New-York tribune., 1901-04-18
CATHOLICS in AMERICA.
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND URGES THEM TO
BE TRUE. PATRIOTIC CITIZENS
ARCHBIsHOP KEANE INVEST
ED WITH PAII.U-M

Dubuque, Iowa. April HIN the presence of an
audience that occupied every foot of space in ST
Hsphsel's Cathedral. Archbishop John ]. Keane was
to-day invested with the paum the insignia of the
nigh position he occupies in the Roman Catholic
Church The scene was one Of great brilliancy.
and the ceremonies were characterized by that
splendor and magnifcence for which the Catholic
Church is noted. Cardinal Gibbons present.
with archbishops and bishops from all parts Of the
United States. and the number of priests present
about four hundred. The attendance of lay
men from abroad very large and only few
States in the Union were unrepresented.
Archbishop Kain. of St Louis, ascended the altar
at 1880 O'Clock and began the celebration Of Pen
tihcai high His assistants were the Rev.
Fathers Gum. Mclaughlin. OConnor and some
thirty others. The Rev Fathers Tooney Donlon,
Barry. Fitzpatrick and Carey were masters Of
ceremonies
The music Gounods "Messe Solennelle''
sung by choir of sixty persons. close of
the mass Cardinal Gibbons with imposing cere-
mony, conferred the pallium upon Archbishop
Keane The Cardinals assistants the Right
Rev. Monsignor Ryan, Y. G., and the Rev. Glenn
Johannes.
Following the inyestture Archbishop Ireland of
81. Paul, delivered the sermon Of the day. A CON
gratulatory address from the clergy of the diocese
was made by the Rev DR. Carroll president of ST
Josephs College. Dubuque. and Archbishop keane's
reply closed the ceremonies the church Arch
bishop Ireland's subject The Church in Amer
ics: Its Yesterday and Its Tomorrow" He said
in part:
.nti-cathoc prejrdice was dominant in this land
blamed they had net Known Catholic as C Catholics @
are and they treated them according TO what they
Of ID feeling and amnesty has passed away; IN
ons another in creeds and spiritual allegiance but.
as true Americans they respect one another and
dom, ali working together in peace and harmony
The problem before the church OF America
whether the Catholic religion could prosper in an
prop from state organ. from compact social
s5 sssp %ssersa b M sRa OF bsRen sm it,
Seud 1--WE ano q To one @ Tse besvss in the
its story of ages the issue of the problem Should
es TO e the Ghe sed % hhe he
state, or working only in populations in in whose
ries that many in America. and more so in Europe.
were not willing to trust TO its vitality when plant
alone and unprotected. with drouth and tempest.
werla is rapidly difling The social and
trial in America is On trial for the world
SO was democracy itself in its relations with re-
hsion And here is the cause Of so many attacks
eovertiy attacks democracy. 1t would have
been most convenient for reaetionary theorists to
church cannot thrive in a democracy, in the fun
TO such theorists America and the Catholic
Church and American democracy have given
In my desire that the Catholic Church in
America be all that God intends her 10 be- all that
her opportunities mpel her to be. j he al
lowed say Catholics of America-be you
the trCest and best meaning of the word. Ameri-
cans, loving America. loving its institutions de-
voted 10 its interests ehary in blaming 1T. ardent
In defending il There is among some of us. am
not afraid to say disposition to criticse every
moment, to rejoice in criticsing, to eXaggerate
faults, to minimize virtues. pile up grievances,
10 grunbe perpetually. Such a disposition is un-
patriotic and does serious harm the
Catholic faith in the of intelligent and
Americans. Let 1T disappear for good. Surely the
days of real persecution in olden times did beget
10 live fer the present and the future. and
eouraeeously but honorably forward toward the
elevation Of our people to the character we'll as
to the condition of free men. Let be just to
America. and know and proclaim that nowhere.
81 things duly considered is the church than
in America: that nowhere. as in America. is she
prosper as her forces and the zeal of sons |
permit.
At O'Clock this afternoon the visiting clergy
men were entertained at the Hotel Julien where
covers were laid for four hundred Archbishop
keane was toastmaster. Cardinal Gibbons re- |
sponded to the toast "All Hail to the Great Leo |
XIII. Pastor of the Universal Church" The other /
toasts were: GOD Bless Our Country the Home of
Civil and Religious Freedom by Bishop Spalding
OF Peoria: Welcome TO Our Cardinal TO Our Arch !
bishops and Bishops. and 10 All Our Honored |
Guests" by Archbishop Elder of Cincinnati. .rThe
Church in the Great Northwest" by Bishop O'Gor !
man, of Sioux Falls, s D.