The herald., 1895-03-18
THE Wearing OF THE GREEN
st. Patrick's Day Celebrated in
Several Cities
AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL
Notable Sermon Delivered by Father
Richards in Washington
The Irish Race Portrayed as the Chosen Race
OF Modern Times-Compliments
Paid to Mgr Satolli

Washington. March 17.-Sant Patrick S
Day coming on Sunday. was celebrated in
st. Peters Church today with high ponti-
fical mass by Mgr. Satolli and sermon
by Rev. Father Richards, president of
Georgetown College, on the world wide
work wrought by Saint Patrick and the
Irish race. Mgr. Satolli was assisted by
Rev. Fathers Baretti, Russell and Bar
mum, of the local Catholic clergy. His
celebration of mass was accompanied by
orchestra, choir and organ.
President Richards sermon was notable
in portraying the Irish race as God
chosen people of modern times, (the Jews
had been Gods chosen people of the old
dispensation), and also in its eloquent
tribute of loyalty to the Pope and his
American delegation, Mgr. Satoli. Re-
ferring to the growing influence of the
Irish the world over, Father Richards
said mighty empire, far vaster than the
Roman empire-the empire of the Eng
lish speaking people-was growing up and
overshadowing the world. A grasping,
relentless, unfeeing power it is. no doubt,
yet in general Just to individuals, much
ike that pagan but orderly empire OF old.
And now, wherever the English flag is
planted, there the Irish go with it to
plant the faith. Nay, they outrun their
masters. Driven from home by unjust
laws, by oppression, cruelty. poverty and
famine, they penetrate to the remote
quarters of the globe, bearing with it
their priest and their faith The Irish
emigration was at first toward the Cath
Ole countries of Europe, then toward the
United States. At the present day they
are flowing to South America, where
hundred thousand lrishmen are settled on
the hills surrounding Buenos Ayres.
o. az wi in,
tralia; they are powerful in India; they
are invading all the countries, are taking
possession OF the Oriental regions, and
the ancient prophecy of Noah is that in
course of realization with the Irish giving
back to the East the faith it had rejected.
Father Richards referred to the distin-
gushing characteristic of the Irish in
their unwavering fidelity to the See of
Rome, which equipped them f,r their
world S mission.
Then, addressing Mgr. Satolli, he said
Venerable Prelate: From the moment
you set foot on these shores the heart of
the American church babe you joyful |
and respectful welcome. We are all of us |
Irish; all of us Romans in our welcome |
to thee
when, therefore, you write to the glo-
rious Pontiff whom you SO worthily rep
resent, say the hearts of his children in
America beat with only one impulse-loy-
atty and love tor the See of St. Peter. In |
his words. however much the world may
carp and blame, we know we shall have |
the purest faith, the most devoted patri- |
otism. Ask him to rely on our confidence |
and our affection. and implore him to
bless, from his throne OF suffering, his |
children in these United States, so that |
we may carry on, with high courage and
steadfast trust, the mission entrusted by
Celestine to ST. Patrick and the Irish
race. :"
The statement had added significance !
on account of the persistent but ground |
in full sympathy with Mgr. Satolli's mis- |
sion President Richards is one of the |
influential members of the order and OF |
Georgetown college.