The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-05-28
TEMPERANCE REUNION.
Catholic Societies at the Grand
Operas house.


The first grand reunion Of the Catho-
lie Total Abstinence Societies Of this
city took place at the Grand Opera
house last night. In the afternoon a
proce ssion was formed at st. PatricRs
Church, corner of Third and Mill streets,
consisting Of the Knights OF st. Patrick,
forty men, p. J. Hogan, Captain, and
the Father Mathew Total Abstinence
Society, of st. Patrick's Church, two
hundred men, Thos. Mundy, Marshal.
The procession moved up Third street
to Central avenue, taking in the Father
Mathew Society of the Church OF the
Atonement, fifty men, and the Father
Mathew Society Of the Church OF the
Blessed Sacrament, Walker Mill Road,
fifty men; then up Central avenue to the
Cathedral, where it was Joined by the
Knights OF st. James, forty men, and the
St. james Total Abstinence Society,
two hundred and fifty men, thence to
81. Xavier's Church, Sycamore street,
and took in the Total Abstinence Socie-
ty OF St. Xavier's, recently formed, two
hundred men, and then the whole line
marched to the Grand Opera-house,
which was reached in time for the pro-
gramme OF exercises there.
In 1870 there was organized in the
City of Washington the National Catho-
| lie Total Abstinence Union, out of which
these societies have sprung, and it now
embraces 550 societies, with a member
ship of 100 900, and has branches in
GREAT Britain and Ireland. The State
| Union of OHIO numbers AZ societies, and
| is about 4,500 strong. And thus the
spirit of Father Mathew goes marching
on.
The programme for last nights cele.
| b .aLion was as follows;
oyerture-Orchestra.
| Address by the Chairman, Rev. j. F. Gala
n6uet-Miss Jennie Sullivan and Mr.. Frank
| Helmekamp. ,
Song-'"Barney. Take Me Home Home, Again.
Messrs. Boyle, Donnelly aud sGhlel.
| Aadress-"Temperance as Affecting the In
ldiylduaI'-John A uIbrosc, Esq
| MnsIc-st. Patrick's ChJlr-"Hear Me, Nor
mar-Misses 4. Geogheghan and Is. M aher.
| Music-St. Patrick's Cholr-'Elleen-A Alan
| na,-P. f. Cannon.
| Acknowledgements as Affecting Soci'
ety''-Mathew Ryan, Esq.
| Mus .c-Atonement ChOr-"Waiting," with
flute oblgato (Millard)-Miss Anua L9os.
| Flute SOLO (Heinemyer)- Cnas. Howe.
| Address-"Iemperance as Affecting th(
Famlly"-J. B. Callahan.
| Music - st. XavIer's Choir - "Lovely
Sprlng" (by Coenen)-Miss Cecilia Gerold.
| Closing Chorus-"God Of Migh"-Unltet
| Cholrs.
The address of Rev. Callaghan wal
the principal feature of the exercises
devoted as 1T was 10 the eulogy OF the
mother Church of Pope P.us the TX
lie said:
she is pre-eminently the most popu
lar of ponLitts, and yet despite " perse
cutions and Imprisonment, there WoulC
ascend to the throne Of GOD such re
: Deum Oh the Pope's tiItieth anniversar.
as never was heard before since th'
world began"
He enumerated the points ofpopulari
ty OF the Papacy; it was popular Ia IT.
head, popular IN its Institutions ana II
It's practical benefits 10 mankind. Tues
, total abstinence societies are among IL
latest and besL achievements for the sal
! yation of men from the terrible evils Q
. liutemperauce, and they are 10 be mum
oered among the chlet glories of VA
Catholic laity.
t The Ohio State Convention OF tn
Total Abstinence Society will be hel
at sandusky on the 12th Of June, an
!, large delegations Will 80 from this city