The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-10
CHURCH CEREMONIES.
CENTENNIAL OF THE CATHOLIC
HIERARCHY IN THIS COUNTRY.


From the Nel0 York Sun.
BALTIMORE. Nov. Son Sunday, Nov.
10 the celebration of the centennial of the
establishment in the United States of the
Catholic hierarchy will be begun in this
CITY. The occasion will be one of grand
and imposing ceremonies, the like of which
have never been witnessed in this country.
Three events will constitute the centennial
celebration. The commemoration of the
hierarchy's Tooth anniversary will take
place on Sunday. At IL o'clock in the
morning Archbishop Williams of Boston
will celebrate pontifical mass, at which
Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia will
deliver a sermon. In the evening
there will be pontifcal vespers. Arch
bishop Heiss of Milwaukee will officiate.
and Archbishop Ireland of st. Paul, MIMI,
will be the preacher. An informal meeting
of Catholic editors will be held on Sunday
afternoon. The opening of the first con-
gress of Catholic laymen ever held in the
United States will take place on Monday
morning at Concordia hall. Previous to
the assembling of the congress the dele
gates will attend pontifcal mass, which
will be celebrated In the cathedral by Arch
bishop Corrigan of New York. The con-
gress will be in session on Monday and
Tuesday. On Tuesday evening there will
be a grand torchlight procession. The
new Catholic university at Washington will
be dedicated Wednesday morning. Cardi-
nal Gibbons will be the officiating prelate,
AMI Bishop Gilmour of Cleveland will be
the preacher. In the afternoon the cere-
monies attending the opening of the univer-
sity course will be held. An Grafton will
bedelivered by Bishop Spaulding of Peoria,
who at the third plenary council of
Baltimore, held five years ago, made an elo-
quent plea for the establishment of an
American Catholic university, and in be.
half of Miss Caldwell, who was to have
been married TO Prince Murat few days
ago, presented 100000 toward the mate
rializing of the project. After Bishop
SDaulding's Grafton DR.. Schroeder, who
will be professor of dogmatic theology in
the university, will read Latin poem.
As far as imposing ceremonial is con-
cerned, the event of the first day will out
shine the occurrences of the other three.
The ceremonies will be participated in by
two cardinals, fourteen archbishops, over
seventy bishops, and at least 1000 priests.
The cathedral here has been enlarged to
accommodate this great number of ecclesi-
astics and the members of the laity who
will be fortunate enough to secure admis-
sion tickets to the services. Cardinal
Taschereau of Quebec, several other
Canadian prelates, and many representa-
including Archbishop Satolli, who will
represent the pope, will be among the digni-
taries.
Brooklyn will enjoy the distinction of its
bishop being the oldest prelate at the cere-
monies He is Bishop Loughlin, whose
years are 70, and who has been member
of the American Catholic hierarchy since
Oct. 80, 1853. The Most Rev. Peter Richard
Kenrick of st. Louis, who two years hence
will have been bishop a half a century,
has written to Cardinal Gibbons that be
cannot be present at the ceremonies. Arch
bishop Kenrick is nearly 90, and his health
will not permit him to journey from st.
Louis to this city. This fact may lead
many to imagine that the venerable prelate
is superannuated. Such, however, is not
the case. Singly he directs the affairs of
bis important western archdiocese, and
but for an attack of sickness he would be
here.
The Catholic congress will be important
from the fact that at it will be expressed
sentiments that will have significant bear
ing on the questions that are of special
import to Catholics. 1t will bring together
S"'ApAASo VI O1klluOub Ill 0NolJ Wdlh Va HE,
In Concordia hall educators, lawyers,
statesmen, journalists, doctors, merchants
and financiers will stand shoulder to Shout
der. The arrangements for the congress
nave been made by committee consisting
OF Archbishop Ireland, Bishop Foley OF
Detroit, Bishops Macs of Covington, Ryan
OF Buffalo, Gilmour of Cleveland and Har-
kins of Providence, and City Controller w.
!. Onahan of Chicago, H. f. Spaunhorst of
st Louis and H. f. Brownson of Detroit
Ex-Gov. John Lee Carroll of Maryland,
descendant of the family of which the Most
Rev. John Carroll, the first Catholic bishop
OF America, was member, will be tenn
porary chairman of the congress. He will
make an opening address, and then appoint
committee to wait on Cardinal Gibbons
and President Harrison. and invite them to
the aSsemblage, When the work of organ
lzlng has been completed Charles B.
Roberts of Westminster, Md, and Martin
+. Morris of Washington will make ad-
dresses, to which Archbishop Elder of Gin
cinnatl will respond. Cardinal Gibbons
VIII speak, too, and Archbishop Satolli may
Salso be heard from.
During the two days Of the congress the
following papers will be read:
Catholic Congresses, John Culinary Shea.
LII IL D., New York; Lay Action in the Church, ="
henry f. Bronson. Detroit; What Catholics
Have Done in This Country in the Last 100
,h,ears, Richard H. Clark, LII. D., New YORK
The Catholic Press" George D. Wolff of the
Catholic Standard, Philadelphia, Pa; 1.-THE
lights of the State in Education" the Hon.
humund F. Dunno. Florida; Sunday Observ-
a%nce, Manley Tello of the Catholic Universe,
Cleveland, o.; Church Music" Prof. Heman
Allen, Chicago.
The following papers are expected to be
submitted to the joint committees in Balti-
more, Nov, 8, and to be read at the con-
gress
~ temperance" John H. Campbell Philadel-
qua; Catholic American Literature" Condo
O. O. Fallen, st. Louis; Charities" Peter l. Foy,
c. O. LOUIS; Societies" Henry j. Spaunherst,
D. louis; "Papal independence" Charles ].
oohaparte, Baltimore.
The Rev. Father Van Corp, s. j., of Con-
TTaga college, Spokane Falls, Washington
territory, will attend the congress, accom-
panied by Chief Seltis of the Occur d'Alene
indians and boy from the Indian school as
an interpreter. Chief Seltis will represent
Vne Indians of the Far West"
m AT the conclusion of the congress on
tuesday, evening there will be grand
Sgeerchllght procession. 1t is expected that
ioVOO men will be in line. Every large city
~ me union will have a delegation in the
iIody. Cardinal Gibbons, his brother pre-
,aIes of America, and the visiting eccle-
a ~ will review thelprocession as it passes
me Cardinals residence in North Charles
street.
G. washington will be the scene of the
aourth days ceremonies, the formal opening
~ the Catholic university. Many regard
suS as one of the most important occur
SouCes IN the annals of the Catholic church