The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-04-21

lates of the Catholic Church since the
last plenary council in 1884 will be
at the celebration on April 20 of the
centenary Of the lying OF the corner
stone of the old Baltimore Cathedral.
the seat of the prinacy of the Ameri-
can hierarchy. the great hall OF leg
islation for the Church in the United
States, says the Western Waterman.
Twelve archbishops and q hundred
bishops and monsignors, ;tbbots and
leaders of the various ecclesiastical
orders will take part in the ceremonies,
which will be on scale of magniticence
never before equaled in the American
Church, not even at the national coun-
ellis.
For more than year decorators and
gilders worked on the minarets. dome
and interior Of the big edlice. COM
pletely renovating it for the centenary.
The costly work is now complete. The
most artistic lines.
The programme for the celebration
includes Il procession of the priests
\ and prelates around the cathedral block
ON the morning of Sunday. April 80. to
be followed by pontifical mass, at
which Archbishop John NJ. Farley of
New York will pontiticate. Archbishop
Patrick John Ryan of Philadelphia
will preach the sermon. To this SER
vice may also be invited the President
and Vice President OF the United
States, members of the cabinet, many
senators. representatives and diplo-
mats and state and city officials.
At vespers, Archbishop Sebastian
Gebhard Messmer of Milwaukee, Wis,
will pontiflcate. and Archbishop John
Ireland of ST Paul, Mimi. one of the
most eloquent speakers of the west.
will preach. These two services will
comprise the religious part of the pro-
gramme.
The main social event will occur on
the evening Of the following day at
Nathe Lyric. There all of the prelates
I. will gather to :: reception. This will
I be one of the most notable gatherings
of its kind ever held in the country.
Charles j. Bonaparte, Secretary of the
!, Navy will make the principal address,
welcoming the prelates, and he will
also speak on the cathedral and the
/ work Of which 1t has been the seat for
century.
The history of the old cathedral is
best told by Cardinal Gibbons, who
in speaking of the Importance to
church circles of the coming event
said:
I'm celebrating the centenary the
name of Archbishop Carroll will oc-
cupy conspicuous place. John Car
roll was appointed first bishop of Balti-
more by Pope Plus VII, and was conse-
Grated August is, 1890, in the chapel
attached to Lulworth Castle, Dorset
shire, England His see embraced then
the whole United States. The conse-
Grating prelate was Rt. Rev. DR.. Wal
mesley, vicar apostolic of the London
district.
THE site selected for the edifice was
purchased from Gov. Howard OF
Revolutionary fame, whose equestrian
statue adorns Mount Vernon place. His
daughter, Mrs. William George Read
-eHhom l had the pleasure of knowing
a convert to the Catholic Church. was
for many years a devout worshiper il
\. the cathedral and Jealous member
-N,f the Sanctuary Society. The architec
I of the cathedral was Benjamin Henr,
Y [.atrobe the grandfather Of Gen
n Ferdinand C. Latrobe. the many time!
4 mayor of Baltimore. Mr.. Latrobe als'
designed the old capitol in Washing
|, ton.
L The cornerstone of the cathedra
I was laid by Bishop Carroll on July
1906. Baltimore, which today has near
ly 100000 souls, at that date had {
population of 10000. and the Catholi
>, community hardly amounted to 500
II souls.
"The granite with which the churcl
was built was brought from tn
auarries at Ellicott City in carts draw
by oxen. The work of construction
towly progressed until 1912, when