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 . e methods adopted for reducing the in-cumbrances on their noble temple, and delivering it abso-lutely from debt. The parochial school, admirably accommodated in thebuilding erected for the purpose, is directed by the Sis-ters of Charity, and muubers some two hundred andfifty boys and nearly six hundred girls. The parish has an institution under its charge, the 15
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 . e methods adopted for reducing the in-cumbrances on their noble temple, and delivering it abso-lutely from debt. The parochial school, admirably accommodated in thebuilding erected for the purpose, is directed by the Sis-ters of Charity, and muubers some two hundred andfifty boys and nearly six hundred girls. The parish has an institution under its charge, the 158 CATHOLIC CHURCHES OF NEW YORK. admirable House of the Holy Family for Befriending-Cliildren and Young Girls, at 136 Second Avenue, whichshelters a hundi-ed inmates in its walls, and has ex-ceeded even the most sanguine anticipations of the goodit was to accomplish. On the feast of Corpus Clmsti, Jmie 20th, 1878,the St. Anns Literary Union was organized, in roomsfitted up for their rise in Eleventh Street. The Union isunder the spiritual directorship of the Rev. James There is a Literary Society of Yoimg Ladies,directed by Rev. Tliomas F. Lynch. There are also Soci-eties of the Blessed Vu-gin, for both men and ^/^r^^^ ^(2^^<^ . ^J, SAINT ANNS CHUECII. 159 VERY REV. THOMAS S. PRESTON, VICAR GENERAL AND CHANCELLOR OF THE DIOCESE OF NEW YORK. THE pastor of St. Anns has discharged, besides theparocliial duties among the flock confided to hiscare, important and responsible trusts in the diocese, hold-ing the position of Vicar General, and also of all this, he has made leisure for literarywork, and enriched our libraries with doctrinal and de-votional works, as clear in exposition as they are repletewith piety and unction. He was born at Hartford, Connecticut, in Jixly, 1824,and was educated in his native city, having been grad-uated in 1843 from Trinity College, which was theAlma Mater also of the late Archbishop Bayley. He was then a
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