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Show NEW CHURCH AT HAHMAN. Corner Stone Laid and Splendid Turnout Turn-out of Catholic Societies. "This is the ' corner-stone of your hopes and the. crown Of- your glory," said the bishop in closing the ceremony of laying the corner-stone of the new Catholic church in Harman Sunday afternoon. The occasion was a proud one for the little parish which has grown from a nucleus of a dozen in J.890 to a church of 250 communicants. When it was started by Rev. Father O'Ryan of St. Leo's church, the few Catholics of the village met for worship wor-ship in a private house. As they grew in strength and numbers they succeeded succeed-ed in raising enough money to build a small chapel in which masses were said and the Sunday school held. Now this has become too small and a more pretentious building is being built, its site being on a hill, making it a conspicuous con-spicuous landmark. Sunday the corner-stone was placed. There was a large and reverently enthusiastic en-thusiastic crowd on the grounds, and the Catholic orders turned out in full force to take an important part in the ceremony. A reception committee comprising the marshal of the day, Charles Hazen, C. B. Smith, Henry Wagner, M. I. Smith, James Betrick, Michael Hickey and P. F. O'Neill, took charge of the crowd and located the people to the best advantage. Two uniformed organizations and two not in uniform were present. The Knights of St. John, in command of Colonel Harry Libby, took the leading part in the proceedings of the laymen. The Ancient Order of Hibernians was also in dress uniform. The un-uni-formed rank oT the Knights of St. John was represented by 150 members, and there were a number present from the Knights of Columbus. At 3:30 these orders lined up in the order named, preceded by the altar boys and four priests. In a carriage at the rear of the line came Bishop N. C. Matz, escorted by three Hibernian knights. T. C. Finn. Daniel Clark and, Morris O'Donnel, and three Knights of St. John, Jacob Kramer, Peter Carpen and Joseph Strobel. The Knights of Columbus were led by John H. Redden, Red-den, the grand knight, and the un-uni-formed ranks by Stephen Dunleavy, head of the county organization. The line formed at the church on Third avenue,-marched to the new site on the corner' of Fifth avenue and Josephine Jo-sephine ' street. Bishop Matz took a seat on the temporary floor of the church, and with him were the Rev. Fathers Moran of St. Francis de Sales, O'Ryan of SU Leo's, Jarzinski of St. Mary's, the Polish church: Cantwell of St. Joseph's and Brady of the Heights church. The corner-stone hung from a derrick der-rick at the western corner of the church, and here the priests grouped tnemseives. rtsnop iviaiz reau uie impressive im-pressive Latin service in a quiet, even voice, and after blessing the holy water the procession marched to the spot to be occupied by the altar. This was sprinkled with the water and blessed by the bishop. Attendants then placed a box in the stone containing a parchment on which was written the record of the church and the date of erection. The stone was put in place, the bishop sprinkled it with holy water and it was lowered to its place. On it were cut the words, "Church of. St. John the Evangelist, A. D. 1902." The procession formed again and marched around the church, sprinkling it with water and repeating the Latin words of the benediction. A few more responses were intoned, and the Rev. Father O'Ryan delivered a very excellent excel-lent sermon. Bishop Matz said a few words of congratulation to the effect that he was glad to see so great a demonstration of Catholics' and that he hoped that the work begun on Sunday would be consummated soon in the dedication of the church. Stephen Dunleavy spoke briefly and the benediction was repeated by the bishop. The new church is to cost $8,000 and is to be finished by April 1. It is, a i brick building with stone trimmings, and is eighty-four feet by thirty-five feet on the ground. The old church has been sold. Rocky Mountain News. |