Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-18
MANY VISITORS FROM ABROAD!
Service at 81. Otto's Church, Reception
at the Opera House. Dinner at the
Com merciaI Hotel-Eloquent
Addresses, Beautiful
Appropriate
Music.

Tuesday was great day for the mem
bers of the Catholic churches of Day
county and the City Of Webster II
was in fact the greatest day in the his
tory OF the st. Otto's church of this
city. The occasion was the raising OF
Father Henry MensiDg 20 the position
of Domestic Prelate with the title OF
Mousignore by the Rt Rev Bishop
O'Gorman, of Sioux Falls Nor were
the celebrants and participants confined
TO Webster and Day county alone.
They came from all over Nor did the
joyful ones all belong 10 the Catholic
faith, for they were hundreds of pro-
testanTs who have known Father Mems
ing for these many years he has been
stationed in Day county aud all have
learned TO love and respect him and
they too were proud of the high honor
he was to receive and had come TO Web.
ster TO participate ia the ceremonies
aud TO show the great respect IN which
they held TINS model man of the cloth
No title was ever conferred that was
more deserved and none that will be
more highly appreciated by the recipi-
ent, his church people and his thous-
ands of friends throughout the state.
The day opened cloudy aud looked
very much like storm yet there was
an unusually large number of people in
the city. The parade formed on Main
street, in front of the Catholic Order Of
Forresters hall and headed by the Web
ster Kid band marched to the depot at
$50 o'clock, 10 meet the train from the
west which was to bring the bishop. In
the procession were st. Joseph's Men,
society Of Granville, st. Laus' young
mems society of Granville and st. Otto's
Court Catholic Order of Forresters Of
Webster. When the train arrived Ri.
Rev. Bishop O'Gorman and Rt. Rev.
Monsignores Flynn, Sheehan and MeEs-
ing were conducted to carriage drawn
by four white horses and the procession
proceeded to the parsonage where the
distinguished party was left to prepare
for the coming services.
Promptly at ten o'clock the same soci-
cites which met the train and twenty
altar boys dressed in yestments of var
ious colors, and about two score of little
girls all clothed in white formed pro-
session in front of the parsonage and
conducted the nriests in their black
cossacks. and the bishop and monsig.
nores. in their purple robes, to the
church.
The church was beautifully decorated
with the colors of the church, red, the
papal colors, white and yellow, and the
colors OF the bishop and monsignors
purple. Besides the beautifully trim.
mings of ribbons there was a profuss
display Of cut flowers and potred plants
The ceremonies began with an addres,
by Rt. Rev. Bishop O'Gorman TO Rt
Rev. Monsignore MensinS. in which he
told of the position to which he was te
be elevated. The bishop explained thai
the position carried no more authorit,
with II than was given to other priest,
except II gave to the holder the plao'
within the circle which was granted th'
bishops. He explained that IL was con
ferred only upon those who by some d
many acts In church life had shown
themselves worthy Of 70 great dist,nc
ton. He gave a. his reasons for REQ
ommending Father Mensing to the pop
that he had ever been one Of his hardes
working priests for the upbuilding an,
the good of the church, and for tn,
reason Of his having while acting a
tho head Of the church in this state dur
| ing the time between the resignation o
re. Rev. Bishop Marty and his (Rs
! Rev. Bishop O'Gorman's) appointment
been 50 successful In the hard task
which then devolved upon him. He tol,
the church people Of the great homo
that had come TO them thronvh 49,,