Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-06-05
A NOTABLE FEAST.
Yesterdays Observance OF Corpus
Christi and Those Who Par
ticipated in 1t.

Yesterday at the cathedral occurred tho
ceremony of Corpus Christi. The church
was crowded at the 1890 mass, celebrated
by the pastor, Father Anthony Fourchegu,
assisted by Rev. AL ouvenceau, as deacon,
Rev. L. Migeon, as subdeacon and Rev.
j. Deraches as master of ceremonies,
while his grace Most Rev. J. B. Salpointe,
archbishop of Santa Fe, assisted at his
throne. The affairs were beautifully
decked with natural flowers presented by
| friends and members of the church and
many were the lights burning on the we'll
| disposed candelabras. Not only Catholics
| were present, but great number not
| connected in anyway with the Catholic
| church attended the ceremony.
A prominent feature of the service was
the musical program consisting of Leon
ards third mass in B fiat, W. V. Wallace's
o Salutarls in L fat and Bollman's Tan
tum Ergo in G. The choir under the
direction of Rev. Fl. Pouget was COM
posed for the occasion of the following
named Mrs. Cross, the leading soprano,
assisted by Mrs. s. A. Morris and Miss M.
Morris; Miss A. Dunn and Father Pouget
for the alto; Mr.. Will Upton, tenor; Bro.
Botulph and Mr.. A. Hlnojos, bass; Mrs.
A. Chapman, oganist; Mr.. M. Gardner,
violinist; Mr.. Jos. Gindrich, flutist; Mr..
s. Lucca, playing the ballad horn; Mr.. ohm
Wengis, playing baritone, and Mr.. j..
Fletcher, the string bass. The voices
harmonized well with the instruments.
The solos of the Gloria and Credo and
Dona Nobis were well sung by Mrs. Cross.
Mr.. Upton rendered in way which does
him credit the solo of the Kyrie and of
the Agnus Del, in which last he alternated
with Bro. Botulph who was also we'll up
in his part. Father Pouget superbly
sang the solo of the Benedictus. The
duet In the Credo, sung by Mrs. Cross
and Miss Dunn, the critics pronounced
lovely. The musical program was closed
by Wallace's 0 Salutaris sung as solo
aud Bollman's Tantum Ergo sung as
quartet by Mrs. Cross, Miss. Dunn, Mr..
Upton and Father Pouget.
When mass was over the faithful walked
out of the church in an orderly manner, each
society belonging to the church marching
on corps, with banners and insignias, to
escort the Blessed Sacrament through the
streets. The Guadalupe people were also
there under the direction of their beloved
pastor. Most Rev. j. B. Salpointe, bear
ing in his hands the holy golden chalice,
assisted by the deacon, subdeacon and
master of ceremonies of the mass, marched
under canopy trimmed with cloth of
gold and carried in turns by prominent
American and Mexican church members.
Immediately before the canopy marched,
under the direction of the Sisters of To-
retto, forty or so little girls all dressed in
white and carrying baskets of flowers to
strew the path whereon the Blessed Sacra-
ment had to pass. Ahead Of them, under
the direction of Rev. II. Fouget and Bro.
Botulph, were twenty-four boys of the
Christian Brothers college dressed in red,
purple and black cassocks and white sur
plices, swinging censers and Offering IN
cense. Two affairs, beautifully adorned,
were built near the cathedral, and twice
the procession stopped and plously knelt
to receive the benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament. Finally the procession marched
to the cathedral again, where tho cere-
mony ended in last benediction Of the
Blessed Sacrament. Fully 5000 people
took part In the solemn festival, and for
the many visitors and citizen spectators
generally it was most interesting occa-
sion also.