The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-29
HUNDRED YEARS
|. Of CATHOLICISM
ARE COMPLETED
Anniversary Marking Progress
of Church in New York Is
Observed by Thousands.
POPE SENDS MESSAGE
ON OCCASION OF JOY
HUNDREDS OF DlGNiTARIEs ARE
PRESENT AT SERVICES IN
THE CATHEDRAL.


y To Our Venerable Brother. John NJ i
7 Farley, Archbishop of New York. =
= Health and Apostolic Benediction: =
Inc recurrence of the memorable =
y events in the history of any diocese y
= Is at all times an occasion of fov =
y and the one hundredth anniversary y
of the foundation of the Archdiocese =
= Of New York, whose development =
= has been extraordinary. must call for =
UNUSUAL rejoicing, because the con- y
= slant increase in the harvests of a y
= hundred years bears ample testi- =
y mOny that the highest expectations =
= have been abundantly fulfilled.
y 1t seems proper. in view of these y
y cOnsoling results. that on the solemn y
y centennial celebration Of the See of =
y New York we should renew our fer =
y vent supplicatiOn TO God that he may =
+ vOuchsafe to it more plentiful sup y
= ply of his celestial gifts and more y
4 cOpiOuS resources to accomplish y
= things even more laudable.
= For these reasons and as a mark y
= of special honor, il affords us great y
= pleasure to tender TO you and TO y
= your devoted flock our heartfelt con- i
= CALCULATIONS. For assuredly you and =
+ your loyal brethren have rendered +
= many distinguished services to the =
= church and to the state. and we
y cherish the hope that these, our =
T. words may be an incentive 10 per-
4 severe in the vigilance and zeal Of y
\ which you have thus far given such =
. signal proof. and thus bring glory y
= to America and stand as an exam =
4 pie for the entire world =
As an augury of heavenly favor y
+ and an evidence Of our good will. we =
y most lovingly impart 10 YOU and to =
= Your faithful people the apostolic =
= benedictiGn.
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New York. April 2S.-Not since the last
plenary council of Baltimore has there
been such a gathering of the Catholic
hierarchy as that which assembled today
in st. Patrick's cathedral and offered
public thanksgiving for the completion
of A hundred years OF Catholicism in New
York. With two exceptions. every arch
bishop in the country was present and
all of the leading bishops and numerous
heads of religious orders. MOIsignor Fal-
COMO. the apostolic delegate represented
the vatican.
The thanksgiving was in the form Of
a Dontifical mass, the ceIebrant beins,
another prince of the church. Carolina
LOgue Of Ireland. and close to 500 per
sons were gathered in the cathedral long
before the mass began and many more
stood in Fifth avenue. There were 15g
policemen about the Gothic edifice but
they had no difficulty in keeping order
for those who could not get inside re-
manned on Fifth avenue ard the cross
streets viewing the procession Of the
clergy from the college in Madison ave
nue. to the Fifth avenue entrance OF tile
cathedral.
At exactly II o'clock hundreds of sur
pliced clergy filed out OF the college ia
pairs and were followed by fifty bishops
and their chaplains, then the mOnsignOrs
clad in their purple raiment These were
followed by representatives of the nu-
meTOus religious OrdeTs-the Jesuits and
Dominicans. the Franciscans and the Pas
sionists the Carmetes and the Bene-
h. H.~. Of
the Trappists Of Gethsemane. Ky. Then
came the nigh ranks of the prelaCy, the
arehbishops and finally the crowds gath
cred in Fifth avenue could behold the
figure Of the Irish cardinal. rObed in the
red of a prince of the church. As soon
as he and his chaplains had turned into
Fifth avenue the crowds greeted him with
enthusiastic cheers.