The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-05
IN HONOR OF THE SAINTS,
Special Services Held at St.
IgnatiuS and St. Dominic'S
Churches.
$ HIGH MASSES CELEBRATED.
Father Netterville Tells of the Life
and Work of the First Do
miniCan.

The feasts of st. Ignatius and st. DOM
inie were celebrated yesterday in the two
churches dedicated to them in this City.
In ST. Ignatius Church, on Hayes street,
the founder of the Society of Jesus was
honored with a solemn and magnificent
commemoration. The main altar was
made beautiful with roses and fine ferns,
the altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary
with white lilacs, white chrysanthemums,
white sweet peas and ferns; st. Joseph's
altar with pink chrysantbemums, pink
Duchesse de Brabent roses and ferns; St.
Aloysius altar, perle DIES jardins roses, La
France roses and ferns; Sacred Heart altar,
pink and white lilies, ferns and cocoa
palms.
Solemn high mass was celebrated at 1890
o'clock, when the church was densely
crowded. Father Calzia, ST., was cele-
brant, and Rev. Mr.. Butler, ST., master
of ceremonies The male choir of 100 voices
of ST. Ignatius Church rendered the mass
by Fauconier-Battista together with ''Ecce
Panis'' and "Jesu Dulcis Memorial of
Rigo, with organ and orchestral accom-
paniment. In the evening at 80 o'clock
there were solemn vespers and benedic-
ton, at which Giorza's yespers, "Cor Jesu
Flagrans," 'Moriconi" and "Tantum
Ergo" by Donizetti, were sung by the
male choir. The soloists for both services
were Messrs. Jones, Morrissey, Mills and
Wood.
Father Maher, O.P., preached a sermon
eulogistc of the saint and his life's work
The Dominican Fathers of st. Dominic's,
corner of Bush and Steiner streets, COM
memorated the birth of their patron saint
with fitting ceremonies. The life and works
&c = Sc ic I'd lah in Ia
cause of religion, and his many personal
sacrifices during long period of deyout
and faithful service were reviewed by
Father Netterville in an eloquent sermon
delivered to large congregation. The
church was beautifully decorated with
palms, ferns and evergreen wreaths, while
banks of flowers lay in great profuslon
about the altar rail.
The services opened at 1880 A. NJ. with
solemn high mass, the celebrant being
Father Harrington. He was assisted by
Father Dyson as deacon and Father Brun
as sub-deacon.
Father Wyman of the Paulists and
Father Hickey, ST., officiated in the
sanctuary. Instrumental music of high
order was furnished by volunteers from
the church, and the chorus was made up
of Miss Price, Miss Lawlor. Miss Gleason,
Miss Shannon, Miss Hickey and others.
Miss Emma Desmond was the organist.
The sermon of Father Netterville, O.P.,
dealing with the early life of the founder
of the order, and the remarkable growth of
the order itself, was full of interest and
forcible illustration. The speaker told Of
the founding of the Dominican Order in
the thirteenth century by st. Dominic,
and of its subsequent growth until the
organization reached out over all the world.
Though small in membership, when
| compared with certain other orders of the
church, the Dominicans have always been
distinguished for devout lives and scholarly
attachments. Some Of the most learned
men in the church have come from this or
der, which has given to the world three
Popes, a dozen Cardinals, as many Bishops
| and many canonized saints.
| Saint Dominic was nearly through with
long life of labor in the church when he
conceived the idea of organizing this great
order which bears his name. The work of
his life, a labor for which he seems to have
been specially designed by Providence,
was the conversion of the heretical
Albigenses in Southern France and North
ern Italy. For seventeen years, often at
the peril OF his life and at all times sur
rounded by the menace of dire poverty, he
taught the the truths of Christianity to
these benighted people, never ceasing from
the task laid out for himself in early life
until the last traces of heresy had disap-
peared. Then he retired to the monastery
of st. Augustine and there consummated
his plans for the order.