Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-28
In Honor Of the Founding OF the
Diocese of New York One
Hundred Years Ago.
POPE Plus SENDS MESSAGE.
Health and Apostolic Bencdciion---
prcst Roosevelt Extends Hearty
congratulations to Farley.

New York. April 2S.As early as
o'clock hundreds of priests and digni-
taries and thousands of men. women
aud children were on the way to 81.
Patrick's cathedral to Join in tho i'm
posing Thanksgiving service in honor
of the completion of 100 years OF Catho-
lie progress in New York
While the services did not begin un-
til II o'clock, the cathedral was filed
10 Overlooking long before 10 o'clock.
Seats We're reserved FOR numerous pub
lie officials aud the members Of the
general committee of laymen but after
these had been seated it was first come
first served and the ushers had a diff
ifcuIt task IN making room. Before the
service began there were fully 5000 per-
sons gathered in the beautiful edihce
and as many more were on the out
side.
Headed by deacon bearing aloft a
professional cross, the clergy ana pre-
lates who participated in the ceremony
marched In solemn procession from the
cathedral college in Madison avenue to
the main entrance Of the cathedral in
Fifth avenue and thence up the long
aisle into the spacious sanctuary. First
in line were the leaders of the church
I'm America, Archbishops, ireland of ST.
Paul, Glennon of St Louis, Keane OF
Dubuque. Moeller Of Cincinnati. O'Con-
mel of Boston Blenk of New Orleans,
Ryan of Philadelphia, Quigley of Chi
cago, aud Farley OF New York, They
were followed by their head and Ameri-
ca representative in the sacred coli
lege, Cardinal Gibbons The very last
and the chief parsonage in the celebra-
tion, since he was ceebrant of the
mass, was Cardinal Logue, primate of
Ireland.
The mass began promptly at II
o'clock. Cardinal Gibbons preached
long sermon, In which he reviewed the
history of the Catholic church in New
York from it's earliest days until the
present a message was received from
Pope Plus y, congratulating Archbish-
op Farley and the Catholics of New
York.
THE PoPE's MESSAGE.
The pope's message follows:
TO our veneral brother John NJ. Far
ley, archbishop OF New York.
Venerable Brother; Health and
apostolic benediction. The recurrence
OF the memorable events in the history
of any diocese is at all times an oc.
oasion of joy, and the one hundredth
anniversary of the foundation of arch
diocese of New York, whose develop.
ment has been extraordinary, must call
for unusual rejoicing, because the con-
slant increase in the harvests OF
hundred years bears ample testimony
that tn. highest expectations have
abundantly fulfilled.
ut seems proper, in view of these
oonsoling results, that on the solemn
centennial celebration of the see of New
York, We should renew our fervent sup
plication to God that He may vouch-
safe 10 II a more plentiful supply of
His celestial gifts and moro copious re-
sources TO accomplish things even more
laudable
For these reasons. and as mark
Of special honor, it affords us great
pleasure 10 tender to you and to your
devoted flock our heartfelt congratula-
tons For assuredly You and your loyal
brethren have rendered many dis
tinguished services to the church and
to the state. and we cherish the hope
that these. our words, may he an in
centive TO perseVere in the vigilance and
zeal OF which you have thus far given
such signal proof and thus bring glory
to America and stand as an example
for the entire world.
AS all augury of heavenly favor
and an evidence Of our good viii, We
most lovingly llliltAl 10 YOU dnu u
your faithful people the apostolic benc-
diction.
Given al ST. Peters, Rome, the ninth
day of April 1905, Ia the firth year Of
our pontihcate.
(signedJ Plus X. Pope"
Scores of communications reached the
archbishop from ministers and laymen
OF all denominations, Including Bishop
Greer, Rabbi SilVerman and Rev. DR..
Jefferson,
FROM PRIEST. ROOSEVELT.
President Roosevelt wrote Us follows
my Dear Archbishop--1Iet me take
occasion, on the celebration of the ono
hundredth anniversary OF the diocese
of New York to extend 10 yOu my hear
~ congratulations and my earnest good
v wishes for the future or yourself and
our dloceses.
"Slncerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Al the close OF the mass Mgr. Faloo-
MO impaired tho papal blessing. There
win he pOntihcal vespers this evening
The apostolic delegate viii be a cele-
brant and Archbishop Glcnnon win
preach. The clergy OF the Archdiocese
VIII give q dinner this afternoon 70 The
visiting prelates.