The Washington herald., 1908-04-29
HIGH SERVICE HELD
Catholics Crowd st. Patrick S
in New York.
ALL OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY
Two Cardinals Take Part-SOIemn
High Mass Celebrated with IN
precedented in Religious Life in
America-Cardina1 LOgue HOnOred.

pFecedented in Religious Life tn
America-CardinaI LOgue HOnored.
New York. April 2S.-More than 1000
persons filed the seats and all available
standing room in St Patrick's Cathedral
when the pontidcal high mass. IN cele-
bration Of the centenary Of the found
ing Of the Roman Catholic Diocese of
New York. was held at i o'clock this
morning
When his eminence, Cardinal Michael
Logue OF ireland, aseended the throne, at
the left of the choir. facing the papal
throne, later TO be occupied BY James
Cardinal Gibbons, Of Baltimore. preacher,
the immense congregation arose, and it
was Ike the upheaving Of a mighty
wave
High above the sunlight stole through
the windows of the Gothic arches. rest
ing coldly on the gray stones. The one
touch Of color overhead was the yellow
bunting, the papal color intertwined
among the arches and columns. The
choir and the sanctuary was an unbroken
mass OF purple and scarlet. and gold and
silver. and rose and white, in which at
a distance il was difficult to distinguish
mitre from berretta, or cope from stole
Cardinal Logue. in his scarlet robe, sit
ting above the assembled priests and
prelates, was alone distinguishable
figure.
COiOring Is Brilliant.
Viewing the congregation from the
sanctuary, the effect Of a mere merging
of colors without the personal note was
also striking. The briliant-hued hats
and dresses OF the women, the spring
attire Of men. converted trausept and
nave into a huge garden Of quivering
color The solemnly beautiful music of
the Gregorian chants came from orches-
ira and choir. high in the organ loft in
the rear Of the cathedral and hung over
the worshippers, while the prelates be,
fore the altar swung their. censers, send
ing odors of incense throughout the
building
Il was all a scene OF wonderful eccle-
siastical splendor such as no church, in
this country at least. ever saw before.
outside, from the flagstaffs which sur
rounded the cathedral flew the ensign OF
the United States. the stars and stripes;
an immense banner was stretched be-
tween one OF the towers OF the structure
and a cornice. A crowd larger than that
inside the cathedral blocked Fifth avenue
and the side streets, and twice in the
course Of the ceremony the police lines
We're penetrated and hundreds. mainly
women. rushed into the side entrances.
blocking the sanctuary so that the police
inside had 10 clear the way for the pas
sage OF the priests
Reserves Are Summoned.
Reserves finally were summoned from
The East Fifty-drst street station and the
side streets were cleared The doors were
not opened until 1870 O'Clock, and this
caused one Of the greatest congestions in
the vicinity of the church that Fifth ave
nue. had seen IN years. Thousands Of
men and women and children who had
tickets of admission TO the mass struggled
for positions near the doors. and when
the time came for the procession thou
sands were jammed against the front of
the structure, flowing out over the lawn
and across Fifth avenue TO the opposite
curb
Just before the procession left the Ca
thedral College in Madison avenue. the
chimes played THE Star Spangled Ban
ner,' then Lead. Kindly Light" and.
finally. Columbia, the Gem Of the
Ocean. Most Of the men in the crowd
stood with barred heads while the ma
tional anthem was ringing out. and then.
Just as the doors were opened, the pro-
cession entered Fifth avenue from East
Flltieth street First came a bearer.
carrying the professional cross. and on
each side was an acolyte wearing q black
cassock and white lace surplice
Then Come the Monks.
Fifty choir boys in purple surpIices and
white cassOcks headed the clerical con
tingent, consisting of the Order Of Chris
tian Brothers, the Franciscans in their
brown cowls trimmed with white. the
Capuchins in black and white, and the
white-robed Dominicans. Then there
were the Redemptorists, Oblates. Jesuits
Augustinians. Paulists, Fathers Of the
Mission, Fathers of the Blessed SaCra-
ment. Benedictines, Carmelites Fathers
of Mercy, Missionaries Of St. Charles.
and Falesian Fathers. All these wore
black cassocks and white surplices
Next We're the diocesan clergy in black
cassocks and white surplices. with their
bishops IN white miters and copes The
provineials of religious orders followed in
line. As they passed the rectory the
Very Rev. and the Right Rev Monsig-
nori dressed in purple and IN black bret
tas and short cOpes, joined the process
sion.
At the archiepiscopal mansion Arch
bishop Farley and Mgr. Lavelle Joined
the marchers. Archbishop Farley wore a
white miter and a rose-colored cope. Mgr.
Mooney accompanied Mgr. Lavelle down
the steps, the archbishop walking be-
tween them, and after the three came the
apostolic delegate, Diomede Falconio, in
a plain gray robe, worn under his cope.
Cardinal Logue and his escort Of priests.
wearing the famous vestments of gold
and white made by the White Sisters of
St Francis, in Rome, brought up the
rear.
Bearing the Book and Candle.
Accompanying Cardinal Logue were two
deacons of honor, Monsignort James H.
Mclean and Charles McCready, and AS
tor Pristed, private chamberlain to the
Pope, who was in evening clothes. with a
papeI decoration on his coat Ten altar
boys followed. and the procession was
brought up by two young men in red cas-
socks and white surplices, bearing the
book and candle
The altar boys and priests escorted Car
dinal LOgue to his throne on the north
side of the sanctuary. while the prelates
and priests filed through the sanctuary
rail and took up their places at the cross
ing Of the nave and the transept.
In the sanctuary the cardinal was at
tended by the following bishops of the
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