The Catholic churches of New York City, with sketches of their history and lives of the present pastors : with an introduction on the early history of Catholicity on the island, and lives of the most reverend archbishops and bishops . in thisparisli for the Clnistian and Catholic education of theirchildren are incalculable. The poorest can give theiryoung a thorougli religions training in the parocliialschools of tlie church. To those who can and will enrichthe minds of their offspring Avitli the liighest literary cul-ture, IVIanhattan College, and tlie Academy of the Ladiesof tlie Sacred Hear
The Catholic churches of New York City, with sketches of their history and lives of the present pastors : with an introduction on the early history of Catholicity on the island, and lives of the most reverend archbishops and bishops . in thisparisli for the Clnistian and Catholic education of theirchildren are incalculable. The poorest can give theiryoung a thorougli religions training in the parocliialschools of tlie church. To those who can and will enrichthe minds of their offspring Avitli the liighest literary cul-ture, IVIanhattan College, and tlie Academy of the Ladiesof tlie Sacred Heart, within their very parish, offer ad-vanta<res of the lii-hest order. The parish of the Annunciation can scarcely foil toshow, as years go on, the resiilt of all these advan-tages now enjoyed. It shows its religious life in its AltarSociety, Society of the Holy Rosary, Confraternity of theSacred Heart, its Sodality of the Childien of Mary, andYoung ]\Iens Sodality, as \xe\\ as in its benevolent organ-izations — the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and theSewing Society for the Ilulief of the Poor. The Sunday-school is mcII organized, numbering tlireehundied pupils, with a library of five hundred ?\ v^^,^;;^ - n ^^^ >>>^^ N ?eie!4^ifi--/i i-Mye^)^^^ CHURCH (JF TUE ANNUNCIATION. I75 REV. JEREMIAH J. GRIFFIN, PASTOU OF THE CHURCH OF THE ANNUNCIATION. THE present pastor of the Church of the Annun-ciation was born in Newcastle, County Limerick,Irehxnd, in March, 1830, and came with liis family tothis country when only in his tenth year. After someyears preliminary study he was sent to JMount St. j\IarysCollege, at Emmettsburg, Maryland, in 1856; and havingresolved to devote his life to Gods service, was soonenrolled among: the seminarians in that school of theclergy. At the conclusion of his theological course he wasordained by Archbishop McCloskey, at St. Patricks Cathe-dial, on the 30th of September, 1865, He has since been con
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