The San Francisco call., 1908-10-12
ARCHDIOCESE WILL
CELEBRATE JUBILEE
Services to Mark Twenty-fifth
Anniversary of Archbishop
Riordan's Conservation
Pontifical Mass and vespers
Will Be Followed by Recep-
ton Thursday

An archbishop, six bishops and sew
eral hundred priests will attend the
celebration next Thursday at ST. Mary S
cathedral of the twenty-fifth anniver-
sary of the conservation of Archbishop
P. w. Riordan to the archiepiscopacy OF
San Francisco
| The celebration will be strictly of a
religious nature. A great civic demon
strat1on, to be participated in by the
laity and the various Catholic societies,
was planned, but out of Difference to
the archbishop's wishes the festivities
will be confined to religious services.
Solemn pontifcal mass will be cele-
Drated by Archbishop Riordan in ST.
Mary's cathedral ON Thursday morning
at 10 O'Clock. All the beauty and So
lemn1ty of the Catholic ritual will be
utilized to make the event one of the
most noteworthy in the annals of
Catholicism on the Pacific coast. Twen-
ty solofsts have been rehearsing as a
choir. under the direction of Robert j.
HARRISON. organist to provide the mu-
sical feature Of the service. Gounod' s
st. Cecilia mass will be sung. The of
fertory will be chanted from the sane
tuary by the priests and visiting sem
inarians from st. Patrick's seminary.
The Credo will be sung in the Grego-
rian from the altar
BISHOP CONATY TO PREACH
Bishop Conaty of Los Angeles will
deliver the sermon. The address will
deal largely with the lifework and
character of Archbishop Riordan.
Archbishop Christie of Portland,
Bishop Grace of Sacramento, Bishop
Lawrence Scanlan of Salt Lake:
Bishop John Lancaster Spaulding of
Peoria, who delivered the sermon at
the conservation of Archbishop Rior-
dan at Chicago 25 years ago; Bishop
ODea of Seattle and Bishop Glorieux
of Boise will be present in the sanctu-
ary.
Following the mass luncheon will
be served to the visiting clergy in the
cathedral basement. After the lunch
con reception, with the archbishop
as the guest of honor, will be held by
the clergy. Very Rev. J. ]. Prender-
CAST. the vicar general of the diocese,
will act as spokesman for the clergy
and will make the presentation.
In the evening solemn pontif1cal
vespers, with Bishop Thomas Grace as
celebrant. will be held. There will be
no sermon. but "Te Deum." sung by
choir, priests, seminarians and congre-
cation, will fittingly conclude the re-
ligious service
GIFTS TO BE PRESENTED
The reception the laity is planning
bishop will be presented with a gift,
collected from the Catholics of the
archdiocese. A number of memorials
from the different religious societies
and orders will also be presented in
the evening The sisters of the Sacred
Heart convent have prepared a mag
nificent set of yestments, and the
Ladies aid society are having a por-
trait in oil painted.
Archbishop Riordan was born in
New Brunswick August 81, 1S41 He
was educated in Notre Dame, in Lou
vain, and in Rome. When he returned
to this country he was appointed pro-
fessor Of ecclesiastical history and
canon law at the Theological Seminary
OF st. Mary's of the Lake, in Chicago.
He served as pastor later at Woodstock.
Joliet and Chicago. In 1883 he was
consecrated bishop, and appointed CO.
adjutor, with the right Of succession,
to Archbishop Alemany of San Fran
cisco. A year later Archbishop Ale
many resigned and went back to Spain.
Archbishop Riordan succeeding.