The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-24

CELEBRATION
-
The Annual Feast
- Of the Holy
: Ghost.
PREPARATIONS
FOR SOLEMNlTY
Thousands Will Mingle Saturday
4gand Sunday in Celebration Of
lsabelIa's Fete Day.

! Ihe Catholic Church and the grounds
surrounding it are taking on gala
appearance in preparation for the
Feast Of the Holy Ghost on Saturday
and Sunday.
| rFlagpoles are being erected, and
booths of gay bunting are being built
about large stand that has been con-
structed for the Territorial Band
which will be in attendance, to play
festive airs vigorously, and make joy
full sounds to aid in the general rejoic-
ing.
The blessing of the food for the poor
will take place at 7:30 p. M, Saturday
Evening, and the opening of the bazaar
and auction for the benefit of the So
ciety will Immediately follow. There
will be music and electric illuminations
Of the grounds up to 1880 p. M. and
at O'Clock on Sunday morning the
celebration will be- resumed, the dfstrf-
button of the offerings to the poor OF
all nationalities beginning at that
hour
High pontifical mass, with a Portu-N
guese sermon, will be held at 1o:3o a.
M, music by the ST. Louis Band to
accompany the before and after mass
procession with flag and crown.
A grand dinner for the poor of the
parish will be served at D. M, and
| at p. m there will be concert by
| the Hawaiian Band. The closing Of the
celebration will be at S o'clock p. m.
The officers who have the celebration
In charge are: President, ]. p. Rod
rigues; vice president, NJ. A. Gonsalves:
| secretary, ]. s. Ramos; treasurer, M.
r. A. Vierra, and directors, J. n Go
mes, Joaquin do. Silva, NJ s. Nasci-
mento, j. p. Dias and NJ. Goes.
In regard to the Feast OF the Holy
Ghost celebrated here last year, the
| Advertiser of June 4, 1900, contained
the following:
This celebration takes place annu-
| ally at the Roman Catholic Church on
the eve of the Pentecost, and Is attend
| ed by thousands of the sons and
daughters of Portugal.
"On Saturday evening the ceremonies
marking the commencement OF the fes-
| tival were begun In the church, where
| a mass was said, and the bishop ad-
| ministered the special blessing Of the
| day. Thence a procession of the clergy
headed by the Bishop of Panopolis, ac-
companied by the Irmamdade do Espi-
| rito Santo, or brotherhood of the Holy
| Ghost, carried the banner of the Holy
Ghost and the symbolic crown and
| scepter of Isabella of Portugal, to the
| shrine which had been especially erect
| ed in the avenue in front Of the Office
| of the bishop facing Fort street.
THE shrine is intended to represent
| a palace, such as the one to which
Isabella journeyed more than 800 years
ago, when she vowed during her life
| time to observe a special feast upon
that day, as a reverent devotion to the
Holy Ghost. She at that time laid her
crown and scepter on the altar and
much money and gifts were provided
for the poor The death Of the queen,
however, did not efface the spirit OF the
festival from the minds of her sub
jects, and succeeding generations have
continued to carry out the feast in
the mother country without a break
to the present day.
I'm Hawaii the first observation of
the feast was many years ago In Kau,
Hawaii, during an earthquake. A So
ciety of the Holy Ghost brotherhood
was organized, and the festival or fete
was observed in a small way. Later,
the feast was begun in Honolulu, al
though, to certain extent, it was dis
couraged on the part of the clergy be-
cause of the practice Of the celebrants
to imbibe too much wine. Finally the
Catholic church took the fete under
its own auspices, and made 1t part
Of the religious work of the diocese.
Year by year the feast has assumed a
greater interest for the Portuguese, and
is now recognized as the one great ma
tional and religious feast Of the year.
marked by devotion to the Holy
Ghost which is unparalleled In the his
tory Of modern religious festivals.
A SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION.
Many Of the Portuguese do not
readily understand the true purport OF
the fete, and therefore, the symbols OF
the crown, the palace, and the blessing
of foods and giving Of dinner TO the
poor, are carried out to the fun ex
tent to impress it's meaning upon their
minds.
After the crown and the sacred
banners had been deposited In the how
er bedecked shrine, the foods which
rested upon the gorgeous table were
blessed. The altar upon which the
crown was placed was lighted with
many candelabra, and presented very
nretty picture The entire structure
was rallied. and prevented the crowds
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