. History of the Catholic church in Woonsocket and vicinity, from the celebration of the first mass in 1828, to the present time, with a condensed account of the early history of the church in the United States. Right Rev. Fran-cis Patrick McFarland in the Cathedral at ordination he was stationed successively at Newtonand ICast Bridgeport, Conn., and from the latter place wastransferred to Woonsocket. Father Lenihans reputation as a contributor to Catholicperiodicals and as a pulpit orator, preceded him. The mmide plumes he assumed in his literary contributions consistedof Sog
. History of the Catholic church in Woonsocket and vicinity, from the celebration of the first mass in 1828, to the present time, with a condensed account of the early history of the church in the United States. Right Rev. Fran-cis Patrick McFarland in the Cathedral at ordination he was stationed successively at Newtonand ICast Bridgeport, Conn., and from the latter place wastransferred to Woonsocket. Father Lenihans reputation as a contributor to Catholicperiodicals and as a pulpit orator, preceded him. The mmide plumes he assumed in his literary contributions consistedof Soggarth Aroon, Ochyle and Romanus. TheOrphan Sisters and The Death of Father Ralle, a Talcof the Puritan Wars, were two of his most popular patriotic poems sent many a glowing thrill through thehearts of Irish patriots. Ilis compositions in prose and. REV. FRANCIS J. LENIHAN,Sixth Pastor of St. Charles Parish. THE PARISH OF ST. CHARLES. 83 poetry were ever in defense and praise of the religion ofwhich he was an exemplary priest, and of the country ofwhich he was a gifted cliikl. As a pulpit orator and plat-form lecturer he had few equals among the Catholic priestsof .this country. This able pastor added rapidly to the Church buildingfund, left by Father McCabe. Operations on the construc-tion of the new edifice were l)egun by him early in the springof 1867. The old wooden building was removed to landowned by the late Nathaniel Elliott, to make room for theedifice. On Sunday, June 16, 1867, the corner-stone waslaid with impressive ceremony by Right Rev. F. P. Mc-Farland of Hartford diocese, of which diocese WoousocketAvas at that time a parish. The following account of the laying of the corner-stoneappeared in The Woousocket Patriot of Friday, June 21,1867: The ccreiuouy 1 layhiiitlie conior-stoiie of St. Charks CJiurcliin t
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