The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-09
DEVOTED TO SOLEMN RITES
DAY OF DEDICATION AT ST
VINCENT'S CHURCH

New Edifice lis Camsecrated by Arch
bishop ireland with Appropriate
Services-From Dawn to Night
fall the Services Continued
With Scarcely Interrupt
ton.
The formal blessing and dedication
of ST. Vincent de Paurs church, Vir-
ginia avenue and Blair street. took
place yesterday morning. His grace,
Most Reverend John Ireland, arch
bishop of ST. Paul, officiated, and
preached the sermon. The interior
of the church was beautifully deco
rated with palms and ferns, and the
sanctuary and three affairs We're one
blaze of light from numerous wax
candles, and each of the affairs was
decorated with palms and lilies
Tie exterior of the church was dec
GRATED with numerous American flags,
two large silk banners being displayed
from the steeple. The houses in the
immediate neighborhood were also dec
GRATED with the American colors.
At $50 a. m. the members of All
Hallows court of the Catholic Order
of Foresters, st. Vincent's Crusaders,
St Vincent de Paul conference, the
St Vincent Temperance society, the
Society of Perpetual Alteration, the
holy Name society and the st. An
drew'S association all met and formed
for parade at Rice street and Univer-
sity avenue. The parade proceeded to
the church. following behind the stand
and bearer, who bore the American
flag. On arriving al the church, the
parade halted in open order, awaiting
the arrival of the archbishop, whose
carriage passed between the lines. He
acknowledged the salutes of the So
cieties as he passed. After he en-
tered the pastors residence where the
preparations for the ceremonies were
being made, the societies of the church
moved to a position between the resi-
dence and the entrance to the church.
and awaited the arrival of the pro-
cession of the clergy to the church
All the entrances to the sacred edifice
were guarded, and none of the large
congregation present were allowed to
enter the church until after the close
of dedication and blessing.
Promptly at 1890 a. m. the door of
the pastors residence was opened, and
the procession of clergy. headed by
Rev. H. Moynihan. one of the mas
tiers of ceremonies. appeared. He was
allowed by a cross bearer and two
avolytes bearing lighted wax tapers.
Next came forty altar boys, and they
in turn were followed by the priests,
bishops and sacred ministers of the
ceremony. First in order came the
priests, then Bishop Trobec, who was
followed by the high priest, assistant
priest, deacons of honor, deacon and
subdeacon of the mass, and last was
the archbishop. accompanied by the
pastor, Rev. L. Cosgrove.
All the clergy excepting the arch
bishop were clad in rich white vest
ments. The sanctuary boys were dress
ed in velvet cassocks and white Ro-
man cotters. The procession moved to
the church and entered the main en-
trance, when the doors were closed be-
hind them. On reaching the sanctuary
the archbishop at once assembled the
temporary throne erected for the occa-
sion on the gospel side, where the
assistant priests vested him in his
full pontifical robes. The procession
then moved to the rear of the church
and outside, but halted as the arch
bishop reached the vestibule of the
main entrance. The visiting clergy at
once commenced the chanting of the
Misereri, Lavavi and the Litany of
Saints each in turn, and this was cor
tinued throughout the rest of the GER
emony until its close. After blessing
the main entrance to the church, the
procession proceeded and continued on
celebrant sprinklng holy water and
blessing the grounds and walls, while
TIE clergy continued the chant. The
procession after passing around the
outside again. entered the church and
passed through the three aisles of the
church, the archbishop sprinkling the
holy water and blessing the interior as
he went along. After reaching the
sanctuary the procession halted until
the priests finished the Litany, after
which the archbishop assembled the
throne, where he was disrobed
of his vestments. While he was
being unve sted Director Maenner
played Mendelssohn's March Of
the Priests" and the doors
were thrown open and the large crowd
who had assembled on the outside were
admitted and soon filled every seat,
chairs being also placed in the aises
for their accommodation. The solemn
pontifical mass, with Rt. Rev. James
Trobec, D. D., bishop of st. Cloud, was
at once commenced. Vicar General
Very Rev. John Stariha, pastor of ST.
Frances de Sales church, was the as
sistant priest; Rev. J. NJ. Solnce, of St.
Agnes, and Rev. w. P. Walsh, of ST
Joseph's, were the deacons of honor,
and Rev. j. F. Dolphin, of st. Pat
rick's. and Rev. Patrick Seaman, of the
Church of the Nativity, Chicago, We're
the deacon and subdeacon of the
mass. A. Oster, of st. Paul's seminary,
and Very Rev. A. Alfred Mayer wer-
the assistants to the archbishop, and
Rev. F. J. Schaefer and Rev. H. Moyni-
han were the masters of ceremonies.
Eight sanctuary boys from the Cathe-
dral assisted in the service of the mass,
a fact that caused some trouble among
the altar boys of the church, who were
b Not allowed to participate in the service
of the mass after they had been prom
iSde and instructed what to do
His grace the arch shop preached
the sermon, taking for his text: The
promise of the Savior to send the Holy
Ghost to His disciples-who, He said,
would convince the world of sin, JUS
tice and judgment" The church of
Christ, he said. was a living organism
made up of body and soul, human as
we'll as divine The body, he said.
comes from earth and returns to earth.
There was. he continued, a radical
difference between the church of Christ
and the church of any set of men. HUI
mainly, he said, is sinful and exposed
to sin, but Christ has said to His
church: II will wash away your sins,
my ministers hold hands of contrite
hearts and your sins are washed
awaVr ONLY Cod he said can forgive