Evening star., 1903-07-27
TRIBUTES OF RESPECT
BADGE OF MOURNING WORN BY
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
Services Held Yesterday in Memory Of
Late Pont1ff-Address by
Bishop Rocker.

In every Catholic Church yesterday and
at the headquarters of all the Cathollc
societies special marks of respect to the
memory of the dead pope are to be
found. The knights of Columbus. the
largest and most influential of the Catho-
lie organizations Of America, will wear for
thirty days a mourning badge in the shape
of purple ribbon bow. This will be done
by the knights in this city in compliance
With the following request from the su-
preme knight, Edward L. Hearn:
1T is the desire of the board of direc-
tors, expressed by vote of said board at
their regular meeting, that every mem
ber of the Knights of Columbus shall
wear the lapel of his coat, for the
space of thirty days, small bow of pur-
pie ribbon, symbol of our sorrow
for the death of his holiness. Pope Leo
XIII.
You WILL therefore cause each member
of your council to be notified of this vote
of the board of directors. that he may
comply with their wishes.
Many of the councils of the knights Of
Columbus will attend in bodies the solemn
requiem masses which will be celebrated
In their respective churches in commem-
Grafton of Leo XIII.
Services at Trinity Church.
Trinity Catholic Church was filled yester
day morning. when solemn high pontifcal
requiem mass was celebrated in honor of
| the dead pope. The occasion was one of
the most memorable of the many such
services that have been held since the
death of Leo, because during its course
Bishop Rocker, the newly created episco-
pal head of the Catholic diocese of Jaro,
Philippine Islands, told the people of the
last consistory held by Leo XIII and of
the great honor done the pope this
occasion. Bishop Rocker was himself con-
Secra ted during part of this ceremony, and
five new cardinals received their hats. The
mass was of the most elaborate that
had been held up to that time. Bishop
Rocker was the celehrant.
The deacon was Very Rev. Jerome
Francis Casey, s j.. assisted by Rev. ].
+. y. Mulvaney. S j.. and Rev. Augustin
II. Gaynor, S. J. The masters of cere-
monies We're Messrs. Fred Devereux and
given by Rev ]. f. " Mulvaney. s. j.:
Rev. j. T.. joyce. DID, of Bridgeport,
Conn; Rev. NJ. F. Scanlon of Concord. n.
H, and Rev. Samuel Cahill. S. ]. spe-
choir of the church. under the direction of
George Herbert Wells, organist and choir
master.
Pope's Last Public Act.
After describing vividly the scenes in the
Vatican during the last consistory Bishop
Rocker spoke of his last public act a
pontif, the bestowal of the pontical
blessing on those present. He concluded as
follows:
"One month ago the pope. living, strong.
vigorous, If we may say 50 of
ninety-fOur years Old, was a great and
glorious reigning pontiff carried in the
midst of his subjects. Yesterday a dead
Christian. dead Catholic. the body of
such an one was carried along and raised
on high to sepulcher in the upper wall of
chapel and there laid to temporary rest.
Such, my dear friends was the last chapter
In the career of one of the greatest of
the popes, n man who had lived such
wonderful life and wrought such a wonder
full career, man who had reIgned for
twenty-five wonderful years, a man whose
influence had been SO active and strong In
the progress of the world for the last quar-
ter OF century. Up to his last moment
he was performing privately and publicly
the work of a pontiT. and the last words
OF his last public act were those of that
wonderful formula. Let the name of the
Lord be blessed Our help is in the Name
OF the Lord May the blessing of God
Almighty, the Father. the Son and the
Holy Ghost descend upon you Those We're
Leo &ll1's last public words his last beau
uful words to the world at large. In a
few days he was stricken down by the III
ness which was to end his career. To
have been there, to have seen the pontiff
one month ago, to have received that
last blessing of his you may we'll say 1t
anu HiuSl b- d HtUOGy Wncn one VIII
carry all his life. To have known him,
to have talked with him, to have been
close to him. to have felt near by the
blessed wonderful influence of his presence
and his personality. is something the value
of which l must leave you to dream Far
away we are apt to think of the pope
as q great, wonderful, exalted pontiff one
who is high above all the rest of mankind
for the rest of mankind cannot get near
to him. one to be gazed at from afar off
and wondered at, the vicar of Christ the
representative of the Redeemer of Man
kind, the tnfallible teacher and guide of
all to salvation, the one and only one
whose voice speaks with the authority of
Divinity itself. Such is the picture we
form for ourselves from distance and
such Is the memory, the idea, which most
OF us must carry through life, of the SOW
ereign pontif. We do not seem able to
realize often enough. and clearly and plain
ly enough, what we mean when. in the
him as the holy father"
At Other Churches.
AT the Church Of the Immaculate Con-
ception requiem services for the dead pom
tiff were held. An especially fine musical
program was given by an augmented choir.
ST. Cypran's Church was handsomely
draped in mourning yesterday In memory Of
Pope Leo.
The Church Of the Holy Name was elab-
orately draped across the front and inside
requiem mass was celebrated by the pas
tor. Rev Thomas ]. kervick
panegyric on the life and work of Pope
Leo was delivered yesterday at the late
mass at st. Peters. The solemn high re-
QUEEN mass for the dead pope will be sung
this morning at o'clock
The exterior and interio- of ST Stephens q
Church were elaborately decorated with
black yesterday for the deceased pope
Solemn and appropriate services were held
A panegyric to the late pontif was de-
livered at the late mass at ST Augusttnes s
Church yesterday. Fitting drapings of
black decorated the church
Short sermons were delivered at each of
the four masses at I. ., 10 and IL o'clock
reference to the death of the pope being
made at each.
ST. Martins Church was draped In black
in memory of the dead pope.
Requiem mass was celebrated yesterday
morning at o O'Clock in ST. Teresa's Church
Anacostia. for the late pontff. The church
had been draped with mourning Rev.