The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-06
SATOLLI'S BBRBT7A.
Papal Delegates Elevation to
the CardinaIate on Jan. s.
President to Be Repre-
Sented.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 6, 1S95.-What will
doubtless be one of the most interesting
church ceremonies ever seen in-the Uni
ted States will take place ct the Cathed-
raj on Sunday, January g. upon the oc-
casion of the elevation to the cardina-
late of Mgr. Francis Satolli, Papal Del
egate in America.
Tt was intended that Mgr. Satolli
should don the scarlet on December 10.
and arrangements therefore had been
made but a postponment has been made
necessary as result of advices from
Rome. Marquis Secripanti, that noble
guard bearing the sucGhstto ITO the fu-
ture Cardinal, was delayed in his de-
it not due TO arrive here until December
49, the date of Mgr. SatoliS elevation
was therefore postponed and the first
Sunday in the new year selected in
stead.
In the ceremony the United States
Government will be. represented by
S+aite by Gov Frank Brown, and tine
city by Mayor Alctous Hooper. to each
OF wndnl special invitations have been
extended. Visiting prelates, 1t is thougn5.
will include repres entatives from nearly
every city in the United States and pos
sibiy some dignitaries from Canada and
The ecclesiastical procession, which
will precede the cathedral ceremonies,
should the weather be fine. will be the
most imposing ever seen in Baltimore
since that attending the elevation of
Cardinal Gibbons to his present dignity,
1t VIII include, in addition to repres-
entatives from Catholic societies OF
Washington and this city, students and
professors. from the Catholic university
Mary's and numbers of the clergy from
nhis and other archdioceses in the
Mgr Mtee safos siss Invitation aa MN the ep procesaon @
will be Joined by the visiting prelates
as it passes the arclhiepiscopal residence
The Cathedral IS 50 venerable looking
and so imposing in it's architecture and
interior decorations that it win REQUIRE
but little adornment to make it in every
way worthy Of witnessing the. honor
(which is to be conferred upon the dis
tinguished ecclesiastic VINO has repre-
senIed tine Pope in this country.
The sanctuary and altar VIII be orna-
mented with twining sla5lax and. flow
ers. The main, altar will be trimmed
wiil soften the effect of the hundreds of
waxen tapers during the celebration OF
the Mass. and which, Widh the The, brilliant Till :, 1t
of the two Cardinals, Will produce pic
ture seldom seen, even at the cele6ra-
iea Of the OF Who shgsh hss ssn 5s5vss psc
tally commissioned by the Pope to con-
fer the beretta. will occupy his throne
on the gospel side Of the sandtnary'
while temporary throne win be provided
for the candidate upon the epistle side
On either side OF the Cardinal and Mgr.
SatolIi viii be their assistant priests
and deacons of honor who have been
selected but not as yet announced, and
seated within the chancel rail will be
the members of the hierarchy and
priests who have been invited TO assist
at the ceremony. Notable among the
latter will be Archbishop John ]. Kay,
of st. Louis. who is to preach the SER
mon. -
The member of the Noble. Guard will
readily be recognized by his brilliant
uniform of scarlet and white, with gilt
helmet and heavy sword. In front of
the Cardinal and to the left of the Noble
Guard. who will stand erect throughout
the Ceremony, symbelizng the import
ance ofhis mission in protecting the in
sigma and official documents-will be
placed a small table on which the paper
and red beretta viii rest 1mtM needed.
The grandeur of the spectacle will IN
crease from the entrance of the process
sion Of prelates and clergy by the east
door of the Cathedral, through the pro-
ceedings incident to comforting the be-
refta and return of the newly invested
Cardinal in his scarlet robes. which will
be followed by the. celebration of ponifi-
cial high mass. until it reaches its climax
in the bestowal of the Papal benediction
upon the entire asemblage kneeling:
which will he pronounced by Cardinal
Satosli. standing in front of the high
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