New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-21
RECEIVES PAPAL HONOR
Poor Brooklyn Woman Nay No1C
Hare Mass SAID an Her Home.

| In little parlor behind her husbands shoemak-
ing shop at No 1872 22d street. Brooklyn. Mrs. Car
! mela oil Cicco has a tiny chapel There, three
times year hereafter. Father Duhrigg. OF San
Giovannfs Church. will say
Mrs. di Cicco returned TO New York yesterday
as a Storage passenger the Roma. after her
sixth pilgrimage Rome and the Holy Land With
her she brought privilege ardently sought by
Roman Catholics but obtained only by the chosen
rev VINO have performed some great service TO the
Church This Is the privilege of having private
chapel in her home. and there to have the parish
priest say mass three times a year II must be
obtained from the Pope. and is given special dis
pensation- Only three other women In New York
nave succeeded in obtaining the much desired prfv-
lege. and probably there are not more than twenty
persons in the United States upon whom the Pope
has conferred this special blessing Mrs di Cicco
has parchment. and upon IT writing which shows
that. through the Bishop of Rome, the Holy Father
himself has given her the privileges she desired
This document Is IN both Italian and Latin. and
bears the signatures of the Bishop OF Rome and
Plus Y. It reads:
Blessed Father: CarmeIa di Cicco an Italian who
Der of the Third Franciscan Order benefactress
and Pilgrim to the Holy Land of Palestine. is ask
private chapel days OF festtvity for her family
and her servants.
The Pope's permission is granted in these words:
Being referred inscribed to me- Pope Plus X
as sought In her prayers. for her family and those
serving her; all things TO the contrary notwith-
standing. Given at Rome, at the Vatican, the
uay' month and year as aforesaid Gratis omnino.
Mrs di Cicco sailed for Italy on March 2s and
has spent three months abroad i'm her religious
work She passed some time with the Francis
can Sisters In Rome. and then sailed with a large
company OF pilgrims including many dignitaries of
the Church. on the annual pilgrimage to Jerusalem
She spent ten days In Jerusalem at the Casanova
and at Mount Carmel, fasting and keeping vigil
She spent three days In Bethlehem, and then went
I VIII s6a
Franciscan convent The three DAYS OF her stav
IN italy before returning To America spent
with her mother and father. brothers and sisters IN
Abruzzi.
At her home last night Mrs III Cicco talked with
great enthusiasm Of her piIgrimages 1t was that
enthusiasm. resulting in six visits 10 Rome and
three 10 the Holy Land. which brought her into
favor at the Vatican.
Il shall have mass said three times year" said
I Mrs. df Cfcco. while her husband two daughters
and half dozen admiring visitors nodded their
approval The priest shall say mass on the eve
of the immaculate Conception December -. on the
Eve OF the Rosary Ohe first Saturday in October)
and on the Eve of Ascension august 10
Il have enjoyed my pilgrimages. They have
not been hard and I have received manv medals
and diplomas which interesting to me and nv
family as souvenirs OF the work I am doing While
was IN Jerusalem the Sisters presented me with
a covered bed. which have brought home with me
because IL Is more comfortable to sleep in than
any American bed. Next year expect to make a
pilgrimage TO the shrine Of Our Lady of I.ourdes
in France"
Mrs. Ill Cicco enjoys considerable prestige among
her Italian neighbors In South BROOKLYN AS a
particular honor they will be invited in and per-
mitted to pray before her altar
A few American women received the dispeusa-
ton granted 10 Mrs. al Cicco One Of the first 10
| De so honored was Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan. wife of
the capitalist The privilege was obtained nv
Mrs Hugh Mclaughlin. widow of the BROOKLYN
politician, who recently received the title of
countess from the Vatican. Miss Annie Iearv IS
announcer New Yorker who has the privilege Of hav-
ing mass said in her own home In nearly every
case the dispensation has been granted to wealthy
persons with eommodIous homes