New-York tribune., 1894-06-04
THE MISS CELEBRATED BY MGR. SITOHLI
AN IMPOSING CEREMONIAL At THE CHURCH or
THE SACRED HEART.

AN IMPOSING CEREMONIAL AT THE CHURCH or
TIE SACRED HEART
Archbishop satoHi. the Papal A5egate celebrate
YESTERDAY the solemn pontfca! mass OF repos-
tion for the Devotion Of the Forty Hours IN the
Church Of the Sacred Heart. I'm West Fifty nrs,-st
The church was in gala attire, and some OF the
nelghboring houses were decked with flags and
banners Across the street in front Of the church
the Stars and Stripes. with the Papal arms on each
side noated IN the breeze. The outside OF the
church was also fesjooned with flags anl buGtiae
The house OF the rector the Very ReY. Joseph +.
Mooney was a mass Of Aags. The interior OF the
church was one blaze OF light 1nnumerable wax
tapers burned on the three alars, and the odor OK
Incense AMI flowers filed the air.
At ll:l5 o'clock the procession Of clergynen and
altar boys. which formed In the sacrsty. began 20
move entered the church by the front door. ,ha
streets outside being crowded VIII people. Half a
dozen policemen had as much a. they coud d. 10
keep tho people back
First came Monsignor John ". Farley rector O.;
St Gabriels who was assistant priest. aad the
Rev J. + Mooney; then the cross-bear"fs. with
two acolytes and a ,hurifer. Then came Monsicnor
Satolli. attended by Father John r.. Edwards. of
St. Mchaels. East Fourteenth-st. and Father NJ.
j. Lavelle OF the Cathedral. who were deacons OF
honor to the Ablegate. The Rev. Thoinns ". Wal
lace. deacon OF the mass, and the RcN. John II.
the rear was brought up by the masters OF cere-
monies. the Rev John Ryan, OF the Sacred Heart.
The robes OF Archbishop Satolh were held UP by
a little boy clad in scarlet The Ablegate wore the
mitre. robed in a white chasuble and carried
the cTOzier. The throne which he sat was lined
with white silk (white being tho color prescribed for
the da!), and its back were the AbleSate =
The celebration OF the pontlhcal mass then
begun. The clear resonant voice Of the Papal Alb
legate heard 20 great advantage az ne sang
the Gregoran chant An elaborate musical
service was given by the choir dnder the direc-
tion OF Professor f. Bereuer. Sngsnberger's Mass
Df 81. Cecilia was sung, ''kc"e SacerdOs was
given with great effect as the procession entered
sang the Gregoriar responses.
After the there benedctlon and n
| procession OF the blessed sacrament. Forty little
girls from the Sacred Heart schools. clothed In
white. with baskets Of flowers. which they scat
tered before the Host. formed "A pretty picture.
A rather uDtoward incident took place during the
procession. II the Intention 10 90 out one
door OF the church and return by the other. Just
| the canopy which borne by four OF the
parishoners Of the Church OF the Sacred Heart and
the Host reached the door 1t found that the
poles which supported II were too long to permit
the Ablegate 10 outside.
An awkward pause followed for few minutes.
and the Ablegate solved the problem by turning
around and facing the high altar. The rest Of the
Abegate proceeded to the high altar, where the
Host deposited
Father Mooney gave a dinner in the afternoon
to Monslgnor Satolli. Among those present were
Archbishop Corrgan. Monsgnor j. ~ Farley,
Fathers William L Penney. ThomaS T. Lynch.
william O'Neill. Nicholas j. Hughes. James
Flood James II. Mclean. Michael J. Lavelle. Will
lam J. DAILY and James Y. Connolly.
MonsIgnor Sa,olli goes TO Washington to-day.