The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-14
FIFTEEN STUDENTS
BECOME PRIESTS
They Are Ordained at ST. Paul
Seminary With Impres.
sive Ceremony

The ordination at ST. Paul seminary
of fifteen students as priests and of
thirteen subdeacons attracted many
visitors yesterday to an institution
that is already noted throughout the
United States.
Shortly before 8 o'clock yesterday
morning the seminarians, the faculty,
and those of the clergy who were to
take part in the ordination, assem-
bled at the administration building,
and marched thence to the beautiful
new chapel of ST. Mary. Seminarians
walked first, as is usual, followed by
the white-robed candidates for the
subdeaconate, wearing the amice, alb
and cincture, and carrying upon their
arms the dalmatic of their future rank.
The young deacons who were to be-
come priests came next, the pure white
of their abs relieved by the various
tints of their several stoles, green, red
and purple, and by like variety in
the color of the prieStly chasubles
which they carried. AT the end ap-.
peared the clergy. and, last of ALL
Archbishop Ireland, in cape, cassock
and cap, or biretta, all of episcopal
purple.
Entering the chapel before a large
congregation of laymen. among whom
appeared a number of visiting clergy
men, the candidates took the first two
rows of seats before the sanctuary
With one hand the young men held
now the garments of the offices they
were to fill, and with the other hand
they carried each a lighted candle.
After brief prayer before the ar
tistic but unadorned altar, the arch
bishop assumed white vestments for
the mass, placing on his head a white
mitre, and putting an the amice, or
collar-hke vestment, the long alb, over
that the stole, and the chasuble over
all. He took thus the combined gar
ments of the subordinate clergy in
token Of his superior rank
Priests Assist Archbishop
To aid the archbishop in his exalted
duty appeared the assistant priest.
Very Rev. P. H. Hebron, rector of the
seminary; the master of ceremonies,
Rev. Francis Schaefer, of the seminary
faculty, and Rev. Joseph Campbell, as
sistant master of ceremonies, also of
the faculty. Rev. Mgr. Oster occu-
pied place in the sanctuary. The
minor assistants of the archbishop
We're seminarians.
Just before the epistle of the mass
the candidates, led by the future SUBJ
Geacons, entered the sanctuary, and,
handing their candles to acolyteS. pros
trated themselves at full length before
the altar, while the archbishop. kneel-
ing, continued to recite, and the choir
OF twenty-five SeminarianS,s under Rev.
John Seliskar, the musical director.
sang, in impressive plain chant the
htany of the saints
The candidates went back to their
seats where the priests to-be remain
ed. But the youths that were to be-
come subdeacons ranged themselves
TWO by two and again drew near the
altar. Approaching the archbishop, the
couples knelt before him, while he re-
cited, in resonant Latin, an admonition
as to the duties they were about to as
sumo. When each candidate had made
the promises of his office the archbish-
op robed him with the additional vest
mentS of the Subdeaconate. attaching
the maniple about the candidates arm
and draping the white, green, purple or
red dalmatic about his shoulders TAX
Ing their candles from the acolytcs
the new subdeacons resumed their
seats and the mass continued.
Candidates Enter Sanctuary
1t was after the tract of the mass
that the fifteen candidates for the
priesthood entered the sanctuary. and
began ceremony similar to that OBJ
served by the subdeacons. But when
these last candidates had been admon-
1shed by the archbishop and when.
two by two, they knelt before him, al