. A descriptive and historical sketch of the Academy of Mount St. Vincent on-the-Hudson, New York City. 1847-1884 ... ore Daubresse, S. J., and six seminarians from St. Josephs Sem-inary, Fordham, Rev. J. Breen, Rev. J. Kinsella, Rev. William 58 HISTORICAL SKETCH. dowry, and Rev. G. Brophy, assisted at the dedication services,after which pontifical mass was celebrated by the Bishop, withVery Rev. William Starrs as high priest, Rev. Isidore Daubresse, CHAPEL AT THE OLD : Louise Gauton. S. J., master of ceremonies. The Rev. Dr. Moriarty preached abeautiful sermon on the Eighty-third P
. A descriptive and historical sketch of the Academy of Mount St. Vincent on-the-Hudson, New York City. 1847-1884 ... ore Daubresse, S. J., and six seminarians from St. Josephs Sem-inary, Fordham, Rev. J. Breen, Rev. J. Kinsella, Rev. William 58 HISTORICAL SKETCH. dowry, and Rev. G. Brophy, assisted at the dedication services,after which pontifical mass was celebrated by the Bishop, withVery Rev. William Starrs as high priest, Rev. Isidore Daubresse, CHAPEL AT THE OLD : Louise Gauton. S. J., master of ceremonies. The Rev. Dr. Moriarty preached abeautiful sermon on the Eighty-third Psalm, beginning, Howlovely are thy tabernacles! etc.* By a singular coincidence, this distinguished man had preachedalso at the dedication of the chapel at St. Josephs, Emmettsburg. The chapel, thus solemnly dedicated, was a beautiful type ofthe Romanesque, solidly and massively built, and was, as we havesaid, a great fount of devotion, in which all the ceremonies of holyChurch were scrupulously carried out. * Mrs. Sweeny and Lacey assisted the choir, and Mr. Harrison presided at the organ onthis great FONTHILL CASTLE, : Mary G. Smith. HISTORICAL SKETCH. 59 The Right Rev. Bishop McGill, D. D., of Richmond, Ya., paida long visit to the institution, accompanied by Very Rev. WilliamStarrs, V. G., in May, 1855. Purchase of the Fonthill Estate. The removal of the Academy from its old location was owingpartly to its site being included in the limits of Central Park, andpartly to the increasing demands upon its services as an institu-tion for the instruction of youth. The purchase of Fonthill wasfinally effected December 20, 1856, and formal possession wastaken February 2, 1857, by placing a beautiful statue of theImmaculate Queen of Heaven on the premises. The estate con-sists of about fifty-five acres. The purchase was thus noticed inthe Courier and Inquirer: The responsibility of contracting a debt of one hundred thou-sand dollars, the price fixed, could not h
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