Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-17
ST. PATRICK HONORED
Solemn High Mass at His
Name Church.
DIR. GUNN'S SERMON
ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO IRE
LANDS PATRON SAINT.
An Immense Concourse Of People
Present - Military Mass at st.
Aloysius Church.

All true sons and daughters of the "emer-
aid igie'' are wearing of the green" today
III honor of the feast day of Patrick, Ire
lands patron saint The thousands of men
and women through whose veins course the
unalloyed blood of Celtic parents were not
more positive in their demonstrations Of
love and reverence for the Gould sod" and
its patron than were those who are pleased
to call themselves Americans, and who
claim an Irish ancestor or two. Ireland
day and st. Patrick's day have become so
merged in the observance In this country
that the one always means the other. Each
year the celebration of the day has be-
come more and more an event for the dis
play of those qualities of patriotism and
devotion which make people strong in
spiritual and civic affairs, and each year
the demonstrations of the people on tbs
particular day of the year have grown in
dignity and strength. The brass band and
green banner parade of a decade ago have
given place to a quieter. more simple form
of observance, but the spirit that found
vent in the more garish exhibitions OF the
last generation has in no way suffered In
the change. 1t is probable that st. Pat
rcks day was never celebrated with so
much true feeling or in manner more
reyerent or devotional than it is by the
modern Irish of America. All people WHO
claim even the most remote ancestry with
the public meeting, the dinners and the
entertainments given in honor of the day,
and in each form the observance taxes,
every man and woman, of all degrees of
education and social standing, has his or
her part to do, and does it with a faltnfui-
ness and zeal which has characterized the
Irish people since their beginning.
Observance at st. Patrick's.
The most important observance Of the day
was at st. Patrick's Church, where solemn
high mass was celebrated before the high
est dignitaries of the church in this coun-
try. Mgr. Falconio, the personal repre-
sentative of the pope occupied the throne
on the left of the altar while Mgr y con-
NELL rector of the Catholic University of
America, the most important educational
institution the church maintains In TINS
country, occupied place on the right OF
the altar. In the front and center of the
church were seated the members of the
seven divisions of the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians in this city, their colors, the stars
and stripes, the gold and green emblem OF
Ireland and the white and gold colors of
the pontiff being grouped on the right,
left and center of the center aisle. The
members of the five ladies' auxiliaries We're
seated with their fathers brothers and hus-
bands. There were about thousand men,
bers of the order and it's auxiliary in at
tendance, and such concourse of members
of the church and daughts rs of Ireland that
the pews and aisles wee inadequate to
II. assembled a 10 o'clock at Carroll Hall
and under the direction of Marshall John
j. Dolan marched from the hall to the
church The members of the auxiiaries
followed and when the church was reached
the ladies went directly to the pews as
signed them, while the men formed a lane
from the door of the parochial home to the
door of the church, through which the
clergy passed on their way to the church.
The clergy, headed by Rev. DIR. Stafford,
pastor of the church, marched from the
house to the church, and Immediately on
their entrance the services were begun
Lie Whites new choral mass was sung by
the choir, under the direction of Mr.. Ar
mand Gumprecht. Mgr. Falconio presided
and mass was celebrated by Very Rev. ].
A. Hinch, prior of the Dominican mon
aStery of this city, celebrant; Rev. T. P.
O'Rourke, OPP, deacon; Rev. J. II. Ford,
O.P, subdeacon, and Rev. George Dough-
erty, secretary to the rector of the Cath
Ole University, master of ceremonies.
The soloists of the mass were Mrs Annie
Grant-Fugitt Miss Mary Grant, Mr.. Mel
vile d. Hensey and Mr.. Charles Good
child.
DR.. Gums Sermon.
Few. John E. Gum, DID, pastor of the
Sacred Heart Church of Atlanta, Ga,
preached the sermon. Father Gums SER
mon was based on the life and work of
st. Patrick. Ireland, he said is coming to
occupy more and more prominent place
in the thoughts of the men who direct
the affairs of nations. The Irish people
have ever been the most progressive and
aggressive people in the world, and their
position in the civil and spiritual affairs
of all peoples is of the highest.
1t matters not that ST. Patrick was not
a native of Ireland the preacher declared
his life and work was so identified with the
island and its people, and his thoughts and
actions were wholly for Ireland and
the Irish that TO think of him is to think of
Ireland His life, Father Gum continued
ferns a study of magnificent devotion, sac
rfice and progression. To the mind of the
preacher st. Patrick exemplified more than
any other apostle saint what is most
desired in priest and missionary. He
was the ideal of the missionary as he was
of the priest, and better than this even, he
was able to leave his impress so strongly
on the people among whom he worked that
it will never be obliterated. Father Gum
drew a lesson to the people in the life of
st. Patrick that was eloquent and instruct
i've. At the conclusion of the services the
hymn to st. Patrick was sung by the
choir and congregation with full orchestral
accompaniment.
After the mass the visiting clergy were
entertained at luncheon by Father Stafford.
Among those present were: The apostolic
delegate, Mgr. FalcOnio; Mgr. D. J. O'Con-
nell, rector of the Catholic University; Rev.
J.. A. Hinch, o. p, pastor of st. Dominics
Church; Rev. Jerome Daugherty, S. j.,
president of Georgetown College; Rev.
James Burns, president of Holy Cross Col
lege; Rev. Drs. Edward Pace, Thomas Sha-
Ian, Charles P. Grammar, John T. Creagh.
and Rev. Fathers Dougherty, Hartwell and
Cahill Of the Catholic University, Rev. T.
P. O'Rourke and J. H. Ford of st. Domi-
MICS, Rev. Thomas McGuigan and Rev.
William j. Carroll of st. Patrick's. and
Rev. John E. Gum, pastor, of the Sacred
Heart Church, Atlanta, Ga.