Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-29
CATHOLICCHURCH
CELEBRATES DAY
ANNIVERSARY OBSERVED IN
new YORK
MESSAGE FROM POPE Plus X
READ TO FOLLOWERS
President Roosevelt and Other Digni-
taries Send Congratulations to
Leaders on Notable
Occasion
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April 2S.-As early as 5
o'clock hundreds of priests and digni-
taries and thousands of men, women
and children were on the way to st.
Patrick's cathedral to join in the inn
posing Thanksgiving service in honor of
the completion of 100 years of Catholic
progress in New York
While the services did not begin until
II o'clock the cathedral was filed to
overfiowing long before 10 o'clock.
Seats were reserved for numerous pub
lie officials and the members of the
general committee of laymen, but after
these had been seated it was first come
first served, and the ushers had a diff
ficult task in making room.
Before the service began there were
fully 5000 persons gathered in the beau
tiful edifice and as many more were
outside.
Headed by a deacon bearing aloft
professional cross, the clergy and pre-
lates who participated in the ceremony
marched in solemn procession from the
cathedral college in Madison avenue to
the main entrance of the cathedral in
Fifth avenue and thence up the long
aisle into the spacious sanctuary.
First in line were the leaders of the
church in America, Archbishops Ireland
of st. Paul. Glennon of st. Louis. Keane
of Dubuque, Moeller of Cincinnati,
O'Connel of Boston, Blenk of New Or
leans, Ryan of Philadelphia, Quigley Of
Chicago and Farley of New York.
They were followed by their mead
and Americas representative in the
sacred college, Cardinal Gibbons of Bal
timore.
The very last and the chief parsonage
in the celebration, since he was cele-
brant of the mass, was Cardinal Logue,
primate of Ireland The mass began
promptly at IL o'clock. Cardinal Glib
bons preached a long sermon, in which
he reviewed the history of the Catholic
church in New York from its earliest
days until the present. A message was
received from Pope Plus x congratulat-
ing Archbishop Farley and the Cath
olics of New York.
Message from Pope
The popes message follows:
ITO our venerable brother, John M.
Farley, archbishop of New York: Ven
erable Brother-Health and apostolic
benediction. The recurrence of the
memorable events in the history OF my
diocese is at all times an occasion of
Joy, and the one hundredth anniversary
of the foundation of the archdiocese of
New York, whose Development has been
extraordinary, must call Tor unusual
rejoicing, because the constant increase
in the harvest Of 100 years bears ample
testimony that the highest expectations
have been abundantly fulfilled.
''It seems proper in view OF the con-
soling results that on the solemn CEN
tennial celebration of the see of New
York we should renew our fervent
supplication to God that he may
vouchsafe to it more plentiful sup
ply of his celestial gifts and more CO.
pious resources to accomplish things
even more laudable.
"For these reasons and as mark of
special honor, 1t affords us great pleas
ure to tender you and to your devoted
flock our heartfelt congratulations For
assuredly you and your loyal brethren
have rendered many distinguished SER
vices to the church and to the state,
and we cherish the hope that these,
our words, may be an incentive to per-
severe in the vigilance and zeal OF
which you have thus far given such
signal proof and thus bring glory to
America and stand as an example for
the entire world.
"As an augury of heavenly favor and
an evidence Of our good will, we most
lovingly impart to you and to your
faithful people the apostolic benedic-
tion.
"Given at st. Peters, Rome. the 9th
day of April. 1908, in the fifth year Of
our pontifcate.
(Signed) "PIUS x, POPE"
Scores of communications reached
the archbishop from ministers and lay
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