, and this has a daily attendance of over two hundred and fifty chil- dren. Besides the grammar grades there is a high-school course, and provision is also made for a business course in bookkeeping, typewriting, and stenography. The expenses of this school are provided for by the members of the parish.
St. Bridgit's Church, Newark.
ST. BRIDGIT's parish was founded January 5th, 1887, and Mass was celebrated for the first time in the chapel, which now serves as a school, on Sunday, April 3d, 1887. The first pastor was the Rev. Michael J. White.
Father White was born at Tallow, county Waterford, Ireland, on September 16th, 1854; was educated in Mount Melleray and St. John's seminary, Waterford. He entered Maynooth Col- lege for his theological course, and was ordained priest there in 1878.
His ministry covers St. John's, Paterson, St. Mary's, Dover, St. John's, Newark, and the cathedral.
The corner-stone of the present church was laid October 18th, 1891, and the church was dedicated June 12th, 1892, by Bishop Wigger. September 14th, 1896, Father White was transferred to St. Columba's, Newark, and the Rev. Eugene P. Carroll was ap- pointed his successor.
Father Carroll, born in Morristown, N. J., on April 19th, 1859, educated at St. Charles's, Maryland, and at Seton Hall, was gradu-
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ated with the class of '81. He was ordained in Seton Hall Chapel on March 8th, 1885.
As assistant he labored most faithfully at St. Mary's Church, Elizabeth, from March 12th, 1885, until his appointment as rector of St. Bridgit's.
The sickness of Fathers Thebaud and Corrigan threw the responsibility of the ad- ministration of St. Mary's on the shoulders of Father Car- roll. He not only discharged all the duties of the pastorate carefully, but was the devot ed friend who consecrated his services, in season and out of season, ungrudgingly to both pastors.
Father Carroll purchased the new rectory on Washing- ton Street, and remodelled the old rectory for the Sisters of Charity in the early part of 1899. Members of the ST. BRIDGIT'S CHURCH, NEWARK. Carmelite order have, from time to time, rendered assistance to the parish. The Rev. Wil- liam B. Masterson is a child of the parish.
St. Francis's Church, Hoboken.
THE Church of St. Francis of Assisi, Hoboken, was founded on May 5th, 1888, by the Very Rev. Dominic Marzetti, D.D., O.M.C., for the Italians of Hoboken. Father Marzetti labored most faithfully and assiduously among his compatriots until his death on April 12th, 1902. He was assisted by the Rev. Peter Jachetti.
Father Jachetti, who died a few years ago in Italy, deserves to be remembered by the Catholics of the diocese of Newark, where,
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during his long period of ministry, he built more than a dozen churches in different sections.
The Rev. Ambrose R. Rhiner, O.M.C., was appointed pastor April 15th, 1902, and he was assisted by the Rev. Fathers Camil- lus Eichenlaub, O.M.C., and Pacificus Jachetti, O.M.C.
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Father Ambrose opened the first parochial school Sep- tember 8th, 1902, with the enrolment of one hundred and thirty children in charge of the Franciscan Sisters of Syracuse, New York.
St. Joseph's Church, Bayonne.
ST. JOSEPH'S Church, Bayonne, was bought from the Lutheran congregation in 1888 for the sum of $7,500, to be used for the Catholic Slovaks of Bayonne.
Their first pastor was the Rev. Samuel Bela, who re- mained until 1895, when the Rev. John Hlebik became his successor.
During his administration the rectory was built.
The Rev. Frank Sismonik, after a brief service, was succeeded by the Rev. E. F. Richtartsick, the present rector. This is a large and prosperous congregation.
St. Anne's Church, Newark.
THE corner-stone of St. Anne's Church, Newark, was laid October 21st, 1888, during the pastorate of the Rev. A. M. Kam- mer, who remained in charge of this congregation until 1898, when he was succeeded by the present pastor, the Rev. Joseph Gruber.
The parish is well equipped with church, school, convent, and rectory. There are four hundred and fifty-two pupils in the school. When this parish was first organized, four rooms were
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rented on the northeast corner of Sixteenth Avenue and Sixth Street as a temporary rectory.
On September 23d, 1888, the Holy Sacrifice was offered for the first time in a store-room next door to the corner. These were the initial efforts of the new congregation. Nine teaching Sisters of the order of St. Dominic occupied the dwelling on South Sixth Street, rented by the rector.
Church of St. Rose, Belmar, N. J.
BELMAR is one of the most popular and attractive of the sea- side resorts which line the coast of New Jersey from Sandy Hook to Cape May.
About the year 1888 the corner-stone of the first church was laid; but the congregation increased so rapidly that a larger church became necessary, the corner-stone of which was laid in 1890 by the late Bishop O'Farrell.
Belmar is one of the many missions founded along the coast by the Rev. Michael L. Glennon, late pastor of Asbury Park.
The Rev. John W. Norris in 1895 was named pastor of Spring Lake and Belmar, now detached from Asbury Park.
In 1896 the Rev. Thomas J. McLaughlin succeeded Father Norris, and in 1902 Belmar was made a separate parish, and the first pastor, the present incumbent, the Rev. Thomas B. Nolan, was appointed by Bishop McFaul.
During the summer months so great is the number of visiting Catholics that each year the number of Masses is increased, and measures have been taken to build a church in the nearby settle- ment of Avon.
Father Nolan has proved himself well fitted for the difficult position of his new charge; and since his advent has built a rec- tory and entirely renovated the old church, now used as a hall, and the present church edifice.
Church of Our Lady of the Lake, Mount Arlington, N. J.
ATTACHED to St. Michael's Church, Netcong, is the mission of Our Lady of the Lake, Mount Arlington, originally known as the mission of St. Matthew. The church is a frame structure 60 by 26 feet, with all rubrical appurtenances. The corner-stone was laid July 29th, 1888, by Rev. James H. Brady, and Mass was cele- brated in it for the first time on September 2d of the same year.
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Previous to this date services were held in the Hotel Breslin. The church was dedicated August 15th, 1889. Its grounds cover an area of 46,500 square feet.
The mission of Our Lady of the Lake is for the benefit of sum- mer boarders and cottagers at Lake Hopatcong and its surround- ings.
Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, Hoboken.
To make provision for the German Catholic population of Hoboken, Bishop Wigger appointed the Rev. L. Hofschneider pastor of the German Cath- olics of Hoboken in the spring of 1889.
The dwelling-house on Hudson Street was pur- chased and the first floor ad- apted for a chapel, in which divine service was held for a year, beginning May 19th, 1 889.
Bishop Wigger laid the corner-stone of the present Church of Sts. Peter and Paul on December 16th, 1889.
A parish school was opened in the basement of the priests' house on Septem- ber Ist of the same year.
On July 13th, 1900, the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul was dedicated by Bishop Wigger.
St. Stanislaus's Church, Newark.
PRIOR to the year 1888 the Polish Catholics resident in Newark had no place of CHURCH OF STS. PETER AND PAUL, HOBOKEN. worship of their own. The most zealous among them en- deavored-and successfully-to form the Poles into a congregation.
Having waited on Bishop Wigger and presented to him the
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names and numbers of the Polish Catholics, they received permis- sion from the Ordinary of the diocese to take the necessary meas- ures to obtain the means whereby a church might be built.
Thus in the year 1889 the parish of St. Stanislaus's was established. In that same year the first rector, the Rev. J. Machnikowski, was appointed.
Three lots, on which was a small frame building, were purchased on Belmont Av- enue.
Father Machnikowski's successor was the Rev. A. Klawiter, who after a short time was succeeded by the Rev. C. Labuzinski.
Under this pastor the par- ish made considerable prog- ress, and a parochial school was opened in the year 1893 with thirty pupils.
In 1895 the Rev. Valen- tine Chlebowski took charge for a few months, and his successors were the Rev. B. Kwiatkowski and the Rev. E. Kucharski.
On February 29th the ST. STANISLAUS'S CHURCH, NEWARK. Rev. Vitus J. Masnicki, or- dained to the holy priesthood at Seton Hall, was appointed to take charge of St. Stanislaus.
Under his administration the parish made great progress, so that it became necessary to secure more land in order to build a school and a new church.
In 1899 the fine new school and sisters' house were erected, and solemnly blessed September 15th.
In 1901 the present brick and stone church on Belmont Avenue was erected, the dedication of which took place December 15th,
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1901, Bishop O'Connor and many priests of the diocese being present
Father Masnicki and his generous flock deserve the greatest credit since they have placed the parish in a flourishing condition in a short space of time There are over three thousand souls in the parish, and three hundred and eighty pupils in the school. The church is supplied with more than a dozen societies to sup- plement the work of the pastor and promote devotion among the flock.
Church of the Sacred Heart, Newark.
THE Rev. Michael A. McManus was appointed by Bishop Wigger in the fall of 1890 to erect a church on the new cathedral property. A one-story frame structure was erected, to which a brick superstructure was added the following year. In the lower part of the building arrangements were made for a school.
Father McManus was born in Paterson, N. J., in 1849. He made his preparatory studies at St. Charles's, Maryland, and at Seton Hall, and was a graduate of the class of '70. Having com- pleted his theological studies, he was ordained priest in the college chapel April 26th, 1874. His first mission was St. Michael's, Jer- sey City, where he fell dangerously ill and went to Florida to recuperate. On his return he was named chaplain of the Protec- tory at Denville, and later assistant at Morristown. In 1876 he was transferred to St Joseph's, Newark, and in 1877 named first resident pastor of Woodbury and its missions, Snowhill and Glass- boro. He was appointed rector of St. Joseph's, Newton, Octo- ber 28th, 1881, where he opened a parish school and established the Sisters of Charity. In February, 1892, Father McManus was appointed pastor of St. Aloysius's Church, Newark, and was suc- ceeded by the Rev. J. J. Brennan, pastor of Morris Plains and Whippany.
Father Brennan labored in this field for five years, and died March 20th, 1897. It is said that Father Brennan inspired Bishop Wigger with the idea of building the new cathedral.
The present rector is the Rev. James J. Sheehan. Father Sheehan was born in New York City December 4th, 1858. His preparatory studies were made at St. Francis Xavier's College and his theological studies at Seton Hall, where he was ordained May 19th, 1883. He was appointed as assistant at St. Patrick's, Jersey City, June 6th, 1883, and here he rendered efficient services for
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fourteen years. Father Sheehan built Bayley Hall to accommo- date the parish needs and for public purposes. He has likewise built a convent for the sisters who teach in the school.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Newark.
THE foundation of this parish dates from the year 1890 The Rev. Conrad M. Shotthoefer, D.D., was appointed by Bishop Wigger to minister to the Italians of the city of Newark. The present church was formerly the Second Reformed Church, and was purchased from the Prot- estants.
Father Shotthoefer's suc- cessor was the Rev. Joseph Ali. Father Ali was born in Jerusalem, Palestine; made his preparatory studies in France, and his theology in the College Brignole-Sale, where he was ordained Au- gust 3Ist, 1890.
Previous to his appoint- ment he had acted as assist- ant at St. Nicholas's, Pas- saic, and at St. Philip's, Newark, January 9th, 1894.
His successor was the Rev. Ernest d'Aquila. Fa- ther d'Aquila was born May 20th, 1868, at Vinchiaturo, Italy, and made his prepara- tory studies at that city in Campobasso, and his theo- CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL, NEWARK. logical studies at Boiano. He was ordained at San Severo, province of Foggia. He discharged the duties of professor in the French college in Cairo, Egypt, and in Syria, Asia; and was pro- fessor of music and French in the theological seminary of Boiano and Termoli. He was affiliated to the diocese of Newark, and appointed rector of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in 1893.
Under Father d'Aquila's pastorate this parish has made great advancement in the character and growth of its numbers and in
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the improvements which have been wrought in the church There is a parish school attached to this church under the direc- tion of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, with an attend- ance of four hundred children.
St. Lucy's Church, Newark.
ST. LUCY's Catholic Church, Newark, was incorporated on September 30th, 1891, by Bishop Wigger. The corner-stone was laid December 13th, 1891, the feast of the patroness of the church; and the Rev. James J. Mooney preached the ser- mon on the occasion.
In the beginning of the year 1893 Father Shotthoefer resigned and the Rev. An- tonio Saponio was his suc- cessor, and labored among the Italians of this parish un- til October, 1895. On the 25th of the same month the Rev. Felix Morelli, the pastor of St. Philip's Church, was requested by the Ordinary of the diocese to attend to ST, LUCY'S CHURCH, NEWARK. the wants of St. Lucy's; but, as he was unable to give to it his personal supervision, different priests from St. Philip's ex- ercised the ministry of this parish.
December 20th, 1897, the Rev. Joseph Perrotti was placed as administrator, and November 17th, 1899, Bishop Wigger appointed him pastor of St. Lucy's. During this year the church had made considerable progress.
Ten additional lots have been purchased with a view of erect- ing a new church and school. At the close of the year 1900 a parochial school was opened on Amity Place.
Church of the Immaculate Conception, Hackensack.
OWING to the influx of foreigners into this section of Hacken- sack, many of whom settled in the neighborhood of the brick-yards, the establishment of this parish became a necessity. The only Catholic Church in Hackensack was two and a half miles distant.
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Bishop Wigger presented a plot of ground to the Rev. J. H. Hennes, then pastor of St. Francis's Church at Ridgefield Park, and requested him to build a church. The corner-stone was laid June 8th, 1891, and the church was dedicated November 8th, 1891.
Father Hennes took up his residence in Hackensack and at- tended Ridgefield Park as a mission.
March 15th, 1892, on the resignation of Father Hennes, Bishop Wigger appointed the present rector, the Rev. J. E. Lambert.
Father Lambert was born in Philadelphia, Pa., on February 20th, 1864, and made his classical course in St. John's College, Brooklyn, and his theological studies in Brignole-Sale, and Innsbruck, Tyrol, where he was ordained July 27th, 1890. He served as assistant at St. Peter's, Newark, until appointed rector of Lower Hackensack.
During eight years St. Francis's, Ridgefield Park, and during one year, St. Matthew's, Ridgefield Park, were attended from the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Hackensack.
In July, 1900, this mission was detached and a resident pastor appointed.
Father Lambert built a rectory in 1894 and a club-house for the young men in 1900, and now contemplates the purchase of a large public-school building near the church, in which he hopes to open in a few months a parish school. This polyglot parish is com- posed of English, Germans, Poles, Bohemians, and Italians.
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St. Anthony of Padua, Butler, N. J.
THE corner-stone of the Church of St. Anthony of Padua was laid by the Most Rev. Robert Seton, then pastor of Jersey City, June 13th, 1892. On this occasion a Solemn High Mass was cele- brated on a temporary altar under the shadow of an immense and venerable chestnut tree.
June 13th, 1893, the first service was held in the new church. Bishop Wigger celebrated Pontifical High Mass, and the Rt. Rev. H. Gabriel, Bishop of Ogdensburg, N. Y., preached the panegyric of St. Anthony. The Apostolic delegate, the Most Rev. Arch- bishop Satolli, dedicated the new church and celebrated Pontifical High Mass August 15th, 1894.
Church of the Sacred Heart, East Orange.
THIS parish was formed October 11th, 1892, and the Rev. James McManus, at that time a professor in Seton Hall, was made the first rector.
The parish school was blessed and formally opened by Bishop Wigger on February 12th, 1893.
St. Cecilia's Church, Kearny, N. J.
THE corner-stone of St. Cecilia's Church was laid October 29th, 1893, and the church was dedicated by the late bishop Wig- ger, April 23d, 1894. Father Kernan was then pastor, and Father Doyle, the Paulist, preached.
At the dedication Rev. Maurice O'Connor said the Mass, the present bishop was deacon, the late Father Downes was sub- deacon, Father Wallace master of ceremonies.
The parish was created September Ist, 1893, and the following October Father Kernan was appointed pastor.
Before this time the people of Kearny attended Holy Cross Church, and the people of Arlington, now a mission of St. Cecilia's, Kearny, were looked after by Father Ryan at the Protectory.
Father Ryan, before St. Cecilia's parish was created, had pur- chased ground for the erection of a church for the people of Kearny and Arlington. Before Father Ryan commenced opera- tions, Father Kernan was appointed rector. Father Kernan resided at the Protectory in Arlington, and his people attended
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Mass there. The new pastor bought ground in Kearny proper, Kearny Avenue and Hoyt Street, and there built the present St. Cecilia's Church. He provided class-rooms, two in number, ad- joining the church, which were sufficient for the number of chil- dren. He also secured a rec- tory and sisters' house.
About three years later he was succeeded by Father James Mooney.
Father Mooney added to the school four class-rooms and a hall. The Rev. Thom- as A. Conroy succeeded Fa- ther Mooney August Ist, 190I.
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