The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . sters of Providence came to Worcester, andtook up their residence at the Bartlett estate on Vernon street, whichhad been purchased some years before by Monsignor Griflin. Thesegood Sisters are a diocesan order, having their mother house in Hol-yoke. Their labors in behalf of the sick and afflicted are appreciatedby the people of Worcester, and their efforts nobly seconded on everyoccasion. In September, 1894, a school for boys was formally opened in parish, with the Xaverian Brothers of Baltimore in br
The Worcester of eighteen hundred and ninety-eightFifty years a city . sters of Providence came to Worcester, andtook up their residence at the Bartlett estate on Vernon street, whichhad been purchased some years before by Monsignor Griflin. Thesegood Sisters are a diocesan order, having their mother house in Hol-yoke. Their labors in behalf of the sick and afflicted are appreciatedby the people of Worcester, and their efforts nobly seconded on everyoccasion. In September, 1894, a school for boys was formally opened in parish, with the Xaverian Brothers of Baltimore in brothers, bound by the vows of religion, devote their lives tothe teaching of boys. For this life work, in addition to their regular 304 The Worcester of 1898. novitiate training at the Brothers Seminary in Baltimore, they receivea special preparation in their Normal College at Danvers, teachers they have firmly established themselves, both in this countryand in England. At present the Brothers school in .St. Johns parishhas an attendance of 400 ST. PAULS CATHOLIC CHURCH. In the corner-stone of the Polish Church, of which ReverendJ. Jaksztys is pastor, was laid, and the church was erected under thetitle of St. Casimirs. The parish of the Holy Name was organized in 1896, and throughthe indefatigable labors of the pastor, Reverend J. S. Perreault, thechurch was dedicated on Palm Sunday. In this year also the GoldenJubilee of St. Johns Church was celebrated wnth imposing people not only of St. Johns, but of all the Catholic churches in The Worcester of 1898. 305 AVorcester, came, eager and willing to crown the hallowed edifice withher diadem of gold. The great event was marked by a thoroughrenovation of the church. August 27, 1897, marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the coming-of the Sisters of Notre Dame to Worcester. In this vear also the
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