The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-09-12
WITH WONDERFULLY BEAUTIFUL
PAGEANT AND FINAL. CERE.
MoNY MEETING CLOSES.
ALL WORLD REPRESENTED
Marvellous Procession Marches From
Noon Until Seven o'cloek--city Is
Observation-Disclosures Marks Prog
rcsa - Cardinal Gibbons Delivers
Beautiful Sermon 10 the Morning.

Montreal. sept ii-A religions
pageant as rich Ia devotional emotion
n in sacred Imagery ana M orderly
HI behavior as Il was diverse Ill na
tionality ana huge In sizc. closed today
the twenty first International eli
! ahiristic congress, held this v.,r fsr
~. first Time III ihc Dominion III ,'an-
adh Visitors from the United states
were especially impressed with the
magnitude splendor ana reverence IN
tho procession. which marched four
iniles through the city streets. the host
~ ifS head t. Mount Royal above tha
| city
modest estimate Is that there were
looVo0 In line ana that 500. 600 viewed
IL. The city is 40 crowded tonight
lhat 10000 are sleeping on the slopes
oi Mount Royal In Dominion square
ana IN other city parks. II took the
brilliant file four and ii haIr
hours In pass the city hall and,
though II began IL move at noon
from the cathedral OF Notrc Dame. IL
was 7 O'Clock when the Papal legate.
cardinal Vannutell placed the host.
housed IN a golden monstrance on the
ai'ar OF the repository built for IL al
tile foot OF the mountain
The cardinal marched at the head
OF the procession himself. carrying tho
most the entire distance Slowly anti
inajestically. hymning its progress. like
| pilgrims of the crusados. the great
pageant followed Organized choirs
sang In Latin. French ana English.
Bands scattered here and there rem
dered devotional music When the
crowd knew the air II joined In
swelling tones and mingled language.
Unity.
| The procession had been arranged Ia
demonstrate the unity and uniyersality
of the Catholic church. Il started from
| Notre Dame with preliminary de.
tachment Of mounted Officers. fire
men and zouapes. followed by Il choir
Of 200 male voices The stute. the
church and the army were represent
cd: every rite had It's. delegations. and
there were enyoys from the various
missionary activities In foreign lands,
profound silence stole over the
spectators when the Sixty fifth regi-
ment, recruited from French Cana
| dians Of Quebec province. was seen
approaching In full dress uniform The
government had wished To give the
regiment an opportunity 10 act as
guard Of honor 70 the host. which ii
does at each recurrence Of the fota
dleu, but technical difficulty had
arisen by reason of lie presence of 4
mission from the papnl see. Tho city
Mhs apprsed that II had been
sinpothed over At the last moment
The oflieial order If the colonel was
for the regiment 10 attend Il church
| celebration"
Preceding the regimout marched the
knights of Columbus, l.56D strong tile
Catholic club Of New York. with its
chaplain, Father Taylor, who was
heartily ehcered, and then squads of
Greeks. Poles. Ilinsarians. Lithu.
asans, Syrians, Ruthe Jfans. China.
men. Indians from an lfoquois reser.
yation and the long fi,e of religious
congregations.
Tho Monks.
After ths gathering of the nations.
followed Dominicans and Carmelitcs.
Jesuits and Renndictines Redemptof.
lists and Passionists. fathers of the
BLESSED Sacrament Paulists, E.udsta.
members Of the Holy Cross and the
Holy Ghost and group of % Trap
pist monks.
Behind the orders strobe l.noo
priests and missionaries In the white
surp'ices. and behind them another
loo vested as II for mass,
Then came the prelHtes They
walked In single file. 70 bishops IN
cap and nitre and 40 arethshopa.
their eliapalns al their Sides IN black
eassoeks, each holding corner OF a
toluminous cope
Companies 81 the Sixty fifth resi-
inent marched 10 tha front and 10
the rear OF il huge canopy which
moved slowly Oh rollers Halding the
! mpnstranco In both hands, which were
+ hidden in Il humef3tl veil, walked Car
dinal NannuteIi under "A canony. His
! head WAS barred, and. ifs tho host
/ The Cardinals.
Behind him In scarlet robos walked
/ Cardinal Gibbons ardfGardinai I.oglie.
prlmate of ireland, both attended by
bishops the archbishop Of Montreal,
j the papa chainberliiins and lay men.
/ bers OF the Catholic church, who held
i puntificai decorations. Conspicuous
4 among them We're Governor I,nthler OF
| Rhode Island and his staff. as we'll as
a numerous train OF Canadian dgni-
taries and officials,
So long had 1t taken The procession
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