The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-11-14
CATHOLICS CELEBRATE.

CATHOLICS CELEBRATE.
a Centennial Mass ut Baltimoro's His.
torio Cathedral In Commemmoration OF
che appointment or the First American
ssBlshop-1housands Attond-An Impos-
ling Procession Of Church Dlgnltaries.
BALTIMORE, Nd, Nov. 1.-THE most
important group of events in the his
tory Of the Catholic church in America
began here Sunday morning. It was
the commencement of triple celebra-
tion-the hundredth anniversary of the
Of the first American Cath
Ollie Bishop, the Inauguration of the
first congress Of Catholic laymen held in
the United States and the dedication of
the new National University for Cath
olics. - It is estimated that $4,000
strangers are In the city. Ii
The old cathedral that crowns the
Charles Street hill had within its walls
an assemblage most notable, and around
its iron picket fence on Charles, Null
berry, Cathedral and Franklin streets
people thronged in thousands. The
gathering Of prelates embraced two
Cardinals, seven Archbishops and seven
ty-fve Bishops. The Pope was repre-
sented in the person of Archbishop Sa-
tolli, Of Lepanto; Canada. by Cardinal
Taschereau; Mexico, by Bishops Monies
D'Oca and e. Antequara Gillow; Eng
land by Bishop John Virtue, of Ports
mouth, and Monsignor Cad, of London.
After continuous rain of three days
the morning broke clear and bright.
About 7 o'clock crowds of people ap-
peared on the streets bounding the
cathedral; an hour later crowds began
to gather and by 10 the vicinity was
literally packed with people. The stu.
dents of St Mary's Seminary and the
priests, local and visiting, collect
ed at St. Joseph's Academy on
Saratoga street, and the Bishops assem-.
bled at the archiepiscopal residence on
Charles street, where they donned their
purple vestments. The procession of
$50 seminarians and 400 priests in the
order named, two abreast, started from
their rendezvous at 1920 o'clock, march
ing down Saratoga to Charles, to the
archiepiscopa house, where the prelates
fell in line in this order. Cross
bearer, abbots, monsignori, Bishops,
Archbishops, tho Papal Legate and
Cardinals Gibbons and Taschereau.
The procession then continued up
Charles to Franklin, to Cathedral
street and into the cathedral. The
seminarians and priests, after the rear
of the procession had passed on, occu.
pied camp chairs in the aisles. The
Archbishops and Bishops were seated
within the chancel. Cardinal Gibbons,
Cardinal Taschereau and Archbishop Sa-
TOLL occupied thrones. That of the
latter was draped with the Papal colors
of yellow and white. The solemn pom.
tit1cal mass was began at 11:15 o'clock,
with the following officiating: Cele-
brant, Archbishop Williams, Of
Boston; assistant priest, Rev. DIR.
Magnien, of Baltimore; deacon,
Father Bartlett, of Baltimore;
sub-deacon, Father Duffy, of Brooklyn;
master of ceremonies, Rev. j. S. Nc.
Callen, of Montreal; assistants, Fathers
Whelan and Riodan, of Baltimore. 1t
was 1915 when the site missa est" was
said.
The first grafton of the centenary
followed. 1t was delivered by Arch.
bishop Ryan, of Philadelphia, whose
fine presence and magnetic eloquence,
in spite of the long ceremonial preced-
ing, held his hearers for another hour
and half. The patriotic spirit of the
Archbishops address seemed to
awaken general enthusiasm; but
the most telling effect was
aroused when he vindicated the rights
of Catholic editors, if need be, to freely
comment on the feelings of the clergy.
The Archbishop reviewed the progress
of the Roman church in America, and
said that when Bishop Carroll
was consecrated in 1890 tho entire
population of the United States was a
little more than 100000, and the
Catholic population was estimated at
about 10000. There is now Catholic
population of 1900. 900, 5000 priests, 1o,-
500 churches and chapels, ~ seminaries,
and $50 colleges and academies and over
8, 900 parish schools. He continued:
"Since tho war there is great change in
popular sentiment in relation to the Catholic
church. In addition to this it must be remem.
bered that Catholics and Professionals now as.
sociate more frequently and intimately and un.
derstand each other better Intelligent Protes.
tants are gradually disabused OF the old absurd
supposed doctrines Of the church. OF all the
false charges alleged against the Catholic
church, the most senseless and unfounded is
that she fears science and is the enemy of edu.
cation. Her opponents almost in the same
hWnn n4~Sr - H1<>S,>
and the monopolizer OF education.
And the last man in the world to
fear intellectual progress, whether popu'
lar or individual, is the Catholic. He well
knows that truth is one; that God can not con.
tradict In the revelation OF Scripture what He
exhibits in the revelation Of science. Hence a
mans fearlessness of such science will be in
proportion to the certainty Of his conviction OF
the truths Of revelation
A TIE Deum by the choir and orchestra
brought the memorable service to q
close.
In the afternoon there was banquet
at which all the visiting prelates were
present. Addresses were made
by Archbishop Satolli, Cardinal
Gibbons, Cardinal Taschereau, and
Bishop Monies d. Oca, of Mexico. Let.
ters were read from Cardinal Manning,
of England, and Archbishop Walsh, OF
Ireland. Archbishop Ireland, of St.
Paul, elected great enthusiasm in re.
spending to 'our Country"
At night the cathedral was re.
splendent from basement to dome with
electric lights, and the crush of people
surpassed even the experience of the
morning: Papal vespers were sung by
Archbishop Heiss, of Milwaukee. The
orator of the evening was Archbishop
Ireland. of St. Paul.