Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-09

AhOhblshOf ECCLESTON. ulRnlIarleS OF II e
church, IN their gorgeous robes. will occupy
the three thrones within the sanctuary during
the services. Gathered about them will be the
bishops, archbishops and priests of America,
and assembledin the cathedral will be the largest
concourse OF people that has ever been crowded
into building of Its SIZE The seating capacity of
the editce Is set at 400 but on one occasion 900
people were assembled within its walls. Fully
as many are expected to crowd all the standing
ana seating space on this occasion, and the
streets in the vicinity of the cathedral will
PROBABLY be blocked with people who will not
be able to gain admission. Only pew-holders
and those having tickets will be admitted. but
tickets enough have been issued already to
more than nil the editice to IT'S utmost capacity
One OF the galleries has been reserved for the
press, tickets being issued spariDgly to the
representatives OF the various papers that have
applied.
The services at the pontifical mass will prob
ably last until after l O'Clock. Then at go in
the evening there will be pontifical vespers
The archbishop of Milwaukee, Most Rev.
Michael Heiss, DID,, will be c6lebrant and the
sermon will be by Most Rev. John Ireland
DID,, archbishop of st. Paul
THE CATHOLIC CONGRESS-.
On Monday the Catholic congress will be
opened. Pontifcal mass will be celebrated at
the cathedral at O'Clock by Archbishop Corri-
gan of New York and Archbishop Gross of
Oregon will deliver the sermon. The congress
will then be opened at Concordia hall at 1890
o'clock. The order of business will be:
/. Called to order by the chairman of the
committee on organization. Cablegramto holy
father.
2. Prayer.
8. Nomination of temporary president, ex-
Gov. John Lee Carroll, Maryland Address by
the temporary president.
4. Nomination of temporary secretaries.
8. Report of committee on preliminary Or
ganization.
8. Appointment of committee on credentials.
Appointment of committee on rules Appoint
ment OF committee on permanent organiza-
lions. Appointment of committee on resolu-
tions. Appointment of committee on future
congresses. Appointment of committee to wait
on his eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Appoint
ment of committee on the President of the
United States
The second session will begin at o'clock in
the afternoon of Monday. Then will be re-
celved the reports of committees. The officers
will be elected and installed and papers will
be read and discussed. The reading and dis
cussion of papers will be continued at the
morning session of the second day. The fol-
lowing are important papers that will be read
and discussed
1. Catholic congresses" John G.. Shea q
Lay action in the church." H. F. Brownson
8. ''What Catholics have done in this country
in the last one hundred years." Richard H.
Clarke. l. THE Catholic press" Geo. d.
Wolff. 5. The right of the state in educa-
tion," Edmund F. Dunno. 6. Sunday obscrv-
ance." Manly Tello. z. Church music" Her
man Allen s. Temperance" John H. Camp
bell. 8. Catholic American literature. Condo
b. Fallen. 10. Charities" Peter L. Foy H.
Societies" Henry J. Spaunhorst IL. "Papal
independence" Charles j. Bonaparte.
After the second session ON the first day there
will be a reception of the prelates at Concordia
hall, beginning at 1880 o'clock. Addresses to
the prelates, clergy and laity will be delivered
by Hon. Charles b. Roberts and Martin f. Nor
ris of Washington. These will be replied to by
Archbishop Elder of Cincinnati
At night there will be grand spectacle, the
whole city being Illuminated.
TUESDAYS DEMONSTRATION
On Tuesday there will be morning and after
noon sessions of the congress, and at night
there will be a grand torchlight procession by
the laity, in which Catholic societies from New
York, Philadelphia and other cities of the east.
south and west will take part. The cardinals
palace will be illuminated and the church dig
nitaries will review the procession from the
portico and balcony as it passes the palace
marching down Charles street. This process
sion is expected to make grand display.
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.
The third day will be devoted to the dedica-
ton of the new Catholic university at Washing
ton. All Of the six or seven hundred delegates
x~~NNA to the congress, from