Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-08
GREAT CATHOLIC GATHERING
International Eucharistio Congress to
Assemble in London.
NOTABLE IN MANY RESPECTS
First Time It Has Met In English
Speaking Country and First Time
In Many Years PnpaI Legate
Mas visited England.

LONDON. Sept. For the first time
since It's inception the international
Euoharistic congress Of the Roman Cath
ole church Il to be held this year in Lon
don. The gathering will be remarkable
in other respect. The first is that in the
person OF Cardinal Vincent vannutelli. the
occasion will bring to London the first
pspsl legste who has set foot in England
since the days Of Cardinal Pole. The
Cardinal OF England" And again, apart
from the papal" leeate, there will be eight
other cardinals in London at the same
time. 1t is many years since so many
members OF the sacred college have gath
cred together in any country outside Of
Italy. They are Cardinal Moran, arch
bishop Of Sydney; Cardinal Gibbons, arch
bishop Of Baltimore; Cardinal Logue' arch
bishop of Armagh; Cardinal Lecot, arch
bishop OF Bordeaux; Cardinal Fisher, arch
bishop OF Cologne; Cardinal Mcrcier, arch
bishop OF Mechlln; Cardinal Ferrsrt, arch
bishop OF Milan; Cardinal Matthew, for
mer,v archbishop Of Tolouse and now lin
curia."
The lesats will be accompanied by his
own special retinue, which will include
one of the pope's ecclesiastical chamber
lains And two lay chamberlains, while
each cardinal will have his own special
suite. Besides there will be present
from every part of the world at least one
hundred bishops. OF prelates of Episcopal
rank thousands are expected to come 10
London to do honor to one of the central
doctrines Of the Roman Catholic church.
In fact. the organizers of the congress
look for the presence in London Of some
5000 persons in connection with the gath
ering, this, of course, including many of
the laitys ir ..,
Meet In Westminster
ThA great rendezvous for the congress
on the devotional side will be Westmin-
ster cathedral. Here on the evening of
September 8 a service will be held for the
solemn reception Of the papal legate, and
again on the afternoon of September 1S,
for the solemn closing of I the congress.
Each morning during the sitting of the
congress high mass will be celebrated, and
in the evening there will be vespers and
benediction. On Saturday morning the
Byzantine rite will afford the Western
Catholics an opportunity Of assisting at
the ancient liturgy used by so many OF
the brethren of the east. The Sunday
services will, of course, be of the greatest
interest. fs
In the morning the papal legate will
sing pontifical high mass in the presence
OF lnf CdTuluhls sdhu lHt dClAhOh wa p0
delivered by Cardinal Gibbons. In the
afternoon there will be pontifical vespers,
q sermon. a procession OF the blessed sac
rament, 'te deun," benediction. and SOL
emn closing of the congress.
The business meetings of the congress
a will be held in Albert hall and smaller halls
In the vicinity OF the cathedral. There will
be three sections, two being conducted in
English and one in French.
The, first OF these gatherings, of which
next month is the nineteenth was held in
France in 1881, but, was extremely small
compared with those held since. They
..hadathaln origin in, a rppmbeE Of pugrimages
TO vel known churches with the object of
honoring the blessed sacrament, or in other
words OF rendering homage to the funda-
mental Roman Catholic belief of the real
presence. Gradually they outgrew their To-
cal importance and in due time a perma-
nent committee was appointed and arranged
for their organization on an international
basis. This is the first occasion on which
the congress has been conceived in an
English speaking country. other meeting
places nave been Rome, Paris, Brussels.
Jerusalem and Metz.
Right Rev. Mgr. Heylen, bishop OF
Namur, president of the permanent com
mlttee has been pronounced the life and
soul Of the congress. Mgr. Heylen came
into prominence In 1888, when he under
took a disputstion on Universal Philos-
phia,@ defending $50 theses against the
attack OF imminent DIRECTORS, including
Cardinal VAnnutelli. After the discussion
the pope presented Father Heylen with two
gold medals. The vice president of the
committee is the Very Rev. Odelin, vicar
general of Paris, who was in the famous
Charity Bazaar when 1t took fire and who
after giving the absoIution to all, aided
many persons 10 escape, although himself
severely burned.