The San Francisco call., 1908-09-15
PORTUGUESE OPEN
I SESSION WITH MASS
impressive Services Conducted
in St. Rafaefs Church at
Opening OF Convention
Society and Knights of Column
bus Form Procession to
Escort Delegates


SAN RAFAEL, Sept. 14.-Solemn
nigh mass marked the opening of the
sixteenth annual session of the Portu-
guese Society of the Holy Ghost that
convened in San Rafael today. Bishop
Henri da Silva officiated as celebrant.
Archbishop Riordan delivered ser
mon. The services were held in st.
RafaePs church, over 1000 parishioners
attending
Bishop da Silva spoke to the wor-
sh1pers in Portuguese. Archbishop
Rlordan made an address in English
In the addresses the members OF the
society and Catholics in general were
eNhorted to work for the church and
to lead righteous lives. The Holy Ghost
society was congratulated for its
growth in membership and for the
work that it is doing among the Portu-
guese along social and religious lines
Ihe services were the most I'M
pressive ever held in San Rafael. The
affairs We're banked with beautful
mowers, and hundreds of wax candles
illuminated the chancel.
Bishop da Silva was attired in rich
red chasuble, and while at the altar
wore the precious miter. Archbishop
Riordan wore the cappa magma. The
rich colors of the chasuble of the cele-
brant, the 'dalmatics of the deaconsi
tunics of the subdeacons and the red,
copas of the assistant priests blend
ing with the white, red and purple
vestments of the clerks, made a gor-
geous spectacle that will long be re-
membered.
A large choir, composed of the best
voices in San Rafael, sang the re-
sponses.
The delegates to the session of the
supreme council of the Holy Ghost So
ciety met at the 1. d. E. S. hall at
Fourth and c streets at $3.50 o'clock
in the morning and, led by the local
lodge of the Knights of Columbus, the
representatives formed in a procession,
and with the silken banners of the
councils of the society, the flag of Port
ugal and with the American emblem
waving above them, they marched
through the streets to the church.
After the services had concluded the
members of the supreme council left
the church and marched back to the
1. d. f. S. hall. where they disbanded
until the afternoon, when the opening
session of the supreme council was
called to order by the grand president,
J. c. Mendonca.
The officiating and visiting priests
were:
Bishop Henri da Silva. celebrant;
lege. assistant priest; Rev. Thomas
Phillips, rector of st. RafaePs church,
deacon; Rev. T. p. Collopy. subdeacon;
Rev. M. j. Walsh of San Rafael, mas
ter OF ceremonies.
Father Doran of Petaluma and Father
st. Andreu of San Francisco were
deacons of honor to Archbishop Rior-
dan.
The visiting priests were: Father
H. III. Wyman, superior OF the Paul
ist fathers of San Francisco; Rev ]. T.
Egan of San Anselmo; Rev. w. Lande.
D. D., of Tocaloma; Rev. John Valen-
tine of Sausalito, Rev. Antonio st. An
dreu of the Spanish church at San
Francisco; Rev. James Francis Kiely
pastor of Melrose and Elmhurst, and
Rev. Father CALI of the Portuguese
church at Oakland.
The acolytes were Vasco Andrade and
Leo Andrade; miter bearer, Jack Ci-
prico; crozier bearer, John Ryan; book
bearer, Walter Grady; bugia bearer,
Leo Dalessi; censer bearers, Thomas
Murray and Charles Ryan; salver bear
er, Thomas Wall.
During the elevation the torch bear
ers were M. Freitas, E. Pimm, E. Don
nelly, c. Grady, f. Griffin and Ted
Ciprico.
The officers Of the supreme council
of the I. d. Z. S. are: j. c. Mendonca,
president; NJ. T. Freitas, vice presi-
dent; secretary, P. ]. Leonardo; treas
urer, ]. c. da Silveira; master OF cere-
monies, M. f. Nunes: marshal, J. v.
Braz; outside guard, l.. T. Freitas; in
physician, DIR. j. S. A. Cabral.
The supreme directors are: M. S.
Peixotto, A. M. Martins, f. ]. Cunha,
F. j. Rose, A. Z. Nunes T. F. Antonio.