Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-21

Rt. Rev. Vincent Wehrle, 0. S. B..
bishop of the Bismarck diocese of the
Roman. Catholic church, returned
Tuesday afternoon from Montreal
where he attended the first lnterna
tional Eucharistic congress that was
ever held on the American continent
He says that the occasion was one
that will never be forgotten by those
who attended 1t, and the spectacle
of the Eucharistic procession was the
most magnificent that was ever wit.
messed on this hemisphere.
There were three cardinals in at.
tendance at the congress. Cardinal
Vannutelli came as the papal legate,
Cardinal Logue arrived from Ireland.
and Cardinal Gibbons was present
from Baltimore. In the Eucharistic
procession on Sunday afternoon, Sep
TENDER II, there were 1870 archbish'
ops and bishops counted who were
marching in the procession. Besides
these distinguished dignitaries of the
church, there was an innumerable
number of priests and laymen in at
tendance.
The International Eucharistic con-
gress was a congress in honor of the
Most Blessed Eucharist, or the Bless
ed Sacrament. The real purpose of
the assemblage was to assure a more
thorough and better knowledge and
understanding of what the Eucharist
means as applied to practical, every
day life.
The first event of Importance oc.
CURED on Tuesday, September 6, when
Cardinal Vannutelli arrived in Mon
treal by boat from Quebec. A heavy
rain was falling, but in spite of this
fact over ten thousand people were
standing on the shores to greet the
distinguished visitor
Wednesday night at between the
hours of eleven o'clock and midnight,
the magnificent church of Notre
Dame, which is the facsimile of it's
in Paris, was the scene Of
one Of the most gorgeous ceremonies
that has ever been held on this con.
tinent.
Although Notre Dame is capable OF
accommodating twenty thousand PEG.
pie thousands remained without, un-
able to gain admittance. From eleven
o'clock until midnight was an hour
OF alteration. At midnight solemn
pontifical high mass was celebrated
by Archbishop Redwood of Yelling
:on, New Zealand. An eloquent dis.
course in French was delivered by
Rt. Rev. Roy, auxiliary bishop of
Quebec. Over two hundred voices,
prepared by months of training, sang
he mass. accompanied by an orches.
"a of twenty pieces. Never was a
more elaborate program presented on
his side of the Atlantic.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
here were different sessions held
throughout Montreal. five in the fore
loon and seven or, eight every after.
loon. Some of the meetings were adj
lressed in French and in English.
The smallest of the halls that were
lsed was able to accommodate twelve
yet every meeting was so
veil attended that hundreds could not
,ain entrance Lectures were given
" the best orators on the relation
md influence of the Most Blessed
Eucharist upon all phases of Catholic
ife and society.
Friday afternoon witnessed a pro.
esslon of school children. Nearly
orty thousand children participated
n the spectacle They marched from
he city hall to the cathedral. to show
heir respect to the Blessed Sacra-
nent and their respect to the repre-
entative Of Pope Plus K.
On Saturday morning, September
0, under a lawless sky of the most