Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-25
ST. MARY'S CATHEDRAL
CENTENARY CELEBRATION TO BE
HELD NEXT WEEK.
Official Program Of Exercises En-
braces Elaborate Ceremonials-
Musical Features.

FROM now until Sunday Baltimore and
Washington win be the gathering places OF
the most distinguished of the Roman Cath
olic Church hierarchy from all over the
United States. coming to attend the cente-
nary celebration of St Mary's Cathedral.
Baltimore. the cathedral church Of the do
cese. of which Washington Is a part. There
viii be solemn and impressive religious
ceremonies on a scale that has probably
never before been witnessed In this section
Of the United States. The gathering will
be in part tribute to the cathedral, but
also largely to Cardinal Gibbons. who has
the distinction OF being the only living
American cardinal.
The official program has been issued by
DR.. Fletcher. q former Washington clergy
man. now rector at st. Mary's Cathedral.
and Is. in part. as follows: Leaving Calvert
Hall at 1880 am. Sunday, the procession
of clergy will move along Cathedral street
to Mulberry. to side gate OF cathedral,
within the cathedral Enclosure to the main
entrance. and thence to the sanctuary.
The procession will be headed by Master of
Ceremonies Rev. ]. N. Nainfa. followed by
censor bearers, professional cross bearer,
sanctuary boys. seminary choir and semi
narians; Master of Ceremonies Rev. Geo.
Dougherty, assistant treasurer of the Cath
ole University; regular clergy in habit OF
their order: secular clergy: Master Of Cere-
monies Rev. F. Doory. archiepfscopal cross
bearer and acolytes. Catholic University
faculty, Wears general in black mantaletta,
monsgnori; Master of Ceremonies Rev. j.
d. Boland, right reverend abbots right rev.
erend bishops. most reverend archbishops;
Master of Ceremonies Rev. j. A. MeCallen,
the apostolic delegate and attendants Rev.
w. E. Starr, Rev. NJ. ]. Riordan; Cardinal
Gibbons and attendants Rev E. r. Dyer
D. D.; Rev. T. S. Lee and Rev. g. Devine.
Mass by Archbishop Farley.
Solemn pontifical mass will be celebrated
at IL am. by Most Rev. ]. NJ. Farley, DID,,
archbishop of New York. The attendants
of the archbishop at the mass will be Rev.
w. A. Fletcher, rector of the cathedral,
assistant priest; Rev. c. f. Thomas, S.T.L.,
deacon; Rev. w. r. Russell, subdeacon:
masters of ceremonies, Messrs. f. Angel
and M Nassallo of St. Mary's Seminary.
Most Rev. p. ]. Ryan, DID,, archbishop
OF Philadelphia, will deliver the sermon.
Music for the ceremony will be especially
elaborate. The professional. occasional,
the invocation before the sermon and a
motel at the offertory will be sung by the
cathedral choir, under the direction of Mr..
F. x. Hale. Organist, Mr.. Alphonse w.
Schenuit In conformity with the "rnotu
proprio' of the pope the proper and the
ordinary of the mass, as we'll as the ves-
sers, will be Gregorian, and will be taken
from the authorized edition, published by
the Benedictine monks of Soesmes. A
oeiiiClodIy ciioir, composed OF sixty Semlna-
rians, reinforced for this occasion by twenty
collegians from st. Charles College, Ellicott
City, will render the Gregorian music
After the mass dinner will be served at
st. Mary's Seminary at 1870 pm.
PontificiaI Vespers.
Solemn ponticial vespers will be sung In
the evening, at which Most Rev. s. G. Mess
ner, DID,, archbishop of Milwaukee, will
officiate. A sermon will be delivered by
Most Rev. ]. J. Glennon, DID, archbishop
of st. Louis. The religious celebration of the
centennial will be closed by solemn bene-
diction of the most blessed sacrament Car
dinal Gibbons officiating.
Monday there will be q solemn high mass
in the morning, celebrated by DR.. Fletcher,
rector of the cathedral. Archbishop j. J.
keane of Dubuque will deliver the sermon
In the evening at O'Clock there will be re-
ception to the bishops at the Lyric Hall.
Charles ]. Bonaparte, Secretary of the
Navy, VIII make an address, and there will
be response by Bishop p. J. Donahue of
Wheeling.