The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-20
OFF FOR THE L0URDES.
<vEKIcAN PILGRIMS SAIL f"H
ruE MIRACULOUS SHRINE
I'm. Hundred aud Fifty Of Them, WIN wv
Petitions. on the Paris and Ne"'a'"""'
which Left Port Yesterday.

The American Line pier was a pie"s ..'',
sight Yesterday when the s'e"i'iS' Us
paris and Noordiapd sailed away
"a ,nyrlns FOR the shrine OF Lo"r"''
II sec,ncd as though every one VI 80,
,1v,r,,,s had n hundred friebds 10 u"
~, or bor farewell and when all sauh-
nrcd a, the end OF the pier as the o'"oN
hun ~ the paris swung out mo inc
.,yo.,,, there was great shouting Oh
,oa cbcor and nuttering of handkeT-
h entofs rhs crowd was swclled by those
who : ent 20 bid hon voyage TO 'hauno-s
=, p.,cu, and that much-taiked-about
sr,.,lrsn Miss Lillian RuSst1. Apoui
bsiS as many pilgrims for Lourdes ie.t
on fhe Noordland later IN the uag' ~
fbcir departure was attended Win quisc
w. ~ cuthusiAsm. The Nc ordland :
main saloon looked like flower store al
I.onrdes. as al Catholics know. Is the
ulace where Bernadete Sonorono' 80, a
yyTasaut girl. is said to have seen the
aprarition Of beautiful woman on tle
afternoon OF February II, lss, ana 20 b pa,
received n command mat on thHt htsa
a CHAPEL should be erected TO when ule
faithful might come on pilgrimases "a
worship. Since then e Is said thet sSNcm
teen appariiions have been seen ssno, 1l' OF
and that thousands have been heatte,'io,,s
disease al the shrine ana mlfatD',VCU,,9 80
fountain. Pilerims from all parts ut
rope VIII meet at Lourdes next ii.'. IA,
and II Is expected that their nanloei VIZ
reach 5000. ,-toets
The pilgrimage was arranged by press ~
OF the Monastery Of the Precious ~
Brooklyn, and is in charge OF icnnantotn
Father j.. II. Porcilc. VINO ~ C,sapI"s ,,
of the monastery. rector OF o .rcb
de Sales church. and director OF t"S ,1 60
Confraternity OF Lourdes Tor tIv nv 49,
OF Brooklyn II was first planned ina
Hrontixn Catholics alone should make
the pilgrimage. ana that all sh0u.u sV 90,
the NoOrdlaDd There were no IcS' I-e,,,b
as 10 members hip WITHIN tHt cHuI ~,
ho,,e,,or and The applications became so
numerous that IL was iOe'Hu nsO s esSaiS
10 make two parties. one OF winch SIR"
sail on the Paris TO meet tie o,ne aa a., az
Antwerp on July 18th the piiBilhs Cantr
nrincIpallv from Brooklyn ana other
Fastein cities. but there were soihe ~ .,',
the far " est and the south. ne hdJol
nv of them are women. ana many "
.hern young girls. they were distinguish.
ed from other passengers by badges OF
sterling silver an inch long, IN me ipiih
of a cross. encircled by belt OF DIV
enamel on the belt is an inscription IN
iss4." ,orou.,ns
Among the pilgrims are the following
priests: The Rev. Patrick A. Dlnanah, o.
the Dominican Church OF ST vincent
Ferra, New York; the Rev. Herman D.
Heuser. OF the Diocesan seminary u ~,
Rev. William J. OGorman. Passalci Ine
Rev. Bernard Bornehege, or 81 hisIa-
beth's Church. Philadelphia; the KeV.
Henry a. Girard, Miriam PARK, Mill
the Rev Michael WortZ, Waroasha,
MINI. and the Rev. James j.. hogan
Harvard, Ill.
Services preparatory 10 the pilgrimage
began at an early hour yesterday morn
ing At o'clock there was specla1
confession I'm the chapel Of the monastery
OF the Precious Blood AT 1880 came
mass. followed by communion at 81.
Francis de Sales church. where there ~
Of
Lourdes made by Father Porcile. Until
the sailing of the steamers the pilgrims
were busy with their baggage, a part OF
which Is arranged especially Tor the re-
ception which will be given TO the PHI
grims by the Pope. Mgr. Satoli, VINO sent
his blessing wrote that each OF the wo-
men should wear IA black dress ana
Brussels net veil In place OF bonnet
when received by the Pope. ana that inc
men should wear evening dress. IheFe
viii be devotions daily during the jour
ney Besides the mission at Loufdes' the
trip will include visits 20 many interest
ing places I'm Europe. The journey costs
1915 1t will not cost that much TO Mrs.
Thomas w. Hynes, Of 1872 New York ave-
nue. Brooklyn, who drew the lucky ticket
IN a lottery for the benefit OF the Mon
astery Of the Precious Blood. and is tnere-
fore entitled TO make the pilgrimage Tree
of cost. one Of the pilgrims is pnoto-
grapher who will photograph the party
at all the interesting stages OF the Jour
ney. They were photographed halt a
dozen times yesterday.
AZ Antwerp the pilgrims Will receive a
decorated banner. which they VIII carry
10 the grotto Of Lourdes, after the man
ner of other pilgrims II bears on one
side the coat of arms OF the Bishop OF
Brooklyn and the figure of the Lady or
the Immaculate Conception. on either
side at the top is a medallion with the
coat of arms of the city Of Brooklyn ana
the State OF New York. On the reverse
side of the banner Is the coat OF arms
of the United States in red, white and
blue Two days Will be given up - sight
seeing in Antwerp. Two days VIII be
passed in Luxembourg and. Lucerne, ana
brief stops Will be made AT Lake Como
and LuganO while the travellers are en-
route TO Milan by the ST. Gothard tunnel
AT Milan the great cathedral, the monas-
terry, and the art galleries Will be visited.
A day viii be passed in Florence, ana
thence the pilgrims VIII go to Rome,
where they will be received by the Pope.
After three days In Rome the pilgrims
will spend a day at Genoa, day az Mar
settles. and one at Toulouse. on the loi-
lowing day, or August l4th. they WILL
reach the shrine at Lourdes.
The devotions of the American pilgrims
at the shrine viii last FIVE days. The lame
the halt and the blind will there wofshii
and pray for the restoration OF theii
health There are only three members ol
the American band who go Tor TINS spe
cial purpose two women and a man. VINO
are partially paralyzed. but there or
zoo petitions with innumerable requests
which will be laid on the shrine. Tha
many pieces Of paper are now IN stront
box in the keeping of Father Porcile A
Iourdes each petition will be folded in &
hollow golden heart and placed on th'
shrine and read while prayers are made
that the requests be granted. An origi
nal hymn relating the powers or the Lady
OF Lourdes, and sung for the first time
in brooklyn yesterday morning, will b'
sung again before the shrine. After th'
season of worship the pilgrims will go tC
bordeaux, and thence TO Paris, wher,
they win spend several days before re-
turning to Antwerp. They viii leave fol
America by the Red Star steamers. which
will sail from Antwerp on September is