The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-22
ORDER OF MOURNING HERE,
RCHBISHOP CALLS FOR MASSES
FOR THE DEAD POPE.
Cathedral Bells Toll Daily nj the Hour
OF His Passing, Calling All TO Pray
for Him-GreRt Requiem Service
Planneti--Churches Draped I'm Black.

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Planneti-C Churches Drapei I'm Black.
Archbishop Farley issued last night the
following pastoral letter announcing Off
cially the death Of Pope Leo XIII. and giving
J a requiem programme to be followed by
/ all clergy Of the New York diocese:
Archbishop House.
J aj2 Madison Avenue n ",
July 20, 1908,
REVEREND AND DEAR SIR: With profound
! sorrow we have just received news OF the
| death Of our Holy Father. Leo NIL. which
II is our painful duty to communicate 10 YOU
and 10 the faithful committed to your care.
| A children standing by the deathbed Of
a beloved father. it behoovcs us TO show 70
| the memory Of him who has won the admira-
| tion and affection of the civilized world by
| tho wondrous beauty of his life and the vast
| services he has rendered 10 the Church and
| tho nations those evidences of Catholic
| devotion prompted by flial love.
Therefore. a solemn pontifical mass Of
| requiem for the repose of the soul of the
deceased Pontiff. at which all the clergy are
kindly invited to be present. will be sung in
the Cathedral on the day of the last obseqrlcs
in Rome In the interval you are requested
to have a solemn requiem mass offered in
your church. and where that is not possible
low requiem mass should be said for the
same purpose to which the faithful shall be
invited. on any day that may be found most
convenient: on that occasion short eulogy
of the deceased Vicar OF Christ should be
spoken.
1t is also directed that the collect PRO
eligendo Summo Ponttce" be substituted
for that of PRO Papa" in all the masses.
vhen the rubrics permit. until the election
of the new Sovereign Pontif.
nj Oh 10, RI = he ,rn ,or
For IA deceased Pope" copy OF which Is
inclosed after each mass until the end of
the Conclaye.
Finally it is desirable that the front Of the
church b.. appropriately draped until the
May, Almighty God in His mercy. grant
eternal rest to, our departed Holy Father.
e" his so ana 9o sR sf IN
Christ. JoHS Archbishop OF New York.
The special requiem prayer referred TO
in the letter and prepared by the Archbishop
o God. by whose inscrutable appointment
Thy servant Leo was numbered among the
ehlef Bishops, grant, We beseech Thee. that
Son ON "arth, may receive a place among
Thy Pontrhs who have entered into eyerHst-
ing bessedness Through Christ Our Lord.
Amen.
All the masses in New York yesterday
were offered for the repose Of the soul Of
Leo Kill. and, although the Archbishop's
proclamation had not been received. special
prayers and services were held in all the
churches. At 4;04 o'clock in the afterno Don.
the hour of the Pope's death, every Catholic
church in the city was the scene of public
devotions. Al the Cathedral the diapers
were still at work shrouding the interior
of the great edifice when the bells tolling
ninety-four times, once for every year of
the Popes life, announced the passing
of Leo XIII. Father Lavelle and
several other. priests of the Cathedral.
who were in the sanctuary, knelt
and all work ceased while the requiem
prayers were being said.
The cripples and others afflicted who were
making the pilgrimage TO the shrine of st.
Anne at the Church Of 81 Jean Baptiste,
paused in their procession to the altar
while Father Roy, who is conducting the
pilgrimage, led the prayers. These were
followed by the hundreds assembled,
The priests of the Dominican priorv
and those of the Carmelite and Franciscan
monasteries held public services in their
churches and chapels from until clock
in the afternoon. In the Church Of St.
Paul the Apostle services were held in
the morning, afternoon and evening.
This programme will be followed until
the new ruler Of the Church is elected
Mgr Mooney, vicar general of the arch
diocese, will be the euogist at the Cathedral
next Thursday, the day set for the solemn
pontfical requiem service. The mass will
be celebrated by Archbishop Farley. and
the $50 clergy of the archdiocese are ex-
pected 70 attend.
The discussion az TO the official mourn
ing was settled authoritatively yesterday
Father P. j. Hayes secretary to Archbishop
Farley, examined presidents TO learn
what color should be used in the churches
here. He said 70 sun reporter later
Red is in one sense the papal mourning,
the official mourning but it cannot prop
erly be used outside the Cathedral Of ST.
Peter. where the body of the PCntiff lies in
state, Not even in the churches of the
Cardinals in Rome may the crimson be
used The Catafalque on which the body
of the dead Pope will lie is of crimson and
his robes are of the same shade The
vestments used by the celebrants Of the
Papal requiem must he crimson but the
vestments worn by those celebrating other
services for the dead Pontiff must be
of the conventional black Nor is it proper
should be used, and, if desired, the Papal
purple may he mingled with it. In sc me
instances the Papal coors, white and gold.
have also been used"
In the Cathedral the arches and pillars
are covered with black, The altar ground,
the communion rail and the sanctuary
are marked in sable, while the bright spires
Of the tabernacle are Swallowed by crepe
festoons. The alabaster pulpit il draped
from the base to the sounding board,
To-day the exterior Of tho Cathedral also
will be draped in black;
Among the first churches of the city I o
take on mourning was that of ST Vincent
Ferrer the Dominican Priory. There the
Paral colors ofwhite and gold are mingled
with heavy folds OF creTe which cover
the entire front Of the edfice st. Francis
Xavier's Church. in Sixteenth street, is also