The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-27
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The feast ~ the immaculate concep-
lion ,1sual at the Catholic university
M w ear. The celebration began with
u i,,r Dontifical mass in the university
sJapel and ended with a brilliant recep-
c I IA Archbishop Falconio, the new
III ~. legate, during the course of which
paliety as well as the church, paid its
sif1te to the distinguished prelate.
Tl'n solemn pontifical mass was cele-
,~afed i'm the chapel in Caldwell hall
20 PRESENTED. a brilliant spectacle. The
bgneI was crowded with professors and
tSdents Bishop Conaty sang the mass,
en- he was assisted by the Rev. William
q Martin of New York; the Rev. Step
Lr Moore of Lostant, H.. deacon; the
Roy Robert Achstetter Of Baltimore,
,bieacon. and the Rev. Thomas E. Nc
Guiean OF Baltimore, master of cere-
Archbishop Falconio. the papsl 1egate
Ga cope and mitre, occupied a seat in
+bs sanctuary with Rev. John A Burns
= ;. C. president of Holy Cross college,
and the Rev. Daniel Duffy, S. s., presi-
dent Of St Austin's college, as assist
ants Mgr. Rocker, the secretary of the
anosfOlic delegation also occupied
place in the sanctuary. AS the occasion
was an academic one, the professors and
Students attended in their robes.
The sermon was preached by the Rev.
% j. Stafford. D. D.. of St. Patrick's
rburCh DR.. Stafford traced the works
of sod from the creation. He spoke of
his goodness and the foolishness of man
IN s.nnirg against such goodness. This
sin forced the separation between man
and God and in order that the redemp-
lion might have effect it was necessary
That God assume human nature in one
who was sinless. Hence, was the blessed
virgin selected as the Intermediary be
tween God and man, and by the act of
cod was freed from every sin. The ser
mon was eloquent and forceful, glowing
with beautiful passages and logical rea-
At the dinner which followed Bishop
rou8ty proposed the health of the holy
father which was drunk standing. In
proposing a toast to the apostolic dele
cate Mgr. Conaty extended A welcome to
The guest Of honor sent by the pope, to
whom the university owes its being.
Bishop ConatY said: i:
YOdr eNcellency, we appreciate the
honor upon the university by your will
lnguess to visit it at the very opening
OF Your career among us and to take
mart in the solemnitieS of our patronal
feast. We are deeply sensible of the
kindness which thus expresses your in
terest in the university, the work of
which is so important and far-reaching.
I'm union with all the Catholics of the
United States. we cordially welcome YOU
as the apostolic delegate, the representa-
tive of the holy see among us. In youf
appointment there appears new proof
of the Solicitude of the sovereign pom
tiff for the welfare of the church in our
beloved country. 1t is strengthening
Of the tie which binds us to the center
of spiritual authority and bids us feel
anew, that in the person of the delegate
we have the close watchfulness and ten
der care of the father of the faithful.
whom the whole world loves. This uni
special greeting. with the fondness OF
a special affection. you are the repre-
sentative of its founder Leo XIII. Anxi- |
Gus for the higher education of clergy
H1H# afra1w-
spending to the earnest desire of the
American hierarchy. our illustrious pom
tiff clothed this institution with the /,
character of a pontifical university, and
bade it take its place among the great |
universities of the church. and its aims |
and purposes are set forth in its pom |
tfical constitution.
it was eminent1y proper that the hos |
pitality of the university made ii for a |
time the home of the first delegate, when |
that friendship and respect began which |
have characterized the relations between |
the apostolic delegation and the univer- !
sity. Confided to the fosterings under /
the kindly care of the bishops and the /
supervision of the delegate the university |
carries on its work successfully 1t asks |
his advice and relies on its guidance anu |
counsel, with the same confidence in /
which any pontifical institution in Rome /
relies on the direction of the holy father. /
Its one desire has been ever to realize !
the hopes of its iliuStriouS founder,
suncts of the Catholic heart. and I'M
flinchingly faithful to the received tradf-
lions of Catholic truth. The mustard seed !
planted a little m Ore7t than a7leeade agO=E
is reaching forth into the trunk and.i
branches of a mighty tree What was 1,
then waste of tfarm land is now vast X
university settlement. Buildings, mag /
nifcent in their proportions have been
erected by the munificent generosity of
our Catholic men and women; faculties
have been established in which are to
be found as teachers men whose scholar
snip is recognized in Catholic and nom
Catholic academic circles, and whose
writings are valuable contributions to the
worlds store Of knowledge; among them
100, are maTlyeyOung men who once were
students in their departments and who |
once were students in their departments
and who are now acquiring fame by their
Instructions and writings; priests and
laymen, too. from all sections of our
country, have followed the courses. seek
ing for the degrees which mark the
higher scholarship, which entitle them to
the positions of trust now held by them
in church and state.
Religious institutions. approaching the
benefits of the university, have placed
their Scholasticates in cluster about
iJ, and here have been trained many who
lstr9tors and teachers in their different
colleges.
A large body of influential teachers in
New York has asked for university direc-
",
and Notwithstanding the exactions of
university departments this work, under
lhe supervision of our professors, is be-
ing done with credit and success. Con-
IerenceS of colleges and seminaries have
oeen organized and are being guided by
the university. This is but a bare out
me of what the university has done and
Is doing for the higher Christian educa
All this means sacrifices, privations,
generosity, unselfishness. on the part of
men who have contributed their thought
ana energy to the academic uDbuilding
20 recognize that the university is in its
youth, and that not much more than d
lozeh years have passed over its head,
,.ilal 10 was new idea among US, that
y mad TO prove itself worthy of confi- :
lehee. that it had to contend with long
y canned and well endowed universities. :
Nol Notwithstanding the difficulties. it has !
Nv among universities, place of honor
ana 1enown. The number of its students
i small when compared with collegiate !
Aa buttons, or universities with under
= eolate or professional departments, !
set ll is well to remember that it is not )
seminary nor a college. nor has it the
a'Nacuons in many departments of pro-
-ess7nal or semi-professional instruction |
Ale.e -n cur country it stands today, as
ou institution doing graduate work, with 4
~ '9lleglate classes, and as such its
,,5,--ino"rs must necessarily be limited. |
.gllh Inc full appreciation of the work
,t.eN is being done by our Catholic col !
g-' The university has hitherto de- !
i.'-.1 10 enter the field of collegiate J
W.. X. ia consequence it has no large |
10y ul Undergraduate students such as
."ga me registers of the older and
le''f american universities. nor can 1t
~ such while it remains faithful to its !
2C''} graduate character. Its students {
~, very large proportion of Catholle !
En- yates who, outside of professional !
oa9ois enter into the higher educational I
st.. large percentage of Catholic I
------- !. found in nnr-l- thnlic inslI- / l