The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-26
FATHER WHElAN
INVESTED WITH
M0NS|GN0R ROBE
Impressive Ceremonies in st.
Patrick's Cathedral, of Which
He Is Rector.
BISHOP JOHN J. O'CONNOR
OFFICIATES AT CEREMONY
POntifical Brief Read Aloud to
Great Throng of Clergy
and Laity. ,

rick's Cathedral, with the robes of a
monsignor in the cathedral yesterday
morning in the presence of a great
throng Of men n women. many OF
them non-Catholics. After a process
sion from the new rectory to the
church. M%onsignor Whelan and his
sponsors. the Rev. Eugene P. Carroll,
rector of st. Bridget's Church, New
ark, deacon, and the Rev. John A.
OBrien, of Roselle, ~sub-deacon. sat in
low chairs lin the chancel opposite
Bishop O'Connor, who was seated in
the episcopal throne and wore the robes
OF a bishop.
Father Carroll went to the pulpit,
and read the edict of Pope Plus y.
creating Father Whelan a monsignor
and a membe of the papal household,
a domestic prelate of the papal court.
He read it first in Latin and then the
translation in English.
Monsignor Whelan, who the wore
the black cassock and white lace sur
plice of a priest, went to the .sacristy
with his attendant priests. He re-
turned wearing the purple cassock OF
q monsignor. He knelt before Bishop
O'Connor, who blessed the cassock, the
white lace rochet, the mantella, or cape,
and the berretta, or cap. Monsignor
Whelan had worn the rabat, a purple
neck-scarf, since he was notified by the
bishop that the Holy Father had
created him a monsignor.
Bishop Congratulates Father WheIan.
Before the sinvessiture Bishop O'Con-
nor spoke from his throne. He said the
Holy Father at Rome had honored the
diocese of Newark. its clergy and espe-
cially the people of ST. Patrick's parish
by comforting upon it's rector the high
homo of monsignor, a membe of the
papal household, the same honor that
his predecessor, the Rt. Rev. Monsig-
nor Doane had. The bishop spoke of
Monsignor Doane as a priest, a pastor
and a citizen of Newark, saying he did
very much to beautlfy and adorn the
city.
I'm the name Of the clergy of the
diocese of Newark and the laity,' said
Bishop O'Connor, in conclusion, "and
especially of the people of st. Patrick's
parish, / congratulate Father Whelan
on the high dignity the Holy Father
has conferred upon him, and l pray
that he may wear the honor for many,
many years."
After the investiture Monsignor
Whelan celebrated his first high mass
as a monsignor. He was assisted by
Fathers Carroll and O'Brien. Father
William p. Brennan, of the cathedral,
was master of ceremonies.
Monsignor Joseph M. Flynn, of Nor
ristown, years ago assistant priest at
the cathedral, preached the sermon.
He spoke of Monsignor Whelan as one
who had been his friend for forty years,
and he gave him high praise as a stu
lent in college and as a priest. Speak
ing of his popularity with the priests
and the Catholics of the parishes in
which he had served as a curate,~ Mon
sisnor Flynn said:
His Works as Priest.
moi was his popularity confined to
his co-religionists. Those who differed
from him in religion, c%aptivated by his
manly and priestly qualities, were
quite as warm and enthusiastic in
their admiration of him as was his
own flock. Little wonder then. when
ordered by Bishop Wigger to take up
the responsibility of the pastorate of
Totowa, that he a%aptivated at once the
members of his new Charge.
Again Bishop Wigger transferred
him to st. Mary's Church, Bayonne,
then in the throes of turmoil and dis
content. A new and c~ommodious
school, a new rectory, the church en-
larged, are the monuments he left be-
hind him. In Bayonne, when Father
Whelan was called to be the pastor of
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What has been accomplished here
each n Of you knows too well. And
so today, you have heard the rescript
of our Holy Father, Plus x, now hap
ply reigning, in which he tells you
that in view of his distinguished quail
tiles Of mind and soul. and of the
labor in word. and doctrine and in
the upbuilding of religion in different
sections of this diocese of Newark, the
holy Father is going to d another
lustre to the already lofty dignity of
the priesthood. He is taking Father
Whelan into his own household, close
to his sacred person, clothes him with
the Roman purple, and confers upon
him the title and rank of monsignor,
with all the privileges, honors n pre-
negatives which accompany it. And
nv hiOic, yOu, LUCK VI uedT Oiu 81.
Patrick's, may greet your pastor, as
You greeted his predecessor for more
than thirty years, monsignor. This is
a sweet melody in your ears, as it re-
calls the form and labors of the court
1y, w-arm-hearted, Jealous George Ho-
bart Doane, the pastor of his parish
for more thai forty years"
His Relatives Present.
There were a number in the cathedral
from Paterson, New Brunswick, Jer-
sey City and Elizabeth, where the mon
eignor had served as a curate or an as
sistant priest, and also from Bayonne,
where he was pastor of ST. Mary's
Church before he was transferred to
st. Patrick's Cathedral as successor to
the late Rt. Rev. Monsignor Doane.
Among those from Elizabeth were his
brother, John w. Whelan. wife and
two daughters, the Misses Mary and
Agnes; william w WhsIan, Joseph L.
Whelan and DIR. and Mrs. stephen
Quinn, the latter a sister OF the mon
signor.
In the afternoon there was a ban
Quet in the hall of the paae,chial school
in Central avenue. Monsignor Whelan
presided and Bishop O'Connor made a
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