The sun., 1896-08-13
LEo'S BLESSING CABLED.
IT WAS FOR THE NEW CATHoLIC
COLLEGE, AT DUNWOoDIE.

| ScteuEhNbhG tne COupIetNOn OF the hnetttu-
hon - Congratulations for Archbishop
CorriGan from Cardinal Ledochowski-
Cnrdinal Sstoili Mskos n short Address.
St Joseph's Seminary, the new Catholic col
| leRo for the higher education of young priests,
at Dunwoodle, near Yonkers, was blessed by
Bishop McQuade ofRochester on Tuesday night.
Yesterday there were 800 priests within the
walls of tho institution, and It was their priv
ileRe to hear addresses from Cardinal Satolli
| Archbishop Corrgan, the Bishops OF tho neigh
boring dioceses, and many others conspicuous
in the Church, as well to listen to the reading
of the Pope's blessing on the seminary and the
American Church and the congratulations Of
| Cardinal Ledochowski, prefect Of the congrc-
cation of tho Propaganda.
The new seminary is the largest Catholic In
sttution in the country, and from 15o TO 200
| students can be accommodated there. II Is on
the top of Valentine Hill In the village Of Dun
| woodie which ls about midway between Yon-
| kers and Mount Vernon,
The seminary has peculiar history. 1t has
been the pet project OF Archbishop Corrigan,
| who, when he first broaohed the subject of n
seminary near New York to succeed the small
and entirely inadequate one at Troy, said to
| John d. Crimmins that he meant to devote all
| OF his spare time and energy to the institution
until 1t should be completed. The Archbis hop
has had In mind the higher education of young
| piioSto loE many SohTb, anu mas TohilLeu tnhJ
nothing but such seminary as the one just
completed would enable him to carry out the
idea. At the Troy Seminary the course has lasted
| five years. Any lenRthening Of IL was impossi-
BILE, owing to the limited facilities. AT the Dun
| woode Seminary the course will be probably
| seven years.
| Much of the credit for the erection Of the in
stitution is due to John d. Crimmins. who has
worked with Archbishop Corrgan. He was
one of tho committee of three laymen who CO.
operated with the committee of Bishops, and
had the selection Of site and tho responsibility
OF construction intrusted to them. Their selec-
tion of a site proved wise one. There was
stone quarry on the property. and every stone
| in the seminary was taken from 1t. The saving
thus made in stone represented more money
than was used in the purchase Of the entire
sixty acres of the seminary's ground. There
are enough springs on the property to provide
| the seminary with water from top TO bottom;
| so the build ing Is entirely independent of the
| outside world in many ways.
| When the ceremonies were over yesterday
| afternoon, and the participants were assembled
a speech from Mr.. Crimmins 1t was taken up
on every side, and soon the 900 representatives
OF the Catholic Church were on their feet re- re-
| Crimmns was obdurate, however. He bushed
deep red. but kept his, seat. and when the
| priests saw that they could not move him they
| gave up.
The priests of the diocese will begin going into
| retreat at the seminary on next Monday, and
| the retreats will continue until October. when
the active work OF the seminary will begin.
mary will close and pu pills and instructors will
| be transferred to Dunwoodie. where the work
viii go on as at Troy. only ON much larger
| scale.
The dignitaries. OF the Church gathered at the
decided to have very few present at the blessing
| OF the institution. Cardinal Satolli arrived at
se S GSGs fSsf sn,o ho
bishop Correan, and Bishop McQnade Of Roch-
ester, made a tour OF the seminary from top to
| bottom, Bishop McQuade bcstowng a blessing
| on each room visited.
! Atl o'clock yesterday morning the ceremo-
| Corrigan. hen pontitical mass was celebrated
by Cardinal sa,oli in the new chapel. Cardinal
! Mooney, V. c. aud the Revs. John Edwards and
Charles Cotton deans OF honor The deacon Of
deacon the Rev. Matthew a. Taylor. and tho
| sub-deacon of the cross the Rev. 7. +. Muir
| the mass were the Revs. j. j. Flood and NJ ].
Lavelle: and the masters Of ceremony were The
| following bishops also took part in the mass:
| McQuade Of Roch ester. WiGRer of Newark. Nc
| Faul Of Trenton, Mcdonnell OF Brooklyn. Lud.
Bnrke OF Albany: The Right Rev J. w. Farley.
sermon % and Archbishop CorrisSn oGsnted the the
| To Deum.
After mass the banquet was held in the big
! lecture hall. At the head table sat Cardinal
| SatolIi. Archbishop Corrigan. and tho Bishops.
The others sat at long tables extending the en-
| tire length of the room.
| Archbishop Corrigsn spoke, in Latin. ITo told
| the history Of the seminary, the work which had
| hoped to accomplish through 1t. He euogized
Cardinal sa,ol, IN way which evoked ap-
blessing OF Pope Leo Mil on the seminary and
its founders. The cablegram was addressed to
His Emtnence. Cardinal satolli.' and it read
The Holy Father. on the occasion Of tho
graduates the Most Reverend Archbishop, and
| from the tulness OF his heart inparts to his
all the clergy of the diocese his apostolic bene-
| diCtion. Cardinal RAMPoLLA."
addressed to Archbishop Corrigan and was
follows: ,-,-,.,
| you most sincerely that through your zeal and
energy a building so monumental and so useful
for the training Of the young clergy has been
Heaven upon the work, and ! pray that the
Seminary. which is a perfect model OF its kind,
may become econ also perfect models of the Catholic
| Cardinal Satoli made a very brief speech. He,
too spoks In Latin ne G"ncrTtadIa,sd b sd tea tho do
diocese in the United States upon getting the
'.As the priest Is so will the people be-" he
said. ."It Is necessary that the learning OF the
clergy should be great | am not ashamed of
the GosPe am not ashamed Of the dqetfnss
demand that hi. doctrines be followed" '''''e'
Cardinal Satolli then spoke OF the great love
II,
SAID that as the representative OF the Pope he
hoped much from the future Church in Amer
lea, because its strength WAS to come from Just
such seminares as the one just blessed. He
said that he regarded Archbishop CorrIgan as
III the seminaries are strong" he said in
concusion. the faith of the people will be
strong. The people Iced not only holy priests,
but learned ones and it is necessary in this age
TO have them in order 10 combat the many
errors that are abroad"
bishop Gabriells. for many years rector of the
Troy Seminary. spoke next. and after him came
Father Captier. Superior General OF the Sui
picians. the order which will have charge of
the seminary. Bishop McQuade then made .
speech, after which all went out on the lawn in
front OF the seminary and had their pictures
taken. A photograph of the gathering will be
sent to Rome.
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