The San Francisco call., 1908-10-13
TOBIN TO PRESENT
GIFT OF The LAITY
Reception Will Take Place
Within Cathedral Instead
of a Hall
Archbishop Riordan Will Make
Brief Speech in Accept
ing Token

Joseph Sadoc Tobin has been chosen
| by. the executive committee having in
charge the celebration of Archbishop
P. w. Riordan's silver jubilee to pre-
sent the gift of the laity. raised by
subscription throughout the entire
archdiocese. The reception of the laity
will take place within the cathedral
and not in a public hall as was at first
planned. After the solemn vespers 81 OF
Thursday evening Mr.. Tobin, accom-
panied by number of prominent
Catholics, will approach the sanctuary
rail, and. in short speech, make the
presentation. Archbishop Riordan will
respond in few words. Further than
/ this there will be no public demonstra-
tfon on behalf of the Catholics in the
city
The clergy in charge of the religious
celebration of the festival are In daily
receipt of answers to their invitations
from clergymen to attend the pontifical
mass to be held in the cathedral on
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. 1t is
expected that nearly 900 priests, In
cluding the secular and religious
branches of the clergy, will be present
at the mass. The entire middle Sec
tion of the bory of the church has been
reserved for the priests. Brothers OF
the school and sisters of the various
academies will also be seated in the
body of the church. BY this arrange
ment the priests hope to fulfill the
archbishop's desire of making the cele-
bration wholly religious in character
Besides the services at the cathedral
many gatherings in connection with
the jubilee will take place in out OF
town cities, In the colleges of learn
ing and in the schools and converts
of the diocese. Principal of these is
the reception to be given at ST Pat
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day. st. Patricks seminary has been
the particular object of the archbish-
ops care. His aim has been for the
| last 10 years to rear in this institu-
tion priests for work in the archdio-
cese, who would be guided under his
personal supervision. The reception in
Menlo Park will. therefore, be more
churchly than even the celebration in
the cathedral could be. 1t is expected
that large. number of the clergy will
attend. On the same day the sisters
of the Sacred Heart in Menlo Park will
receive the archbishop and commend
his episcopacy of % years with appro-
pirate exercises.
So great has been the demand on
Pedro Gomez, the sexton of the cathe-
dral, for seats during the celebration
of pontifcal mass in the morning and
the singing of vespers in the evening
that the committee In charge of the
reception IS nonplused at the problem
of seating those who are begging for
admission The Catholic societies will
not attend in a body. The seating
capacity of the cathedral, large as 1t
is, is all too small TO receive large
delegations without prohibiting the
general faithful from attending.
A rehearsal of the musical program
will take place on Wednesday morn
ing at II o'clock in the cathedral.
Gounod's st. rCecilia's mass will be sung
by 20 soloists, supplemented by a
chorus and orchestra. r. j. Harrison,
the organist, will direct the program.
Many Catholics who feel that they will
be unable TO obtain admission to tile
church on the morning of the celebra-
tion intend to visit the church Wednes-
day morning and hear the musical pro-
gram in rehearsal.