Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-22
GREAT IMPORT ATTENDS MEET
 OF CATHOLICS
Next EuchaiStic Congress, in Montreal, Will Be the First Ever Held on the American Continent.

MONTREAL Jusy zl:-There are only a few weeks to the opening Of the Fist Eucharistic Congress and, in view of the great importance of the coming event not only to the city sf Montrael but to the entire Roman Catholic world of America, prepara tions are made upon a scale befitting the great gathering which is destined to mark an epoch in the history ot the Church in America.
 Since the first Congress of this kind was held in Lille, France in July ISIS, in answer to a call issued by Bishop Gaston de Segur, many Eu charistic Congresses have been held always in cities intimately connected with some of the most important pharses and epochs in the history O; the Roman Catholic Church In con. secutive order Lille, Avignon. Liege Frey5urg. Toulouse, Paris Antwerp Jerusalem, Rheims,c Pary-lo-Monnal Brussels, Lourdes, fingers, Namours Angouleme Rome, Tournai. Metz Lon don and Colgne were the meeting places of the past Eucharistic Con gress. It will be seen from the list that heretofore but one of the twenty Congresses was held outside of Eu- rope the one which met at Jerusalem. ] The coming Congress. which will open in Montreal on September and will continue till September II, will have [ h- .r outside of Europe and the first in America
 Montreal had a strong claim for the honor of being selected as the meeting place for the first Euchristic Congress in America. It is not only an import ant city in a general way but closely connected with the establishment and growth of the Roman Catholic Church in America. IL is one of the largest and most important centers of the Church on the continent and abounds in historical memories from the time when Catholic missionaries first car ried the blessings Of religion to the red men of the Canadian forests The Pope will be represented at the coming Congress by Cardinal Win cenzo Vannutelli. Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura at Rome, and Cardinal Protector of the Sulpician | Order. The Cardinal will arrive in | Canada a week or so before the open ing Of the Congress and will visit ! several Canadian cities incognito be- | fore coming to Montreal He is ex- ! pected to arrive here on the day be- fore the opening of the Congress and the most elaborate preparations are being made for his reception. He will
 be officially greeted in behalf of the
 City by Mayor J. G. Guerin and will then proceed to the arehbishop's pal
 ace where he will be welcomed bg Archbishop Bruchesi of Montreal.
 Lord Strathcona has placed his resi-.
 dence at the disposal of the Cardinal
 Legato during his stay in this city The solemn official reception of Card
 inal Vannutelli by the Congress will
 be held on the evening of the opening | day of the Congress, in St. James ! Cathedral
 1 It is expected that three Cardinals and more than seventy archbishops
 and bishops will attend the Congress and many of them are scheduled to deliver addresses before the Congress or at the daily reunions to be held iu connection with the great gathering
 The program for six days of the Con
 gress includes many important civic
 receptions in honor of the represen
 tative of the Pope, several pontifical
 masses and a number of special meet
 ings. The solemn procession of the Blessed Sacrament will be held on tho
 afternoon Of the closing day, Sunday
 September II.