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 ChurchShriner, Charles A. (Charles Anthony)
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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
Shriner, Charles A. (Charles Anthony)
Catholic Church -- New Jersey -- Paterson; Paterson (N.J.) -- Church history; St. John's Church (Paterson, N.J.)
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
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$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:
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