The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25

BALTIMORE, Oct. 1s.-with all the
pomp the catholic church can give to its
most solemn occasions, the added dignity
given by the presence of thirteen arch
bishops of the American hierarchy,
bishops by the score. an array of clergy
men and seminarians by the hundred.
the celebration OF the silver jubilee Of
Cardinal Gibbons was begun In the his
toric old cathedral this morning. Crosses,
mitres and keys hung in the air with
hardly breeze enough to move them. The
stars and stripes Were not left out of the
decorations and added their color to the
scene. Flags of the diocese were also
mingled in the decorations. Most prom
inent of all was the cardinals color Of
red. 1t appeared everywhere. The door
way of his residence had brilliant draper
les of the color that could be seen far
down the street. 1t was a bright sum
shiny morning. and early began the pill
grimages from all sections Of the city
with the cathedral as their mecca.
Thousands of people lined the sidewalks
and crowded into the street. The police
had difficulty in making an avenue wide
enough for the procession to pass.
Bright sunshinny weather greeted the
opening of the festivities Of the celebra-
ton in honor of the jubilee of Cardinal
Gibbons. The faithful catholics have since
early dawn been gathering from all
parts Of the city, their mecca being the
cathedral and the cardinals residence,
both of which are gaily decorated in
honor of the occasion. The admission
was by card and only a few of the
thousands were able to pass the police
Gordon around the building, but the
people stood there patiently waiting for
the interesting procession, and uncov-
cred their heads reverently as the
clergy, the bishops and archbishops in
the robes of their office passed, followed
finally by Archbishop Satolli and the
cardinal himself
The Decorations.
The cardinals residence, the catho-
lie club, number of residences and
stores in the neighborhood of the cathe-
dral We're handsomely decorated. Cal
vert hall and the, dining halls of St
Marys seminary and of the Carrollton
were also appropriately adorned for the
jubilee. Over the front entrance of the
cardinals residence was represented a
canopy over a cardinals throne, and
from the windows fioated the stars and
stripes, while below was a fringe of
the papal colors. The central bay
window was decorated with the coat of
arms of Maryland, while to the right
and left the windows bore the coat of
arms of North Carolina and Virginia,
in recognition of the three states in
| which Cardinal Gibbons had served as
90 oI.,H
was decorated with the national and
papal colors From each window fiuttered
| the stars and stripes and the papal
| colors were festooned in moss from the
upper windows. All the archbishops in
the hierarchy, except Archbishop Rior-
dan of San Francisco, Kenrick of st.
Louis and Salponite of Mexico, Were
The Exercises.
The exercises began with the high
pontifical mass at the cathedral at ii
o'clock. Preceding this there was pro-
cession Of the clergy The procession
was formed into two sections, which
afterward joined in the march to the
| cathedral. The higher ecclesiastics formed
at the palace of the cardinal and the
seminarians and priests formed in Cal
vert halb two squares away. The sem
inarians of st. Sulpiuant and students of
St Charles college were followed by the
monsignors, who in turn were followed
respectively by the bishops and arch
bishops. The apostolic delegate, Mgr.
Satolli walked directly in front of the
croSs-bearer OF the cardinal, who was
| followed by the lesser clergy. Those in
| the procession were:. Monsignors Joss,
Farley, Doane, Sieberretti, O'Sullivan,
| Schneer, Thorpe, Nugent, O'Reiliy, Sea-
ton, Bishops Michaud, Gabriels, McDon-
nell, Cotter, Van Deviveer, Haid, Foley,
Harkins, McGovern, Bonacum, Curtis,
Tudden, Phelan, O'Sullivan. Bradley,
| Cosgrove Watterson, Northrop, Chatard,
Nierney, Mullen, Hogan, O'Hara, Con-
roy, Archbishops Ireland, Gross, Elder,
Ryan, Corrigan, Feehan and Williams.
Arriving in the massive cathedral the
| clergy and seminarians at once sepa-
rated and occupied the places assigned
them. His eminence the cardinal and
Mgr. Satolli occupied their respective
thrones The entire ceremony was Of
the most imposing description. The sol
emn pontifcal mass was celebrated by
the cardinal. Mgr. Corrigan of New
York preached the sermon.
Archbishop Corrigan's Sermon.
"For every priest taken from among
men is ordained for men in the things
that appertain to God."-Epistle to the
Hebrews vi.
"Eminence-Some twenty odd years
ago your immediate predecessor in this
MR.