The sun., 1908-04-26

l tno onllFe CeleDfauOn,
Two Cardinals will ofilciate, Cardlna
iogiis a. oelebnnt Of the mass and Cardina
Gibbons a. preacher, A special blesslnl
from the Pope will be read
Mgr John Edwards will be the asslstan
priest, and Mgrs. James II. Mc0ean anc
Charles McCFeady the deAcons OF honor
The deacon will be the Rev John A. Kellner
Hughes.
A special choir Of 200 voices has beer
trained 10 sing in the centennial masses ant
yespeTS. Fifty professional singers are ia
this choir. which includes also ths pick Of
the ehoiF OF the Cathedral College and thG
| Cathedral school. An orchestra from the
New YORK symphony Society will supple
Following the pontlhcal mass there will he
| banquet 70 the Visiting clergy in the Ca.
thedral College. Archblshop Farley viii
| preelde and q number Of addresses will be
made Cardinal LOgue will speak on ths
state Of the Church IN Ireland and Cardinal
Gibbons will b. heard on the state Of the
! Church in America.
Pontihcal vespers will be celebratedin the
Cathedral IN the evening. Mgr. Falconio,
the Apostolic Delegate, will Be the cele-
brant, and the Most Rev. John j. Glennnn,
Archbishop Of St. Louis, will preach the
sermon.
The assistant priest will he the Very Rev.
James + DTisooll, the deacons OF honor the
Very Reys. Albert A. Linge and Henry A.
Bmnn, while the ohanters will be the Rows.
John j. Kean, Edwin NJ SWeeny, John +.
Burke, Joseph F. Flannelly, John B. Young
and John j. Hughes
The Catholic children Of New York have
been looking forward 10 Wednesday with
great anticipations. For that ls their day
rivalry among the 5000 children who, be-
sides the clergy, will be the only occupants
of the Cathedral on the morning OF that day
Only those children who could sing and sing
well were selected, with the result that 5000
ohildren''s voices viii be raised In the Gre
gorian chants.
There are 5000 pupils In the paroohial
schools OF the diocese and % per cent.
Of thOuR will not be able to participate.
The happy 10 per cent. have been working
hard these many weeks.
The Rev. John B. Young Of the College
Of st. Francis Xavier had the task OF train
ing this host He arranged a 0regorian
mass in a simple form and first taught II
10 the teachers. They rehearsed the pupils
who were selected.
Then the singers from several schools
were combined and trained TO sing in uni
son. There have been two rehearsals Of
the full choir Of 5000 in the Cathedral
the latter on Thursday.
The celebrant Of this mass for the school
children will be the Rev. Dr.. Thomas N. A.
sisted BY Mgr j. g. NJ. Lynch. The deacon
and subdeacon will be the Rev. Thomas A.
Thornton and the Rev. Joseph F. Smith
respectively The Very Rev. J. Raymond
MeagheF will preach the sermon.
The first OF the centenary exercises in
which laymen figure prominently comes
on Wednesday evening, when mass
meeting for the Catholic lalty will be held
in Carnegie Hall Distinguished men who
are not Catholics have been invited.
EL-Supreme Court Justios MdTgan J.
oBrien will preside and Archbishop Farley
will make an address Of welcome The
speakers will he John j. Delany, Cardinal
Logue, Paul Fuller, Cardinal Gibbons, Dr.
James j. Walsh and Bourke Cochran.
A feature Of this meeting will be the
music. The Catholic Saengerbund will be
heard IN several choruses. Emil Reyl
the director Of the society, has written
special music for the occasion.
The clergy will turn to mourning oD
Thursday, when at 10 A. NJ there will be |
3 pontihcal requiem for deceased prelates !
and priests Of the diocese The Right |
Rev. John J. 0'Connor Bishop Of Newark, |
will be the oelebnnt, and the Auxiliary |
Bishop OF New York, Thomas f. Cusack, |,
will preach the sermon. Mgr. John j. |
Swift and the Revs. William Snnott and |
William r. Martin will assist.
The Catholic Club will entertain on Thurs !
day evening in honor Of the Cardinals,
Archbishops and other visiting digntaries. /
The invitations have been restricted, but as |
nearly 5000 persons have accepted, the clubs |
lome at i2O Central Park South will be |
lTowded.
The religious part Of the centenary eI-
,rcises will be concluded on Friday with
he pontihcal votive mass Of the Sacred
Heart in the athedral at 10 A. NJ, Charles
Il. Cotton, Bishop OF Buffalo, will be the
)eiebrant and the Rev William 0BHen
pardow win preach the sermon. Mgr.
Thomas Taafe, the Rev James ~ Connolly |
md the Rev. Thomas F. Myhan will assist
New York an a whole will participate in
he concluding feature OF the festival week.
he procession Of laymen on Saturday after
loon. The committee OF arrangements, Of
which Mgr Mooney, one Of the Wears
Ieided to make the parade as much
eliRious demonstration as possible 80
here will be no uniforms or regala. Ban
ers denoting the organizations and parishes
Till be carried and the marchers will wear
ed. white and blue boutonnieres.
The procession will form in Washington
quRre as soon after noon as possible. II
Iill pass up Fifth avenue to Fifty-ninth
treet and will be reviewed at the Cathedral,
here a stand is TO be erected. by Arch
ishop Farley and his guests.
Gen. Thomas A. Barry, commanding the
merican troops In Cuba, got q special
ession as grand marshal. A delegation
rom the Catholic Club and the Xavier
lumni Sodality will act as his bodyguard
Imong the members Of the Catholic Club |
ho have promised 20 be In line are ex-
ustice Morgan j. 0Brien, Charles V.
ornes, Justice Leonard Giegerich, Ed
ard Slevin and Dr. Francis J, QuinlaD.
LYmen representing each OF the 125
arishes Of the city will form the first di-
ision. Each delegation is TO number 100
len. The knights OF Columbus, headed by
lillian p. Ny6ap, and the Ancient Order
Hibernians, under President Thomas
ely, will make up the second division.
The Holy Name societies will furnish the
Archers for the third division, which will
omprise al least 1900 men. Other Catho- II
c societies will be in the fourth and last
vision. These will include alumni asso-
atoms OF various colleges, the Catholic
League, the Catholic Knights Of
N erica, the Columbus Catholic Club and
ubs OF various nationalties.
The diocese OF PHILADELPHIA has been
,lebrating its Tooth birthday anniversary
le last week and many prelates high In the !
hurch have been attending the cere-
onies Now they will move on 10 New
ork for another week Of religious cele- !
ration.
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