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 . eat object to excite this devotion to our Lord in thehearts of his parishioners. The result was singularlyconsoling. The daily masses, at hours when the faithfulworkingmen can attend them, are frequented to a degreethat is seldom seen; the confessionals, regulated so as toenable all to approach, are tlxronged; and the fruits ofthe mission given by the Dominican F
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 . eat object to excite this devotion to our Lord in thehearts of his parishioners. The result was singularlyconsoling. The daily masses, at hours when the faithfulworkingmen can attend them, are frequented to a degreethat is seldom seen; the confessionals, regulated so as toenable all to approach, are tlxronged; and the fruits ofthe mission given by the Dominican Fathers seem ofa most durable and permanent character. Deeply attached to his church, he has labored notonly to make each of his flock a living temple of theHoly Ghost, l)y a truly Christian life, and a frequentparticipation in the graces of which the sacraments are thechannels, but also to make the material chiuch, in itsoutward beauty and neatness, all that can elevate theheart and attest the honor he desires to render to God. Laboring earnestly for the welfare of his flock, andfor the progress of the young in the parochial and Sun-day-schools, the Rev. Mr. McCready has won the confi-dence and esteem of his people. ?X - r^~. CHURCH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS. 22 WEST THIRTY-SEVENTH STREET. CHURCH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS. WEST THIRTY-SKVENTH STREET. IN 1866, liis Grace tlie Most Reverend ArchbisliopMcCloskey felt, from the representations made tohim, that a new church was needed about West Tliirty-seventh Street. He confided a district to a clergymanwho had abeady acquired experience in the care of souls,and those arduous duties that so often devolve on a priest,Avhere he has to become a man of business, an archi-tect, and a financier as well as a clergyman. The new pastor found, at the corner of Thirty-seventh Street and Broadway, a small frame Ijuilding,an Episcopal Church, known as the Chm-cli of the Hoi}Innocents, the Rev. Mr. Elmendorf being the society was not pros2)e
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