The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-12
FAMOUS CHAPEL CAR
TO VISIT SALT LAKE
Unique Church on Wheels"
That Goes to the Remote
Places.
BISHOP SCANLAN WILL
NAME PROGRAMME LATER
Car St. Anthony Is Fully
Equipped for Purpose for
Which Designed.

Salt Lake City Catholics will bs
much interested by the announcement
made by Bishop Scanlan Sunday that
the famous chapel car, St. Anthony. will
arrive here Thursday morning Bishon
Scanlan was not advised of the pro.
grammc which will be followed, but il
Will be announced later.
The ST. Anthony will probably tour
The diocese, penetrating 10 the most mo-
elected portions and those places where
the scarcity of priests is most marked
will reap the benefits of this mission
airy enterprise.
The mission is intended principally
for Catholics. but a mission for
Catholics viii also be combined with
of several days viii be made in each
place visited Each morning mass
viii be said in the ear, and a sermon
Will be preached TO Catholics. In the
evening a sermon Will be preached 10
non Catholics, Confessions Will be heard
during the day and the missionary will
receive the visits Of all those who NAV
desire 10 consult him Oh religious mat
tcrs.
1t is possible that Bishop Seaman NAV
accompany the car on a portion Of its
journey, in order to administer con.
hrmation TO Catholics in ut-of-the- way
places in his diocese.
Attracts Attention.
The chapel car St Anthony has at
tracted a great deal of favorable at
tention in all parts of the United
States. The car is the gift of Am
brose Petry OF New York TO the Cath
Ollie Extension society. Mr.. Pctrv is
a Catholic layman, who, for his ser.
nc b.,-
knighted by Pope Plus y. The car was
built at a cost of $4,000. the price
of a good-sized church It is supplied
with an altar and is practically what
1T has often been called, "a church
on wheels being supplied with every
requisite Tor the celebration of the holy
sacrifice of the mass. and all the essen.
tial ceremonies of the church On tho
altar is beautiful painting OF St. An
thony of Padua, IN whose honor til,
car is named, on account of the devo-
ton of the donor TO his patron saint.
The altar is especially constructed
with drawers and receptacles 10 contain
the sacred vessels and vestrnents, which
are all new and Of handsome and elabo-
rate design.
The communion rail is movable and
Is so constructed that it may be used
for the purposes of a confessional Tho
altar utensils, such as candles. crucifX,
etc, are held in place by screws. There
are two rows of pews, seating two or
three persons, and divided by a narrow
aisle. The length of the car is seven
ty-two feet, and most of the space is
given up TO the chapel, which has u
seating capacity OF fifty and will prob
ably accommodate sixtY-fve persons.
One compartment of the car is tho
bishops room, for the bishop of the
different dloceses TO travel IN, so as
to administer confirmation when nee.
essary to their scattered people. This
room is composed of two seats. such as
are found IN the ordinary Pullman car,
and at night is converted into a bed,
chamber, The adjoining room is for
the missionary priest who accompanies
the car on its journey This room has
accommodation for two persons. Al
beds are IN the regular Pullman style.
In this room il combination bookcase
and writing table.
Completely Equipped
With the car will travel a super
lntendent and porter, who is also
completely equipped, so that the itiuer-
ant priest may not have to depend upon
the doubtful accommodations of the
lone and sparsely- y-settled regions where
1T Is proposed TO send the ear
The ear was blessed and dedicated
on Sunday, June 16, 1907, by Arch
bishop James E. Quigley OF Chicago,
assisted by the Rev. j. P. Muldoon
and about 100 priests of Chicago and
other cities. Thousands of persons
passed through the car after il was ded
Icateds and thousands knelt in prayer
before It's little altar. Many voluntary
donations, from the child's penny to
large sums given by the wealthy TO
aid IN the good work were made on this
occasion. One of the handsomest dona-
tons 10 the car was made by the Portu-
gnese consul at Chicago, the Count OF
Santa Eulalia, VINO gave a beautiful
crucifx, with ivory corpus, made in the
eleventh century, and valued at a high
prlcev The car is well equipped with
everything necessary for long Journeys
over prairie, desert aud mountainous re.
gions. Its coming is of much interest
TO Catholics.
The Catholic Church Extension So
,lety, the owner of the chapel car, is
IN organization established in the in
crest OF the spread Of the Catholic re"
Iglon throughout the United States.
Probably no greater impetus to its work
could have been received than the do
latlon OF this chapel car.
The officers of the society are: Pres.
dent, Rev. Father Francis Kelly of
ihlcago; F.. b, Ledvina, general secre
ary: William Breen, treasurer; NJ. a.
aiming, secretary, and George c. Her"
lessY, assistant secretary.
Any one wanting dirt for filling in,
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