The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-18
SATOLLI SAID MASS
ST.. PATRICk'S DAY CELEBRATION
At H NATIONAL CAPITAL.
That Indicates the J~esuits Are Not
Opposed to the Delegate.

WASHINGTON, March list. Patrick's
day, coming on Sunday, was celebrated at
st. Patrick's Church to-day with high
pontifical mass by Mgr. Satolli, and a SER
mon by Rev. Father Richards, president
Of Georgetown College, on the worldwide
work wrought by ST. Patrick and the Irish
race. Mgr. Stolli was assisted in the SER
vice by Fathers Rocker and Sabretti and
by a. large number of the local Catholic
clergy His celebration of the mass was
accompanied by orchestra, choir and organ.
President Richards's sermon was notable
in portraying the Irish race as Gods chosen
people of modern times. as the Jews had
been the chosen people of the old dis
pensation, and also in its eloquent tribute
of loyalty to the Pope and his American
delegate. Mgr. Satolli.
Referring to the growing influence of the
Irish, the world over, Father Richards
said that a mighty empire. far vaster than
the Roman power, the empire of the Eng
disappearing people, was growing up and
oversnadowing the world = grasping, re-
yet, in general, just to individuals. much
like that pagan, but orderly empire of
is planted, there the Irish so with it to
plant the faith. Nay, they Outrun the{
by oppression, cruelty, poverty and famine,
they penetrate to the remote Quarters of the
gloDe, bearing with them their priest and
their faith. This Irish immigration was at
first toward the Catholic countries of Eu-
rope, then toward the United States. At
the present day they are flowing into South
America, where a hundred thousand Irish
men are settled on the hills surrounding
Buenos Ayres. They are founding a new
world in Australia, they are powerful in
India, they are invading all the countries
of Europe. European countries are taking
possession of the. Oriental regions. and the
ancient prophecy Of Noah is in course of
realization, 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 for their worlds mis-
sion. Then addressing Mgr. Satolli, he said:
Venerable prelate, from the moment that
the American church babe you a 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 glorious POntiff whom you SO worthily
represent, say the hearts Of his children
loyalty and love for the See Of Peter. In
his words, however much the world may
carp and blame, we know that we shall
find the purest faith, the most devote3
patriotism. Ask him then TO rely on our
obedience and our affection, and implore
him to bless, from his throne of suffering,
his children in these United States, that
we under Leo may carry on with high
hearted courage and steadfast truth the mis-
sion intrusted by Celestine to St. Patrick
and the Irish race
The statement had added significance
owing to the persistent but groundless re-
ports that the Jesuit order was not in full
sympathy with Mgr. SatoIii's mission. Presi-
dent Richards is one of the influential mem
bers of the order and Georgetown College
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