The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-11-07
CALIFORNIA; Catholic Jubilee.

Last Sunday at St Mary's cathedral San Fran
cisco, the fftieth anniversary of the establishment
of the archdiocese of San Francisco was celebrated
by solemn high mass with all the beautiful and
impressive Accomplishments the service embodies.
The church auditorium was filled to its utmost
capacity long before the first throb of the organ,
and the altar, which readily lends itself to adorn-
ment, was beautiful as artistic skill could make
it.
To the strains of Memberships ''Hymn of
Praise, the solemn professional entered the chan
Gel led by the altar boys, who followed In turn
by seninarans members of the Sulpician order,
representatives from various other religious or
ders and number of the secular clergy.
The celebrant of the mass the Right Rev.
Bishop Grace of the Sacramento diocese; the as
sistant priest, the Very Rev. j. j. Prendergast vi
general; the deacon of mass, the Rev. j. r.
Hannigan; sub-deacon, the Rev. G. A. Ramm;
ter of ceremonies, the Rev. P. D. Mulligan The
Most Rev. Archbishop Riordan was present on his
throne, attended by the Rev. Father Frieden of St
Ignatius, deacon of honor. Opposite Archbishop
Riordan, and also on his throne, was present the
Most Rev. Archbishop Montgomery, attended by
the Rev. Father Hoag and Father Doran of the
Sulpician order
The music under the direction of Mr.. Har
rson the organist, was made up of excerpts from
the masses of Beethoven and Hummel and
deled with the utmost skill and expression.
A notable feature of the occasion was the en-
trance into the cathedral in body of the knights
of Columbus, numbering over 300 members.
The sermon was preached by the Rev. j. W.
Sullivan of ST. Patricks seminary, and at the close
of the mass the Most Rev. Archbishop Rlordan
gave the papal benediction.
Father Suvan's discourse was mainly his
torica review of the life of the archdiocese from
the time of its establishment. He said in part:
Fifty years ago, the 29th day of July last, the
archdocese of San Francisco was erected Fifty years
ago on that self-sa day, the Right Rev Joseph
sadoc Alemany the then bishop of Monterey and San
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became the first archbishop of this province.
In commemoraton of that event we nave gathered
here today. We are all living cells in this vast
gansm life is life its pulsations are our pull
saons; its history past is ours; its future ours,
A jubilee partakes of the nature of grand mental
review in which thoughts and things, facts and
figures purposes and persons file noiselessly past for
inspection After of campaigning it is good to
rest upon while, and look back upon
methods and weapons upon our successes and our
reverses and gathering strength and refreshnent
from the experience, the examples, the accumulated
power and wisdom of the past to prepare ourselves to
look forward to prepare ourselves for future work.
and to fill ourselves with crusader enthusiasm for
conquests.
On the 18th of July 1862 Father Junipero Sierra,
with some dozen of his Franciscan brethren, estab
lished the first mission in state of California, at
San Diego From San Diego to Solano, missions dot
ted the coast They were consecrated by the labors
and watered by the tears of the of St Francis
whose blood crimsoned the sands of the Pacific.
The Right Rev. Gracia Diego of Moreno upon
the bishop of both CALIFORNIA; in 1S40 What
awaited him? Promises unfuIflled on the part of the
Mexican government His plans nobly conceived,
came to naught, difficulties shortened a sanity
life. Political differences between the United States
and Mexico the consequent annexation of Upper Cali
forna to the Union aggravated the complications.
Cut off from Mexico as it had been from SPAIN no
further supply of ministers of religion could be ex
pected from either. Hard upon the discovery of
deposits of gold came pouring in from all coun-
tries new vigorous strong and active population
was rapidly covering the land. Oren-hearted men
gave of their bounty to raise up churches their God
ana to support their priests
The appointment of the Dominican, the Rev Faith
er Montgomery, relative of present coadjutor
archbishop answer to their appeals Father
Montgomery could not be induced accept the dignity
and Father Joseph Sadoc Alemany, Spaniard of the
order, became the successor of the first bishop
of both CALIFORNIA;. The had been divided and
Bishop Alemany to direct the affairs of the
American portion bishop of Monterey.
IN the May of 1852 Bishop Alemany placed before
the fathers of the first plenary council of Baltimore
definite of his diocese. Fifty years ago.
July 29th, Archbishop Alemany made San Francisco
his city.
vicariate apostolic formed at Marysville and
today is the of Sacramento. Churches were built
schools were opened asylums for the orphans hos
pitfalls for the sick refugees for the fallen founded
and a seminary was established at Mission Dolores
and later transferred the Mission San Jose for
the future laborers IN the vineyard. The sons and
daughters of ST. Dominic his grace brought with him:
the of st. FRAMES he found here Father Nobl
with his Jesuit brethren from Oregon.
Archbishop Alemany had consumed himself in his
zeal for the House of God. and in his deep humility