Identifier: towncityofwaterb03ande (find matches)
Title: The town and city of Waterbury, Connecticut
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Anderson, Joseph, 1836-1916, ed Prichard, Sarah J. (Sarah Johnson), 1830-1909 Ward, Anna Lydia, b. 1850?
Subjects: Waterbury (Conn.) -- History Waterbury (Conn.) -- Genealogy
Publisher: New Haven, The Price and Lee company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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he older Catholic residents of Waterbury: Sandy (Alexander) and Dominick Lynch, brothers of thedeceased; Maria and Charlotte, her sisters, Mrs. Andrew Moran; John Melville and his sister, and Mrs.Stephen Egan. Mrs. Blakeslee was buried in New Haven. 736 HISTORY OF WATERBURY. of Hartford, theRev.Luke Daly,the Rev. J. C.Moore, the Rev.Dr. Wallace, theRev. JamesLynch, the Rev.FathersAubier,Charaux, Bedeand Hendrick-en. A proce s-sion in whichwere two hun-dred Sunday schoolchildren marched pastorato theThe ser- from theresidencegrounds. mon was preachedby the Rev. ThomasQuinn of Meriden.On December 19the church was sol-emnly dedicatedunder the patron-age of the Immac-ulate Conception ofthe Mother of God.*The ceremony ofdedication was per-formed by theRight Rev. BishopMcFarland, whoalso preached thesermon. Pontificalmass was cele-brated by the RightRev. John Lough-lin, D. D., bishop ofBrooklyn, assistedby the Rev. FathersRegnier and Lynchas deacons of honor,the Rev. FathersHughes and Dela-
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OF THE IMMAC LATE CONCEPTIONRESIDENCE, 1893. * It has been said that this was the first church in this country to be placed under the patronage ofImmaculate Conception after the promulgation of the dogma on December 8, 1854. the THE PARISH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. 737 ney as deacon and subdeacon respectively, the Rev. Thomas Quinnas thurifer, and the Rev. James Lynch as master of ceremonies.At the evening service the preacher was Bishop Loughlin. At theclose, Bishop McFarland addressed the congregation, congratulatingthem on the completion of their splendid church, and paying a de-served compliment to the zeal of their pastor. The architecture ofthe church is purely gothic. It presents the following dimensions:Extreme length 162 feet, extreme breadth 65 feet, interior height60 feet, height of the spire 200 feet. At the time the church was dedicated, and for some time after,Father Hendricken resided in the brick building directly oppositethe present pastoral residence. The dedicat

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