The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-07-21
HOLD EUCHAR|ST|C
CONGRESS
Great Preparations Being
Made for Event in
Montreal.

are only few weeks to the opening
of the 21st Eucharistic Congress and,
in view of the great importance of
the coming event not only to the city
of Montreal but to the entire Roman
Catholic world of America, prepare
tions are made upon scale befit-
ting this great gathering which is
destined to mark an epoch in the
history of the church in America.
Since the first congress of this
kind was held in Lille, France, in
June, 1918, in answer to a call is
sued by Bishop CASTOR de Segur,
many Eucharistic congresses have
ly connected with some of the most
important phases and epochs in the
| history of the Roman Catholic
church. In consecutive order Lille,
Avignon, Liege, Freyburg, Toulouse,
Paris, Antwerp, Jerusalem, Rheims,
y-le-MOnial, Brussels, Lourdes,
Anglers, Namours, Angouleme, Rome,
Journal, Metz, London and Cologne
were the meeting places of the past
| Eucharistic congresses. 1t will be
seen from that list that heretofore
but one of the twenty congresses was
held outside of Europe, the one
which met at Jerusalem. The COM
ing congress, which will open in
Montreal on September and will
continue till September II, will have
the distinction of being the second
outside of Europe and the first on
the American continent.
Montreal had a strong claim for
the honor of being selected as the
meeting place for the first Eucharist
| ic congress in America. 1t is not
only an important city in general
way, but closely connected with the
Roman Catholic church in America.
1t is one of the largest and most i'm
portant centers of the church on the
continent and abounds in historical
memories from the time when CathO-
| lie missionaries first carried the
blessings of religion to the red men
of the Canadian forests.
The pope will be represented at
the coming congress by Cardinal Vim
cenzo Vannutelli, project of the Apos-
tolic Signature at Rome, and Cardi-
nal Protector of the Sulpician Order.
The cardinal will arrive in Canada a
week or so before the opening of the
congress and will visit several Can
adam cities incognito before coming
/ to Montreal. He is expected to ar
rive here on the day before the open
ing 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
palace, where he will be welcomed
by Archbishop Bruchesi of Montreal.
Lord Strathcona has placed his resi-
dence at the disposal of the cardinal
legate during his stay in this city.
The solemn official reception of Car
dinal Vannutelli by the congress will
be held on the evening of the open
ing day of the congress, in St. James
cathedral
1t is expected that three cardinals
and more than 20 archbishops and
bishops will attend the congress and
many of them are scheduled to de-
liver addresses before the congress
or at the daily reunions to be held
in connection with the great gather
ing. The program for the six days of
the congress includes many import
ant civic receptions in honor of the
representative of the pope, several
pontifical masses and a number of
special meetings. The solemn pro-
cession of the Blessed Sacrament will
be held on the afternoon of the clos
i inc day Sunday Santpmher II