master of ceremonies, 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
MANCHESTER, MASS., /SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1907. 
LAYS CORNER- STONE OF 
NEW SACRED HEART CHURCH 
Impressive ceremony. 
_ Archbishop O’Connell officiated assisted by a number of visiting Clergymen. 
Sacrament of Confirmation also 
administrated by the Archbishop. 
Impressive services were held last Sun- 
day afternoon at four o’ clock in connec- 
tion with the laying of the corner-stone 
of the new Sacred Heart church at Man- 
chester. A large congregation including 
many of the summer residents was pre- 
sent to witness the exercises which were 
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conducted by the Most Reverend Wil- 
liam H. O’Connell, Archbishop coad- 
jutor of Boston. Archbishop O’ Connell 
was assisted in the ceremony by Rev. D. 
J. Maguire of Beverly Farms, who was 
Rev. Nicholas 
R. Walsh of Beverly Farms and Rev. 
Francis J. Curran of Beverly, assistants 
to the archbishop; Rev. Edward T. Mc- 
Kenna of Beverly, cross bearer; Rev. 
John DeBem of Gloucester and Rev. 
_ John McKenna of Beverly, acolytes. 
Archbishop O’Connell spoke very 
briefly expressing surprise that so large 
and beautiful an edifice shouldbe erected 
‘in so smalla parish, and in behalf of Fr. 
Powers and the members of the parish, 
he thanked the members of the summer 
colony whose generosity had made such 
-a splendid church possible. 
of the occasion was preached by Rev. 
The sermon 
John J. Ryan, rector of St. Paul’s church, 
‘Cambridge , who chose for his text the 
words from Matthew 28: 18-20: ‘‘All 
prower is given unto me in heaven and 
in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all 
nations, baptizing them in the name of 
the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe 
all things whatsoever I have commanded 
you: and, lo, Iam with you all days even 
to the consummation of ages.”’ 
Father Ryan delivered an eloquent ad- 
dress showing how Christ had command- = 
ed his apostles to go everywhere preach- 
ing and teaching and how in_ building 
this splendid edifice the members of this 
parish were carrying out the words of © 
Christ, as from this. structure would go 
forth the words and teachings of the Son 
of God. He said that the Christian re- 
ligion stood for progress, advancement, © 
enlightenment and education. 
‘We stand,’’ said he, ‘‘by the side of 
kings, princes, poets, artists, philoso- 
phers, statesmen, jurists, scientists, mis- 
sionaries and apostles, and ioudly pro- 
claim the faith, and show an_ unswerv- 
ing allegiance to His doctrine. As an 
evidence of this faith this church is being 
built. Truth alone is not sufficient for 
- 
man; this church is the product of love. 
It is also indicative of expansion, for not 
many years ago one pastor went about to 
all the churches; St Mary’s was the 
church. Out of it has grown the church 
in our neighboring town, andthe Sacred 
Heart church is the latest.’’ 
Because of the inclement weather the 
corner-stone was brought into the church 
by the four contractors and placed in front 
of the altar where the exercises were com- 
pleted, the archbishop using a silver tro- 
wel on which was the following inscrip- 
tion: ‘‘Used by the Most Reverend 
William H. O’ Connell, D. D., in lay- 
ing-the corner-stone of the Sacred Heart 
church, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass., 
August 4, 1907.”’ 
The formal services over, the corner- 
stone was taken out again by the contrac- 
tors and placed in the niche left for it by 
the builders. In a copper box placed in 
a cavity of the stone were put specie of 
this years coinage, a copy of each of the 
local'papers, and a parchment sheet in- 
scribed with the name of Archbishop 
©’ Connell, the date of the ceremonies, 
the names of the governing officers of 
the town, state and nation, the builders 
and architects, and Father Powers, the 
rector of the church. 
The.set of new specie deposited in the 
box was presented the church by Mrs. 
William. Hooper. 
The Church of the Sacred Heart is by 
far the handsomest church edifice in 
Manchester. It is built of granite quarri- 
ed in Manchester and is modelled after 
the English village church of the 13th 
century. It is of gothic architecture and 
is finely located on School street on the 
site of the old church, convenient to all 
parts of the town. 
Continued to page 35 
In Honor of the Archbishop. 
Last Saturday evening General and 
Mrs. Wm. F. Draper entertained at 
dinner at their cottage in Manchester in 
honor of Archbishop O’ Connell who 
was rector of the American College in 
. Rome at the same time that Gen. Drap- 
er was American Ambassador at that 
capital Among the guests were Gen. 
and’ Mrs. Wilson of Washington, Mr. 
and Mrs. W. D. Denegre, Mr. and 
Mrs. R. S. Bradley and Rev. Fr. Powers 
of Manchester, with whom Archbishop 
O’ Connell has been staying for a few 
days rest. Monday the Peruvian minis- 
ter, Sen. Pardo, who is also a brother of 
the President of Peru, gave a large 
luncheon at his cottage in Manchester in 
honor of the Archbishop. 
