The Irish standard., 1886-07-03
SATURDAY, july 3, 1855.
AGENTS FOR THE IRISH STANDARD
The following gentlemen are artho-
rized agents for THE IRISH STANDARD
in their respective localities
CARDINAL GIBBONS,

1 Archbishop Gibbons was invested
| With the scarlet beretta with all the mag
nifcent ceremonial and splendid pomp
betting his rank as a Prince Of the holy
Catholic Church, at Baltimore, on the
morning of June 80. We believe
it Was on June 80, 1881, that
James Gibbons was ordained priest in
the chapel of ST. Mary's seminary in
Baltimore by Archbishop Kenrick, and
on this, his silver Jubilee, he received
from She hands Of the venerable Arch
bishop Of st. Louis the insignia Of his
high dignity. The ceremony took place
in the noble ola cathedral iii which, RS
apostolic delegate, he so recently di-
rooted the deliberations OF the Plenary
Council, the most notable gathering Of
divinas and theologians this country has
ever seen, and in which has taken place
many OF the most imposing religious
ceremonies that have occurred in the
United States. The great services OF
Archbishop Gibbons at the council were
rewarded Wednesday,, and the investi-
ture Of the beretta was the occasion Of
an ecclesiastical demonstration shat is
not again likely to be Witnessed in many
years. The weather was cloudy but
pleasant, and long before the hour ap-
pointed for the ceremony the streets
%> 1,.o1
thronged with people anxious to catch
glimpse OF The procession that was to
precede the investiture. The heprocession
was q large and imposing one.
4 large number Of distinguished pre-
}ates took part in the ceremonies. The
address Of Mcnsignor Straneiro 10 the
Archbishop was an eloquent one. He
referred to che investiture OF Cardinal
McCloskey in New York, the first Ameri
can Cardinal, the growth Of the Catholic
Church in America, which had turned
the attention OF the Sovereign Pontiff to
this country for another Cardinal, the
wisdom and piety Of Archbishop GiD
bons, she fact that this the twenty-ffth
anniversary Of his arckiepiscopate and
oongratulating him on his new honor in
tl.e Church He congratulated Arch
bishop Kenrick ON being; delegated to
confer the beretta, and the clergy and
people there assembled and the Church
in America on this evidence of the favor
Of Che Holy Pope. for whose long life he
asked those present to join him in
praying.
Archbishop Gibbons then addressed
Archbishop Kenricks expressing his
gratitnde at the selection OF so old and
exalted prelate to confer on him the
high honor given by the Pope, and re-
ferred 20 the fact that he, the speaker,
WAS the successor of Archbishop Ken
rick's brother. Francis Patrick Kenrick,
in the See Of Baltimore. Then turning
he addressed Monsignor Straneiro, ex
pressing his deep sense Of gratitude for
bringing the beretta across the ocean,
and asking him to abide here as
brother and see the growth and loyalty
of the Church in America. He then
turned to and addressed the prelates,
clergy and laity, thanking them warmly
for coming from places SO remote and in
/; such numbers to grace the solemn cere-
3monial.
NJ. AT the close Of the addresses, Mon
Il signor Straneiro took the beretta from om1
4; the table where.it had been guarded by
the| noble guard, Count Muccioh, and ladlll
placed it on the high altar by the5side Of
n ri,chbiahop Kenrriiochk Cardinal Gibbons