Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-12
POPE HONORS
LOCAL PRIEST
FATHER HARNETT RECEIVES
NEW APPOINTMENT
ANNOUNCED BY THE BISHOP,
Feast Of Penteeost Is Observed at
Cathedral Of st. Vlblana-Vicar
General Delivers
Sermon

Domestic prelate and chaplain to the
pope is the high honor which has been
conferred on Rt Rev. Monsignor Har-
nett. vicar general of the diocese Of
Monterey and Los Angeles and pastor
of the Cathedral of st. Vibiana. The
brief was received late Saturday by Rt.
Rev. Bishop Conaty, who made the pub
lie announcement at the pontifical mass
at the cathedral yesterday morning.
This new title comes to Mgr. Harnett
as a special honor, there being but
half a dozen domestic prelates in this
country. 1t gives him the honor of
being attached to the papal court and
presides at mass.
Father Harnett," as he is still low
ingly known by his many friends, has
labored in this diocese twenty-five
years and has been vicar general the
past nine years. He is one of the most
prominent and popular priests of the
diocese and is well known as an elo-
quent speaker.
Feast of Pentecost
The sermon at the pontifical mass
yesterday, the feast of Pentecost, was
preached by Mgr. Harnett. after which
the bishop made the announcement of
his new office, which came as a great
surprise.
Mgr. Harnett spoke on the mean
ing of the feast, the birthday of the
church. He said in part:
1.-The church is the greatest preacher
of God on earth Christ being its Wis
ible head, the Holy Ghost is it's soul,
it's body being the congregation of all
the faithful who from baptism profess
the faith of the Christ. 1t is governed
under the lawful pastors under the
pope, the successor of st. Peter.
1.-The Holy Ghost is the third per.
son of the blessed trinity, consequently
God. He is the life and strength. If
the church be regarded as an animate
body, he is it's soul; if it is regarded as
a ship he is it's protector, and if as q
kingdom, he is its king.
Holy Ghost Soul of Church
1.-The Holy Ghost, being the soul of
the church, imparts to us a knowledge
of God, consequently when the church
proposes a doctrine for our belief there
is no danger Of being deceived, as the
Holy Ghost cannot lie.
1.-The condition of the world before
the advent of Christianity was appall-
i,,o I,,o cl oI 1al
There is no one who is not aware of the
gladiatorial contests; no one who does
not know that slave was but a chat
tel. The condition of woman under the
Roman empire was the condition of
slave. She was even regarded as q
being without soul. The condition of
children was most appalling. The child
after it's birth was placed at the feet
OF its father. If he lifted it up it was
cared for, hence the expression, suci-
pere liberos,' to take up children. If
the child was not taken up by him it
was strangled or cast into the public
sewers. Labor was considered dis
graceful.
'All this has been changed since the
coming of the Holy Ghost. The change
was gradual, as the spirit of God works
by human agency. Gladiatorial con-
tests ceased to exist and human blood
ceased to flow in the arena. Woman is
regarded as the equal and helpmate of
man, labor has been dignified and the
lives Of children have come to be re-
garded as sacred, so that it has become
an axiom that reverence is due the
children