The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-30
CELEBRATION
Of THE FEAST
OF ST, PAUL
Impressive Services
at St. Mary's.
SERMON BY REV. C. A. RAMM
SOLEMN HIGH MASS SAID BY
FATHER DOHERTY.
Mozart's Great Composition Chanted
by an Augmented Choir I'm
der the Direction Of Miss
Georgiana.
SERMON BY REV. C. A. RAMM
SOLEMN HIGH MASS SAID BY
FATHER DOHERTY.

The feast of t. conversion of st. Paul
the patronal feast of the Paulist COM
munity, was solemnly and impressvely
commemorated yesterday at st. Mary s
Church. People from all parts of the city
! f1ocked to the church to attend the an
nual services in honor of one of the great
est saints of the Catholic church. The
services were begun with the celebration
of solemn high mass at II o'clock by Rev.
Francis Brooke Doherty, c. s. P, assist
ed by Rev. ]. MacCorry as deacon and
Father Thayer as sub-deacon; Rev. w.
Hopper assisted as master of ceremonies.
Immediately after the first gospel an elo-
quent panegyric was pronounced by hev.
c. A. Ramm of St. Mary's Cathedral.
He paid the highest tribute to the patron
saint, citing his life work and struggles
in behalf of God and his fellow man, and
outlining wildly his characteristics, both
mental and physical The reason why
God undoubtedly singled out ST. Paul to
fulfill the mission of converting the Cen
tiles and teaching them his gospel was
given briefly.
ut was his sympathy that was the key
note to his influence said the preacher.
by it he won the hearts of men and full
filled the mission that God inspired with
in him.
'Paul's adaptability for his work. he
continued, was Il result anu consequence
of natural gifts. He combined with a
transcendent pity the love of man. He
had that faculty of spreading the doc
trihes and teachings of the church, and at
the same TIN walking among men as
m, of them. In fact, true conception OF
his character can be had when we say
that he. was intensely human He loved
mankind as mucn rs he did himself. From
these traits you can clearly see why God
chose al neled him out to spread his
gospel among those indisposed to accept
it r antagonistic to 1t. He knew tue
work and knew, consequently, the pref
udice the heather world had against
Christianity"
ety. energy and ability of Paul, declaring
that his successors were possessed of the
same qualities. Fc sp'' OF the primary
and original object of these successors Of
verting unbelievers to the true faith.
THE gift of faith, he said, rs more
than a gift to us; it is a, sacred trust
Every man who lives in the true faith
should be actuated by the ambition to
bring other souls within the true fold that
they might share the same happiness and
diffuse Gods light and spread his faith.
By this, our endeavor to bring souls
within the pale of our teachings and our
doctrines, let no man wrongly under
stand that the Catholic church wants and
is earnestly striving to gather together as
many converts as possible simply for Its
own interest.
I'm conclusion l would say let us go
about the world as Paul did, doing good
to our fellow men and spreading his
teachings and his gospel in their inter
ests. The conclusion that we must all
come to is that We must guide people,
and in order to do this we need some man
from God
MoZart's Twelfth Mass was chanted by
an augmented choir under the direction of
Organist Miss Georgiana. In addition to
the organ accompaniment, there was in
strumental music by the orchestra from
the California Theater. under the direc-
ton of its leader, Professor Eugene
SchmitZ.
The principal singers in the choir are as
follows Sopranos-Mrs. Summers, Mrs.
Deirnan, Miss Panba, Miss Higgins, Miss
O'Brien, Miss Norton. Miss Short, Miss
M. Johnson, Miss n. Johnson, Miss Katie
Duffey Miss l.. Devine, Miss Sbyl To-
mini, Miss Elvira Tonini, Miss Romilda
Tonini, Mrs and Miss Brennan; con-
traltos-Miss Josephine Murphy, Miss
Eta O'Brien, Miss Jennie Jehu. Miss
Miss Emma Niconia and Mrs. Hart;
tenors-Charles Goelting and Messrs.
Morris, Berenda. Moore and Lane;
bassos-Wiliam Gordon William O'Brien,
Daniel Sheerin, Dennis Sheerin and John
Doherty.
Following were the principal solosts:
Soprano, Nine. Emerich contraltos. Miss
Josephine Murphy and Miss Eta OBrien
tenor, Charles Goelting; basso, William
Gordan.
Among the priests who occupied seats
of honor in the sanctuary was Father
Allan of st. Ignatius Church.