Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-30
It Will Be Formally Dedicated To-
morrow Afternoon.
UNIVERSITY DIRECTORS TO MEET
Addresses to Be Made in Latin and
in English.
THE EUCHARIsTIC CONGRESS

the Catholic University, chief among which
is the congress of the Eucharistic League
Tho program of the congress and the pa
pers to be read have already been published
in The Star.
But most important of all to the Catholic
Church will be the dedication of the Nc
Mahon Hall of Philosophy and the inaugu-
ration of the faculties of philosophy and
social sciences. This interesting and i'm
pressive ceremony will occur tomorrow af-
ternoon at o'clock. In the opening of the
new school the resources of the univer-
sity for good work will be immensely in
creased. The building is magnificent one
and SO admirably adapted for it's purposes
that 1t is doubtful if there is on this con-
t1nent or in the old world an edifice de-
voted to education which surpasses it,
Ihe building is practically completed, al
tnousn the workmen have not yet left, and
there are few final touches to be put on
before everything will be in readiness for
the work OF the scholastic year. The
building has been handsomely decorated
for the occasion. and there is everywhere
noticeable profusion of American flags
with here and there some draperies of yell
low and white, the pontifical colors All is
hustle and activity about the building and
grounds in preparation for the reception
and entertainment of the great number of
prominent churchmeu who are expected in
Wash ngton to Participate in the opening
OF the new school and in the deliberations
of hte Eucharistic congress.
Board of Directors.
During the week there will be held the
annual meeting of the hoard Of directors
of the Catholic University, the annual
meeting of the archbishops of the United
States, the meeting for the organization
of the alumni association of the Catholic
University, and the annual meeting of the
q Of yYiHy Yctf nf lin GQol-
GUM. But all these will he overshadowed
in Importance by the Eucharistic congress,
which convenes on Wednesday and Thurs
day.
with the annual meeting of the board of
directors of the university at Divinity Hail,
on the morning of October 1. At noon
there will be a lunch served to the visiting
clergy in the Mcmahon Hall.
At o'clock the exercises of dedication will
take place in the assembly hall of the new
building, Cardinal Gibbons, as chancellor of
the university, presiding, and on the plat
form will be seated Archbishop Satolli, the
papal ALLOCATE; Archbishops Corrigan of
New York, Williams of Boston, Ryan of
Philadelphia. Ireland of st. Paul, together
with many other distinguished representa-
tives of the Catholic Church Cardinal Glib
bcns and the faculty of the university will
assemble in one of the halls of the university
building. There his eminence will vest and
begin at once the blessing of the Hall of
Philosophy. using the form prescribed in the
Catholic ritual for the blessing of schools
They Will then repair to the stage of Assem-
bly, Hail. where the invited guests will by
this time have gathered Owing to the very
limited space, admission to the assembly
room cal. be given only to the directors and
faculties of the university, visiting prelates,
heads or representatives of educational in
situations and specially invited guests
Exercises in the Hall.
The exercises in the hall will commence
,;tH~
letter of Pope Leo XIII, sent through
Cardinal Gibbons, in reference to the open
ing of the new schools by Bishop Keane
Monsignor Satolli, the apostolic delegate,
will deliver an oraticn in Latin on the sub
ject of the School Of Philosophy and it's
faculty, after which Rev. DR.. Pace, dean
Of the faculty, will speak upon the rela-
tons of philosophy to the physical and bio
logical sciences, which will be connected
with it in Mcmahon Hall.
The dean Of the School of Social Sciences,
Prof w. G. Robinson, will follow with a
discourse upon the relations of law, politics,
economics and sociology to ethics and re-
ligion, and Will describe what the Catholic
University aims at accomplishing in bring
ing about an intimacy between the various
branches of study and research into ques-
tons which affect the social welfare
The exercises will be closed with an ad-
dress by Cardinal Gibbons in his capacity
as chancellor of the university. The MEM
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of honor and as usherS. Wednesday morn
ing at 8 o'clock the professors of the va
rious courses will be in their rooms at Nc
Mahon Hall to receive candidates for ad-
mission as students. All applicants must
first apply to the vice rector, and designate
what courses they desire to pursue They
will then be directed to the several pro-
fesSors, who will examine them and decide
upon their fitness to follow the course Sc
lected. Upon the professors report being
returned to the vice rector the status of the
students will be fixed. Thursday morning
the students will assemble in assembly hall
and, after an address by Bishop Keane will
take up their duties for the year in their
several classes.
The Eucharistfc Congress-.
The Eucharistic congress will open We'd
nesday morning at $3.50 o'clock in ST. Pat
rick's Church Mgr. Satolli will celebrate
solemn pontificai mass and Rt Rev. Bishop
keane will deliver the sermon. The even
ing before the formal opening of the con-
gress the reception committee, of which
Rev. Father Mackin is chairman, will be in
attendance at the Arno to enroll the names
Of the reverend gentlemen attending the
congress.
The diocesan directors of the Priests
Eucharistic League will meet under the
craftsmanship of the general director Rev
Father Bede, o. S. B., at the Arno Tues
day at Z pm.
The first session of the congress will be
EelQ at the university " eunGSGay at 2.5U
pm. Cardinal Gibbons will preside The
session will be followed by benedicton of
the most blessed Crament The second
day the congress will meet at $50 am. at
the university. The third and last ses-
sion will lie held at 2:3O pm. at the same
place, and will be followed by an hours
alteration of the blessed sacrament in the
university chapel procession Oil the grounds
and benediction. Thursday the members
of the congress will lunch at the univers-
ity. The same evening they will be tender
ed a reception by the Carroll Institute.
The Eucharistic League is an organiza-
ton made up principally from members of
the Catholic clergy. 1t is not, strictly
speaking, an order, for 1t has no mon
asteries, no places of fixed abode, and its
members are not bound together by ties
similar to those which characterize the
different orders of the Catholic Church. 1t
is an organization among the priests tend
ing to lead them into closer relation with
ard more fervent alteration of the holy
Eucharist.
Rev. Father Mackin of ST. Paurs, 18th
street, is the chairman of the reception
committee, which will look after the WIS.,
itors as they arrive in Washington. The
other members of the committee are Rev.
8. T. Ryan of the Church of the Immacu-
late Conception and Rev. John Gloyd of ST.
Patrick's. They will meet the delegates at
the Arno tomorrow afternoon.
Clersymen to Be Present.
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