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t0r 01 jonn ^uurcii. lt;--- -f ■■■ i . lt;St. Catherine Church Dedication, iNext Sunday morning, at 10 o’clock, i tin beautiful new St. Catherine Church, j VVctwlt;d, will be dedicated by- Arch ’ bishop Moeller. The, ceremony will be 1 jm'. ' Vd ]?y by a procession lead by j the Uniformed Commandery of the i Knights of St. John, who will also t form the guard of honor- about the i building when the walls are blessed. ( The procession will form at 9 :45. at t the parish hall, and, proceeding past the 1 rectory, will be joined there by the t archbishop and attendant clergy. Dur- t me the ceremony of blessing the inter- s ilt; r walls, all but the clergy will be ex- 1 eluded When the doors are opened . tor the laity it will be only for the lt;adults, a* there will be a Mass espe- ] cialh for the children at 7:30. t\ listing the archbishop at the ponti- ^ deal high Mass, will be Revs. J. Henry lt;Schengber, assistant priest; George JC. c vhmidt and Henry J. Schuer, deacons f honor; Henry J. Lehman, deacon; t iou;s Abt, subdeacon; Joseph Albers e at d William Spickermann, master of \ clt; remonies; John G. Stein, chanter. ( The sermon will be preached by Rev.I Henry Bene.In order to demonstrate the electric lighting system, the rosary and Bene-d’ction service will be held at 8:00 n clock in the evening, when all the iigHt* ^ill be turned on, illuminating tvory niche and corner of the wonderful interior.The altars will be blessed today by Rt Rev. Msgr. William D. Hickey,V G . beginning at 8:00 o’clock. After blessing the altars, Msgr. Hickey will celebrate Mass. On Monday, the pastor. Rev. Joseph A. Tieken, will celebrate his first Mass in the new chuch.It will be offered for the deceased and living contributors to the church fund. On the Fourth of July, Father Tieken will offer up a Mass of Thanksgiving and Sunday, July 8, will be general ( mmunion day for the parish. The cl ildren will receive Solemn Communion at 7:30 on that Sunday.architecture of the new St. Catherine Church is Norman Gothic, a tvpe conceived in the tenth and eleventh centuries when the light of Cath-oli* faith bunted brightest. It is a con-option. in brick and stone, of the Christ-like on earth, shorn of all pretendon and superficiality, beautiful in jr implicity.The edified is of Bedford stone, the rents of slate. It is 148 feet long and eighty-eight feet wide. There are two towers, one sixty-seven feet high, the ot r fifty-eight. From the nave floor to the highest point of the vaulted ceiling it is thirty-seven feet. Over the r ain entrance is a statue of St. Catherine of Sienna, and on each side of it a panel, one bearing the coat-of-arms of Pope Pius XI and the other the coat- r •-■y-arms of the archbishop. The rose window in the front facade is practical- a ly ten teet in diameter. }The church is cruciform in shape, i, am! tht walls and ceilings are rough j, r-'ier finished. The barrel ceiling and t Hu hanging light fixtures are a reminder .n the days when persecution drove ti the followers of Christ to underground c ^pldct yjor worship. jMilford Church Dedication. c
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Cincinnati Catholic Telegraph
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Thu, Jun 28, 1923
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