Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-10

days. The opening tomorrow is to be en-
tirely of religious character. The ponti6-
cal mass in the morning and pontidcal ves-
pers at 7:30 P. NJ. will be conducted
bv the Archbishops The Cardi-
nails. Archbishops, Bishops and clergy
will march in procession to the
Cathedral from Cardinal Gibbons residence
and Calvert Hall, on Saratoga street. Over
500 of the clergy will be in line, and the
spectacle will be an imposing one should the
weather prove fair. In case of rain the pro-
cession will be abandoned.
PLACING THE PRELATEs.
On entering the Cathedral, seats will be
assigned to the clergy in the middle and
side aisles, while the Wears General, rectors
of seminaries and superiors of religious
orders, Bishops and Archbishops and other
prelates will have seats in the sanctuary.
Nearly all the leading men of the Church
will be seated within the sanctuary. Two
rows of chairs in front and one on each side of
the resplendent altar will contain the Arch
bishops. On the gospel side, Archbishops
Salpointe and Ireland, Bishops Loughlin
and Hennessy will occupy the front row,
and behind them will be Archbishops Fabre,
Williams, Feehan, Ryan and O'Brien.
Behind these prelates will be seated
the Vicar General, rectors of seminaries
and superiors of religious orders.
On the epistIe side will be Archbishops
Gross and Jansens, Bishops De Goesbriand
and Fitzgerald, and ArchLishops Duhamel,
Heiss, Elder, Corrigau and Riordan. Mem
bers of the choir will sit behind the Arch
bishops on the epistle side. In front
tuary rail, the Bishops will sit in
hobi nd he ofh oil h.
hons throne Will be in front OF the Arch
bishops on the gospel side; Cardinal
Taschereau's in front OF the Archbishops on
the epistle side, and Archbishop Sattoli's in
front of the sixth row of Bishops on the
epistle side.
THE CELEBRAETS.
The celebrant of the morning mass at IL
A. n. will be Archbishop Williams, OF
Boston, and the sermon will be preached
by Archbishop Ryan, Of Philadelphia.
Arch bishop Ryan is one of the most famous
orators of the Church. and his voice has
been heard in the Baltimore Cathedral be-
fore. The edifce will be crowded with dis
laymen of the Church from many
parts of the country as we'll as the clergy
and prelates.
Archbishop Heiss, OF Milwaukee, will
celebrate the pontifcial vespers, and the
sermon will be preached BY Archbishop Ire
land, of st. Pauls, the temperance apostle
OF the Church and one of its most effective
speakers. The Gregorian chant of the mass
will be sung by the seminary choir of 40
male voices under the direction of the Rev.
Father Chenaux. The ordinary" of the
mass will be sung by the Cathedral special
choir of go mixed voices.
THE OPENING SESSIONS.
On Monday and Tuesday the Catholic
Congress will hold its sessions. Il has been
arranged that Mr.. William J. 0nahan,
Chairman of the Committee on Organization,
shall call the body to order at 1890 A. NJ,
and a cablegram will be sent to the
Pope, announcing that the Congress
has been opened. PRAYER will then
be offered, and Mr.. Onahan will |
nominate as Temporary President ex-Gov-
ernor John Lee Carroll, OF Maryland, who |
will deliver an address. After Temporary |
Secretaries have been selected and the re-
port of the Committee on Preliminary Or |
ranization has been made, the Temporary |
Chairman will appoint committees on ere
ientials, rules, permanent organization,
resolutions and future congresses. Com
mittees will also be designated to wait upon
Cardinal Gibbons and President Harrison.
The permanent officers, who will include
4 President one or more Vice Presidents
Tor each diocese, and three Secretaries, and
will be chosen after the COM
nittee reports have been received. When
hey have been installed some of the papers
will be read and discussed and adjourn
nent will follow. 1t was decided to-day