Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-25
All American Catholic Pre1ates
Are Invited to Baltimore

There Is great activity among Roman
Catholics in Baltimore in preparation for
the festivities to be held In that city on
April - and 80 in honor of the centenary
of the Cathedral. All the prelates In the
United States have been invited and all.
save a very few who may be forced to
main away because of illness or some i'm
portant duty, such as a trip to Rome, will
be there.
Rev p. c. Gavan, chancenor OF the arch
diocese, and Rev. c. F. Thomas of st. Ann
Church are arranging for the entertain
ment of the many distinguish visitors.
Acceptances have been pouring in during
the last few days, and as fast as the two
priests read them they add them to the
list to be provided for. All of those in
dicating their purpose to come will be COM
municated with regarding their plans dur
ing their stay in the city. If the visitor
has already mapped out plans, the COM
mittee will only look after his general com
fo-t and welfare.
MANY of the priests have friends In Bal
timOre and will visit them, while others may
prefer to stop at hotels, but all will be cared
for in the very best manner possible. Many
of the priests in the city will have one or
more of the visitors guests at their rec
tories Prominent families will also enter
will be difficulty in accomm~ dating all.
The celebration will be one of the most
notable Catholic occasions in the history of
the church in the United States. The fact
that the Cathedral is the Oldest and the
archdiocese is the oldest In the country
make it center of historic interest.
The laying of the cornerstone of the
Cathedral was q great event in Catholic
history. and Cardinal Gibbons and the
priests at the Cathedral, and, in fact, all
those In the archdiocese, are looking for
ward anxiously to this anniversary.
While much is yet to be done toward ar
ranging for the festivities and various serv-
ices, it Is wonderful how much has already
been accomplished. The outline of the pro-
gram has already been made up and soma
things have been definitely decid upon.
It is known that the anniversary will be
celebrated only on the two days mentioned,
Sunday, April 20, Archbishop John NJ. Far
ley of New York city Will pontificate at
mass Archbishop Patrick John Ryan OF
Philadelphia, whose fame as a preacher Is
well known TO almost every one In the
east, VIII deliver the sermon.
At Vespers Archbishop Sebastian Gebhard
Messmer of Milwaukee Wis, will pontifi-
cate, and Archbishop John ireland of st.
Paul, Mimi, one of the most eloquent
speakers of the west, will preach. These
of the program.
The main social event of the celebration
will occur on the evening of the following
day at the Lyric. There all of the prelates
will gather and a reception Will be held at
8 o'clock. This will be one OF the most
notable gatherings of Its kind ever held in
this country. After the notables lave as
sembled a prominent resident of the city
will make the address of the evening 1t
has not been announced as yet who this
prominent parsonage is, but ii Is rumored
that Mr.. Charles J. Bonaparte, Secretary
of the Navy, Will be the man. He VIII well
come the preiates and will speak to some
extent on the Cathedral and the --ork of
which II has been the seat for century.
The anniversary of the laying of the cor
nerstone is July 7. but ii was decided to
celebrate It earlier. The first steps toward
erecting the Cathedral were made in 1905,
when old St. Peters had grown too small.
The present site was purchased from Gen.
John Eager Howard, most of the expenses
being betrayed by a lottery. The corner
stone was laid on July T. 1906.
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The following prelates have been invited:
neutrality-suspicious. Joseph Williams, Bos-
ton; James Edward Quigley, Chicago: John
J, Kane Dubuque. Iowa: Sebastian Geb-
hard Messmer. Milwaukee: John NJ Far
ley, New York: Patrick John Ryan, PhiIa-
delphia; John ]. Glennon, st. Louis; John
ireland. St. Paul; George Montgomery. San
Francisco; Patrick William Riordan, San
Francisco; p. Bourgode, Santa Fe; Alexan-
der Christie, Portland, Ore, Henry Moeller,
Cincinnati.
Bishops-Thomas NJ Burke, Albany;
James Ryan. Alton. H.; Eugene A. Gar
vey. Altoona, Pa, Charles OReiliy. Baker
City, Ore; John Jonssen, Belleville, ILL.,;
A. j. Glorieux, Boise, Idaho; Charles II.
Mcdonnell. Brooklyn; Charles II. Cotton,
Buffalo; John s. Michaud, Burlington, VT;
Henry P. Northron, Charleston, 8. c.;
James ]. Keane, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Ignatiis
F. Horstmann, Cleveland; James ]. Hart
ley. Columbus; John +. Cunningham. Con-
cordia. KAN, Camillier p Macs Coving-
ton KY: Edward J. Dunno. Dallas, Tex;