Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-01
FIFTY GOLDEN YEARS.
The Pope's Gift to Archbishop Ken
rick is Duly Presented by
HIS GRACE, CARDINAL GIBBONS.
The Gift Accompanied by an Eloquent
Eulogy at a Banquet.
P0NTIFICAL MASS IN THE MORNING

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 30.-To-day the fftieth
anniversary of Archbishop Kenrick's con-
secration, the Golden Jubilee, was celebra-
ted with pomp that has never before been
witnessed, excepting on the occasion of the
Golden Jubilee of Leo Kill
The grand pontifcal mass commemorative
Of the Golden Jubilee began at 9 o'clock in
the old Cathedral on Walnut street. Pre-
cedlng the mass there was an impressive
procession from the Cathedral parish school
to the main entrance of the Cathedral. His
Grace reviewed his life in all its phases. re-
ligious, business and charitable. In con-
clusion, Archbishop Ryan said:
"And now it remains for me, most rev.
erend father and most beloved friend, to
wish you, above all things, sweet and holy
peace during the evening Of your day: and
at the end may those whom you have been
instrumental in saving for the last 80 years,
receive your spirit at the gates of heaven
and conduct it to the throne of the Shepherd
and Bishop of our SOULS"
The Banquet at the Lindell Hotel.
After the pontifcal mass Archbishop
Kenrick, Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop
Ryan and all the visiting Archbishops and
priests were driven to the Lindell Hotel
The Cardinal and Archbishop Kenrick
marched arm in arm into the banquet hall.
followed by the Archbishops, Bishops, mon
s;gnors and priests. Cardinal Gibbons
opened with blessing, and after the menu
was finished Vicar General Brady read to
Archbishop Kenrick an address from the
clergy of the diocese. The venerable Arch
bishop, deeply moved, arose and made a
short but affecting response.
Rev. Father Collier then made an address
of welcome to Cardinal Gibbons and the
visiting clergvmen. Father Coffee, the
POSTMASTER, then announced the first toast,
which was responded to by Cardinal Glib
Leo Kill" The Cardinal said in part:
The name of Leo XIII. will live in history.
1t will figure as the peer of his great name
sake, Leo l., and the Gregories and the In
nocents, who have reflected SO much glory
on the Church OF God. Leo has proved him
self not only man of God, but also man Of
the people.
Catholicism at Home Everywhere.
In his luminous encyclican on the consti-
tuition of Christian States, our Holy Father
proclaims the fundamental truth, that the
Catholic religion is adapted to all times and
all places, and that she finds herself at home
under every form of government. Nowhere
does the church Of God enjoy greater hber-
ty than here, and nowhere else does she
advance with more rapid strides. And no
more respected and honored than in these
United States.
In honoring the Pope, I hope we will not
be suspected by unfriendly critics of man
worship. We worship but one true God.
We honor the Pope because he is worthy of
all veneration. We revere him, not only for
his personal virtues. but especially as the
highest representative of Christ and the un-
COmDrOmlSln0
our Christian civilization.
In his latest encyclical on labor the Holy
Father proclaims the rights and dignity Of
labor. He tells us that Christ, by His teach
ing and example, has enobled labor, and
that ever since He toiled at His trade in
Nazareth. He has shed a halo around the
Pope proves that he is abreast with the
times, and that he is in sympathy with
the legitimate aspirations Of humanity.
The Pope's Interest in America. .
We are grateful to the Holy Father for his
paternal interest in the American Church.
We are grateful to him for the affection he
has always manifested toward the clergy
and the people of the United States. We
thank him for his message of benediction to
the venerable metropolitan of st. Louis on the
of his golden jubilee-a patriarchial
prelate in whose honor we are assembled
here this evening, and who is the connect
ing link between the past and the present.
We thank His Holiness especially for the
token of esteem which he has sent to the
Dean of the Episcopate, and 1
esteem it q great honor to be deputed to pre-
sent it in the name of the Holy Father. And
now, Most Reverend Archbishop, with
heartfelt pleasure, 1 discharge my commits
sion by handing you the gift from the Pope.
This gift is a portrait of His Holiness, in
. handsome gold frame, brought from Rome
oy the Pope's chamberlain, Monsignor
O'Breyen.
Other tossts were responded to as follows:
The Catholic Church in the United
States" by Most Rev. Archbishop M. A.
Corrigan; sour Country" by Rev. Joseph
President of the St. Louis
Jesuit University; ''The Church in Louis
ana," by Rev. Archbishop Janssens, of
New Orleans; 'The Province of St. Louis"
~ Bishop Hennessey, of Dubuque. This
closed the banquet and the prelates dis
,ersed to meet again this evening at the
Archbishop's residence to view the torch
light parade.