Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1908-05-28
Biz. CATHOLIC CELEBRATION.

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Centenary Of the Establishment Of the
New York Archdiocese.
One hundred years ago the Roman
Catholic archdiocese Of New York was
esta blished, and beginning April 26 the
church viii have weeks celebration
of its anniversary.
Commenting on this event. Arch
bishop John H.. Farley tells in the fol-
lowing words why the diocese cele-.
brates:
"a generation ago we celebrated the
centennial of the ma ation-of its birth
into the. family of nations. Her chill.
dren recalled with pride and with a
due sense Of humble acknowledgment
of the. goodness Of God the lowly be-
ginnings Of this now great. glorious and
prosperous country. its poverty. its
struggles with false friends from with.
in and from without and the proph-,
ecies Of certain failure soon to- follow
the young and inexperienced nation
"The young republic. with wisdom
born Of its own big heartedgess and
warm sympathy. opened wide its arms
to the oppressed and deserving 1T all
the world She took them to her heart.
taught them. in her own way how to
respect the rights of each. nodded them
under the influence Of her own fnstitu
tions until these strangers from afar
came to love her with an affection
stronger than death and passed down
to their children and their children's
children that nnfaltering devotion
''Such was her wondrous growth that
when her first century had:rlosed she
stood among the foremost nations Of
the earth For this she kept her cen
tennial II, thanksgiving and gratitude
generation ago
Even so has it been with the history
Of the Catholic church In this diocese
of New York. and for this grace and
divine power we feel called on to lift
up our voices and our hearts in graft
tude to God at the close of this CEN.
tury in her organized life"
The revised programme Of the cele
bration reads:
Sunday. April 2s Solemn mass OF
Thanksgiving in all the churches of the
diocese. withaspecial sermon and gen
eral holy communion Of the entire faith
full. The rubrics will not permit votive
mass on Low Sunday. but the CRATIC Pro-
gratiarum Actione. found in the missal
after the Missa de Trinitate,s should be
added to the prayers Of the day
I Monday Childrehis d; 4EaAaAsstn all the
Tuesday. II a. m.--Pontifcal mass. st
Patrick's cathedral: ceebrant. his emil
nence Cardinal Logue: preacher, his en-
inence Cardinal Gibbons. Americas. only
representative in the college Of cardinals:
p M. pontifical vespers. ST., Patrick's
cathedral: celebrant, his excellency the
apostolic delegate. Most Rev. Diomede
Falconio: preacher. John ]. Glennon.
archbishop OF st. Louis.
Wednesday. II a. m.-Pontifical mass.
st. Patrick 8 cathedral, for school chill
dren Of the diocese: no adults admitted:
negie hail. ~
Thursday 10 a. m.-Ponti1cal requiem
for decease prelates and priests OF the
diocese in st. Patrick's cathedral; p. M.
reception of~visiting prelates at the Cath
OLE club,
Of the Sacred Heart at st. Patrick's ca
thedral.
Saturday : Street parade OF Catholic
laity. u
The coming celebration will witness
the greatest gathering Of prelates in
the religious history Of the continent.
At the pontifical mass in st. Patrick's
cathedral on the morning Of April %
there will be two cardinals, ten arch
|. bishops. fifty bishops and the abbots
and ,provtncials of oil the religious or
ders. A.feature Of this service will be
the attendance of many of the Cana
dian Catholic bishops in response to
invitations from Arch bishop Farley.
A century ago. when Rome gave the
diocese It's first bishop, the church
membership was 10000. Today 1t Il
1900. 600. A hundred years ago there
were only two Catholic churches In the
diocese. Today there are 810 There
were only two priests then, while to-
day, the roster Of active clertcs assigned
to regular service within the diocese
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