Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-06-04
CATHEDRAL CEREMONIES.

Most Magnificent Euepat in the HISTORY
of the Church IN A,ae1ica.
On Sunday, May 25th, the new st.
Patrick's Cathedral, on the corner of
Fifth avenue and Fiftieth street, was
dedicated to public worship to-day, un-
der the invocation of St. Patrick, with
grand, solemn, and imposing services.
In the history Of the Roman Catholic
Church in America, no event has been
celebrated with such magnifcence or
pie were within the building when the
services commenced. The high altar
was lit up with countless candles and
presented beautiful appearance.
Among the many persons present were
General D. E. Sickles, Chief Justice
DAILY, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Henry
Berg, Comptroller Kelly, Judge Brady,
Il: j. Tappan, Sheriff Reilly, Judge
Waterbury, Arthur, John Mutually,
henry l.. Hoguet, James Lynch,
Eugene Kelly and Joseph F. Donohue.
But seldom has such q gathering of
high dignitaries Of the church been
seen.
The following took part In the cere-
monies: Archbishop Gibbons, of Balti-
more; Archbishop Purcell, of Cincin-
natl; Archbishop Wood, of Philadelphia;
Archbishop Williams, of Boston; Arch
bishop Lynch, Of Toronto, and Arch
bishop Hannah, of Halifax; Bishops
Loughlin, of Brooklyn; McQuaid, of
Rochester; Ryan, of Buffalo; McNierney,
of Albany; Wadhams, of Ogdensburg;
Corrigan, of Newark; Conroy, of Albany;
Lynch, of Charleston; Belker, Of VII
mington; Gross of Savannah; Kahn, of
Wheeling; Moore of st. Augustine;
Keane, of Richmond; Elder, of Natchez;
Quinlan, of Mobile; Goesbriand, of Bur
lington; O'Reilly, of Springfield; Hend-
land; McMahan, of Hartford; Mullen,
of Erie; Shanahan, of Harrisburg;
O'Hara, ofScranton; Tuigg, Of Pittsburg;
Baltes, of Alton; Ryan. of St. Louis
O'Conner, of Nebraska; Spalding, OF
Peoria; McCloskey, of Louisville;
Toebbe, of Covington; Borgess., of De-
troit; Chatard, of Vincennes; Ire
land. of st. Paul; Heiss, of La
Crosse; Duhamel, Of Ottawa
Sweeney, Of st. Johns, n. B.; and
the Rt. Rev. Mgr. Seton, D. D., Protho-
notary Apostolic. The celebrants of
mass were: Cardinal John McClosky,
celebrant; the Very Rev. T. L. Preston,
first assistant deacon; the Rev. A. J.
Donnelly, second assistant deacon; the
Rev. Edward McGlinn, deacon of mass;
the Rev. James III. Mclean, sub-deacon.
The masters Of ceremony were: The
Rev. J. M. Kearney. III. Farrelley, II.
G. Mcdowell, and William Hogan.
There were chapters for the Miserere,
for the Litany and for the procession.
The musical portion of the services was
in keeping with all the other ceremo-
MES. The sanctuary chorus of the
Paulist Fathers church. numbering 100
men and boys, sung the "prope." Of
the mass. The organist was aided by a
choir of 100 voices and full orchestra
of wind and string instruments. The
"Kyrie" was from Haydn's Third
Mass, and the "Gloria," the "Credo,"
the " Sanctus," and the "Agnus Del"
were from Haydn's Sixteenth Mass.
The Gregorian music was rendered by
the choir of the Paulist Fathers
1t was 1870 o'clock before the cere-
monies commenced with the procession
from the vestry. First came the at
| tendants and servers, then the chorus
of chanters, then $50 priests, then the
bishops in full canonicals, then the
archbishops. arrayed in their gorgeous
vestments, each wearing his inter, and
lastly His Eminence Cardinal McClos-
ky, with Wears General Quinn and
Preston on either side of him. The
vast audience arose and remained
standing while the procession passed
down the center aisle to the grand cen
trail portal. The crowds outside the
building also remained uncovered dur
ing the ceremonies. The cardinal, on
passing out through the portal, turned
toward the building and offered up
prayer. Then he recited the antiphon,
"Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop,
O Lord" etc. He then sprinkled the
holy water on the walls above and be-
low, the chorus chanting the Miser
ere." The procession then marched
around the building, the cardinal sprink-
ling the walls as he passed along. After
making the round of the building the
procession re-entered the cathedral by
the same door, and marched to the high
altar. Then the cardinal, accompanied
by a number Of clergy, made circuit
of the building, and sprinkled the inte-
rior Of the walls with holy water.
Psalms were chanted by the chorus dur
ing the circuit. On returning to the high
altar the cardinal was clothed in full
pontiical vestments and proceeded to
celebrate the mass. The mass cele
brated, according to the rubrics of the
missal, was that of Pope Gregory VII.
The cardinal chanted the salutation,
"Pax vObiscum." and sung the collects.
Then came the event of the day, a most
eloquent sermon by the Rt. Rev. Pat
rick J. Ryan, ooadjutor bishop of St.
Louis. After the sermon came the GER
emony of 'ncensing the altar and the
clergy went on. The cardinal gave the
'pax" kiss of peace, and the choir
sung the "Agnus Dol" Then followed
the "Te Deum Laudamus" sung by the
chorus and all the clergy present, and
the solemn services concluded.