The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-05

ed to him closed. the candidate touching
1t without opening his hands, while the
| coDseerator said: Receive the gospel
and go preach to the people committed TO
| thee" Monsignor Sbaretti was then given
the kiss of peace, first by Monsignor
Martinelli and then by the assistant Bis
, hops, each saying in Latin, Peace be
with thee
DIR. Kennedy,s Sermon.
At this point DIR. Kennedy mounted 10
the pulpit His discourse was chiefly an
exposition Of the authority by which the
Catholic Church creates Bishops and the
purpose of that Office. DR.. Sbaretti's going
to Havana was an event of unusual sig
nifcance, he said. He was assigned to
service in country where the older gov
eminent had given way to the new. But
| the Church had remained constant. as it
must always remain constant. while not
| indissolubly united with any government.
! The Bishop went to Cuba not as an expon-
ent of Celtic faith. or of English faith,
but as the vicar of the supreme authority
on which his Church rested. Like each
one Of the 1,064 other Bishops in the world
he represented the perpetuity and unity of
/ the Church.
In the speakers judgment the age lad
grown TO be highly intellectual. Two signs
of the active purpose of the Church to
conform to that spirit were easily found.
One was the establishment in Washington
of Catholic university where young men
of exceptional gifts might be trained. to
champion the Church and her principals.
The other was the Pope's watchfulness in
detecting and elevating men of superior
parts like the newly-chosen Bishop of Ha-
vana Ii was not for him to speak of
Monsignor Sbaretti's eminence as
scholar. He could speak, however. Of bis
fitness for the bishopric to which Mon
signor Sbaretti had been elevated. The
Bishop must be learned because he is the
light. He must be holy because ne is the
salt What could be said of him who
knelt at that service to take on himself
the seal of Apostolic authority? This
that the place had sought the man and
that the man thus found was a profound
theologian, a distinguished canonist. a
Christian gentleman. aud a warm friend.
After the sermon the service of bless
ing" was resumed. The one consecrated
returned to his chapel, where his head was
cleansed with, breadcrumbs and clean
cloth. Then. while the consecrator washed
his hands at the faldstool, the attendants
cleansed and combed the candidates hair
and washed his hands. Then. the offertory
in the mass having been said, the one con-
secrated came from his chapel between the !
assistant Bishops. knelt and offered the |
consecrator two lighted torches. two loaves |
of bread and two small barrels of wine |
as conservation gift.
The Insignia of Office.
Communion was administered to the |
IL and ~, tln nd
ring bestowed. Monsignor Martinelli next |
took Monsignor Sbaretti by the right hand,
the Senior Assistant Bishop. Bishop Cur
tis of Baltimore, took him by the left, and |
the two enthroned him on the faldstool
from which the coDsecrator had risen. The /
consecrator turned afterward 10 the altar
and began the TIE Deum." in which all
present within the altar rail Joined. AT
the beginning Of the hymn, however, the
candidate left the altar led by the as
sistant Bishops, with their mitres on, and
walked through the church to'the main en-
trance and back TO the candidates station.
blessing everyone. As the line passed all
in the congregation knelt and crossed
themselves.
Monsignor Sbaretti returned to the
Epistle side of the altar and there, with
his mitre on and holding his staff before
him, sang For Many Years I" Then, 60
ng TO the middle of the altar. he bowed and
For Many Years" Finally. he
Frustrated himself before the consecrator
and said the third time For Many Years"
When he had finished, the consecrator re-
ceived him with the kiss of peace. The
assistants did the same and led the one
first TO the cross before the
altar. then to the chapel. all reciting the
gospel of St John. I'm the beginning was
he word" Monsignor Sbaretu was then
aiken to bis altar and his vestments re-
moved. the consecrator was relieved of his
-obes and insignia, and the whole number
# priests within the rail led the way from
he altar. and at about / O'Clock the con-
eeration was at an end.
A dinner was served the prelates in Con
aga Hall, at which many of the clergy
Who took no part in the ceremony were
present and congratulated Bishop Sbar-
It'll. The latter is to leave Washington for
his see some time during the present
month.