The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-10-14
.SILVER JUBILEE.
Cardinal Gibbons Elevation to the
Bishopric Will be Celebrated
on October 19. u
OUR PRINCE OF THE CHURCH:
Incidents in His Life and His High
Position Among American
Prelates.

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Position Among American
Prelates.
! Baltimore is to celebrate, beginning
Wednesday, October 18, the silver jubilet
of Cardinal Gibbons elevation 20 the
hisAopric. The exercises will run owe.
Wednesday and Eth, rsday, and will be
marked by p mp and enthusiasm which
will make the anniversary a historical
one in the annals of the Catholic Chufch
in this country.
K s00lssam s00lsamn high mass on Wednesd2; al,
1o:1o a. m. viii begin t1s ttss Services. Arch
bishop Sato.]i will preside, aud the SER
mon will be by Archbishop Corrigan Of
New York. There will be a dinner at St.
Mary's Seminary at 5 p. m solemn yes-
per-, ait 8 8p. m., preaching by Archbishop
Ireland, and music by the Gregor,an
choir Of st. Mary's Seminary. n.
| There will be a reception On Thursday
with q banquet at night by the Catholic
Club, at winch President Cleveland isex-
pected Vice President Stevenson has
accepted the invitation, and Senator Cor
man, Senator Gibson, and congressman
Raynor and Rusk will be there. II
The cardinal will have no formal re-
| ceptions. In fact, anything like form,
outside of the cathedral, is repugnant to
him. He has warm shake of the hand
for yerybody, and one of the most win
ming smiles in the world. His parlor is
furnished with noticeable simplicity, be-
ing devoid Of anything like ornament,
beyond few pictures of Catholic pre-
lates and scenes i'm Rome. The cardinals
favorite position, when conversing with
visitors, is leaning back in an easy chair,
with his feetofossed and his: arms folded.
He is an excellent converser, having the
| rare and happy talent OF saying the right
thing to tho right person, and not over
whelming people with the learned church
talk in which some prelates indulge On
| all occasions.
A writer in the New York Times gives
! an interesting sketch Of "AmericR's
Church Prince" from which the follow
! ing extracts are taken: 1t was while he
was ministering to the spiritual wants of
! the people of Richmond that he wrote
his famous work, 'srhe Faith OF Cur
Fathers This book has been praised as
a model of religious controversy, having
the vigor Of Bossuet joined to the .amast.
ness and evangelical spirit OF Fenelon.
This treasury Of thought ::and authority,
so we'll tempered in tone, so earnest and
simple in style, Is altogether very oharac-
teristic OF the learned and amiable
author, and has won golden opinions Of
the Catholics of the whole world. Its
real merits are practically demonstrated
by it's unprecedented sale of 100000
copies and the constantly increasing de-
mand for it. Moreover, that it is one OF
the best and most popular exponents oi
Catholic doctrine ever issued is iudis-
putably shown by the fact that there are
few modern languages into which it has
not been translated.
In 1883 continues the writer, he made
a visit to Rome in company with other
American prelatee, and was chosen by
the Pope to preside over the third plenary
council of Baltimore as apostolic dele.
gate. The council was held In 1884, an !,
as a reward for Archbishop Gibbons
eminent services il the conduct of it's
affairs, the Pope determined to raise him
to the position of cardinal. After the
death Of Cardinal McCloskey American
Catholics had been anxiously watching
each Papal consistory in expectation OF
che appointment OF q new American car
dinal As the dignity of cardinal at
taches to the individual and not to the
see, there were many sunrises as to who
| would be selected. Archbishop Cor1igan
of New York and Archbishop Williams
of Boston were among those upon whom
all eyes were turned. The news was dis
closed in cable message from Rome TO
Archbishop Corrigan.
He was invested with the beretta on
June 30, 1886, in the cathedral. He did
not literally succeed to the vacancy
caused by the death Of Cardinal Nc
Closkey, because an Ital an cardinal was
appointed to the church OF Sancta Maria
Supra Minervam, from which the first
American cardinal took his title. Cardi-
nal Gibbons title comes from the church
Of Sancta Maria Trans Tiberiam. The
statement that he is the head Of the
Catholic Church IN America is true only
IN 9 popular sense. He IS the Catholic
primate Tor America, but his jjuriladdiction
does not extend beyond The See of Balti-
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