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 . iof February, 1871, and at the High Mass an eloquentsermon was delivered by the Rev. Mr. OFan-ell of On the 9th of June, 1871, the Rev. James H. Mc- 696 CATHOLIC CHURCHES OF NEW YORK. Gean was appointed pastor, and has since directed theparish. His district contains a Catholic population ofabout thirteen thousand, but is not now increasing, manyChinese
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 . iof February, 1871, and at the High Mass an eloquentsermon was delivered by the Rev. Mr. OFan-ell of On the 9th of June, 1871, the Rev. James H. Mc- 696 CATHOLIC CHURCHES OF NEW YORK. Gean was appointed pastor, and has since directed theparish. His district contains a Catholic population ofabout thirteen thousand, but is not now increasing, manyChinese, with all their j^agan ideas, having settled in theparish, with some from Catholic countries of Europe, in-deed, but who seem to lose all faith and religion here,and seldom cross the threshold of the chiuch. The Rosary Society, one of the oldest connected withthe church, meets every evening, and still remembers inits prayers the Rev. Dr. Varela and Rev. Mr. Archconfratemity of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,for the conversion of sinners, was established in this churchin the time of Rev. Mr. McClellan. There is also theConfraternity of the Sacred Heart, the Society of St. Vin-cent de Paul, and a temperance CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION. G97 REV. JAMES H. McGEAN, PASTOR OF THE CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION. THE pastor of the church founded by the vener-ated Dr. Varela is a native of Ncav York City,bom and brought np amid the scenes which have be-come the field of his priestly labors. He was born on the 29th of January, 1841, andafter preliminary studies entered the College of St. Fran-cis Xavier, where, trained in literary culture and a solidknowledge of his faith, he was graduated honorably inthe year 1861. Feeling himself called to the priestly state, he turn-ed his back on the world and its prospects, and, beingaccepted by the Archbishop as a candidate, was sent toMontreal to pursue his theological course in the greatSeminary of that city, where the Sulp
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