The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-10-04
AT AN END.
Roman Catholic Church
Completes It's Session By Pro-
cessiOn.


WASHINGTON, Oct 3.-The Euchar-
list Roman Catholic church completed
it's session tonight, with a procession
led by Cardinal Gibbons, and inGlud
ing most of the archbishops, bishops
and dignitaries of the American HER
archy through the Catholic university
grounds to the steps of Mcmahon hall.
where the cardinal pronounced bene
diction. 1t was an imposing demon
stration, being a fitting close to the
most notable gathering of the clergy
in the history of the church. Prior to
the procession the business of the con-
gress was concluded by the passage
of a resolution embodying the results
accomplished. A significant feature of
the resolution was its strong state
ment in favor of Sunday observance
as practical means of sanctifying the
holy eucharist. The resolutions also re-
affirmed full adherence to the declara-
tons of the third ecumenical confer
ence at Boston.
The two sessions during the day
were occupied with the reading of pa
pers concerning the eucharist The
paper of Rev. Joseph Yazbeck, the Ar
menian missionary attracted marked
attention, owing to the Turkish-Arm
Press and the efforts of Pope Leo to
return the eastern church to papal au-
thority. Rev. YaZbeck said that of the
5000, 900 Armenians. only about 100000
were allowed to attend the holy church.
He doubted whether it would be pos
Fible to bring back the princes and
patriarchs Of the east. But he pointed
out that the separation was formal
to large extent, the only features be-
ing that the eastern church did not
acknowledge the supremacy of the
pope. 1t had the Catholic mass and
ceremony. Hundreds of Armenians
had said to him: There is no real diff
ference between us: let the shepherds
agree and we will follow"
He closed with an eloquent eXhorta-
ton that the eastern church might be
brought back before Pope Leo's death,
in order that the pontiff's great wish
might be accomplished.
After reading his paper. Rev. Yaz-
beck said to representative of the
Associated Press that he believed the
riots in Constantinople resulted from
the desire to arouse the British to
action. British warships are now in
the Bosphorus. and the reports of out
rage would doubtless stimulate and
urge England to decisive action He
said that the masSa cres of Armenians
had been very great. rtvaling ia some
extent the massacres of Syrians by the
Turks, where the number of killed
reached 10000.
Bishop Horstman, of Cleveland. pre-
sented the report of the superioress of
the Tabernacle society, showing the ex-
tensive work done by women in pre-
pairing vestments and altar furnishing.
Bishop Kane made a similar report
showing the work of Washington wo-
men in the same direction. Father
Timothy, of the Benedictine order. pre-
scented a report On the work of the
fraternity, sanctioned by the pope,
with headquarters at St Paul. for the
perpetual alteration of the blessed sac
rament.
Rev. Walter Elliott. of New York.
read the resolutions agreed on. Reso-
lutions of compliment and thanks to
the Catholic university were passed,
and the congress closed with the pro-
cession through the university grounds.
The title of the papers read today
were:
Rev, ]. b. Foley, of St Kevin's
church. st. Louis. on How to Promote
Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament
Among the People," Rev. Fl. S. Hansee.
editor of the American Ecclesiastical
Review. on THE Manner of Preparing
Children and Adults for the First
Holy Communion and Grounding Them
in an Abiding Faith in the Most Holy
Sacrament Rev. NJ. Brinkmeyer,
president of St. Gregory seminary,
Cincinnati, on the Priests Eucharistic
League" Rev. Walter Elliott, Of ST.
PauFs church, New York City, on How
the Real Presence Makes Converts
and Rev. Joseph Yazbeck, Armenian
missionary, on THE Holy Eucharist in
the Eastern Church"