The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-10-01
Cardinal vannutelli Will Attend
Conservation Of St.P atrick's
Cathedral In New
York
tDIfACE WORTH S2O.OOO.OOO
Although Cathedral Has Been Used
Many Years, Il Has But Recently
Been Freed From Debt
Services Begin Wednesday.

New York. Oct. 1.-St. Patrick's
cathedral. the imposing Gothic edifice
whose tall towers rising high above
the surrounding structures at Fifth
Avenue and Fiftieth Street, is familiar
to every visitor to New York. is to
be consecrated the coming week, the
ceremony as ordained by the Roman
Catholic Church, being most elaborate
and impressive. Cardinal Vannutelli
who was papal legate at the recent
Eucharistic Congress in Montreal, will
be present at the ceremony, as will
several other noted European prelates.
II seems curious that a religious edi-
flee which has been in use for so
many years should still await its con-
secration, but the reason Is that the
cathedral has only lately been freed
from the debt incurred In the build
ing expenses, and II would thus have
been impossible to have consecrated
the cathedral while there was still a
History of Cathedral.
The history of st. Patricks Is
virtually history Of the Roman
Catholic Church in the metropolis.
The Most Rev. DIR. John Hughes, the
first Archbishop of New York, began
then building OF the cathedral without
a cent. declaring that he had faith In
God and knew he could depend upof
his people. He sent out in 1858 a cir
cular to the wealthy Catholics OF tn
archdiocese asking them TO each con
tribute $1,000. He obtained 10S re-
sponses. two of the $1,000 contribu'
tions being from non-Catholics, WHIT
sent II because they wished to see II
New York the finest ecclesiastical edi
flee Ia American.
With the S103.00O Archbishop
Hughes caused the cornerstone of tn
new st. Patrick's to be laid. Unde
the direction OF it's architect. Jane
Renwick. the construction was car
ried on with the greatest care. Tn
contract price of the structure wa
$4,000. although the total amour
expended upon 1t has been abou
$2,50O.0O0 Material was cheap an
wages We're low In those days. and tn
cost of construction does not there
fore represent anything like the res
value of the magnificent structure
The Lady Chapel. which was added
tx,n Ia the fines
building Of it's size In the Unite
States, II Is generally considered. an
IL Is to be beautified still further.
the great plot of ground on which tn
cathedral stands were acquired
present real estate values Ind th
cathedral were built now II IS believ
ed the total value of the propert
would not be far from $20,000.000.
Seats $4,000 People.
Archbishop Hughes died in 1864, an
did not see the completion of the edi
fee to which he had given so muc
work and thought. His successo
Cardinal McCloskey. carried on tt
work, and in 1879 the cathedral wa
finished. The palace Of the archbisho
was finished In 1890. and the rector
Oh the opposite cornerxa year later.
The conservation Is to be one of II
most notable Roman Catholic funt
tions ever held IN New York. Th
cathedral holds $4,000 people. But II
officials say that more than that nun
ber will desire to attend each OF II
different functions Of the three-da
services, and they are making CORES
ponding preparations.
The services will begin at o'cioe
Wednesday morning. The programn
will start with vast procession
priests. bishops and choriste
around the long aisles of the big CT
thedral. Cardinal Gibbons will of
ciate at the first mass. Archbish'
Glennon Of st. Louis will preach Z
conservation sermon and Archbish'
Diomedc Falconio the apostolic del
gate at Washington. will preside
the evening solemn pontincal vespeI
Thousands of Roman Catholi
whose daily occupations have pre-
vented them from attending the
o'clock pontincai mass are expect
to attend the evening services al
listen to the sermon. which will
preached by Archbishop Hickey
Rochester.
Fine Program Prepared.
Civic as well as religious cerem
MES will be included In the weel
program. One OF the features OF I
celebration will be a solemn ponti
cal mass In the cathedral for all I
Roman Catholic children Of the cI
This mass will take place nj 10 o'clo
Thursday morning. The response
the mass will be sung by 5000 Of I