The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-28
Completion of 100 Years Of
Catholic Progress
Is Celebrated With Imposing
Service at st. Patrick's.
LEADERS OF CHURCH
In America Are Present With
Thousands of Laymen.
COngratulatiOnsFr0m Pope Plus
and President Roosevelt.

and President Roosevelt.
New York, April 2S.-As early as
o'clock hundreds of priests and
dignitaries and thousands of men,
women and children were on the way
to st. Patrick's cathedral to Join In
the imposing thanksgiving service In
honor of the completion of hundred
years of Catholic progress in New
York. While the services did not pe-
gin until IL o'clock the cathedral was
filed to overflowing long before lo.
Seats were reserved for numerous
public officials and the members OF
the general committee of laymen, but
after these had been seated 1t was
first come first served and the ushers
had difficult task in making room.
Before the service began there were
fully 5000 persons gathered in the
beautiful edif1ce and as many more on
the outside.
Headed by a deacon bearing aloft
| a professional cross, the clergy and
prelates who participated in the cere-
mony marched in solemn PROCESSION
from the cathedral college In Madl-
son avenue to the main entrance OF the
cathedral in Fifth avenue and tnence
I'D the long aisle into the spacious
sanctuary. First in line were the
leaders of the church in America;
Archbishops Ireland of st. Paul. Glen
non of st. Louis, Keane of Dubuque.
Moeller of Cincinnati, O'ConneI OF
Boston, Blenk of New Orleans, Ryan
of Philadelphia, Quigley of Chicago,
and Farley of New York. They were
followed by their head and Americas s
representative in the sacred college,
Cardinal Gibbons.
The very last and the chief person
age in the celebration, since he was
celebrant of the mass was Cardinal
Logue, primate of Ireland.
Cardinal Gibbons breaches.
The mass began promptly at IL
o'clock Cardinal Gibbons 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 re
| cefved from Pope Plus x congratulat-
| ing Archbishop Farley and the
Catholics of New York
The pope's message follows
ITO our venerable brother, John
M Farley, archbishop Of New York:
| Venerable Brother:-Health and
| apostolic benedictfon.
1.-The recurrence Of the memorable
! events in the history of any diocese
| is at all times an occasion of joy and
| foundation Of the archdiocese of New
York, whose development has been
extraordinary must call for unusual
rejoicing, because the constant in
crease in the harvests OF a hundred
years bears ample testimony that the
| highest expectations have been abun-
dainty fulfilled.
''It seems proper, in view of these
consoling results, that on the solemn
centennial celebration of the See OF
| New York, we should renew our fer-
vent supplication to God that he may
youchsafe to 1t 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
pleasure to tender to you and to your
| devoted flock our heartfelt congratu-
| lations. For assuredly you and your
! loyaI brethren have rendered many
| distinguished services to the cnurcn
and to the state and we cherlsh the
| hope that these, our words, may De
| an incentive to persevere in that v1g1-
| lance and zeal of which you have thus
far given such signal proof, and thus
hiring glory to America and stand as
an example for the entire world
| GAS an augury of heavenly favor
and an evidence OF our gooo viii: we
most lovingly impart to you and 10
vour faithful people the apostolic
benediction. 49,,
ninth day of April. 1908, in the fifth
wear of our pontificate. :,
1Siened.) "PIUS x, Pope"
| Scores of communications reached the
| orchhishop from ministers and 1aymen
/ of all denominations, including Blsnop
Greer. Rabbi Silverman and ReV. LIT.
jefferson. r,,,ovs.
INV Dear Archbishop: Let me take
occasion on the celebration OF the one
hundredth anniversary of the diocese OF
New york to extend to you my nearly
Congratulations and my earnest gooa
wishes for the future Of yourseH anu
of vour diocese. Sincerely yours; >,
ISiSned). THEODORE ROOSEVE VEIL;
At the close of the mass Mgr. Ia.-
I conio Impaired the papal blessing.
There will be political vespers tnls II
evening. the apostolic delegate Will De
1 celebrant. Archbishop Glennon VIII
nreach. The clergy Of the archdiocese
will giye q dinner this aftern">,l TO the
visitinr prelates. Among the nisnops
now in town are Fitzmaurlce OF ERE
rsnevin of Pittsburg, McFaul OF Iren<
tor O'Connor of Newark, Donanue OIL
| Wheeling, w. Va +ox,,o-rou
/ There will be a reception toliorro"
l niebt at the Catholic club.