The San Francisco call., 1898-04-25
CONFIRMATION AT
 ST. PETERS
Over Two Hundred Children Receive the Sacrament From
 Archbishop Riordan.
Hundreds of Catholics and Non Catholics Crowd the Edifice to
 Witness the Ceremony.

Amid the chanting of hymns, the recital
 of prayer and the organ prelude of the
 glorious Veni Creator the sacrament or
 confirmation was administered to over
 two hundred boys and girls yesterday
 afternoon at St. Peters Church. The
 church, as is usual, was crowded to its
 utmost capacity with non-CatholicS and
 non-Catholics alike who crowded the alsles
 and blocked the entrance to the edlnce
 eager to see the impressive ceremony
 one of the most impressive in the Catho-
 lie church.
 Promptly at 2:3O o'clock as the Arch
 bishop robed in his sacred vestments
 and followed by his assistant priests, en-
 tered the sanctuary, being met Witn
 chant of the childish voices accompanied
 by peals of music from the great organ
 which echoed and re-echoed throughout
 the church. The children upon the en-
 trance of the Archbishop rose and in or
 derly procession marched to the altar rail where they waited the anointment or
 chrism and the blessing. of the church.
 The girls, over a hundred in number
 were robed in white, their faces belns covered with wells of white, the emblem
 of purity while the boys were dressed in black suits with white and gold no-
 bons attached to the left arm.
 Upon the conclusion of the ceremony a brief address was delivered by Arch
 bishop Riordan upon the object or con-
 firmation and the necessity Of the sac rament as a means of salvation. He lik- ened that stage of life when a knowledge of self. religion and the world IS demand ed before the sacrament can be admlnls- tered, to the budding time or Sprlns-tne spring time of life.
 The Rev. Fathers Mulligan and McDon. aid assisted at the altar as masters or benediction, which followed the ceremony of confirmation, the sacred blessing or the Archbishop was given, and that con- cluded the services.
 lowing: .,,.
 Mary Agnes Lumeman, Margaret Aloysius Mccarthy, Emily Elizabeth Walsh. Lucy Eliza beth Egin, Mary Aloysius Crimmins; Frances Mary Neil Hannah Frances Depold, Minnie Mary Lueger. Catherine Mary Enrlght, Marga- AloysiGs Mccarthy. Mary Helen Myers Esther Josephine Callahan. Frances AIoysius Maish' Rosetta Gertrude Mulligan, Alice Mary Butter, Butter Gertrude Genevieve Holland, Mary GerIrude CudelI Gertrude Genevieve Reardon. Mary Josephine Depold. Winifred Mary Humphrey Ellen Gertrude Welch' Anne Gertrude 9ull-
 Mary Regina Reynolds. Gertrude Aloysiqs Aloysius Cullum. Addie Mary Suan, Margaret Mary I.ally Carrie Loretto Coogan, Lily Mary Sullivan. Margaret Loretta shannon, Joseph inc Aioysius Boyhan, Rose Gertrude Stoioerg' Eileen .Iee AZ Agnes S ciuney. Mary Aloysius Weber, Theresa Marie O'Connor, Lily Mary Traynor, Julia Mary Sullivan. Caroline Mary Pelgin, Donahue Ellen Mary Donlon. Rose Aloysius Gallagher, Mary Aoysius Kurspinsky. Angela
 - Rose Elizabeth smalls, Magdalene Mary Akebam Theresa Catherine Fitzpatrick. Louise Mary Bqrbino Emile kNuisa Perr2t Tc n5Ic Eva Veronica Cecelia Sheehan, Cora Clare Curtis, Louis Veronica Knight. Nellie Cecelia Hayes. Mary Aloyslus Bareilles. Eva Clare Lyman Laura Genevieve Sullivan, Mary Aloysius Lap pin. Nellie Mary Mullins. Mary Aloysius Kelly.
 Ellen Aloysius Feeney, Mary Aloysius O Brien Ellen Josephine Donovan. Mary Gene yieve Sullivan. Flora Agnes. Myers, Mary Catherine Mary Lally. Eva Mary King, Ellen Mag Mcsn sn Ma Lyman Ellen Mary Norton Margaret Mary Biggins. Isabel Teresa Brady
 Anne Mary Klein. Maud Aloysius Hennessey. Catherine Aloysius Fitzpatrick. Antoinette Ger Josephine Benn, Adrienne Veronica Fitzgerald. Mary Imelda Gilmore Ellen Josephine Sulli- van, Gertrude Josephine Egan Elizabeth Lucy Genevieve Moore. Lucy Cecilia Jourden.
 Mary Aloysius Daley, Cecile Josephine Amiot, Mahon. Elizabeth Agnes Hogan. Wee Frances Tenant. Lily Mary Ahern, Lily Imelda Owen. Viola Anastasia Kennedy. Mary Aloysius Foran, Sarah Alcysius Cassidy. Isabel Mary Doherty, Catherine Mary Welch. Catherine Mary Daley, Mary Anne Hannah. Florence
 Ella Aloysius Thornton, Margaret Mary Pat ton. Jennie Aloysius Ward, Helen Carmel Sull Wech, Anne Mary Andersen Mary Aioysius Steils. Agnes Rose O'Connell. Florence Mary Imnskeep Mary Imelda Connolly, Teresa Angela Ahern. Elizabeth Catherine Field. Sarah Aloysius Early.
 Alice Mary McDonnen Mary Aloysius Col lins. Mary Frances Barrett, Mary Agnes Kel- terer, Mary Frances Bennett. Madeline Teresa Grot, Rose Mary McQuade, Blanche Dorothea Coonan, Catherine Gertrude Kiernan, Marga- ret GCallahan AlOVSiuS Hannah Mary Stanwood. Mary Angela Kelly, Loretto Imeldo smith, Anne. Veronica Goggin, Louise Mary Milley. Agnes Mary Collins, Cath erlne Agens Walsh. Anne Agnes Stei Mary Aloysius Gallagher, Ellen Mary oDonnell. Frances Lynch, Gertrude Imelda Paul Anne Mary Miley. Flora Mary Parsons, Inez ve- Alice Mary Howe, Josephine Mary Devine, Harriet Mary Burke. Alice Mary Belyea. Rose Mary Dugan, Rose Margaret Musante, Isabel Josephine Burrows. Rita Aloysius Mccarthy, Mary Gertrude Wiebodt, Jeanette Gertrude Comerford, Harriett Elizabeth Leuger. Agnes Veronica GrifIen, Catherine Mary Albrecht, Mary Aloysius Salmon, Anne Gertrude Gheen, Eva Mary Laborde. Josephine Mary Lyons. Sarah Aloysius Humphrey
 Edward James Faulkner. William Joseph Me McColgan. John Francisco Sawyer, Peter Joseph Stocker, Francis Edward King. Joseph Michael Gaee Iames Fra1Ss Ths MakPWs Brown Edmund Peter Brennan Lawrence Ed ward Kenny Elmer Louis King. Clarence Ed ward Welch. David James KerriEan Albert Ferdinand Cordes, Michael Peter Harran, Thomas Francis Brady, Albert Joseph Hunter Leopold Albert Rofer, Charles Benjamin Howe Chester Anthony Pinkham, James Edward Fo- ran, John Joseph Ellard, Vincent Stanislaus Cull, James Francis Hoagland Charles Stephen Campbell, Edward Stephen Hogan. Richard Raphael Mitchell, Nicholas Ignatius Barry
 Charles Stephen Campbell. James Francis Hoagland Vincent Stanislaus Gull. Johs Jo- seph Hard James Edward Foran, Chester An thony Pinkham, Edward stephen Hogan Rich ard Raphael Mitchell Nicolas Ignatus Barry Thomas Lappin George Albert McKnnon Richard Francis Blake, John Joseph Tapiano Hugh Conway. Eugene Aloysius O'Brien. John Francis Conway. Angel Joseph Armstrong; Frank Joseph Dudley William Hubert Edgar William Thomas Quinn
 Edward Joseph Jones, John Wallace McKin- non, Joseph Walter Marum. Joseph Galati Dominic Joseph Equi. Morgan Joseph Mullins George Jospeh Harris. William Joseph Meyers
 John Emanuel Fitzgerald James Patrick Thomas Lappin, William Patrick Griffen, John Patrick Cogan, William John Quilinan. Law renee James Felvey John Joseph Riordan Francis Joseph Patton. Hugh Joseph Hannah, John Michael Gibbon, Thomas John Lahey Armand Joseph Amiot. Edward Joseph Quinn Lewis Edwin Speigle, Arthur Joseph Mathews William Henry Toomey Thomas Francis Benn Arthur William Keefe. Robert John O'Connor Michael Anthony Tobin James Francis Calla- ghan. Alban Lawrence Reagan, James Francis George, James Joseph Gallagher William Francis Mccarthy, John Joseph Reding.
 William Peter Langan. Edward James French. Walter Antone Marians. George Chris