The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-11-01
High Mass Will Be Said at
All Catholic Churches of
the City.
MUSICAL PROGRAMS ARE
ALSO PREPARED FOR THE Oc-
cASioN-SERVICES WILL ALSO
BE CONDUCTED TOMORROW,
WHICH is ALL SOULS DAY-cAN-
DIES WILL BE BURNED IN THE
CEMETERIES.
BY j. /. Reirne.


Today. Sunday, is All Saints Day
and the event will be observed in all
the Catholic churches of this city.
High mass viii be said at all churches
and at st. Michaeis the recently or
ganiZed male choir will be heard for
the first time. The choir is composed
of the following:
Tenors-Tiaothy Burns, Thomas
Johnson, Albert DeBrux, Joseph Nc
Hugh. Lewis Rady, w. Anderson, d.
p. Lannon, Mr. Hanlon.
Bassos-D. J. Hayes. Traebue Sub
lett, Philip Beal, George Harvey, JOS
eph Baracco.
Organist-A. DiaZ.
Purpose Of All Saints Day.
According to the revised edition OF
the fourth century the Greeks kept
on the first Sunday after Pentecost
the feast of all martyrs aud saints
and tae Catholic church still possesses
a sermon Of st. Chrysostom delivered
on that day. In the west the feast
was introduced by Pope Boliface w.,
after he had dedicated. as the Church
of the Blessed Virgin and the Mar
tyrs, the Pantheon, whicn had been
made over TO him by the Emperor
Phocas. The feast of the dedication
was kept on the 18th of May About
731 Gregory ILL., consecrated chapel
in st. Peters church in honor of all
the saints, from which time All
Saints Day has been kept in Rome, as
now, on the first of November. From
about the middle of the ninth century,
the feast came into general observ-
ance throughout the west. 1t ranks as
double of the first class with an oc-
tave.
From the early ages the Catholic
CHURCH annually celebrated the festi-
val of each martyr. On this day the
faithful assembled at the place where
the Christian hero had Won his vic
tory They surrounded his tomb, the
stone of which served as an altar;
the august sacrifice was offered there
in thanksgiving.
Soon, the number of martyrs in
creasing, it was no longer possible to
assign a particular festival to each
one. The difficulty became much
greater when the church had given to
Heaven a countless multitude of soil
taries, virgins, and confesSors, whose
Sanctity was proved from day to day
by miracles. These reasons led to the
establishment of one festival, which
was consecrated TO honor. first. all the
martyrs, and afterwards, all the
saints in general
About the year 731. Pope Gregory
III. conSecrated a chapel IN st. Pet
er.s church in honor of all the saints
Since those days tae festival of all the
blessed inhabitants of the Heavenly
Jerusalem has always been celebrated
in Rome. 1T seemed to be only for
Rome, on account of the Pantheon and
OF the surprising quantity of relics
transferred thereto. But Pope Greg
DRY w, having come into France in
$50, engaged Louis le Debonnaire to
cause 1t to be celebrated in his states.
The prince consented willingly, and
soon the festival of All Saints was I'M
iversally adopted
In Honor OF Saints
Tae Solemnity of All Saints was es-
tablished therefore 10 honor all the
saints, for each of whom it is impoS-
Sible to have a particular festival.
either because their names are written
only in the book of life, or because
their festival has no day fixed for the
faithful to thank God for Inc benefits
with which He loads the elect: to ex-
cite uS to initiate their example; TO
encourage our weakness and TO con-
found our trepedity, by setting before
our eyes a multitude of saints of both
sexes and of every age and condition,
and making us contemplate the ineffa-
BILE happiness which they enjoy and
10 which we are invited; to eIhplore
the goodness of our Heavenly Father
in favor of His children on earth
through the merits of His children
in Heaven, and to give us an opportun-
ity of repairing the faults that we may
have committed in the celebration of
each particular festival According 10
Catholic fifth RI anInh-oTa hA
emnity of All Saints worthily. ii suf
fees to think that il is a family festi-
val, the festival of relatives and
friends, and that it is one day TO be
their own festival. The Catholics do
not adore the Saints-uhey honor them
As the friends of God, as powerful and