St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1893-02-25
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GOLDEN JUBILEE or THE POPE.
Full Programme of the Celebrations APP
proved by the Holy Father.

Full Programme of the Celebrations APP
proved by the Holy Father.
In preparation for the jubilee year Of
his holiness and to incite the faithful to
take part in the joyous event there took
place in the Church of the Gesu in the
last three days of December, 1892, sol
emn function, with discourses of the
Rev. Father Gaetano Zocehi of the So
ciety of Jesus. This concluded with the
s"Te Deum' in Thanksgiving to God for
having brought us to the year of the
episcopal jubilee of his holiness.
On the occasion of the epiphany Of 1898
the holy father received ssthe homage of
the innocents," !" admitting to his presence
the children belonging to families of
Rome, who, together with their parents,
! presented an offering to his holiness.
Toward the end of January the CEN
tral executive committee of the Jubilee
feasts will present to the sovereign pom
tiff the scientific homage of some
Italian Catholic writer's intrusted to the
Roman Circle Of st. Sebastian.
On the occasion of the feast of the ap-
partition of the immaculate conception at
Lourdes 9th of February the Circle of
the Immaculate of the Youth of Rome
will present to his holiness an album
containing in appropriate designs the
note of the prayers made for his holiness
during the year 1892 in many pious in
stitutions of Rome.
On the 10th and nth of February thaAe
will take place for separate regions tie
reception by the holy father of the Ital-
ian pilgrimage.
On the 18th of February his holiness
will receive the presidency of the per-
manent committee for congresses, pro-
moter Of the celebrations; the central
executive committee, which will present
the offerings to it as "alms of the jubi-
lee mass" and the committee of Roman
ladies, who will present the very rich
cope which the holy father will wear
on the following day in ST. Peters. On
this occasion there will be presented to
his holiness asynoptic picture of the per-
manent works founded in perennial
memory of his episcopal jubilee.
On the 18th of February, the occasion
Of the jubilee, his holiness will descend
into ST. Peters to celebrate mass there,
at which will assist all the pilgrims pres
ent in Rome and the Catholics of Rome.
In the archbasilica Of st. John Later
an, on the Goth Of February, in the hours
of the afternoon, the anniversary of the
election of his holiness to the sovereign
pontifcate occurring on that day, a
solemn ste Deum" will be chanted.
On the 21st, ED and 23d of February
solemn functions viii held in the Church
of San Lorenzo in, Panisperna, where the
holy father received episcopal consecra-
ton so years ago.
On the octave of the jubilee namely,
the 26th of February-the central execu-
tive commission, after giving new suits
of clothes to 100 poor persons by means
of the Romano society, will conduct
them to the table Of the Eucharist in the
Church of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
and afterward will give them dinner
at which they will be served by ladies
and gentlemen of the Roman nobility.
In the month of February and in the
Church of the Holy Apostles solemn
literary and musical academia in honor
Of his holiness will be given under the
direction Of the central executive COM
mission. The literary part is intrusted
to the Arcadia, and the musical part to
the Sistine chapel, directed by the illus
trious Commentators Domenico Mus
tafa, as their homage to the holy father.
On the Sd of March, the anniversary
of the coronation Of his holiness, sol
emn .sTe Deum" will be sung in the vati-
can basilica in the afternoon.
Under the direction and patronage OF
the Society for Catholic Interests, charged
with the task by the central executive
commission, missions will be given to the
people in four churches of Rome in Pas
sion week.
On the nth Of April, the name day
of his holiness Leo XIII, a solemn s'Te
Deum" will be sung in the Basilica of
Santa Maria Maggiore in the afternoon.
During the jubilee year, both at times
and mode to be hereafter fixed, his holi-
nesswill receive the Catholic associations
of Rome and the people of Rome in sew
eral groups.
Foreign pilgrimages may take place
during all the months of the year 1893,
and they will be received by the holy far
ther, provided due arrangements be made
with the central executive commission,
acting in complete accord with the hon
orary president, his eminence Cardinal
Lucido Maria Parocclli, vicar of his holi-
ness, who, with the working president Of
the central executive commission, Mgr.
Giacomo Radini Tedeschi, signs this in
teresting programme.
Special Indu1gences For the Jubilee.