Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-09
POMP AND SOLEMNITY
Attend the Troy Hill Celebration Of
the Corpus Christi Feast.
LARGE CROWD In ATTENDANCE.
Beautiful and Elegant Decorations Aleng
the Line of March.
THE CuHIKG FEAST OF ST. ANTHONY

4 continuous throng of people went up
the Troy Hill road yesterday morning from
very early until 10 o'clock. They were bent
upon Witnessing the celebration of the feast
of Corpus Christi at Father Mollingers
Church, on the summit of the hill, which
was celebrated with great solemnity and
pomp. For the past few days the people
living in the neighborhood Of the church
have been making elaborate preparations
for the ceremony. Houses were gaily
decorated, and presented beautiful appear
ance, as the decorations consisted of some
very costly laces, suspended from the tops of
the houses down to the ground. The
American flag was displayed conspicuously
and futtered side by side with the papal
colors of yellow and white. Nearly every
house on Clark, Hazel, Forest and Hamil-
ton streets, the route over which the process
sion marched, was decorated profusely. The
decorations were not confined to the Ger
man Catholic residents of the Hill, but
those whose religious views conficted with
the Catholics also entered into the spirit of
the occasion, and contributed to make the
celebration as grand as their rsighbors.
As the hour drew nigh for the procession
to start, the people were still busily engaged
in decorating their houses. Pictures OF
saints were displayed, and minis-
ture altars had been erected on
which the benediction was given.
Arches, covered with evergreen and laurel,
with the American flag covering the frame
work, and large floral crosses on top,
spanned the street at every turn.
The streets which the procession traversed
had been covered with tanbark, and line
of shrubbery had been placed on either side
IL &Al
the sidewalk added to the beauty of the
streets.
THE CEREMONY OF OLD.
The manner in which the feast was cele-
brated yesterday was as it was done OF yore
in Germany, but few of the German Catho-
lie churches observe the feast in this coun-
try in the old way, with the exception of the
congregation of st. Anthony, over which
Rev Father Mollinger presides.
By 10 o'clock the little edi6ce on Clark
street had been crowded to its utmost capRc-
ity. People filled the galleries and lined
the aisles, and at least four times as many
were on the outside eAdeavoring to secure
admission. Within the church the decora-
tions were as extensive as on the streets.
The national flag was displayed on all sides.
Half wav up the center aisle stood the ele-
giant silk canopy under which the sacra-
ment was carried through the streets, at the
conclusion of the mass, by the Rev. Father
Murphy, of the Holy Ghost College, who
was celebrsnt at the mass, assisted By Father
Alphonse, o. S. B., as deacon, and Father
Laignst, c. S. B., as sub-deacon.
Mr.. McDermott. of the Holy Ghost Col
lege, oficiated as Master of Ceremonies.
Some special music had been arranged for
the occasion, and was well rendered by a
chorus Of Is female and 10 male voices. The |
oalahro opf nf he rohad in ooSflv /
vestmeDts, which were made for this special |
service. At the conclusion of the mass the |
procession filed out of the church, headed by |
q member of the Holy Name Society, bear
ing a beautiful American flag; then came
about 200 small boys, who presented a neat
appearance in white waists. ST. Anthony's
Literary Society came next, followed by the
Holy Name Society, about 100 small girls,
arrayed in dresses of white, carrying how-
ers in silver baskets. At signal the girls
faced about and threw flowers in the path of
Father Murphy, the celebrant.
A VALUABLE cAsKEr.
Two acolytes preceded the four members
OF the Holy Name Society who bore the
canopy under which Rev. Father Murphy
carried eitorium profusely studded with
diamonds and precious stones. in which the
Host was carried. This citorium was re-
Gently imported from Germany by Father
Mollinger. After the celebrant came the
congregation.
The procession proceeded along Hazel |
street to Mrs. Bucks residence, where bene-
diction was given. The altar at the door
way was elaborately decorated, and the walk |
from the pavement to the house was covered |
with white cloth, and flowers were
scattered over the ground on the
approach to the altar. The church choir
chanted hymns appropriate TO the feast. At
the elevation of the host the vast concourse
of people knelt in prayer. The scene was q
very impressive one After benediction had
been given, the procession moved on to the
residence OF Henry Terheyden, where
similar exercises were held. The altar
erected at this place Was marked for its
magnifcence and splendor. The procession
stopped at the residence of John Guyer, on
Clark Street, and the formality was repeated.
August Snyder's house was the last place at
which benediction was given. These four
affairs represented the four apostles. the
procession then entered the church and the
''Te Deum" was chanted, after which the
services concluded.
The Feast of st. Anthony will be cele-
brated Friday next. II was hoped that
the services could be held in the new church,
but it will not likely be completed BY that
time, and they will be held in the Hazel
Street Church. 1t is confidently expected
that at least 10, 600 people, from all parts of
the world, will be present at the feast
Already many have arrived and taken up
quarters near the church in order to make
the "Eovena."
DR. EoRCRoss BAcCALAUREATE