The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-12-23
4 RCHBISHOP
SEES VALLEY
= .aiTS MISSIONS BETM --N 49,
MA AND BROWNSVILLE.
HUNDREDS ARE CONFIRMED
Program for Christmas Celebration
Here Announced. Midnight Mass
on Christmas Eve and Sermons by
Archbishop Christmas and sunday

on Christmas Eve ana sermons Dy
Archbishop Christmas and sunday
Rev. Father Bugnard, superior OF
the Oblate Fathers at Brownsville
today announced the following pro-,
gram for His Grace Archbishop Don
tenwen, superior general of the Oh
late Order. during his visit here;
At midnight on Christmas eve, the
archbishop vii celebrate Pontifical
High Mass.
At 1880 on the evening of Christ
mas, there will be Vespers and Bene-
diction of the Blessed Sacrament.
Archbishop Dontenwell will preach
and, at the conclusion of the service
will bestow he Papal Benediction.
On Christmas day, the masses will
be at the usual Sunday hours, with
a low mass at 10 o'clock.
On Sunday, the archbishop will
preach in Spanish at the seven thirty
o'clock mass and in English at the -
o'clock mass. At three in the after
noon. he will visit the Convent of the
Incarnate Word and preside at the
Christmas Tree celebration to be held
there for the children of the parish.
This aftrnoon, the archbishop ac-
cOmpanied by Fathers Constantinan,
Quinn, Bugnard and Tresch, visited,
the parochial schools, the Incarnate
Word Academy and St. Joseph's Col
lege.
Tomorrow, the distinguished prel-
ate will be at home all day at the'Ob-
late house and will be pleased to
meet all callers there.
Arrangements are now being made
to entertain the archbishop and his
party at dinner Sunday evening. The
time and place at which it will be
held have not yet been announced.
Tour Up the Valley.
The trip up the river begun last
Thursday was thoroughly enjoyed by
Archbishop DOntenwill and his party
despite the unpleasant weather
From Brownsville, they went straight
to Mission being shown over the
town that afternoon by Mr.. Conway
The following morning, they start
ed for Roma in Mr.. Conways auto
mobile On arrival there, they were
received by the entire populace and
welcomed by chorus of young girls
and an address by the son of Sherln
Guerra, expressing the gratitude of
the people for tn Iabors of the OBJ
late Fathers.
On Saturday morning, the arch
bishop preached at the Roma church
and confirmed class of 25O persons.
From there he went to the oaenz
ranch and administered confirma-
ton to another class.
In the afternoon the party went
back to Rio Grande City, where they
wer greeted by gathering of people
in front of the church and the chill
dren OF the Sunday school and o. the
convent welcomed them with a song
to which the archbishop respon1 led
with short talk
At high mass, on Sunday, His Grace
preached a sermon and after mass,
administered confirmation to nearly
200 persons. The return trip ito Mis-
sion was made in the afternoon, and
at night, banquet was given the
clerical party by J. J. Conway at the
Oblate house
In addition to the guests, twenty
prominent Missionaries were present.
Monday afternoon, the party said
goodbye TO Mission and took the
branch train to Mercedes. Here, at
$50 that evening. they were the
guests of Dr. w. S Chaplin at a din
ner given in the hotel &, EsLich
number of prominent men OF MerZ
cedes were present. Daring dinner
talks were made by Archbishop Don
tonwell, Rev. J. H. Quinn, Dr.. Chap
lin, \. J. Smith and F. J. Cutting. DR.
Chaplin expressed the pleasure feil
by the people of Mercedes at receiv-
ing visit from the archbishop and
voiced the appreciation of the half
century OF missionary work done by
the Oblates in his valley.
On Tuesday morning, the arch
bishop said mass and administered
confirmation at Mercedes. This was