Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-27

archdiocese or the priests who constitute
the court of the cardinal are four. all of
recent creation.
The monsignori. which is the title of
the Roman prelates, are Very Revs.
William f. Starr. pastor emeritus of
Corpus Christi Church; George w. De-
vine. pastor of st. Johns Church; James
+. Mackin and Thomas S. Lee of Wash
ington. These four are entitled to wear
the habit and insignia of bishop. but
have none of his episcopal rights. They
may not confirm nor ordain.
The chancellor OF the archdiocese is
Rev P. c. Gavan whose duties are to
carry out the executive orders of the
cardinal, when expressed by himself or
through his assistant. Bishop Corrigan-
Rev. Louis ODOnOvan. assistant at the
cathedral is also secretary to the car
dinal, while the secretary to Bishop Cor
rtgan has not been named.
1t Is the consultors that the cardinal
calls in TO assist him in discussing any
vital question. They are changed only
when one resigns or dies. At present
they are Bishop Corrigan. Mgr. Starr
Mgr. Devine. Mgr. Mackin, Very Rev.
DIR. f. r. Dyer president of ST. Mary's
Seminary. and Rev. NJ. BarabaSZ. Chan
cellOr CIavan is the secretary.
The examiners of the clergy are Mgr.
Starr. DR.. Dyer, Rev. DR.. Charles Granna
of the Catholic University: Rev Drs. Ed
a. Fletcher c. F. Thomas, William T.
Russell and P A. Uriuue.
Mgrs. Devine and Starr are the exam
iners for teachers.
System Works Harmoniously.
The whole system in the archdiocese
works tremendously and systema tically.
The pastors communicate with the car
dinal through his chancellor. or, in i'm
mort ant affairs through the vicar general
All MONEYS all matrimonial or other cases
are referred to the chancellor, who, In
turn laws IL before the cardinal. The
pastors are appointed by the cardinal, as
are the assistants. In this the members
of the congregation have no voice.
At present there are eighteen churches
in Washington while other churches in
the archdiocese, not including those OF
Baltimore. number 60 There are 81
missions and So chapels. making total
of 20 churches.
There are three universities Tor men IN
the archdiocese-the Catholic University.
controlled by the secular clergy; George
town University. directed by the Jesuit
Fathers, and St. Marys Seminary. which
in its charter is also known as 81; Mary
University ST. Marys is for the edu-
cation OF young men for the priesthood,
while the other two are for the laity- Al
ST. Marys Seminary and at Mount ST
Mary's Seminary. at Emmitsburg. Md,
the final training of candidates for secular
orders is given. At present there are
nine seminaries for members of religious
orders including that OF the Josephites.
in aBltimore. Md: that of the Passionists,
at Irvineton. Md. that of the Capuchins
AT Cumberland, Md: that of the order
OF preachers in Washington, that OF the
Dorninicans In Washington. that of the
Marists In BrCokland and the seminary OF
the Jesuits at Woodstock College. Howard
county Md There are also seminaries
for the Xaverian Brothers at lrVtngton
for the Christian Brothers at Ammen-
dale Md. and for the Redemptorists at
Leicester. Md
Other figures show there are nine col
leces and academies for boys at which
the number of students is about 1000
There are twenty-five colleges and
academies for young women Several OF
these are institutions of higher educa-
ton. including Trinity College, Washing
street extended, Baltimore. and Mount ST
Agnes College. at Mount Washington.
In Baltimore there are As parochal
schools. at which there are attending
1899 children In Washington there
are 13 schools. and the number of chill
dren attending Is nearly 1000. Outside
of the two cities there are 81 schools,
at which there are about 5000 children.
The total number of pupils in the arch
diocese is nearly $4,000. There are
about a dozen orphan asylums, with
about 1000 orphans. and there are
seven industrial and reform schools.
Six hospitals are directed by the
Catholic Church. while the homes for
the aged poor are two.
Over 10000 Baptisms.
During the last year there were re-
corded by the chancellor 10,611 bap-