The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-08
VOWS RENEWED
IN CATHEDRAL At
MISSIONS CLOSE
Beautiful and Impressive Scene
as Men Repeat Baptismal
Pledges of Faith.
pAPAL BENEDICTI0N is
GIVEN BY FATHER DOLAN
Farewell Sermon to Those Who
All Last Week Attended
Penitential Services.

That beautiful scene recalls a vision
Of paradise | once had in a dream,
said a non-Catholic woman looking
from the gallery in st. Patrick's Cathe-
dral at the opening of the solemn bene-
diction service at the closing of the
mission for men last night. Back OF
;the sanctuary rail the baptismal font
had been placed, and it was decorated
with red and white roses and illumini-
mated with lighted wax candles in the
apex, above which green palms lowered
as a background. White lilies were ia
vases on the grand altar, fianked By
many lighted candles, and just as the
+ benediction was opened a food of cleo
trio light illuminated the officiating
priest in mis- gold and white vestments,
the mission and the cathedral priests in
black cassocgs, and, the altar boys IN
white surpllces
Father May opened the evening serV-
ice with the rosary, the l,500 men,
" all OK whom had made the mission,
responding aloud TO the Our Fathers
ana the Hail Marys in the five joyful
my sleiies. Ii was an impressive sight
when the man arose with right hands
raised and renewed the promises made
for them when they were baptized, re
plying TO each question by Father
Dolan, one of the mission priests, with
"a do believe" and Il do
mat is, that they believed in God, that
Jesus Christ was the only Son of God
ana was divine, and that He founded
the Holy Catholic church 10 last to the
end of time, II that they r%enounced
satan and mortal sin.
Father Dolan bestowed the papal
benediction and preached a sermon on
Perseverance, Christ saved only
those who persevere to the md, he
said. He urged the men to persevere
in the condition of Gods grace the
mission had given them, and to go fire.
puently to confession and communion.
ana never miss a Sunday mass. He
said that as citizens they were jealous
OF the right of suffrage, and that as
loyal Americans they would sacrifice
life in defense of the starry flag of our
glorious country. Why, then, should
they not as son of God ana soldiers
under the great standard, the cross of
the Christ crucifed. be loyal to Him
and His commands and the sacraments
of His church to the end?
Thanks 10 Father WheIan.
He urged the men to enroll in the
Holy Name Society of the Cathedral
parish, so they would be soldiers of
Christ in the campaign in honor of
His Holy Name. and for pure CONVEX
sation and reading.
In saying farewell to the men Father
Vtntay Sas1 la and the nthav ,,,icctnn
priests were grateful to Father Whelan,
the noble rector of grand old st. Pat
rick's Cathedral" to the men of the
parish who did not miss one of the 8
o'clock mission masses each morning
and were at each 1870 o'clock evening
service. and who to the number of
upward of 1,500 had received the body
and blood of Christ in the sacrifice of
the mass. and after thanking Father
Whelan's assistant priests, the choir
and organist. the sexton and the faith
full newspapers of Newark, Father Do
Ian asked that the men pray for the
priests of the Apostolate of Connecticut
In their work in the mission field.
Father Whelan then said tina AS rec
tor Of the cathedral he could not let
the occasion pass without thanking the
mission priests for their great work,
and for himself he said he was very
proud TO see fully 1,500 men of his
parish who had made the mission
crowd the old church at the closing
IT the mission. After the collection,
Father Whelan announced hat a
Newark newspaper that had generous
~ reported the mission had requested
permission to take a picture as a me-
mento of the occasion. He then had
the men stand up. raise their right