Helena weekly herald., 1889-12-19
From the Daily Herald OF December II.
JUBILEE DAY.
The Catholic Congregation Unite IN
Honoring their Bishop.

The jubilee services at the Cathedral
this morning attracted larger congrega-
tion than usual, the spacious edifice being
crowded to the doors. The seats and gal
lery were soon filled and in each aisle
extra chairs were ranged in long rows to
accommodate the great throng of people.
The occasion of this gathering was the
opening service of the silver jubilee cele-
bration of Bishop Brondel, who was Or
dained priest just twenty five years ago
to day. The ceremonies began promptly
at 10 o'clock. At that hour q brass band
composed of Flathead Indian boys from
fourteen to eighteen years of age,
rendered a selection on the out
side of the church. The band
comes from the Jesuit Indian school at St
Ignatius Mission, and plays remarkably
well considering the youth of the perform
ers. They were trained by Rev. Father
Bendini, and reflect much credit on their
instructor. After the band music the
Bishop. preceded by several of the clergy
in vestments and long train of acoly tes
bearing lighted candles, proceeded from
the episcopal residence to the cathedral
AhS PioSOooAoh ou 'ouCOu up tAC oioAC,
headed by Father l. B. Palladino, as mas
ter of ceremonies, to the music of an organ
voluntary by Professor Hirshfeld Bishop
BrOndel put on the sacerd otal robes and
proceeded to celebrate pontifical high
mass.
The choir, containing some twenty voices
and accompanied by organ and full orches-
ira, rendered beautiful music The music
was led by Professor Yaeger and Professor
Hirshfeld presided at the pipe organ. The
soloists were: Mrs. J. E. OConnor, so
prano; Mrs. T. c. Power, alto; Mr. I. L.
J. B. Walker, baritones The chorus in
ME Fortune, Miss Mamie McEvily and the
Misses Cunningham, sopranos; Mrs. ]. E
Blaine, Mrs. Mackey, altos; Mr.. Hesel,
tenor; Mr. Linder land Mr.. A. Martin,
bass The Kyrie and Gloria sung
were from mass composed by
Mr. Frank G. Dessert, of New York
for the Silver Jubilee of Archbishop COrri-
gan. The Credo was from Mercadante's
third mass and the Sanctus, Benedictus and
Agrus Del from the same mass, to which
they were added by the com poser, w.
Dressler. At the offertory Gounod's AUe
Maria, tenor solo, was finely executed by
Mr. L. L. Martin. Professor Yaeger and
the choir deserve great credit for the ar
tistic manner in which the difficult music
Was rendered.
After mass an elegant discourse was de-
livered by Rev Father Mclaughlin, Re-
demptionst priest of st. Louis. His text
was the Catholic Priesthood, and for over
an hour he kept his large audience deeply
interested in his mastery treatment
of the subject. Father Mclaughlin
is born orator, and his use of the
language iustifes the high reputation he
has attained for pulpit eloquenoe. After
this discourse the orchestra and organ
rendered Mendelssohn's "Kriegs March der
Priester" in excellent style. The Indian
bar d gave another selection, and the vast
audience filed out of the church. 1t was
one o'clock when the ceremonies were con-
cluded.
This evening there will be praise services
at the Cathedral at 7 o'clock, after which
the addresses to the bishop will be delivered
by Father Lindesmith, of Fort Keogh, and
Major Maginnis. The days exercises will
close with q reception to the bishop, at his
residence, from $50 to 10 o'clock, which
the people of Helena generally are invited
to attend.