The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-04-29
GREAT GATHERING
OF CHURCHMEN
OF CATHOLIC CHURCH HELD AT
NEW YORK, CELEBRATE
CENTENNIAL.
POPE SENDS BLESSING
All But TWO Archbishops in U. S. At
tend Pontifical Mass-cardinal
Gibbons Delivers Forccful
Address.

New York April 2S.-Not since the
last plenary council of Baltimore ma"
there been such a gathering CT the
Catholic hierarchy as that which as
sembled today in st. Patricks Cathe-
dral and offered public thanKsglVlhB
for the completion Of one hundred
wears of Catholicism in New YORK
With two exceptions. every arci-
bighop in the country was present ana
all the leading bishops and numerous
heads of various religious orders Al
their head was Cardinal Gibbons and
Monsignor Falconio, apostolic dele
gate. representing the vatican
THANKSGIVING was in the form OF Il
poptifcal mass, the celebrant being
Cardinal Logue of Ireland, and close 10
six thousand persons were gathered
in the Cathedral.
Cardinal Gibbons delivered a mas
terly and comprehensive discourse IN
which he reviewed the history OF the
Catholic church in New York and
paid beautiful tribute to the irish I'm
migrants.
Archbishop Farley read a message
of congratuation from Pope PnX ~
in which the head of the Cathol!c
church expressed his hope that the
good work would continue and closed
by saying he sent his blessing to the
archbishop of New York and all his
people. At the close of the ceremony
Monsignor Falconio impaired tho
blessing in the pope's name.
Letters of congratlusation were re
ceiyed from numerous public officials
including President Roosevelt. AFTER
the service the clergy of archdiocese
gave dinner to the visiting prelates
in the Cathedral college.
Monsignor Falconio, apostolic dele
gate. was celebrant tonight at ponti
fcal vespers and Archbishop Glennon
the Youngest archbishop in America
preached the sermon
Cardinal G bbons' Address.
Isaiah Tx. Arise, be enlightened,
O Jerusalem, for thy light is come
and the glory of the Lord is risen upon
thee The Gentiles shall walk in thV
light, and kings in the brightness OF
thy rising. Lift up thine eyes round
about and see; all these are gathered
together. they are come to thee; thy
sons shall come from afar, and thy
daughters shall rise up at thy side
Then shalt thou see and abound, and
thy heart shall wonder and be enlarged
when the multitude of the sea shall be
converted to thee. the strength of the
Gentiles shall come to thee"
Your Emirence. Most Rev, Right Rev.
and Rev. Fathers OF the Clergy
Dearly Beloved Brethren of the
I.aity:
We are honored today by the pres
ence of his Eminence, Cardinal Logue
Archbishop OF Armagh, Primate OF al
Ireland, and successor to st. Patrick
1t is eminently becoming that this
distinguished pTelate should take par'
in these festivities. as the Cathedra
and Archdiocese OF New York are con
secrated to St Patrick the Apostle o.
Ireland. and who share with st. Pau
the glorious title of Apostle of the Ma
tions
We are assembled here this morning
to celebrate. with joyful praise an'
thanksgiving. the hundredth anniver
sary of the establishment of the dio
cese of New York.
A retrospect of the principal person
ages who figured in the history CT thi
See during the past century, woul'
be manifestly incomplete, If no men
ton were made of John Carroll, thu
first Archbishop of Baltimore. tn
Metropolitan. i'm his day, of the Bisho'
of New York. and the Patriarch of tn
American Church.
After an interesting historical re
cital relating to the diocese and al
eloquent tribute to the several arch
bishops who directed the affairs of tn
church His Eminence continued a
follows:
Let us now make a brief survey o
the gigantic strides which this arcf
diocese has made during the centur
that has come to a close. II is only b
comparison and contrasts that we ca
form an adequate estimate of thi
growth and expansion. D..
Great Strides Of the Church.
According to primer Catholic d
rectory preserved in the Baltimor
Cathedral archives. published in ISL
there were six priests ministering ]
this diocese which then. as I said. en
braced the whole state of New Yor
and a part of New Jersey. There wa
only ne Catholic church in the city
old ST Peters. and a few modes
houses Of worship scattered far an
vide over that immense area Til
Catholic population numbered aboI
10000 souls As for colleges and aeal
emies. hospitals and asylums. ther