The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-02
THE CATHOLIC CENTENARY,
Preparations for One of the Most Brill
liant Church Celebrations,
From ne Nelu York 1imea

From the NetU York Times.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 30.-The Catholic HE
rarchy centenary celebration, for which
preparations have been making for several
months, under the direction of Cardinal
Gibbons, will be one of the most brilliant
and interesting church celebrations that
has ever taken place in the United States.
in view of the number of prelates and
others of rank and dignity in the church
who will participate. Cardinal Gibbons
has received acceptances of the invitation
to attend from eighty bishops and others of
ms rank, including Cardinal Taschereau Of
Canada and archbishops and bishops from
Mexico. The Most Rev Fraucis SatolIi
archbishop of Lepanto, will arrive in Balti-
more next week as the special representa-
tive OF the pope at the celebration.
Inc exercises will open with pontifcal
mass at IL O'Clock a. m, Sunday, Nov. 10.
in the Baltimore cathedral. Archbishop
Williams OF Boston will be the celebrant.
Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia will
preach the sermon. At pontifical yespers.
1880 o'clock p. m, Archbishop Heiss of Mil
waukee will be the celebrant, and Arch
bishop Ireland of st. Paul the preacher.
Further services will be held Monday. and
the congress of Catholic laymen will then
begin.
The congress of Catholic laymen is COM
posed of prominent gentlemen in all parts
OF the country. They will meet in Balti-
more at the same time as the hierarchy CEN
tennial celebration. They will hold sessions
Monday and Tuesday, Nov IL and ~.
Wednesday, Nov 13, they will attend the
celebration in Washington of the opening
of the divinity department. of the university.
and Thursday they will, in phaetons, visit
no be md N@IA ola Ul-IA 4. n
interest to visitors.
Among the papers which will be read at
the congress will be one by G. ]. Bonaparte
of the Baltimore bar, on 1.-THE Independ-
ence of the Holy See." Mr.. Bonaparte Is
chairman of the executive committee,
which will meet Saturday, Nov. 9, to make
final arrangements.
The congress will be opened with pom
tltical mass at the cathedral at 8 o'clock a.
M, Archbishop Corrigan of New York
being the celebrant. The sermon will be
by Archbishop Gross of Oregon.
The business sessions will be held at the
Concordia hall. The first session, ON Mon
day, will be from 80 o'clock a. m. to
o'clock p. M, the second session from
o'clock p. m. to 4:30 o'clock p. m. A re-
ception to visiting prelates, clergy, and
laity will be held from 7:30 o'clock D. IN. to
10 o'clock p. IN. in the hall, with addresses
by the Hon. Charles B. Rocerts of West
minister and Martin F. Morris Of Washings
ton, and the reply by Archbishop Elder Of
Cincinnati.
There will be a grand illumination the
same night of the dwellings and other
buildings of Catholics in all parts of the
city and other citizens who may choose to
do so in compliment to the occasion
Tuesday the sessions of the congress will
be held from 10 o'clock to IL o'clock in the
forenoon and to Z O'Clock D. IN. There
will be torchlight procession at night.
The ceremony in Washington of the
dedication of the Catholic university of
America will be performed by Cardinal
Gibbons at 1880 o'clock a. IN. Wednesday.
Pontifca l mass, at II o'clock a. M, will be
celebrated by Archbishop Satolli of Lee
ponto, Italy, with sermon by Bishop Gill
man OF Cleveland. An grafton will be de-
livered at o'clock o. m. by Bishop Spald-
ing of Peoria. A Latin poem will be read
by Prof. Schroeder.