Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-29
sATOLLI AT ST. JoSEpH'S.
Conservation of the Pretty Church
at Brandywlne Banks.

tory of the Diocese of Dslaware-An
Iinnenso Attendance and Imposing
Ceremonies : Mass aud gespers Cele-
brated by the Papal LeSate.
The conservation of st. Joseph's
Church, Brandywine Banks, which took
place Sunday, was a notable affair.
The presence of the Rt. Rev. Mgr.
Satolli, the papal legate to America,
made it the most memorable event in
the history of the diocese of Delaware.
Mgr. Satolli and party came here
from Washington. They arrived Satur-
day afternoon and were met by the
Rev. j. ID. Carey, pastor of st. Joseph's
Church, by whom they were conducted
to st. Joseph's parochial residence.
There they were Joined by the Rt. Rev.
Bishop Curtis and the Very Rev. John
A. Lyons, Vicar-general, who dined
with them. During the evening the rep
resentative of toe Pope received many
callers, chiefly members OF st. Joseph's
parish.
The conservation. ceremonies were
performed by Bishop Curtis. They be-
gan at 6 o'clock and continued nearly
four hours. They consisted of the
blessing of the church, inside and out,
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and were characterized by great SPLEEN
dor and solemnity. After encircling
the exterior of the church three
times, during which ceremony the
walls were sprinkled with holy
water and anointed with oil, the
bishop and clergy approached the main
entrance. Rapping on the door the
bishop commanded it TO open, quoting
from the XIV Psalm: "Lift up your
heads, D, ye gates; even lift them up, ye
everlasting doors; and the King of Glory
shall come in. Who is this King Of
| Glory? The Lord of Hosts, He is the
King of Glory" When the door opened
the procession entered and took posses
sion of the building in the name Of the
Lord of Hosts. The interior was en-
compassed three times and the bishop
wrote the Greek and Latin alphabets on
the floor. Next the relics for the altars
were brought in and the altars were
blessed. These ceremonies concluded
with high pontiflcal mass, which was
celebrated by the bishop, assisted by
Fathers Mccarthy and Barry of Balti-
more, and Fathers Sylvester, Carey and
| Lyons.
| Meanwhile DR.. Papa, secretary to
Mgr. satolli, celebrated mass in the
sisters house and Father Carey cele-
brated mass in the schoolhouse. The
latter was the first public service.
The solemn political mass, which was
celebrated at 1890 O'Clock, was the chief
feature of the day. Interest centred
in it because it is the most elaborate
mass of the Catholic Church and be-
cause Mgr. Satolli was the celebrant.
His assistants included: Fathers Dom
aghy and Papa, Deacons of Honor;
Father Stapleton of Baltimore, Deacon
of the Mass; Father Birmingham, Sub.
deacon, and Father Lyons, Master of
sisted. His chaplains were Fathers
Barry and Sylvester.
Father Mccarthy, who preached the
sermon, prefaced his discourse with a
few complimentary remarks. He ex-
pressed his joy at the progress of the
church in this diocese, and said its de-
velopment had been rapid and solid.
He found no difficulty in accounting
for this when he knew who is at its
head and knew the character of the
priesthood with which he is surrounded
and also the generosity of the people.
He blessed God for such a bishop, such
priesthood and such a people.
His topic was Faith" and his text
"Without faith it is impossible to please
God" He emphasized the word i'm
possible and said it is the key word of
the statement OF the inspired writer.
There can be no question as to its mean
ing, he declared. Faith is necessary
element in all service pleasing to God.
Many do not know what the essence of
faith is. Some confouud it with conf
dence in God. 1t is not confidence in
God. Confidence is born of faith, but
is not faith. st. Paul says it is the sub
stance of things to be hoped for He
speaks of things to be hoped for and
puts the material element into faith,
and speaks of these things as being al
ready in possession of him who exer-
cises faith which pleases God. He
says further that it is the evidence
of things not seen. Thus in his faith
the Christian clings not merely to the
possession of things hoped for, but in
his faith has the evidence of things yet
unseen. Faith gives the things hoped
for and the evidence of things yet to be
possessed, for now we see darkly as
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tinctly face to face.
Pausing to stigmatize those who talk
about the quality of faith, and dividing il
into parts, say this is fundamental and
that is not fundamental, he asserted
that there can be no such division OF
faith. The command of Christ is, "Go
do all things that l have commanded
you; go teach all people all the things
have taught to you" Ali these arc
fundamental. These things which Christ
has commanded are the material things
of faith-theso arc the why of Christian
faith, because Christ taught them to His
disciples and commanded them TO teach
them to all the people.
The want of Christian faith, he con-
tinued, is to receive these things on the
testimony of those to whom he com
mitted them. There is the testimony OF
the law; the testimony of Christ and
the testimony Of the church which he
founded. Having proved His divine
nature and mission He proved that He
was the Son of God, and upon that
truth He founded His Church, saying
"Go into all the world and teach all the
things | have taught you." This Is the
testimony of God that men are to re-
ceive all the things which He taught
not that part only which they can
understand, but all that He taught
Understanding is not essential to faith
for man cannot comprehend God-thc
Unite cannot comprehend the infinite.
lie thanked God that they are mem
bers of the church of God, the church
which Christ founded, of which lie is
the chief stone of the corner and Of
which He is the guide, inspiration and
guarantor OF her perfect and enduring
infallibility. Catholics, he said, must
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