The San Francisco call., 1899-08-14
HOLY CROSS IS
DEDICATED BY
THE ARCHBISHOP
The Ceremonies at the
Church.
AN IMMENSE THRONG ATTENDS
AN ABLE SERMON BY BISHOP
MONTGOMERY.
Beautiful Music Rendered by an Aug
vuented Choir-Kind Words for
Pastor and Congrega-
tion.
N IMMENSE THRONG ATTENDS
AN ABLE SERMON BY BISHOP
MONTGOMERY.

His Grace, the Most Rev. Archbishop
Riordan, in the name of God yesterday
received the handsome edifice erected for
the Holy Cross Church from the hands Of
the faithful by whose piety and generOs-
ity II was built, and sOlemnly dedicated il
10 the exclusive purposes of divine wor-
ship. Henceforth the structure is with
drawn from profane use and in the en-
phauc language Of the Scriptures, it be-
comes a house of God"
The ceremonies attending the dedication
OF Holy Cross new home were impressive
and beautiful There was not a person
within the walls of the sacred edifice who
was not awed by the solemnity of the
occasion. The Archbishop. robed in full
canonicals and attended by deaCOns of
honor, was present, as were also the
bishops of the northern and southern sec
tions of the State. together with many
priests from the various parishes in this
city and vicinity. Acolytes atured in red
casSOCkS to the number of twenty par
ticipated in the services, and their cos
tunes, in contrast with the austere garb
Of the priests, had a striking effect.
Had the church been twice its size it
could hardly have held the crowd which
eagerly tried to gain admittanCe. With
wise forethOught the pastor and his
sistants issued cards of admission to the
members of the parish, and these magic
pasteboards opened the way to a seat
ed themselves with standing in the vest-
bule for hours.
The services opened promptly at 1890
a. m with an organ prelude. The
Archbishop, preceded by the acolytes
bearing lighted candles, officials of the
mass and the visiting priests, entered the
Chancel and began the ceremony of dedi-
cation Accompanied by the officia ting
clergymea his Grace first proceeded down
the center aisle to the front of the church,
and IS those in the procession gathered
around him he sprinkled holy water on
action with appropriate prayers.
On returning to the altar the litany was
chanted, and again the. procession moved
with solemn tread through the aisIes of
the church, the Archbishop sprinkling the
walls of the church while the deacons Of
honor alternately read prayers from the
the Ch8nCel the celebration Of the mass
commenced. Rev. E. A. Kelly of Chicago,
was the celebrant Of the mass; Rev. John
Z. Cottle of St. Brigid's, deacon; Rev.
John P. COyle of the Star of the Sea, sub
Deacon Rev. 2. E. Mulligan, master of
ceremonies, and Rev. r. Sampson, assist
ant master Of ceremonies. Gounod' 5
Grand Messe SOlenelle" was rendered by
the choiT during the mass. At the con-
ClusiOn |of the solemn high mass Father
MCGinty made a few announcements, and
was followed by Rt. Rev Bishop Mont
gomery, who preached in his usual elo
quent style. He spoke in part as follows;
into the whoIe s0a World and % teach the gosps
TO every creature. He that believeth and
i eveb ho snail be be nee Having
given the text he addressed himself to the
a6G h5 Brersn Ps f6oT5 is mg
happy privilege to-day TO congratulate the
on the completion of this magnificent
church and its solemn dedication to the
Will stand as a monument of the faith, the
zeal and the piety Of both pastor and peo-
a house OF worship in an active and grow
ing population is not a matter of rare
occurrence nevertheless it always brings
to mind the mission and the work OF
the church as an institution, We learn
when very young in our catechisms that the
work OF the church Is to teach, sanctify and
save souls The work OF the @ church is ever
of God and apply them to the souls OF men
The speaker then told of the obstacles diff
fcultes and temptations in the way Of such
teaching.
rendered by Miss Lilly Roeder and Miss .
Ella Y. McCloskyn. The Archbishop con-
Guided the services by giving the pontifi- (
cal blessing. While standing on his throne .
he delivered the following words to the .
congregation:
would ike t, to ,7 say 1so one word before we
extend first my congratulations to the rev
erend pastor of the parish and then to his
lations on the completion Of this great
work begun but a few months ago for the
Gated divine worship.
1t is not an easy matter to build
church like this. 1 speak from ex-
perience. The nights of anxiety, the DAYS
Of labor, the going about securing aid is
not congenial. and yet your pastor has done
It successfully and quickly. and has done
It because you were impressed with the
need of a church. And to him first Of all
congra tulation and to you who aided him
my heartfelt congratulations
The Archbishop was attended by
fathers Lagan and Frieden as deacons Of .
honor. Bishop Montgomery had Fathers
Viebert and Sardi as deacons of honor, .
and Bishop Grace of Sacramento, Fathers .
Plus Murphy and D. O. Crowley. Among .
the priests in the sanctuary We're: Fathers
Dempsey, Cummings. CuIligan, Santan-